1951 Yugoslav First League

Prva savezna liga

Season	1951
Champions	Red Star (1st title)
Relegated	Spartak Subotica Napredak Kruševac
Top goalscorer	Kosta Tomašević (16)
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The First Federal League of Yugoslavia of 1951 (Prva savezna liga Jugoslavije), colloquially known as the Yugoslav First League of 1951, was the highest tier football competition played in communist Yugoslavia during 1951.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Relegation
1	Red Star Belgrade (C)	22	17	1	4	50	21	2.381	35
2	Dinamo Zagreb	22	16	3	3	45	19	2.368	35
3	Hajduk Split	22	14	4	4	52	21	2.476	32
4	Partizan	22	10	4	8	34	24	1.417	24
5	BSK Belgrade	22	8	6	8	34	24	1.417	22
6	Lokomotiva	22	7	6	9	32	34	0.941	20
7	Sarajevo	22	6	8	8	25	39	0.641	20
8	Vojvodina	22	8	3	11	26	30	0.867	19
9	Borac Zagreb	22	7	4	11	30	33	0.909	18
10	Mačva Šabac	22	6	5	11	25	33	0.758	17
11	Spartak Subotica (R)	22	7	2	13	16	47	0.340	16	Relegation to Yugoslav Second League
12	Napredak Kruševac (R)	22	2	2	18	16	60	0.267	6

Source: rsssf.org
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal average.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

Results

Home \ Away	BZG	BSK	DIN	HAJ	LOK	MAČ	NAP	PAR	RSB	SAR	SPA	VOJ
Borac Zagreb		1–0	0–1	1–5	1–1	4–0	8–1	2–1	0–1	1–1	1–0	3–2
BSK Belgrade	4–3		2–2	3–0	0–1	2–0	1–2	1–4	0–1	1–1	5–0	0–3
Dinamo Zagreb	2–1	0–0		3–0	3–2	2–0	5–1	2–0	1–2	1–3	4–0	3–1
Hajduk Split	4–1	1–0	3–1		4–1	3–1	5–1	2–0	3–2	4–1	7–0	1–0
Lokomotiva	1–2	1–0	1–4	1–1		1–1	4–1	0–3	1–3	4–2	5–0	0–1
Mačva Šabac	0–0	0–6	0–1	0–0	1–2		3–0	0–1	0–2	5–0	0–0	3–1
Napredak Kruševac	1–0	0–2	0–1	0–6	2–2	0–3		1–2	0–1	1–1	0–1	1–4
Partizan	1–0	2–2	0–0	0–0	2–0	0–3	3–0		6–1	1–2	5–2	1–1
Red Star	3–0	2–2	0–2	1–0	3–1	1–2	3–2	2–0		4–0	6–0	1–0
Sarajevo	1–1	0–0	2–4	1–1	0–0	2–0	3–2	1–0	1–3		1–1	2–1
Spartak Subotica	2–0	0–1	1–2	0–1	0–3	3–1	1–0	2–1	0–2	1–0		1–2
Vojvodina	1–0	0–2	0–1	3–1	0–0	2–2	1–0	0–1	0–6	3–0	0–1

Source: DataSoccer.it
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Winning squad

Champions:

• RED STAR BELGRADE (coach: Ljubiša Broćić, replaced by Žarko Mihajlović)

players (league matches/league goals):

• Tihomir Ognjanov (22/10)
• Bela Palfi (22/1)
• Predrag Đajić (22/1)
• Kosta Tomašević (21/16)
• Jovan Jezerkić (18/6)
• Rajko Mitić (17/5)
• Milorad Diskić (16/0)
• Ivan Zvekanović (14/0)
• Ljubomir Lovrić (14/0) -goalkeeper-
• Branko Stanković (13/1)
• Dimitrije Tadić (12/0)
• Siniša Zlatković (11/4)
• Todor Živanović (10/4)
• Milivoje Đurđević (9/0)
• Srđan Mrkušić (8/0) -goalkeeper-
• Branislav Vukosavljević (7/1)
• Bora Kostić (3/1)
• Branko Nešović (1/0)
• Lajčo Kujundžić (1/0)
• Pavle Radić (1/0)

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Kosta Tomašević	Red Star	16
2	Frane Matošić	Hajduk Split	13
3	Vladimir Firm	Lokomotiva	11
4.	Tihomir Ognjanov	Red Star	10
	Dionizije Dvornić	Dinamo Zagreb
	Stane Krstulović	Hajduk Split
7	Božidar Senčar	Dinamo Zagreb	9
	Stjepan Bobek	Partizan
	Marko Valok	Partizan
	Branko Zebec	Borac Zagreb
	Bogdan Kovačević	Mačva

See also

• 1951 Yugoslav Second League
• 1951 Yugoslav Cup

External links

• Yugoslavia Domestic Football Full Tables