The 1937–38 Yugoslav Football Championship officially called State Championship (Serbo-Croatian and Slovene: Državno prvenstvo; Serbian Cyrillic: Државно првенство), was the 15th season of the main association football competition in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.
The defending champions were Građanski Zagreb, who finished third. The season was won by their cross-city rivals HAŠK. This was their first and only Yugoslav league title before the outbreak of World War II and the club's dissolution in 1945.
Top scorer was Građanski Zagreb's August Lešnik, who scored 17 goals in 16 appearances.
Teams
As of June 1938 and end of season
| Team | City | Managers | Ground |
|---|---|---|---|
| BASK | Belgrade |  Hans Bloch
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| BSK | Beograd |  Sándor Nemes
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| Concordia | Zagreb | Béla Virág &  Božidar Ralić
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Stadion Concordije |
| Građanski | Zagreb | Márton Bukovi
|
Stadion Građanskog |
| Hajduk | Split | Illés Spitz
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Stari plac |
| HAŠK | Zagreb | Zoltán Opata
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Stadion HAŠK |
| SK Jedinstvo | Belgrade | Branislav Sekulić
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Stadion Jedinstva |
| SK Jugoslavija | Belgrade | Božidar Đorđević
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Stadion Jugoslavije |
| SK Ljubljana | Ljubljana | Nedeljko Buljević
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Stadion ob Tyrševi cesti |
| Slavija | Sarajevo | Branimir Porobić
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- Managerial changes during season
- Hajduk Split – Karel Senecký replaced by Illés Spitz
- SK Jugoslavija – Franjo Giller replaced by Božidar Đorđević
- HAŠK – František Koželuh replaced by Zoltán Opata
League table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | HAŠK (C) | 18 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 40 | 20 | 2.000 | 26 |
| 2 | BSK | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 45 | 25 | 1.800 | 26 |
| 3 | Građanski Zagreb | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 54 | 23 | 2.348 | 25 |
| 4 | BASK | 18 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 36 | 33 | 1.091 | 18 |
| 5 | Slavija Sarajevo | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 25 | 28 | 0.893 | 18 |
| 6 | SK Jugoslavija | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 26 | 21 | 1.238 | 17 |
| 7 | Hajduk Split | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 31 | 38 | 0.816 | 17 |
| 8 | SK Jedinstvo | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 36 | 0.361 | 12 |
| 9 | SK Ljubljana | 18 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 24 | 42 | 0.571 | 11 |
| 10 | Concordia (R) | 18 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 24 | 52 | 0.462 | 10 |
Results
Winning squad
Champions: HAŠK (Coach: František Koželuh; then Zoltán Opata)[1]
- GK – Josip Žmara (18)
- GK – Borivoj Konstantinović (18)
- DF – Zeno Golac (18)
- DF – Nikola Pajević (18)
- DF – Ivica Gajer (17/1)
- DF – Stjepan Horvat (17/6)
- DF – Miroslav Pleše (3)
- FW – Ico Hitrec (18/14)
- FW – Ratko Kacian (18/8)
- FW – Milivoj Fink (16/2)
- FW –Nikola Duković (16/1)
- FW – Svetozar Peričić (6/4)
- FW – Ivan Medarić (6)
- FW – Mićel Kokić (6)
- FW – Antun Hrubec (3)
Top scorers
Final goalscoring position, number of goals, player/players and club.[1]
- 17 goals – August Lešnik (Građanski)
- 14 goals – Ivan Hitrec (HAŠK)
- 13 goals – Blagoje Marjanović (BSK)
- 12 goals - Aleksandar Petrović (Jugoslavija)
- 11 goals – Svetislav Valjarević (BSK)
- 10 goals – Milan Antolković (Građanski)
- 9 goals – Ratomir Čabrić (BASK)
- 8 goals – Ratko Kacian (HAŠK), Aleksandar Tomašević (BASK)
See also
References
- ^ a b "1937–38 Yugoslavia". Ex-Yu Fudbal. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 11 January 2025.