The 1928 National Championship (Serbo-Croato-Slovenian: Državno prvenstvo 1928. / Државно првенство 1928.) proclaimed Gradanski Zagreb once again as the reigning champions, with Hajduk and BSK following closely behind.
| Season | 1928 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Građanski |
← 1927 1929 → | |
Qualifications
The champions of the Belgrade, Split and Zagreb subassociations qualified directly to the final phase, while the second place teams of Belgrade and Zagreb, along with the champions of the rest of the subassociations, played a two-legged elimination round.
The representatives were:
- Subassociation of Belgrade: SK Jugoslavija (qualified directly) and BSK Belgrade
- Subassociation of Zagreb: Građanski Zagreb (qualified directly) and HAŠK
- Subassociation of Split: Hajduk Split (qualified directly)
- Subassociation of Ljubljana: Primorje
- Subassociation of Osijek: Građanski Osijek
- Subassociation of Sarajevo: SAŠK
- Subassociation of Subotica: SAND Subotica
Qualifying round:
- BSK – Građanski Osijek 6:1, 6:1
- HAŠK – SAND 6:1, 4:2
- Primorje – SAŠK 4:3, 2:3, extra match: 2:3
The qualifiers were played in both, home and away matches, and were played on June 10 the first leg, and on June 17 the second. Primorje and SAŠK needed an extra match which was played on June 18 in Sarajevo.[1]
League
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Građanski | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 2.000 | 9 | Qualification for Mitropa Cup |
| 2 | Hajduk Split | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 1.857 | 6[a] | |
| 3 | BSK | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 15 | 0.800 | 6[a] | Qualification for Mitropa Cup |
| 4 | SAŠK | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 1.625 | 5[b] | |
| 5 | HAŠK | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 0.692 | 2 | |
| 6 | SK Jugoslavija | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 0.357 | 2 |
Notes:
Results
Winning squad
Champions:
HŠK GRAĐANSKI
- Maksimilijan Mihalčić
- Zvonimir Gmajnički
- Franz Mantler
- Rudolf Hitrec
- Pikić
- Viktor Mihaljević
- Miho Remec
- Nikola Babić
- Dragutin Babić
- Emil Perška
- Slavin Cindrić
- Franjo Giler
Top scorers
Final goalscoring position, number of goals, player/players and club.[2]
- 1 - 8 goals - Ljubo Benčić (Hajduk Split)
- 2 - 5 goals - Branko Zinaja (HAŠK)
- 3 - 3 goals - Dragutin Babić, Slavin Cindrić (both Građanski Zagreb), Kuzman Sotirović, Milorad Dragičević (both BSK Belgrade)