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1977–78 Yugoslav First League
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| competition | Prva savezna liga |
| season | 1977–78 |
| winners | Partizan (8th title) |
| relegated | Čelik |
| Trepča | |
| continentalcup1 | [European Cup](1978-79-european-cup) |
| continentalcup1 qualifiers | Partizan |
| continentalcup2 | [Cup Winners' Cup](1978-79-european-cup-winners-cup) |
| continentalcup2 qualifiers | Rijeka |
| continentalcup3 | [UEFA Cup](1978-79-uefa-cup) |
| continentalcup3 qualifiers | Red Star |
| Hajduk Split | |
| league topscorer | Radomir Savić (21) |
| dates | 14 August 1977 – 28 May 1978 |
| matches | 272 |
| average attendance | 9,845 |
| prevseason | [1976–77](1976-77-yugoslav-first-league) |
| nextseason | [1978–79](1978-79-yugoslav-first-league) |
Trepča Hajduk Split
Teams
A total of eighteen teams contested the league, including sixteen sides from the 1976–77 season and two sides promoted from the 1976–77 Yugoslav Second League (YSL) as winners of the two second level divisions East and West. The league was contested in a double round robin format, with each club playing every other club twice, for a total of 34 rounds. Two points were awarded for wins and one point for draws.
Napredak and Željezničar were relegated from the 1976–77 Yugoslav First League after finishing the season in bottom two places of the league table. The two clubs promoted to top level were Trepča and NK Osijek.
| Team | Location | Federal Republic | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| in [1976–77](1976-77-yugoslav-first-league) | |||
| Borac Banja Luka | Banja Luka | SR Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0066th |
| Budućnost | Titograd | SR Montenegro | 0099th |
| Čelik | Zenica | SR Bosnia and Herzegovina | 01313th |
| Dinamo Zagreb | Zagreb | SR Croatia | 0022nd |
| Hajduk Split | Split | SR Croatia | 0088th |
| OFK Belgrade | Belgrade | SR Serbia | 01515th |
| Olimpija Ljubljana | Ljubljana | SR Slovenia | 01212th |
| Osijek | Osijek | SR Croatia | |
| Partizan | Belgrade | SR Serbia | 0044th |
| Radnički Niš | Niš | SR Serbia | 0077th |
| Red Star | Belgrade | SR Serbia | 0011st |
| Rijeka | Rijeka | SR Croatia | 0055th |
| Sarajevo | Sarajevo | SR Bosnia and Herzegovina | 01616th |
| Sloboda | Tuzla | SR Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0033rd |
| Trepča | Kosovska Mitrovica | SR Serbia | |
| Velež | Mostar | SR Bosnia and Herzegovina | 01111th |
| Vojvodina | Novi Sad | SR Serbia | 01414th |
| NK Zagreb | Zagreb | SR Croatia | 01010th |
League table
Results
Winning squad
| Player | colspan=2 | League | Matches | Goals | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Momčilo Vukotić | 34 | |||||
| Nenad Stojković | 34 | |||||
| Nikica Klinčarski | 34 | |||||
| Petar Borota (goalkeeper) | 34 | |||||
| Aleksandar Trifunović | 32 | |||||
| Borislav Đurović | 28 | |||||
| Boško Đorđević | 27 | |||||
| Jusuf Hatunić | 27 | |||||
| Milovan Jović | 24 | |||||
| Ilija Zavišić | 24 | |||||
| Xhevad Prekazi | 22 | |||||
| Ivan Golac | 19 | |||||
| Pavle Grubješić | 17 | |||||
| Slobodan Santrač | 16 | |||||
| Vladimir Pejović | 15 | |||||
| Tomislav Kovačević | 14 | |||||
| Dragan Arsenović | 11 | |||||
| Rešad Kunovac | 8 | |||||
| Refik Kozić | 5 | |||||
| Novica Vulić | 4 | |||||
| Aranđel Todorović | 2 | |||||
| Miroslav Polak | 1 | |||||
| **Head coach**: Ante Mladinić |
Top scorers
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | YUG Radomir Savić | Sarajevo | 21 |
| 2 | YUG Vahid Halilhodžić | Velež | 18 |
| 3 | YUG Miodrag Kustudić | Rijeka | 17 |
| 4 | YUG Zoran Filipović | Red Star | 15 |
| YUG Slaviša Žungul | Hajduk Split | ||
| 6 | YUG Mersad Kovačević | Sloboda Tuzla | 14 |
| 7 | YUG Milan Radović | Rijeka | 12 |
| YUG Muhamed Ibrahimbegović | Borac Banja Luka | ||
| YUG Dušan Mitošević | Radnički Niš | ||
| YUG Slobodan Santrač | Partizan / OFK Belgrade |
Attendance
| Club | Average home attendance | Average away attendance |
|---|---|---|
| FK Partizan | **24,529** | 19,118 |
| Red Star Belgrade | 20,588 | **19,706** |
| Dinamo Zagreb | 17,647 | 14,735 |
| NK Osijek | 14,235 | 8,471 |
| Hajduk Split | 11,588 | 14,824 |
| Budućnost Titograd | 10,706 | 7,324 |
| Trepča Kosovska Mitrovica | 8,882 | 8,559 |
| Čelik Zenica | 7,706 | 6,088 |
| Borac Banja Luka | 7,529 | 6,353 |
| FK Vojvodina | 7,471 | 8,235 |
| FK Sarajevo | 7,176 | 9,235 |
| Radnički Niš | 7,176 | 6,412 |
| FK Velež | 6,529 | 7,529 |
| NK Rijeka | 6,088 | 6,382 |
| NK Olimpija | 5,676 | 7,853 |
| NK Zagreb | 4,882 | 8,765 |
| OFK Beograd | 4,529 | 9,500 |
| Sloboda Tuzla | 4,265 | 8,118 |
- Overall league attendance per match: 9,845 spectators
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