1955–56 Yugoslav First League

At the end of the previous season Lokomotiva Zagreb and Vardar were relegated from top level. They were replaced by Velež and Budućnost Titograd. ==League table==

Champions: • RED STAR BELGRADE (coach: Milovan Ćirić) players (league matches/league goals): • Rajko Mitić (25/4) • Lazar Tasić (25/4) • Ivan Toplak (24/12) • Antun Rudinski (24/6) • Ljubomir Spajić (23/0) • Dragoslav Šekularac (22/6) • Branko Stanković (20/1) • Srboljub Krivokuća (19/0) -goalkeeper- • Borivoje Kostić (17/14) • Vladimir Popović (17/2) • Branko Nešović (17/0) • Miljan Zeković (17/0) • Todor Živanović (12/9) • Vladimir Durković (7/1) • Vladimir Beara (7/0) -goalkeeper- • Jovan Cokić (5/2) • Miljan Miljanić (2/0) • Novak Tomić (2/0) • Stevan Veselinov (1/0) ==Top scorers==