1979–80 Yugoslav First Basketball League

1979–80 Yugoslav First Basketball League
League	Yugoslav First Basketball League
Sport	Basketball
1979-80
Season champions	Bosna

Classification

	Regular season ranking 1979-80	Pt	G	V	P	PF	PS
1.	Bosna	34	22	17	5	2020	1904
2.	Jugoplastika	30	22	15	7	2001	1846
3.	Cibona	26	22	13	9	1973	1901
4.	Partizan	24	22	12	10	1984	1949
5.	Crvena Zvezda	22	22	11	11	1929	1933
6.	Zadar	20	22	10	12	2041	2048
7.	Iskra Olimpija	20	22	10	12	1955	2028
8.	Šibenka	18	22	9	13	1980	1949
9.	Rabotnički	18	22	9	13	1919	2061
10.	Radnički Belgrade	18	22	9	13	1881	1913
11.	Beko Beograd	16	22	8	14	1892	1930
12.	Borac Čačak	16	22	8	14	1992	2035

The winning roster of Bosna:

• Boro 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

Notes

• The 1979-80 season saw the pro debut of great future star Dražen Petrović. He appeared in 8 games for Šibenka this season, scoring a total of 13 points. His scoring debut came on 29 December 1979 at home against OKK Beograd (Beko), a contest fifteen-year-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.^[1]

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)

References

1. Pakrac, Tomislav (29 May 2013). "Sve o prvoj Draženovoj seniorskoj sezoni i kadetskoj bronci". TPortal.hr. Retrieved 24 October 2016.