1947–48 Yugoslav First League Explained

Competition:	Prva savezna liga
Season:	1947 - 48
Winners:	Dinamo Zagreb (1st title)
Relegated:	Vardar Spartak Sarajevo
League Topscorer:	Franjo Wölfl (22)
Matches:	90
Total Goals:	286
Prevseason:	1946–47
Nextseason:	1948–49

Teams

Changes from last season

Teams promoted from 1946–47 Yugoslav Second League:

• Sarajevo

Teams relegated from 1946–47 Yugoslav First League:

• 9th place: Kvarner (Rijeka)
• 10th place: Budućnost (Titograd)
• 12th place: Željezničar (Sarajevo)
• 13th place: 14. Oktobar (Niš)
• 14th place: Nafta Lendava

Overview

Team	Home city		Stadium	Position in 1946–47
Crvena zvezda	Belgrade			0033rd
Dinamo Zagreb	Zagreb			0022nd
Hajduk Split	Split		Stadion Stari plac	0044th
Lokomotiva	Zagreb			0077th
Metalac	Belgrade			0055th
Partizan	Belgrade			0011st
Ponziana	Trieste	Free Territory of Trieste		01111th
Sarajevo	Sarajevo		Stadion Koševo
Spartak	Subotica			0066th
Vardar	Skopje		Gradski stadion Skopje

Notes

• FK Pobeda participating in the 1946-47 season was renamed FK Vardar after fussion with another local club FK Makedonija.
• FK Pobeda after ending the 1946-47 season at the 8th place has won the relegation play-offs against FK Sloga Novi Sad and remained in the League under the new name FK Vardar.
• CS Ponziana was relegated at the 1946-47 season but was readmitted to the first league instead of better placed S.C.F. Quarnero, due to the political need to have Triest-based club in the Yugoslav league, as a propaganda tool.

League table

Winning squad

Champions:

• Dinamo Zagreb (coach: Karl Mütsch)

players (league matches/league goals):

• Slavko Arneri 6 (0)
• Josip Babić 9 (0)
• Aleksandar Benko 9 (4)
• Zvonimir Cimermančić 18 (11)
• Željko Čajkovski 18 (6)
• Drago Horvat 18 (0)
• Ivan Horvat 9 (0)
• Ivan Jazbinšek 9 (0)
• Marko Jurić 12 (0)
• Ratko Kacijan 16 (2)
• Mirko Kokotović 2 (0)
• Dragutin Lojen 1 (0)
• Zvonimir Monsider 3 (0)
• Branko Pleše 18 (2)
• Krešimir Pukšec 10 (0)
• Ivica Rajs 10 (3)
• Božidar Senčar 7 (4)
• Zvonko Strnad 2 (1)
• Đuka Strugar 4 (0)
• Franjo Wölfl 17 (22)

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Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Franjo Wölfl	Dinamo Zagreb	22
2	Prvoslav Mihajlović	Partizan	16
3	Frane Matošić	Hajduk Split	14
4	Zvonimir Cimermančić	Dinamo Zagreb	12
5	Branko Viđak	Hajduk Split	8
6	Kiril Simonovski	Partizan	7

Cup

Round of Sixteen

Caption text

Home team	Score	Away team
Partizan Beograd	3 - 2	Proleter Osijek
NK Zagreb	3 - 4	Dinamo Zagreb
Hajduk Split	0 - 2	Budućnost Titograd
Metalac Beograd	1 - 1 (coin flip)	Metalac Zagreb
Napredak Krusevac	(coin flip) 1 - 1	Poncijana Trieste
Sloga Novi Sad	4 - 8 (aet)	Naša Krila Zemun
Sarajevo	0 - 0 (coin flip)	Lokomotiva Zagreb
Crvena Zvezda Beograd	5 - 1	Spartak Subotica

Quarter finals

Crvena Zvezda Beograd x - x X

Partizan Beograd 2 - 0 Lokomotiva Zagreb

X x - x X

Dinamo Zagreb x - x X

Semi finals

Crvena Zvezda Beograd x - x X

Partizan Beograd 3 - 3 Dinamo Zagreb

Finals

Partizan 0 - 3 Crvena Zvezda

Stadium: Stadion Crvene Zvezde

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Lemesic (Split)

Partizan: Franjo Šoštarić, Vladimir Firm, M.Petrovic, Zlatko Čajkovski, Milorad Jovanović, Lajčo Jakovetić, Prvoslav Mihajlović, Božidar Drenovac, Stjepan Bobek, Aleksandar Atanacković, Kiril Simonovski

Crvena zvezda: Srđan Mrkušić, Branko Stanković, Milenko Drakulić, Dimitrije Tadić, Milivoje Đurđević, Predrag Đajić, Cokic, Rajko Mitić, Kosta Tomašević, Bela Palfi, Branislav Vukosavljević

See also

• Yugoslav Cup
• Yugoslav League Championship
• Football Association of Yugoslavia

External links

• Yugoslavia Domestic Football Full Tables