1946–47 Yugoslav First League

Prva savezna liga
Season1946–47
ChampionsPartizan (1st title)
RelegatedKvarner
Budućnost
Željezničar
14. Oktobar
Nafta
Top goalscorerFranjo Wölfl (28)[1]

The 1946–47 Yugoslav First League season was the first season of the First Federal League (Serbo-Croatian Latin: 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

Team Location Federal Republic Method of qualification[2]
14. Oktobar[A] Niš Socialist Republic of Serbia PR Serbia Serbian championship runners-up
Budućnost Titograd Socialist Republic of Montenegro PR Montenegro Montenegrin championship winners
Dinamo Zagreb Zagreb Socialist Republic of Croatia PR Croatia Croatian championship runners-up
Hajduk Split Split Socialist Republic of Croatia PR Croatia Croatian championship winners
Kvarner Rijeka Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Istrian Zone B Istrian-Fiuman play-off winners
Lokomotiva Zagreb Socialist Republic of Croatia PR Croatia Croatian championship third place; play-off runners-up
Metalac Belgrade Socialist Republic of Serbia PR Serbia Serbian championship third place; play-off winners
Nafta Lendava Socialist Republic of Slovenia PR Slovenia Slovenian championship winners
Partizan Belgrade Socialist Republic of Serbia PR Serbia Qualified directly, representing the Yugoslav People's Army
Pobeda Skopje Socialist Republic of Macedonia PR Macedonia Macedonian championship winners
Ponziana Trieste Free Territory of Trieste Free Territory of Trieste Qualified directly, representing Free Territory of Trieste
Red Star Belgrade Socialist Republic of Serbia PR Serbia Serbian championship winners
Spartak Subotica Socialist Republic of Serbia PR Serbia Vojvodina championship winners
Željezničar Sarajevo Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina PR Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina championship winners
Notes

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Relegation
1 Partizan (C) 26 23 1 2 77 17 +60 47
2 Dinamo Zagreb 26 19 4 3 81 26 +55 42
3 Red Star Belgrade 26 18 2 6 66 23 +43 38
4 Hajduk Split 26 16 4 6 57 21 +36 36
5 Metalac Belgrade 26 13 3 10 40 35 +5 29
6 Spartak Subotica 26 11 6 9 40 34 +6 28
7 Lokomotiva Zagreb 26 10 4 12 34 43 −9 24
8 Pobeda Skopje 26 8 6 12 41 49 −8 22 Readmitted
9 Kvarner Rijeka (R) 26 7 7 12 27 42 −15 21 Relegation to Yugoslav Second League
10 Budućnost Titograd (R) 26 7 6 13 44 54 −10 20
11 Ponziana Trieste (T) 26 9 2 15 35 50 −15 20 Readmitted[a]
12 Željezničar (R) 26 7 4 15 31 54 −23 18 Relegation to Yugoslav Second League
13 14. Oktobar Niš (R) 26 4 5 17 26 76 −50 13
14 Nafta Lendava (R) 26 3 0 23 13 88 −75 6
Source: RSSSF
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated; (T) Qualified, but not yet for the particular phase indicated
Notes:
  1. ^ Ponziana was relegated and later readmitted to First League for political reasons against Italy.

Results

Home \ Away OKT BUD DIN HAJ KVA LOK MET NAF PAR POB PON RSB SPA ŽEL
14. Oktobar Niš 2–1 1–2 0–4 1–1 2–1 0–0 0–1 1–10 2–2 2–2 0–5 2–1 2–2
Budućnost 3–1 2–2 0–5 5–1 1–1 1–2 9–0 0–3 3–3 2–1 0–1 3–0 2–0
Dinamo Zagreb 3–1 7–1 0–1 2–1 4–0 3–1 3–0 4–2 5–0 5–2 2–2 3–0 9–1
Hajduk Split 4–0 1–1 2–1 1–0 4–0 2–0 3–0 0–1 3–2 3–2 5–0 5–0 3–0
Kvarner Rijeka 2–1 2–2 1–3 1–1 0–5 1–1 4–1 0–3 3–0 3–0 0–2 0–0 0–0
Lokomotiva 2–0 2–0 1–2 0–0 3–1 1–0 3–1 1–1 2–0 2–2 0–1 2–0 0–3
Metalac Belgrade 2–0 1–0 0–5 1–2 0–1 2–0 3–0 0–2 4–1 3–1 1–0 2–2 4–1
Nafta Lendava 0–3 2–0 0–6 1–3 0–3 0–3 1–3 0–2 1–2 0–3 0–3 0–6 2–1
Partizan 5–1 6–1 5–1 2–0 5–0 4–0 2–1 3–0 1–0 2–1 3–4 1–0 3–0
Pobeda Skopje 4–3 1–1 0–0 1–1 2–0 3–0 1–2 6–0 2–3 3–1 1–4 2–0 2–1
Ponziana 5–1 0–3 0–4 1–0 1–0 0–4 3–0 3–0 0–2 3–1 0–1 1–2 2–1
Red Star 8–0 3–1 0–1 2–1 2–0 4–0 1–3 6–0 0–1 3–0 5–0 0–0 6–1
Spartak Subotica 3–0 4–0 1–1 2–1 1–1 4–0 4–2 4–3 0–1 2–1 1–0 1–3 0–0
Željezničar 3–0 3–2 1–3 3–2 0–1 4–1 0–2 3–0 0–4 1–1 0–1 2–0 0–2
Source: DataSoccer.it
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Franjo Wölfl Dinamo Zagreb 28
2 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Stjepan Bobek Partizan 26
3 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Kosta Tomašević Red Star 16
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Frane Matošić Hajduk Split
5 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Antun Habić Lokomotiva (8) / Budućnost (7) 15
6 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dragan Georgijevski Pobeda Skopje 14
7 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Jovan Jezerkić Red Star 13
8 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Franjo Rupnik Partizan 12
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Josip Prčić Spartak Subotica
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Aleksandar Petrović 14. Oktobar

References

  1. ^ "Yugoslavia/Serbia – List of Topscorers". rsssf.org. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
  2. ^ a b "Yugoslavia 1946/47". rsssf.org. Retrieved 3 February 2023.