1998–99 First League of FR Yugoslavia

First League of FR Yugoslavia
Season	1998–99
Champions	Partizan; 16th domestic title
Relegated	none
Champions League	Partizan
UEFA Cup	Red Star; Vojvodina
Matches played	216
Goals scored	616 (2.85 per match)
Top goalscorer	Dejan Osmanović (16)
	← 1997–98 1999–2000 →

The 1998–99 First League of FR Yugoslavia was the seventh season of the FR Yugoslavia's top-level football league since its establishment. It was contested by 18 teams, and Partizan won the championship (declared on 12 June 1999).

The championship was stopped on 14 May 1999, because of the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia, after 24 rounds.

Teams

Belgrade

Belgrade clubs:

Milicionar
Obilić
OFK Beograd
Partizan
Rad
Red Star
Zemun
Železnik

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Location of teams in the 1998–99 First League

Club	City	Stadium	Capacity
Partizan	Belgrade	Partizan Stadium	32,710
Red Star	Belgrade	Red Star Stadium	55,538
Vojvodina	Novi Sad	Karađorđe Stadium	17,204
Zemun	Zemun, Belgrade	Zemun Stadium	10,000
Rad	Belgrade	Stadion Kralj Petar I	6,000
Proleter	Zrenjanin	Stadion Karađorđev park	13,500
Hajduk Kula	Kula	Stadion Hajduk	6,000
Obilić	Belgrade	FK Obilić Stadium	4,500
Železnik	Belgrade	Železnik Stadium	8,000
Mogren	Budva	Stadion Lugovi	4,000
OFK Beograd	Karaburma, Belgrade	Omladinski Stadium	20,000
Sartid 1913	Smederevo	Smederevo City Stadium	17,200
Spartak	Subotica	Subotica City Stadium	13,000
Radnički	Kragujevac	Čika Dača Stadium	15,000
Priština	Priština	Priština City Stadium	25,000
Budućnost Podgorica	Podgorica	Podgorica City Stadium	12,000
Radnički Niš	Niš	Čair Stadium	18,000
Milicionar	Belgrade	SC MUP Makiš	4,000

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Partizan (C)	24	21	3	0	59	11	+48	66	Qualification for Champions League first qualifying round
2	Obilić	24	20	4	0	61	9	+52	64	Excluded from European competitions^[a]
3	Red Star Belgrade	24	15	6	3	54	18	+36	51	Qualification for UEFA Cup qualifying round^[a]
4	Vojvodina	24	13	3	8	45	22	+23	42	Qualification for UEFA Cup qualifying round^[a]
5	Rad	24	11	7	6	26	26	0	40
6	Proleter Zrenjanin	24	10	5	9	29	29	0	35
7	Hajduk Kula	24	9	5	10	27	28	−1	32
8	OFK Beograd	24	8	7	9	35	39	−4	31
9	Sartid	24	7	9	8	24	27	−3	30
10	Radnički Kragujevac	24	9	3	12	33	43	−10	30
11	Milicionar	24	8	5	11	39	39	0	29
12	Zemun	24	9	1	14	30	47	−17	28
13	Železnik	24	7	5	12	29	43	−14	26
14	Budućnost Podgorica	24	7	5	12	28	42	−14	26
15	Mogren	24	4	8	12	18	42	−24	20
16	Radnički Niš	24	4	7	13	21	44	−23	19
17	Priština	24	5	3	16	25	49	−24	18	Withdrew from the league^[b]
18	Spartak Subotica	24	6	0	18	33	58	−25	18

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

^ ^a ^b Obilić was excluded from the UEFA competitions because was the club owner Željko "Arkan" Ražnatović was charged with war crimes. Their place was given to Vojvodina.^[1]
^ Priština withdrew from the FR Yugoslavia football league system due to the situation in Kosovo, then was moved to the Kosovo football league system.

