Yugoslav First League 1952
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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 3 and a half months, beginning on March 2, 1952 and finishing on June 22, 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.
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 the these preliminary groups, three new groups were formed:
Hajduk Split x - x X
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Crvena Zvezda x - x X
Radnicki Nis x - x X
Crvena Zvezda Beograd x - x X
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, Serbia
Partizan 6 - 0 Crvena Zvezda Beograd
Stadium: Centralnog doma Jugoslovenske Armije (JNA Stadium)
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Vasa Stefanovič (Beograd)
Crvena Zvezda: Srboljub Krivokuća
, Branko Stanković, Miljan Zeković
, Siniša Zlatković
, Milorad Diskić, Predrag Đajić, Kosta Tomašević
, Rajko Mitić
, Tihomir Ognjanov
, Todor Živanović
, Branislav Vukosavljević
Partizan: Slavko Stojanović
, Bruno Belin
, Ratko Čolić
, Zlatko Čajkovski, Stefanović, Miodrag Jovanović
, Marko Valok
, Todor Veselinović, Stjepan Bobek
, Aleksandar Atanacković
, Branko Zebec
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 the these preliminary groups, three new groups were formed:
- First two teams in each of the two preliminary groups advanced to the 4-team group, the winner of which would become a champion.
- Teams placed 3rd and 4th in each of the two preliminary groups got to move to a 4-team group that would decide final league standings from 5th to 6th place.
- The bottom two teams in each of the two preliminary groups moved to a 4-team group that would decide final league standings at the bottom (places 9th through 12th) and thus determine who gets relegated to Second League.
First Preliminary Group
| Rank | Club | MP | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | P |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dinamo Zagreb Dinamo Zagreb GNK Dinamo Zagreb, commonly referred to as Dinamo Zagreb , or by their nickname Modri are a Croatian football club based in Zagreb. They play their home matches at Stadion Maksimir. They are the most successful club in Croatian football, having won thirteen Croatian championship titles, ten... |
10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 13 | +14 | 16 |
| 2 | Lokomotiva Zagreb | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 9 | +11 | 14 |
| 3 | Partizan Belgrade FK Partizan Fudbalski klub Partizan is a professional football club based in Belgrade, Serbia. In its long history, FK Partizan won as many as 37 trophies. The club is the holder of 23 national championships, 12 national cups and 1 national supercup, and has also won the Mitropa Cup in 1978... |
10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 24 | 15 | +9 | 12 |
| 4 | Vojvodina Novi Sad FK Vojvodina FK Vojvodina is a football club from Novi Sad, Serbia. The club currently competes in the Serbian SuperLiga. FK Vojvodina is the third oldest football club in Serbia's SuperLiga, after OFK Beograd which was founded in 1911 and FK Javor which was founded in 1912.-History:FK Vojvodina was founded... |
10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 21 | 15 | +6 | 10 |
| 5 | Rabotnički Skopje FK Rabotnicki FK Rabotnički is a football club that plays at the Philip II Arena in Skopje, Republic of Macedonia. They currently compete in the Macedonian First League.-History:... |
10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 30 | -21 | 5 |
| 6 | Mačva Šabac FK Macva Šabac FK Mačva Šabac is a football club from Šabac, Serbia.-Current squad 2010-11:Last update November 2010.-Notable players:... |
10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 29 | -19 | 3 |
Second Preliminary Group
| Rank | Club | MP | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | P |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Red Star Belgrade Red Star Belgrade Red Star Belgrade is a football club from Belgrade, Serbia. The club is a part of the Red Star Sports Society.Red Star Belgrade is the most successful Serbian club, with a record of 25 national championships and 23 national cups in both Serbian and ex-Yugoslav competitions... |
10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 16 | +4 | 14 |
| 2 | Hajduk Split | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 23 | 11 | +12 | 12 |
| 3 | BSK Belgrade | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 12 | +7 | 10 |
| 4 | Vardar Skopje | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 18 | -5 | 10 |
| 5 | NK Zagreb NK Zagreb NK Zagreb is a Croatian football club, from the Croatian capital of Zagreb.NK Zagreb's home is the Stadion Kranjčevićeva with capacity of 8,850. The club's fans are known as the White Angels... |
10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 12 | -5 | 8 |
| 6 | FK Sarajevo FK Sarajevo FK Sarajevo is a professional football club based in Sarajevo, the capital city of Bosnia-Herzegovina and is one of the most popular clubs in the country. Founded on October 24, 1946, the club was the most successful club from SR Bosnia and Herzegovina in former Yugoslavia, winning two First League... |
10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 21 | -13 | 6 |
Title Group
| Rank | Club | MP | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | P |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hajduk Split | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 4 | +8 | 9 |
| 2 | Crvena Zvezda Beograd | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | +5 | 8 |
| 3 | Lokomotiva Zagreb | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 19 | -7 | 4 |
| 4 | Dinamo Zagreb | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 14 | -4 | 3 |
Central Group
| Rank | Club | MP | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | P |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | BSK Beograd | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 6 | +9 | 11 |
| 6 | Partizan Beograd | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 11 | +6 | 7 |
| 7 | Vardar Skopje | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 15 | -7 | 5 |
| 8 | Vojvodina Novi Sad | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 15 | -8 | 1 |
Relegation Group
| Rank | Club | MP | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | P |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | FK Sarajevo | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 8 |
| 10 | NK Zagreb | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 7 |
| 11 | Rabotnicki Skopje | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 14 | -4 | 5 |
| 12 | Macva Sabac | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | -1 | 3 |
Round of Sixteen
Lovcen (?) 0 - 3 PartizanHajduk Split x - x X
X x - x X
X x - x X
X x - x X
X x - x X
Crvena Zvezda x - x X
Radnicki Nis x - x X
Quarter finals
Hajduk Split 0 - 5 PartizanCrvena Zvezda Beograd x - x X
Radnicki Nis x - x X
X x - x X
Finals
November 29, 1952 - BelgradeBelgrade
Belgrade is the capital and largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers, where the Pannonian Plain meets the Balkans. According to official results of Census 2011, the city has a population of 1,639,121. It is one of the 15 largest cities in Europe...
