Yugoslav First League

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Yugoslav First League
Founded1923; 101 years ago (1923)
Folded1992
CountryYugoslavia
ConfederationUEFA
Level on pyramid1
Relegation toYugoslav Second League
Domestic cup(s)Yugoslav Cup
International cup(s)European Cup
UEFA Cup
Last championsRed Star Belgrade
(1991–92)
Most championshipsRed Star Belgrade (19 titles)
Most appearancesSocialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Enver Marić (439)
Top goalscorerSocialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Slobodan Santrač (218)

The Yugoslav First League (Bosnian: Prva savezna liga u fudbalu, Serbian: Прва савезна лига у фудбалу, Prva savezna liga u fudbalu, Croatian: Prva savezna nogometna liga, Slovene: Prva zvezna nogometna liga, Macedonian: Прва сојузна фудбалска лига, Albanian: Liga e parë federale e futbollit, Hungarian: Első szövetségi labdarúgó-bajnokság) was the premier football league in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1918–1941) and Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1945–1992).

The First League Championship was one of two national competitions held annually in Yugoslavia, the Yugoslav Cup being the other.

The league became fully professional in 1967.[1]

Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1923–1940)

This was the first club competition on a national level for clubs from

Jugoslavija Belgrade
).

It was governed at first by the

during the World War II
.

Champions and top scorers

Season Format Champions Runners-up Top scorer(s)[4] Goals
1923 Cup tournament
(One-legged knockout; 6 clubs)
Građanski Zagreb
 (1)
SAŠK Sarajevo
Jugoslavija Beograd
) 		4
1924 Cup tournament
(One-legged knockout; 7 clubs)
Jugoslavija Beograd
 (1)
Hajduk Split
Jugoslavija Beograd
) 		6
1925 Cup tournament
(One-legged knockout; 7 clubs) 		  
Jugoslavija Beograd
   (2)
Građanski Zagreb
Jugoslavija Beograd
) 		4
1926 Cup tournament
(One-legged knockout; 7 clubs)
Građanski Zagreb
 (2)
Jugoslavija Beograd
Jugoslavija Beograd
) 		4
1927 League
(Single round-robin; 6 clubs)
Hajduk Split
 (1)
BSK Beograd
BSK Beograd
) 		6
1928 League
{Single round-robin; 6 clubs)
Građanski Zagreb
 (3)
Hajduk Split
Hajduk Split
) 		8
1929 League
(Double round-robin; 5 clubs)
Hajduk Split
 (2)
BSK Beograd
BSK Beograd
) 		10
1930 League
(Double round-robin; 6 clubs)
Concordia Zagreb
 (1) 		  
Jugoslavija Beograd
  
BSK Beograd
) 		10
1930–31 League
(Double round-robin; 6 clubs)
BSK Beograd
 (1)
Concordia Zagreb
BSK Beograd
) 		12
1931–32 Cup tournament
(Two-legged knockout; 8 clubs)
Concordia Zagreb
 (2)
Hajduk Split
Concordia Zagreb
) 		10
1932–33 League
(Double round-robin; 11 clubs)
BSK Beograd
 (2)
Hajduk Split
Hajduk Split
) 		21
1933–34 National championship was not played.
1934–35 League
(Double round-robin; 10 clubs)
BSK Beograd
 (3)
Jugoslavija Beograd
Hajduk Split
) 		18
1935–36 Cup tournament
(Two-legged knockout; 14 clubs)
BSK Beograd
 (4)
Slavija Sarajevo
BSK Beograd
) 		5
1936–37 League
(Double round-robin; 10 clubs)
Građanski Zagreb
 (4)
Hajduk Split
BSK Beograd
) 		21
1937–38 League
(Double round-robin; 10 clubs)
HAŠK Zagreb
 (1)
BSK Beograd
Građanski Zagreb
) 		17
1938–39 League
(Double round-robin; 12 clubs)
BSK Beograd
 (5)
Građanski Zagreb
Građanski Zagreb
) 		22
1939–40 League[5]
(Double round-robin; 6 clubs)
Građanski Zagreb
 (5)
BSK Beograd
BSK Beograd
) 		10

