1989–90 Yugoslav Second League

Yugoslav Second League
Season1989–90
ChampionsZemun
PromotedZemun
Proleter Zrenjanin
RelegatedRudar Ljubija
Liria
Čelik
Mladost Lučani

The 1989–90 Yugoslav Second League season was the 44th season of the Second Federal League (Serbo-Croatian: Druga savezna liga), the second level association football competition of SFR Yugoslavia, since its establishment in 1946.

Teams

A total of twenty teams contested the league, including fourteen sides from the 1988–89 season, two clubs relegated from the 1988–89 Yugoslav First League and four sides promoted from the Inter-Republic Leagues played in the 1988–89 season. The league was contested in a double round robin format, with each club playing every other club twice, for a total of 38 rounds. Two points were awarded for a win, while in case of a draw - penalty kicks were taken and the winner of the shootout was awarded one point while the loser got nothing.

Čelik and Napredak Kruševac were relegated from the 1988–89 Yugoslav First League after finishing in the bottom two places of the league table. The four clubs promoted to the second level were Iskra, Mladost Lučani, Rudar Ljubija and Zemun.

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Locations of teams' home cities in the 1989–90 Yugoslav Second League
Team Location Federal subject Position
in 1987–88
OFK Belgrade Belgrade  SR Serbia 0066th
Borac Čačak Čačak  SR Serbia 0077th
Čelik Zenica  SR Bosnia and Herzegovina —
Dinamo Vinkovci Vinkovci  SR Croatia 01414th
GOŠK-Jug Dubrovnik  SR Croatia 01616th
Iskra Bugojno  SR Bosnia and Herzegovina —
Kikinda Kikinda Socialist Republic of Serbia SAP Vojvodina 0044th
Leotar Trebinje  SR Bosnia and Herzegovina 01515th
Liria Prizren Socialist Republic of Serbia SAP Kosovo 0099th
Mačva Šabac Šabac  SR Serbia 01111th
Mladost Lučani Lučani  SR Serbia —
Napredak Kruševac Kruševac  SR Serbia —
Pelister Bitola  SR Macedonia 01212th
Prishtina Pristina Socialist Republic of Serbia SAP Kosovo 01010th
Proleter Zrenjanin Zrenjanin Socialist Republic of Serbia SAP Vojvodina 0033rd
Rudar Ljubija Prijedor  SR Bosnia and Herzegovina —
Sloboda Titovo Užice Titovo Užice  SR Serbia 01313th
Sutjeska Nikšić  SR Montenegro 0088th
Šibenik Šibenik  SR Croatia 0055th
Zemun Zemun  SR Serbia —

League table

Pos Team Pld W PKW PKL L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Zemun (C, P) 38 23 5 1 9 59 35 +24 51 Promotion to Yugoslav First League
2 Proleter Zrenjanin (P) 38 23 4 2 9 55 30 +25 50
3 Sutjeska Nikšić 38 21 1 3 13 70 34 +36 43
4 Prishtina 38 21 1 3 13 61 39 +22 43
5 Šibenik 38 19 3 2 14 56 55 +1 41
6 Sloboda Titovo Užice 38 19 1 4 14 44 35 +9 39
7 Kikinda 38 16 6 0 16 47 51 −4 38
8 Dinamo Vinkovci 38 17 3 6 12 51 36 +15 37
9 Pelister 38 16 4 1 17 54 50 +4 36
10 GOŠK-Jug 38 15 6 3 14 39 39 0 36
11 Leotar 38 16 3 3 16 47 46 +1 35
12 Mačva Šabac 38 15 4 3 16 49 44 +5 34
13 Iskra 38 17 0 4 17 45 57 −12 34
14 Napredak Kruševac 38 15 4 1 18 41 54 −13 34
15 OFK Belgrade 38 15 3 4 16 58 49 +9 33
16 Borac Čačak 38 13 7 6 12 34 35 −1 33
17 Rudar Ljubija (R) 38 16 0 2 20 57 56 +1 32 Relegation to Inter-Republic Leagues
18 Liria (R) 38 11 1 2 24 30 55 −25 23
19 Čelik (R) 38 9 0 6 23 31 65 −34 18
20 Mladost Lučani[a] (R) 38 4 3 2 29 22 84 −62 5
Source: rsssf.org
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.
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Mladost Lučani were docked 6 points due to match fixing in the last round of the previous season

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