In 1945, in the still existing Democratic Federal Yugoslavia, football once again began to be played nationally after a six-year hiatus due to World War II.
The first post-war national tournament was a hastily organized week-long competition in cup format from September 3 until September 9, 1945. Each federal unit (socialist republic) within FPR Yugoslavia gathered a representative team. There were six teams representing Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, Macedonia, Serbia and Slovenia, one team representing the autonomous region within Serbia, Vojvodina, and the final team being the Yugoslav People's Army (Jugoslovenska Narodna Armija, JNA) football team.
Cup
Quarter finals Serbia 2 - 0Montenegro Croatia 6 - 1Bosnia and Herzegovina Vojvodina 3 - 1Macedonia JNA 8 - 2Slovenia
Semi finals Serbia 3 - 1Croatia JNA 4 - 3Vojvodina
Finals Serbia 1 - 0JNA
competition top scorer: Stjepan Bobek (JNA) - 8 goals from 3 matches
Champions SERBIA
(Coach: Svetozar Glišović)
Srđan MrkušićLjubomir LovrićMiomir PetrovićMiodrag JovanovićMilovan Ćirić (c)Ljubiša FilipovićMilan KrstićBranko StankovićRadovan DomaćinMilivoje ĐurđevićKosta TomaševićJovan JezerkićRajko MitićNikola PerlićAleksandar PanićMomčilo ŠapinacVladimir PečenčićĐura HorvatinovićMiodrag SavićD. Jovanović
See also Yugoslav Cup Yugoslav League Championship Football Association of Yugoslavia
External links Yugoslavia Domestic Football Full Tables