Performance by clubs

# Club Champions Runners-up
  1    BSK Beograd  5 4
2 Građanski Zagreb 5 2
3 Hajduk Split 2 5
4 Jugoslavija Beograd 2 3
5 Concordia Zagreb 2 1
6 HAŠK 1 0
7 Slavija Sarajevo 0 1
8 SAŠK Sarajevo 0 1

World War II competitions

SFR Yugoslavia (1945–1992)

Champions and top scorers

Season Champions Runners-up Third place Top scorer(s) Goals
1945 [a]
 SR Serbia (1)
JNA
 SR Croatia Stjepan Bobek (JNA) 8
1946–47 Partizan (1) Dinamo Zagreb Red Star Franjo Wölfl (Dinamo Zagreb) 28
1947–48 Dinamo Zagreb (1) Hajduk Split Partizan Franjo Wölfl (Dinamo Zagreb) 22
1948–49 Partizan (2) Red Star Hajduk Split Frane Matošić (Hajduk Split) 17
1950 Hajduk Split (1) Red Star Partizan Marko Valok (Partizan) 17
1951 Red Star (1) Dinamo Zagreb Hajduk Split Kosta Tomašević (Red Star) 16
1952 Hajduk Split (2) Red Star
Lokomotiva
 Stanoje Jocić (BSK Belgrade) 13
1952–53 Red Star (2) Hajduk Split Partizan Todor Živanović (Red Star) 17
1953–54 Dinamo Zagreb (2) Partizan Red Star Stjepan Bobek (Partizan) 21
1954–55 Hajduk Split (3) BSK Belgrade Dinamo Zagreb Predrag Marković (BSK Belgrade)
Kosta Tomašević (Spartak Subotica)
Bernard Vukas (Hajduk Split) 		20
1955–56 Red Star (3) Partizan Radnički Belgrade Muhamed Mujić (Velež Mostar)
Tihomir Ognjanov (Spartak Subotica)
Todor Veselinović (Vojvodina) 		21
1956–57 Red Star (4) Vojvodina Hajduk Split Todor Veselinović (Vojvodina) 28
1957–58 Dinamo Zagreb (3) Partizan Radnički Belgrade Todor Veselinović (Vojvodina) 19
1958–59 Red Star (5) Partizan Vojvodina Bora Kostić (Red Star) 25
1959–60 Red Star (6) Dinamo Zagreb Partizan Bora Kostić (Red Star) 19
1960–61 Partizan (3) Red Star Hajduk Split Zoran Prljinčević (Radnički Belgrade)
Todor Veselinović (Vojvodina) 		16
1961–62 Partizan (4) Vojvodina Dinamo Zagreb Dražan Jerković (Dinamo Zagreb) 16
1962–63 Partizan (5) Dinamo Zagreb Željezničar Mišo Smajlović (Željezničar) 18
1963–64 Red Star (7) OFK Belgrade Dinamo Zagreb Asim Ferhatović (FK Sarajevo) 19
1964–65 Partizan (6) FK Sarajevo Red Star Zlatko Dračić (NK Zagreb) 23
1965–66 Vojvodina (1) Dinamo Zagreb Velež Mostar Petar Nadoveza (Hajduk Split) 21
