1951 Yugoslav First League

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Prva savezna liga
Season1951
Champions Red Star (1st title)
Relegated Spartak Subotica
Napredak Kruševac
Top goalscorer Kosta Tomašević (16)
1950
1952

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.

Contents

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGRPtsRelegation
1 Red Star Belgrade (C)22171450212.38135
2 Dinamo Zagreb 22163345192.36835
3 Hajduk Split 22144452212.47632
4 Partizan 22104834241.41724
5 BSK Belgrade 2286834241.41722
6 Lokomotiva 2276932340.94120
7 Sarajevo 2268825390.64120
8 Vojvodina 22831126300.86719
9 Borac Zagreb [lower-alpha 1] 22741130330.90918
10 Mačva Šabac 22651125330.75817
11 Spartak Subotica (R)22721316470.34016Relegation to Yugoslav Second League
12 Napredak Kruševac (R)22221816600.2676
Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal average.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. 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 1–00–11–51–14–08–12–10–11–11–03–2
BSK Belgrade 4–32–23–00–12–01–21–40–11–15–00–3
Dinamo Zagreb 2–10–0 3–0 3–22–05–12–01–21–34–03–1
Hajduk Split 4–11–0 3–1 4–13–15–12–03–24–17–01–0
Lokomotiva 1–21–01–41–11–14–10–31–34–25–00–1
Mačva Šabac 0–00–60–10–01–23–00–10–25–00–03–1
Napredak Kruševac 1–00–20–10–62–20–31–20–11–10–11–4
Partizan 1–02–20–00–02–00–33–0 6–1 1–25–21–1
Red Star 3–0 2–2 0–21–03–11–23–22–04–06–01–0
Sarajevo 1–10–02–41–10–02–03–21–01–31–12–1
Spartak Subotica 2–00–11–20–10–33–11–02–10–21–01–2
Vojvodina 1–00–20–13–10–02–21–00–10–63–00–1
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 Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Kosta Tomašević Red Star 16
2 Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Frane Matošić Hajduk Split 13
3 Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Vladimir Firm Lokomotiva 11
4. Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Tihomir Ognjanov Red Star 10
Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Dionizije Dvornić Dinamo Zagreb
Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Stane Krstulović Hajduk Split
7 Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Božidar Senčar Dinamo Zagreb 9
Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Stjepan Bobek Partizan
Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Marko Valok Partizan
Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Branko Zebec Borac Zagreb
Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Bogdan Kovačević Mačva

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