The 1979–80 Yugoslav First Basketball League season was the 36th season of the Yugoslav First Basketball League, the highest professional basketball league in SFR Yugoslavia.
Notable events Dražen Petrović's league debut The season saw the pro debut of fifteen-year-old Dražen Petrović. He appeared in 8 games for Šibenka throughout the season, scoring a total of 13 points. His scoring debut occurred on 29 December 1979 at home against OKK Beograd (Beko), a contest fifteen-year-and-two-month-old Petrović entered by coming on for Šibenka's veteran point guard Zoran Slavnić, who in addition to playing also shared the team's head coaching duties with Vojislav Vezović.
Teams SR Serbia Beko Beograd Borac Čačak Crvena Zvezda Partizan Radnički Belgrade SR Croatia Cibona Jugoplastika Šibenka Zadar SR Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosna SR Macedonia Rabotnički SR Slovenia Iskra Olimpija Classification Regular season ranking 1979-80GVPPFPSPt 1. Bosna 221752020190434 2. Jugoplastika 221572001184630 3. Cibona 221391973190126 4. Partizan 2212101984194924 5. Crvena Zvezda 2211111929193322 6. Zadar 2210122041204820 7. Iskra Olimpija 2210121955202820 8. Šibenka 229131980194918 9. Rabotnički 229131919206118 10. Radnički Belgrade 229131881191318 11. Beko Beograd 228141892193016 12. Borac Čačak 228141992203516
The winning roster of Bosna: Borislav Vučević Emir Mutapčić Predrag Benaček Boško Bosiočić Nihad Izić Ratko Radovanović Dragan Zrno Žarko Varajić Mirza Delibašić Sabahudin Bilalović Sabit Hadžić Miroljub Mitrović
Coach: Bogdan Tanjević
Results
Scoring leaders Branko Skroče (Zadar) - ___ points (31.8ppg) Dražen Dalipagić (Partizan) - ___ points (31.4ppg)
Qualification in 1980-81 season European competitions
FIBA European Champions Cup Bosna (champions)
FIBA Cup Winner's Cup Cibona (Cup winners)
FIBA Korać Cup Jugoplastika (2nd) Partizan (4th) Crvena Zvezda (5th) Zadar (6th)
Basketball Cup
Bracket
References