1946–47 Yugoslav First League

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.

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

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

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

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Relegation
1 Partizan Belgrade (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 Sarajevo (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

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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

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

References

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