1957–58 Yugoslav First League

The 1957–58 Yugoslav First League season was the 12th 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. Fourteen teams contested the competition, with Dinamo Zagreb winning their third title and qualifying for the 1958–59 European Cup.

Prva savezna liga
Season1957–58
Dates11 August 1957 – 27 April 1958
ChampionsDinamo Zagreb (3rd title)
RelegatedRNK Split
Spartak Subotica
OFK Belgrade
NK Zagreb
European CupDinamo Zagreb
Top goalscorerTodor Veselinović (19)

At the end of season four teams were relegated instead of the usual two because the Football Association of Yugoslavia decided to reduce the league to 12 teams for the following season.

Teams

At the end of the previous season FK Sarajevo and Lokomotiva were relegated from top level. They were replaced by Željezničar and RNK Split.

TeamLocationFederal RepublicPosition
in 1956–57
BudućnostTitograd  SR Montenegro0099th
Dinamo ZagrebZagreb  SR Croatia0055th
Hajduk SplitSplit  SR Croatia0033rd
OFK BelgradeBelgrade  SR Serbia0066th
PartizanBelgrade  SR Serbia0044th
Radnički BelgradeBelgrade  SR Serbia0088th
Red StarBelgrade  SR Serbia0011st
Spartak SuboticaSubotica  SR Serbia01212th
RNK SplitSplit  SR Croatia
VardarSkopje  SR Macedonia01111th
VeležMostar  SR Bosnia and Herzegovina01010th
VojvodinaNovi Sad  SR Serbia0022nd
NK ZagrebZagreb  SR Croatia0077th
ŽeljezničarSarajevo  SR Bosnia and Herzegovina

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGRPtsQualification or relegation
1Dinamo Zagreb (C)26157453331.60637Qualification for European Cup preliminary round
2Partizan26137646331.39433
3Radnički Beograd26116950381.31628
4Red Star Belgrade26108845381.18428
5Vojvodina261231155321.71927
6Velež261141140420.95226
7Vardar261061030440.68226
8Željezničar26971047441.06825
9Hajduk Split261051142430.97725
10Budućnost2689930360.83325[a]
11RNK Split (R)261211335420.83325[a]Qualification for relegation play-offs
12Spartak Subotica (R)261041250451.11124
13OFK Belgrade (R)26681227500.54020Relegation to Yugoslav Second League
14NK Zagreb (R)26551631610.50815
Source: rsssf.org
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal average.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

Results

Home \ AwayBUDDINHAJOFKPARRBERSBSPASPLVARVELVOJZAGŽEL
Budućnost0–12–00–02–20–12–00–04–11–01–13–11–11–1
Dinamo Zagreb1–04–00–01–01–11–13–14–15–14–24–13–11–0
Hajduk Split3–35–14–01–32–10–11–32–24–01–11–02–03–1
OFK Belgrade3–10–03–11–10–20–22–12–00–01–20–23–25–1
Partizan1–04–15–11–11–02–24–21–00–12–11–53–01–1
Radnički Beograd4–04–01–13–04–01–54–23–22–26–12–10–01–2
Red Star1–41–21–01–02–24–42–12–19–12–12–11–12–2
Spartak Subotica0–24–40–15–11–23–10–00–11–05–13–12–03–2
RNK Split0–21–02–03–00–21–03–02–04–02–01–04–22–1
Vardar2–00–32–24–21–03–22–11–13–00–12–11–10–0
Velež0–02–33–03–11–13–02–11–33–01–02–04–01–3
Vojvodina6–00–02–19–12–11–11–13–14–02–00–16–11–0
NK Zagreb5–02–50–12–21–20–21–02–62–10–22–10–51–2
Željezničar1–11–12–50–01–43–03–15–25–11–24–13–02–4
Source: DataSoccer.it
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Winning squad

Champions:

players (league matches/league goals):

Top scorers

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Todor VeselinovićVojvodina19
2 Dražan JerkovićDinamo Zagreb18
3 Radivoj OgnjanovićRadnički Belgrade14
Tihomir OgnjanovSpartak Subotica
5 Branislav MihajlovićPartizan13
Aleksandar PetakovićRadnički Belgrade
Vojislav TonkovićSpartak Subotica
8 Zoran PrljinčevićRadnički Belgrade12
Ilijas PašićŽeljezničar
Joško VidoševićHajduk Split

See also

References

External links