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11/03/14 11:40 Yugoslav First League - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Página 1 de 11 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yugoslav_First_League Yugoslav First League Founded 1923 Dissolved 1992 Nation Kingdom of Yugoslavia SFR Yugoslavia Relegation To Yugoslav Second League Number of Seasons 63 Level on Pyramid Level 1 Cup Yugoslav Cup Last Champions 1991-92 Crvena Zvezda Replaced by Premijer Liga BiH (made of Prva liga HB, Prva liga RS and Prva liga BiH) Prva liga SR Jugoslavije (now Superliga Srbije and 1. CFL) Prva HNL 1. MFL 1. SNL Yugoslav First League From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Yugoslav First League (Serbo-Croatian: Prva Liga, Serbian Cyrillic: !p"a #$%a; pronounced [pr & ːvaː l'ːɡa]) was the premier football league in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1918–1941) and socialist Yugoslavia (1945–1991). It may also refer to the first league of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1991–2003), before it was renamed Serbia and Montenegro. The First League Championship was one of two national competitions held annually in Yugoslavia, the Yugoslav Cup being the other. Contents 1 Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1923-1940) 1.1 Champions and top scorers 1.2 Performance by clubs 2 SFR Yugoslavia (1945–1992) 2.1 Champions and top scorers 2.2 Titles by club 2.3 Titles by region 2.4 Performance by club 2.5 All time top goalscorers 2.6 Notable clubs (at least 10 top-flight seasons or at least one title) 3 Successor leagues 3.1 Slovenia and Croatia depart 3.2 1991–92 season 3.3 Macedonia and FR Yugoslavia 3.4 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3.5 Today's top flight successors 4 See also 5 References Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1923-1940) This was the first club competition on a national level for clubs from Kingdom of Yugoslavia (named the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes until 1930). The league was started in 1923 and the first four seasons had a cup tournament format, while the first round-robin league competition was held in 1927. In the period from 1927 to 1940 seventeen seasons were completed, with all the titles won by clubs from Croatia (Gra(anski Zagreb, Concordia Zagreb, HA)K Zagreb and Hajduk Split) or Serbia (BSK Belgrade and Jugoslavija Belgrade). It was governed at first by the Croatian-named Nogometni Savez Jugoslavije (Football Association of Yugoslavia), founded in April 1919 in Zagreb, [1] until in late 1929 disagreements arose between the Zagreb

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Yugoslav First LeagueFounded

1923

Dissolved

1992

Nation

Kingdom of Yugoslavia

SFR Yugoslavia

Relegation To

Yugoslav Second League

Number of Seasons

63

Level on Pyramid

Level 1

Cup

Yugoslav Cup

Last Champions 1991-92

Crvena Zvezda

Replaced by

Premijer Liga BiH

(made of Prva liga HB, Prva liga RS and Prva liga

BiH)

Prva liga SR Jugoslavije

(now Superliga Srbije and 1. CFL)

Prva HNL

1. MFL

1. SNL

Yugoslav First LeagueFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Yugoslav First League (Serbo-Croatian: Prva Liga, SerbianCyrillic: !p"a #$%a; pronounced [pr&ːvaː l'ːɡa]) was the premier footballleague in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1918–1941) and socialistYugoslavia (1945–1991). It may also refer to the first league of theFederal Republic of Yugoslavia (1991–2003), before it was renamedSerbia and Montenegro. The First League Championship was one oftwo national competitions held annually in Yugoslavia, the YugoslavCup being the other.

Contents1 Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1923-1940)

1.1 Champions and top scorers1.2 Performance by clubs

2 SFR Yugoslavia (1945–1992)2.1 Champions and top scorers2.2 Titles by club2.3 Titles by region2.4 Performance by club2.5 All time top goalscorers2.6 Notable clubs (at least 10 top-flight seasons or atleast one title)

3 Successor leagues3.1 Slovenia and Croatia depart3.2 1991–92 season3.3 Macedonia and FR Yugoslavia3.4 Bosnia and Herzegovina3.5 Today's top flight successors

4 See also5 References

Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1923-1940)This was the first club competition on a national level for clubs from Kingdom of Yugoslavia (named theKingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes until 1930). The league was started in 1923 and the first fourseasons had a cup tournament format, while the first round-robin league competition was held in 1927. In theperiod from 1927 to 1940 seventeen seasons were completed, with all the titles won by clubs from Croatia(Gra(anski Zagreb, Concordia Zagreb, HA)K Zagreb and Hajduk Split) or Serbia (BSK Belgrade andJugoslavija Belgrade).

