1953–54 NK Dinamo Zagreb season

Dinamo Zagreb

1953–54 season
President	Ivica Kolić
Manager	Ivan Jazbinšek
First League	Champions (2nd title)
Marshal Tito Cup	Semi-final
Top goalscorer	League: Dionizije Dvornić (15) All: Dionizije Dvornić (21)

The 1953–54 season was Dinamo Zagreb's eighth season in Yugoslavia's First Federal League, the country's top level football championship. Led by manager Ivan Jazbinšek and fueled by goals provided by the club's prolific striker Dionizije Dvornić, Dinamo ended the season on top of the table, one point in front of Partizan and four points ahead of previous season's champions Red Star.

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; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

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

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

First Federal League

Main article: 1953–54 Yugoslav First League

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
26	19	4	3	72	22	+50	42	11	1	1	40	10	+30	8	3	2	32	12	+20

Matches

M	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score F–A	Dinamo scorers	Attendance	Ref
1	30 August 1953	Sarajevo	A	W	3–1	Benko 10', Čajkovski 21', Dvornić 63'	14,000
3	9 September 1953	Partizan	H	W	2–0	Dvornić 29', Čonč 33'	20,000
4	13 September 1953	Radnički	A	D	0–0		25,000
2	17 September 1953	BSK	A	W	2–0	Benko 10', Režek 20', Čonč 51'	15,000
5	20 September 1953	Proleter Osijek	H	W	6–2	Benko 27', 33', 88' (3), Dvornić 34', Čonč 43', Čajkovski 55'	20,000
6	26 September 1953	Spartak Subotica	A	W	2–1	Čonč 7', Benko 42'	10,000
7	7 October 1953	Vojvodina	H	L	0–2		20,000
8	10 October 1953	Hajduk Split	A	L	0–1		16,000
9	25 October 1953	Rabotnički	A	W	5–1	Benko 35', 64', 71', 76' (4), Dvornić 89'	10,000
10	11 November 1953	Vardar	H	W	2–0	Režek 20', Benko 88'	8,000
11	15 November 1953	Odred Ljubljana	H	W	5–3	Benko 3', Čajkovski 4', Dvornić 6', 36' (2), Mantula 83'	12,000
12	2 December 1953	Red Star	A	D	0–0		35,000
13	6 December 1953	Lokomotiva	H	W	1–0	Čonč 75'	10,000
14	13 December 1953	Sarajevo	H	W	5–0	Čajkovski 39', Dvornić 48', 50', 71' (3), Luka Lipošinović 70'	12,000
15	20 December 1953	BSK	H	D	1–1	Čonč 63'	10,000
16	14 February 1954	Partizan	A	L	0–1		25,000
17	21 February 1954	Radnički	H	W	4–1	Dvornić 21', Čonč 35', 61' (2), Benko 71'	7,000
18	4 March 1954	Proleter Osijek	A	W	5–2	Benko 8', Osojnak 25', Čonč 44', 65' (2), Čajkovski 58'	6,000
19	7 March 1954	Spartak Subotica	H	W	5–0	Osojnak 35', 75' (2), Čajkovski 60', Mantula 70', B. Čikoš 71' (o.g.)	25,000
20	14 March 1954	Vojvodina	A	W	1–0	Dvornić 59'	10,000
21	4 April 1954	Hajduk Split	H	W	3–1	Čonč 35', Čajkovski 60', Osojnak 62'	35,000
22	7 April 1954	Rabotnički	H	W	5–0	K. Gičevski 2' (o.g.), Čajkovski 6', 29' (2), Dvornić 45', 65' (2)	5,000
23	11 April 1954	Vardar	A	D	1–1	Čajkovski 55'	15,000
24	18 April 1954	Odred Ljubljana	A	W	6–4	Lipošinović 7', Čajkovski 22', Čonč 33', 37 (2), Dvornić 82', Osojnak 89'	6,000
25	25 April 1954	Red Star	H	W	1–0	Osojnak 90'	40,000
26	2 May 1954	Lokomotiva	A	W	6–0	Osojnak 9', 83' (2), Čajkovski 30', 35' (2), Lipošinović 74', Dvornić 78'	15,000

