The 1956–57
Yugoslav First League
The Yugoslav First Federal Football League ( Serbian: Прва савезна лига у фудбалу / ''Prva savezna liga u fudbalu'', hr, Prva savezna liga u nogometu, sl, Prva zvezna nogometna liga, mk, Прва сојузна лига, ...
season was the 11th season of the First Federal League ( hbs, Prva savezna liga), the top level
association football
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league of
SFR Yugoslavia
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, since its establishment in 1946. Fourteen teams contested the competition, with
Red Star
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winning their fourth title.
The season featured an unusually long four-month winter break — from 28 October 1956 until 3 March 1957 — during which the
Yugoslav Olympic national team, which
entirely consisted of players from the Yugoslav First League, participated at the
1956 Melbourne Olympics
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and won the silver medal.
Teams
At the end of the previous season
Željezničar and
Proleter Osijek
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were relegated from top level. They were replaced by
Lokomotiva and
Vardar
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.
League table
Results
Top scorers
See also
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1956–57 Yugoslav Second League
*
1956–57 Yugoslav Cup
External links
Yugoslavia Domestic Football Full Tables
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Yugoslav First League seasons
Yugo
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