The 1938–39 Yugoslav Football Championship (
Serbo-Croato-Slovenian: Državno prvenstvo 1938/39 / Државно првенство 1938/39) was the 16th season of
Kingdom of Yugoslavia
The Kingdom of Yugoslavia ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Kraljevina Jugoslavija, Краљевина Југославија; sl, Kraljevina Jugoslavija) was a state in Southeast Europe, Southeast and Central Europe that existed from 1918 unt ...
's premier
football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...
competition.
League
Results
Winning squad
Champions:
BSK Belgrade
OFK Beograd ( sr-Cyrl, ОФК Београд – Омладински фудбалски клуб Београд, English: ''Belgrade Youth Football Club'') is a Serbian professional football club based in Belgrade, more precisely in Karaburma, ...
(coach:
Antal Nemes)
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Anton Puhar
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Srđan Mrkušić
Srđan Mrkušić (May 26, 1915 – October 30, 2007) was a Serbian football goalkeeper, legendary "third back" and forestry engineer.
With a long professional football career that spanned more than two decades, he is known for representing Yugosl ...
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Đorđe Stoiljković Đorđe ( sr-Cyrl, Ђорђе;transliterated Djordje) is a Serbian given name, a Serbian variant, derived from Greek '' Georgios'' (''George'' in English). Other variants include: Đurđe, Đurađ, Đura, Đuro, Georgije. It may refer to:
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Ernest Dubac
Ernest Dubac (15 February 1914 – 27 February 1985) was a Croatian and Yugoslav professional football player and football manager.
Club career
Born in Osijek, Dubac started his career with Hajduk Osijek before moving to JŠK Slavija Osijek. ...
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Petar Manola
Petar Manola (; born 28 February 1918 – 2004) was a Bosnian Serb footballer who played as a midfielder.
Club career
Born in Jajce, Bosnia and Herzegovina, then still part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, he started his career in Slavija ...
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Bruno Knežević
Bruno Knežević (12 March 1915 – 26 March 1982) was a Croatian footballer. He was president of the Football Federation of Croatia, a subassociation of the Football Federation of Yugoslavia, from 1968 to 1971.
International career
He made h ...
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Prvoslav Dragićević
Prvoslav Dragićević (Serbian Cyrillic: Првослав Дpaгићeвић, March 4, 1914 – December 27, 1974) was a Serbian football manager and former player.
Playing career
Club career
Dragićević played at SK Jedinstvo Beograd and B ...
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Gustav Lechner
Gustav Lechner (17 February 1913 – 5 February 1987) was a footballer who represented both the Yugoslavian and Croatian national sides.
Club career
Born in Osijek and nicknamed ''Lembika'',
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Svetislav Glišović
Svetislav Glišović (Serbian Cyrillic: Светислав Глишовић; 17 September 1913 – 10 March 1988) was a Serbian international football player and manager.
Club career
Glišović played in the youth team of SK Soko before becomin ...
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Đorđe Vujadinović
Đorđe "Đokica Nosonja" Vujadinović (Serbian Cyrillic: Ђорђе Вујадиновић; 29 November 1909 – 5 October 1990) was a Serbian international football player and manager.
Career
He was born in Kolari, a suburb of Smederevo, but s ...
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Svetislav Valjarević
Svetislav Valjarević (; 9 July 1911 – 22 September 1996) was a Serbian footballer.
Career
He started playing in the youth team of BSK Belgrade, however when he graduated the Military Academy, he was sent to service to Zagreb in 1930 where he j ...
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Milorad Nikolić
Milorad Nikolić (Serbian Cyrillic: Милорад Николић; 23 July 1920 – 12 September 2006) was a Serbian football player.
Born in Belgrade, Kingdom of Yugoslavia, he is remembered as one of the most talented young players that played ...
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Vojin Božović
Vojin "Škoba" Božović (Cyrillic: Војин Божовић; 1 January 1913 – 19 April 1983) was a Yugoslav and Montenegrin football player and manager.
Playing career Club
He was among the best players in the history of Montenegro and one ...
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Dobrivoje Zečević
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Jan Podhradski
Jan, JaN or JAN may refer to:
Acronyms
* Jackson, Mississippi (Amtrak station), US, Amtrak station code JAN
* Jackson-Evers International Airport, Mississippi, US, IATA code
* Jabhat al-Nusra (JaN), a Syrian militant group
* Japanese Article Numb ...
Top scorers
Final goalscoring position, number of goals, player/players and club.
Gola istina: kraljevi strelaca
by Živko Bojanić, pag. 46
*1 - 22 goals - August Lešnik
August Lešnik (; 16 July 1914 in Zagreb – 24 February 1992 in Zagreb) was a Croatian footballer. Lešnik played most of his club football for Građanski Zagreb. In 1941 he was the Croatian First League's top scorer while playing for Građansk ...
(Građanski Zagreb)
*2 - 20 goals - Frane Matošić
Frane Matošić (25 November 1918 – 29 October 2007) was a Croatian football player and coach who played as a striker. He is regarded as one of Hajduk Split's greatest players and he is the club's all-time leading goalscorer.
Playing career ...
(Hajduk Split)
*3 - 15 goals - Aleksandar Petrović (Jugoslavija)
See also
*Yugoslav Cup
The Yugoslav Cup ( hr, Pokal Jugoslavije; sr, Куп Југославије; sl, Pokal Jugoslavije, mk, Куп на Југославија), officially known between 1923 and 1940 as the King Alexander Cup ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, Kup kralja Aleksandra, ...
*Yugoslav League Championship
The Yugoslav First Federal Football League (Serbian: Прва савезна лига у фудбалу / ''Prva savezna liga u fudbalu'', hr, Prva savezna liga u nogometu, sl, Prva zvezna nogometna liga, mk, Прва сојузна лига, ...
*Football Association of Yugoslavia
The Football Association of Yugoslavia (FSJ) ( sr, Фудбалски савез Југославије, Fudbalski savez Jugoslavije, hr, Nogometni savez Jugoslavije; bs, Fudbalski savez Jugoslavije; sl, Nogometna zveza Jugoslavije; mk, Фуд ...
References
External links
Yugoslavia Domestic Football Full Tables
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Yugoslav Football Championship
Yugo
The Yugo (), also marketed as the Zastava Koral (, sr-Cyrl, Застава Корал) and Yugo Koral, is a subcompact car, subcompact hatchback formerly manufactured by Zastava Automobiles, at the time a Yugoslavia, Yugoslav corporation.
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1938–39 in Yugoslav football