1957–58 Yugoslav First League
# 1957–58 Yugoslav First League

The 1957–58 Yugoslav First League season was the 12th season of the First Federal League (Serbo-Croatian: Prva savezna liga), the top level association football league of SFR Yugoslavia, since its establishment in 1946. Fourteen teams contested the competition, with Dinamo Zagreb winning their third title and qualifying for the 1958–59 European Cup.

At the end of season four teams were relegated instead of the usual two because the Football Association of Yugoslavia decided to reduce the league to 12 teams for the following season.

## Teams

At the end of the previous season FK Sarajevo and Lokomotiva were relegated from top level. They were replaced by Željezničar and RNK Split.

| Team | Location | Federal Republic | Position in 1956–57 |
| - | - | - | - |
| Budućnost | Titograd | SR Montenegro | 0099th |
| Dinamo Zagreb | Zagreb | SR Croatia | 0055th |
| Hajduk Split | Split | SR Croatia | 0033rd |
| OFK Belgrade | Belgrade | SR Serbia | 0066th |
| Partizan | Belgrade | SR Serbia | 0044th |
| Radnički Belgrade | Belgrade | SR Serbia | 0088th |
| Red Star | Belgrade | SR Serbia | 0011st |
| Spartak Subotica | Subotica | SR Serbia | 01212th |
| RNK Split | Split | SR Croatia | — |
| Vardar | Skopje | SR Macedonia | 01111th |
| Velež | Mostar | SR Bosnia and Herzegovina | 01010th |
| Vojvodina | Novi Sad | SR Serbia | 0022nd |
| NK Zagreb | Zagreb | SR Croatia | 0077th |
| Željezničar | Sarajevo | SR Bosnia and Herzegovina | — |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Dinamo Zagreb (C) | 26 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 53 | 33 | 1.606 | 37 | Qualification for European Cup preliminary round |
| 2 | Partizan | 26 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 46 | 33 | 1.394 | 33 | |
| 3 | Radnički Beograd | 26 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 50 | 38 | 1.316 | 28 | |
| 4 | Red Star Belgrade | 26 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 45 | 38 | 1.184 | 28 | |
| 5 | Vojvodina | 26 | 12 | 3 | 11 | 55 | 32 | 1.719 | 27 | |
| 6 | Velež | 26 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 40 | 42 | 0.952 | 26 | |
| 7 | Vardar | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 30 | 44 | 0.682 | 26 | |
| 8 | Željezničar | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 47 | 44 | 1.068 | 25 | |
| 9 | Hajduk Split | 26 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 42 | 43 | 0.977 | 25 | |
| 10 | Budućnost | 26 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 30 | 36 | 0.833 | 25 | |
| 11 | RNK Split (R) | 26 | 12 | 1 | 13 | 35 | 42 | 0.833 | 25 | Qualification for relegation play-offs |
| 12 | Spartak Subotica (R) | 26 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 50 | 45 | 1.111 | 24 | Qualification for relegation play-offs |
| 13 | OFK Belgrade (R) | 26 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 27 | 50 | 0.540 | 20 | Relegation to Yugoslav Second League |
| 14 | NK Zagreb (R) | 26 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 31 | 61 | 0.508 | 15 | Relegation to Yugoslav Second League |

* 1 2 Budućnost and RNK Split had the same goal average so they played two play-off matches to decide who will enter the relegation play-offs. Budućnost won 4–0.

## Results

| Home \ Away | BUD | DIN | HAJ | OFK | PAR | RBE | RSB | SPA | SPL | VAR | VEL | VOJ | ZAG | ŽEL |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Budućnost | | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Dinamo Zagreb | 1–0 | | 4–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 5–1 | 4–2 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 |
| Hajduk Split | 3–3 | 5–1 | | 4–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 |
| OFK Belgrade | 3–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 5–1 |
| Partizan | 1–0 | 4–1 | 5–1 | 1–1 | | 1–0 | 2–2 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–5 | 3–0 | 1–1 |
| Radnički Beograd | 4–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 | | 1–5 | 4–2 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 6–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 |
| Red Star | 1–4 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 4–4 | | 2–1 | 2–1 | 9–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 |
| Spartak Subotica | 0–2 | 4–4 | 0–1 | 5–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 | | 0–1 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 |
| RNK Split | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | | 4–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 2–1 |
| Vardar | 2–0 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| Velež | 0–0 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 1–0 | | 2–0 | 4–0 | 1–3 |
| Vojvodina | 6–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 9–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | | 6–1 | 1–0 |
| NK Zagreb | 5–0 | 2–5 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–6 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–5 | | 1–2 |
| Željezničar | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–5 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 5–2 | 5–1 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 2–4 | |

## Winning squad

Champions:

* Dinamo Zagreb (coach: Gustav Lechner)

players (league matches/league goals):

* Ivica Banožić 18 (0)
* Aleksandar Benko 12 (8)
* Tomislav Crnković 25 (0)
* Vladimir Čonč 20 (4)
* Emil Ferković 5 (0)
* Franjo Gašpert 22 (7)
* Drago Hmelina 8 (1)
* Ivan Horvat 26 (0)
* Bernard Hugl 3 (0)
* Gordan Irović 24 (0)
* Dražan Jerković 22 (17)
* Marijan Kolonić 1 (0)
* Mladen Koščak 22 (0)
* Luka Lipošinović 20 (8)
* Željko Matuš 20 (3)
* Zdravko Prelčec 4 (1)
* Branko Režek 24 (2)
* Ivan Šantek 8 (0)

## Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Todor Veselinović | Vojvodina | 19 |
| 2 | Dražan Jerković | Dinamo Zagreb | 18 |
| 3 | Radivoj Ognjanović | Radnički Belgrade | 14 |
| 3 | Tihomir Ognjanov | Spartak Subotica | 14 |
| 5 | Branislav Mihajlović | Partizan | 13 |
| 5 | Aleksandar Petaković | Radnički Belgrade | 13 |
| 5 | Vojislav Tonković | Spartak Subotica | 13 |
| 8 | Zoran Prljinčević | Radnički Belgrade | 12 |
| 8 | Ilijas Pašić | Željezničar | 12 |
| 8 | Joško Vidošević | Hajduk Split | 12 |
