1937–38 Yugoslav Football Championship

15th State Championship 1937–38 22 August 1937 – 5 June 1938 HAŠK (1st title) August Lešnik (17) 90 318 1936–37 1938–39 The 1937–38 Yugoslav Football Championship officially called State Championship (Serbo-Croatian and Slovene: Državno prvenstvo; 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 GroundBASKBelgradeAustria Hans Bloch yesBSKBeogradHUN 1920 Sándor NemesConcordiaZagrebHUN 1920 Béla Virág yes & Kingdom of Yugoslavia Božidar RalićStadion ConcordijeGrađanskiZagrebHUN 1920 Márton BukoviStadion GrađanskogHajdukSplitHUN 1920 Illés SpitzStari placHAŠKZagrebHUN 1920 Zoltán OpataStadion HAŠKSK JedinstvoBelgradeKingdom of Yugoslavia Branislav SekulićStadion JedinstvaSK JugoslavijaBelgradeKingdom of Yugoslavia Božidar Đorđević yesStadion JugoslavijeSK LjubljanaLjubljanaKingdom of Yugoslavia Nedeljko Buljević yesStadion ob Tyrševi cestiSlavijaSarajevoKingdom of Yugoslavia Branimir Porobić 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 main WDL Q y 2 HŠK HAŠK BSK BSK GRZ Građanski Zagreb BASK BASK SLA Slavija Sarajevo JUG SK Jugoslavija HAJ Hajduk Split JED SK Jedinstvo LJU SK Ljubljana CON Concordia 12 2 4 40 20 C 11 4 3 45 25 11 3 4 54 23 8 2 8 36 33 7 4 7 25 28 6 5 7 26 21 6 5 7 31 38 4 4 10 13 36 3 5 10 24 42 4 2 12 24 52 R complete rsssf.org Results main FBR grey BAS BSK CON GRA HAJ HŠK JED JUG LJU SLA HAŠK 1–2 2–2 2–0 4–1 1–1 6–1 4–0 3–0 4–1 BSK 4–1 0–2 2–1 1–1 3–0 4–0 2–0 5–3 6–1 Građanski Zagreb 3–0 1–3 9–2 0–0 3–2 3–2 6–0 5–1 5–1 BASK 1–2 2–4 2–5 2–0 1–0 3–3 2–1 6–2 6–0 Slavija Sarajevo 0–2 4–4 2–1 1–0 0–0 2–1 5–2 1–0 3–2 SK Jugoslavija 0–1 0–0 3–1 0–4 2–0 5–0 3–0 3–0 5–1 Hajduk Split 2–0 3–1 1–1 0–1 3–1 2–2 2–0 3–2 4–2 SK Jedinstvo 1–4 0–2 0–1 1–0 1–0 0–0 2–2 0–0 1–0 SK Ljubljana 0–1 2–2 1–0 0–2 2–1 3–0 2–2 2–2 2–2 Concordia 1–2 3–0 1–6 1–1 1–3 1–0 1–0 1–2 4–2 complete DataSoccer.it Winning squad Champions: HAŠK (Coach: František Koželuh; then Zoltán Opata)http://www.exyufudbal.in.rs/statistika/prva-liga/24-prva-liga-kraljevina/329-1937-1938 https://web.archive.org/web/20180113205733/http://www.exyufudbal.in.rs/statistika/prva-liga/24-prva-liga-kraljevina/329-1937-1938 dead 13 January 2018 1937–38 Yugoslavia 11 January 2025 Ex-Yu Fudbal 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. 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 Yugoslav Cup Yugoslav League Championship Football Association of Yugoslavia References External links Yugoslavia Domestic Football Full Tables Category:Yugoslav Football Championship Yugo Category:1937–38 in Yugoslav football