1978–79 Yugoslav First Basketball League

The 1978–79 Yugoslav First Basketball League season was the 35th season of the Yugoslav First Basketball League, the highest professional basketball league in SFR Yugoslavia.

Classification
The winning roster of Partizan:
 * Dragan Kićanović
 * Miodrag Marić
 * Arsenije Pešić
 * Dušan Kerkez
 * Boban Petrović
 * Dragan Todorić
 * Jadran Vujačić
 * Milan Medić
 * Dražen Dalipagić (did not play any games during the season due to serving his mandatory Yugoslav People's Army stint)
 * Milenko Savović
 * Milenko Babić
 * Boris Beravs
 * Goran Knežević
 * Miroslav Milojević
 * Predrag Bojić

Coach: Dušan Ivković

Scoring leaders

 * 1) Dragan Kićanović (Partizan) - ___ points (33.8ppg)

Qualification in 1979-80 season European competitions
FIBA European Champions Cup
 * Partizan (champions)
 * Bosna (title holder)

FIBA Cup Winners' Cup
 * Zadar (Cup finalist)

FIBA Korać Cup
 * Jugoplastika (2nd)
 * Cibona (3rd)
 * Borac Čačak (5th)
 * Radnički Belgrade (6th)