1958–59 Yugoslav First League

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.

Prva savezna liga

Season	1958–59
Dates	31 August 1958 – 22 June 1959
Champions	Red Star (5th title)
Relegated	Željezničar Vardar
European Cup	Red Star
Top goalscorer	Bora Kostić (25)
← 1957–58 1959–60 →

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	01010th
Dinamo Zagreb	Zagreb	SR Croatia	0011st
Hajduk Split	Split	SR Croatia	0099th
Partizan	Belgrade	SR Serbia	0022nd
Radnički Belgrade	Belgrade	SR Serbia	0033rd
Red Star	Belgrade	SR Serbia	0044th
NK Rijeka	Rijeka	SR Croatia	—
FK Sarajevo	Sarajevo	SR Bosnia and Herzegovina	—
Vardar	Skopje	SR Macedonia	0077th
Velež	Mostar	SR Bosnia and Herzegovina	0066th
Vojvodina	Novi Sad	SR Serbia	0055th
Željezničar	Sarajevo	SR Bosnia and Herzegovina	0088th

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	Qualification for European Cup preliminary round
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	Relegation to Yugoslav Second League
12	Vardar (R)	22	4	3	15	23	47	−24	11

Source: rsssf.org
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	BUD	DIN	HAJ	PAR	RBE	RSB	RIJ	SAR	VAR	VEL	VOJ	ŽEL
Budućnost		2–0	1–1	0–1	2–1	1–5	1–1	3–0	3–2	0–1	2–1	2–0
Dinamo Zagreb	0–0		1–1	4–1	3–1	0–0	6–0	3–1	2–0	2–0	2–4	4–0
Hajduk Split	1–1	1–1		0–1	2–1	4–1	6–2	1–0	3–0	0–2	1–1	2–0
Partizan	5–3	4–1	3–1		1–0	0–2	2–1	1–1	2–0	1–0	2–0	4–2
Radnički Beograd	4–0	1–0	3–1	1–2		4–1	2–3	1–0	2–0	4–1	1–3	1–0
Red Star	5–0	4–0	7–0	1–3	0–0		3–0	3–1	3–2	4–0	2–0	1–0
Rijeka	2–0	1–0	1–1	3–3	1–1	0–3		3–1	1–0	2–1	1–0	2–0
Sarajevo	1–1	1–0	2–1	1–0	2–1	1–0	4–1		3–2	1–2	0–0	0–0
Vardar	1–2	1–2	0–5	0–0	1–1	1–0	2–1	3–0		4–0	1–3	1–1
Velež	2–1	2–1	0–0	6–2	1–3	1–3	3–1	2–0	7–1		2–2	2–1
Vojvodina	5–0	1–0	4–1	2–0	2–1	0–0	3–1	4–3	2–0	4–0		6–0
Željezničar	2–0	2–3	3–0	0–1	1–1	1–2	2–1	4–1	4–1	1–0	2–0

Source: DataSoccer.it
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Bora Kostić	Red Star	25
2	Zdravko Rajkov	Vojvodina	12
3	Aleksandar Petaković	Radnički Belgrade	10
	Branislav Mihajlović	Partizan
	Vlado Zelenika	Velež
6	Ivan Medle	Rijeka	9
	Zlatko Papec	Hajduk Split
	Andon Dončevski	Vardar
	Salih Šehović	Sarajevo

See also

• 1958–59 Yugoslav Second League
• 1958–59 Yugoslav Cup

External links

• Yugoslavia Domestic Football Full Tables