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| Season | 1956–57 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 5 August 1956 – 23 June 1957 |
| Champions | Red Star (4th title) |
| Relegated | FK Sarajevo Lokomotiva |
| European Cup | Red Star |
| Top goalscorer | Todor Veselinović (28) |
1957–58 → | |
The1956–57Yugoslav First League season was the 11th season of the First Federal League (Serbo-Croatian:Prva savezna liga), the top levelassociation football league ofSFR Yugoslavia, since its establishment in 1946. Fourteen teams contested the competition, withRed Star winning their fourth title.
The season featured an unusually long four-month winter break — from 28 October 1956 until 3 March 1957 — during which theYugoslav Olympic national team, whichentirely consisted of players from the Yugoslav First League, participated at the1956 Melbourne Olympics and won the silver medal.
At the end of the previous seasonŽeljezničar andProleter Osijek were relegated from top level. They were replaced byLokomotiva andVardar.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Red Star Belgrade(C) | 26 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 66 | 23 | 2.870 | 39 | Qualification forEuropean Cup preliminary round |
| 2 | Vojvodina | 26 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 64 | 38 | 1.684 | 35 | |
| 3 | Hajduk Split | 26 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 45 | 31 | 1.452 | 30 | |
| 4 | Partizan | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 51 | 45 | 1.133 | 26 | |
| 5 | Dinamo Zagreb | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 51 | 51 | 1.000 | 26 | |
| 6 | BSK Belgrade[a] | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 41 | 47 | 0.872 | 25 | |
| 7 | NK Zagreb | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 39 | 45 | 0.867 | 25 | |
| 8 | Radnički Beograd | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 41 | 47 | 0.872 | 23 | |
| 9 | Budućnost | 26 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 38 | 47 | 0.809 | 23 | |
| 10 | Velež | 26 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 44 | 57 | 0.772 | 23 | |
| 11 | Vardar | 26 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 30 | 44 | 0.682 | 23 | |
| 12 | Spartak Subotica | 26 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 44 | 46 | 0.957 | 22 | |
| 13 | Sarajevo(R) | 26 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 38 | 52 | 0.731 | 22 | Relegation toYugoslav Second League |
| 14 | Lokomotiva(R) | 26 | 10 | 2 | 14 | 44 | 63 | 0.698 | 22 |
| Home \ Away | BUD | BSK | DIN | HAJ | LOK | PAR | RBE | RSB | SAR | SPA | VAR | VEL | VOJ | ZAG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Budućnost | 3–0 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 6–3 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | |
| BSK Belgrade | 5–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 3–2 | |
| Dinamo Zagreb | 2–1 | 3–3 | 1–2 | 5–1 | 4–3 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 1–4 | 5–4 | 2–1 | |
| Hajduk Split | 5–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 5–0 | |
| Lokomotiva | 3–2 | 1–2 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–8 | 1–0 | 4–3 | 3–1 | 5–0 | 5–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | |
| Partizan | 1–2 | 5–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 7–1 | 1–1 | 2–5 | |
| Radnički Beograd | 3–2 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 0–5 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 0–6 | 1–1 | |
| Red Star | 5–3 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 6–1 | 4–0 | 6–0 | |
| Sarajevo | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 5–3 | 1–4 | 2–2 | 0–4 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | |
| Spartak Subotica | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | |
| Vardar | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–5 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | |
| Velež | 3–1 | 2–2 | 4–2 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 4–2 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | |
| Vojvodina | 2–0 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 5–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 5–2 | 4–1 | 6–0 | 2–4 | |
| NK Zagreb | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–7 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 5–2 | 2–3 |