It was governed at first by the Croatian-named Nogometni Savez Jugoslavije (Football Association ofYugoslavia), founded in April 1919 in Zagreb,[1] until in late 1929 disagreements arose between the Zagreb

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and Belgrade branches of the association. This resulted in the association headquarters being moved toBelgrade in May 1930 where it adopted the Serbian name Fudbalski Savez Jugoslavije and continuedoperating the league until it was suspended due to the outbreak of World War II.[2] Consequently with themoving of headquarters, Croatian players and coaches boycotted Yugoslav national team. With the Axisinvasion of Yugoslavia, separate Croatian and Serbian leagues were established, which operated during theWorld War II.

Champions and top scorers

Season Format Champions Runners up Top scorer(s)[3] Goals

1923Cup tournament

(Single round-robin; 6clubs)

Gra!anski Zagreb SA)K SarajevoDragan Jovanovi*

(JugoslavijaBeograd)

4

1924Cup tournament

(Single round-robin; 7clubs)

JugoslavijaBeograd Hajduk Split

Dragan Jovanovi*(Jugoslavija

Beograd)6

1925Cup tournament

(Single round-robin; 7clubs)

JugoslavijaBeograd Gra(anski Zagreb

Dragan Jovanovi*(Jugoslavija

Beograd)4

1926Cup tournament

(Single round-robin; 7clubs)

Gra!anski Zagreb JugoslavijaBeograd

Du+an Petkovi*(Jugoslavija

Beograd)4

1927League

(Single round-robin; 6clubs)

Hajduk Split BSK Beograd Kuzman Sotirovi*(BSK Beograd) 6

1928League

{Single round-robin; 6clubs)

Gra!anski Zagreb Hajduk Split Ljubo Ben,i*(Hajduk Split) 8

1929League

(Double round-robin; 5clubs)

Hajduk Split BSK Beograd -or(e Vujadinovi*(BSK Beograd) 10

1930League

(Double round-robin; 6clubs)

Concordia Zagreb JugoslavijaBeograd

Blagoje Marjanovi*(BSK Beograd) 10

1930–31League

(Double round-robin; 6clubs)

BSK Beograd Concordia Zagreb -or(e Vujadinovi*(BSK Beograd) 12

1931–32Cup tournament

(Double round-robin; 8clubs)

Concordia Zagreb Hajduk Split Svetislav Valjarevi*(Concordia Zagreb) 10

1932–33League

(Double round-robin; 11clubs)

BSK Beograd Hajduk Split Vladimir Kragi*(Hajduk Split) 21

1933–34 National championshipwas not played.

1934–35League

(Double round-robin; 10 BSK Beograd Jugoslavija Leo Leme+i* 18

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clubs) Beograd (Hajduk Split)

1935–36Cup tournament

(Double round-robin; 14clubs)

BSK Beograd Slavija Sarajevo Blagoje Marjanovi*(BSK Beograd) 5

1936–37League

(Double round-robin; 10clubs)

Gra!anski Zagreb Hajduk Split Blagoje Marjanovi*(BSK Beograd) 21

1937–38League

(Double round-robin; 10clubs)

HA"K Zagreb BSK Beograd August Le+nik(Gra!anski Zagreb) 17

1938–39League

(Double round-robin; 12clubs)

BSK Beograd Gra(anski Zagreb August Le+nik(Gra!anski Zagreb) 22

1939–40League [4]

(Double round-robin; 6clubs)

Gra!anski Zagreb BSK Beograd Svetislav Gli+ovi*(BSK Beograd) 10

Performance by clubs

# Club Champions Runners up 1 BSK Beograd 5 4

2 Gra(anski Zagreb 5 23 Hajduk Split 2 54 Jugoslavija Beograd 2 35 Concordia Zagreb 2 16 HA)K Zagreb 1 07 Slavija Sarajevo 0 18 SA)K Sarajevo 0 1

SFR Yugoslavia (1945–1992)

Champions and top scorers

Season Champions Runners up Third place Top scorer(s) Goals

1945 [1] SR Serbia JNA SR Croatia Stjepan Bobek (JNA) 8

1946–47 Partizan Dinamo Zagreb Red Star Franjo Wölfl (DinamoZagreb) 28

1947–48 Dinamo Zagreb Hajduk Split Partizan Franjo Wölfl (DinamoZagreb) 22

1948–49 Partizan Red Star Hajduk Split Frane Mato+i* (Hajduk Split) 171950 Hajduk Split Red Star Partizan Marko Valok (Partizan) 171951 Red Star Dinamo Zagreb Hajduk Split Kosta Toma+evi* (Red Star) 16

Stanoje Joci* (BSK

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1952 Hajduk Split Red Star Lokomotiva Belgrade) 131952–53 Red Star Hajduk Split Partizan Todor .ivanovi* (Red Star) 171953–54 Dinamo Zagreb Partizan Red Star Stjepan Bobek (Partizan) 21

