1956–57 Yugoslav First League
| Season | 1956–57 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Red Star (4th title) |
| Relegated | FK Sarajevo Lokomotiva |
| European Cup | Red Star |
| Top goalscorer | Todor Veselinović (28) |
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The 1956–57 Yugoslav First League season was the 11th season of the First Federal League (Serbo-Croatian: 'Prva savezna liga'), the top level association football league of SFR Yugoslavia, since its establishment in 1946. Fourteen teams contested the competition, with Red Star winning their fourth title.
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Teams
At the end of the previous season Željezničar and Proleter Osijek were relegated from top level. They were replaced by Lokomotiva and Vardar.
| Team | Location | Federal Republic | Position in 1955–56 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BSK Belgrade | Belgrade |  SR Serbia |
10th |
| Budućnost | Titograd |  SR Montenegro |
11th |
| Dinamo Zagreb | Zagreb |  SR Croatia |
4th |
| Hajduk Split | Split | SR Croatia |
12th |
| Lokomotiva | Zagreb | SR Croatia |
N/A |
| Partizan | Belgrade | SR Serbia |
2nd |
| Radnički Belgrade | Belgrade | SR Serbia |
3rd |
| Red Star | Belgrade | SR Serbia |
1st |
| FK Sarajevo | Sarajevo |  SR Bosnia and Herzegovina |
6th |
| Spartak Subotica | Subotica | SR Serbia |
9th |
| Vardar | Skopje |  SR Macedonia |
N/A |
| Velež | Mostar | SR Bosnia and Herzegovina |
7th |
| Vojvodina | Novi Sad | SR Serbia |
5th |
| NK Zagreb | Zagreb | SR Croatia |
8th |
League table
| Pos |
Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts |
Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Red Star (C) | 26 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 66 | 23 | +43 | 39 | 1957–58 European Cup |
| 2 | Vojvodina | 26 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 64 | 38 | +26 | 35 | |
| 3 | Hajduk Split | 26 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 45 | 31 | +14 | 30 | |
| 4 | Partizan | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 51 | 45 | +6 | 26 | |
| 5 | Dinamo Zagreb | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 51 | 51 | 0 | 26 | |
| 6 | BSK Belgrade | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 41 | 47 | −6 | 25 | |
| 7 | NK Zagreb | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 39 | 45 | −6 | 25 | |
| 8 | Radnički Beograd | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 41 | 47 | −6 | 23 | |
| 9 | Budućnost | 26 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 38 | 47 | −9 | 23 | |
| 10 | Velež | 26 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 44 | 57 | −13 | 23 | |
| 11 | Vardar | 26 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 30 | 44 | −14 | 23 | |
| 12 | Spartak Subotica | 26 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 44 | 46 | −2 | 22 | |
| 13 | Sarajevo (R) | 26 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 38 | 52 | −14 | 22 | 1957–58 Yugoslav Second League |
| 14 | Lokomotiva (R) | 26 | 10 | 2 | 14 | 44 | 63 | −19 | 22 |
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.
After this season, BSK Belgrade changed their name to OFK Belgrade, in an attempt to appeal to the rising numbers of fans in the younger generation.
