The 1961–62 Yugoslav First League season was the 16th 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. Twelve teams contested the competition, with Partizan winning their fourth title.
| Season | 1961–62 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 20 August 1961 – 2 May 1962 |
| Champions | Partizan (4th title) |
| Relegated | Vardar Borac Banja Luka |
| European Cup | Partizan |
| Cup Winners' Cup | OFK Belgrade |
| Inter-Cities Fairs Cup | Red Star Dinamo Zagreb Vojvodina |
| Top goalscorer | Dražan Jerković (16) |
← 1960–61 1962–63 → | |
Teams
editAt the end of the previous season RNK Split and Radnički Belgrade were relegated. They were replaced by FK Novi Sad and Borac Banja Luka.
| Team | Location | Federal Republic | Position in 1960–61 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Borac | Banja Luka |  SR Bosnia and Herzegovina
|
— |
| Dinamo Zagreb | Zagreb |  SR Croatia
|
4th |
| Hajduk Split | Split | SR Croatia
|
3rd |
| Novi Sad | Novi Sad |  SR Serbia
|
— |
| OFK Belgrade | Belgrade | SR Serbia
|
6th |
| Partizan | Belgrade | SR Serbia
|
1st |
| Red Star | Belgrade | SR Serbia
|
2nd |
| Rijeka | Rijeka | SR Croatia
|
7th |
| Sarajevo | Sarajevo | SR Bosnia and Herzegovina
|
8th |
| Vardar | Skopje |  SR Macedonia
|
10th |
| Velež | Mostar | SR Bosnia and Herzegovina
|
9th |
| Vojvodina | Novi Sad | SR Serbia
|
5th |
League table
edit| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Partizan (C) | 22 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 42 | 22 | +20 | 31 | Qualification for European Cup preliminary round |
| 2 | Vojvodina | 22 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 30 | 25 | +5 | 26 | Invitation for Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round |
| 3 | Dinamo Zagreb | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 36 | 23 | +13 | 25 | |
| 4 | Red Star Belgrade | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 35 | 25 | +10 | 24 | |
| 5 | Hajduk Split | 22 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 30 | 30 | 0 | 24 | |
| 6 | OFK Belgrade | 22 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 37 | 28 | +9 | 22 | Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup preliminary round |
| 7 | Sarajevo | 22 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 37 | 40 | −3 | 22 | |
| 8 | Rijeka | 22 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 17 | 21 | −4 | 22 | |
| 9 | Velež | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 29 | 35 | −6 | 20 | |
| 10 | Novi Sad | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 27 | 40 | −13 | 19 | |
| 11 | Vardar (R) | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 30 | 37 | −7 | 18 | Relegation to Yugoslav Second League |
| 12 | Borac Banja Luka (R) | 22 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 26 | 50 | −24 | 11 |
Source: rsssf.org
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Results
editWinning squad
editChampions:
- FK Partizan (head coach: Stjepan Bobek)
player (league matches/league goals)
- Velibor Vasović (22/2)
- Milutin Šoškić (22/0) (goalkeeper)
- Milan Galić (21/7)
- Fahrudin Jusufi (21/0)
- Vladica Kovačević (19/15)
- Milan Vukelić (17/6)
- Joakim Vislavski (17/3)
- Velimir Sombolac (17/0)
- Lazar Radović (16/2)
- Branislav Mihajlović (16/0)
- Zvezdan Čebinac (14/3)
- Milorad Milutinović (12/0)
- Radivoj Ognjanović (9/1)
- Dragoslav Jovanović (8/0)
- Ljubomir Mihajlović (6/0)
- Dragomir Slišković (4/1)
- Ivan Rajić (3/1)
- Miodrag Petrović (3/0)
- Vladimir Petrović (3/0)
- Bruno Belin (2/0)
- Mustafa Hasanagić (1/0)
Top scorers
edit| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Dražan Jerković
|
Dinamo Zagreb | 16 |
| 2 | Vladimir Kovačević
|
Partizan | 15 |
| 3 | Đorđe Pavlić
|
Vojvodina | 12 |
| 4 | Andon Dončevski
|
Vardar | 11 |
| 5 | Zvonko Bego
|
Hajduk Split | 10 |
| 6 | Josip Skoblar
|
OFK Belgrade | 9 |
| Dušan Maravić
|
Red Star | ||
| Spasoje Samardžić
|
OFK Belgrade | ||
| 9 | Salih Šehović
|
Sarajevo | 8 |
| Anton Rudinski
|
Red Star |