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

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 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 Rabotnichki (R) 26 4 3 19 20 88 0.227 11
Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal average
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.

Champions

Dinamo Zagreb (manager: Ivan Jazbinšek)

Top scorers
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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