1987–88 Yugoslav Second League

The 1987–88 Yugoslav Second League season was the 42nd 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. The league was contested in two regional groups (West Division and East Division), with 18 clubs each. This was the last season under that format as the following season featured unified second league with 20 clubs.

Yugoslav Second League

Season	1987–88
Champions	Spartak Subotica (West Division) Napredak Kruševac (East Division)
Promoted	Spartak Subotica Napredak Kruševac
Relegated	18 teams
← 1986–87 1988–89 →

West Division

Teams

A total of eighteen teams contested the league, including twelve sides from the 1986–87 season, two clubs relegated from the 1985–86 Yugoslav First League and four sides promoted from the Inter-Republic Leagues played in the 1986–87 season. 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.

Dinamo Vinkovci and Spartak Subotica were relegated from the 1986–87 Yugoslav First League after finishing in the bottom two places of the league table. The four clubs promoted to the second level were Borac Travnik, Kabel, Olimpija Ljubljana and Šparta Beli Manastir. At the end of season, Olimpija Ljubljana was spared from relegation as representative of Slovenia.

Banja
Luka

Beli Manastir

Brčko

Bugojno

Dubrovnik

Hrasnica

Kikinda

Ljubljana

Novi Sad

Petrinja

Prijedor

Subotica

Šibenik

Travnik

Trebinje

Vinkovci

Zrenjanin

Locations of teams' home cities in the 1987–88 Yugoslav Second League West

Team	Location	Federal subject	Position in 1986–87
Borac Banja Luka	Banja Luka	SR Bosnia and Herzegovina	0066th
Borac Travnik	Travnik	SR Bosnia and Herzegovina	—
Dinamo Vinkovci	Vinkovci	SR Croatia	—
GOŠK-Jug	Dubrovnik	SR Croatia	01111th
Famos Hrasnica	Hrasnica	SR Bosnia and Herzegovina	0055th
Iskra	Bugojno	SR Bosnia and Herzegovina	01010th
Jedinstvo Brčko	Brčko	SR Bosnia and Herzegovina	0099th
Kabel	Novi Sad	SAP Vojvodina	—
Kikinda	Kikinda	SAP Vojvodina	0033rd
Leotar	Trebinje	SR Bosnia and Herzegovina	0044th
Mladost Petrinja	Petrinja	SR Croatia	0088th
Novi Sad	Novi Sad	SAP Vojvodina	0022nd
Olimpija Ljubljana	Ljubljana	SR Slovenia	—
Proleter Zrenjanin	Zrenjanin	SAP Vojvodina	0077th
Rudar Ljubija	Prijedor	SR Bosnia and Herzegovina	01212th
Spartak Subotica	Subotica	SAP Vojvodina	—
Šibenik	Šibenik	SR Croatia	01111th
Šparta Beli Manastir	Beli Manastir	SR Croatia	—

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Spartak Subotica (C, P)	34	21	6	7	56	23	+33	48	Promotion to Yugoslav First League
2	GOŠK-Jug	34	17	10	7	45	33	+12	44
3	Dinamo Vinkovci	34	18	7	9	61	38	+23	43
4	Kikinda	34	17	6	11	53	39	+14	40
5	Šibenik	34	17	4	13	43	32	+11	38
6	Proleter Zrenjanin	34	15	7	12	46	36	+10	37
7	Leotar	34	16	5	13	60	52	+8	37
8	Borac Banja Luka	34	13	10	11	47	35	+12	36	Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
9	Iskra (R)	34	15	6	13	48	43	+5	36
10	Rudar Ljubija (R)	34	15	5	14	38	28	+10	35	Relegation to Inter-Republic Leagues
11	Šparta Beli Manastir (R)	34	14	6	14	44	50	−6	34
12	Olimpija	34	12	8	14	43	42	+1	32
13	Mladost Petrinja (R)	34	9	12	13	31	38	−7	30	Relegation to Inter-Republic Leagues
14	Novi Sad (R)	34	8	11	15	29	45	−16	27
15	Famos Hrasnica (R)	34	9	8	17	37	50	−13	26
16	Kabel (R)	34	9	8	17	41	56	−15	26
17	Jedinstvo Brčko (R)	34	11	4	19	26	56	−30	26
18	Borac Travnik (R)	34	6	5	23	30	82	−52	17

