The First Federal League of Yugoslavia's 1953/1954 season was the highest level football competition held in

communist Yugoslavia The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, commonly referred to as SFR Yugoslavia or simply as Yugoslavia, was a country in Central and Southeast Europe. It emerged in 1945, following World War II, and lasted until 1992, with the breakup of Yugo ...

between 1953 and 1954. The league was won by

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NK Dinamo Zagreb Građanski nogometni klub Dinamo Zagreb ( en, Dinamo Zagreb Citizens' Football Club, link=yes, italics=yes), commonly referred to as GNK Dinamo Zagreb or simply Dinamo Zagreb (), is a Croatian professional football club based in Zagreb. Dinamo ...

Teams

Due to the league's expansion from 12 to 14 teams two clubs were relegated and four teams were promoted at the end of the previous season.

League table

Results

Winning squad

Champions: *

Dinamo Zagreb Građanski nogometni klub Dinamo Zagreb ( en, Dinamo Zagreb Citizens' Football Club, link=yes, italics=yes), commonly referred to as GNK Dinamo Zagreb or simply Dinamo Zagreb (), is a Croatian professional football club based in Zagreb. Dinamo ...

(coach:

Ivan Jazbinšek Ivan Jazbinšek (9 August 1914 – 28 June 1996) was a Croatian footballer of Slovenian origin who played as a defender. Club career Jazbinšek started his career with Zagreb Zagreb ( , , , ) is the capital and largest city of Croatia. It ...

) players (league matches/league goals): * Ivica Banožić 3 (0) *

Aleksandar Benko Aleksandar Benko (16 February 1925 – 26 May 1991) was a Croatian footballer who played one game internationally for both the Yugoslavia and Croatia national teams. CLub career A striker, he began his career with NK Čakovec in 1943, and in 19 ...

21 (13) *

Zvonimir Cimermančić Zvonimir Cimermančić (; 26 August 1917 – 17 May 1979) was a Croatian footballer. He represented Yugoslavia at the 1948 Summer Olympics. Club career He began his playing career with HŠK Građanski Zagreb's youth side before moving to NK Sl ...

2 (0) * Dragutin Cizarić 9 (0) * Tomislav Crnković 20 (0) *

Željko Čajkovski Željko Čajkovski (5 May 1925 – 11 November 2016) was a Croatian Association football, football player and coach, who played as a Forward (association football), forward. He was born in Zagreb, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes. Biography ...

24 (13) *

Vladimir Čonč Vladimir Čonč (13 January 1928 – 15 October 2012) was a Croatian footballer. Club career He played for several clubs from Zagreb, including Građanski, NK Poštar and Lokomotiva, but is best remembered for his eight-year spell with Dina ...

26 (13) * Dionizije Dvornić 26 (16) * Emil Ferković 10 (0) *

Drago Horvat Drago Horvat (born July 9, 1958) is a Slovenian ice hockey player who competed for Yugoslavia. He was born in Jesenice, Slovenia. He played for the Yugoslavia men's national ice hockey team at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo Sarajevo ( ; ...

6 (0) * Ivan Horvat 20 (0) * Dragutin Kukec 3 (0) *

Luka Lipošinović Luka Lipošinović (Serbian Cyrillic: Лука Липошиновић; 12 May 1933 – 26 September 1992) was a Yugoslavian (ethnic Croat from Vojvodina) football player. He earned 13 caps for Yugoslavia. Club career With the Croatian clu ...

10 (3) * Vladimir Majerović 10 (0) *

Lav Mantula Lav Mantula (8 December 1928 – 1 December 2008) was a footballer who represented Yugoslavia at the 1954 FIFA World Cup. Club career He played club football in Yugoslavia with FK Sarajevo, Dinamo Zagreb and NK Zagreb and in Switzerland with S ...

21 (2) * Stojan Osojnak 10 (9) * Branko Režek 23 (2) *

Zvonko Strnad Zvonko "Tiba" Strnad (1926–1979) was a Croatian footballer. Career Zvonko played for various clubs from his hometown, Zagreb, namely, Zagorec and Metalac, before coming in 1946 to the city's main club, NK Dinamo Zagreb, where he played until ...

1 (0) * Josip Šikić 25 (0)

Top scorers

External links

Yugoslavia Domestic Football Full Tables
{{DEFAULTSORT:1953-54 Yugoslav First League Yugoslav First League seasons