title: 1961–62 Yugoslav First League
text: # 1961–62 Yugoslav First League
  
  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 | — |
  | Dinamo Zagreb | Zagreb | SR Croatia | 0044th |
  | Hajduk Split | Split | SR Croatia | 0033rd |
  | Novi Sad | Novi Sad | SR Serbia | — |
  | OFK Belgrade | Belgrade | SR Serbia | 0066th |
  | Partizan | Belgrade | SR Serbia | 0011st |
  | Red Star | Belgrade | SR Serbia | 0022nd |
  | Rijeka | Rijeka | SR Croatia | 0077th |
  | Sarajevo | Sarajevo | SR Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0088th |
  | Vardar | Skopje | SR Macedonia | 01010th |
  | Velež | Mostar | SR Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0099th |
  | Vojvodina | Novi Sad | SR Serbia | 0055th |
  
  ## 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 | 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 | Invitation for Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round |
  | 4 | Red Star Belgrade | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 35 | 25 | +10 | 24 | Invitation for Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round |
  | 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 | Relegation to Yugoslav Second League |
  
  ## Results
  
  | Home \ Away | BBL | DIN | HAJ | NSD | OFK | PAR | RSB | RIJ | SAR | VAR | VEL | VOJ |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Borac Banja Luka | | 0–3 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 4–7 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 |
  | Dinamo Zagreb | 2–1 | | 2–3 | 3–2 | 5–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 0–1 |
  | Hajduk Split | 3–0 | 1–0 | | 3–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
  | Novi Sad | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–4 | | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 0–0 |
  | OFK Belgrade | 0–0 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 3–0 | | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 6–1 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 |
  | Partizan | 5–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 2–3 |
  | Red Star | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 4–2 | 1–4 | 0–0 | | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 |
  | Rijeka | 3–2 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
  | Sarajevo | 3–2 | 3–3 | 2–2 | 5–1 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 3–3 | 0–0 | | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
  | Vardar | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 0–5 | 1–1 | 4–0 | | 1–0 | 2–4 |
  | Velež | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | | 4–1 |
  | Vojvodina | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 3–0 | 4–3 | |
  
  ## Winning squad
  
  Champions:
  
  * 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
  
  | 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 |
  | 6 | Dušan Maravić | Red Star | 9 |
  | 6 | Spasoje Samardžić | OFK Belgrade | 9 |
  | 9 | Salih Šehović | Sarajevo | 8 |
  | 9 | Anton Rudinski | Red Star | 8 |
  