The 1923 National Championship ( Serbo-Croato-Slovenian: Državno prvenstvo 1923. / Државно првенство 1923.) held in the

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was the first nationwide domestic football competition. At this point there was no league championship in the modern sense as the competition was held in a single-legged cup format, with participating clubs qualifying via regional playoffs organised by the existing 6 regional football subfederations.

Qualified clubs

* JSD Bačka (''Subotica Football Subassociation'') * Građanski Zagreb (''Zagreb Football Subassociation'') *

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(''Split Football Subassociation'') *

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(''Ljubljana Football Subassociation'') * SK Jugoslavija Belgrade (''Belgrade Football Subassociation'') * SAŠK Sarajevo (''Sarajevo Football Subassociation'')

Tournament

Quarter finals

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Semi finals

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Final

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Winning squad

Champions: HŠK Građanski (coach:

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) *

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*Fritz Ferderber *Miho Remec *Jaroslav Schiffer *

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*Stjepan Pasinek *Antun Pavleković *Franjo Mantler *

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*Bela Šefer *Stebl *Gec

Top scorers

Final goalscoring position, number of goals, player/players and club.Gola istina: kraljevi strelaca
by Živko Bojanić, pag. 14 *1 - 4 goals - Dragan Jovanović (Jugoslavija) *2 - 3 goals - Jakupec (SAŠK) *3 - 2 goals - Franz Mantler,

(all Građanski Zagreb), Nedžad Sulejmanpašić and Dragutin Sieber (SAŠK)

References

External links

Yugoslavia Domestic Football Full TablesSerbian Digital Library (Newspaper Politika: Archive (1904-1941)
{{1923–24 in European football (UEFA) 1 Yugoslav Football Championship