[1][2][3] After World War II, Hajduk soon established themselves as one of the so-called "Big Four" of Yugoslav football (along with Dinamo Zagreb, Partizan and Red Star), a quartet of teams who dominated in SFR Yugoslavia, by winning three league titles (1950, 1952 and 1955) in first ten years.
The following fifteen years were less successful and the only trophy that Hajduk won was their first Yugoslav Cup title in 1967.
Hajduk were never relegated from top level until leaving the league in 1991 following Croatia's independence.
In the Yugoslav era four Hajduk players were top league scorers on five occasions: Frane Matošić in 1949 (who is the best goalscorer in the history of the club), Bernard Vukas in 1955, Petar Nadoveza in 1966 and 1971, and Zlatko Vujović in 1985.
In the following twenty years Hajduk stood in the shadow of Dinamo Zagreb, winning only three league and four cup titles.