1946–47 NK Dinamo Zagreb season

August 2026 Dinamo Zagreb 1946–47 Márton Bukovi(until January 1947)Mirko Kokotović(player-manager) Manager President 1. Federal League 2nd place Franjo Wölfl (28) 1947–48 This article shows statistics of individual players for the football club Dinamo Zagreb. It also lists all matches that Dinamo Zagreb played in the 1946–47 season, the first competitive season since the club's foundation in June 1945. Competitions Preliminaries In late 1945, only several months after the club's foundation in June, the regional qualifiers for what was to become the new national league championship were held. Dinamo first entered the Zagreb preliminaries, which were played in two eight-club groups in a single round-robin format, from October to December 1945. After topping their group with seven wins and a goal difference 40–5 Dinamo qualified for the local Zagreb Championship. The eight-club Zagreb Championship was played from January to February 1946, and Dinamo again won the league with six wins and only one defeat in seven matches. Dinamo was equal on points with Lokomotiva, but progressed further thanks to superior goal difference (Dinamo's 41–8 vs Lokomotiva's 16–12). Their triumph qualified them for the 1946 Croatian Football Championship, played by eight regional winners from SR Croatia. The league was played in a double round-robin format from May to August 1946, and it served as regional qualifier for the inaugural edition of the First Federal League, Yugoslavia's post-war national championship. After 14 rounds, Dinamo finished second behind rivals Hajduk Split. Both clubs were equal on points, each recording ten wins, two draws and two defeats, but this time Hajduk had a superior goal difference (51–11) compared to Dinamo (40–12). Nevertheless, since the top two Croatian clubs were guaranteed a spot in the new Yugoslav championship, both Hajduk and Dinamo qualified. First League Managed by seasoned coach Márton Bukovi Dinamo played their first national league match on 25 August 1946, an away 2–2 draw with Budućnost played in Titograd. Their first home game was on 8 September 1946, a 0–1 defeat to Hajduk Split via a goal from Antun Lokošek. In October, after five rounds had been played, two more clubs were added to what was originally a 12-team league. Kvarner joined the league, as representative of the military-administered Zone B, and weeks later Ponziana from Trieste was added to represent Zone A, from what was to become the Free Territory of Trieste. Because of this, the fixture list was rescheduled in late October. By January and the winter break Dinamo have established themselves as one of the strongest clubs in Yugoslavia, with nine wins in the first 13 rounds, level on points with Hajduk and Red Star, with all three trailing first-placed Partizan, the newly established Yugoslav Army club, by only three points. The club's success was largely fueled by Franjo Wölfl, a prolific striker who scored 14 goals in 13 games in the first half of the season. In the spring Bukovi left Zagreb to take over MTK in his native Hungary. He was replaced by interim player-manager Mirko Kokotović. The spring fixture list was determined via a draw, and under Kokotović Dinamo started strong, with three victories in four matches, including a win over their biggest Zagreb rivals Lokomotiva. In March the Slovenian side Nafta Lendava abandoned the league after suffering 14 defeats in 17 rounds. FSJ therefore decided to record all of their remaining nine matches as 3–0 forfeits. After yet another loss to Hajduk in March, Dinamo remained undefeated until the end of season, recording seven wins and two draws, including a home 4–2 win vs Partizan and a home 2–2 draw with Red Star. By July, Dinamo finished their first top-level season in history as runners-up, five points behind champions Partizan, and ahead of the other two members of the Yugoslav Big Four clubs, Red Star and Hajduk Split. Dinamo proved to be a tough opponent at home, losing only one league match in Zagreb, to Hajduk Split, in September 1946. Wölfl became Yugoslav championship's first top scorer in the post-war era, having scored 28 goals in 23 matches (which included three