The 1971–72 Yugoslav First League season was the 26th season of the First Federal League of Yugoslavia (), the top level association football competition of SFR Yugoslavia, since its establishment in 1946. A total of 18 teams competed in the league, with the previous season's runners-up Željezničar Sarajevo winning the title.
League table
Results
Winning squad + Champions: FK Željezničar Sarajevo Player League MatchesGoals Josip Katalinski 34 12 Slobodan Janjuš (goalkeeper) 34 0 Enver Hadžiabdić 34 0 Božo Janković 33 13 Blagoje Bratić 33 7 Velija Bećirspahić 33 1 Josip Bukal 32 14 Edin Sprečo 32 5 Branimir Jelušić 32 2 Avdija Deraković 31 1 Dragan Kojović 26 0 Fahrija Hrvat 15 0 Miloš Radović 8 0 Slobodan Kojović 6 0 Željko Rodić 4 0 Nusret Kadrić 2 0 Hajrudin Saračević 2 0 Džemaludin Šerbo 2 0Head coach: Milan Ribar
Top scorers RankPlayerClubGoals1 Slobodan SantračOFK Belgrade332 Dušan BajevićVelež203 Nenad CvetkovićRadnički Niš164 Petar NikezićVojvodina15 Miodrag KustudićVojvodina6 Josip BukalŽeljezničar14 Nenad BjekovićPartizan7 Božidar JankovićŽeljezničar13 Salem HalilhodžićVelež Franjo VladićVelež Pašo BećirbašićBorac Banja Luka Vahidin MusemićSarajevo Mladen KranjcMaribor8 Vančo BalevskiVardar8
See also 1971–72 Yugoslav Second League 1971–72 Yugoslav Cup
External links Yugoslavia Domestic Football Full Tables