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:
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| Rank | Club | MP | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | P |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dinamo Zagreb | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 13 | +14 | 16 |
| 2 | Lokomotiva Zagreb | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 9 | +11 | 14 |
| 3 | Partizan Belgrade | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 24 | 15 | +9 | 12 |
| 4 | Vojvodina Novi Sad | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 21 | 15 | +6 | 10 |
| 5 | Rabotnički Skopje | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 30 | -21 | 5 |
| 6 | Mačva Šabac | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 29 | -19 | 3 |
| Rank | Club | MP | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | P |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Red Star Belgrade | 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 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 12 | -5 | 8 |
| 6 | FK Sarajevo | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 21 | -13 | 6 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
The cup was played from August 24, 1952 until November 29, 1952.
Partizan 5 - 4 Radnicki Kragujevac
BSK Beograd 1 - 2 Partizan
(rest unknown)
Lovcen (?) 0 - 3 Partizan
Hajduk Split x - x X
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X x - x X
X x - x X
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Crvena Zvezda x - x X
Radnicki Nis x - x X
Hajduk Split 0 - 5 Partizan
Crvena Zvezda Beograd x - x X
Radnicki Nis x - x X
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Partizan 4 - 1 Radnicki Nis
November 29, 1952 - Belgrade, 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
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