1954–55 Hajduk Split BSK Belgrade Dinamo Zagreb

Predrag Markovi* (BSKBelgrade)Kosta Toma+evi* (SpartakSubotica)Bernard Vukas (HajdukSplit)

20

1955–56 Red Star Partizan Radni,ki Belgrade

Muhamed Muji* (Vele"Mostar)Tihomir Ognjanov (SpartakSubotica)Todor Veselinovi*(Vojvodina)

21

1956–57 Red Star Vojvodina Hajduk Split Todor Veselinovi*(Vojvodina) 28

1957–58 Dinamo Zagreb Partizan Radni,ki Belgrade Todor Veselinovi*(Vojvodina) 19

1958–59 Red Star Partizan Vojvodina Bora Kosti* (Red Star) 251959–60 Red Star Dinamo Zagreb Partizan Bora Kosti* (Red Star) 19

1960–61 Partizan Red Star Hajduk SplitZoran Prljin,evi* (Radni#kiBelgrade)Todor Veselinovi*(Vojvodina)

16

1961–62 Partizan Vojvodina Dinamo Zagreb Dra/an Jerkovi* (DinamoZagreb) 16

1962–63 Partizan Dinamo Zagreb .eljezni,arSarajevo

Mi+o Smajlovi* ($eljezni#arSarajevo) 18

1963–64 Red Star OFK Belgrade Dinamo Zagreb Asim Ferhatovi* (FKSarajevo) 19

1964–65 Partizan FK Sarajevo Red Star Zlatko Dra,i* (NK Zagreb) 23

1965–66 Vojvodina Dinamo Zagreb Vele/ Mostar Petar Nadoveza (HajdukSplit) 21

1966–67 FK Sarajevo Dinamo Zagreb Partizan Mustafa Hasanagi*(Partizan) 18

1967–68 Red Star Partizan Dinamo Zagreb Slobodan Santra, (OFKBelgrade) 22

1968–69 Red Star Dinamo Zagreb Partizan Vojin Lazarevi* (Red Star) 22

1969–70 Red Star Partizan Vele/ MostarSlobodan Santra, (OFKBelgrade)Du+an Bajevi* (Vele"Mostar)

20

1970–71 Hajduk Split .eljezni,arSarajevo Dinamo Zagreb

Petar Nadoveza (HajdukSplit)Bo/o Jankovi* ($eljezni#arSarajevo)

20

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1971–72.eljezni,arSarajevo Red Star OFK Belgrade

Slobodan Santra, (OFKBelgrade) 33

1972–73 Red Star Vele/ Mostar OFK BelgradeSlobodan Santra, (OFKBelgrade)Vojin Lazarevi* (Red Star)

25

1973–74 Hajduk Split Vele/ Mostar Red Star Danilo Popivoda (OlimpijaLjubljana) 17

1974–75 Hajduk Split Vojvodina Red Star Du+an Savi* (Red Star)Bo+ko -or(evi* (Partizan) 20

1975–76 Partizan Hajduk Split Dinamo Zagreb Nenad Bjekovi* (Partizan) 241976–77 Red Star Dinamo Zagreb Sloboda Tuzla Zoran Filipovi* (Red Star) 211977–78 Partizan Red Star Hajduk Split Radomir Savi* (Sarajevo) 211978–79 Hajduk Split Dinamo Zagreb Red Star Du+an Savi* (Red Star) 24

1979–80 Red Star FK Sarajevo Radni,ki Ni+Safet Su+i* (Sarajevo)Dragoljub Kosti* (NapredakKru%evac)

17

1980–81 Red Star Hajduk Split Radni,ki Ni+ Milan Radovi* (Rijeka) 26

1981–82 Dinamo Zagreb Red Star Hajduk Split Snje+ko Cerin (DinamoZagreb) 19

1982–83 Partizan Hajduk Split Dinamo Zagreb Sulejman Halilovi* (DinamoVinkovci) 18

1983–84 Red Star Partizan .eljezni,arSarajevo Darko Pan,ev (Vardar) 19

1984–85 FK Sarajevo Hajduk Split Partizan Zlatko Vujovi* (HajdukSplit) 25

1985–86 Partizan [5] Red Star Vele/ Mostar Davor 0op (DinamoVinkovci) 20

1986–87 Partizan [6] Vele/ Mostar Red Star Radmilo Mihajlovi*($eljezni#ar Sarajevo) 23

1987–88 Red Star Partizan Vele/ Mostar Du+ko Milinkovi* (RadBelgrade) 16

1988–89 Vojvodina Red Star Hajduk Split Davor )uker (Osijek) 181989–90 Red Star Dinamo Zagreb Hajduk Split Darko Pan,ev (Red Star) 251990–91 Red Star Dinamo Zagreb Partizan Darko Pan,ev (Red Star) 341991–92 Red Star Partizan Vojvodina Darko Pan,ev (Red Star) 25

^ A special format tournament was held to re-affirm the newly found Yugoslav unity. The tournamentconsisted of eight teams: six representing Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbiaand Slovenia respectively, one representing Vojvodina, an autonomous region within Serbia and finally theJugoslovenska Narodna Armija team, a selection of Yugoslav People's Army football players.