1966–67 FK Sarajevo (1) Dinamo Zagreb Partizan Mustafa Hasanagić (Partizan) 18
1967–68 Red Star (8) Partizan Dinamo Zagreb Slobodan Santrač (OFK Belgrade) 22
1968–69 Red Star (9) Dinamo Zagreb Partizan Vojin Lazarević (Red Star) 22
1969–70 Red Star (10) Partizan Velež Mostar Slobodan Santrač (OFK Belgrade)
Dušan Bajević (Velež Mostar) 		20
1970–71 Hajduk Split (4) Željezničar Dinamo Zagreb
Božo Janković (Željezničar
) 		20
1971–72 Željezničar (1) Red Star OFK Belgrade Slobodan Santrač (OFK Belgrade) 33
1972–73 Red Star (11) Velež Mostar OFK Belgrade Slobodan Santrač (OFK Belgrade)
Vojin Lazarević (Red Star) 		25
1973–74 Hajduk Split (5) Velež Mostar Red Star
Olimpija Ljubljana
) 		17
1974–75 Hajduk Split (6) Vojvodina Red Star Dušan Savić (Red Star)
Boško Đorđević (Partizan) 		20
1975–76 Partizan (7) Hajduk Split Dinamo Zagreb Nenad Bjeković (Partizan) 24
1976–77 Red Star (12) Dinamo Zagreb Sloboda Tuzla Zoran Filipović (Red Star) 21
1977–78 Partizan (8) Red Star Hajduk Split Radomir Savić (Sarajevo) 21
1978–79 Hajduk Split (7) Dinamo Zagreb Red Star Dušan Savić (Red Star) 24
1979–80 Red Star (13) FK Sarajevo Radnički Niš Safet Sušić (Sarajevo)
Dragoljub Kostić (Napredak Kruševac) 		17
1980–81 Red Star (14) Hajduk Split Radnički Niš Milan Radović (Rijeka) 26
1981–82 Dinamo Zagreb (4) Red Star Hajduk Split Snješko Cerin (Dinamo Zagreb) 19
1982–83 Partizan (9) Hajduk Split Dinamo Zagreb Sulejman Halilović (Dinamo Vinkovci) 18
1983–84 Red Star (15) Partizan Željezničar Darko Pančev (Vardar) 19
1984–85 FK Sarajevo (2) Hajduk Split Partizan Zlatko Vujović (Hajduk Split) 25
1985–86 Partizan[6] (10) Red Star Velež Mostar Davor Čop (Dinamo Vinkovci) 20
1986–87 Partizan[7] (11) Velež Mostar Red Star Radmilo Mihajlović (Željezničar) 23
1987–88 Red Star (16) Partizan Velež Mostar Duško Milinković (Rad Belgrade) 16
1988–89 Vojvodina (2) Red Star Hajduk Split Davor Šuker (Osijek) 18
1989–90 Red Star (17) Dinamo Zagreb Hajduk Split Darko Pančev (Red Star) 25
1990–91 Red Star (18) Dinamo Zagreb Partizan Darko Pančev (Red Star) 34
1991–92[b] Red Star (19) Partizan Vojvodina Darko Pančev (Red Star) 25

