Teams A total of eighteen teams contested the league, including sixteen sides from the 1976–77 season and two sides promoted from the 1976–77 Yugoslav Second League (YSL) as winners of the two second level divisions East and West. The league was contested in a double round robin format, with each club playing every other club twice, for a total of 34 rounds. Two points were awarded for wins and one point for draws.
Napredak and Željezničar were relegated from the 1976–77 Yugoslav First League after finishing the season in bottom two places of the league table. The two clubs promoted to top level were Trepča and NK Osijek.
Team Location Federal Republic Positionin 1976–77Borac Banja LukaBanja Luka0066thBudućnostTitograd0099thČelikZenica01313thDinamo ZagrebZagreb0022ndHajduk SplitSplit0088thOFK BelgradeBelgrade01515thOlimpija LjubljanaLjubljana01212thOsijekOsijekPartizanBelgrade0044thRadnički NišNiš0077thRed StarBelgrade0011stRijekaRijeka0055thSarajevoSarajevo01616thSlobodaTuzla0033rdTrepčaKosovska MitrovicaVeležMostar01111thVojvodinaNovi Sad01414thNK ZagrebZagreb01010th
League table
Results
Winning squad + Champions: FK Partizan Player League MatchesGoals Momčilo Vukotić 34 11 Nenad Stojković 34 3 Nikica Klinčarski 34 2 Petar Borota (goalkeeper) 34 0 Aleksandar Trifunović 32 5 Borislav Đurović 28 1 Boško Đorđević 27 5 Jusuf Hatunić 27 0 Milovan Jović 24 6 Ilija Zavišić 24 4 Xhevad Prekazi 22 2 Ivan Golac 19 1 Pavle Grubješić 17 3 Slobodan Santrač 16 11 Vladimir Pejović 15 0 Tomislav Kovačević 14 0 Dragan Arsenović 11 0 Rešad Kunovac 8 0 Refik Kozić 5 1 Novica Vulić 4 0 Aranđel Todorović 2 0 Miroslav Polak 1 0Head coach: Ante Mladinić
Top scorers RankPlayerClubGoals1 Radomir SavićSarajevo212 Vahid HalilhodžićVelež183 Miodrag KustudićRijeka174 Zoran FilipovićRed Star15 Slaviša ŽungulHajduk Split6 Mersad KovačevićSloboda Tuzla147 Milan RadovićRijeka12 Muhamed IbrahimbegovićBorac Banja Luka Dušan MitoševićRadnički Niš Slobodan SantračPartizan / OFK Belgrade
Attendance ClubAverage home attendanceAverage away attendanceFK Partizan24,52919,118Red Star Belgrade20,58819,706Dinamo Zagreb17,64714,735NK Osijek14,2358,471Hajduk Split11,58814,824Budućnost Titograd10,7067,324Trepča Kosovska Mitrovica8,8828,559Čelik Zenica7,7066,088Borac Banja Luka7,5296,353FK Vojvodina7,4718,235FK Sarajevo7,1769,235Radnički Niš7,1766,412FK Velež6,5297,529NK Rijeka6,0886,382NK Olimpija5,6767,853NK Zagreb4,8828,765OFK Beograd4,5299,500Sloboda Tuzla4,2658,118 Overall league attendance per match: 9,845 spectators
See also 1977–78 Yugoslav Cup
External links Yugoslavia Domestic Football Full Tables