1953–54 Yugoslav First League Explained

Competition:Prva savezna liga
Season:1953 - 54
Winners:Dinamo Zagreb (2nd title)
Relegated:Odred Ljubljana
Rabotnički
League Topscorer:Stjepan Bobek (21)
Matches:182
Total Goals:639
Prevseason:1952–53
Nextseason: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.

TeamLocationPosition
in 1952–53
BSK BelgradeBelgrade0055th
Dinamo ZagrebZagreb0077th
Hajduk SplitSplit0022nd
LokomotivaZagreb0088th
Odred LjubljanaLjubljana
PartizanBelgrade0033rd
Proleter OsijekOsijek
RabotničkiSkopje
Radnički BelgradeBelgrade
Red StarBelgrade0011st
SarajevoSarajevo0066th
Spartak SuboticaSubotica01010th
VardarSkopje0099th
VojvodinaNovi Sad0044th

League table

Winning squad

Champions:

players (league matches/league goals):

Top scorers

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Stjepan BobekPartizan21
2 Zdravko RajkovVojvodina16
3 Dionizije DvornićDinamo Zagreb15
Branko ZebecPartizan
5 Aleksandar PetakovićRadnički Belgrade14
Miloš MilutinovićPartizan
Ivan ToplakOdred
Aleksandar BenkoDinamo Zagreb

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