1962–63 Yugoslav Second League

Yugoslav Second League

Season	1962–63
Champions	Trešnjevka (West Division) Vardar (East Division)
Promoted	Trešnjevka Vardar
Relegated	RNK Split Rudar Kakanj Karlovac Radnički Kragujevac Mačva Šabac Budućnost Peć
← 1961–62 1963–64 →

The 1962–63 Yugoslav Second League season was the 17th 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 16 clubs each, four more than in the previous season.

West Division

Teams

A total of sixteen teams contested the league, including ten sides from the 1961–62 season, one club relegated from the 1961–62 Yugoslav First League and five sides promoted from the third tier leagues played in the 1961–62 season. The league was contested in a double round robin format, with each club playing every other club twice, for a total of 30 rounds. Two points were awarded for wins and one point for draws.

Borac Banja Luka were relegated from the 1961–62 Yugoslav First League after finishing in the 12th place of the league table and losing in the relegation play-offs against Sloboda. The five clubs promoted to the second level were BSK Slavonski Brod, Famos Hrasnica, Istra, Olimpija Ljubljana and Rudar Kakanj.

Banja
Luka

Borovo

Hrasnica

Kakanj

Karlovac

Ljubljana

Maribor

Osijek

Pula

S. Brod

Split

Šibenik

Varaždin

Zagreb

Zenica

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Locations of teams' home cities in the 1962–63 Yugoslav Second League West

Team	Location	Federal subject	Position in 1961–62
Borac Banja Luka	Banja Luka	SR Bosnia and Herzegovina	—
Borovo	Borovo Naselje	SR Croatia	01010th
BSK Slavonski Brod	Slavonski Brod	SR Croatia	—
Čelik	Zenica	SR Bosnia and Herzegovina	0044th
Famos Hrasnica	Hrasnica	SR Bosnia and Herzegovina	—
Istra	Pula	SR Croatia	—
Karlovac	Karlovac	SR Croatia	0066th
Lokomotiva	Zagreb	SR Croatia	01111th
Maribor	Maribor	SR Slovenia	0055th
Olimpija Ljubljana	Ljubljana	SR Slovenia	—
Slavonija Osijek	Osijek	SR Croatia	0077th
Rudar Kakanj	Kakanj	SR Bosnia and Herzegovina	—
RNK Split	Split	SR Croatia	0088th
Šibenik	Šibenik	SR Croatia	0099th
Trešnjevka	Zagreb	SR Croatia	0033rd
Varteks	Varaždin	SR Croatia	01212th

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Trešnjevka (C, P)	30	18	4	8	66	39	1.692	40	Promotion to Yugoslav First League
2	Čelik	30	14	8	8	42	34	1.235	36
3	Maribor	30	12	11	7	52	33	1.576	35
4	Slavonija	30	13	8	9	47	37	1.270	34
5	Varteks	30	11	9	10	38	30	1.267	31
6	Olimpija	30	11	9	10	43	38	1.132	31
7	Šibenik	30	13	3	14	56	51	1.098	29
8	Lokomotiva	30	11	7	12	50	45	1.111	29
9	Borovo	30	11	7	12	34	36	0.944	29
10	Famos Hrasnica	30	10	9	11	42	47	0.894	29
11	Istra Pula	30	11	7	12	43	59	0.729	29
12	Borac Banja Luka	30	10	8	12	42	44	0.955	28
13	BSK Slavonski Brod	30	10	8	12	41	50	0.820	28
14	RNK Split (R)	30	11	6	13	35	43	0.814	28	Relegation to Third Level
15	Rudar Kakanj (R)	30	9	7	14	27	47	0.574	25
16	Karlovac (R)	30	5	9	16	24	49	0.490	19

Source: fsgzrenjanin.com
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal average.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

East Division

Teams

A total of sixteen teams contested the league, including nine sides from the 1961–62 season, one club relegated from the 1961–62 Yugoslav First League and six sides promoted from the third tier leagues played in the 1961–62 season. The league was contested in a double round robin format, with each club playing every other club twice, for a total of 30 rounds. Two points were awarded for wins and one point for draws.

Vardar were relegated from the 1961–62 Yugoslav First League after finishing in the 11th place of the league table and losing in the relegation play-offs against Radnički Niš. The six clubs promoted to the second level were Bačka, Borac Čačak, Budućnost Peć, Jedinstvo Zemun, OFK Subotica and Železničar Niš.

Bačka

Belgrade

Čačak

K. Mitrovica

Kragujevac

Nikšić

Niš

Peć

Pristina

Skopje

S. Mitrovica

Subotica

Šabac

Zemun

Zrenjanin

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Locations of teams' home cities in the 1962–63 Yugoslav Second League East

Team	Location	Federal subject	Position in 1961–62
Bačka	Bačka Palanka	SAP Vojvodina	—
Borac Čačak	Čačak	SR Serbia	—
Budućnost Peć	Peć	SAP Kosovo	—
Jedinstvo Zemun	Zemun	SR Serbia	—
Mačva Šabac	Šabac	SR Serbia	0088th
OFK Subotica	Subotica	SAP Vojvodina	—
Priština	Pristina	SAP Kosovo	01010th
Proleter Zrenjanin	Zrenjanin	SAP Vojvodina	0066th
Radnički Belgrade	Belgrade	SR Serbia	0033rd
Radnički Kragujevac	Kragujevac	SR Serbia	01212th
Spartak Subotica	Subotica	SAP Vojvodina	0055th
Srem	Sremska Mitrovica	SAP Vojvodina	0044th
Sutjeska	Nikšić	SR Montenegro	0077th
Trepča	Kosovska Mitrovica	SAP Kosovo	0099th
Vardar	Skopje	SR Macedonia	—
Železničar Niš	Niš	SR Serbia	—

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Vardar (C, P)	30	18	8	4	50	24	2.083	44	Promotion to Yugoslav First League
2	Radnički Beograd	30	15	8	7	44	25	1.760	38
3	Trepča	30	14	8	8	53	38	1.395	36
4	Sutjeska Nikšić	30	13	8	9	63	45	1.400	34
5	Prishtina	30	11	9	10	45	43	1.047	31
6	Bačka 1901	30	12	7	11	51	49	1.041	31
7	OFK Subotica	30	10	9	11	43	47	0.915	29
8	Spartak Subotica	30	11	7	12	32	44	0.727	29
9	Proleter Zrenjanin	30	10	8	12	39	38	1.026	28
10	Borac Čačak	30	9	10	11	36	38	0.947	28
11	Jedinstvo Zemun	30	9	10	11	38	44	0.864	28
12	Železničar Niš	30	12	4	14	39	48	0.813	28
13	Srem	30	11	6	13	39	49	0.796	28
14	Radnički Kragujevac (R)	30	10	6	14	47	48	0.979	26	Relegation to Third Level
15	Mačva Šabac (R)	30	11	4	15	36	39	0.923	26
16	Budućnost Peć (R)	30	4	8	18	26	62	0.419	16

Source: fsgzrenjanin.com
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal average.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

See also

• 1962–63 Yugoslav First League
• 1962–63 Yugoslav Cup