| Season | 1951 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Red Star (1st title) |
| Relegated | Spartak Subotica Napredak Kruševac |
| Top goalscorer | Kosta Tomašević (16) |
←1950 1952 → | |
TheFirst Federal League of Yugoslavia of 1951 (Prva savezna liga Jugoslavije), colloquially known as theYugoslav First League of 1951, was the highest tier football competition played incommunist 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 toYugoslav 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 |
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