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1937–38 Yugoslav Football Championship

Field	Value
competition	15th State Championship
season	1937–38
dates	22 August 1937 – 5 June 1938
winners	HAŠK (1st title)
league topscorer	August Lešnik (17)
matches	90
total goals	318
prevseason	1936–37
nextseason	1938–39

The 1937–38 Yugoslav Football Championship officially called State Championship (Serbo-Croatian and Slovene: Državno prvenstvo; Државно првенство), 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	Ground
BASK	Belgrade	Austria
BSK	Beograd	HUN
Concordia	Zagreb	HUN &
Kingdom of Yugoslavia Božidar Ralić	Stadion Concordije
Građanski	Zagreb	HUN	Stadion Građanskog
Hajduk	Split	HUN	Stari plac
HAŠK	Zagreb	HUN	Stadion HAŠK
SK Jedinstvo	Belgrade	Kingdom of Yugoslavia	Stadion Jedinstva
SK Jugoslavija	Belgrade	Kingdom of Yugoslavia	Stadion Jugoslavije
SK Ljubljana	Ljubljana	Kingdom of Yugoslavia	Stadion ob Tyrševi cesti
Slavija	Sarajevo	Kingdom of Yugoslavia

;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)

References

"1937–38 Yugoslavia". Ex-Yu Fudbal.

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