Yugoslav Football Championship List of Serbian football champions

this period dominated 2 clubs, serbian bsk , croatian građanski, both of won 5 titles each. followed croatian side hajduk split, , serbian side jugoslavija, each 2 titles. beside them, croatian clubs concordia , haŠk won 1 championship. geographically, belgrade , zagreb dominated period 7 titles each, split taking one.

in total, title won hajduk split made difference, making croatian teams win 1 more title serbian ones, croatia having 8 titles, , serbia 7. no surprise, football in croatia had been more developed, has been introduced earlier in serbia, while zagreb , split still part of austro-hungarian empire, known @ time central european school, worldwide avant-garde of football. in comparison, football in serbia introduced bit latter, brought students coming austro-hungarian urban centers vienna, budapest, prague or zagreb football developed sport. despite fact, period marked immediate appearance of growing rivalry between croatian , serbian clubs championship on national level begin in 1923.

although on continental level yugoslav clubs had been inferior in clashes against stronger central european clubs in mitropa cup, being eliminated in first rounds, late 1930s građanski , bsk managed make better performances reaching intermediate stages of competition.

because zagreb more developed city regarding football organisation, yugoslav football association formed there in 1919, belgrade country capital, fa moved in 1930 after major insistence belgrade football subassociation. led boycott on behalf of zagreb football subassociation refused send players, majority in national team prior event, represent yugoslavia @ 1930 fifa world cup. so, national team, formed domestic players playing in belgrade-based clubs impressed reaching semi-finals, making first major result national team @ international level.

regarding players in league, serbian clubs dominated in top-scorer statistic, season top-scorer playing on 11 out of 17 occasions in serbian club, other 6 being players croatian-based clubs. period marked fact major clubs made effort bring experienced foreign coaches (some coaches/players) czechoslovakia, austria, hungary , england. there number of foreign players, central european countries more technically , tactically skilled, although domestic players progressively substantially improved quality time. in 1924 bsk brought first foreign professional footballers when brought rudolf wetzer , dezideriu laki romania.