1953–54 NK Dinamo Zagreb season

Dinamo Zagreb

1953–54 season
President	Ivica Kolić
Manager	Ivan Jazbinšek
First League	1st
Top goalscorer	Dionizije Dvornić (16)
← 1952–53 1954–55 →

The 1953–54 season was Dinamo Zagreb's eighth season in the Yugoslav First League. They finished 1st in the league, winning their second league title, with one point ahead of runners-up Partizan.

Players

Squad

Note: The following is the full list of players who appeared in league matches for Dinamo in the 1953–54 season. However, only players who started at least 10 league games are included in historic records as having been members of the championship-winning squad, according to NK Dinamo Zagreb's 1945–1985 official almanac. Those players are listed in bold.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player --- GK Branko Kralj --- GK Vladimir Majerović --- DF Ivica Banožić --- DF Tomislav Crnković --- DF Drago Horvat --- DF Josip Šikić --- MF Dragutin Cizarić --- MF Emil Ferković --- MF Ivica Horvat --- MF Dragutin Kukec

No. Position Player --- MF Lav Mantula --- MF Branko Režek --- FW Aleksandar Benko --- FW Željko Čajkovski --- FW Zvonimir Cimermančić --- FW Vladimir Čonč --- FW Dionizije Dvornić --- FW Luka Lipošinović --- FW Stojan Osojnak --- FW Zvonko Strnad

Statistics

The following table lists appearances and goals of all players who represented Dinamo in the 1953–54 season. Only league matches and goals are taken into account. Dionizije Dvornić and Vladimir Čonč are the only two players who appeared in all 26 league matches of the season.

Pos.	Player	Apps †	Gls †
FW	Dionizije Dvornić	26	16
FW	Vladimir Čonč	26	13
DF	Josip Šikić	25	0
FW	Željko Čajkovski	24	13
MF	Branko Režek	23	2
FW	Aleksandar Benko	21	13
MF	Lav Mantula	21	2
DF	Tomislav Crnković	20	0
MF	Ivica Horvat	20	0
GK	Branko Kralj	16	0
FW	Stojan Osojnak	10	9
FW	Luka Lipošinović	10	3
GK	Vladimir Majerović	10	0
MF	Emil Ferković	10	0
MF	Dragutin Cizarić	9	0
DF	Drago Horvat	6	0
DF	Ivica Banožić	3	0
MF	Dragutin Kukec	3	0
FW	Zvonimir Cimermančić	2	0
FW	Zvonko Strnad	1	0

Yugoslav First League

Matches

Date	Opponents	Home/ Away	Result (F – A)	Dinamo scorers
30 Aug 1953	FK Sarajevo	A	3 – 1	Čajkovski, Dvornić, Benko
9 Sep 1953	Partizan	H	2 – 0	Čonč, Dvornić
13 Sep 1953	Radnički Belgrade	A	0 – 0
17 Sep 1953	BSK Belgrade	A	3 – 0	Čonč, Benko, Režek
20 Sep 1953	Proleter Osijek	H	6 – 2	Benko (3), Čonč, Čajkovski, Dvornić
26 Sep 1953	Spartak Subotica	A	2 – 1	Čonč, Benko
7 Oct 1953	Vojvodina	H	0 – 2
11 Oct 1953	Hajduk Split	A	0 – 1
25 Oct 1953	Rabotnički	A	5 – 1	Benko (3), Dvornić (2)
3 Nov 1953	Vardar	H	2 – 0	Benko, Režek
15 Nov 1953	Odred Ljubljana	H	5 – 3	Dvornić (2), Čajkovski, Benko, Mantula
2 Dec 1953	Red Star Belgrade	A	0 – 0
6 Dec 1953	Lokomotiva	H	1 – 0	Čonč
13 Dec 1953	Sarajevo	H	5 – 0	Dvornić (3), Čajkovski, Lipošinović
20 Dec 1953	BSK Belgrade	H	1 – 1	Čonč
14 Feb 1954	Partizan	A	0 – 1
21 Feb 1954	Radnički Belgrade	H	4 – 1	Čonč (2), Dvornić, Benko
4 Mar 1954	Proleter Osijek	A	5 – 2	Čonč (3), Osojnak, Benko
7 Mar 1954	Spartak Subotica	H	5 – 0	Osojnak (2), Mantula, Čajkovski, own goal
4 Apr 1954	Hajduk Split	H	3 – 1	Osojnak (2), Čajkovski
7 Apr 1954	Rabotnički	H	5 – 0	Čajkovski (2), Dvornić (2), Čonč
11 Apr 1954	Vardar	A	1 – 1	Čajkovski
14 Apr 1954	Vojvodina	A	1 – 0	Dvornić
18 Apr 1954	Odred Ljubljana	A	6 – 4	Čonč (2), Čajkovski (2), Osojnak, Lipošinović
25 Apr 1954	Red Star Belgrade	H	1 – 0	Osojnak
2 May 1954	Lokomotiva	H	6 – 0	Osojnak (2), Čajkovski (2), Dvornić, Lipošinović

Classification

Pos	Club	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1	Dinamo Zagreb	26	19	4	3	72	22	42
2	Partizan	26	18	5	3	77	30	41
3	Red Star Belgrade	26	17	4	5	51	22	38

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

See also

• 1953–54 Yugoslav First League