The 1956–57 season was the 11th season of the Yugoslav First League (, ), the top level association football league of SFR Yugoslavia, since its establishment in 1946. Fourteen teams contested the competition, with Red 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 the Yugoslav Olympic national team, which entirely consisted of players from the Yugoslav First League, participated at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics and won the silver medal.
Teams At the end of the previous season Željezničar and Proleter Osijek were relegated from top level. They were replaced by Lokomotiva and Vardar.
Team Location Federal Republic Positionin 1955–56BSKBelgrade01010thBudućnostTitograd01111thDinamo ZagrebZagreb0044thHajduk SplitSplit01212thLokomotivaZagrebPartizanBelgrade0022ndRadnički BelgradeBelgrade0033rdRed StarBelgrade0011stFK SarajevoSarajevo0066thSpartak SuboticaSubotica0099thVardarSkopjeVeležMostar0077thVojvodinaNovi Sad0055thNK ZagrebZagreb0088th
League table
Results
Top scorers RankPlayerClubGoals1 Todor VeselinovićVojvodina282 Bora KostićRed Star273 Tihomir OgnjanovSpartak Subotica184 Zoran PrljinčevićRadnički Belgrade175 Dionizije DvornićNK Zagreb156 Vladimir ZelenikaVelež147 Sava AntićBSK13 Živko JosićBSK9 Anton RudinskiRed Star12 Radivoj OgnjanovićRadnički Belgrade Mladen KrginBudućnost Dobrivoje ŽivkovSarajevo
See also 1956–57 Yugoslav Second League 1956–57 Yugoslav Cup
External links Yugoslavia Domestic Football Full Tables