1953–54 NK Dinamo Zagreb season

Dinamo Zagreb
1953–54 season
President Ivica Kolić
Manager Ivan Jazbinšek
First League 1st
Top goalscorer Dionizije Dvornić (16)
← 1952–53 1954–55 →

The 1953–54 season was Dinamo Zagreb's eighth season in the Yugoslav First League. They finished 1st in the league, winning their second league title, with one point ahead of runners-up Partizan.

Contents

Players

Squad

Note: The following is the full list of players who appeared in league matches for Dinamo in the 1953–54 season. However, only players who started at least 10 league games are included in historic records as having been members of the championship-winning squad, according to NK Dinamo Zagreb's 1945–1985 official almanac. Those players are listed in bold.

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
--- GK Branko Kralj
--- GK Vladimir Majerović
--- DF Ivica Banožić
--- DF Tomislav Crnković
--- DF Drago Horvat
--- DF Josip Šikić
--- MF Dragutin Cizarić
--- MF Emil Ferković
--- MF Ivica Horvat
--- MF Dragutin Kukec
No. Position Player
--- MF Lav Mantula
--- MF Branko Režek
--- FW Aleksandar Benko
--- FW Željko Čajkovski
--- FW Zvonimir Cimermančić
--- FW Vladimir Čonč
--- FW Dionizije Dvornić
--- FW Luka Lipošinović
--- FW Stojan Osojnak
--- FW Zvonko Strnad

Statistics

The following table lists appearances and goals of all players who represented Dinamo in the 1953–54 season. Only league matches and goals are taken into account. Dionizije Dvornić and Vladimir Čonč are the only two players who appeared in all 26 league matches of the season.

Pos. Player Apps † Gls †
FW Dvornić, DionizijeDionizije Dvornić 26 16
FW ConcVladimir Čonč 26 13
DF SikicJosip Šikić 25 0
FW CajkovskiŽeljko Čajkovski 24 13
MF Režek, BrankoBranko Režek 23 2
FW Benko, AleksandarAleksandar Benko 21 13
MF Mantula, LavLav Mantula 21 2
DF Crnković, TomislavTomislav Crnković 20 0
MF Horvat, IvicaIvica Horvat 20 0
GK Kralj, BrankoBranko Kralj 16 0
FW Osojnak, StojanStojan Osojnak 10 9
FW Lipošinović, LukaLuka Lipošinović 10 3
GK Majerović, VladimirVladimir Majerović 10 0
MF Ferković, EmilEmil Ferković 10 0
MF Cizarić, DragutinDragutin Cizarić 9 0
DF Horvat, DragoDrago Horvat 6 0
DF Banožić, IvicaIvica Banožić 3 0
MF Kukec, DragutinDragutin Kukec 3 0
FW Cimermančić, ZvonimirZvonimir Cimermančić 2 0
FW Strnad, ZvonkoZvonko Strnad 1 0

Yugoslav First League

Matches

Date Opponents Home/
Away		 Result
(F – A)		 Dinamo scorers
30 Aug 1953 FK Sarajevo A 3 – 1 Čajkovski, Dvornić, Benko
09 Sep 1953 Partizan H 2 – 0 Čonč, Dvornić
13 Sep 1953 Radnički Belgrade A 0 – 0
17 Sep 1953 BSK Belgrade A 3 – 0 Čonč, Benko, Režek
20 Sep 1953 Proleter Osijek H 6 – 2 Benko (3), Čonč, Čajkovski, Dvornić
26 Sep 1953 Spartak Subotica A 2 – 1 Čonč, Benko
07 Oct 1953 Vojvodina H 0 – 2
11 Oct 1953 Hajduk Split A 0 – 1
25 Oct 1953 Rabotnički A 5 – 1 Benko (3), Dvornić (2)
03 Nov 1953 Vardar H 2 – 0 Benko, Režek
15 Nov 1953 Odred Ljubljana H 5 – 3 Dvornić (2), Čajkovski, Benko, Mantula
02 Dec 1953 Red Star Belgrade A 0 – 0
06 Dec 1953 Lokomotiva H 1 – 0 Čonč
13 Dec 1953 Sarajevo H 5 – 0 Dvornić (3), Čajkovski, Lipošinović
20 Dec 1953 BSK Belgrade H 1 – 1 Čonč
14 Feb 1954 Partizan A 0 – 1
21 Feb 1954 Radnički Belgrade H 4 – 1 Čonč (2), Dvornić, Benko
04 Mar 1954 Proleter Osijek A 5 – 2 Čonč (3), Osojnak, Benko
07 Mar 1954 Spartak Subotica H 5 – 0 Osojnak (2), Mantula, Čajkovski, own goal
04 Apr 1954 Hajduk Split H 3 – 1 Osojnak (2), Čajkovski
07 Apr 1954 Rabotnički H 5 – 0 Čajkovski (2), Dvornić (2), Čonč
11 Apr 1954 Vardar A 1 – 1 Čajkovski
14 Apr 1954 Vojvodina A 1 – 0 Dvornić
18 Apr 1954 Odred Ljubljana A 6 – 4 Čonč (2), Čajkovski (2), Osojnak, Lipošinović
25 Apr 1954 Red Star Belgrade H 1 – 0 Osojnak
02 May 1954 Lokomotiva H 6 – 0 Osojnak (2), Čajkovski (2), Dvornić, Lipošinović

Classification

Pos Club Pld W D L F A Pts
1 Dinamo Zagreb 26 19 4 3 72 22 42
2 Partizan 26 18 5 3 77 30 41
3 Red Star Belgrade 26 17 4 5 51 22 38

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

See also

History
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