The 1962–63 Yugoslav First League season was the 17th season of the First Federal League (), the top level association football league of SFR Yugoslavia, since its establishment in 1946. Fourteen teams contested the competition, with Partizan winning their fifth title.
Teams Due to the expansion of the league from 12 to 14 clubs two teams were relegated at the end of the previous season (Vardar and Borac) and four were promoted - Budućnost, Radnički Niš, Željezničar and Sloboda.
Team Location Federal Republic Positionin 1961–62BudućnostTitogradDinamo ZagrebZagreb0033rdHajduk SplitSplit0055thNovi SadNovi Sad01010thOFK BelgradeBelgrade0066thPartizanBelgrade0011stRadnički NišNišRed StarBelgrade0044thRijekaRijeka0088thSarajevoSarajevo0077thSlobodaTuzlaVeležMostar0099thVojvodinaNovi Sad0022ndŽeljezničarSarajevo
League table
Results
Winning squad Champions: FK Partizan (head coach: Stjepan Bobek)
Player (league matches/league goals) Vladica Kovačević (26/14) Milutin Šoškić (26/0) (goalkeeper) Milan Galić (25/16) Fahrudin Jusufi (25/0) Velibor Vasović (24/2) Ljubomir Mihajlović (23/0) Milan Vukelić (18/2) Joakim Vislavski (16/7) Zvezdan Čebinac (16/0) Bora Milutinović (15/1) Velimir Sombolac (14/0) Mustafa Hasanagić (12/4) Anton Rudinski (8/6) Aleksandar Jončić (8/0) Ivan Rajić (6/1) Lazar Radović (5/2) Milorad Milutinović (5/0) Ilija Mitić (5/0) Dragomir Slišković (5/0) Branislav Mihajlović (4/1) Mane Bajić (4/0) Miodrag Petrović (3/1) Vladimir Petrović (3/0) Dragoslav Jovanović (2/0) Milan Damjanović (1/0) Zenun Brovina Dimitrije Davidović Poljan Jankulovski Milanović Source:
Top scorers RankPlayerClubGoals1 Mišo SmajlovićŽeljezničar182 Slaven ZambataDinamo Zagreb173 Đorđe PavlićVojvodina16 Milan GalićPartizan5 Vladica KovačevićPartizan156 Dražan JerkovićDinamo Zagreb127 Josip SkoblarOFK Belgrade118 Mirko GašićŽeljezničar10 Silvester TakačVojvodina Vinko ZadelRijeka Vitomir SovrovićRadnički Niš
See also 1962–63 Yugoslav Second League 1962–63 Yugoslav Cup
References
External links Yugoslavia Domestic Football Full Tables