# 1953–54 Yugoslav First League

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.
| Team | Location | Federal Republic | Position in 1952–53 |
| BSK Belgrade | Belgrade | SR Serbia | 0055th |
| Dinamo Zagreb | Zagreb | SR Croatia | 0077th |
| Hajduk Split | Split | SR Croatia | 0022nd |
| Lokomotiva | Zagreb | SR Croatia | 0088th |
| Odred Ljubljana | Ljubljana | SR Slovenia | — |
| Partizan | Belgrade | SR Serbia | 0033rd |
| Proleter Osijek | Osijek | SR Croatia | — |
| Rabotnički | Skopje | SR Macedonia | — |
| Radnički Belgrade | Belgrade | SR Serbia | — |
| Red Star | Belgrade | SR Serbia | 0011st |
| Sarajevo | Sarajevo | SR Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0066th |
| Spartak Subotica | Subotica | SR Serbia | 01010th |
| Vardar | Skopje | SR Macedonia | 0099th |
| Vojvodina | Novi Sad | SR Serbia | 0044th |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Relegation |
| 1 | Dinamo Zagreb (C) | 26 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 72 | 22 | 3.273 | 42 | |
| 2 | Partizan | 26 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 77 | 30 | 2.567 | 41 | |
| 3 | Red Star Belgrade | 26 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 51 | 22 | 2.318 | 38 | |
| 4 | Hajduk Split | 26 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 55 | 34 | 1.618 | 35 | |
| 5 | Vojvodina | 26 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 60 | 37 | 1.622 | 33 | |
| 6 | Spartak Subotica | 26 | 12 | 3 | 11 | 51 | 50 | 1.020 | 27 | |
| 7 | Sarajevo | 26 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 35 | 45 | 0.778 | 24 | |
| 8 | BSK Belgrade | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 38 | 40 | 0.950 | 23 | |
| 9 | Vardar | 26 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 31 | 38 | 0.816 | 20 | |
| 10 | Proleter Osijek | 26 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 34 | 62 | 0.548 | 20 | |
| 11 | Lokomotiva | 26 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 38 | 49 | 0.776 | 19 | |
| 12 | Radnički Beograd | 26 | 8 | 3 | 15 | 38 | 51 | 0.745 | 19 | |
| 13 | Odred (R) | 26 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 39 | 71 | 0.549 | 12 | Relegation to Yugoslav Second League |
| 14 | Rabotnički (R) | 26 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 20 | 88 | 0.227 | 11 | Relegation to Yugoslav Second League |

## Results

| Home \ Away | BSK | DIN | HAJ | LOK | ODR | PAR | PRO | RAB | RBE | RSB | SAR | SPA | VAR | VOJ |
| BSK Belgrade | | 0–3 | 3–4 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 8–1 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 |
| Dinamo Zagreb | 1–1 | | 3–1 | 1–0 | 5–3 | 2–0 | 6–2 | 5–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 |
| Hajduk Split | 3–1 | 1–0 | | 2–1 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 8–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 |
| Lokomotiva | 3–0 | 0–6 | 2–5 | | 5–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 |
| Odred | 1–0 | 4–6 | 1–1 | 1–2 | | 2–6 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 4–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–4 |
| Partizan | 1–2 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | | 3–3 | 8–0 | 1–1 | 7–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–2 |
| Proleter Osijek | 0–2 | 2–5 | 1–4 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–3 | | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–2 |
| Rabotnički | 1–0 | 1–5 | 0–2 | 4–3 | 3–2 | 0–8 | 0–2 | | 0–3 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 2–7 | 2–2 | 0–1 |
| Radnički Beograd | 2–3 | 0–0 | 2–5 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 2–4 | 1–2 | 2–0 | | 0–2 | 2–1 | 6–1 | 2–0 | 1–3 |
| Red Star | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Sarajevo | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 6–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–6 |
| Spartak Subotica | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–6 | 2–4 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 0–3 | 6–1 | | 0–0 | 4–1 |
| Vardar | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 3–4 | | 3–3 |
| Vojvodina | 2–2 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 7–1 | 4–1 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–2 | |

## Winning squad

Champions:
* Dinamo Zagreb (coach: Ivan Jazbinšek)
players (league matches/league goals):
* Ivica Banožić 3 (0)
* Aleksandar Benko 21 (13)
* Zvonimir Cimermančić 2 (0)
* Dragutin Cizarić 9 (0)
* Tomislav Crnković 20 (0)
* Željko Čajkovski 24 (13)
* Vladimir Čonč 26 (13)
* Dionizije Dvornić 26 (16)
* Emil Ferković 10 (0)
* Drago Horvat 6 (0)
* Ivan Horvat 20 (0)
* Dragutin Kukec 3 (0)
* Luka Lipošinović 10 (3)
* Vladimir Majerović 10 (0)
* Lav Mantula 21 (2)
* Stojan Osojnak 10 (9)
* Branko Režek 23 (2)
* Zvonko Strnad 1 (0)
* Josip Šikić 25 (0)

## Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Stjepan Bobek | Partizan | 21 |
| 2 | Zdravko Rajkov | Vojvodina | 16 |
| 3 | Dionizije Dvornić | Dinamo Zagreb | 15 |
| 3 | Branko Zebec | Partizan | 15 |
| 5 | Aleksandar Petaković | Radnički Belgrade | 14 |
| 5 | Miloš Milutinović | Partizan | 14 |
| 5 | Ivan Toplak | Odred | 14 |
| 5 | Aleksandar Benko | Dinamo Zagreb | 14 |