Source: fsgzrenjanin.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

East Division

Teams

A total of eighteen teams contested the league, including fourteen sides from the 1986–87 season and four sides promoted from the Inter-Republic Leagues played in the 1986–87 season. 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.

There were no teams relegated from the 1986–87 Yugoslav First League. The four clubs promoted to the second level were Liria, Mačva Šabac, Metalurg Skopje and OFK Titograd.

Belgrade

Bitola

Čačak

Đakovica

Gnjilane

Ivangrad

Kragujevac

Kruševac

Majdanpek

Novi Pazar

Pirot

Prilep

Prizren

Skopje

Šabac

Tetovo

Titograd

Užice

Locations of teams' home cities in the 1987–88 Yugoslav Second League East

Team	Location	Federal subject	Position in 1986–87
OFK Belgrade	Belgrade	SR Serbia	0022nd
Borac Čačak	Čačak	SR Serbia	0099th
Ivangrad	Ivangrad	SR Montenegro	01111th
Liria	Prizren	SAP Kosovo	—
Mačva Šabac	Šabac	SR Serbia	—
Majdanpek	Majdanpek	SR Serbia	0055th
Metalurg Skopje	Skopje	SR Macedonia	—
Napredak Kruševac	Kruševac	SR Serbia	01515th
Novi Pazar	Novi Pazar	SR Serbia	0033rd
Pelister	Bitola	SR Macedonia	0044th
Pobeda	Prilep	SR Macedonia	01313th
Radnički Kragujevac	Kragujevac	SR Serbia	01212th
Radnički Pirot	Pirot	SR Serbia	0066th
Crvena Zvezda Gnjilane	Gnjilane	SAP Kosovo	01414th
Sloboda Titovo Užice	Titovo Užice	SR Serbia	0077th
Teteks	Tetovo	SR Macedonia	0088th
OFK Titograd	Titograd	SR Montenegro	—
Vlaznimi Đakovica	Đakovica	SAP Kosovo	01010th

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Napredak Kruševac (C, P)	34	15	13	6	47	25	+22	43	Promotion to Yugoslav First League
2	OFK Belgrade	34	17	6	11	49	24	+25	40
3	Pelister	34	16	7	11	36	30	+6	39
4	Radnički Kragujevac	34	17	4	13	51	38	+13	38
5	Liria	34	18	2	14	42	42	0	38
6	Novi Pazar	34	15	8	11	39	42	−3	38
7	Mačva Šabac	34	16	5	13	45	32	+13	37
8	Sloboda Titovo Užice	34	14	9	11	41	30	+11	37
9	Borac Čačak	34	14	9	11	44	36	+8	37
10	Pobeda (R)	34	15	6	13	40	32	+8	36	Relegation to Inter-Republic Leagues
11	Teteks (R)	34	11	10	13	36	37	−1	32
12	Radnički Pirot (R)	34	13	6	15	47	52	−5	32
13	Ivangrad (R)	34	10	10	14	25	31	−6	30
14	Metalurg (R)	34	9	10	15	36	45	−9	28
15	Crvena Zvezda Gnjilane (R)	34	9	10	15	25	41	−16	28
16	OFK Titograd (R)	34	12	4	18	37	54	−17	28
17	Vlaznimi Đakovica (R)	34	10	7	17	23	48	−25	27
18	Majdanpek (R)	34	10	4	20	28	52	−24	24

Source: fsgzrenjanin.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

See also

• 1987–88 Yugoslav First League
• 1987–88 Yugoslav Cup