title: 1952–53 Yugoslav First League
text: # 1952–53 Yugoslav First League
  
  ## Teams
  
  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 | 0055th |
  | Dinamo Zagreb | Zagreb | SR Croatia | 0044th |
  | Hajduk Split | Split | SR Croatia | 0011st |
  | Lokomotiva | Zagreb | SR Croatia | 0033rd |
  | Partizan | Belgrade | SR Serbia | 0066th |
  | Red Star | Belgrade | SR Serbia | 0022nd |
  | Sarajevo | Sarajevo | SR Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0099th |
  | Spartak | Subotica | SR Serbia | — |
  | Vardar | Skopje | SR Macedonia | 0077th |
  | Velež | Mostar | SR Bosnia and Herzegovina | — |
  | Vojvodina | Novi Sad | SR Serbia | 0088th |
  | NK Zagreb | Zagreb | SR Croatia | 01010th |
  
  ## League table
  
  | Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Relegation |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Red Star Belgrade (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 | Relegation to Yugoslav Second League |
  | 12 | NK Zagreb (R) | 22 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 23 | 37 | −14 | 14 | Relegation to Yugoslav Second League |
  
  ## Results
  
  | Home \ Away | BSK | DIN | HAJ | LOK | PAR | RSB | SAR | SPA | VAR | VEL | VOJ | ZAG |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | BSK Belgrade | | 1–0 | 4–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 4–3 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 3–1 | 3–0 |
  | Dinamo Zagreb | 1–1 | | 5–1 | 4–3 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 4–2 | 0–0 |
  | Hajduk Split | 0–2 | 2–0 | | 1–1 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 6–1 | 6–3 |
  | Lokomotiva | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–4 | | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 |
  | Partizan | 5–1 | 3–2 | 2–4 | 3–0 | | 2–4 | 2–2 | 6–2 | 9–2 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 |
  | Red Star | 5–3 | 3–0 | 1–4 | 3–2 | 1–1 | | 2–1 | 5–1 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 |
  | Sarajevo | 2–3 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 7–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | | 3–2 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 |
  | Spartak Subotica | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 3–1 | | 3–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 |
  | Vardar | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 5–1 | | 5–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 |
  | Velež | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | | 3–5 | 2–0 |
  | Vojvodina | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 5–3 | | 0–2 |
  | NK Zagreb | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–3 | 0–1 | |
  
  ## Winning squad
  
  Champions:
  
  * RED STAR BELGRADE (coach: Bane Sekulić, replaced by Žarko Mihajlović)
  
  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)
  
  ## Top scorers
  
  | Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Todor Živanović | Red Star | 17 |
  | 2 | Zdravko Rajkov | Vojvodina | 16 |
  | 3 | Todor Veselinović | Partizan | 15 |
  | 3 | Marko Valok | Partizan | 15 |
  | 5 | Bernard Vukas | Hajduk Split | 12 |
  | 5 | Vladimir Firm | Lokomotiva | 12 |
  | 7 | Frane Matošić | Hajduk Split | 11 |
  | 7 | Božo Broketa | Hajduk Split | 11 |
  | 9 | Vladimir Zelenika | Velež | 10 |
  | 9 | Dobrivoje Živkov | Sarajevo | 10 |
  | 9 | Đorđe Cincijevski | Vardar | 10 |
  