1923 Yugoslav Football Championship Explained

Season:1923
Winners:Građanski Zagreb
(1st title)
League Topscorer:Dragan Jovanović (4)
Nextseason:1924

The 1923 National Championship (Serbo-Croato-Slovenian: Državno prvenstvo 1923. / Државно првенство 1923.) held in the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes was the first nationwide domestic football competition. At this point there was no league championship in the modern sense as the competition was held in a single-legged cup format, with participating clubs qualifying via regional playoffs organised by the existing 6 regional football subfederations.

Qualified clubs

Tournament

Quarter finals

|-|colspan="3" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center|2 September 1923|}

Semi finals

|-|colspan="3" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center|23 September 1923|}

Final

|-|colspan="5" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center|30 September/1 October 1923|}

Winning squad

Champions:

HŠK Građanski[1] (coach: Arthur Gaskell)

Top scorers

Final goalscoring position, number of goals, player/players and club.[2]

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://yugopapir.blogspot.ca/2013/08/rekordi-i-zanimljivosti-yu-fudbalskih.html Rekordi i zanimljivosti YU fudbalskih šampionata 1923-1978
  2. https://books.google.com/books?id=mU7S_yexUFUC&dq=bsk+jugoslavija&pg=PA251 Gola istina: kraljevi strelaca