1952 Yugoslav First League

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Prva savezna liga
Season1952
Champions Hajduk Split (4th title)
Relegated Rabotnički
Mačva Šabac
1951
1952–53

The First Federal League of Yugoslavia's 1952 season (colloquially the Yugoslav First League) was shortened and sped-up. It was completed over a period of little more than three and a half months, beginning on 2 March 1952 and finishing on 22 June 1952. The reason for the changes was a desire to start the next season in the fall of 1952, thus implementing the fall-spring format that had become a norm all across Europe by this time.

Contents

The clubs were initially divided into two groups of six teams each, where everyone within a given group played each other twice (home and away).

Then, according to the placement in these preliminary groups, three new groups were formed:

League

Preliminary stage

Group 1

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 Dinamo Zagreb 108022713+1416Qualification for Championship group
2 Lokomotiva 10703209+1114
3 Partizan 106042415+912Qualification for Central group
4 Vojvodina 105052115+610
5 Rabotnički 10217930215Qualification for Relegation group
6 Mačva Šabac 101181029193
Source: rsssf.org
Home \ Away DIN LOK MAČ PAR RAB VOJ
Dinamo Zagreb 0–15–13–14–13–2
Lokomotiva 2–53–03–03–02–1
Mačva Šabac 2–31–00–11–11–5
Partizan 0–32–16–31–01–2
Rabotnički 3–00–42–10–80–3
Vojvodina 0–10–13–00–45–2
Source: DataSoccer.it
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Group 2

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 Red Star Belgrade 107032016+414Qualification for Championship group
2 Hajduk Split 106042311+1212
3 BSK Belgrade 104241912+710Qualification for Central group
4 Vardar 105051318510
5 NK Zagreb 1032571258Qualification for Relegation group
6 Sarajevo 10307821136
Source: rsssf.org
Home \ Away BSK HAJ RSB SAR VAR ZAG
BSK Belgrade 0–14–23–06–00–0
Hajduk Split 2–36–04–02–12–1
Red Star 3–23–12–02–02–0
Sarajevo 2–12–01–20–11–0
Vardar 1–00–52–15–02–1
NK Zagreb 0–01–00–33–21–0
Source: DataSoccer.it
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Final round

Championship group

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
1 Hajduk Split (C)6411124+89
2 Red Star Belgrade 6321116+58
3 Lokomotiva 6204121974
4 Dinamo Zagreb 603381463
Source: rsssf.org
(C) Champions
Home \ Away DIN HAJ LOK RSB
Dinamo Zagreb 0–3 2–40–0
Hajduk Split 1–1 2–02–0
Lokomotiva 4–32–42–3
Red Star 2–21–05–0
Source: DataSoccer.it
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Central group

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
5 BSK Belgrade 6510156+911
6 Partizan 63121711+67
7 Vardar 621381575
8 Vojvodina 601571581
Source: rsssf.org
Home \ Away BSK PAR VAR VOJ
BSK Belgrade 3–25–12–1
Partizan 1–27–15–5
Vardar 1–10–13–1
Vojvodina 0–20–10–2
Source: DataSoccer.it
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation group

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsRelegation
9 Sarajevo 632183+58
10 NK Zagreb 62316607
11 Rabotnički (R)6213101445Relegation to Yugoslav Second League
12 Mačva Šabac (R)61237814
Source: rsssf.org
(R) Relegated
Home \ Away MAČ RAB SAR ZAG
Mačva Šabac 3–10–12–2
Rabotnički 3–21–13–1
Sarajevo 1–05–10–0
NK Zagreb 0–02–11–0
Source: DataSoccer.it
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Stanoje Jocić BSK Belgrade 13
2 Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Vladimir Firm Lokomotiva 11
3 Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Drago Hmelina Lokomotiva 10

See also