1998–99 First League of FR Yugoslavia

The 1998–99 First League of FR Yugoslavia was the seventh season of the FR Yugoslavia's top-level football league since its establishment. It was contested by 18 teams, and Partizan won the championship (declared on 12 June 1999).

First League of FR Yugoslavia
Season1998–99
ChampionsPartizan
16th domestic title
Relegatednone
Champions LeaguePartizan
UEFA CupRed Star
Vojvodina
Matches played216
Goals scored616 (2.85 per match)
Top goalscorerDejan Osmanović (16)

The championship was stopped on 14 May 1999, because of the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia, after 24 rounds.

Teams
Location of teams in the 1998–99 First League
Club City Stadium Capacity
Partizan Belgrade Partizan Stadium 32,710
Red Star Belgrade Red Star Stadium 55,538
Vojvodina Novi Sad Karađorđe Stadium 17,204
Zemun Zemun, Belgrade Zemun Stadium 10,000
Rad Belgrade Stadion Kralj Petar I 6,000
Proleter Zrenjanin Stadion Karađorđev park 13,500
Hajduk Kula Kula Stadion Hajduk 6,000
Obilić Belgrade FK Obilić Stadium 4,500
Železnik Belgrade Železnik Stadium 8,000
Mogren Budva Stadion Lugovi 4,000
OFK Beograd Karaburma, Belgrade Omladinski Stadium 20,000
Sartid 1913 Smederevo Smederevo City Stadium 17,200
Spartak Subotica Subotica City Stadium 13,000
Radnički Kragujevac Čika Dača Stadium 15,000
Priština Priština Priština City Stadium 25,000
Budućnost Podgorica Podgorica Podgorica City Stadium 12,000
Radnički Niš Niš Čair Stadium 18,000
Milicionar Belgrade SC MUP Makiš 4,000

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Partizan (C) 24 21 3 0 59 11 +48 66 Qualification for Champions League first qualifying round
2 Obilić 24 20 4 0 61 9 +52 64 Excluded from European competitions[lower-alpha 1]
3 Red Star Belgrade 24 15 6 3 54 18 +36 51 Qualification for UEFA Cup qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
4 Vojvodina 24 13 3 8 45 22 +23 42
5 Rad 24 11 7 6 26 26 0 40
6 Proleter Zrenjanin 24 10 5 9 29 29 0 35
7 Hajduk Kula 24 9 5 10 27 28 −1 32
8 OFK Beograd 24 8 7 9 35 39 −4 31
9 Sartid 24 7 9 8 24 27 −3 30
10 Radnički Kragujevac 24 9 3 12 33 43 −10 30
11 Milicionar 24 8 5 11 39 39 0 29
12 Zemun 24 9 1 14 30 47 −17 28
13 Železnik 24 7 5 12 29 43 −14 26
14 Budućnost Podgorica 24 7 5 12 28 42 −14 26
15 Mogren 24 4 8 12 18 42 −24 20
16 Radnički Niš 24 4 7 13 21 44 −23 19
17 Priština 24 5 3 16 25 49 −24 18 Withdrew from the league[lower-alpha 2]
18 Spartak Subotica 24 6 0 18 33 58 −25 18
Source: RSSSF.org
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. Obilić was excluded from the UEFA competitions because was the club owner Željko "Arkan" Ražnatović was charged with war crimes. Their place was given to Vojvodina.[1]
  2. Priština withdrew from the FR Yugoslavia football league system due to the situation in Kosovo, then was moved to the Kosovo football league system.

Results
Home \ Away BUD HAJ MIL MOG OBI OFK PAR PRI PRO RAD RDK RNI RSB SAR SPA VOJ ZEM ŽEL
Budućnost Podgorica 4–1 1–2 2–2 0–0 2–1 3–1 0–1 0–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 2–0
Hajduk Kula 3–0 0–0 1–0 0–0 2–0 2–0 3–0 2–0 3–3 2–0 3–0 1–0
Milicionar 6–3 1–1 0–0 4–0 0–1 2–0 5–0 4–5 1–7 2–1 2–1 3–0
Mogren 2–2 1–0 0–0 0–3 1–2 0–2 1–0 0–0 1–1 0–0 1–0 2–2
Obilić 5–0 5–0 2–0 2–0 3–0 2–0 4–0 5–0 4–2 3–1 6–3 2–0
OFK Beograd 5–3 1–0 2–2 1–2 0–1 2–3 3–2 1–1 2–0 1–1 0–0 5–2
Partizan 1–0 3–0 3–1 0–0 3–0 4–0 2–0 4–1 2–1 5–1 2–0 4–1
Priština 3–1 3–2 6–1 0–2 1–3 0–4 1–1 1–2 1–1 0–1 2–1 3–1
Proleter Zrenjanin 1–1 0–1 2–2 1–0 0–1 2–0 3–0 2–1 1–0 3–1 2–1 2–2
Rad 2–1 1–0 1–0 0–2 1–1 2–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 2–0
Radnički Kragujevac 1–0 1–0 6–1 1–2 2–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 3–2 2–3 0–2
Radnički Niš 1–0 1–1 4–1 0–2 0–0 0–0 3–1 1–2 2–2 0–0 0–2 0–1
Red Star 4–0 2–0 3–0 1–1 2–2 2–1 3–1 4–0 0–1 1–0 5–1 4–0
Sartid 0–0 1–0 0–1 0–2 3–0 2–1 1–0 1–3 1–1 2–1 0–3 3–0
Spartak Subotica 2–0 4–2 3–1 0–4 3–4 0–4 3–1 0–1 1–3 1–3 1–3 3–2
Vojvodina 2–0 3–1 3–0 0–1 4–1 1–1 8–1 1–0 1–2 1–0 5–1 3–2
Zemun 3–2 1–0 2–0 1–0 1–2 3–0 1–0 1–3 0–3 1–1 4–2 0–2
Železnik 1–0 1–1 1–1 2–1 0–2 1–0 0–0 2–0 4–1 1–1 3–1 3–1
Source: RSSSF.org
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Winning squad

Champions: Partizan Belgrade (Coach: Ljubiša Tumbaković)

Players (league matches/league goals)

Source:[2]

Top goalscorers
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Dejan Osmanović Hajduk Kula
16
2 Mihajlo Pjanović Red Star
14
3 Zoran Ranković Obilić 13
Saša Ilić Partizan
5 Antal Puhalak Spartak 12
Vladimir Ivić Partizan

References
  1. "No Champions League spot for Wisla Krakow". Reuters. 15 June 1999. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
  2. "Partizan official website". Archived from the original on 2010-12-17. Retrieved 2009-10-03.
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