The 1937–38 Yugoslav Football Championship officially called State Championship (

Serbo-Croatian Serbo-Croatian ( / ), also known as Bosnian-Croatian-Montenegrin-Serbian (BCMS), is a South Slavic language and the primary language of Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Montenegro. It is a pluricentric language with four mutually i ...

and Slovene: ''Državno prvenstvo''; sr-Cyrl, Државно првенство), was the 15th season of the main

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competition in the

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. The defending champions were Građanski Zagreb, who finished third. The season was won by their cross-city rivals

HAŠK HAŠK (full name Hrvatski akademski športski klub, ) was a Croatian football club established in Zagreb in 1903. The club was one of the most successful sides in Zagreb and the Kingdom of Yugoslavia in the period between the two World Wars. The ...

. This was their first and only Yugoslav league title before the outbreak of

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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'' ;Managerial changes during season: *Hajduk Split – Karel Senecký replaced by Illés Spitz *SK Jugoslavija –

Franjo Giller Franjo Giler (1 September 1907 – 20 December 1943) was a Yugoslav footballer. He was part of Yugoslavia's team at the 1928 Summer Olympics. Club career Born in Sremska Mitrovica,

replaced by Božidar Đorđević *HAŠK – František Koželuh replaced by Zoltán Opata

League table

Results

Winning squad

Champions:

(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 Pleše (3) *FW –

Ico Hitrec Ivan "Ico" Hitrec (13 April 1911 – 11 October 1946) was a Croatian and Yugoslav football player. He was the first technical officer and in his office in the Zagreb power-works in Gundulićeva Street, the best players from Građanski met and d ...

(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 Ivan "Ivica" Medarić (7 November 1912 – 30 November 1990) was a Croatian footballer who played in top league clubs in Yugoslavia and in the Yugoslavia national team. Playing career Club Born in Sisak,

(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 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 ...

(BSK) *10 goals –

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 ...

(Građanski) *9 goals –

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) *8 goals – Ratko Kacian (HAŠK), Aleksandar Tomašević (BASK)

References

External links

Yugoslavia Domestic Football Full Tables
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