1961–62 Yugoslav First League
| Season | 1961–62 |
|---|---|
| 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 → | |
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.
Teams
At 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 |
N/A |
| Dinamo Zagreb | Zagreb |  SR Croatia |
4th |
| Hajduk Split | Split | SR Croatia |
3rd |
| Novi Sad | Novi Sad |  SR Serbia |
N/A |
| 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
| Pos |
Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Partizan (C) | 22 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 42 | 22 | +20 | 31 | 1962–63 European Cup |
| 2 | Vojvodina | 22 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 30 | 25 | +5 | 26 | 1962–63 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup |
| 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 | 1962–63 European Cup Winners' Cup |
| 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 | 1962–63 Yugoslav Second League |
| 12 | Borac Banja Luka (R) | 22 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 26 | 50 | −24 | 11 |
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.
Winning squad
- 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)