title: 1971–72 Yugoslav First League
text: # 1971–72 Yugoslav First League
  
  The 1971–72 Yugoslav First League season was the 26th season of the First Federal League of Yugoslavia (Serbo-Croatian: Prva savezna liga Jugoslavije), the top level association football competition of SFR Yugoslavia, since its establishment in 1946. A total of 18 teams competed in the league, with the previous season's runners-up Željezničar Sarajevo winning the title.
  
  ## League table
  
  | Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Željezničar (C) | 34 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 55 | 20 | +35 | 51 | Qualification for European Cup first round |
  | 2 | Red Star Belgrade | 34 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 57 | 21 | +36 | 49 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
  | 3 | OFK Belgrade | 34 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 56 | 26 | +30 | 45 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
  | 4 | Vojvodina | 34 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 50 | 38 | +12 | 42 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
  | 5 | Partizan | 34 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 41 | 35 | +6 | 39 | |
  | 6 | Velež | 34 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 58 | 32 | +26 | 38 | |
  | 7 | Sloboda Tuzla | 34 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 34 | 33 | +1 | 35 | |
  | 8 | Dinamo Zagreb | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 47 | 40 | +7 | 32 | |
  | 9 | Olimpija | 34 | 13 | 5 | 16 | 46 | 51 | −5 | 31 | |
  | 10 | Hajduk Split | 34 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 45 | 56 | −11 | 31 | Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round |
  | 11 | Vardar | 34 | 8 | 14 | 12 | 31 | 44 | −13 | 30 | |
  | 12 | Čelik | 34 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 27 | 40 | −13 | 30 | |
  | 13 | Borac Banja Luka | 34 | 12 | 6 | 16 | 31 | 46 | −15 | 30 | |
  | 14 | Radnički Niš | 34 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 38 | 49 | −11 | 29 | |
  | 15 | Sarajevo | 34 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 43 | 46 | −3 | 28 | |
  | 16 | Sutjeska Nikšić | 34 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 25 | 39 | −14 | 28 | |
  | 17 | Radnički Kragujevac (R) | 34 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 24 | 55 | −31 | 24 | Relegation to Yugoslav Second League |
  | 18 | Maribor (R) | 34 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 24 | 61 | −37 | 20 | Relegation to Yugoslav Second League |
  
  ## Results
  
  | Home \ Away | BOR | ČEL | DIN | HAJ | MAR | OFK | OLI | PAR | RDK | RNI | RSB | SAR | SLO | SUT | VAR | VEL | VOJ | ŽEL |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Borac Banja Luka | | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–3 |
  | Čelik | 1–1 | | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
  | Dinamo Zagreb | 0–0 | 0–1 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 5–2 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 |
  | NK Hajduk Split | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–5 | | 2–1 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 |
  | Maribor | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | | 2–2 | 3–6 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 |
  | OFK Belgrade | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 5–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 |
  | Olimpija | 5–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 |
  | Partizan | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–4 |
  | Radnički Kragujevac | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–6 | 2–1 | 1–2 | | 2–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 |
  | Radnički Niš | 5–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 |
  | Red Star | 1–0 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 5–2 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 |
  | Sarajevo | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 2–4 | | 4–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 |
  | Sloboda Tuzla | 4–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 4–1 | | 4–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–3 |
  | Sutjeska Nikšić | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 |
  | Vardar | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | | 2–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 |
  | Velež | 3–0 | 7–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 6–2 | 3–1 | 6–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 5–3 | | 3–0 | 0–0 |
  | Vojvodina | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 1–5 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–4 | 5–1 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | | 3–0 |
  | Željezničar | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 8–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | |
  
  ## Winning squad
  
  Champions: FK Željezničar Sarajevo :
  
  | Player | League | League |
  | - | - | - |
  | Player | Matches | Goals |
  | Josip Katalinski | 34 | 12 |
  | Slobodan Janjuš (goalkeeper) | 34 | 0 |
  | Enver Hadžiabdić | 34 | 0 |
  | Božo Janković | 33 | 13 |
  | Blagoje Bratić | 33 | 7 |
  | Velija Bećirspahić | 33 | 1 |
  | Josip Bukal | 32 | 14 |
  | Edin Sprečo | 32 | 5 |
  | Branimir Jelušić | 32 | 2 |
  | Avdija Deraković | 31 | 1 |
  | Dragan Kojović | 26 | 0 |
  | Fahrija Hrvat | 15 | 0 |
  | Miloš Radović | 8 | 0 |
  | Slobodan Kojović | 6 | 0 |
  | Željko Rodić | 4 | 0 |
  | Nusret Kadrić | 2 | 0 |
  | Hajrudin Saračević | 2 | 0 |
  | Džemaludin Šerbo | 2 | 0 |
  | Head coach: Milan Ribar |||
  
  ## Top scorers
  
  | Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Slobodan Santrač | OFK Belgrade | 33 |
  | 2 | Dušan Bajević | Velež | 20 |
  | 3 | Nenad Cvetković | Radnički Niš | 16 |
  | 4 | Petar Nikezić | Vojvodina | 15 |
  | 4 | Miodrag Kustudić | Vojvodina | 15 |
  | 6 | Josip Bukal | Željezničar | 14 |
  | 6 | Nenad Bjeković | Partizan | 14 |
  | 8 | Božidar Janković | Željezničar | 13 |
  | 8 | Salem Halilhodžić | Velež | 13 |
  | 8 | Franjo Vladić | Velež | 13 |
  | 8 | Pašo Bećirbašić | Borac Banja Luka | 13 |
  | 8 | Vahidin Musemić | Sarajevo | 13 |
  | 8 | Mladen Kranjc | Maribor | 13 |
  