1952–53 Yugoslav First League
| Season | 1952–53 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Red Star (2nd title) |
| Relegated | Velež Napredak Kruševac |
| Matches played | 132 |
| Goals scored | 452 (3.42 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Todor Živanović (17) |
← 1952 1953–54 → | |
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
|
5th |
| Dinamo Zagreb | Zagreb |  SR Croatia
|
4th |
| Hajduk Split | Split | SR Croatia
|
1st |
| Lokomotiva | Zagreb | SR Croatia
|
3rd |
| Partizan | Belgrade | SR Serbia
|
6th |
| Red Star | Belgrade | SR Serbia
|
2nd |
| Sarajevo | Sarajevo |  SR Bosnia and Herzegovina
|
9th |
| Spartak | Subotica | SR Serbia
|
— |
| Vardar | Skopje |  SR Macedonia
|
7th |
| Velež | Mostar | SR Bosnia and Herzegovina
|
— |
| Vojvodina | Novi Sad | SR Serbia
|
8th |
| NK Zagreb | Zagreb | SR Croatia
|
10th |
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 |
Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
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 |
| Marko Valok
|
Partizan | ||
| 5 | Bernard Vukas
|
Hajduk Split | 12 |
| Vladimir Firm
|
Lokomotiva | ||
| 7 | Frane Matošić
|
Hajduk Split | 11 |
| Božo Broketa
|
Hajduk Split | ||
| 9 | Vladimir Zelenika
|
Velež | 10 |
| Dobrivoje Živkov
|
Sarajevo | ||
| Đorđe Cincijevski
|
Vardar |