1958–59 Yugoslav First League

Prva savezna liga
Season 1958–59
Champions Red Star (5th title)
Relegated Željezničar
Vardar
European Cup Red Star
Top goalscorer Bora Kostić (25)

The 1958–59 Yugoslav First League season was the 13th season of the First Federal League (Serbo-Croatian: Prva savezna liga), the top level association football league of SFR Yugoslavia, since its establishment in 1946. Twelve teams contested the competition, with Red Star winning their fifth title.

Teams

Due to the reduction of the league from 14 to 12 clubs, at the end of the previous season four clubs were relegated (RNK Split, Spartak Subotica, OFK Belgrade and NK Zagreb) and were replaced by two teams - NK Rijeka and FK Sarajevo.

Team Location Federal Republic Position
in 1957–58
Budućnost Titograd  SR Montenegro 10th
Dinamo Zagreb Zagreb  SR Croatia 1st
Hajduk Split Split  SR Croatia 9th
Partizan Belgrade  SR Serbia 2nd
Radnički Belgrade Belgrade  SR Serbia 3rd
Red Star Belgrade  SR Serbia 4th
NK Rijeka Rijeka  SR Croatia N/A
FK Sarajevo Sarajevo  SR Bosnia and Herzegovina N/A
Vardar Skopje  SR Macedonia 7th
Velež Mostar  SR Bosnia and Herzegovina 6th
Vojvodina Novi Sad  SR Serbia 5th
Željezničar Sarajevo  SR Bosnia and Herzegovina 8th

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Red Star Belgrade (C) 22 14 3 5 50 19 +31 31 1959–60 European Cup
2 Partizan 22 14 3 5 39 29 +10 31
3 Vojvodina 22 13 4 5 47 22 +25 30
4 Radnički Beograd 22 9 4 9 35 27 +8 22
5 Dinamo Zagreb 22 9 4 9 35 28 +7 22
6 Velež 22 10 2 10 35 38 −3 22
7 Hajduk Split 22 7 7 8 33 35 −2 21
8 Rijeka 22 8 4 10 29 44 −15 20
9 Budućnost 22 7 5 10 25 41 −16 19
10 Sarajevo 22 7 4 11 25 36 −11 18
11 Željezničar (R) 22 7 3 12 26 35 −9 17 1959–60 Yugoslav Second League
12 Vardar (R) 22 4 3 15 23 47 −24 11
Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.

See also

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