1945 Yugoslav Football Tournament

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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

Vojvodina, and the final team being the Yugoslav People's Army (Jugoslovenska Narodna Armija
, JNA) football team.

Cup

Quarter finals

Serbia Socialist Republic of Serbia 2 - 0 Montenegro Socialist Republic of Montenegro
Croatia Socialist Republic of Croatia 6 - 1 Bosnia and Herzegovina Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Vojvodina Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 3 - 1 Macedonia Socialist Republic of Macedonia
JNA Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 8 - 2 Slovenia Socialist Republic of Slovenia

Semi finals

Serbia Socialist Republic of Serbia 3 - 1 Croatia Socialist Republic of Croatia
JNA Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 4 - 3 Vojvodina Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

Finals

Serbia Socialist Republic of Serbia 1 - 0 JNA Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

Champions

SERBIA

(Coach:

Svetozar Glišović
)

Miodrag Jovanović
Milovan Ćirić (c)
Ljubiša Filipović
Milan Krstić
Branko Stanković
Radovan Domaćin
Milivoje Đurđević
Kosta Tomašević
Jovan Jezerkić
Rajko Mitić
Nikola Perlić

Aleksandar Panić
Momčilo Šapinac
Vladimir Pečenčić
Đura Horvatinović
Miodrag Savić
D. Jovanović

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