The 1949 Yugoslav First Basketball League season is the 5th season of the

Yugoslav First Basketball League The First Federal Basketball League () was the highest tier level men's professional club basketball competition in the former country of Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, SFR Yugoslavia. Founded in 1945, and folded in 1992 (1991–92 YU ...

, the highest professional basketball league in

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. It was the first time the competition was held as a traditional

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with every team playing every other team twice, home and away. In previous years, the competition had been held as a tournament in a single location.

Teams

Regular season

League table

Winning Roster

The winning roster of

Crvena zvezda Fudbalski klub Crvena zvezda ( sr-cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Црвена звезда, lit=Red Star Football Club), commonly referred to as Crvena zvezda () and colloquially referred to as Red Star Belgrade in anglophone media, is a ...

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Nebojša Popović Nebojša Popović ( sr-cyr, Небојша Поповић; 8 February 1923 – 20 October 2001) was a Serbian basketball player, coach and administrator. He represented the Yugoslavia national basketball team internationally. He is the basketbal ...

Tullio Rochlitzer Tullio Rochlitzer (; December 23, 1926 – August 16, 2006) was an Italian-Croatian basketball player and coach. He represented Yugoslavia national basketball team internationally. Playing career A guard, Rochlitzer played for his hometown te ...

Vasilije Stojković Vasilije "Vasa" Stojković ( sr-Cyrl, Василије Васа Стојковић; January 8, 1923 – June 25, 2008) was a Serbian sports journalist, basketball player and association football executive. Sports journalism career Stojkovic has ...

Ladislav Demšar Ladislav Demšar ( sr-Cyrl, Ладислав Демшар; March 3, 1928 – May 15, 1992) was a Yugoslav basketball player and coach. He represented the Yugoslavia national basketball team internationally. Playing career Demšar played for Eg ...

Aleksandar Gec Aleksandar Gec ( sr-cyr, Александар Гец; 3 March 1928 – 12 April 2008) was a Serbian professional basketball player, coach and administrator. He was the first basketball star of Crvena zvezda. He represented the Yugoslavia national ...

Milorad Sokolović Milorad Sokolović ( sr-cyr, Милорад Соколовић; 10 August 1922 – 26 June 1999), also known by his nickname Soko ( sr-cyr, Соко; in English ''Falcon''), was a Serbian basketball player, coach and sports journalist. He represen ...

Srđan Kalember Srđan Kalember ( sr-cyr, Срђан Калембер; June 5, 1928 – February 2, 2016), also known in France by his nickname Serge ( sr-cyr, Серж), was a Serbian professional basketball player and coach. He won 9 Yugoslav First Basketball ...

Borko Jovanović Borivoje "Borko" Jovanović ( sr-cyr, Боривоје "Борко" Јовановић) was a Serbian basketball player. He represented the Yugoslavia national basketball team internationally. Playing career Jovanović played for a Belgrade-ba ...

* Mića Marinković *

Strahinja Alagić Strahinja "Braca" Alagić ( sr-cyr, Страхиња "Браца" Алагић; 14 August 1924 – 10 October 2002) was a Serbian professional basketball player and coach. He dedicated his coaching career is the most to women's basketball. With C ...

Aleksandar Nikolić Aleksandar "Aca" Nikolić ( sr-cyr, Александар "Аца" Николић; 28 October 1924 – 12 March 2000) was a Serbian professional basketball player and coach. He was also a professor at the University of Belgrade's Faculty of S ...

Milan Bjegojević Milan "Musa" Bjegojević ( sr-cyr, Милан "Муса" Bjegojević; August 9, 1928 – October 2, 2003) was a Serbian basketball player and coach. He represented the Yugoslavia national basketball team internationally. Best known for many year ...

* Vlada Gaćinović Coach:

External links

Yugoslav First Basketball League Archive
{{Basketball in Yugoslavia

1949 Events January * January 1 – A United Nations-sponsored ceasefire brings an end to the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947. The war results in a stalemate and the division of Kashmir, which still continues as of 2025 * January 2 – Luis ...