The 1946–47 Yugoslav First League season was the first season of the First Federal League (), the top level association football competition of SFR Yugoslavia, which ended the six-year period in which national football competitions were suspended due to World War II. It was also the first season in which the Football Association of Yugoslavia (FSJ) introduced the modern league system which included promotion and relegation between tiers of the football pyramid, as pre-war national championships held between 1927 and 1940 during Kingdom of Yugoslavia employed either a play-off tournament or a mini league format contested by regional champions.
In 1946 both the First and Second Leagues began to use a season long derby to determine the league champion, and an elimination cup to feature a secondary cup champion. With Partizan dominating the league, and then winning the cup shortly after, they are the first ever "double champion" of the Yugoslav First League.
Teams Team Location Federal Republic Method of qualification14. OktobarNiš PR SerbiaSerbian championship runners-upBudućnostTitograd PR MontenegroMontenegrin championship winnersDinamo ZagrebZagreb PR CroatiaCroatian championship runners-upHajduk SplitSplit PR CroatiaCroatian championship winnersKvarnerRijeka Istrian Zone BIstrian-Fiuman play-off winnersLokomotivaZagreb PR CroatiaCroatian championship third place; play-off runners-upMetalacBelgrade PR SerbiaSerbian championship third place; play-off winnersNaftaLendava PR SloveniaSlovenian championship winnersPartizanBelgrade PR SerbiaQualified directly, representing the Yugoslav People's ArmyPobedaSkopje PR MacedoniaMacedonian championship winnersPonzianaTrieste Free Territory of TriesteQualified directly, representing Free Territory of TriesteRed StarBelgrade PR SerbiaSerbian championship winnersSpartakSubotica PR SerbiaVojvodina championship winnersŽeljezničarSarajevo PR Bosnia and HerzegovinaBosnia and Herzegovina championship winners
Notes During the season, FK Železničar Niš merged with two other Niš-based clubs, Jedinstvo and Radnički, to form 14. Oktobar.
League table
Results
Top scorers RankPlayerClubGoals1 Franjo WölflDinamo Zagreb282 Stjepan BobekPartizan263 Kosta TomaševićRed Star16 Frane MatošićHajduk Split5 Antun HabićLokomotiva (8) / Budućnost (7)156 Dragan GeorgijevskiPobeda Skopje147 Jovan JezerkićRed Star138 Franjo RupnikPartizan12 Josip PrčićSpartak Subotica Aleksandar Petrović14. Oktobar
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