The First Federal League of Yugoslavia's 1952 season (colloquially the Yugoslav First League) was shortened and sped-up. It was completed over a period of little more than three and a half months, beginning on 2 March 1952 and finishing on 22 June 1952. The reason for the changes was a desire to start the next season in the fall of 1952, thus implementing the fall-spring format that had become a norm all across Europe by this time.
The clubs were initially divided into two groups of six teams each, where everyone within a given group played each other twice (home and away).
Then, according to the placement in these preliminary groups, three new groups were formed:
*First two teams in each of the two preliminary groups advanced to the 4-team group, the winner of which would become a champion.
*Teams placed 3rd and 4th in each of the two preliminary groups got to move to a 4-team group that would decide final league standings from 5th to 8th place.
*The bottom two teams in each of the two preliminary groups moved to a 4-team group that would decide final league standings at the bottom (places 9th through 12th) and thus determine who gets relegated to the Second League.
League
Preliminary stage
Group 1
Group 2
Final round
Championship group
Central group
Relegation group
Top scorers
See also
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Yugoslav Cup
The Yugoslav Cup (; ; , ), officially known between 1923 and 1940 as the King Alexander Cup (; , and between 1947 and 1991 as the Marshal Tito Cup (; ; ; ), was one of two major association football, football competitions in Socialist Federal Re ...
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Yugoslav League Championship
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Football Association of Yugoslavia
External links
Yugoslavia Domestic Football Full Tables
{{1951–52 in European football (UEFA)
Yugoslav First League seasons
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