1953–54 Yugoslav First League

The First Federal League of Yugoslavia's 1953/1954 season was the highest level football competition held in communist Yugoslavia between 1953 and 1954. The league was won by Croatian side NK Dinamo Zagreb.

Prva savezna liga
Season1953–54
ChampionsDinamo Zagreb (2nd title)
RelegatedOdred Ljubljana
Rabotnički
Matches played182
Goals scored639 (3.51 per match)
Top goalscorerStjepan Bobek (21)

Teams

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Due to the league's expansion from 12 to 14 teams two clubs were relegated and four teams were promoted at the end of the previous season.

Team Location Federal Republic Position
in 1952–53
BSK Belgrade Belgrade   SR Serbia 0055th
Dinamo Zagreb Zagreb   SR Croatia 0077th
Hajduk Split Split   SR Croatia 0022nd
Lokomotiva Zagreb   SR Croatia 0088th
Odred Ljubljana Ljubljana   SR Slovenia
Partizan Belgrade   SR Serbia 0033rd
Proleter Osijek Osijek   SR Croatia
Rabotnički Skopje   SR Macedonia
Radnički Belgrade Belgrade   SR Serbia
Red Star Belgrade   SR Serbia 0011st
Sarajevo Sarajevo   SR Bosnia and Herzegovina 0066th
Spartak Subotica Subotica   SR Serbia 01010th
Vardar Skopje   SR Macedonia 0099th
Vojvodina Novi Sad   SR Serbia 0044th

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Relegation
1 Dinamo Zagreb (C) 26 19 4 3 72 22 3.273 42
2 Partizan 26 18 5 3 77 30 2.567 41
3 Red Star Belgrade 26 17 4 5 51 22 2.318 38
4 Hajduk Split 26 16 3 7 55 34 1.618 35
5 Vojvodina 26 14 5 7 60 37 1.622 33
6 Spartak Subotica 26 12 3 11 51 50 1.020 27
7 Sarajevo 26 10 4 12 35 45 0.778 24
8 BSK Belgrade 26 8 7 11 38 40 0.950 23
9 Vardar 26 5 10 11 31 38 0.816 20
10 Proleter Osijek 26 6 8 12 34 62 0.548 20
11 Lokomotiva 26 7 5 14 38 49 0.776 19
12 Radnički Beograd 26 8 3 15 38 51 0.745 19
13 Odred (R) 26 4 4 18 39 71 0.549 12 Relegation to Yugoslav Second League
14 Rabotnički (R) 26 4 3 19 20 88 0.227 11
Source: rsssf.org
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal average
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

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Home \ Away BSK DIN HAJ LOK ODR PAR PRO RAB RBE RSB SAR SPA VAR VOJ
BSK Belgrade 0–3 3–4 3–2 0–1 1–1 1–1 8–1 2–0 0–3 2–1 1–1 3–1 1–2
Dinamo Zagreb 1–1 3–1 1–0 5–3 2–0 6–2 5–0 4–1 1–0 5–0 5–0 2–0 0–2
Hajduk Split 3–1 1–0 2–1 4–0 2–2 8–0 3–1 1–0 1–0 0–3 1–0 0–0 1–2
Lokomotiva 3–0 0–6 2–5 5–2 0–1 2–0 3–0 2–0 1–3 0–0 0–1 1–1 3–1
Odred 1–0 4–6 1–1 1–2 2–6 2–2 0–1 4–2 4–3 0–1 1–1 0–1 2–4
Partizan 1–2 1–0 4–2 2–0 2–0 3–3 8–0 1–1 7–1 4–1 2–1 1–0 4–2
Proleter Osijek 0–2 2–5 1–4 2–2 1–1 2–3 1–1 0–1 0–0 2–0 2–1 3–2 1–2
Rabotnički 1–0 1–5 0–2 4–3 3–2 0–8 0–2 0–3 0–4 0–1 2–7 2–2 0–1
Radnički Beograd 2–3 0–0 2–5 3–1 3–2 2–4 1–2 2–0 0–2 2–1 6–1 2–0 1–3
Red Star 1–1 0–0 2–1 3–0 5–1 0–2 3–0 3–0 1–1 3–1 2–1 1–0 1–0
Sarajevo 1–1 1–3 0–1 2–2 3–2 2–1 6–1 3–0 1–0 0–1 0–1 2–0 1–6
Spartak Subotica 2–0 1–2 2–0 2–1 3–2 2–6 2–4 4–1 4–1 0–3 6–1 0–0 4–1
Vardar 1–0 1–1 1–2 3–1 4–0 1–2 0–0 1–1 3–1 0–3 1–1 3–4 3–3
Vojvodina 2–2 0–1 3–0 1–1 3–1 1–1 4–0 7–1 4–1 0–3 1–2 3–0 2–2
Source: DataSoccer.it
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Winning squad

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Champions:

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Top scorers

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Rank Player Club Goals
1   Stjepan Bobek Partizan 21
2   Zdravko Rajkov Vojvodina 16
3   Dionizije Dvornić Dinamo Zagreb 15
  Branko Zebec Partizan
5   Aleksandar Petaković Radnički Belgrade 14
  Miloš Milutinović Partizan
  Ivan Toplak Odred
  Aleksandar Benko Dinamo Zagreb

See also

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