1946ā€“47 Yugoslav First League Explained

Competition:Prva savezna liga
Season:1946ā€“47
Winners:Partizan (1st title)
Relegated:Kvarner
Budućnost
Željezničar
14. Oktobar
Nafta
League Topscorer:Franjo Wƶlfl (28)[1]
Prevseason:1939ā€“40
Nextseason:1947ā€“48

The 1946ā€“47 Yugoslav First League season was the first season of the First Federal League (Prva savezna liga), the top level association football competition of SFR Yugoslavia, which ended the six-year period in which national football competitions were suspended due to World War II. It was also the first season in which the Football Association of Yugoslavia (FSJ) introduced the modern league system which included promotion and relegation between tiers of the football pyramid, as pre-war national championships held between 1927 and 1940 during Kingdom of Yugoslavia employed either a play-off tournament or a mini league format contested by regional champions.

In 1946 both the First and Second Leagues began to use a season long derby to determine the league champion, and an elimination cup to feature a secondary cup champion. With Partizan dominating the league, and then winning the cup shortly after, they are the first ever "double champion" of the Yugoslav First League.

Teams

TeamLocationFederal RepublicMethod of qualification[2]
14. OktobarNiÅ” PR SerbiaSerbian championship runners-up
BudućnostTitograd PR MontenegroMontenegrin championship winners
Dinamo ZagrebZagreb PR CroatiaCroatian championship runners-up
Hajduk SplitSplit PR CroatiaCroatian championship winners
KvarnerRijeka Istrian Zone BIstrian-Fiuman play-off winners
LokomotivaZagreb PR CroatiaCroatian championship third place; play-off runners-up
MetalacBelgrade PR SerbiaSerbian championship third place; play-off winners
NaftaLendava PR SloveniaSlovenian championship winners
PartizanBelgrade PR SerbiaQualified directly, representing the Yugoslav People's Army
PobedaSkopje PR MacedoniaMacedonian championship winners
PonzianaTrieste Free Territory of TriesteQualified directly, representing Free Territory of Trieste
Red StarBelgrade PR SerbiaSerbian championship winners
SpartakSubotica PR SerbiaVojvodina championship winners
ŽeljezničarSarajevo PR Bosnia and HerzegovinaBosnia and Herzegovina championship winners
Notes

League table

Top scorers

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Franjo WƶlflDinamo Zagreb28
2 Stjepan BobekPartizan26
3 Kosta TomaÅ”evićRed Star16
Frane MatoÅ”ićHajduk Split
5 Antun HabićLokomotiva (8) / Budućnost (7)15
6 Dragan GeorgijevskiPobeda Skopje14
7 Jovan JezerkićRed Star13
8 Franjo RupnikPartizan12
Josip PrčićSpartak Subotica
Aleksandar Petrović14. Oktobar

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Yugoslavia/Serbia ā€“ List of Topscorers . rsssf.org . 3 February 2023.
  2. Web site: Yugoslavia 1946/47 . rsssf.org . 3 February 2023.

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