| Season | 1962–63 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 19 August 1962 – 9 June 1963 |
| Champions | Partizan (5th title) |
| Relegated | Sloboda Budućnost |
| European Cup | Partizan |
| Cup Winners' Cup | Dinamo Zagreb |
| Inter-Cities Fairs Cup | OFK Beograd Trešnjevka |
| Top goalscorer | Mišo Smajlović (18) |
1963–64 → | |
The1962–63Yugoslav First League season was the 17th season of the First Federal League (Serbo-Croatian:Prva savezna liga), the top levelassociation football league ofSFR Yugoslavia, since its establishment in 1946. Fourteen teams contested the competition, withPartizan winning their fifth title.
Due to the expansion of the league from 12 to 14 clubs two teams were relegated at the end of the previous season (Vardar andBorac) and four were promoted -Budućnost,Radnički Niš,Željezničar andSloboda.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Partizan(C) | 26 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 58 | 22 | +36 | 40 | Qualification forEuropean Cup preliminary round |
| 2 | Dinamo Zagreb | 26 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 52 | 35 | +17 | 35 | Qualification forCup Winners' Cup first round |
| 3 | Željezničar | 26 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 49 | 31 | +18 | 29 | |
| 4 | Velež | 26 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 33 | 31 | +2 | 28 | |
| 5 | OFK Belgrade | 26 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 42 | 40 | +2 | 28 | Invitation forInter-Cities Fairs Cup first round |
| 6 | Radnički Niš | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 43 | 33 | +10 | 26 | |
| 7 | Red Star Belgrade | 26 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 21 | 26 | −5 | 25 | |
| 8 | Novi Sad | 26 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 29 | 37 | −8 | 24 | |
| 9 | Sarajevo | 26 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 28 | 40 | −12 | 23 | |
| 10 | Rijeka | 26 | 10 | 3 | 13 | 28 | 41 | −13 | 23 | |
| 11 | Hajduk Split | 26 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 26 | 43 | −17 | 23 | |
| 12 | Vojvodina | 26 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 43 | 40 | +3 | 22 | |
| 13 | Sloboda Tuzla(R) | 26 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 29 | 43 | −14 | 20 | Relegation toYugoslav Second League |
| 14 | Budućnost(R) | 26 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 19 | 38 | −19 | 18 |
| Home \ Away | BUD | DIN | HAJ | NSD | OFK | PAR | RNI | RSB | RIJ | SAR | SLO | VEL | VOJ | ŽEL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Budućnost | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 0–0 | |
| Dinamo Zagreb | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 5–0 | 4–0 | 5–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | |
| Hajduk Split | 1–2 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | |
| Novi Sad | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | |
| OFK Belgrade | 2–1 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 3–3 | 2–2 | 6–1 | 5–3 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | |
| Partizan | 3–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 4–3 | 1–1 | |
| Radnički Niš | 0–0 | 3–1 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 3–0[a] | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 5–3 | 1–1 | |
| Red Star | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 0–5 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | |
| Rijeka | 2–0 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | |
| Sarajevo | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 1–2 | |
| Sloboda Tuzla | 1–0 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 | |
| Velež | 3–1 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | |
| Vojvodina | 2–3 | 2–3 | 7–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | |
| Željezničar | 6–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 5–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 6–1 | 2–3 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 2–3 |
Champions:FK Partizan (head coach:Stjepan Bobek)
Player (league matches/league goals)
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