1937–38 Yugoslav Football Championship

The 1937–38 Yugoslav Football Championship officially called State Championship (Serbo-Croatian and Slovene: Državno prvenstvo; ), 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

• Hajduk Split – Karel Senecký replaced by Illés Spitz
• SK Jugoslavija – Franjo Giller replaced by Božidar Đorđević
• HAÅ K – FrantiÅ¡ek Koželuh replaced by Zoltán Opata

League table

Results

Winning squad

Champions: HAŠK (Coach: František Koželuh; then Zoltán Opata)

• 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 PleÅ¡e (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 LeÅ¡nik (Građanski)
• 14 goals – Ivan Hitrec (HAÅ K)
• 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 (HAÅ K), Aleksandar TomaÅ¡ević (BASK)

See also

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

References

External links

• Yugoslavia Domestic Football Full Tables