The 1939–40 Yugoslav Football Championship (Serbo-Croato-Slovenian: Državno prvenstvo 1939/40 / Државно првенство 1939/40) was the 17th, and last, season of Kingdom of Yugoslavia's premier football competition. The season lasted from May 2 to June 19, 1940.
The league included now two separate leagues which would function as qualifying leagues for the final stage, the Serbian Football League and the Croatian-Slovenian Football League. The top three clubs from each league will qualify for the final stage of the Yugoslav Championship. The Croatian-Slovenian League was formed by the clubs of the newly formed Banovina of Croatia and the Drava Banovina (corresponding to Slovenia and whose only participant was NK Ljubljana), while the Serbian League was formed by the rest of the Banovinas, namely the Danube, Drina, Morava, Vardar, Vrbas and Zeta ones. BSK, Slavija and Jugoslavija qualified through the Serbian one, while Građanski, Hajduk and HAŠK through the Croatian-Slovenian. At the end of the season Građanski won the national title. The Yugoslav First League continued on, soon to be renamed the Serbian First League. The split was eventually rectified with the promise of more representation for Croats and Slovenes, with the national football association being restructured as the Supreme Football Association of Yugoslavia. A short, ten-game season was played.
Having been invaded by the Axis Powers on April 6, 1941, the Kingdom of Yugoslavia was dismembered and this would be the last Yugoslav Championship. In 1940 the qualifiers for the Yugoslav Championship were played split in three qualifying leagues, the Serbian League and, instead of the Croato-Slovenian there was now a separate Croatian and Slovenian League. The three leagues were supposed to be the qualifiers for the 1940–41 Yugoslav Championship, however the championship was never played. Instead, the 1940–41 Croatian First League became the national championship of the newly created Nazi puppet state Independent State of Croatia (NDH), which enjoyed peace per se as an Axis member and continued to hold national competitions until 1944, while the Serbian Football League became the national championship of the occupied Serbia.
^Gola istina: kraljevi strelaca by Živko Bojanić, pag. 50 (in Serbian)
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Yugoslavia Domestic Football Full Tables
January 01, 1970
1939, yugoslav, football, championship, serbo, croato, slovenian, državno, prvenstvo, 1939, Државно, првенство, 1939, 17th, last, season, kingdom, yugoslavia, premier, football, competition, season, lasted, from, june, 1940, kingdom, yugoslavia, championshipse. The 1939 40 Yugoslav Football Championship Serbo Croato Slovenian Drzavno prvenstvo 1939 40 Drzhavno prvenstvo 1939 40 was the 17th and last season of Kingdom of Yugoslavia s premier football competition The season lasted from May 2 to June 19 1940 Kingdom of Yugoslavia ChampionshipSeason1939 40ChampionsGrađanski Zagreb 5th title Matches played30Goals scored111 3 7 per match Top goalscorerSvetislav Glisovic 10 1938 391946 47 The league played a contracted season In 1939 as the Second World War began in parts of Europe Croatian and Slovenian clubs began leaving the Football Association of Yugoslavia and joining the Croatian Football Federation in protest of the supposed sports centralization among Serbs in Belgrade The league included now two separate leagues which would function as qualifying leagues for the final stage the Serbian Football League and the Croatian Slovenian Football League The top three clubs from each league will qualify for the final stage of the Yugoslav Championship The Croatian Slovenian League was formed by the clubs of the newly formed Banovina of Croatia and the Drava Banovina corresponding to Slovenia and whose only participant was NK Ljubljana while the Serbian League was formed by the rest of the Banovinas namely the Danube Drina Morava Vardar Vrbas and Zeta ones BSK Slavija and Jugoslavija qualified through the Serbian one while Građanski Hajduk and HASK through the Croatian Slovenian At the end of the season Građanski won the national title The Yugoslav First League continued on soon to be renamed the Serbian First League The split was eventually rectified with the promise of more representation for Croats and Slovenes with the national football association being restructured as the Supreme Football Association of Yugoslavia A short ten game season was played Having been invaded by the Axis Powers on April 6 1941 the Kingdom of Yugoslavia was dismembered and this would be the last Yugoslav Championship In 1940 the qualifiers for the Yugoslav Championship were played split in three qualifying leagues the Serbian League and instead of the Croato Slovenian there was now a separate Croatian and Slovenian League The three leagues were supposed to be the qualifiers for the 1940 41 Yugoslav Championship however the championship was never played Instead the 1940 41 Croatian First League became the national championship of the newly created Nazi puppet state Independent State of Croatia NDH which enjoyed peace per se as an Axis member and continued to hold national competitions until 1944 while the Serbian Football League became the national championship of the occupied Serbia In 1946 the Yugoslav First League was reestablished Contents 1 Qualifiers for the final stage 2 League table of the final stage 3 Results 4 Winning squad 5 Top scorers 6 See also 7 References 8 External linksQualifiers for the final stage edit1939 40 Serbian Football League 1939 40 Croato Slovenian Football LeagueLeague table of the final stage editPos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts 1 Građanski Zagreb C 10 8 0 2 25 11 2 273 16 2 BSK Belgrade 10 7 1 2 30 7 4 286 15 3 Slavija 10 7 0 3 14 14 1 000 14 4 SK Jugoslavija 10 3 2 5 16 18 0 889 8 5 Hajduk Split 10 1 3 6 14 29 0 483 5 6 HASK 10 1 0 9 12 32 0 375 2Source rsssf orgRules for classification 1st points 2nd goal average C ChampionsResults editHome Away BSK GRA HAJ HSK JUG SLA BSK Belgrade 0 1 9 0 4 0 3 1 6 0 Građanski Zagreb 2 3 4 2 2 1 4 0 1 2 Hajduk Split 1 1 0 2 5 1 1 1 2 4 HASK 1 3 0 4 4 1 3 5 0 1 SK Jugoslavija 1 0 1 2 1 1 6 2 0 1 Slavija 0 1 2 3 2 1 1 0 1 0 Source DataSoccer itLegend Blue home team win Yellow draw Red away team win Winning squad editChampions Građanski Zagreb Player Emil Urch Miroslav Brozovic Ivan Jazbinsek Zvonimir Cimermancic Svetozar Đanic Ivan Belosevic August Lesnik Milan Antolkovic Florijan Matekalo Drago Zalant Mirko Kokotovic Manager Marton BukoviTop scorers editFinal goalscoring position number of goals player players and club 1 1 10 goals Svetislav Glisovic BSK Belgrade 2 9 goals August Lesnik Građanski Zagreb Aleksandar Petrovic Jugoslavija See also editYugoslav Cup Yugoslav League Championship Football Association of YugoslaviaReferences edit Gola istina kraljevi strelaca by Zivko Bojanic pag 50 in Serbian External links editYugoslavia Domestic Football Full Tables Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1939 40 Yugoslav Football Championship amp oldid 1216886279, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
