The Yugoslav championship got off to a surprising start as pre-season favourites Red Star and Partizan stuttered to opening day draws.
Reigning champions Red Star kicked off on Friday and were held to a 1-1 draw by newly-promoted Mladost Apatin. Partizan also slipped up, drawing 2-2 at Radnicki Kragujevac.
2001/02 Yugoslav football championship, week 1, August 17/18, 2001
Radnicki Kragujevac - Partizan Belgrade 2-2
Rad Belgrade - Cukaricki Belgrade 3-2
Sartid Smederevo - Zeleznik Belgrade 1-0
OFK Beograd Belgrade - Rudar Pljevlja 1-0
Zemun Belgrade - Zvezdara Belgrade 0-0
Obilic Belgrade - Hajduk Kula 0-0
Sutjeska Niksic - Mladost Lucani 1-0
Vojvodina Novi Sad - Zeta Golubovci 0-0
Red Star Belgrade - Mladost Apatin 1:1
