The 1957–58
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 12th 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
Dinamo Zagreb
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winning their third title and qualifying for the
1958–59 European Cup.
At the end of season four teams were relegated instead of the usual two because the
Football Association of Yugoslavia decided to reduce the league to 12 teams for the
following season.
Teams
At the end of the previous season
FK Sarajevo
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and
Lokomotiva were relegated from top level. They were replaced by
Željezničar and
RNK Split.
League table
Results
Winning squad
Champions:
*Dinamo Zagreb (coach:
Gustav Lechner
Gustav Lechner (17 February 1913 – 5 February 1987) was a football player and coach. At international level he represented both the Yugoslavian and Croatian national sides.
Club career
Born in Osijek, Austria-Hungary and nicknamed ''Lembika ...
)
players (league matches/league goals):
*
Ivica Banožić 18 (0)
*
Aleksandar Benko 12 (8)
*
Tomislav Crnković 25 (0)
*
Vladimir Čonč 20 (4)
*
Emil Ferković 5 (0)
*
Franjo Gašpert 22 (7)
*
Drago Hmelina 8 (1)
*
Ivan Horvat 26 (0)
*
Bernard Hugl 3 (0)
*
Gordan Irović 24 (0)
*
Dražan Jerković 22 (17)
*
Marijan Kolonić 1 (0)
*
Mladen Koščak 22 (0)
*
Luka Lipošinović 20 (8)
*
Željko Matuš
Željko Matuš (born 9 August 1935 in Donja Stubica) is a former Croatian-Yugoslavian football (soccer), footballer. He was part of the Yugoslav squad that won gold at the 1960 Summer Olympics.
Club career
During his club career he played for NK ...
20 (3)
*
Zdravko Prelčec 4 (1)
*
Branko Režek 24 (2)
*
Ivan Šantek 8 (0)
*
Josip Šikić 26 (0)
Top scorers
See also
*
1957–58 Yugoslav Second League
*
1957–58 Yugoslav Cup
References
External links
Yugoslavia Domestic Football Full Tables
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Yugoslav First League seasons
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