# 1951 Yugoslav First League

The First Federal League of Yugoslavia of 1951 (Prva savezna liga Jugoslavije), colloquially known as the Yugoslav First League of 1951, was the highest tier football competition played in communist Yugoslavia during 1951.

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Relegation |
| 1 | Red Star Belgrade (C) | 22 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 50 | 21 | 2.381 | 35 | |
| 2 | Dinamo Zagreb | 22 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 45 | 19 | 2.368 | 35 | |
| 3 | Hajduk Split | 22 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 52 | 21 | 2.476 | 32 | |
| 4 | Partizan | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 34 | 24 | 1.417 | 24 | |
| 5 | BSK Belgrade | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 34 | 24 | 1.417 | 22 | |
| 6 | Lokomotiva | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 32 | 34 | 0.941 | 20 | |
| 7 | Sarajevo | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 25 | 39 | 0.641 | 20 | |
| 8 | Vojvodina | 22 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 26 | 30 | 0.867 | 19 | |
| 9 | Borac Zagreb | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 30 | 33 | 0.909 | 18 | |
| 10 | Mačva Šabac | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 25 | 33 | 0.758 | 17 | |
| 11 | Spartak Subotica (R) | 22 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 16 | 47 | 0.340 | 16 | Relegation to Yugoslav Second League |
| 12 | Napredak Kruševac (R) | 22 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 16 | 60 | 0.267 | 6 | Relegation to Yugoslav Second League |
* ↑ Borac Zagreb merged into NK Zagreb at the end of the season.

## Results

| Home \ Away | BZG | BSK | DIN | HAJ | LOK | MAČ | NAP | PAR | RSB | SAR | SPA | VOJ |
| Borac Zagreb | | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–5 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 8–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 |
| BSK Belgrade | 4–3 | | 2–2 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–4 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 0–3 |
| Dinamo Zagreb | 2–1 | 0–0 | | 3–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 4–0 | 3–1 |
| Hajduk Split | 4–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | | 4–1 | 3–1 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 7–0 | 1–0 |
| Lokomotiva | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 1–1 | | 1–1 | 4–1 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 4–2 | 5–0 | 0–1 |
| Mačva Šabac | 0–0 | 0–6 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 5–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 |
| Napredak Kruševac | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–6 | 2–2 | 0–3 | | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–4 |
| Partizan | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 3–0 | | 6–1 | 1–2 | 5–2 | 1–1 |
| Red Star | 3–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 2–0 | | 4–0 | 6–0 | 1–0 |
| Sarajevo | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–3 | | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| Spartak Subotica | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | | 1–2 |
| Vojvodina | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–6 | 3–0 | 0–1 | |

## Winning squad

Champions:
* RED STAR BELGRADE (coach: Ljubiša Broćić, replaced by Žarko Mihajlović)
players (league matches/league goals):
* Tihomir Ognjanov (22/10)
* Bela Palfi (22/1)
* Predrag Đajić (22/1)
* Kosta Tomašević (21/16)
* Jovan Jezerkić (18/6)
* Rajko Mitić (17/5)
* Milorad Diskić (16/0)
* Ivan Zvekanović (14/0)
* Ljubomir Lovrić (14/0) -goalkeeper-
* Branko Stanković (13/1)
* Dimitrije Tadić (12/0)
* Siniša Zlatković (11/4)
* Todor Živanović (10/4)
* Milivoje Đurđević (9/0)
* Srđan Mrkušić (8/0) -goalkeeper-
* Branislav Vukosavljević (7/1)
* Bora Kostić (3/1)
* Branko Nešović (1/0)
* Lajčo Kujundžić (1/0)
* Pavle Radić (1/0)

## Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Kosta Tomašević | Red Star | 16 |
| 2 | Frane Matošić | Hajduk Split | 13 |
| 3 | Vladimir Firm | Lokomotiva | 11 |
| 4. | Tihomir Ognjanov | Red Star | 10 |
| 4. | Dionizije Dvornić | Dinamo Zagreb | 10 |
| 4. | Stane Krstulović | Hajduk Split | 10 |
| 7 | Božidar Senčar | Dinamo Zagreb | 9 |
| 7 | Stjepan Bobek | Partizan | 9 |
| 7 | Marko Valok | Partizan | 9 |
| 7 | Branko Zebec | Borac Zagreb | 9 |
| 7 | Bogdan Kovačević | Mačva | 9 |