The 1956–57
Yugoslav First League
The Yugoslav First League ( Bosnian: Prva savezna liga u fudbalu, sr-Cyrl-Latn, Прва савезна лига у фудбалу, Prva savezna liga u fudbalu, , , , , ) was the premier football league in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1918–1941) ...
season was the 11th season of the First Federal League (), 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 and won the silver medal.
Teams
At the end of the previous season
Željezničar and
Proleter Osijek 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
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