1952–53 Yugoslav First League

Prva savezna liga
Season1952–53
ChampionsRed Star (2nd title)
RelegatedVelež
Napredak Kruševac
Matches played132
Goals scored452 (3.42 per match)
Top goalscorerTodor Živanović (17)
← 1952

Teams[edit]

Two clubs relegated at the end of the previous season were Rabotnički and Mačva. Teams promoted to the 1952–53 Yugoslav First League were Velež and Spartak.

Team Location Federal Republic Position
in 1952
BSK Belgrade Belgrade  SR Serbia 0055th
Dinamo Zagreb Zagreb  SR Croatia 0044th
Hajduk Split Split  SR Croatia 0011st
Lokomotiva Zagreb  SR Croatia 0033rd
Partizan Belgrade  SR Serbia 0066th
Red Star Belgrade  SR Serbia 0022nd
Sarajevo Sarajevo  SR Bosnia and Herzegovina 0099th
Spartak Subotica  SR Serbia —
Vardar Skopje  SR Macedonia 0077th
Velež Mostar  SR Bosnia and Herzegovina —
Vojvodina Novi Sad  SR Serbia 0088th
NK Zagreb Zagreb  SR Croatia 01010th

League table[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Relegation
1 Red Star Belgrade (C) 22 13 5 4 47 27 +20 31
2 Hajduk Split 22 11 7 4 49 35 +14 29
3 Partizan 22 11 3 8 58 36 +22 25
4 Vojvodina 22 10 4 8 37 36 +1 24
5 BSK Belgrade 22 9 5 8 34 37 −3 23
6 Sarajevo 22 9 4 9 39 33 +6 22
7 Dinamo Zagreb 22 8 6 8 32 30 +2 22
8 Lokomotiva 22 6 9 7 33 40 −7 21
9 Vardar 22 7 5 10 37 46 −9 19
10 Spartak Subotica 22 8 3 11 33 44 −11 19
11 Velež (R) 22 6 3 13 30 51 −21 15 Relegation to Yugoslav Second League
12 NK Zagreb (R) 22 5 4 13 23 37 −14 14
Source: rsssf.org
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results[edit]

Home \ Away BSK DIN HAJ LOK PAR RSB SAR SPA VAR VEL VOJ ZAG
BSK Belgrade 1–0 4–2 0–2 1–0 1–3 1–0 4–3 1–1 2–4 3–1 3–0
Dinamo Zagreb 1–1 5–1 4–3 1–3 2–1 0–0 3–0 1–1 4–0 4–2 0–0
Hajduk Split 0–2 2–0 1–1 4–2 2–2 1–1 3–1 2–0 1–0 6–1 6–3
Lokomotiva 1–1 1–1 4–4 2–1 1–1 2–1 1–2 1–1 1–2 1–1 2–0
Partizan 5–1 3–2 2–4 3–0 2–4 2–2 6–2 9–2 4–1 4–0 2–1
Red Star 5–3 3–0 1–4 3–2 1–1 2–1 5–1 0–0 4–0 1–1 3–1
Sarajevo 2–3 3–0 0–0 7–2 2–1 0–1 3–2 5–1 2–0 0–1 2–1
Spartak Subotica 2–0 1–1 0–0 0–1 2–1 1–4 3–1 3–1 4–0 1–0 3–0
Vardar 2–1 0–1 2–2 1–2 3–1 3–1 4–2 5–1 5–2 0–1 2–1
Velež 0–0 3–1 1–2 0–0 0–4 0–1 1–2 2–0 3–1 3–5 2–0
Vojvodina 1–1 1–0 1–2 4–1 1–1 0–1 5–1 2–0 3–1 5–3 0–2
NK Zagreb 2–0 0–1 2–0 2–2 0–1 1–0 0–2 1–1 3–1 3–3 0–1
Source: DataSoccer.it
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Winning squad[edit]

Champions:

players (league matches/league goals):

Top scorers[edit]

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Todor Živanović Red Star 17
2 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Zdravko Rajkov Vojvodina 16
3 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Todor Veselinović Partizan 15
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Marko Valok Partizan
5 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Bernard Vukas Hajduk Split 12
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Vladimir Firm Lokomotiva
7 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Frane Matošić Hajduk Split 11
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Božo Broketa Hajduk Split
9 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Vladimir Zelenika Velež 10
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dobrivoje Živkov Sarajevo
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Đorđe Cincijevski Vardar

See also[edit]

External links[edit]

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