1948–49 Yugoslav First League
| Season | 1948–49 | 
|---|---|
| Champions | Partizan (2nd title) | 
| Relegated | Sloga Ponziana  | 
| Top goalscorer | Frane Matošić (17) | 
← 1947–48  1950 →   | |
League table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Relegation | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Partizan (C) | 18 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 39 | 14 | 2.786 | 29 | |
| 2 | Red Star Belgrade | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 37 | 19 | 1.947 | 26 | |
| 3 | Hajduk Split | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 41 | 20 | 2.050 | 25 | |
| 4 | Dinamo Zagreb | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 29 | 25 | 1.160 | 19 | |
| 5 | Naša Krila | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 32 | 28 | 1.143 | 16 | |
| 6 | Budućnost | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 29 | 36 | 0.806 | 16 | |
| 7 | Metalac Belgrade | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 31 | 34 | 0.912 | 14 | |
| 8 | Lokomotiva | 18 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 23 | 38 | 0.605 | 13 | |
| 9 | Sloga Novi Sad (R) | 18 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 17 | 31 | 0.548 | 12 | Relegation to Yugoslav Second League[a] | 
| 10 | Ponziana (R) | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 45 | 0.267 | 10 | 
Source: rsssf.org
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal average.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal average.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
- ^ Ponziana Trieste stopped competing in the Yugoslav League system after the 1948–49 season .
 
Results
Winning squad
| Player | League | |
|---|---|---|
| Matches | Goals | |
| Kiril Simonovski | 18 | 4 | 
| Miomir Petrović | 18 | 0 | 
| Stjepan Bobek | 17 | 13 | 
| Miodrag Jovanović | 17 | 0 | 
| Franjo Šoštarić (goalkeeper) | 17 | 0 | 
| Aleksandar Atanacković | 15 | 3 | 
| Lajoš Jakovetić | 15 | 1 | 
| Zvonko Strnad | 14 | 3 | 
| Zlatko Čajkovski | 14 | 0 | 
| Marko Valok | 11 | 11 | 
| Ratko Čolić | 9 | 0 | 
| Vladimir Firm | 9 | 0 | 
| Momčilo Radunović | 8 | 1 | 
| Božidar Senčar | 7 | 2 | 
| Božidar Drenovac | 4 | 0 | 
| Prvoslav Mihajlović | 3 | 1 | 
| Rajko Grčević (goalkeeper) | 1 | 0 | 
| Stevan Jakuš | 1 | 0 | 
| Coach: Illés Spitz | ||
Top scorers
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals | 
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hajduk Split | 16 | |
| 2 | Red Star | 15 | |
| 3 | Partizan | 13 | |
| 4 | Dinamo Zagreb | 12 | |
| 5 | Dinamo Zagreb | 11 | |
| Partizan | 
Cup
Round of Sixteen
Partizan Beograd 1 - 0 FK Sarajevo
Hajduk Split x - x X
X x - x X
X x - x X
X x - x X
X x - x X
Nasa Krila Zemun x - x X
Crvena Zvezda Beograd x - x X
Quarter finals
Crvena Zvezda Beograd x - x X
Partizan Beograd 4 - 2 Hajduk Split
X x - x X
Nasa Krila Zemun x - x X
Semi finals
Crvena Zvezda Beograd 2 - 1 Partizan
Nasa Krila Zemun x - x X
Finals
Nasa Krila Zemun 2 - 3 Crvena Zvezda
Stadium: Stadium JNA
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Podupski (Zagreb)
Nasa Krila: Popadić, Filipović, Jovanović, Kobe, Zvekanović, Adamović, A.Panić, Lenko Grčić, Popović, Zlatković, Borović
Crvena Zvezda: Srđan Mrkušić, Branko Stanković, Mladen Kašanin, Bela Palfi, Milivoje Đurđević, Predrag Đajić, Tihomir Ognjanov, Rajko Mitić, Kosta Tomašević, Josip Takač, Branislav Vukosavljević
See also
- 1948–49 Yugoslav Second League
 - Yugoslav Cup
 - Yugoslav League Championship
 - Football Association of Yugoslavia