| Season | 1988–89 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 6 August 1988 – 4 June 1989 |
| Champions | Vojvodina (2nd title) |
| Relegated | Napredak Kruševac (17th) Čelik Zenica (18th) |
| European Cup | Vojvodina |
| Cup Winners' Cup | Partizan |
| UEFA Cup | Red Star Rad Dinamo Zagreb |
| Top goalscorer | Davor Šuker (33) |
1989–90 → | |
The1988–89Yugoslav First League season was the 43rd season of the First Federal League (Serbo-Croatian:Prva savezna liga), the top levelassociation football competition ofSFR Yugoslavia, since its establishment in 1946.
The season began on 6 August 1988 with its fall part completing on 18 December 1988. Following a two-month winter break, the season resumed on 26 February 1989 and ran until 4 June 1989.
The season saw the introduction of a new way of awarding points when a league match ends in a draw. Two points were still being awarded for a win, while in case of a draw at the end of the ninety minutes — penalty kicks were taken and theshootout winner was awarded one point while the loser got nothing. The 1988–89 season was the very first to feature this tie-break method, and the Yugoslav FA's decision to implement it caused a lot of criticism and controversy. The biggest proponent of the new rule was the Yugoslav FA (FSJ) presidentSlavko Šajber and it was often derisively referred to in the media as 'Šajber's penalties'.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | PKW | PKL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vojvodina(C) | 34 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 50 | 38 | +12 | 41 | Qualification forEuropean Cup first round |
| 2 | Red Star Belgrade | 34 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 55 | 30 | +25 | 38 | Qualification forUEFA Cup first round |
| 3 | Hajduk Split | 34 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 50 | 29 | +21 | 36 | Banned from European competition[a] |
| 4 | Rad | 34 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 10 | 46 | 38 | +8 | 35 | Qualification forUEFA Cup first round |
| 5 | Dinamo Zagreb | 34 | 16 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 42 | 29 | +13 | 34 | |
| 6 | Partizan | 34 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 52 | 37 | +15 | 33 | Qualification forCup Winners' Cup first round |
| 7 | Radnički Niš | 34 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 42 | 35 | +7 | 31 | |
| 8 | Osijek | 34 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 49 | 50 | −1 | 31 | |
| 9 | Vardar | 34 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 46 | 51 | −5 | 29 | |
| 10 | Rijeka | 34 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 35 | 34 | +1 | 28 | |
| 11 | Velež | 34 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 42 | 43 | −1 | 28 | |
| 12 | Sloboda Tuzla | 34 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 35 | 42 | −7 | 28 | |
| 13 | Sarajevo | 34 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 35 | 42 | −7 | 28 | |
| 14 | Budućnost | 34 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 32 | 43 | −11 | 28 | |
| 15 | Spartak Subotica | 34 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 30 | 39 | −9 | 26 | |
| 16 | Željezničar | 34 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 34 | 49 | −15 | 25 | |
| 17 | Napredak Kruševac(R) | 34 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 42 | 59 | −17 | 23 | Relegation toYugoslav Second League |
| 18 | Čelik[b](R) | 34 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 31 | 60 | −29 | 17 |
Results in brackets indicate the results frompenalty shoot-outs whenever games were drawn.
| Home \ Away | BUD | ČEL | DIN | HAJ | NAP | OSI | PAR | RAD | RNI | RSB | RIJ | SAR | SLO | SPA | VAR | VEL | VOJ | ŽEL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Budućnost | 1–0 | 0–0(3–1) | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0[4–2) | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–1(5–6) | 1–1(5–6) | 0–0(6–5) | 1–0 | 1–0 | |
| Čelik | 0–0(3–1) | 0–0(2–4) | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1(2–4) | 1–4 | 1–1(5–4) | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–1(4–2) | 1–1(4–2) | 3–1 | 1–0 | |
| Dinamo Zagreb | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 0–0(4–5) | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–0(4–3) | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–1(1–3) | 3–1 | |
| Hajduk Split | 2–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 5–0 | 0–1 | 2–2(0–2) | 2–2(4–5) | 3–0 | 0–0(4–2) | 4–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 0–0(2–4) | 2–0 | |
| Napredak Kruševac | 3–1 | 3–0 | 0–0(7–6) | 1–1(1–3) | 2–0 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 4–3 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1(4–5) | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | |
| Osijek | 2–2(5–4) | 6–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 1–1(3–1) | 0–0(4–3) | 1–3 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 4–1 | |
| Partizan | 3–0 | 2–2(10–11) | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 1–1(3–5) | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 6–1 | 0–1 | 1–1(2–3) | 0–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 4–0 | |
| Rad | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–0(4–3) | 4–0 | 0–2 | 2–2(4–1) | 4–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–1(3–2) | 2–1 | |
| Radnički Niš | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1(3–2) | 0–0(4–5) | 2–1 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 0–0(2–3) | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | |
| Red Star | 2–1 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–2(4–5) | 5–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0(3–4) | 4–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | |
| Rijeka | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0(1–3) | 4–1 | 2–0 | 1–1(3–4) | 0–1 | 0–0(4–5) | 1–2 | 0–0(2–3) | 1–0 | 0–0(5–6) | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | |
| Sarajevo | 4–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1(4–2) | 0–0(4–3) | 0–0(4–5) | 0–0(1–4) | 2–0 | 1–1(1–4) | 1–2 | 1–1(4–2) | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0(1–2) | 2–0 | |
| Sloboda Tuzla | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–0(4–3) | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–1(5–3) | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–2(5–3) | 1–1(1–4) | 0–0(5–4) | 0–0(4–5) | 0–0(3–5) | 2–0 | 2–4 | 1–1(3–0) | 1–0 | |
| Spartak Subotica | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–2(1–3) | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 1–1(3–2) | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | |
| Vardar | 2–1 | 6–1 | 0–1 | 1–1(3–5) | 1–1(4–3) | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 2–2(2–4) | 3–0[a] | 2–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 5–1 | |
| Velež | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–1(4–3) | 2–2(5–4) | 2–0 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | |
| Vojvodina | 2–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–0(4–3) | 1–2 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | |
| Željezničar | 4–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1(5–6) | 4–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0(2–4) | 1–0 | 0–0(4–3) | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–2(1–4) | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 |
| Player | League | |
|---|---|---|
| Matches | Goals | |
| 34 | 0 | |
| 31 | 7 | |
| 31 | 4 | |
| 30 | 7 | |
| 28 | 1 | |
| 28 | 1 | |
| 28 | 1 | |
| 26 | 2 | |
| 25 | 6 | |
| 25 | 4 | |
| 24 | 4 | |
| 23 | 5 | |
| 20 | 1 | |
| 19 | 4 | |
| 15 | 2 | |
| 15 | 0 | |
| 14 | 1 | |
| 7 | 0 | |
| 6 | 0 | |
| 4 | 0 | |
| 4 | 0 | |
| 2 | 0 | |
| 1 | 0 | |
| 1 | 0 | |
| Head coach:Ljupko Petrović | ||