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Teams

Two clubs relegated at the end of the previous season were Rabotnički and Mačva. Teams promoted to the 1952–53 Yugoslav First League were Velež and Spartak.

Team	Location	Federal Republic	Position in 1952
BSK Belgrade	Belgrade	SR Serbia	0055th
Dinamo Zagreb	Zagreb	SR Croatia	0044th
Hajduk Split	Split	SR Croatia	0011st
Lokomotiva	Zagreb	SR Croatia	0033rd
Partizan	Belgrade	SR Serbia	0066th
Red Star	Belgrade	SR Serbia	0022nd
Sarajevo	Sarajevo	SR Bosnia and Herzegovina	0099th
Spartak	Subotica	SR Serbia	—
Vardar	Skopje	SR Macedonia	0077th
Velež	Mostar	SR Bosnia and Herzegovina	—
Vojvodina	Novi Sad	SR Serbia	0088th
NK Zagreb	Zagreb	SR Croatia	01010th

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation
1	Red Star Belgrade (C)	22	13	5	4	47	27	+20	31
2	Hajduk Split	22	11	7	4	49	35	+14	29
3	Partizan	22	11	3	8	58	36	+22	25
4	Vojvodina	22	10	4	8	37	36	+1	24
5	BSK Belgrade	22	9	5	8	34	37	−3	23
6	Sarajevo	22	9	4	9	39	33	+6	22
7	Dinamo Zagreb	22	8	6	8	32	30	+2	22
8	Lokomotiva	22	6	9	7	33	40	−7	21
9	Vardar	22	7	5	10	37	46	−9	19
10	Spartak Subotica	22	8	3	11	33	44	−11	19
11	Velež (R)	22	6	3	13	30	51	−21	15	Relegation to Yugoslav Second League
12	NK Zagreb (R)	22	5	4	13	23	37	−14	14	Relegation to Yugoslav Second League

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

Home \ Away	BSK	DIN	HAJ	LOK	PAR	RSB	SAR	SPA	VAR	VEL	VOJ	ZAG
BSK Belgrade		1–0	4–2	0–2	1–0	1–3	1–0	4–3	1–1	2–4	3–1	3–0
Dinamo Zagreb	1–1		5–1	4–3	1–3	2–1	0–0	3–0	1–1	4–0	4–2	0–0
Hajduk Split	0–2	2–0		1–1	4–2	2–2	1–1	3–1	2–0	1–0	6–1	6–3
Lokomotiva	1–1	1–1	4–4		2–1	1–1	2–1	1–2	1–1	1–2	1–1	2–0
Partizan	5–1	3–2	2–4	3–0		2–4	2–2	6–2	9–2	4–1	4–0	2–1
Red Star	5–3	3–0	1–4	3–2	1–1		2–1	5–1	0–0	4–0	1–1	3–1
Sarajevo	2–3	3–0	0–0	7–2	2–1	0–1		3–2	5–1	2–0	0–1	2–1
Spartak Subotica	2–0	1–1	0–0	0–1	2–1	1–4	3–1		3–1	4–0	1–0	3–0
Vardar	2–1	0–1	2–2	1–2	3–1	3–1	4–2	5–1		5–2	0–1	2–1
Velež	0–0	3–1	1–2	0–0	0–4	0–1	1–2	2–0	3–1		3–5	2–0
Vojvodina	1–1	1–0	1–2	4–1	1–1	0–1	5–1	2–0	3–1	5–3		0–2
NK Zagreb	2–0	0–1	2–0	2–2	0–1	1–0	0–2	1–1	3–1	3–3	0–1

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

Champions:

players (league matches/league goals):

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Todor Živanović	Red Star	17
2	Zdravko Rajkov	Vojvodina	16
3	Todor Veselinović	Partizan	15
3	Marko Valok	Partizan	15
5	Bernard Vukas	Hajduk Split	12
5	Vladimir Firm	Lokomotiva	12
7	Frane Matošić	Hajduk Split	11
7	Božo Broketa	Hajduk Split	11
9	Vladimir Zelenika	Velež	10
	Dobrivoje Živkov	Sarajevo
	Đorđe Cincijevski	Vardar