The 1937–38 Yugoslav Football Championship officially called State Championship (Serbo-Croatian and Slovene: Državno prvenstvo; ), was the 15th season of the main association football competition in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.
The defending champions were Građanski Zagreb, who finished third. The season was won by their cross-city rivals HAŠK. This was their first and only Yugoslav league title before the outbreak of World War II 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 Team City Managers GroundBASKBelgrade BSKBeograd ConcordiaZagreb & Božidar RalićStadion ConcordijeGrađanskiZagreb Stadion GrađanskogHajdukSplit Stari placHAŠKZagreb Stadion HAŠKSK JedinstvoBelgrade Stadion JedinstvaSK JugoslavijaBelgrade Stadion JugoslavijeSK LjubljanaLjubljana Stadion ob Tyrševi cestiSlavijaSarajevo
Managerial changes during season Hajduk Split – Karel Senecký replaced by Illés Spitz SK Jugoslavija – Franjo Giller replaced by Božidar Đorđević HAŠK – František Koželuh replaced by Zoltán Opata
League table
Results
Winning squad Champions: HAŠK (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 (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 (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 (BSK) 10 goals – Milan Antolković (Građanski) 9 goals – Ratomir Čabrić (BASK) 8 goals – Ratko Kacian (HAŠK), Aleksandar Tomašević (BASK)
See also Yugoslav Cup Yugoslav League Championship Football Association of Yugoslavia
References
External links Yugoslavia Domestic Football Full Tables