1957–58 Yugoslav First League

The 1957–58 Yugoslav First League season was the 12th 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 Dinamo Zagreb winning their third title and qualifying for the 1958–59 European Cup.

Prva savezna liga
Season1957–58
Dates11 August 1957 – 27 April 1958
ChampionsDinamo Zagreb (3rd title)
RelegatedRNK Split
Spartak Subotica
OFK Belgrade
NK Zagreb
European CupDinamo Zagreb
Top goalscorerTodor Veselinović (19)

At the end of season four teams were relegated instead of the usual two because the Football Association of Yugoslavia decided to reduce the league to 12 teams for the following season.

Teams

At the end of the previous season FK Sarajevo and Lokomotiva were relegated from top level. They were replaced by Željezničar and RNK Split.

Team Location Federal Republic Position
in 1956–57
Budućnost Titograd  SR Montenegro 0099th
Dinamo Zagreb Zagreb  SR Croatia 0055th
Hajduk Split Split  SR Croatia 0033rd
OFK Belgrade Belgrade  SR Serbia 0066th
Partizan Belgrade  SR Serbia 0044th
Radnički Belgrade Belgrade  SR Serbia 0088th
Red Star Belgrade  SR Serbia 0011st
Spartak Subotica Subotica  SR Serbia 01212th
RNK Split Split  SR Croatia N/A
Vardar Skopje  SR Macedonia 01111th
Velež Mostar  SR Bosnia and Herzegovina 01010th
Vojvodina Novi Sad  SR Serbia 0022nd
NK Zagreb Zagreb  SR Croatia 0077th
Željezničar Sarajevo  SR Bosnia and Herzegovina N/A

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Dinamo Zagreb (C) 26 15 7 4 53 33 1.606 37 Qualification for European Cup preliminary round
2 Partizan 26 13 7 6 46 33 1.394 33
3 Radnički Beograd 26 11 6 9 50 38 1.316 28
4 Red Star Belgrade 26 10 8 8 45 38 1.184 28
5 Vojvodina 26 12 3 11 55 32 1.719 27
6 Velež 26 11 4 11 40 42 0.952 26
7 Vardar 26 10 6 10 30 44 0.682 26
8 Željezničar 26 9 7 10 47 44 1.068 25
9 Hajduk Split 26 10 5 11 42 43 0.977 25
10 Budućnost 26 8 9 9 30 36 0.833 25[lower-alpha 1]
11 RNK Split (R) 26 12 1 13 35 42 0.833 25[lower-alpha 1] Qualification for relegation play-offs
12 Spartak Subotica (R) 26 10 4 12 50 45 1.111 24
13 OFK Belgrade (R) 26 6 8 12 27 50 0.540 20 Relegation to Yugoslav Second League
14 NK Zagreb (R) 26 5 5 16 31 61 0.508 15
Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal average.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. Budućnost and RNK Split had the same goal average so they played two play-off matches to decide who will enter the relegation play-offs. Budućnost won 4–0.[1]

Champion squad

Dinamo Zagreb (Manager Gustav Lechner[2])

Top scorers
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Todor Veselinović Vojvodina 19
2 Dražan Jerković Dinamo Zagreb 18
3 Radivoj Ognjanović Radnički Belgrade 14
Tihomir Ognjanov Spartak Subotica
5 Branislav Mihajlović Partizan 13
Aleksandar Petaković Radnički Belgrade
Vojislav Tonković Spartak Subotica
8 Zoran Prljinčević Radnički Belgrade 12
Ilijas Pašić Željezničar
Joško Vidošević Hajduk Split

See also

References
  1. Bibić, Milorad (16 April 2002). "Devedeset ljeta splitskih crvenih". Slobodna Dalmacija (in Croatian). Retrieved 19 May 2011.
  2. "Dinamo Zagreb official site". Archived from the original on 2007-07-14. Retrieved 2008-04-30.
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