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 Positionin 1979–80Borac Banja LukaBanja Luka01414thBudućnostTitograd01111thDinamo ZagrebZagreb01212thHajduk SplitSplit0055thNapredak KruševacKruševac0044thOFK BelgradeBelgradeOlimpijaLjubljana01515thPartizanBelgrade01313thRadnički NišNiš0033rdRed StarBelgrade0011stRijekaRijeka01010thSarajevoSarajevo0022ndSlobodaTuzla0066thVardarSkopje0077thVeležMostar0088thVojvodinaNovi Sad01616thNK ZagrebZagrebŽeljezničarSarajevo0099th
League table
Results
Winning squad + Champions: Red Star Belgrade Player League MatchesGoals Rajko Janjanin 34 6 Srebrenko Repčić 33 10 Zlatko Krmpotić 32 1 Miloš Šestić 31 7 Milan Janković 30 5 Zdravko Borovnica 29 12 Ivan Jurišić 27 1 Boško Đurovski 26 0 Vladimir "Pižon" Petrović 23 6 Dragan Miletović 23 0 Živan Ljukovčan (goalkeeper) 17 0 Milan Jovin 16 2 Cvijetin Blagojević 16 2 Dragan Simeunović (goalkeeper) 16 0 Milenko Rajković 14 0 Ljubiša Stojanović 12 0 Radomir Savić 12 0 Zoran Jelikić 10 1 Slavoljub Muslin 10 0 Milko Đurovski 9 5 Nedeljko Milosavljević 6 2 Slobodan Goračinov 2 0 Zdravko Čakalić 2 0 Srboljub Stamenković 1 0 Goran Živanović 1 0 Slavko Radovanović 1 0 Srboljub Marinković 1 0Head coach: Branko Stanković
Top scorers RankScorerClubGoals1 Milan RadovićRijeka262 Mojaš RadonjićBudučnost163 Dragoljub KostićNapredak Kruševac154 Zvonko ŽivkovićPartizan145 Abid KovačevićDinamo Zagreb13 Slavko KovačićNK Zagreb Davor ČopNapredak Kruševac8 Zdravko BorovnicaRed Star12 Dragan VujovićBudučnost10 Zlatko VujovićHajduk Split11 Vahid HalilhodžićVelež Vasil RingovVardar
See also 1980–81 Yugoslav Second League 1980–81 Yugoslav Cup
External links Yugoslavia Domestic Football Full Tables