1964–65 Yugoslav First League

The 1964–65 Yugoslav First League had an odd number of teams because FK Vardar was allowed to compete in the top league despite getting relegated the previous season. The state and FA authorities made this decision due to the major earthquake (6.1 Richter scale) that hit Skopje on 26 July 1963. The thinking was that having a team in top-flight would boost the citizens' morale.

Prva savezna liga

Season	1964–65
Dates	9 August 1964 – 10 June 1965
Champions	Partizan (6th title)
Relegated	Sutjeska
European Cup	Partizan
Cup Winners' Cup	Dinamo Zagreb
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	Red Star Belgrade Zagreb
Top goalscorer	Zlatko Dračić (23)
← 1963–64 1965–66 →

After week 8 of fixtures on 13 September 1964, the league went on an almost two-month break in order to accommodate the October 1964 Yugoslav Olympic national team's participation at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics where the team consisting entirely of players from the Yugoslav First League made it out of its round-robin group but lost in the quarterfinals to West Germany. The season resumed on 8 November 1964.

Teams

At the end of the previous season only FK Novi Sad was relegated – in spite of finishing last, FK Vardar was allowed to stay in top flight due to the 1963 Skopje earthquake. Since NK Zagreb and Sutjeska Nikšić were promoted from Yugoslav Second League, the league was contested by 15 teams.

Team	Location	Federal Republic	Position in 1963–64
Dinamo Zagreb	Zagreb	SR Croatia	0033rd
Hajduk Split	Split	SR Croatia	01010th
OFK Belgrade	Belgrade	SR Serbia	0022nd
Partizan	Belgrade	SR Serbia	0055th
Radnički Niš	Niš	SR Serbia	0088th
Red Star	Belgrade	SR Serbia	0011st
Rijeka	Rijeka	SR Croatia	0099th
Sarajevo	Sarajevo	SR Bosnia and Herzegovina	0044th
Sutjeska	Nikšić	SR Montenegro	—
Trešnjevka	Zagreb	SR Croatia	01111th
Vardar	Skopje	SR Macedonia	01414th
Velež	Mostar	SR Bosnia and Herzegovina	01212th
Vojvodina	Novi Sad	SR Serbia	0077th
NK Zagreb	Zagreb	SR Croatia	—
Željezničar	Sarajevo	SR Bosnia and Herzegovina	0066th

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Partizan (C)	28	19	5	4	62	34	28	43	Qualification for European Cup preliminary round
2	Sarajevo	28	15	5	8	52	38	14	35
3	Red Star Belgrade	28	13	9	6	50	38	12	35	Invitation for Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round
4	Rijeka	28	14	6	8	47	30	17	34
5	Željezničar	28	13	7	8	39	30	9	33
6	NK Zagreb	28	12	5	11	47	42	5	29	Invitation for Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round
7	Radnički Niš	28	9	10	9	39	33	6	28
8	Dinamo Zagreb	28	11	4	13	35	34	1	26	Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
9	Vojvodina	28	8	10	10	32	37	−5	26
10	OFK Belgrade	28	9	6	13	35	40	−5	24
11	Vardar	28	6	11	11	23	33	−10	23	Invitation for Balkans Cup
12	Hajduk Split	28	7	9	12	28	39	−11	23
13	Velež	28	9	3	16	37	53	−16	21
14	Trešnjevka	28	7	7	14	27	46	−19	21
15	Sutjeska Nikšić (R)	28	6	7	15	31	57	−26	19	Relegation to Yugoslav Second League

Source: rsssf.org
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	DIN	HAJ	OFK	PAR	RNI	RSB	RIJ	SAR	SUT	TRE	VAR	VEL	VOJ	ZAG	ŽEL
Dinamo Zagreb		2–0	0–1	1–2	1–1	0–0	2–3	1–2	6–0	3–2	2–0	3–1	3–2	2–4	0–1
Hajduk Split	0–1		3–1	0–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–0	1–0	0–0	2–0	2–1	2–2	1–1
OFK Belgrade	1–2	0–0		1–2	1–1	2–0	0–0	3–0	5–1	2–0	1–0	1–0	3–0	0–2	1–4
Partizan	1–0	3–1	3–3		4–3	1–2	1–0	0–1	3–2	4–0	2–0	4–3	3–0	3–1	1–0
Radnički Niš	1–0	4–1	0–0	1–1		2–3	0–0	2–1	3–1	2–1	1–0	5–1	0–1	3–0	1–0
Red Star	2–1	1–0	4–1	2–2	2–1		0–0	4–0	4–2	3–0	3–0	5–3	0–1	2–1	0–0
Rijeka	0–1	4–1	2–2	1–0	3–2	3–1		5–2	2–1	3–1	2–0	2–0	3–1	3–2	1–0
Sarajevo	4–0	4–1	4–0	4–5	1–1	3–0	2–1		2–0	3–1	1–1	4–3	3–0	3–1	3–1
Sutjeska	0–1	3–1	1–0	1–1	2–2	1–1	2–0	1–2		0–0	0–2	3–2	0–0	3–2	2–0
Trešnjevka	3–1	1–1	1–0	1–2	0–0	1–1	1–5	0–0	3–2		3–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	2–0
Vardar	0–0	3–3	1–0	2–2	2–0	1–1	1–0	0–0	0–0	1–2		0–0	1–0	2–1	0–2
Velež	0–1	0–2	2–0	3–2	1–1	1–4	2–1	1–0	4–1	0–1	2–1		2–1	3–1	0–0
Vojvodina	0–0	2–1	1–0	0–2	1–1	2–2	1–1	2–1	7–2	1–0	1–1	2–0		0–0	1–1
NK Zagreb	1–0	1–0	4–1	0–3	2–1	4–1	1–0	4–0	3–0	1–0	2–2	2–0	2–2		2–3
Željezničar	2–1	0–0	2–5	1–4	1–0	4–1	2–1	0–0	0–0	4–1	2–0	4–1	2–1	2–0

Source: DataSoccer.it
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Winning squad

Champions:

• FK Partizan (Coach: Aleksandar Atanacković)

player (league matches/league goals)

• Vladica Kovačević (28/14)
• Josip Pirmajer (27/7)
• Ljubomir Mihajlović (26/0)
• Milan Galić (24/15)
• Ivan Ćurković (23/0) (goalkeeper)
• Mustafa Hasanagić (20/13)
• Radoslav Bečejac (20/2)
• Jovan Miladinović (19/0)
• Joakim Vislavski (18/5)
• Fahrudin Jusufi (18/0)
• Branko Rašović (17/0)
• Velibor Vasović (15/0)
• Velimir Sombolac (14/0)
• Milan Damjanović (11/0)
• Milan Vukelić (10/0)
• Lazar Radović (8/0)
• Bora Milutinović (6/0)
• Mane Bajić (5/1)
• Miodrag Petrović (5/1)
• Milutin Šoškić (4/0) (goalkeeper)
• Branislav Mihajlović (2/0)
• Jovan Ćurčić (1/0) (goalkeeper)
• Vojislav Simeunović (1/0)

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Zlatko Dračić	NK Zagreb	23
2	Tonči Gulin	Rijeka	16
3	Milan Galić	Partizan	15
4	Vladimir Kovačević	Partizan	14
5	Mustafa Hasanagić	Partizan	13
	Mišo Smajlović	Željezničar
	Jovan Anđelković	Radnički Niš
8	Zoran Prljinčević	Red Star	12
9	Bora Kostić	Red Star	10

See also

• 1964–65 Yugoslav Second League
• 1964–65 Yugoslav Cup

External links

• Yugoslavia Domestic Football Full Tables