1945 Yugoslav Football Tournament
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) football team.
Cup
Quarter finals
Serbia | 2 - 0 | Montenegro |
Croatia | 6 - 1 | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Vojvodina | 3 - 1 | Macedonia |
JNA | 8 - 2 | Slovenia |
Semi finals
Serbia | 3 - 1 | Croatia |
JNA | 4 - 3 | Vojvodina |
Finals
Serbia | 1 - 0 | JNA |
- competition top scorer: Stjepan Bobek (JNA) - 8 goals from 3 matches
Champions
SERBIA (coach: Svetozar Glišović)
Srđan Mrkušić
Ljubomir Lovrić
Miomir Petrović
Miodrag Jovanović
Ćirić
Filipović
M. Krstić
Branko Stanković
Domacin
Đurđević
Tomašević
Jovan Jezerkić
Rajko Mitić
Nikola Perlić
Panić
Momčilo Šapinac
Pečenčić
Đura Horvatinović
Savić
D. Jovanović