1967–68 Yugoslav Second League

The 1967–68 Yugoslav Second League season was the 22nd season of the Second Federal League (Serbo-Croatian: Druga savezna liga), the second level association football competition of SFR Yugoslavia, since its establishment in 1946. The league was contested in two regional groups (West Division and East Division), with 18 clubs each. There were no teams relegated at the end of the season, as the league changed its format and from following season was divided in four groups with 16 clubs each.

Yugoslav Second League

Season	1967–68
Champions	Čelik (West Division) Bor (East Division)
Promoted	Čelik Bor
Relegated	None
← 1966–67 1968–69 →

West Division

Teams

A total of eighteen teams contested the league, including fourteen sides from the 1966–67 season, one club relegated from the 1966–67 Yugoslav First League and three sides promoted from the third tier leagues played in the 1966–67 season. The league was contested in a double round robin format, with each club playing every other club twice, for a total of 34 rounds. Two points were awarded for wins and one point for draws.

Čelik were relegated from the 1966–67 Yugoslav First League after finishing in the 16th place of the league table. The three clubs promoted to the second level were Belišće, Rudar Ljubija and RNK Split.

Banja
Luka

Belišće

Borovo

Hrasnica

Kakanj

Kidričevo

Osijek

Prijedor

S. Brod

Split

Šibenik

Travnik

Trebinje

Tuzla

Varaždin

Zagreb

Zenica

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Locations of teams' home cities in the 1967–68 Yugoslav Second League West

Team	Location	Federal subject	Position in 1965–66
Aluminij	Kidričevo	SR Slovenia	01111th
Belišće	Belišće	SR Croatia	—
Borac Banja Luka	Banja Luka	SR Bosnia and Herzegovina	01515th
Borovo	Borovo Naselje	SR Croatia	0088th
Bratstvo Travnik	Travnik	SR Bosnia and Herzegovina	0066th
BSK Slavonski Brod	Slavonski Brod	SR Croatia	01313th
Čelik	Zenica	SR Bosnia and Herzegovina	—
Famos Hrasnica	Hrasnica	SR Bosnia and Herzegovina	01212th
Leotar	Trebinje	SR Bosnia and Herzegovina	0077th
Lokomotiva Zagreb	Zagreb	SR Croatia	0044th
Osijek	Osijek	SR Croatia	0022nd
Rudar Kakanj	Kakanj	SR Bosnia and Herzegovina	01010th
Rudar Ljubija	Prijedor	SR Bosnia and Herzegovina	—
Sloboda	Tuzla	SR Bosnia and Herzegovina	0033rd
RNK Split	Split	SR Croatia	—
Šibenik	Šibenik	SR Croatia	0055th
Trešnjevka	Zagreb	SR Croatia	0099th
Varteks	Varaždin	SR Croatia	01414th

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Čelik (C, P)	34	24	5	5	82	15	+67	53	Promotion to Yugoslav First League
2	Sloboda Tuzla	34	21	9	4	54	21	+33	51
3	Osijek	34	15	9	10	46	27	+19	39
4	Rudar Ljubija	34	17	3	14	54	47	+7	37
5	Famos Hrasnica	34	14	7	13	45	35	+10	35
6	Borovo	34	13	9	12	48	43	+5	35
7	Borac Banja Luka	34	13	8	13	54	48	+6	34
8	RNK Split	34	14	6	14	46	57	−11	34
9	Belišće	34	14	5	15	44	50	−6	33
10	Bratstvo Travnik	34	14	5	15	44	50	−6	33
11	Leotar	34	9	14	11	35	44	−9	32
12	Rudar Kakanj	34	14	4	16	55	70	−15	32
13	Varteks	34	12	7	15	43	45	−2	31
14	Lokomotiva Zagreb	34	11	9	14	39	45	−6	31
15	Šibenik	34	14	3	17	45	53	−8	31
16	BSK Slavonski Brod	34	12	5	17	51	56	−5	29
17	Trešnjevka	34	9	10	15	43	61	−18	28
18	Aluminij	34	4	6	24	32	84	−52	14

Source: fsgzrenjanin.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

East Division

Teams

A total of eighteen teams contested the league, including fourteen sides from the 1966–67 season, one club relegated from the 1966–67 Yugoslav First League and three sides promoted from the third tier leagues played in the 1966–67 season. The league was contested in a double round robin format, with each club playing every other club twice, for a total of 34 rounds. Two points were awarded for wins and one point for draws.

Sutjeska were relegated from the 1966–67 Yugoslav First League after finishing in the 15th place of the league table. The three clubs promoted to the second level were Bregalnica Štip, Sloga Kraljevo and Srem.

Bačka

Belgrade

Bor

Cetinje

Crvenka

Čačak

K. Mitrovica

Kragujevac

Kraljevo

Nikšić

Prilep

Pristina

Sombor

S. Mitrovica

Subotica

Štip

Titograd

Užice

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Locations of teams' home cities in the 1967–68 Yugoslav Second League East

Team	Location	Federal subject	Position in 1966–67
Bačka	Bačka Palanka	SAP Vojvodina	01515th
Bor	Bor	SR Serbia	0088th
Borac Čačak	Čačak	SR Serbia	01212th
Bregalnica Štip	Štip	SR Macedonia	—
Budućnost	Titograd	SR Montenegro	01010th
Crvenka	Crvenka	SAP Vojvodina	01414th
Lovćen	Cetinje	SR Montenegro	01313th
Pobeda	Prilep	SR Macedonia	0099th
Prishtina	Pristina	SAP Kosovo	0022nd
Radnički Kragujevac	Kragujevac	SR Serbia	01111th
Radnički Sombor	Sombor	SAP Vojvodina	0033rd
Sloboda Titovo Užice	Titovo Užice	SR Serbia	0077th
Sloga Kraljevo	Kraljevo	SR Serbia	—
Spartak Subotica	Subotica	SAP Vojvodina	0055th
Srem	Sremska Mitrovica	SAP Vojvodina	—
Sutjeska	Nikšić	SR Montenegro	—
Trepča	Kosovska Mitrovica	SAP Kosovo	0044th
Voždovački	Belgrade	SR Serbia	0066th

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Bor (C, P)	34	19	6	9	52	29	+23	44	Promotion to Yugoslav First League
2	Trepča	34	17	6	11	59	33	+26	40
3	Sloga Kraljevo	34	18	4	12	56	43	+13	40
4	Budućnost	34	16	6	12	49	36	+13	38
5	Bačka	34	15	4	15	53	41	+12	34
6	Radnički Sombor	34	13	8	13	48	51	−3	34
7	Prishtina	34	14	6	14	44	47	−3	34
8	Lovćen	34	14	6	14	41	47	−6	34
9	Crvenka	34	15	3	16	67	61	+6	33
10	Pobeda	34	13	7	14	46	46	0	33
11	Radnički Kragujevac	34	14	5	15	43	45	−2	33
12	Spartak Subotica	34	12	9	13	45	48	−3	33
13	Srem	34	14	5	15	48	55	−7	33
14	Sloboda Titovo Užice	34	12	8	14	38	43	−5	32
15	Borac Čačak	34	12	8	14	36	41	−5	32
16	Sutjeska Nikšić	34	12	6	16	63	77	−14	30
17	Bregalnica Shtip	34	12	6	16	50	78	−28	30
18	Voždovački	34	7	11	16	48	65	−17	25

Source: fsgzrenjanin.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

See also

• 1967–68 Yugoslav First League
• 1967–68 Yugoslav Cup