| Season | 1970–71 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 23 August 1970 – 27 June 1971 |
| Champions | Hajduk Split 4th Federal League title 6thYugoslav title overall |
| Relegated | Bor Crvenka |
| European Cup | Hajduk Split |
| Cup Winners' Cup | Red Star |
| UEFA Cup | Željezničar Dinamo Zagreb OFK Beograd |
| Top goalscorer | Petar Nadoveza Božo Janković (20 goals each) |
1971–72 → | |
The1970–71Yugoslav First League season was the 25th season of the First Federal League (Serbo-Croatian:Prva savezna liga), the top levelassociation football league ofSFR Yugoslavia, since its establishment in 1946. Eighteen teams contested the competition, which ended withHajduk Split winning their fourth title, club's first in 16 years.
The week 7Hajduk vs.OFK Beograd league fixture atSplit'sStari plac Stadium on 23 September 1970 was stopped and ultimately abandoned over an incident caused by Hajduk's fans. With the score tied at 2-2 in the 52nd minute, match referee Pavle Ristić fromNovi Sad fell unconscious after getting hit in the head with an object thrown from the stands. As a result, the match was immediately stopped and abandoned. A few days later, theYugoslav FA's (FSJ) disciplinary body made a ruling to register the contest by awarding a 0-3 win to the visiting OFK Beograd.
In Split, the disciplinary measure set off violent street protests that quickly assumed a distinctly anti-Belgrade andanti-Serb tone and ended up lasting for days. Led by the club's ultra fan group,Torcida, the practice of seeking out parked cars with the city of Belgradelicense plates and pushing them into theAdriatic Sea off thedocks was especially widespread in Split during the protests. The press also reported about some of the gathered mob spontaneously launching into a cynical and sarcastic rendition ofSergio Endrigo's then current and popular song "Kud plovi ovaj brod" ('Where is This Ship Going') as the cars with Belgrade plates were pushed into the sea and floated in the water before sinking.[1]
Due to the undertones of ethnic hatred and potential to undermine thecountry's official inter-ethnic guiding principle during the politically sensitive time whenMASPOK was gathering steam inSR Croatia, the Split football protests quickly came to the attention of Yugoslav federal authorities that decided to deal with the situation by pressing FSJ into changing its disciplinary ruling and registering the original 2-2 score. FSJ did exactly that, reinstating the score at the moment when the match was abandoned as the official result.[2]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hajduk Split(C) | 34 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 61 | 31 | +30 | 49 | Qualification forEuropean Cup first round |
| 2 | Željezničar | 34 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 59 | 34 | +25 | 45 | Qualification forUEFA Cup first round |
| 3 | Dinamo Zagreb | 34 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 55 | 32 | +23 | 43 | |
| 4 | OFK Belgrade | 34 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 54 | 44 | +10 | 38 | |
| 5 | Partizan | 34 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 44 | 34 | +10 | 38 | |
| 6 | Red Star Belgrade | 34 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 62 | 46 | +16 | 36 | Qualification forCup Winners' Cup first round |
| 7 | Olimpija | 34 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 47 | 35 | +12 | 36 | |
| 8 | Velež | 34 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 52 | 48 | +4 | 36 | |
| 9 | Čelik | 34 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 35 | 32 | +3 | 36 | |
| 10 | Sloboda Tuzla | 34 | 9 | 14 | 11 | 23 | 29 | −6 | 32 | |
| 11 | Radnički Niš | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 38 | 43 | −5 | 31 | |
| 12 | Sarajevo | 34 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 42 | 51 | −9 | 29 | |
| 13 | Maribor | 34 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 33 | 48 | −15 | 29 | |
| 14 | Borac Banja Luka | 34 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 47 | 66 | −19 | 29 | |
| 15 | Vojvodina | 34 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 38 | 43 | −5 | 28 | |
| 16 | Radnički Kragujevac | 34 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 29 | 50 | −21 | 28 | |
| 17 | Bor(R) | 34 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 43 | 66 | −23 | 26 | Relegation toYugoslav Second League |
| 18 | Crvenka(R) | 34 | 8 | 7 | 19 | 28 | 58 | −30 | 23 |
| Home \ Away | BOR | BBL | CRV | ČEL | DIN | HAJ | MAR | OFK | OLI | PAR | RDK | RNI | RSB | SAR | SLO | VEL | VOJ | ŽEL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bor | 3–2 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 2–4 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | |
| Borac Banja Luka | 4–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–7 | 1–1 | 3–2 | |
| Crvenka | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–6 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 5–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 2–2 | |
| Čelik | 0–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | |
| Dinamo Zagreb | 4–3 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 0–1 | |
| Hajduk Split | 4–0 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 5–0 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | |
| Maribor | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | |
| OFK Belgrade | 7–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 7–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | |
| Olimpija | 2–1 | 3–2 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 | |
| Partizan | 1–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 3–4 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | |
| Radnički Kragujevac | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | |
| Radnički Niš | 4–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | |
| Red Star | 1–0 | 5–0 | 4–0 | 5–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–4 | |
| Sarajevo | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 4–3 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 0–0 | |
| Sloboda Tuzla | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | |
| Velež | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | |
| Vojvodina | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | |
| Željezničar | 6–1 | 4–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 |