The 1981–82 Yugoslav First League season was the 36th season of the First Federal League (), the top level association football competition of SFR Yugoslavia, since its establishment in 1946. The season began on 26 July 1981 and ended on 2 May 1982. Dinamo Zagreb led by Miroslav Blažević won their fourth title five points ahead of previous season's champions Red Star.
Teams A total of 18 teams contested the league, including 16 sides from the 1980–81 season and two clubs promoted from the 1980–81 Yugoslav Second League as winners of the two second level subdivisions 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.
Borac Banja Luka and Napredak Kruševac were relegated at the end of the previous season. Osijek and Teteks Tetovo were promoted from the 1980–81 Yugoslav Second League.
Team City / town Federal Republic Positionin 1980–81BudućnostTitograd0066thDinamo ZagrebZagreb0055thHajduk SplitSplit0022ndOFK BelgradeBelgrade01515thOlimpijaLjubljana01212thOsijekOsijekPartizanBelgrade0088thRadnički NišNiš0033rdRed StarBelgrade0011stRijekaRijeka0077thSarajevoSarajevo01313thSlobodaTuzla0044thTeteksTetovoVardarSkopje01111thVeležMostar0099thVojvodinaNovi Sad01010thNK ZagrebZagreb01616thŽeljezničarSarajevo01414th
League table
Results
Winning squad + Champions: Dinamo Zagreb Player League MatchesGoals Marko Mlinarić 332 Marijan Vlak 320 Snješko Cerin 3119 Petar Bručić 312 Dragan Bošnjak 302 Džemal Mustedanagić 290 Velimir Zajec 281 Zvjezdan Cvetković 263 Milivoj Bračun 260 Stjepan Deverić 2511 Zoran Panić 238 Zlatko Kranjčar 1712 Ismet Hadžić 160 Emil Dragičević 151 Zlatan Arnautović 94 Borislav Cvetković 91 Željko Hohnjec 91 Marin Kurtela 60 Drago Dumbović 60 Milan Ćalasan 40 Zvonko Marić 30 Branko Devčić 30 Mladen Munjaković 30 Radimir Bobinac 20 Davor Braun 20 Čedomir Jovičević 10 Edward Krnčević 10 Coach: Miroslav Blažević
Season statistics Widest winning margin: 7 goals: Dinamo Zagreb 7–0 NK Zagreb (13 September 1981) Hajduk Split 7–0 Teteks (31 March 1982) Most goals in a match: 9 goals: Rijeka 5–4 Radnički Niš (23 August 1981) Partizan 7–2 Sloboda (25 April 1982)
Top scorers RankScorerClubGoals1 Snješko CerinDinamo Zagreb192 Edin BahtićŽeljezničar173 Dušan SavićRed Star16 Vasil RingovVardar165 Zlatko VujovićHajduk Split146 Zlatko KranjčarDinamo Zagreb12 Predrag PašićFK Sarajevo12 Vili AmeršekOlimpija129 Safet SušićSarajevo11 Dušan BajevićVelež11
See also 1981–82 Yugoslav Second League 1981–82 Yugoslav Cup 1981–82 NK Dinamo Zagreb season
External links Yugoslavia Domestic Football Full Tables