1962–63 Yugoslav First League
| Season | 1962–63 |
|---|---|
| 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) |
|
← 1961–62 1963–64 → | |
The 1962–63 Yugoslav First League season was the 17th season of the First Federal League (Serbo-Croatian: 'Prva savezna liga'), the top level association football league of SFR Yugoslavia, since its establishment in 1946. Fourteen teams contested the competition, with Partizan winning their fifth title.
Teams
Due to the expansion of the league from 12 to 14 clubs two teams were relegated at the end of the previous season (Vardar and Borac) and four were promoted - Budućnost, Radnički Niš, Željezničar and Sloboda.
| Team | Location | Federal Republic | Position in 1961–62 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Budućnost | Titograd |  SR Montenegro |
N/A |
| Dinamo Zagreb | Zagreb |  SR Croatia |
3rd |
| Hajduk Split | Split | SR Croatia |
5th |
| Novi Sad | Novi Sad |  SR Serbia |
10th |
| OFK Belgrade | Belgrade | SR Serbia |
6th |
| Partizan | Belgrade | SR Serbia |
1st |
| Radnički Niš | Niš | SR Serbia |
N/A |
| Red Star | Belgrade | SR Serbia |
4th |
| Rijeka | Rijeka | SR Croatia |
8th |
| Sarajevo | Sarajevo |  SR Bosnia and Herzegovina |
7th |
| Sloboda | Tuzla | SR Bosnia and Herzegovina |
N/A |
| Velež | Mostar | SR Bosnia and Herzegovina |
9th |
| Vojvodina | Novi Sad | SR Serbia |
2nd |
| Željezničar | Sarajevo | SR Bosnia and Herzegovina |
N/A |
League table
| Pos |
Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Partizan (C) | 26 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 58 | 22 | +36 | 40 | 1963–64 European Cup |
| 2 | Dinamo Zagreb | 26 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 52 | 35 | +17 | 35 | 1963–64 European Cup Winners' Cup |
| 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 | 1963–64 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup |
| 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 | 1963–64 Yugoslav Second League |
| 14 | Budućnost (R) | 26 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 19 | 39 | −20 | 18 |
Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification:
1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Champions
FK Partizan (head coach: Stjepan Bobek)
Player (league matches/league goals)
Vladica Kovačević (26/14)
Milutin Šoškić (26/0) (goalkeeper)
Milan Galić (25/16)
Fahrudin Jusufi (25/0)
Velibor Vasović (24/2)
Ljubomir Mihajlović (23/0)
Milan Vukelić (18/2)
Joakim Vislavski (16/7)
Zvezdan Čebinac (16/0)
Bora Milutinović (15/1)
Velimir Sombolac (14/0)
Mustafa Hasanagić (12/4)
Anton Rudinski (8/6)
Aleksandar Jončić (8/0)
Ivan Rajić (6/1)
Lazar Radović (5/2)
Milorad Milutinović (5/0)
Ilija Mitić (5/0)
Dragomir Slišković (5/0)
Branislav Mihajlović (4/1)
Mane Bajić (4/0)
Miodrag Petrović (3/1)
Vladimir Petrović (3/0)
Dragoslav Jovanović (2/0)
Milan Damjanović (1/0)
Zenun Brovina
Dimitrije Davidović
Poljan
Jankulovski
Milanović
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