Season 1988–89 European Cup Vojvodina Top goalscorer Davor Šuker (18) | Champions Vojvodina Cup Winners' Cup Partizan Champion FK Vojvodina | |
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The 1988–89 Yugoslav First League season was the 43rd season of the First Federal League (Serbo-Croatian: 'Prva savezna liga'), the top level association football competition of SFR Yugoslavia, since its establishment in 1946.
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Šajber's penalties
Two points were awarded for a win, while in case of a draw at the end of the ninety minutes - penalty kicks were taken and the shootout winner was awarded one point while the loser got nothing. The 1988-89 season was the very first to feature this tie-break system, and the Yugoslav FA's decision to implement this caused a lot of criticism and controversy. Apparently, the biggest proponent of the new system was FA president Slavko Šajber and the system was often derisively referred to in the media as 'Šajber's penalties'.
League table
Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
If a match ended in a draw, penalties were taken, and only the winner of the penalty shoot-out was rewarded with a point
1 Hajduk Split were banned from European competitions for 2 years after crowd trouble during the 1987–88 Cup Winners' Cup game against Marseille
2 Čelik were docked 6 points
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Champions:
players (league matches/league goals):
Čedo Maras (34/0) -goalkeeper-
Budimir Vujačić (31/7)
Siniša Mihajlović (31/4)
Miloš Šestić (30/7)
Goran Kartalija (28/1)
Dušan Mijić (28/1)
Svetozar Šapurić (28/1)
Stevan Milovac (26/2)
Ljubomir Vorkapić (25/6)
Dragan Punišić (25/4)
Slaviša Jokanović (24/4)
Dejan Joksimović (23/5)
Milan Popović (20/1)
Zoran Mijucić (19/4)
Željko Dakić (15/2)
Dragan Gaćeša (15/0)
Miroslav Tanjga (14/1)
Dragan Marković (7/0)
Zoran Milosavljević (6/0)
Enes Muhić (4/0)
Marijan Zovko (4/0)
Jovo Bosančić (2/0)
Zoran Hajdić (1/0)
Dragan Vasić (1/0) -goalkeeper-