# 1959–60 Yugoslav First League

The 1959–60 Yugoslav First League season was the 14th 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. Twelve teams contested the competition, with Red Star winning their sixth title.

## Teams

At the end of the previous season Željezničar and Vardar were relegated. They were replaced by OFK Belgrade and Sloboda Tuzla.
| Team | Location | Federal Republic | Position in 1958–59 |
| Budućnost | Titograd | SR Montenegro | 0099th |
| Dinamo Zagreb | Zagreb | SR Croatia | 0055th |
| Hajduk Split | Split | SR Croatia | 0077th |
| OFK Belgrade | Belgrade | SR Serbia | — |
| Partizan | Belgrade | SR Serbia | 0022nd |
| Radnički Belgrade | Belgrade | SR Serbia | 0044th |
| Red Star | Belgrade | SR Serbia | 0011st |
| NK Rijeka | Rijeka | SR Croatia | 0088th |
| FK Sarajevo | Sarajevo | SR Bosnia and Herzegovina | 01010th |
| Sloboda | Tuzla | SR Bosnia and Herzegovina | — |
| Velež | Mostar | SR Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0066th |
| Vojvodina | Novi Sad | SR Serbia | 0033rd |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Red Star Belgrade (C) | 22 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 47 | 25 | +22 | 33 | Qualification for European Cup preliminary round |
| 2 | Dinamo Zagreb | 22 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 48 | 20 | +28 | 32 | Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 3 | Partizan | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 49 | 29 | +20 | 27 | |
| 4 | Vojvodina | 22 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 36 | 22 | +14 | 27 | |
| 5 | Hajduk Split | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 47 | 26 | +21 | 26 | |
| 6 | Sarajevo | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 35 | 39 | −4 | 23 | |
| 7 | OFK Belgrade | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 28 | 30 | −2 | 21 | |
| 8 | Rijeka | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 30 | 52 | −22 | 18 | |
| 9 | Radnički Beograd | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 31 | 38 | −7 | 17 | |
| 10 | Velež | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 27 | 39 | −12 | 17 | |
| 11 | Budućnost (R) | 22 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 40 | −24 | 12 | Relegation to Yugoslav Second League |
| 12 | Sloboda Tuzla (R) | 22 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 49 | −34 | 11 | Relegation to Yugoslav Second League |

## Results

| Home \ Away | BUD | DIN | HAJ | OFK | PAR | RBE | RSB | RIJ | SAR | SLO | VEL | VOJ |
| Budućnost | | 0–1 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 2–4 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 |
| Dinamo Zagreb | 6–0 | | 1–0 | 0–1 | 4–3 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 2–2 |
| Hajduk Split | 3–0 | 3–2 | | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 7–1 | 6–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 |
| OFK Belgrade | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–4 | | 0–5 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 2–2 |
| Partizan | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–3 | | 1–2 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 3–3 | 0–1 |
| Radnički Beograd | 3–0 | 0–1 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 0–4 | | 1–2 | 1–1 | 4–4 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 |
| Red Star | 0–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 5–4 | | 5–1 | 2–1 | 5–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| Rijeka | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–6 | 0–1 | 0–1 | | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 0–6 |
| Sarajevo | 3–1 | 0–4 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–4 | 5–1 | | 1–0 | 4–3 | 1–0 |
| Sloboda Tuzla | 1–0 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–4 | 1–5 | 1–5 | 1–0 | | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| Velež | 1–0 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | | 2–1 |
| Vojvodina | 4–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 5–2 | 2–0 | |

## Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Bora Kostić | Red Star | 19 |
| 2 | Andrija Anković | Hajduk Split | 18 |
| 3 | Dražan Jerković | Dinamo Zagreb | 16 |
| 4 | Zijad Arslanagić | Sarajevo | 12 |
| 5 | Milan Galić | Partizan | 10 |
| 5 | Zlatko Papec | Hajduk Split | 10 |
| 5 | Radivoj Ognjanović | Radnički Belgrade | 10 |