1946–47 Yugoslav First League

The 1946–47 Yugoslav First League season was the first season of the First Federal League (Serbo-Croatian Latin: Prva savezna liga), the top level association football competition of SFR Yugoslavia, which ended the six-year period in which national football competitions were suspended due to World War II. It was also the first season in which the Football Association of Yugoslavia (FSJ) introduced the modern league system which included promotion and relegation between tiers of the football pyramid, as pre-war national championships held between 1927 and 1940 during Kingdom of Yugoslavia employed either a play-off tournament or a mini league format contested by regional champions.

Prva savezna liga

Season	1946–47
Champions	Partizan (1st title)
Relegated	Kvarner Budućnost Željezničar 14. Oktobar Nafta
Top goalscorer	Franjo Wölfl (28)^[1]
← 1939–40 1947–48 →

In 1946 both the First and Second Leagues began to use a season long derby to determine the league champion, and an elimination cup to feature a secondary cup champion. With Partizan dominating the league, and then winning the cup shortly after, they are the first ever "double champion" of the Yugoslav First League.

Teams

Team	Location	Federal Republic	Method of qualification^[2]
14. Oktobar^[A]	Niš	PR Serbia	Serbian championship runners-up
Budućnost	Titograd	PR Montenegro	Montenegrin championship winners
Dinamo Zagreb	Zagreb	PR Croatia	Croatian championship runners-up
Hajduk Split	Split	PR Croatia	Croatian championship winners
Kvarner	Rijeka	Istrian Zone B	Istrian-Fiuman play-off winners
Lokomotiva	Zagreb	PR Croatia	Croatian championship third place; play-off runners-up
Metalac	Belgrade	PR Serbia	Serbian championship third place; play-off winners
Nafta	Lendava	PR Slovenia	Slovenian championship winners
Partizan	Belgrade	PR Serbia	Qualified directly, representing the Yugoslav People's Army
Pobeda	Skopje	PR Macedonia	Macedonian championship winners
Ponziana	Trieste	Free Territory of Trieste	Qualified directly, representing Free Territory of Trieste
Red Star	Belgrade	PR Serbia	Serbian championship winners
Spartak	Subotica	PR Serbia	Vojvodina championship winners
Željezničar	Sarajevo	PR Bosnia and Herzegovina	Bosnia and Herzegovina championship winners

Notes

• ^A During the season, FK Železničar Niš merged with two other Niš-based clubs, Jedinstvo and Radnički, to form 14. Oktobar.^[2]

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation
1	Partizan Belgrade (C)	26	23	1	2	77	17	+60	47
2	Dinamo Zagreb	26	19	4	3	81	26	+55	42
3	Red Star Belgrade	26	18	2	6	66	23	+43	38
4	Hajduk Split	26	16	4	6	57	21	+36	36
5	Metalac Belgrade	26	13	3	10	40	35	+5	29
6	Spartak Subotica	26	11	6	9	40	34	+6	28
7	Lokomotiva Zagreb	26	10	4	12	34	43	−9	24
8	Pobeda Skopje	26	8	6	12	41	49	−8	22	Readmitted
9	Kvarner Rijeka (R)	26	7	7	12	27	42	−15	21	Relegation to Yugoslav Second League
10	Budućnost Titograd (R)	26	7	6	13	44	54	−10	20
11	Ponziana Trieste (T)	26	9	2	15	35	50	−15	20	Readmitted^[a]
12	Željezničar Sarajevo (R)	26	7	4	15	31	54	−23	18	Relegation to Yugoslav Second League
13	14. Oktobar Niš (R)	26	4	5	17	26	76	−50	13
14	Nafta Lendava (R)	26	3	0	23	13	88	−75	6

Source: RSSSF
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated; (T) Qualified, but not yet for the particular phase indicated
Notes:

1. Ponziana was relegated and later readmitted to First League for political reasons against Italy.

Results

Home \ Away	OKT	BUD	DIN	HAJ	KVA	LOK	MET	NAF	PAR	POB	PON	RSB	SPA	ŽEL
14. Oktobar Niš		2–1	1–2	0–4	1–1	2–1	0–0	0–1	1–10	2–2	2–2	0–5	2–1	2–2
Budućnost	3–1		2–2	0–5	5–1	1–1	1–2	9–0	0–3	3–3	2–1	0–1	3–0	2–0
Dinamo Zagreb	3–1	7–1		0–1	2–1	4–0	3–1	3–0	4–2	5–0	5–2	2–2	3–0	9–1
Hajduk Split	4–0	1–1	2–1		1–0	4–0	2–0	3–0	0–1	3–2	3–2	5–0	5–0	3–0
Kvarner Rijeka	2–1	2–2	1–3	1–1		0–5	1–1	4–1	0–3	3–0	3–0	0–2	0–0	0–0
Lokomotiva	2–0	2–0	1–2	0–0	3–1		1–0	3–1	1–1	2–0	2–2	0–1	2–0	0–3
Metalac Belgrade	2–0	1–0	0–5	1–2	0–1	2–0		3–0	0–2	4–1	3–1	1–0	2–2	4–1
Nafta Lendava	0–3	2–0	0–6	1–3	0–3	0–3	1–3		0–2	1–2	0–3	0–3	0–6	2–1
Partizan	5–1	6–1	5–1	2–0	5–0	4–0	2–1	3–0		1–0	2–1	3–4	1–0	3–0
Pobeda Skopje	4–3	1–1	0–0	1–1	2–0	3–0	1–2	6–0	2–3		3–1	1–4	2–0	2–1
Ponziana	5–1	0–3	0–4	1–0	1–0	0–4	3–0	3–0	0–2	3–1		0–1	1–2	2–1
Red Star	8–0	3–1	0–1	2–1	2–0	4–0	1–3	6–0	0–1	3–0	5–0		0–0	6–1
Spartak Subotica	3–0	4–0	1–1	2–1	1–1	4–0	4–2	4–3	0–1	2–1	1–0	1–3		0–0
Željezničar	3–0	3–2	1–3	3–2	0–1	4–1	0–2	3–0	0–4	1–1	0–1	2–0	0–2

Source: DataSoccer.it
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Franjo Wölfl	Dinamo Zagreb	28
2	Stjepan Bobek	Partizan	26
3	Kosta Tomašević	Red Star	16
	Frane Matošić	Hajduk Split
5	Antun Habić	Lokomotiva (8) / Budućnost (7)	15
6	Dragan Georgijevski	Pobeda Skopje	14
7	Jovan Jezerkić	Red Star	13
8	Franjo Rupnik	Partizan	12
	Josip Prčić	Spartak Subotica
	Aleksandar Petrović	14. Oktobar

References

1. "Yugoslavia/Serbia – List of Topscorers". rsssf.org. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
2. "Yugoslavia 1946/47". rsssf.org. Retrieved 3 February 2023.