1953–54 Yugoslav First League

Prva savezna liga

Season	1953–54
Champions	Dinamo Zagreb (2nd title)
Relegated	Odred Ljubljana Rabotnički
Matches played	182
Goals scored	639 (3.51 per match)
Top goalscorer	Stjepan Bobek (21)
← 1952–53 1954–55 →

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.

Teams

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	N/A
Partizan	Belgrade	SR Serbia	0033rd
Proleter Osijek	Osijek	SR Croatia	N/A
Rabotnički	Skopje	SR Macedonia	N/A
Radnički Belgrade	Belgrade	SR Serbia	N/A
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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Dinamo Zagreb (C)	26	19	4	3	72	22	+50	42
2	Partizan	26	18	5	3	77	30	+47	41
3	Red Star	26	17	4	5	51	22	+29	38
4	Hajduk Split	26	16	3	7	55	34	+21	35
5	Vojvodina	26	14	5	7	60	37	+23	33
6	Spartak Subotica	26	12	3	11	51	50	+1	27
7	Sarajevo	26	10	4	12	35	45	−10	24
8	BSK Belgrade	26	8	7	11	38	40	−2	23
9	Vardar	26	5	10	11	31	38	−7	20
10	Proleter Osijek	26	6	8	12	34	62	−28	20
11	Lokomotiva	26	7	5	14	38	49	−11	19
12	Radnički Beograd	26	8	3	15	38	51	−13	19
13	Odred (R)	26	4	4	18	39	71	−32	12	01954–55 Yugoslav Second League0
14	Rabotnički (R)	26	4	3	19	20	88	−68	11

Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal average
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Champions

Dinamo Zagreb (manager: Ivan Jazbinšek)

• Ivica Banožić 3 (0)
• Aleksandar Benko 21 (13)
• Zvonimir Cimermančić 2 (0)
• Dragutin Cizarić 9 (0)
• Tomislav Crnković 20 (0)
• Željko Čajkovski 24 (13)
• Vladimir Čonč 26 (13)
• Dionizije Dvornić 26 (16)
• Emil Ferković 10 (0)
• Drago Horvat 6 (0)
• Ivan Horvat 20 (0)
• Dragutin Kukec 3 (0)
• Luka Lipošinović 10 (3)
• Vladimir Majerović 10 (0)
• Lav Mantula 21 (2)
• Stojan Osojnak 10 (9)
• Branko Režek 23 (2)
• Zvonko Strnad 1 (0)
• Josip Šikić 25 (0)

See also

• 1953–54 Yugoslav Second League
• 1953 Yugoslav Cup

External links

• Yugoslavia Domestic Football Full Tables