1958–59 Yugoslav First League

Prva savezna liga
Season1958–59
Dates31 August 1958 – 22 June 1959
ChampionsRed Star (5th title)
RelegatedŽeljezničar
Vardar
European CupRed Star
Top goalscorerBora Kostić (25)

The 1958–59 Yugoslav First League season was the 13th 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. Twelve teams contested the competition, with Red Star winning their fifth title.

Teams

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Due to the reduction of the league from 14 to 12 clubs, at the end of the previous season four clubs were relegated (RNK Split, Spartak Subotica, OFK Belgrade and NK Zagreb) and were replaced by two teams - NK Rijeka and FK Sarajevo.

Team Location Federal Republic Position
in 1957–58
Budućnost Titograd  SR Montenegro 01010th
Dinamo Zagreb Zagreb  SR Croatia 0011st
Hajduk Split Split  SR Croatia 0099th
Partizan Belgrade  SR Serbia 0022nd
Radnički Belgrade Belgrade  SR Serbia 0033rd
Red Star Belgrade  SR Serbia 0044th
NK Rijeka Rijeka  SR Croatia —
FK Sarajevo Sarajevo  SR Bosnia and Herzegovina —
Vardar Skopje  SR Macedonia 0077th
Velež Mostar  SR Bosnia and Herzegovina 0066th
Vojvodina Novi Sad  SR Serbia 0055th
Željezničar Sarajevo  SR Bosnia and Herzegovina 0088th

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Red Star Belgrade (C) 22 14 3 5 50 19 +31 31 Qualification for European Cup preliminary round
2 Partizan 22 14 3 5 39 29 +10 31
3 Vojvodina 22 13 4 5 47 22 +25 30
4 Radnički Beograd 22 9 4 9 35 27 +8 22
5 Dinamo Zagreb 22 9 4 9 35 28 +7 22
6 Velež 22 10 2 10 35 38 −3 22
7 Hajduk Split 22 7 7 8 33 35 −2 21
8 Rijeka 22 8 4 10 29 44 −15 20
9 Budućnost 22 7 5 10 25 41 −16 19
10 Sarajevo 22 7 4 11 25 36 −11 18
11 Željezničar (R) 22 7 3 12 26 35 −9 17 Relegation to Yugoslav Second League
12 Vardar (R) 22 4 3 15 23 47 −24 11
Source: rsssf.org
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

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Home \ Away BUD DIN HAJ PAR RBE RSB RIJ SAR VAR VEL VOJ ŽEL
Budućnost 2–0 1–1 0–1 2–1 1–5 1–1 3–0 3–2 0–1 2–1 2–0
Dinamo Zagreb 0–0 1–1 4–1 3–1 0–0 6–0 3–1 2–0 2–0 2–4 4–0
Hajduk Split 1–1 1–1 0–1 2–1 4–1 6–2 1–0 3–0 0–2 1–1 2–0
Partizan 5–3 4–1 3–1 1–0 0–2 2–1 1–1 2–0 1–0 2–0 4–2
Radnički Beograd 4–0 1–0 3–1 1–2 4–1 2–3 1–0 2–0 4–1 1–3 1–0
Red Star 5–0 4–0 7–0 1–3 0–0 3–0 3–1 3–2 4–0 2–0 1–0
Rijeka 2–0 1–0 1–1 3–3 1–1 0–3 3–1 1–0 2–1 1–0 2–0
Sarajevo 1–1 1–0 2–1 1–0 2–1 1–0 4–1 3–2 1–2 0–0 0–0
Vardar 1–2 1–2 0–5 0–0 1–1 1–0 2–1 3–0 4–0 1–3 1–1
Velež 2–1 2–1 0–0 6–2 1–3 1–3 3–1 2–0 7–1 2–2 2–1
Vojvodina 5–0 1–0 4–1 2–0 2–1 0–0 3–1 4–3 2–0 4–0 6–0
Željezničar 2–0 2–3 3–0 0–1 1–1 1–2 2–1 4–1 4–1 1–0 2–0
Source: DataSoccer.it
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

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Rank Player Club Goals
1 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Bora Kostić Red Star 25
2 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Zdravko Rajkov Vojvodina 12
3 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Aleksandar Petaković Radnički Belgrade 10
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Branislav Mihajlović Partizan
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Vlado Zelenika Velež
6 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Ivan Medle Rijeka 9
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Zlatko Papec Hajduk Split
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Andon Dončevski Vardar
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Salih Šehović Sarajevo

See also

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