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1980–81 Yugoslav First League
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| competition | Prva savezna liga |
| season | 1980–81 |
| winners | Red Star (14th title) |
| relegated | Borac Banja Luka |
| Napredak Kruševac | |
| continentalcup1 | [European Cup](1981-82-european-cup) |
| continentalcup1 qualifiers | Red Star |
| continentalcup2 | [Cup Winners' Cup](1981-82-european-cup-winners-cup) |
| continentalcup2 qualifiers | Velež Mostar |
| continentalcup3 | [UEFA Cup](1981-82-uefa-cup) |
| continentalcup3 qualifiers | Hajduk Split |
| Radnički Niš | |
| league topscorer | Milan Radović (26) |
| dates | 16 August 1980 – |
| 14 June 1981 | |
| prevseason | [1979–80](1979-80-yugoslav-first-league) |
| nextseason | [1981–82](1981-82-yugoslav-first-league) |
Napredak Kruševac Radnički Niš 14 June 1981
The 1980–81 Yugoslav First League season was the 35th season of the First Federal League (), the top level association football competition of SFR Yugoslavia, since its establishment in 1946. A total of 18 teams competed in the league, with the previous season's champions Red Star successfully defending their title, finishing the season two points clear of runners-up Hajduk Split.
Teams
A total of eighteen teams contested the league, including sixteen sides from the 1979–80 season and two sides promoted from the 1979–80 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.
Osijek and Čelik were relegated from the 1979–80 Yugoslav First League after finishing the season in bottom two places of the league table. The two clubs promoted were NK Zagreb and OFK Belgrade, returning to the top level after being relegated in the 1978–79 season.
| Team | Location | Federal Republic | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| in [1979–80](1979-80-yugoslav-first-league) | |||
| Borac Banja Luka | Banja Luka | SR Bosnia and Herzegovina | 01414th |
| Budućnost | Titograd | SR Montenegro | 01111th |
| Dinamo Zagreb | Zagreb | SR Croatia | 01212th |
| Hajduk Split | Split | SR Croatia | 0055th |
| Napredak Kruševac | Kruševac | SR Serbia | 0044th |
| OFK Belgrade | Belgrade | SR Serbia | |
| Olimpija | Ljubljana | SR Slovenia | 01515th |
| Partizan | Belgrade | SR Serbia | 01313th |
| Radnički Niš | Niš | SR Serbia | 0033rd |
| Red Star | Belgrade | SR Serbia | 0011st |
| Rijeka | Rijeka | SR Croatia | 01010th |
| Sarajevo | Sarajevo | SR Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0022nd |
| Sloboda | Tuzla | SR Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0066th |
| Vardar | Skopje | SR Macedonia | 0077th |
| Velež | Mostar | SR Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0088th |
| Vojvodina | Novi Sad | SR Serbia | 01616th |
| NK Zagreb | Zagreb | SR Croatia | |
| Željezničar | Sarajevo | SR Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0099th |
League table
Results
Winning squad
| Player | colspan=2 | League | Matches | Goals | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yugoslavia Rajko Janjanin | 34 | |||||
| Yugoslavia Srebrenko Repčić | 33 | |||||
| Yugoslavia Zlatko Krmpotić | 32 | |||||
| Yugoslavia Miloš Šestić | 31 | |||||
| Yugoslavia Milan Janković | 30 | |||||
| Yugoslavia Zdravko Borovnica | 29 | |||||
| Yugoslavia Ivan Jurišić | 27 | |||||
| Yugoslavia Boško Đurovski | 26 | |||||
| Yugoslavia Vladimir "Pižon" Petrović | 23 | |||||
| Yugoslavia Dragan Miletović | 23 | |||||
| Yugoslavia Živan Ljukovčan (goalkeeper) | 17 | |||||
| Yugoslavia Milan Jovin | 16 | |||||
| Yugoslavia Cvijetin Blagojević | 16 | |||||
| Yugoslavia Dragan Simeunović (goalkeeper) | 16 | |||||
| Yugoslavia Milenko Rajković | 14 | |||||
| Yugoslavia Ljubiša Stojanović | 12 | |||||
| Yugoslavia Radomir Savić | 12 | |||||
| Yugoslavia Zoran Jelikić | 10 | |||||
| Yugoslavia Slavoljub Muslin | 10 | |||||
| Yugoslavia Milko Đurovski | 9 | |||||
| Yugoslavia Nedeljko Milosavljević | 6 | |||||
| Yugoslavia Slobodan Goračinov | 2 | |||||
| Yugoslavia Zdravko Čakalić | 2 | |||||
| Yugoslavia Srboljub Stamenković | 1 | |||||
| Yugoslavia Goran Živanović | 1 | |||||
| Yugoslavia Slavko Radovanović | 1 | |||||
| Yugoslavia Srboljub Marinković | 1 | |||||
| **Head coach**: Branko Stanković |
Top scorers
| Rank | Scorer | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | YUG Milan Radović | Rijeka | 26 |
| 2 | YUG Mojaš Radonjić | Budučnost | 16 |
| 3 | YUG Dragoljub Kostić | Napredak Kruševac | 15 |
| 4 | YUG Zvonko Živković | Partizan | 14 |
| 5 | YUG Abid Kovačević | Dinamo Zagreb | 13 |
| YUG Slavko Kovačić | NK Zagreb | ||
| YUG Davor Čop | Napredak Kruševac | ||
| 8 | YUG Zdravko Borovnica | Red Star | 12 |
| YUG Dragan Vujović | Budučnost | ||
| 10 | YUG Zlatko Vujović | Hajduk Split | 11 |
| YUG Vahid Halilhodžić | Velež | ||
| YUG Vasil Ringov | Vardar |
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