1955–56 Yugoslav First League
| 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 → | |
The 1955–56 Yugoslav First League season was the tenth season of the First Federal League (Serbian: Prva savezna liga, Croatian: Prva savezna liga), 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.
Teams
At the end of the previous season Lokomotiva 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 | Belgrade |  SR Serbia
|
2nd |
| Budućnost | Titograd | SR Montenegro
|
— |
| Dinamo Zagreb | Zagreb |  SR Croatia
|
3rd |
| Hajduk Split | Split | SR Croatia
|
1st |
| Partizan | Belgrade | SR Serbia
|
5th |
| Proleter Osijek | Osijek | SR Croatia
|
12th |
| Radnički Belgrade | Belgrade | SR Serbia
|
10th |
| Red Star | Belgrade | SR Serbia
|
4th |
| FK Sarajevo | Sarajevo |  SR Bosnia and Herzegovina
|
7th |
| Spartak Subotica | Subotica | SR Serbia
|
8th |
| Velež | Mostar | SR Bosnia and Herzegovina
|
— |
| Vojvodina | Novi Sad | SR Serbia
|
6th |
| NK Zagreb | Zagreb | SR Croatia
|
9th |
| Željezničar | Sarajevo | SR Bosnia and Herzegovina
|
11th |
League table
| 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 Belgrade | 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 |
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal average
Cup not disputed this season.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Champions:
- 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
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Todor Veselinović
|
Vojvodina | 21 |
| Muhamed Mujić
|
Velež | ||
| Tihomir Ognjanov
|
Red Star | ||
| 4 | Zdravko Rajkov
|
Vojvodina | 15 |
| 5 | Bora Kostić
|
Red Star | 14 |
| 6 | Miloš Milutinović
|
Partizan | 13 |
| Bernard Vukas
|
Hajduk Split | ||
| 8 | Ivan Toplak
|
Red Star | 12 |