# 1955–56 Yugoslav First League

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 | Relegation to Yugoslav Second League |

## 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 | |

## Winning squad

Champions:
* RED STAR BELGRADE (coach: Milovan Ćirić)
players (league matches/league goals):
* Rajko Mitić (25/4)
* Lazar Tasić (25/4)
* Ivan Toplak (24/12)
* Antun Rudinski (24/6)
* Ljubomir Spajić (23/0)
* Dragoslav Šekularac (22/6)
* Branko Stanković (20/1)
* Srboljub Krivokuća (19/0) -goalkeeper-
* Borivoje Kostić (17/14)
* Vladimir Popović (17/2)
* Branko Nešović (17/0)
* Miljan Zeković (17/0)
* Todor Živanović (12/9)
* Vladimir Durković (7/1)
* Vladimir Beara (7/0) -goalkeeper-
* Jovan Cokić (5/2)
* Miljan Miljanić (2/0)
* Novak Tomić (2/0)
* Stevan Veselinov (1/0)

## Top scorers

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