Classification

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts
1	Dinamo Zagreb (C)	26	19	4	3	72	22	3.273	42
2	Partizan	26	18	5	3	77	30	2.567	41
3	Red Star Belgrade	26	17	4	5	51	22	2.318	38
4	Hajduk Split	26	16	3	7	55	34	1.618	35
5	Vojvodina	26	14	5	7	60	37	1.622	33

Source: rsssf.org
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal average
(C) Champions

Marshal Tito Cup

Main article: 1953 Yugoslav Cup

The 1953 season of the Yugoslav national cup was played over three months, between August and November. In the first round proper, which featured 16 clubs playing in single legs, Dinamo knocked out third-level side Metalac Zagreb 4–2. In the quarter-final Dinamo played away at rivals FK Partizan, and earned a hard-won victory after a 5–5 draw after extra time and 8–7 victory in the ensuing penalty shoot-out.

In the semi-final, played on 1 November, Dinamo hosted another Belgrade-based club, BSK, in what turned out to become one of the most unusual cup matches in Yugoslav football, a drawn-out affair played over three days which eventually led to BSK progressing through to the final in a replay.[1]

Players

Squad statistics

Key

Pos = Playing position Nat. = Nationality DoB (Age) = Date of birth (age) Apps = Appearances

GK = Goalkeeper DF = Defender MF = Midfielder FW = Forward

Numbers indicate starting appearances + appearances as substitute. Goals column shows total goals scored, numbers in brackets indicate penalties scored.
Players with name struck through and marked † left the club during the playing season.
Age as of 30 August 1953, first league matchday of the season.

Pos.	Nat.	Name	DoB (Age)	League		Cup		Total
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
FW		Dionizije Dvornić	(1926-04-27)27 April 1926 (aged 27)	26	15	4	6	30	21
MF		Vladimir Čonč	(1928-01-13)13 January 1928 (aged 25)	26	13	4	0	30	13
DF		Josip Šikić	(1929-08-04)4 August 1929 (aged 24)	25	0	0	0	25	0
FW		Željko Čajkovski	(1925-05-05)5 May 1925 (aged 28)	24	13	3	3	27	16
MF		Branko Režek		23	2	3	0	26	2
FW		Aleksandar Benko	(1925-02-16)16 February 1925 (aged 28)	21	14	4	0	25	14
MF		Lav Mantula	(1928-12-08)8 December 1928 (aged 24)	21	2	?		23	0
DF		Tomislav Crnković	(1929-06-17)17 June 1929 (aged 24)	20	0	4	0	24	0
DF		Ivica Horvat	(1926-07-16)16 July 1926 (aged 27)	20	0			23	0
GK		Branko Kralj	(1924-03-10)10 March 1924 (aged 29)	16	0	1	0	17	0
FW		Stojan Osojnak	(1923-06-11)11 June 1923 (aged 30)	10	8	1	1	11	9
FW		Luka Lipošinović	(1933-05-12)12 May 1933 (aged 20)	10	3	1	1	11	4
GK		Vladimir Majerović		10	0	3	0	13	0
MF		Emil Ferković		10	0	0	0	0	0
MF		Dragutin Cizarić		10	0			13	0
DF		Drago Horvat		6	0	0	0	6	0
DF		Ivica Banožić		3	0	1	0	4	0
MF		Dragutin Kukec		3	0	0	0	3	0
FW		Zvonimir Cimermančić	(1917-08-26)26 August 1917 (aged 36)	2	0	3	1	5	1
FW		Zvonko Strnad	(1926-01-15)15 January 1926 (aged 27)	1	0	1	0	2	0
MF		Franjo Beseredi	(1928-02-11)11 February 1928 (aged 25)	0	0	1	0	1	0

References

1. "Utakmica koja se igrala tri dana". Strategija.org. Retrieved 18 December 2024.