| Season | 1951 |
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| Champions | Red Star (1st title) |
| Relegated | Spartak Subotica Napredak Kruševac |
| Top goalscorer | Kosta Tomašević (16) |
← 1950 1952 → | |
The First Federal League of Yugoslavia of 1951 (Prva savezna liga Jugoslavije), colloquially known as the Yugoslav First League of 1951, was the highest tier football competition played in communist Yugoslavia during 1951.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Red Star Belgrade (C) | 22 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 50 | 21 | 2.381 | 35 | |
| 2 | Dinamo Zagreb | 22 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 45 | 19 | 2.368 | 35 | |
| 3 | Hajduk Split | 22 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 52 | 21 | 2.476 | 32 | |
| 4 | Partizan | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 34 | 24 | 1.417 | 24 | |
| 5 | BSK Belgrade | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 34 | 24 | 1.417 | 22 | |
| 6 | Lokomotiva | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 32 | 34 | 0.941 | 20 | |
| 7 | Sarajevo | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 25 | 39 | 0.641 | 20 | |
| 8 | Vojvodina | 22 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 26 | 30 | 0.867 | 19 | |
| 9 | Borac Zagreb[a] | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 30 | 33 | 0.909 | 18 | |
| 10 | Mačva Šabac | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 25 | 33 | 0.758 | 17 | |
| 11 | Spartak Subotica (R) | 22 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 16 | 47 | 0.340 | 16 | Relegation to Yugoslav Second League |
| 12 | Napredak Kruševac (R) | 22 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 16 | 60 | 0.267 | 6 |
| Home \ Away | BZG | BSK | DIN | HAJ | LOK | MAČ | NAP | PAR | RSB | SAR | SPA | VOJ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Borac Zagreb | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–5 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 8–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | |
| BSK Belgrade | 4–3 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–4 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 0–3 | |
| Dinamo Zagreb | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 4–0 | 3–1 | |
| Hajduk Split | 4–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 7–0 | 1–0 | |
| Lokomotiva | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 4–2 | 5–0 | 0–1 | |
| Mačva Šabac | 0–0 | 0–6 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 5–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | |
| Napredak Kruševac | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–6 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–4 | |
| Partizan | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 6–1 | 1–2 | 5–2 | 1–1 | |
| Red Star | 3–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 6–0 | 1–0 | |
| Sarajevo | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | |
| Spartak Subotica | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | |
| Vojvodina | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–6 | 3–0 | 0–1 |
Champions:
players (league matches/league goals):
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
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| 1 |  Kosta Tomašević
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Red Star | 16 |
| 2 | Frane Matošić
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Hajduk Split | 13 |
| 3 | Vladimir Firm
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Lokomotiva | 11 |
| 4. | Tihomir Ognjanov
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Red Star | 10 |
| Dionizije Dvornić
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Dinamo Zagreb | ||
| Stane Krstulović
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Hajduk Split | ||
| 7 | Božidar Senčar
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Dinamo Zagreb | 9 |
| Stjepan Bobek
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Partizan | ||
| Marko Valok
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Partizan | ||
| Branko Zebec
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Borac Zagreb | ||
| Bogdan Kovačević
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