1970–71 Yugoslav First League

Prva savezna liga

Season	1970–71
Champions	Hajduk Split 4th Federal League title 6th Yugoslav title overall
Relegated	Bor Crvenka
European Cup	Hajduk Split
Cup Winners' Cup	Red Star
UEFA Cup	Željezničar Dinamo Zagreb OFK Beograd
Top goalscorer	Petar Nadoveza Božo Janković (20 goals each)
← 1969–70 1971–72 →

The 1970–71 Yugoslav First League season was the 25th season of the First Federal League (Serbo-Croatian: 'Prva savezna liga'), the top level association football league of SFR Yugoslavia, since its establishment in 1946. Eighteen teams contested the competition, which ended with Hajduk Split winning their fourth title, club's first in 16 years.

Incidents

The season featured an incident that occurred in Split's Stari plac Stadium in fall 1970 during the Hajduk vs. OFK Beograd fixture. With the score tied at 2-2, match referee Ristić fell unconscious after getting hit in the head with an object thrown from the stands. The match was stopped and the Yugoslav FA's (FSJ) disciplinary body decided to register it with 0-3 score for OFK Beograd.

The disciplinary measure set off huge days-long, often violent protests in Split that quickly assumed a distinctly anti-Belgrade and anti-Serbian tone. Led by the club's hardcore fans Torcida Split, the practice of seeking out parked cars with city of Belgrade license plates and pushing them into the sea from the docks was especially widespread in Split during the protests.

Due to their political undertones and the potential to undermine the country's official inter-ethnic guiding principle during the sensitive time when MASPOK was gathering steam in SR Croatia, the Split football protests quickly came to the attention of Yugoslav politicians who decided to deal with the situation by pressing FSJ into changing its disciplinary ruling and registering the 2-2 score. FSJ did exactly that, reinstating the score at the moment when the match was interrupted as the official result.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Hajduk Split (C)	34	18	13	3	61	31	+30	49	1971–72 European Cup
2	Željezničar	34	18	9	7	59	34	+25	45	1971–72 UEFA Cup
3	Dinamo Zagreb	34	17	9	8	55	32	+23	43
4	OFK Belgrade	34	15	8	11	54	44	+10	38
5	Partizan	34	14	10	10	44	34	+10	38
6	Red Star	34	14	8	12	62	46	+16	36	01971–72 European Cup Winners' Cup0
7	Olimpija	34	13	10	11	47	35	+12	36
8	Velež	34	14	8	12	52	48	+4	36
9	Čelik	34	14	8	12	35	32	+3	36
10	Sloboda Tuzla	34	9	14	11	23	29	−6	32
11	Radnički Niš	34	11	9	14	38	43	−5	31
12	Sarajevo	34	9	11	14	42	51	−9	29
13	Maribor	34	9	11	14	33	48	−15	29
14	Borac Banja Luka	34	9	11	14	47	66	−19	29
15	Vojvodina	34	10	9	15	38	43	−5	29
16	Radnički Kragujevac	34	9	10	15	29	50	−21	28
17	Bor (R)	34	9	8	17	43	66	−23	26	01971–72 Yugoslav Second League0
18	Crvenka (R)	34	8	7	19	28	58	−30	23

Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

League top scorers:

• Petar Nadoveza (Hajduk Split) - 20 goals from 24 league appearances
• Božo Janković (FK Željezničar) - 20 goals from 33 league appearances

Promoted from Yugoslav Second League:

Club
Sutjeska Nikšić
Vardar Skopje

Winning squad

• HAJDUK SPLIT (coach Slavko Luštica)

Pos	Player	Apps	Goals
MF	Ivica Hlevnjak	34	6
DF	Dragan Holcer	33	0
MF	Jurica Jerković	33	11
DF	Vilson Džoni	32	0
FW	Ivan Pavlica	30	7
	Marino Lemešić	29	1
	Mićun Jovanić	29	7
GK	Radomir Vukčević	25	0
FW	Pero Nadoveza	24	20
	Miroslav Vardić	23	4
DF	Mario Boljat	20	0
DF	Ivan Buljan	16	1
DF	Miroslav Bošković	16	1
DF	Luka Peruzović	14	0
	Dinko Žutelija	12	1
MF	Dražen Mužinić	11	0
GK	Ante Sirković	9	0
	Joško Gluić	8	0
	Veselin Zrilić	8	0
	Vladimir Smolčić	3	0
	Ivica Matković	2	0
	Miroslav Ferić	1	1
	Ante Ivković	1	0

See also

• 1970–71 Yugoslav Cup
• Football Association of Yugoslavia

External links

• Yugoslavia Domestic Football Full Tables