1952 Yugoslav First League

Prva savezna liga
Season 1952
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.

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:

League

Preliminary stage

Group 1

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Dinamo Zagreb 10 8 0 2 27 13+14 16 Championship group
2 Lokomotiva 10 7 0 3 20 9+11 14
3 Partizan 10 6 0 4 24 15+9 12 Central group
4 Vojvodina 10 5 0 5 21 15+6 10
5 Rabotnički 10 2 1 7 9 30−21 5 Relegation group
6 Mačva Šabac 10 1 1 8 10 29−19 3

Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (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; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Home ╲ Away[1] DIN LOK MAČPARRABVOJ
Dinamo Zagreb 3–2
Lokomotiva 2–1
Mačva Šabac 1–5
Partizan 1–2
Rabotnički 0–3
Vojvodina 0–1 0–1 3–0 0–4 5–2

Updated to games played on 11 May 1952.
Source:
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Group 2

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Red Star 10 7 0 3 20 16+4 14 Championship group
2 Hajduk Split 10 6 0 4 23 11+12 12
3 BSK Belgrade 10 4 2 4 19 12+7 10 Central group
4 Vardar 10 5 0 5 13 18−5 10
5 NK Zagreb 10 3 2 5 7 12−5 8 Relegation group
6 Sarajevo 10 3 0 7 8 21−13 6

Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (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; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Home ╲ Away[1] BSK HAJ RSBSARVARZAG
BSK Belgrade 0–1
Hajduk Split 2–3 6–0 4–0 2–1 2–1
Red Star 3–1
Sarajevo 2–0
Vardar 0–5
NK Zagreb 1–0

Updated to games played on 11 May 1952.
Source:
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Final Round

Championship group

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
1 Hajduk Split (C) 6 4 1 1 12 4+8 9
2 Red Star 6 3 2 1 11 6+5 8
3 Lokomotiva 6 2 0 4 12 19−7 4
4 Dinamo Zagreb 6 0 3 3 8 14−6 3

Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (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; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Home ╲ Away[1] DIN HAJ LOKRSB
Dinamo Zagreb 0–3
Hajduk Split 1–1 2–0 2–0
Lokomotiva 2–4
Red Star 1–0

Updated to games played on 22 June 1952.
Source:
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Central group

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
5 BSK Belgrade 6 5 1 0 15 6+9 11
6 Partizan 6 3 1 2 17 11+6 7
7 Vardar 6 2 1 3 8 15−7 5
8 Vojvodina 6 0 1 5 7 15−8 1

Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (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; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Home ╲ Away[1] BSK PAR VARVOJ
BSK Belgrade 2–1
Partizan 5–5
Vardar 3–1
Vojvodina 0–2 0–1 0–2

Updated to games played on 22 June 1952.
Source:
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation group

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
9 Sarajevo 6 3 2 1 8 3+5 8
10 NK Zagreb 6 2 3 1 6 60 7
11 Rabotnički (R) 6 2 1 3 10 14−4 5 1952–53 Yugoslav Second League
12 Mačva Šabac (R) 6 1 2 3 7 8−1 4

Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (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; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Cup

The cup was played from August 24, 1952 until November 29, 1952.

Qualification

Partizan 5 - 4 Radnicki Kragujevac

BSK Beograd 1 - 2 Partizan

(rest unknown)

Round of Sixteen

Lovcen (?) 0 - 3 Partizan

Hajduk 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 Partizan

Crvena Zvezda Beograd x - x X

Radnicki Nis x - x X

X x - x X

Semi finals

Crvena Zvezda Beograd x - x X

Partizan 4 - 1 Radnicki Nis

Finals

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

See also

External links