The 1936–37 Yugoslav Football Championship officially called State Championship (

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and Slovene: ''Državno prvenstvo''; sr-Cyrl, Државно првенство), was the 14th season of the main

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competition in the

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. The defending champions were

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based in the capital

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, who finished third. The season was won by Croatian club Građanski Zagreb led by Hungarian manager

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, with seven points in front of runners-up

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. This was the club's fourth Yugoslav national title, and the first one in nearly a decade, having previously won the

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and

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editions.

Teams

''As of May 1937, end of season'' ;Managerial changes during season: *Hajduk Split – Ante Blažević replaced by

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League

Results

Winning squad

Champions: Građanski Zagreb (coach: Marton Bukovi) * Emil Urch (18) * Branko Pleše (17/11) * Mirko Kokotović (17/2) * Ivan Jazbinšek (17) *Jozo Kovačević (16) * August Lešnik (15/16) * Bernard Hügl (15) *

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(14/8) * Svetozar Đanić (13/4) *

Milan Antolković Milan Antolković (; 27 September 1915 – 27 June 2007) was a Croatian and Yugoslav football player and manager. Antolković spent most of his playing career with his hometown club Građanski Zagreb in the 1930s and 1940s, with whom he won two ...

(12/7) * August Bivec (11) * Miroslav Brozović (10/2) *Franjo Cesarec (7) * Antun Pogačnik (5) *Marko Rajković (3) *August Jutt (3) *Idriz Lađarević (2) *Boris Župančič (2) *Dragutin Košutić (1)

Top scorers

Final goalscoring position, number of goals, player/players and club. *19 goals – Blagoje Marjanović (BSK) *16 goals – August Lešnik (Građanski) *12 goals – Frane Matošić (Hajduk Split), Aleksandar Petrović (Jugoslavija), Milan Rajlić (Slavija Sarajevo), Rudolf Chmelicek (Slavija Osijek) *11 goals – Branko Pleše (Građanski), Aleksandar Tomašević (BASK) *8 goals –

(Građanski), Leo Lemešić (Hajduk Split),

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 ...

(BSK), Dobrivoje Zečević (Jugoslavija),

Ratomir Čabrić Ratomir Čabrić (Serbian Cyrillic: Ратомир Чабрић; 19 September 1918 – 13 April 1990) was a Serbian football player and coach. Career Playing career Čabrić, who played as a striker, spent his professional career in Yugoslavia ...

(BASK)

References

External links

Yugoslavia Domestic Football Full Tables
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