Titles by club

Club Titles Winning seasons
Red Star 19[b] 1951, 1952–53, 1955–56, 1956–57, 1958–59, 1959–60, 1963–64, 1967–68, 1968–69, 1969–70, 1972–73, 1976–77, 1979–80, 1980–81, 1983–84, 1987–88, 1989–90, 1990–91, 1991–92
Partizan 11 1946–47, 1948–49, 1960–61, 1961–62, 1962–63, 1964–65, 1975–76, 1977–78, 1982–83, 1985–86, 1986–87
Hajduk Split 7 1950, 1952, 1954–55, 1970–71, 1973–74, 1974–75, 1978–79
Dinamo Zagreb 4 1947–48, 1953–54, 1957–58, 1981–82
Vojvodina 2 1965–66, 1988–89
Sarajevo 2 1966–67, 1984–85
Željezničar 1 1971–72

Titles by republic

Republic Titles Clubs
SR Serbia 32[b] Red Star, Partizan, Vojvodina
SR Croatia 11 Hajduk Split, Dinamo Zagreb
SR Bosnia and Herzegovina 3 Sarajevo, Željezničar
SR Macedonia 0 –
SR Montenegro 0 –
SR Slovenia 0 –

Performance by club

Club Champions Runners-up Third place Total top three finishes
Red Star Belgrade 19[b] 9 7 35
Partizan 11 9 8 28
Hajduk Split 7 6 8 21
Dinamo Zagreb 4 11 7 22
Vojvodina 2 3 2 7
Sarajevo 2 2 0 4
Željezničar 1 1 2 4
Velež Mostar 0 3 4 7
OFK Belgrade* 0 2 2 4
Radnički Belgrade 0 0 2 2
Radnički Niš 0 0 2 2
Lokomotiva Zagreb
 0 0 1 1
Sloboda Tuzla 0 0 1 1
*Known as BSK Belgrade before 1957

All-Time First Yugoslav League table

Top 12 only:[8][b]

Rank Club MP W D L GF GA GD P
1 Red Star 1335 719 328 288 2560 1415 +1145 1766
2 Partizan 1335 657 354 324 2285 1428 +857 1668
3 Dinamo Zagreb 1302 597 366 339 2151 1495 +656 1560
4 Hajduk Split 1302 587 346 369 2088 1486 +602 1520
5 Vojvodina 1221 465 311 445 1670 1595 +75 1241
6 Sarajevo 1228 447 311 470 1674 1773 -99 1205
7 Velež Mostar 1174 435 309 430 1668 1615 +53 1179
8 Željezničar 1063 403 274 386 1456 1424 +32 1080
9 OFK Beograd 977 343 281 353 1355 1355 0 967
10 Radnički Niš 979 339 250 390 1088 1244 -156 928
11 Vardar 1005 328 251 426 1195 1459 -264 907
12 Rijeka 898 310 252 336 1083 1163 -80 857

Best finish in Europe by club

Table only shows best-finish achievements in major European/Intercontinental competitions during the SFR Yugoslavia period (1945–1992).
No minor European tournaments (like Mitropa Cup) included.
Table sorted by success at European Cup / UEFA Champions League first and foremost.

Club European Cup /
UEFA Champions League 		UEFA Cup /
Europa League 		UEFA Cup Winners' Cup UEFA Super Cup Intercontinental Cup Inter-Cities Fairs Cup UEFA Intertoto Cup
Red Star Belgrade Winner
1990–91 		Runners-up
1978–79 		Semi-finals
1974–75 		Runners-up
1991 		Winner
1991 		Semi-finals
1961–62 		–
Partizan Runners-up
1965–66 		Third Round (3)
1974–75; 1984–85; 1990–91 		Quarter-finals
1989–90 		– – Second Round
1967–68 		–
Hajduk Split Quarter-finals (3)
1975–76; 1979–80; 1994-1995 		Semi-finals
1983–84 		Semi-finals
1972–73 		– – Second Round
1970–71 		–
Vojvodina Quarter-finals
1966–67 		– – – – Quarter-finals
1961–62 as Novi Sad XI 		Group Winner
1976
Sarajevo Second Round
1967–68 		Third Round
1982–83 		– – – – Group Stage (2)
1962–63; 1964–65
Željezničar First Round
1972–73 		Semi-finals
1984–85 		– – – First Round
1970–71 		Group Stage
1965–66
Dinamo Zagreb First Round
1982–83 		Second Round (3)
1971–72; 1976–77; 1988–89 		Semi-finals
1960–61 		– – Winner
1966–67 		–
Vardar First Round
1987–88 		Second Round
1985–86 		First Round
1961–62 		– – – –
Radnički Niš – Semi-finals
1981–82 		– – – – Group Stage (2)
1964–65; 1965–66
OFK Beograd – Quarter-finals
1972–73 		Semi-finals
1962–63 		– – Semi-finals
1958–60 as Belgrade XI 		–
Velež Mostar – Quarter-finals
1974–75 		Second Round (2)
1981–82; 1986–87 		– – – Group Stage (2)
1962–63; 1963–64
Rijeka – Second Round
1984–85 		Quarter-finals
1979–80 		– – – Quarter-finals
1962–63
Sloboda Tuzla – First Round
1977–78 		– – – – Group Winner
1983
Rad Belgrade – First Round
1989–90 		– – – – Group Runners-up
1988
Borac Banja Luka – – Second Round
1975–76 		– – – –
Olimpija Ljubljana
 – - First Round
1970–71 		– – First Round (2)
1966–67; 1968–69 		Group Runners-up
1990
Bor – – First Round
1968–69 		– – – –
Budućnost – – – – – – Group Winner
1981
Čelik Zenica – – – – – – Group Winner
1975

