The 1987–88 Yugoslav First League season was the 42nd season of the First Federal League (), the top level association football competition of SFR Yugoslavia, since its establishment in 1946. The season began on 2 August 1987 and ended on 12 June 1988. Red Star led by Velibor Vasović won their 16th title with a single points ahead of previous season's champions Partizan.
Teams A total of eighteen teams contested the league, including sixteen sides from the 1986–87 season and two sides promoted from the 1986–87 Yugoslav Second League (YSL) as winners of the two second level groups 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.
Dinamo Vinkovci and Spartak were relegated from the 1986–87 Yugoslav First League after finishing the season in bottom two places of the league table. The two clubs promoted to top level were Vojvodina and Rad.
Rank in 1986–87 Team City Stadium Managers in 1987–880077thBudućnostTitograd MNEPod Goricom01212thČelikZenica BIHBilino Polje0066thDinamo ZagrebZagreb CROMaksimir0088thHajduk SplitSplit CROPoljud01111thOsijekOsijek CROGradski Vrt0011stPartizanBelgrade SRBStadion JNA01414thPrištinaPristina SRBGradskiRadBelgrade SRBKaraburma01616thRadnički NišNiš SRBČair0033rdRed StarBelgrade SRBMarakana0044thRijekaRijeka CROKantrida01313thSarajevoSarajevo BIHKoševo01515thSlobodaTuzla BIHTušanj01010thSutjeskaNikšić MNEKraj Bistrice0055thVardarSkopje MKDGradski0022ndVeležMostar BIHPod Bijelim BrijegomVojvodinaNovi Sad SRBFK Vojvodina0099thŽeljezničarSarajevo BIHGrbavica
League table
Results
Winning squad + Champions: Red Star Belgrade Player League MatchesGoals Žarko Đurović 34 5 Goran Milojević 33 3 Bora Cvetković 32 9 Slobodan Marović 30 1 Miodrag Krivokapić 30 0 Dragan "Piksi" Stojković 28 15 Dragiša Binić 27 13 Slavko Radovanović 25 5 Robert Prosinečki 23 4 Goran Jurić 23 0 Stevan Stojanović (goalkeeper) 23 0 Dejan Joksimović 17 3 Zlatko Krdžević 17 0 Dragić Komadina 16 1 Husref Musemić 15 4 Dragan Punišić 11 1 Branko Davidović (goalkeeper) 11 0 Refik Šabanadžović 10 1 Jovica Nikolić 10 0 Mitar Mrkela 5 0 Vladan Lukić 2 1 Slavoljub Janković 2 0Head coach: Velibor Vasović
Top scorers The top goalscorers in the 1987–88 Yugoslav First League were as follows: RankPlayerClubGoals1 Duško MilinkovićRad162 Mirko MihićSloboda15 Dragan StojkovićRed Star Kujtim ShalaPriština5 Haris ŠkoroDinamo Zagreb146 Dragiša BinićRed Star13 Semir TuceVelež Zvonimir BobanDinamo Zagreb Darko PančevVardar10 Radmilo MihajlovićŽeljezničar12 Dragan JakovljevićSarajevo Vladislav ĐukićPriština (6) / Partizan (6)
See also 1987–88 Yugoslav Second League 1987–88 Yugoslav Cup 1987–88 NK Dinamo Zagreb season
External links Yugoslavia Domestic Football Full Tables