1980–81 Yugoslav Second League

Football league season

Yugoslav Second League
Season	1980–81
Champions	Osijek (West Division) Teteks (East Division)
Promoted	Osijek Teteks
Relegated	Maribor Vrbas Bosna Radnički Pirot Lovćen Rabotnički Vlaznimi Đakovica
← 1979–80 1981–82 →

The 1980–81 Yugoslav Second League season was the 35th 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 16 clubs each.

West Division

Teams

A total of sixteen teams contested the league, including ten sides from the 1979–80 season, two clubs relegated from the 1979–80 Yugoslav First League and four sides promoted from the Inter-Republic Leagues played in the 1979–80 season. The league was contested in a double round robin format, with each club playing every other club twice, for a total of 30 rounds. Two points were awarded for wins and one point for draws.

Čelik and Osijek were relegated from the 1978–79 Yugoslav First League after finishing at the bottom two places of the league table. The four clubs promoted to the second level were AIK Bačka Topola, GOŠK-Jug, Jedinstvo Brčko and Svoboda.

At the end of season the bribery scandal involving Maribor emerged, and caused the club to be relegated from second tier to third by the decision of the Football Association of Yugoslavia disciplinary committee. The club had a secret fund that was used for bribing officials and opponents. Some club officials were keeping track of the bribery expenses in their black book, which was later confiscated by the authorities. As a result of the decision, 13th placed Jedinstvo Bihać was allowed to stay in the league.

Šmartno, the winner of Slovenian league in the third tier, withdrew from promotion as a result of financial difficulties and corruption allegations that resulted in Maribor's expulsion. The clubs from second to fourth place also did the same which led to 14th placed GOŠK-Jug remain at the second level.

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Locations of teams' home cities in the 1980–81 Yugoslav Second League West

Team	Location	Federal subject	Position in 1979–80
AIK Bačka Topola	Bačka Topola	SAP Vojvodina	—
Bosna	Visoko	SR Bosnia and Herzegovina	01111th
Dinamo Vinkovci	Vinkovci	SR Croatia	0033rd
Čelik	Zenica	SR Bosnia and Herzegovina	—
GOŠK-Jug	Dubrovnik	SR Croatia	—
Iskra	Bugojno	SR Bosnia and Herzegovina	0044th
Jedinstvo Bihać	Bihać	SR Bosnia and Herzegovina	0088th
Jedinstvo Brčko	Brčko	SR Bosnia and Herzegovina	—
Leotar	Trebinje	SR Bosnia and Herzegovina	0077th
Maribor	Maribor	SR Slovenia	0055th
Osijek	Osijek	SR Croatia	—
Proleter Zrenjanin	Zrenjanin	SAP Vojvodina	0099th
Rudar Velenje	Velenje	SR Slovenia	01010th
Spartak Subotica	Subotica	SAP Vojvodina	0022nd
Svoboda	Ljubljana	SR Slovenia	—
Vrbas	Titov Vrbas	SAP Vojvodina	0066th

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Osijek (C, P)	30	17	8	5	50	16	+34	42	Promotion to Yugoslav First League
2	Iskra	30	16	4	10	40	29	+11	36
3	Dinamo Vinkovci	30	12	10	8	51	38	+13	34
4	Proleter Zrenjanin	30	12	9	9	47	38	+9	33
5	Spartak Subotica	30	11	10	9	49	47	+2	32
6	Čelik	30	12	7	11	42	34	+8	31
7	Jedinstvo Brčko	30	12	6	12	41	39	+2	30
8	AIK Bačka Topola	30	10	10	10	37	32	+5	30
9	Svoboda	30	9	12	9	32	27	+5	30
10	Maribor (R)	30	14	2	14	50	48	+2	30
11	Rudar	30	12	6	12	35	38	−3	30
12	Leotar	30	11	8	11	32	36	−4	30
13	Jedinstvo Bihać	30	11	7	12	32	29	+3	29	Relegation to Inter-Republic Leagues
14	GOŠK-Jug	30	11	6	13	36	44	−8	28
15	Vrbas (R)	30	6	8	16	25	49	−24	20
16	Bosna (R)	30	6	3	21	20	75	−55	15

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

East Division

Teams

A total of sixteen teams contested the league, including twelve sides from the 1978–79 season and four sides promoted from the Inter-Republic Leagues played in the 1979–80 season. The league was contested in a double round robin format, with each club playing every other club twice, for a total of 30 rounds. Two points were awarded for wins and one point for draws.

There were no teams relegated from the 1979–80 Yugoslav First League and the four clubs promoted to the second level were Lovćen, Rabotnički, Sloboda Titovo Užice and Vlaznimi Đakovica.

Due to disturbances in the territory of Socialist Autonomous Province of Kosovo, in the second part of the season Prishtina, Trepča and Vlaznimi Đakovica played their matches outside of the region. This resulted in a great number of postponed games at the end of the season. In the final round, Galenika Zemun played away against Teteks in a match that would have brought them promotion in case of victory due to better goal difference. The game ended as a goalless draw and Teteks won the promotion.

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Locations of teams' home cities in the 1980–81 Yugoslav Second League East

Team	Location	Federal subject	Position in 1979–80
Bor	Bor	SR Serbia	0033rd
Borac Čačak	Čačak	SR Serbia	0077th
Dubočica	Leskovac	SR Serbia	01111th
Galenika Zemun	Zemun	SR Serbia	0044th
Lovćen	Cetinje	SR Montenegro	—
Prishtina	Pristina	SAP Kosovo	0066th
Rabotnički	Skopje	SR Macedonia	—
Rad	Belgrade	SR Serbia	0099th
Radnički Kragujevac	Kragujevac	SR Serbia	0022nd
Radnički Pirot	Pirot	SR Serbia	01212th
Sloboda Titovo Užice	Titovo Užice	SR Serbia	—
Sutjeska	Nikšić	SR Montenegro	01010th
Teteks	Tetovo	SR Macedonia	0088th
OFK Titograd	Titograd	SR Montenegro	01313th
Trepča	Kosovska Mitrovica	SAP Kosovo	0055th
Vlaznimi Đakovica	Đakovica	SAP Kosovo	—

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Teteks (C, P)	30	15	7	8	30	18	+12	37	Promotion to Yugoslav First League
2	Galenika Zemun	30	13	9	8	38	24	+14	35
3	Rad	30	12	9	9	27	21	+6	33
4	Sutjeska Nikšić	30	11	11	8	27	24	+3	33
5	Radnički Kragujevac	30	10	11	9	41	29	+12	31
6	Borac Čačak	30	11	9	10	39	35	+4	31
7	Trepča	30	13	4	13	43	35	+8	30
8	Prishtina	30	9	12	9	27	22	+5	30
9	Sloboda Titovo Užice	30	11	8	11	33	32	+1	30
10	Bor	30	11	8	11	33	34	−1	30
11	Dubočica	30	11	8	11	29	32	−3	30
12	OFK Titograd	30	12	6	12	36	54	−18	30
13	Radnički Pirot (R)	30	11	7	12	45	36	+9	29	Relegation to Inter-Republic Leagues
14	Lovćen (R)	30	10	8	12	28	32	−4	28
15	Rabotnički (R)	30	11	6	13	31	43	−12	28
16	Vlaznimi Đakovica (R)	30	4	7	19	28	64	−36	15

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

References

General

Almanah Fudbalskog saveza Jugoslavije 1978–86 [Almanac of the Football Association of Yugoslavia 1978–86] (in Serbo-Croatian). Football Association of Yugoslavia.

Yugoslav Second League

Seasons