While the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup is recognised as the predecessor to the UEFA Cup, it was not organised by UEFA.[9] Consequently, UEFA do not consider clubs' records in the Fairs Cup to be part of their European record.[9][10] However, FIFA do view the competition as a major honour.[11]

All time top goalscorers

Complete list of players who scored 100 goals or more in the 1946-1992

RSSSF; Last updated 14 December 2007[4][b]

# Name First League goals First League matches Goals per match ratio Clubs First League career
1 Slobodan Santrač 218 365 0.60 OFK Beograd, Partizan, Galenika 1965–1974, 1976–1980, 1982–1983
2 Darko Pančev 168 243 0.69 Vardar, Red Star Belgrade 1982–1992
3 Dušan Bajević 166 322 0.51 Velež Mostar 1966–1977, 1981–1983
4 Bora Kostić 158 257 0.61 Crvena Zvezda 1951–1961, 1962–1966
5 Frane Matošić 149 Hajduk Split 1946–1953
6 Toza Veselinović 145 227 0.64 Vojvodina, Partizan, Proleter Zrenjanin 1948–1949, 1951–1961, 1967–1968
7 Stjepan Bobek 129 201 0.64 Partizan 1945–1956
=7 Zoran Prljinčević 129
FK Radnički Beograd, Crvena Zvezda
9 Dušan Savić 120 202 0.59 Red Star Belgrade 1973–1982
10 Dragan Džajić 113 306 0.37 Red Star Belgrade 1963–1975, 1977–1978
11 Vojin Lazarević 112 188 0.60 Sutjeska Nikšić, Red Star Belgrade 1964–1965, 1966–1970, 1972–1974
12 Josip Bukal 111 258 0.43 Željezničar 1963–1973, 1977–1978
13 Petar Nadoveza 108 217 0.50
Hajduk Split
 1963–1973
14 Kosta Tomašević 104 156 0.67 Red Star Belgrade, Spartak Subotica 1946–1956
15 Vahid Halilhodžić 103 207 0.50 Velež Mostar 1972–1981
16 Snješko Cerin 103 Dinamo Zagreb 1976–1986
17 Petar Nikezić 102 301 0.34 Vojvodina, Osijek 1967–1978, 1979–1982
18 Zlatko Vujović 101 240 0.42 Hajduk Split 1977–1986

