1952–53 Yugoslav First League

Teams

Two clubs relegated at the end of the previous season were Rabotnički and Mačva. Teams promoted to the 1952–53 Yugoslav First League were Velež and Spartak.

Team	Location	Federal Republic	Position in 1952
BSK Belgrade	Belgrade	SR Serbia	0055th
Dinamo Zagreb	Zagreb	SR Croatia	0044th
Hajduk Split	Split	SR Croatia	0011st
Lokomotiva	Zagreb	SR Croatia	0033rd
Partizan	Belgrade	SR Serbia	0066th
Red Star	Belgrade	SR Serbia	0022nd
Sarajevo	Sarajevo	SR Bosnia and Herzegovina	0099th
Spartak	Subotica	SR Serbia	—
Vardar	Skopje	SR Macedonia	0077th
Velež	Mostar	SR Bosnia and Herzegovina	—
Vojvodina	Novi Sad	SR Serbia	0088th
NK Zagreb	Zagreb	SR Croatia	01010th

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation
1	Red Star Belgrade (C)	22	13	5	4	47	27	+20	31
2	Hajduk Split	22	11	7	4	49	35	+14	29
3	Partizan	22	11	3	8	58	36	+22	25
4	Vojvodina	22	10	4	8	37	36	+1	24
5	BSK Belgrade	22	9	5	8	34	37	−3	23
6	Sarajevo	22	9	4	9	39	33	+6	22
7	Dinamo Zagreb	22	8	6	8	32	30	+2	22
8	Lokomotiva	22	6	9	7	33	40	−7	21
9	Vardar	22	7	5	10	37	46	−9	19
10	Spartak Subotica	22	8	3	11	33	44	−11	19
11	Velež (R)	22	6	3	13	30	51	−21	15	Relegation to Yugoslav Second League
12	NK Zagreb (R)	22	5	4	13	23	37	−14	14	Relegation to Yugoslav Second League

Source: rsssf.org
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Home \ Away	BSK	DIN	HAJ	LOK	PAR	RSB	SAR	SPA	VAR	VEL	VOJ	ZAG
BSK Belgrade		1–0	4–2	0–2	1–0	1–3	1–0	4–3	1–1	2–4	3–1	3–0
Dinamo Zagreb	1–1		5–1	4–3	1–3	2–1	0–0	3–0	1–1	4–0	4–2	0–0
Hajduk Split	0–2	2–0		1–1	4–2	2–2	1–1	3–1	2–0	1–0	6–1	6–3
Lokomotiva	1–1	1–1	4–4		2–1	1–1	2–1	1–2	1–1	1–2	1–1	2–0
Partizan	5–1	3–2	2–4	3–0		2–4	2–2	6–2	9–2	4–1	4–0	2–1
Red Star	5–3	3–0	1–4	3–2	1–1		2–1	5–1	0–0	4–0	1–1	3–1
Sarajevo	2–3	3–0	0–0	7–2	2–1	0–1		3–2	5–1	2–0	0–1	2–1
Spartak Subotica	2–0	1–1	0–0	0–1	2–1	1–4	3–1		3–1	4–0	1–0	3–0
Vardar	2–1	0–1	2–2	1–2	3–1	3–1	4–2	5–1		5–2	0–1	2–1
Velež	0–0	3–1	1–2	0–0	0–4	0–1	1–2	2–0	3–1		3–5	2–0
Vojvodina	1–1	1–0	1–2	4–1	1–1	0–1	5–1	2–0	3–1	5–3		0–2
NK Zagreb	2–0	0–1	2–0	2–2	0–1	1–0	0–2	1–1	3–1	3–3	0–1

Source: DataSoccer.it
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Champions:

players (league matches/league goals):

Miljan Zeković (22/0)
Todor Živanović (21/17)
Branko Stanković (21/1)
Predrag Đajić (21/1)
Siniša Zlatković (21/0)
Rajko Mitić (18/8)
Tihomir Ognjanov (17/3)
Milorad Diskić (17/0)
Branislav Vukosavljević (13/8)
Kosta Tomašević (9/3)
Dimitrije Tadić (7/0)
Jovan Cokić (6/2)
Bela Palfi (6/1)
Vasilije Šijaković (6/1)
Ljuba Spajić (6/0)
Dragoljub Župac (3/0)
Milivoje Đurđević (2/0)
Branko Nešović (1/0)
Svetislav Milić (1/0)
Miodrag Petrović (1/0)
Miroslav Lazić (1/0)

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Todor Živanović	Red Star	17
2	Zdravko Rajkov	Vojvodina	16
3	Todor Veselinović	Partizan	15
3	Marko Valok	Partizan	15
5	Bernard Vukas	Hajduk Split	12
5	Vladimir Firm	Lokomotiva	12
7	Frane Matošić	Hajduk Split	11
7	Božo Broketa	Hajduk Split	11
9	Vladimir Zelenika	Velež	10
	Dobrivoje Živkov	Sarajevo
	Đorđe Cincijevski	Vardar

1923–1940 — SHS / Yugoslavia
Seasons	1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40
Clubs	Bačka BASK BSK Belgrade Concordia Crnogorac Građanski Niš Građanski Skoplje Građanski Zagreb Hajduk Split HAŠK Ilirija Jedinstvo Beograd Jugoslavija Krajišnik Banja Luka SK Ljubljana Mačva NAK Novi Sad Pobeda Skoplje Primorje Radnički Kragujevac SAŠK SAND Subotica Slavija Osijek Slavija Sarajevo Slavija Varaždin Somborski SK Sparta Zemun Viktorija Zagreb Vojvodina ŽAK Subotica ŽAK Velika Kikinda

1945–1992 — FPR / SFR Yugoslavia
Seasons	1945 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1950 1951 1952 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92
Clubs	14. Oktobar Niš Bor Borac Banja Luka Budućnost Titograd Crvenka Čelik Zenica Dinamo Vinkovci Dinamo Zagreb Hajduk Split Iskra Bugojno Lokomotiva Mačva Maribor Nafta Napredak Naša Krila Novi Sad OFK Belgrade Olimpija Osijek Partizan Pelister Ponziana Priština Proleter Zrenjanin Rabotnički Rad Radnički Belgrade Radnički Kragujevac Radnički Niš Red Star Belgrade Rijeka Sarajevo Sloboda Tuzla Spartak RNK Split Sutjeska Teteks Trepča Trešnjevka Vardar Velež Vojvodina NK Zagreb Zemun Željezničar

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