braces, three hat-tricks, and one four-goal performance). Wölfl and player-manager Kokotović were also the club's most used players, each appearing in 23 out of 25 league games played. Overview CompetitionFirst matchLast MatchFinalposition / round1945 Zagreb Championship Qualifiers21 October 194523 December 1945 Winners1946 Zagreb Championship13 January 1946 24 February 1946Winners1946 Croatian Championship26 May 1946 18 August 19462nd place1946–47 First Federal League25 August 1946 6 July 19472nd place First Federal League 1946–47 Yugoslav First League Results summary OverallHomeAwayPld PlayedW WinsD DrawsL LossesGF Goals forGA Goals againstGD Goal differencePts PointsW WinsD DrawsL LossesGF Goals forGA Goals againstGD Goal differenceW WinsD DrawsL LossesGF Goals forGA Goals againstGD Goal difference 26 19 4 3 81 26 +55 42 11 1 1 50 12 +38 8 3 2 31 14 +17 Matches M MatchdayDateOpponentsVenueResultScoreF–ADinamo scorersAttendanceRef125 August 1946BudućnostAD2–2Kokotović 10', Beda 36'4,53021 September 1946Red StarAW1–0Reiss 59'20,00038 September 1946Hajduk SplitHL0–115,000415 September 1946LokomotivaAW2–1Wölfl 39', 49'5,000522 September 1946ŽeljezničarHW9–1Cimermančić 3', 25', 43', Wölfl 16', 68', 80', 90', Senčar 27', Beda 75'5,000627 October 1946PartizanAL1–5Wölfl 30'8,00073 November 1946MetalacHW3–1Strugar 10', Lojen 11' (pen.), Wölfl 85'8,000817 November 1946Spartak SuboticaHW3–0Senčar 13', Strugar 35', 45'5,000924 November 1946Železničar NišHW3–1Wölfl 34', 38', 78'4,000101 December 1946Nafta LendavaAW6–0Wölfl 12', 20', Čajkovski 19', 53', Golob 22', Senčar 78'700118 December 1946PobedaAD0–06,0001222 December 1946KvarnerAW3–1Wölfl 44' (pen.), Senčar 53', Cimermančić 77'5,0001312 January 1947PonzianaAW4–0Strugar 20', Wölfl 37', 69', Čajkovski 74'7,000142 March 1947ŽeljezničarAW3–1Wölfl 25', Kacian 52', Senčar 61'7,000159 March 1947KvarnerHW2–1Lojen 31' (pen.), Čajkovski 35'7,0001616 March 1947Hajduk SplitAL1–2Strnad 30'8,0001723 March 1947LokomotivaHW4–0Čajkovski 8', 58', 66', Kacian 14'10,0001830 March 1947PartizanHW4–2Strugar 17', 53', Pleše 25', Wölfl 59'18,0001913 April 1947Spartak SuboticaAD1–1Wölfl 49'6,0002020 April 1947Nafta LendavaHW3–0 (f)Walkover2127 April 194714. OktobarAW2–1Jovanović 39' (o.g.), Cimermančić 53'4,0002418 May 1947PobedaHW5–0Cimermančić 4', Wölfl 25', 34', 74', Strugar 86'4,0002525 May 1947BudućnostHW7–1Cimermančić 15' (pen.), Kacian 30', Strnad 31', Čajkovski 64', 76', Wölfl 75', 79'6,000268 June 1947Red StarHD2–2Cimermančić 7', Senčar 19'20,0002211 June 1947PonzianaHW5–2Senčar 20', Cimermančić 28', 84', Wölfl 44' (pen.), Čajkovski 70'2,000236 July 1947MetalacAW5–0Wölfl 37', 67', 84', Reiss 57', Strugar 82'3,000 Classification DIN Players Squad statistics Key Pos = Playing position Nat. = Nationality DoB (Age) = Date of birth (age) Apps = Appearances GK = Goalkeeper DF = Defender MF = Midfielder FW = Forward Numbers indicate starting appearances + appearances as substitute. Goals column shows total goals, numbers in brackets indicate penalty kicks scored.Players with name struck through and marked Left club during playing season left the club during the playing season. Age as of 25 August 1946, first matchday of the season. Pos.Nat.NameDoB (Age)LeagueAppsGoalsFWYUGFranjo Wölfl1946 8 25 1918 5 18 y2328FWYUGMirko Kokotović1946 8 25 1913 4 15 y231MFYUGĐuka Strugar1946 8 25 1924 3 25 y228DFYUGIvica Horvat1946 8 25 1926 7 16 y220FWYUGZvonimir Cimermančić1946 8 25 1917 8 26 y2010 (1)DFYUGBranko Pleše1946 8 25 1915 1 20 y201FWYUGŽeljko Čajkovski1946 8 25 1925 5 5 y1810FWYUGBožidar Senčar1946 8 25 1927 9 28 y167DFYUGDragutin Lojen1946 8 25 1919 5 19 y16 2 (2)GKYUGZvonko Monsider1946 8 25 1920 5 11 y150FWYUGIvica Reiss1946 8 25 1923 5 9 y142GK/DFYUGDrago Horvat yes1946 8 25 1924 7 4 y110DFYUGMijo Etlinger1946 8 25 1923 11 29 y110DFYUGSlavko Beda1946 8 25 1919 10 17 y92FWYUGVinko Golob1946 8 25 1921 4 22 y91FWYUGRatko Kacian1946 8 25 1917 1 18 y83FWYUGZvonko Strnad1946 8 25 1926 1 15 y72FWYUGVilim Medved yes1946 8 25 1926 4 8 y40GKYUGZvonko Dogan yesb. 192140DFYUGMarko Jurić yes1946 8 25 1924 8 14 y30 References 2 External links 1946–47 season overview at Dinamo Zagreb fan site 1946-47 Category:Yugoslav football clubs 1946–47 season