Results

Home \ Away	BUD	HAJ	MIL	MOG	OBI	OFK	PAR	PRI	PRO	RAD	RDK	RNI	RSB	SAR	SPA	VOJ	ZEM	ŽEL
Budućnost Podgorica				4–1	1–2	2–2		0–0			2–1	3–1	0–1	0–0	2–0	1–0	1–0	2–0
Hajduk Kula	3–0		0–0	1–0		0–0		2–0	2–0		3–0	2–0		3–3	2–0		3–0	1–0
Milicionar	6–3			1–1	0–0	4–0	0–1	2–0		5–0		4–5	1–7		2–1	2–1		3–0
Mogren		2–2	1–0		0–0		0–3		1–2	0–2	1–0	0–0		1–1		0–0	1–0	2–2
Obilić	5–0	5–0	2–0			2–0		3–0	2–0		4–0	5–0		4–2	3–1		6–3	2–0
OFK Beograd	5–3	1–0	2–2	1–2	0–1		2–3	3–2		1–1		2–0	1–1			0–0		5–2
Partizan	1–0	3–0		3–1	0–0			3–0		4–0	2–0	4–1	2–1		5–1	2–0		4–1
Priština		3–1	3–2	6–1	0–2	1–3	0–4		1–1	1–2		1–1	0–1			2–1		3–1
Proleter Zrenjanin	1–1		0–1	2–2		1–0	0–1	2–0			3–0		2–1	1–0	3–1		2–1	2–2
Rad	2–1	1–0		1–0	0–2				1–1		2–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–0		2–0
Radnički Kragujevac		1–0	1–0			6–1	1–2	2–0	2–0	1–1			1–1	2–0	3–2	2–3	0–2
Radnički Niš	1–0	1–1	4–1		0–2	0–0	0–0	3–1	1–2		2–2			0–0	0–2		0–1
Red Star	4–0	2–0		3–0	1–1		2–2		2–1	3–1		4–0		0–1		1–0	5–1	4–0
Sartid	0–0		1–0			0–1	0–2	3–0	2–1	1–0	1–3		1–1		2–1	0–3	3–0
Spartak Subotica		2–0	4–2	3–1	0–4	3–4	0–4	3–1	0–1	1–3			1–3			1–3	3–2
Vojvodina	2–0	3–1		3–0	0–1				4–1	1–1	8–1	1–0	1–2	1–0			5–1	3–2
Zemun	3–2		1–0	2–0		1–0	1–2	3–0		1–0	1–3		0–3	1–1	4–2	0–2
Železnik		1–0	1–1		1–1	2–1	0–2		1–0	0–0	2–0	4–1		1–1	3–1		3–1

Source: RSSSF.org
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Winning squad

Champions: Partizan Belgrade (Coach: Ljubiša Tumbaković)

Players (league matches/league goals)

Source:^[2]

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Dejan Osmanović	Hajduk Kula	16
2	Mihajlo Pjanović	Red Star	14
3	Zoran Ranković	Obilić	13
3	Saša Ilić	Partizan	13
5	Antal Puhalak	Spartak	12
5	Vladimir Ivić	Partizan	12

References

^ "No Champions League spot for Wisla Krakow". Reuters. 15 June 1999. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
^ "Partizan official website". Archived from the original on 2010-12-17. Retrieved 2009-10-03.

External links

Tables and results at RSSSF

[table_note_res_EXC0.28403325438687-2] Obilić was excluded from the UEFA competitions because was the club owner Željko "Arkan" Ražnatović was charged with war crimes. Their place was given to Vojvodina.^[1]

[table_note_res_W0.28403325438687-3] Priština withdrew from the FR Yugoslavia football league system due to the situation in Kosovo, then was moved to the Kosovo football league system.

[1] "No Champions League spot for Wisla Krakow". Reuters. 15 June 1999. Retrieved 5 July 2016.

[4] "Partizan official website". Archived from the original on 2010-12-17. Retrieved 2009-10-03.

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