All time top appearances

# Name First League appearances Clubs First League career
1 Enver Marić 429
Velež Mostar
 1967–1976, 1978–1985
2 Slavko Vlahović 413 Budućnost 1977–1991
3 Slobodan Janjuš 403
Sutjeska Nikšić
 1970–1977, 1985–1988, 1977–1978, 1981–1982,, 1982–1983, 1983–1984, 1984–1985
4 Nedžad Verlašević 397
Željezničar
 1975–1983, 1983–1985, 1987–1990, 1985–1986
5 Momčilo Vukotić 395 Partizan 1968–1978, 1979–1984
6 Vili Ameršek 392 Olimpija Ljubljana 1966–1976, 1979–1984
7 Slobodan Santrač 365 OFK Beograd, Partizan, Galenika 1965–1974, 1976–1977, 1977–1980, 1980–1983
8 Franjo Vladić 361
Velež Mostar
 1968–1979, 1981–1985
9 Tone Rožič 360 Olimpija Ljubljana 1970–1984
10 Ilija Petković 354 OFK Beograd 1964–1973, 1976–1983
11 Kočo Dimitrovski 336
Vardar Skopje
 1968–1985
12 Mustafa Hukić 332
Sloboda Tuzla
 1968–1978, 1983–1985
13 Ivica Miljković 327
Dinamo Zagreb, Osijek
 1969–1977, 1977–1980
14 Dušan Bajević 322
Velež Mostar
 1966–1977, 1981–1983
15 Ibrahim Biogradlić 318 FK Sarajevo 1951–1967
16 Milovan Obradović 312
Radnički Niš, Vojvodina
 1974–1985, 1985–1986
17
Ivica Hlevnjak
 312
Hajduk Split
 1962–1973
18 Dragan Holcer 310
Hajduk Split
 1963–1967, 1967–1975
19 Ratomir Dujković 308 Red Star Belgrade, Osijek, Galenika 1962–1974, 1977–1980, 1980–1983
20 Dragan Džajić 306 Red Star Belgrade 1963–1975, 1977–1978


Notable clubs (at least 10 top-flight seasons or at least one title)

Over the years the Yugoslav First League featured many different teams, but there were always a number of teams that stood out, typically from the bigger cities. Among these were:

 SR Bosnia and Herzegovina
 SR Croatia
 SR Macedonia
 SR Montenegro
 SR Serbia
 SR Slovenia

UEFA coefficients

See also: UEFA coefficient

The following data indicates historical Yugoslav coefficient rankings among European football leagues.[12]

Successor leagues

Timeline chart showing Yugoslav First League successors

The

1990–91 season was the last season held in its usual format, with clubs from all federative units participating in the championship. The breakup of the country
also broke up its top-flight league into several smaller ones.

The UEFA recognised the First League of FR Yugoslavia as its successor league.

Slovenia and Croatia depart

In June 1991 Slovenia declared independence and Croatia followed suit in October of the same year. This meant that their football associations separated from the

war in Croatia
, the season was held over the course of a single calendar year, from February to June 1992. Both leagues have been going on ever since.

1991–92 season

The

SFR Yugoslavia, even though Slovenian and Croatian clubs have already abandoned the competition to play in their own leagues. Clubs from the remaining four federative units all took part in the competition, but since the Bosnian War broke out towards the end of the season, Bosnian clubs never finished it, with Željezničar of Sarajevo only managed to play 17 out of 33 scheduled fixtures, while Sloboda Tuzla and Velež Mostar ended the season with a few games short of completing the season. Still, since most of the games were played as planned, Crvena Zvezda of Belgrade
is credited with winning the last Yugoslav First League championship.

Macedonia and FR Yugoslavia

Macedonian clubs abandoned the competition after the 1991–92 season because the new

2006–07 season
onwards Montenegro started operating separate top-flight football league supervised by its football association. On the other hand, as the legal successor of Serbia-Montenegro state union, Serbia also got the continuity of the country's league that was formed as Prva liga (First League) in 1992, and renamed and rebranded as Superliga in summer 2005.

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bosnia and Herzegovina proclaimed independence in late winter 1992, and already in April same year N/FSBiH applied for membership with FIFA and UEFA.[13] Meanwhile, due to the outbreak of Bosnian War in April 1992 no games were played in the 1992–93 season. In late 1993 some parts of the country re-launched football competitions with reduced scope. But just as the country was divided along ethnic lines, so was football.

