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

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

.

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

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bosnia and Herzegovina , sometimes called Bosnia-Herzegovina or simply Bosnia, is a country in Southern Europe, on the Balkan Peninsula. Bordered by Croatia to the north, west and south, Serbia to the east, and Montenegro to the southeast, Bosnia and Herzegovina is almost landlocked, except for the...

, Croatia

Croatia

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, Montenegro

Montenegro

Montenegro Montenegrin: Crna Gora Црна Гора , meaning "Black Mountain") is a country located in Southeastern Europe. It has a coast on the Adriatic Sea to the south-west and is bordered by Croatia to the west, Bosnia and Herzegovina to the northwest, Serbia to the northeast and Albania to the...

, Macedonia

Republic of Macedonia

Macedonia , officially the Republic of Macedonia , is a country located in the central Balkan peninsula in Southeast Europe. It is one of the successor states of the former Yugoslavia, from which it declared independence in 1991...

, Serbia

Serbia

Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...

 and Slovenia

Slovenia

Slovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in Central and Southeastern Europe touching the Alps and bordering the Mediterranean. Slovenia borders Italy to the west, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north, and also has a small portion of...

, one team representing the autonomous region within Serbia, Vojvodina

Vojvodina

Vojvodina, officially called Autonomous Province of Vojvodina is an autonomous province of Serbia. Its capital and largest city is Novi Sad...

, and the final team being the Yugoslav People's Army (Jugoslovenska Narodna Armija

Yugoslav People's Army

The Yugoslav People's Army , also referred to as the Yugoslav National Army , was the military of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.-Origins:The origins of the JNA can...

) football team.

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
  Stjepan Bobek
  Stjepan Bobek was a football striker from Yugoslavia, and later a football manager. An ethnic Croat, Bobek started playing at a very young age and had spells with several clubs in Zagreb but is mainly remembered for his time at the Serbian side Partizan Belgrade, where he moved to following the...
  
   (JNA
  Yugoslav People's Army
  The Yugoslav People's Army , also referred to as the Yugoslav National Army , was the military of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.-Origins:The origins of the JNA can...
  
  ) - 8 goals from 3 matches

Champions

SERBIA (coach: Svetozar Glišović)

Srđan Mrkušić
Ljubomir Lovrić

Ljubomir Lovric

Ljubomir Lovrić was a Serbian football goalkeeper and later a football manager.-Career:...

Miomir Petrović
Miodrag Jovanović

Miodrag Jovanovic (footballer born 1922)

Miodrag Jovanović was a Serbian footballer who was part of the Yugoslav squad at the 1950 FIFA World Cup. He was born in Belgrade.-External links:*...

Ćirić
Filipović
M. Krstić
Branko Stanković
Domacin
Đurđević
Tomašević
Jovan Jezerkić

Jovan Jezerkić

Jovan Jezerkić is a former Serbian football striker who played for the Yugoslav national team. He was also one of the first players to have played for the both Belgrade rivals: Red Star and Partizan....

Rajko Mitić

Rajko Mitic

Rajko Mitić was a Serbian football player and coach. Mitić was born in the village Dolac, Bela Palanka in the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes...

Nikola Perlić
Panic
Sapinac
Pecencic
Horvatinovic
Savic
D. Jovanovic

See also

• Yugoslav Cup
  Yugoslav Cup
  The Yugoslav Cup, officially the Marshal Tito Cup, was one of two major football competitions in the former Yugoslavia, the other one being the Yugoslav League Championship. The Yugoslav Cup took place after the league championships when every competitive league in Yugoslavia had finished, in order...
  
  
• Yugoslav League Championship
• Football Association of Yugoslavia
  Football Association of Yugoslavia
  The Football Association of Yugoslavia was the governing body of football in Yugoslavia, based in Belgrade, with a major administrative branch in Zagreb....
  
  

External links

• Yugoslavia Domestic Football Full Tables