1946–47 Yugoslav First League

The 1946–47 Yugoslav First League season was the first season of the First Federal League (Template:Lang-sh-Latn), 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 qualification
14. Oktobar[A]	Niš	Template:Flagicon PR Serbia	Serbian championship runners-up
Budućnost	Titograd	Template:Flagicon PR Montenegro	Montenegrin championship winners
Dinamo Zagreb	Zagreb	Template:Flagicon PR Croatia	Croatian championship runners-up
Hajduk Split	Split	Template:Flagicon PR Croatia	Croatian championship winners
Kvarner	Rijeka	Template:Flagicon Istrian Zone B	Istrian-Fiuman play-off winners
Lokomotiva	Zagreb	Template:Flagicon PR Croatia	Croatian championship third place; play-off runners-up
Metalac	Belgrade	Template:Flagicon PR Serbia	Serbian championship third place; play-off winners
Nafta	Lendava	Template:Flagicon PR Slovenia	Slovenian championship winners
Partizan	Belgrade	Template:Flagicon PR Serbia	Qualified directly, representing the Yugoslav People's Army
Pobeda	Skopje	Template:Flagicon PR Macedonia	Macedonian championship winners
Ponziana	Trieste	Template:Flagicon Free Territory of Trieste	Qualified directly, representing Free Territory of Trieste
Red Star	Belgrade	Template:Flagicon PR Serbia	Serbian championship winners
Spartak	Subotica	Template:Flagicon PR Serbia	Vojvodina championship winners
Željezničar	Sarajevo	Template:Flagicon PR Bosnia and Herzegovina	Bosnia and Herzegovina championship winners

Notes

• ^A During the season, FK Železničar Niš merged with two other Niš-based clubs, Jedinstvo and Radnički, to form 14. Oktobar.

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Template:Flagicon Franjo Wölfl	Dinamo Zagreb	28
2	Template:Flagicon Stjepan Bobek	Partizan	26
3	Template:Flagicon Kosta Tomašević	Red Star	16
	Template:Flagicon Frane Matošić	Hajduk Split
5	Template:Flagicon Antun Habić	Lokomotiva (8) / Budućnost (7)	15
6	Template:Flagicon Dragan Georgijevski	Pobeda Skopje	14
7	Template:Flagicon Jovan Jezerkić	Red Star	13
8	Template:Flagicon Franjo Rupnik	Partizan	12
	Template:Flagicon Josip Prčić	Spartak Subotica
	Template:Flagicon Aleksandar Petrović	14. Oktobar