1976–77 Yugoslav First League (Prva savezna liga Jugoslavije, Prvenstvo 1976/77) competition was the 49th top league season since 1923 in various incarnations of Yugoslavia. It was won in dominating fashion by Red Star Belgrade with a 9-point margin over the second placed team (Dinamo Zagreb), which at the time set the record as largest ever points differential by which a team triumphed in the league.
This was Red Star's 12th league title.
Teams A total of eighteen teams contested the league, including sixteen sides from the 1975–76 season and two sides promoted from the 1975–76 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.
FK Vardar and FK Radnički Kragujevac were relegated from the 1975–76 Yugoslav First League after finishing the season in bottom two places of the league table. The two clubs promoted to top level were NK Zagreb and FK Napredak Kruševac.
Team Location Federal Republic Positionin 1975–76Borac Banja LukaBanja Luka01010thBudućnostTitograd01515thČelikZenica01313thDinamo ZagrebZagreb0033rdHajduk SplitSplit0022ndNapredakKruševacOFK BelgradeBelgrade0088thOlimpija LjubljanaLjubljana01414thPartizanBelgrade0011stRadnički NišNiš01616thRed StarBelgrade0044thNK RijekaRijeka01111thFK SarajevoSarajevo0077thSlobodaTuzla0066thVeležMostar0099thVojvodinaNovi Sad0055thNK ZagrebZagrebŽeljezničarSarajevo01212th
League table
Results
Winning squad + Champions: Red Star Belgrade Player League MatchesGoals Vladislav Bogićević 34 7 Zoran Filipović 33 21 Slavoljub Muslin 32 0 Dušan Nikolić 30 2 Zoran Jelikić 27 0 Branko Radović 26 0 Dušan Savić 25 15 Boško Kajganić 25 0 Dušan Lukić 23 1 Nikola Jovanović 23 0 Miloš Šestić 22 8 Srboljub Stamenković 19 4 Mile Novković 18 1 Petar Baralić 17 1 Milan Babić 16 0 Sead Sušić 13 7 Aleksandar Stojanović (goalkeeper) 11 0 Zdravko Borovnica 10 0 Vladimir "Pižon" Petrović 10 0 Dragoslav Stepanović 7 0 Bratislav Đorđević 5 0 Milan Ćalasan 3 0 Radivoje Ratković 3 0 Dragan Simeunović (goalkeeper) 1 0 Aleksandar Panajotović 1 0 Danilo Mandić 1 0 Dušan Ajder 1 0 Dejan Stanković 1 0Head coach: Gojko Zec
Top scorers RankPlayerClubGoals1 Zoran FilipovićRed Star212 Slavko KovačićNK Zagreb203 Miodrag KustudićRijeka174 Mehmed BuzaČelik165 Dušan SavićRed Star156 Snješko CerinDinamo Zagreb14 Slaviša ŽungulHajduk Split8 Pavle GrubješićPartizan13 Abid KovačevićBorac Banja Luka Dušan BajevićVelež
See also 1976–77 Yugoslav Cup Yugoslav League Championship Football Association of Yugoslavia
External links Yugoslavia Domestic Football Full Tables