| Season | 1952–53 |
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| Champions | Red Star (2nd title) |
| Relegated | Velež Napredak Kruševac |
| Matches played | 132 |
| Goals scored | 452 (3.42 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Todor Živanović (17) |
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Two clubs relegated at the end of the previous season were Rabotnički and Mačva. Teams promoted to the 1952–53 Yugoslav First League were Velež and Spartak.
| Team | Location | Federal Republic | Position in 1952 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BSK Belgrade | Belgrade | SR Serbia | 5th |
| Dinamo Zagreb | Zagreb | SR Croatia | 4th |
| Hajduk Split | Split | SR Croatia | 1st |
| Lokomotiva | Zagreb | SR Croatia | 3rd |
| Partizan | Belgrade | SR Serbia | 6th |
| Red Star | Belgrade | SR Serbia | 2nd |
| Sarajevo | Sarajevo | SR Bosnia and Herzegovina | 9th |
| Spartak | Subotica | SR Serbia | N/A |
| Vardar | Skopje | SR Macedonia | 7th |
| Velež | Mostar | SR Bosnia and Herzegovina | N/A |
| Vojvodina | Novi Sad | SR Serbia | 8th |
| NK Zagreb | Zagreb | SR Croatia | 10th |
| Pos |
Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Red Star (C) | 22 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 47 | 27 | +20 | 31 | |
| 2 | Hajduk Split | 22 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 49 | 35 | +14 | 29 | |
| 3 | Partizan | 22 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 58 | 36 | +22 | 25 | |
| 4 | Vojvodina | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 37 | 36 | +1 | 24 | |
| 5 | BSK Belgrade | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 34 | 37 | −3 | 23 | |
| 6 | Sarajevo | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 39 | 33 | +6 | 22 | |
| 7 | Dinamo Zagreb | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 32 | 30 | +2 | 22 | |
| 8 | Lokomotiva | 22 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 33 | 40 | −7 | 21 | |
| 9 | Vardar | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 37 | 46 | −9 | 19 | |
| 10 | Spartak Subotica | 22 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 33 | 44 | −11 | 19 | |
| 11 | Velež (R) | 22 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 30 | 51 | −21 | 15 | 1953–54 Yugoslav Second League |
| 12 | NK Zagreb (R) | 22 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 23 | 37 | −14 | 14 |
Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Champions:
players (league matches/league goals):
Miljan Zeković (22/0)
Todor Živanović (21/17)
Branko Stanković (21/1)
Predrag Đajić (21/1)
Siniša Zlatković (21/0)
Rajko Mitić (18/8)
Tihomir Ognjanov (17/3)
Milorad Diskić (17/0)
Branislav Vukosavljević (13/8)
Kosta Tomašević (9/3)
Dimitrije Tadić (7/0)
Jovan Cokić (6/2)
Bela Palfi (6/1)
Vasilije Šijaković (6/1)
Ljuba Spajić (6/0)
Dragoljub Župac (3/0)
Milivoje Đurđević (2/0)
Branko Nešović (1/0)
Svetislav Milić (1/0)
Miodrag Petrović (1/0)
Miroslav Lazić (1/0)
Partizan Beograd 4 - 3 Borac Čacak
Mladost Svetozarevo 0 - 11 Partizan
(rest unknown)
Partizan Beograd 2 - 0 FK Sarajevo
Hajduk Split - x X
X x - x X
X x - x X
X x - x X
X x - x X
Dinamo Zagreb x - x X
BSK Beograd - x X
Hajduk Split - x X
Dinamo Zagreb 2 - 0 Partizan Beograd
X x - x X
BSK Beograd x - x X
Hajduk Split x - x Dinamo/X
BSK Beograd x - x Dinamo/X
November 29, 1953 - Belgrade, Serbia
BSK Beograd 2 - 0 Hajduk Split
Stadium: JNA Stadium
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: T. Ivanovski (Skopje)
BSK: Petar Radenković, Juricko, Nikola Radović, Lazar Tasić, Vidic, Sreten Davidović, Panic, S.Antic, Predrag Marković, Tomislav Kaloperović, Zoran Prljinčević
Hajduk: Vladimir Beara, Svemir Delić, Davor Grčić, Božo Broketa, Lenko Grčić, Slavko Luštica, Krešimir Arapović, Božidar Senčar, Bernard Vukas, Frane Matošić, Joško Vidošević
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