The 1955–56 season was the tenth season of the Yugoslav First League (Serbo-Croatian: Prva savezna liga, lit. 'First Federal League'), the top level association football competition of SFR Yugoslavia, since its establishment in 1946. Fourteen teams contested the competition, with Red Star winning their third title.
| Season | 1955–56 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Red Star (3rd title) |
| Relegated | Željezničar Proleter Osijek |
| European Cup | Red Star |
| Top goalscorer | Muhamed Mujić Tihomir Ognjanov Todor Veselinović (21 goals each) |
← 1954–55 1956–57 → | |
Teams
editAt the end of the previous season Lokomotiva Zagreb and Vardar were relegated from top level. They were replaced by Velež and Budućnost Titograd.
| Team | Location | Federal Republic | Position in 1954–55 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BSK | Belgrade | 2nd | |
| Budućnost | Titograd | N/a | |
| Dinamo Zagreb | Zagreb | 3rd | |
| Hajduk Split | Split | 1st | |
| Partizan | Belgrade | 5th | |
| Proleter Osijek | Osijek | 12th | |
| Radnički Belgrade | Belgrade | 10th | |
| Red Star | Belgrade | 4th | |
| FK Sarajevo | Sarajevo | 7th | |
| Spartak Subotica | Subotica | 8th | |
| Velež | Mostar | N/a | |
| Vojvodina | Novi Sad | 6th | |
| NK Zagreb | Zagreb | 9th | |
| Željezničar | Sarajevo | 11th | |
League table
edit| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Red Star Belgrade (C) | 26 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 62 | 29 | 2.138 | 40 | Qualification for European Cup preliminary round |
| 2 | Partizan | 26 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 65 | 35 | 1.857 | 35 | |
| 3 | Radnički Beograd | 26 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 54 | 45 | 1.200 | 31 | |
| 4 | Dinamo Zagreb | 26 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 42 | 47 | 0.894 | 28 | |
| 5 | Vojvodina | 26 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 57 | 41 | 1.390 | 27 | |
| 6 | Sarajevo | 26 | 12 | 3 | 11 | 47 | 48 | 0.979 | 27 | |
| 7 | Velež | 26 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 42 | 41 | 1.024 | 25 | |
| 8 | NK Zagreb | 26 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 45 | 39 | 1.154 | 24 | |
| 9 | Spartak Subotica | 26 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 43 | 44 | 0.977 | 24 | |
| 10 | BSK | 26 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 41 | 45 | 0.911 | 24 | |
| 11 | Budućnost | 26 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 46 | 58 | 0.793 | 24 | |
| 12 | Hajduk Split | 26 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 52 | 39 | 1.333 | 23 | |
| 13 | Željezničar (R) | 26 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 33 | 54 | 0.611 | 21 | Relegation to Yugoslav Second League |
| 14 | Proleter Osijek (R) | 26 | 5 | 1 | 20 | 30 | 94 | 0.319 | 11 |
Source: rsssf.org
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal average
Cup not disputed this season.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal average
Cup not disputed this season.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Results
editWinning squad
editChampions:
- RED STAR BELGRADE (coach: Milovan Ćirić)
players (league matches/league goals):
- Rajko Mitić (25/4)
- Lazar Tasić (25/4)
- Ivan Toplak (24/12)
- Antun Rudinski (24/6)
- Ljubomir Spajić (23/0)
- Dragoslav Šekularac (22/6)
- Branko Stanković (20/1)
- Srboljub Krivokuća (19/0) -goalkeeper-
- Borivoje Kostić (17/14)
- Vladimir Popović (17/2)
- Branko Nešović (17/0)
- Miljan Zeković (17/0)
- Todor Živanović (12/9)
- Vladimir Durković (7/1)
- Vladimir Beara (7/0) -goalkeeper-
- Jovan Cokić (5/2)
- Miljan Miljanić (2/0)
- Novak Tomić (2/0)
- Stevan Veselinov (1/0)
Top scorers
edit| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vojvodina | 21 | |
| Velež | |||
| Red Star | |||
| 4 | Vojvodina | 15 | |
| 5 | Red Star | 14 | |
| 6 | Partizan | 13 | |
| Hajduk Split | |||
| 8 | Red Star | 12 |