1926 Yugoslav Football Championship
The 1926 National Championship (
Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes. The two dominant teams of pre-World War II Yugoslav football, Jugoslavija and Građanski, began laying the foundations of the next seven decades of a deeply rooted rivalry between Zagreb and Belgrade
. Both teams dominated the competition with comfortable margins, but were quite evenly matched in the finals.
Tournament
Quarter finals
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
|---|---|---|
Građanski Zagreb
|
7–1 | Ilirija |
Bačka Subotica
|
2–12 | Jugoslavija
|
SAŠK
|
1–2 | Hajduk Split
|
Slavija Osijek
|
bye |
Semi finals
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
|---|---|---|
Građanski Zagreb
|
7–0 | Slavija Osijek
|
Jugoslavija
|
5–1 | Hajduk Split
|
Final
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
|---|---|---|
Građanski Zagreb
|
2–1 | Jugoslavija
|
Winning squad
Champions:
GRAĐANSKI ZAGREB (coach:
Imre Poszony
)
- Maksimilijan Mihalčić
- Franz Mantler
- Miho Remec
- Miroslav Arnold
- Rudolf Rupec
- Dragutin Vragović
- Géza Ábrahám
- Rudolf Hitrec
- Emil Perška
- Franjo Giler
- Luka Vidnjević
Top scorers
Final goalscoring position, number of goals, player/players and club.[1]
- 1 - 8 goals - Dušan Petković(Jugoslavija)
- 2 - 6 goals - Franjo Giler (Građanski Zagreb)
- 3 - 5 goals - Dragan Jovanović (Jugoslavija)
See also
- Yugoslav Cup
- Yugoslav League Championship
- Football Association of Yugoslavia
References
- ^ Gola istina: kraljevi strelaca by Živko Bojanić, pag. 18 (in Serbian)