, Serbia
Serbia
Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...
Partizan 6 - 0 Crvena Zvezda Beograd
Stadium: Centralnog doma Jugoslovenske Armije (JNA Stadium)
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Vasa Stefanovič (Beograd)
Crvena Zvezda: Srboljub Krivokuća
Srboljub Krivokuca
Srboljub Krivokuća was a Serbian football goalkeeper and manager.He played 7 matches for the Yugoslav national team.-External links:*...
, Branko Stanković, Miljan Zeković
Miljan Zeković
Miljan Zeković is a former Montenegrin and Yugoslav football player.-Club career:...
, Siniša Zlatković
Siniša Zlatković
Siniša Zlatković is an Yugoslavian football defender who played for Yugoslavia in the 1950 FIFA World Cup. He also played for Red Star Belgrade.-External links:*...
, Milorad Diskić, Predrag Đajić, Kosta Tomašević
Kosta Tomaševic
Kosta Tomašević was a Yugoslavian football player. He got 10 caps for Yugoslavia.-External links:*...
, Rajko Mitić
Rajko Mitic
Rajko Mitić was a Serbian football player and coach. Mitić was born in the village Dolac, Bela Palanka in the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes...
, Tihomir Ognjanov
Tihomir Ognjanov
Tihomir "Bata" Ognjanov was a Serban footballer who was part of Yugoslavia national football team at the 1950 and 1954 FIFA World Cup. He later became a manager. He played for Spartak Subotica , Partizan and Red Star...
, Todor Živanović
Todor Živanović
Todor Živanović was a Serbian football player and a Yugoslav international....
, Branislav Vukosavljević
Branislav Vukosavljević
Branislav Vukosavljević was a Serbian football midfielder and later a football manager....
Partizan: Slavko Stojanović
Slavko Stojanović
Slavko "Vavo" Stojanović is a former Croatian football goalkeeper.-Career:He started playing in his hometown clubs Udarnik and Proleter, the predecessors of today's NK Osijek, before moving to Belgrade, in 1951, to play in FK Partizan where he would play until 1960, winning three national Cups, in...
, Bruno Belin
Bruno Belin
Bruno Belin was a Croatian footballer who was part of Yugoslavia national football team at the 1954 FIFA World Cup. He died in a car accident in 1962 at the 25th kilometer of Belgrade-Zagreb highway.-External links:*...
, Ratko Čolić
Ratko Colic
Ratko Čolić was a Serbian footballer who was part of Yugoslavia national football team at the 1950 FIFA World Cup.-External links:*...
, Zlatko Čajkovski, Stefanović, Miodrag Jovanović
Miodrag Jovanovic (footballer born 1922)
Miodrag Jovanović was a Serbian footballer who was part of the Yugoslav squad at the 1950 FIFA World Cup. He was born in Belgrade.-External links:*...
, Marko Valok
Marko Valok
Marko Valok is a former footballer who represented Yugoslavia. He played club football in Yugoslavia with FK Partizan.He coached Burma, FK Partizan, Budućnost Titograd, Philadelphia Fury, FK Vojvodina, Adana Demirspor, Borac Banja Luka, Teteks Tetovo, Galenika Zemun and FK Rad.-External links: at...
, Todor Veselinović, Stjepan Bobek
Stjepan Bobek
Stjepan Bobek was a football striker from Yugoslavia, and later a football manager. An ethnic Croat, Bobek started playing at a very young age and had spells with several clubs in Zagreb but is mainly remembered for his time at the Serbian side Partizan Belgrade, where he moved to following the...
, Aleksandar Atanacković
Aleksandar Atanackovic (footballer born 1920)
Aleksandar Atanacković was a Serbian footballer who was part of Yugoslavia national football team at the 1950 FIFA World Cup. He later became a manager.-External links:*...
, Branko Zebec
Branko Zebec
Branislav "Branko" Zebec was a Croatian football player and coach...
See also
- Yugoslav CupYugoslav CupThe Yugoslav Cup, officially the Marshal Tito Cup, was one of two major football competitions in the former Yugoslavia, the other one being the Yugoslav League Championship. The Yugoslav Cup took place after the league championships when every competitive league in Yugoslavia had finished, in order...
- Yugoslav League Championship
- Football Association of YugoslaviaFootball Association of YugoslaviaThe Football Association of Yugoslavia was the governing body of football in Yugoslavia, based in Belgrade, with a major administrative branch in Zagreb....