1955–56 Yugoslav First League

Prva savezna liga
Season1955–56
ChampionsRed Star (3rd title)
RelegatedŽeljezničar
Proleter Osijek
European CupRed Star
Top goalscorerMuhamed Mujić
Tihomir Ognjanov
Todor Veselinović
(21 goals each)

The 1955–56 Yugoslav First League season was the tenth season of the First Federal League (Serbian: Prva savezna liga, Croatian: Prva savezna liga), the top level association football competition of SFR Yugoslavia, since its establishment in 1946. Fourteen teams contested the competition, with Red Star winning their third title.

Teams

At the end of the previous season Lokomotiva and Vardar were relegated from top level. They were replaced by Velež and Budućnost Titograd.

Team Location Federal Republic Position
in 1954–55
BSK Belgrade Belgrade  SR Serbia 0022nd
Budućnost Titograd  SR Montenegro —
Dinamo Zagreb Zagreb  SR Croatia 0033rd
Hajduk Split Split  SR Croatia 0011st
Partizan Belgrade  SR Serbia 0055th
Proleter Osijek Osijek  SR Croatia 01212th
Radnički Belgrade Belgrade  SR Serbia 01010th
Red Star Belgrade  SR Serbia 0044th
FK Sarajevo Sarajevo  SR Bosnia and Herzegovina 0077th
Spartak Subotica Subotica  SR Serbia 0088th
Velež Mostar  SR Bosnia and Herzegovina —
Vojvodina Novi Sad  SR Serbia 0066th
NK Zagreb Zagreb  SR Croatia 0099th
Željezničar Sarajevo  SR Bosnia and Herzegovina 01111th

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Red Star Belgrade (C) 26 16 8 2 62 29 2.138 40 Qualification for European Cup preliminary round
2 Partizan 26 14 7 5 65 35 1.857 35
3 Radnički Beograd 26 13 5 8 54 45 1.200 31
4 Dinamo Zagreb 26 12 4 10 42 47 0.894 28
5 Vojvodina 26 9 9 8 57 41 1.390 27
6 Sarajevo 26 12 3 11 47 48 0.979 27
7 Velež 26 8 9 9 42 41 1.024 25
8 NK Zagreb 26 10 4 12 45 39 1.154 24
9 Spartak Subotica 26 8 8 10 43 44 0.977 24
10 BSK Belgrade 26 8 8 10 41 45 0.911 24
11 Budućnost 26 10 4 12 46 58 0.793 24
12 Hajduk Split 26 9 5 12 52 39 1.333 23
13 Željezničar (R) 26 7 7 12 33 54 0.611 21 Relegation to Yugoslav Second League
14 Proleter Osijek (R) 26 5 1 20 30 94 0.319 11
Source: rsssf.org
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal average
Cup not disputed this season.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away BSK BUD DIN HAJ PAR PRO RBE RSB SAR SPA VEL VOJ ZAG ŽEL
BSK Belgrade 1–2 1–2 2–0 1–1 3–0 2–2 1–6 1–3 2–2 1–0 5–2 2–0 3–3
Budućnost 1–0 3–0 2–1 2–3 5–0 0–2 1–3 1–1 3–1 1–1 2–2 0–0 7–0
Dinamo Zagreb 1–0 1–0 1–0 2–4 5–3 1–2 2–2 2–0 3–1 2–1 3–2 2–0 4–0
Hajduk Split 1–1 5–1 1–1 1–2 5–0 5–0 0–3 6–0 1–0 4–2 1–6 3–3 6–1
Partizan 1–1 9–0 0–0 1–0 8–1 2–4 0–1 2–2 2–2 2–2 0–3 2–1 3–1
Proleter Osijek 1–3 3–0 4–1 0–3 1–5 1–1 1–5 3–2 0–3 1–2 2–4 0–2 1–0
Radnički Beograd 1–4 5–1 4–0 1–0 4–3 0–2 0–2 1–2 1–0 2–2 3–2 2–0 3–1
Red Star 2–2 2–0 4–3 2–0 1–3 5–0 1–1 1–0 3–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 3–1
Sarajevo 4–1 3–2 0–3 1–0 0–4 6–0 3–1 2–3 7–1 2–1 0–0 3–1 2–0
Spartak Subotica 3–0 3–1 6–2 1–4 1–1 4–1 1–7 0–0 4–0 0–0 2–0 3–0 0–0
Velež 2–1 2–4 6–1 1–1 1–3 4–2 3–1 1–3 3–0 2–1 1–1 2–1 2–2
Vojvodina 0–1 9–1 0–0 1–0 1–2 7–2 1–1 2–2 4–1 2–2 0–0 2–1 3–0
NK Zagreb 3–0 0–3 2–0 3–1 1–2 8–1 2–4 4–3 2–1 0–0 2–0 5–1 3–0
Željezničar 2–2 1–3 1–0 3–3 1–0 3–0 5–1 1–1 1–2 2–1 2–0 3–1 0–0
Source: DataSoccer.it
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Winning squad

Champions:

players (league matches/league goals):

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Todor Veselinović Vojvodina 21
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Muhamed Mujić Velež
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Tihomir Ognjanov Red Star
4 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Zdravko Rajkov Vojvodina 15
5 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Bora Kostić Red Star 14
6 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Miloš Milutinović Partizan 13
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Bernard Vukas Hajduk Split
8 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Ivan Toplak Red Star 12

See also