The 1989–90 Yugoslav First League season was the 44th season of the First Federal League (), the top level association football competition of SFR Yugoslavia, since its establishment in 1946.
Two points were awarded for a win, none for a loss, while in case of a draw a penalty shootout was taken with the winner of the shootout being awarded one point.
Red Star won the 17th title.
The season began on 29 July 1989 with its fall part completing on 17 December 1988. Following a two-month winter break, the season resumed on 18 February 1990 and ran until 16 May 1990.
League table
Results Results in brackets indicate the results from penalty shoot-outs whenever games were drawn.
Winning squad + Champions: Red Star Belgrade Player League MatchesGoals Darko Pančev 32 25 Dragan "Piksi" Stojković 31 10 Robert Prosinečki 31 5 Duško Radinović 29 2 Ilija Najdoski 29 1 Dragi Kanatlarovski 29 1 Stevan Stojanović (goalkeeper) 29 0 Slobodan Marović 27 2 Dejan Savićević 25 10 Vladan Lukić 25 10 Vlada Stošić 24 4 Mitar Mrkela 23 2 Goran Jurić 21 0 Zoran Vujović 15 0 Miodrag Belodedici 14 1 Miloš Drizić 11 1 Refik Šabanadžović 10 0 Zvonko Milojević (goalkeeper) 4 0 Slavoljub Janković 2 0 Zoran Pavlović 2 0 Zoran Dimitrijević 2 0 Ivan Adžić 1 0 Vladimir Jugović 1 0Head coach: Dragoslav Šekularac
Top scorers RankPlayerClubGoals1 Darko PančevRed Star252 Meho KodroVelež183 Josip VišnjićRadnički Niš164 Aljoša AsanovićHajduk Split145 Boban BožovićSarajevo136 Davor ŠukerDinamo Zagreb12 Alen BokšićHajduk Split Dinko VrabacOlimpija9 Siniša MihajlovićVojvodina11 Željko IvanovićSloboda Tuzla
See also 1989–90 Yugoslav Second League 1989–90 Yugoslav Cup Dinamo Zagreb-Red Star Belgrade riot
External links Yugoslavia Domestic Football Full Tables