In 1993

West Herzegovina and few other enclaves. In the same year Bosnian Serbs also organized their own First League of the Republika Srpska
, on a territory held by Republika Srpska regime at the time. Only football on a territory under the control of then Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina institutions and auspices of N/FSBiH, at the time consequently with Bosniak majority, apart from a brief competition for the season 1994–95 (won by Čelik Zenica), came to a standstill. Competition under auspices of N/FSBiH did not resume until 1995–96 season when the First League of Bosnia and Herzegovina was launched.[13]

These three separate football leagues were operating in Bosnia and Herzegovina until 1998, and 2000. Since FIFA and UEFA showed support only for the association operating under patronage of the official and internationally recognized state institutions, during the war and prior to Dayton Peace Agreement as well as after its signage, they endorsed unification of all three organizations as N/FSBiH. This also came as a consequence of FIFA decision to recognize N/FSBiH already in July 1996, while in the same year UEFA admitted N/FSBiH as an adjacent member until 1998 when they recognized its full membership. This meant that only N/FSBiH clubs and its national team could compete at the international and official level.[13]

Final unification has been preceded by several stages. At first was created a playoff where clubs were playing for the champion under N/FSBiH auspices. Idea was that playoff under unified N/FSBiH auspices should bring together clubs competing under three separate organizations for the first time but was rejected by Serb association, leaving clubs from Croat football association and N/FSBiH participating playoff for the seasons 1997–98 and 1999–00, while 1998–99 playoff was canceled due to Croat's association hesitation on the decision on which stadiums games should be played. Next season playoff was resumed for the last time prior to full and final agreement on unified N/FSBiH and its competition, Premier League BiH (Premijer Liga), in the fall 2000. However, the first 2000–01 season seen clubs from Federation of BiH only, while clubs from Republic of Srpska entity continue to compete in their own separate league as their entity association still refused to join agreed unified N/FSBiH and its new competition. However, UEFA and FIFA never intended to recognize this separate organization nor its competition, which meant clubs couldn't compete outside territory of the entity and wouldn't see any international football. This situation forced clubs to insist that their organization also join N/FSBiH, and two years later they became part of the competition for the season 2002–03. Ever since the year 2000 Premier League is the top tier of Bosnia and Herzegovina football, with two entity-based leagues, First League of Republika Srpska and First League of the Federation of BiH, being pushed to the second tier of the football pyramid and serve as feeder leagues to Premier League.[13]

Today's top flight successors

UEFA recognised FR Yugoslavia and subsequently Serbia as the only official successor of Yugoslavia[15][16][17] and consequently the clubs from FR Yugoslavia kept the ranking and ponctuation within UEFA.

See also

Notes and references

Notes

  1. ^ A special format tournament was held to re-affirm the newly found Yugoslav unity. The tournament consisted of eight teams: six representing Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Slovenia respectively, one representing Vojvodina, an autonomous region within Serbia and finally the Jugoslovenska Narodna Armija team, a selection of Yugoslav People's Army football players.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g The last championship started without clubs from newly independent Slovenia and Croatia, while clubs from Bosnia, with exception of FK Borac Banja Luka, too abandoned competition on a winter break with imminent country's independence, leaving only Serbian, Montenegrin and Macedonian clubs competing in the second half of the season. (See subsection on 1991–92.)
  3. ^ From 1991 until 1999 unrecognized competition in Kosovo parallel to Serbian league system was organized, while one which was recognized compete in the 5th level of the Yugoslav league system. The champion would gain promotion to Serbian Republic League, one of Yugoslav 4th tiers. Since 1999-2000 season the Superleague ran outside FIFA and UEFA until Kosovo was admitted to both organizations, on 3 May 2016.

References

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  5. ^ The league had a contracted season. In 1939, Croatian and Slovenian clubs began leaving the Yugoslav Football Association and joining the newly found Croatian Football Federation, in protest of the alleged centralization of sport around Belgrade. A new Croatian-Slovenian Football League was started, while the Yugoslavian First League continued on, soon to be renamed the Serbian First League. The split was eventually rectified with the promise of an increase in the number of Croatian and Slovenian clubs in the league. In the end, a short ten-round season was held.
  6. Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 28 May 2008. Archived
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