| Season | 1953–54 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Dinamo Zagreb (2nd title) |
| Relegated | Odred Ljubljana Rabotnički |
| Matches played | 182 |
| Goals scored | 639 (3.51 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Stjepan Bobek (21) |
← 1952–53 1954–55 → | |
The First Federal League of Yugoslavia's 1953/1954 season was the highest level football competition held in communist Yugoslavia between 1953 and 1954. The league was won by Croatian side NK Dinamo Zagreb.
Due to the league's expansion from 12 to 14 teams two clubs were relegated and four teams were promoted at the end of the previous season.
| Team | Location | Federal Republic | Position in1952–53 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BSK Belgrade | Belgrade |  SR Serbia
|
0055th |
| Dinamo Zagreb | Zagreb |  SR Croatia
|
0077th |
| Hajduk Split | Split | SR Croatia
|
0022nd |
| Lokomotiva | Zagreb | SR Croatia
|
0088th |
| Odred Ljubljana | Ljubljana |  SR Slovenia
|
— |
| Partizan | Belgrade | SR Serbia
|
0033rd |
| Proleter Osijek | Osijek | SR Croatia
|
— |
| Rabotnički | Skopje |  SR Macedonia
|
— |
| Radnički Belgrade | Belgrade | SR Serbia
|
— |
| Red Star | Belgrade | SR Serbia
|
0011st |
| Sarajevo | Sarajevo |  SR Bosnia and Herzegovina
|
0066th |
| Spartak Subotica | Subotica | SR Serbia
|
01010th |
| Vardar | Skopje | SR Macedonia
|
0099th |
| Vojvodina | Novi Sad | SR Serbia
|
0044th |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dinamo Zagreb (C) | 26 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 72 | 22 | 3.273 | 42 | |
| 2 | Partizan | 26 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 77 | 30 | 2.567 | 41 | |
| 3 | Red Star Belgrade | 26 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 51 | 22 | 2.318 | 38 | |
| 4 | Hajduk Split | 26 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 55 | 34 | 1.618 | 35 | |
| 5 | Vojvodina | 26 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 60 | 37 | 1.622 | 33 | |
| 6 | Spartak Subotica | 26 | 12 | 3 | 11 | 51 | 50 | 1.020 | 27 | |
| 7 | Sarajevo | 26 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 35 | 45 | 0.778 | 24 | |
| 8 | BSK Belgrade | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 38 | 40 | 0.950 | 23 | |
| 9 | Vardar | 26 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 31 | 38 | 0.816 | 20 | |
| 10 | Proleter Osijek | 26 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 34 | 62 | 0.548 | 20 | |
| 11 | Lokomotiva | 26 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 38 | 49 | 0.776 | 19 | |
| 12 | Radnički Beograd | 26 | 8 | 3 | 15 | 38 | 51 | 0.745 | 19 | |
| 13 | Odred (R) | 26 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 39 | 71 | 0.549 | 12 | Relegation to Yugoslav Second League |
| 14 | Rabotnički (R) | 26 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 20 | 88 | 0.227 | 11 |
| Home \ Away | BSK | DIN | HAJ | LOK | ODR | PAR | PRO | RAB | RBE | RSB | SAR | SPA | VAR | VOJ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BSK Belgrade | 0–3 | 3–4 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 8–1 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | |
| Dinamo Zagreb | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 5–3 | 2–0 | 6–2 | 5–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | |
| Hajduk Split | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 8–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | |
| Lokomotiva | 3–0 | 0–6 | 2–5 | 5–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | |
| Odred | 1–0 | 4–6 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–6 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 4–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–4 | |
| Partizan | 1–2 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 8–0 | 1–1 | 7–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–2 | |
| Proleter Osijek | 0–2 | 2–5 | 1–4 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–2 | |
| Rabotnički | 1–0 | 1–5 | 0–2 | 4–3 | 3–2 | 0–8 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 2–7 | 2–2 | 0–1 | |
| Radnički Beograd | 2–3 | 0–0 | 2–5 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 2–4 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 6–1 | 2–0 | 1–3 | |
| Red Star | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | |
| Sarajevo | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 6–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–6 | |
| Spartak Subotica | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–6 | 2–4 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 0–3 | 6–1 | 0–0 | 4–1 | |
| Vardar | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 3–4 | 3–3 | |
| Vojvodina | 2–2 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 7–1 | 4–1 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–2 |
Champions:
players (league matches/league goals):
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Stjepan Bobek
|
Partizan | 21 |
| 2 | Zdravko Rajkov
|
Vojvodina | 16 |
| 3 | Dionizije Dvornić
|
Dinamo Zagreb | 15 |
| Branko Zebec
|
Partizan | ||
| 5 | Aleksandar Petaković
|
Radnički Belgrade | 14 |
| Miloš Milutinović
|
Partizan | ||
| Ivan Toplak
|
Odred | ||
| Aleksandar Benko
|
Dinamo Zagreb |
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