1960–61 Yugoslav First League

Prva savezna liga
Season	1960–61
Dates	18 September 1960 – 11 June 1961
Champions	Partizan (3rd title)
Relegated	RNK Split; Radnički Belgrade
European Cup	Partizan
Cup Winners' Cup	Vardar
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	Red Star; Dinamo Zagreb; Vojvodina
Top goalscorer	Zoran Prljinčević; Todor Veselinović; (16 goals each)
	← 1959–60 1961–62 →

The 1960–61 Yugoslav First League season was won by FK Partizan, which was the club's third title and its first in twelve years. The season was also a coming-out party of sorts for the club's talented new generation of young players known as "Partizan's babies" that would dominate Yugoslav football for the next few years and would even go on to make it to the 1966 European Cup final.

The season began later than usual in order to accommodate the Yugoslav Olympic national team's late August and early September 1960 participation at the 1960 Rome Olympics where they won the gold medal with a roster consisting entirely of players from the Yugoslav First League.

Teams

At the end of the previous season Budućnost and Sloboda were relegated. They were replaced by Vardar and RNK Split.

Team	Location	Federal Republic	Position in 1959–60
Dinamo Zagreb	Zagreb	SR Croatia	0022nd
Hajduk Split	Split	SR Croatia	0055th
OFK Belgrade	Belgrade	SR Serbia	0077th
Partizan	Belgrade	SR Serbia	0033rd
Radnički Belgrade	Belgrade	SR Serbia	0099th
Red Star	Belgrade	SR Serbia	0011st
Rijeka	Rijeka	SR Croatia	0088th
Sarajevo	Sarajevo	SR Bosnia and Herzegovina	0066th
RNK Split	Split	SR Croatia	—
Vardar	Skopje	SR Macedonia	—
Velež	Mostar	SR Bosnia and Herzegovina	01010th
Vojvodina	Novi Sad	SR Serbia	0044th

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Partizan (C)	22	15	2	5	53	23	+30	32	Qualification for European Cup preliminary round
2	Red Star Belgrade	22	13	5	4	38	21	+17	31	Invitation for Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round
3	Hajduk Split	22	13	4	5	34	22	+12	30
4	Dinamo Zagreb	22	10	7	5	36	27	+9	27	Invitation for Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round
5	Vojvodina	22	10	3	9	32	29	+3	23	Invitation for Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round
6	OFK Belgrade	22	8	7	7	30	30	0	23
7	Rijeka	22	10	2	10	32	36	−4	22
8	Sarajevo	22	6	6	10	33	39	−6	18	Invitation for Balkans Cup
9	Velež	22	5	7	10	27	39	−12	17
10	Vardar	22	6	5	11	21	36	−15	17	Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
11	RNK Split (R)	22	5	6	11	29	38	−9	16	Relegation to Yugoslav Second League
12	Radnički Beograd (R)	22	4	0	18	33	58	−25	8	Relegation to Yugoslav Second League

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

Results

Home \ Away	DIN	HAJ	OFK	PAR	RBE	RSB	RIJ	SAR	SPL	VAR	VEL	VOJ
Dinamo Zagreb		1–4	2–0	0–1	2–0	1–2	3–0	3–1	2–1	6–1	1–0	2–4
Hajduk Split	4–1		1–0	0–0	3–0	1–0	3–2	1–0	1–1	3–0	2–2	2–0
OFK Belgrade	1–1	1–1		2–1	2–0	1–2	4–2	2–1	3–1	2–2	2–0	1–0
Partizan	1–1	4–0	2–0		3–2	3–0	1–0	5–2	5–0	2–0	3–0	4–0
Radnički Beograd	3–4	1–2	2–0	2–4		1–3	1–2	4–1	1–2	2–3	3–1	3–0
Red Star	2–2	2–1	3–1	3–2	5–1		2–0	1–0	4–0	0–1	2–0	2–1
Rijeka	0–0	1–2	1–1	2–1	6–3	1–0		3–0	2–0	1–0	2–1	1–3
Sarajevo	1–1	3–0	0–0	2–0	3–1	1–1	3–1		3–2	3–0	2–2	1–2
RNK Split	0–1	0–2	1–1	2–4	6–0	0–0	1–2	5–3		1–1	1–1	2–0
Vardar	0–1	1–0	1–3	3–1	3–2	1–2	0–3	0–0	0–0		3–1	0–1
Velež	0–0	2–0	5–2	2–5	1–0	2–2	2–0	2–2	2–0	0–0		1–3
Vojvodina	1–1	0–1	1–1	0–1	2–1	0–0	5–0	3–1	0–3	2–1	4–0

Source: DataSoccer.it
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Winning squad

Champions:

FK Partizan (head coach: Stjepan Bobek)

player (league matches/league goals)

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Zoran Prljinčević	Radnički Belgrade	16
1	Todor Veselinović	Vojvodina	16
3	Andrija Anković	Hajduk Split	15
4	Milan Galić	Partizan	14
5	Tonči Gulin	RNK Split	13
6	Anton Rudinski	Red Star	10
6	Željko Matuš	Dinamo Zagreb	10
8	Bora Kostić	Red Star	9
	Bruno Veselica	Rijeka
	Zijad Arslanagić	Sarajevo

External links

Yugoslavia Domestic Football Full Tables