Titles by club

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Club Titles Winning seasons

Red Star 191951, 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, 1978–79Dinamo Zagreb 4 1947–48, 1953–54, 1957–58, 1981–82Vojvodina 2 1965–66, 1988–89Sarajevo 2 1966–67, 1984–85.eljezni,arSarajevo 1 1971–72

Titles by region

Region Titles ClubsSR Serbia

SAP VojvodinaSAP Kosovo

32 Red Star, Partizan, Vojvodina

SR Croatia 11 Hajduk Split, Dinamo ZagrebSR Bosnia and Herzegovina 3 Sarajevo, .eljezni,ar SarajevoSR Macedonia 0 –SR Montenegro 0 –SR Slovenia 0 –

Performance by club

Club Champions Runners-up Third placeRed Star 19 9 7Partizan 11 9 8Hajduk Split 7 6 8Dinamo Zagreb 4 11 7Vojvodina 2 3 2Sarajevo 2 2 0.eljezni,ar Sarajevo 1 1 2Vele/ Mostar 0 3 4OFK Belgrade* 0 2 2Radni,ki Belgrade 0 0 2

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Radni,ki Ni+ 0 0 2Lokomotiva Zagreb 0 0 1

Sloboda Tuzla 0 0 1

*Known as BSK Belgrade before 1957

All time top goalscorers

Complete list of players who scored 100 goals or more in the 1946-1992 SFR Yugoslavia period.

Source: RSSSF; Last updated 14 December 2007 [3]

# NameFirst

Leaguegoals

FirstLeaguematches

Goals permatchratio

Clubs First Leaguecareer

1 SlobodanSantra, 218 365 0.60 OFK Beograd,

Partizan, Galenika1965–1974, 1976–1980, 1982–1983

2 DarkoPan,ev 168 243 0.69 Vardar, Crvena

Zvezda 1982–1992

3 Du+anBajevi* 166 322 0.51 Vele/ Mostar 1966–1977, 1981–

1983

4 Bora Kosti* 158 257 0.61 Crvena Zvezda 1951–1961, 1962–1966

5 FraneMato+i* 149 Hajduk Split 1946–1953

6 TozaVeselinovi* 145 227 0.64 Vojvodina, Partizan,

Proleter Zrenjanin1948–1949, 1951–1961, 1967–1968

7 StjepanBobek 129 201 0.64 Partizan 1945–1956

=7 ZoranPrljin,evi* 129 Radni,ki Beograd,

Crvena Zvezda

9 Du+anSavi* 120 202 0.59 Crvena Zvezda 1973–1982

10 DraganD/aji* 113 330 0.34 Crvena Zvezda 1963–1973, 1974–

1975, 1977–1978

11 VojinLazarevi* 112 188 0.60 Sutjeska, Crvena

Zvezda1964–1965, 1966–1970, 1972–1974

12 Josip Bukal 111 258 0.43 .eljezni,ar 1963–1973, 1977–1978

13 PetarNadoveza 108 217 0.50 Hajduk Split 1963–1973

14 KostaToma+evi* 104 156 0.67 Crvena Zvezda,

Spartak Subotica 1946–1956

15 VahidHalilhod/i* 103 207 0.50 Vele/ Mostar 1972–1981

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16Snje+koCerin 103 Dinamo Zagreb

17 PetarNikezi* 102 301 0.34 Vojvodina, Osijek 1967–1978, 1979–

1982

18 ZlatkoVujovi* 101 240 0.42 Hajduk Split 1977–1986

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 ofteams that stood out, typically from the bigger cities. Among these were:

SR Bosnia and Herzegovina

FK Sarajevo, Sarajevo (43 seasons, 2 titles)Vele/, Mostar (38 seasons)#eljezni$ar, Sarajevo (34 seasons, 1 title)Sloboda, Tuzla (25 seasons)0elik, Zenica (17 seasons)Borac, Banja Luka (14 seasons)FK Slavija, Sarajevo (11 seasons)

SR Croatia

Gra!anski, Zagreb (14 seasons, 5 titles)Concordia, Zagreb (9 seasons, 2 titles)HA&K, Zagreb (8 seasons, 1 title)Hajduk, Split (45 seasons, 7 titles)Dinamo, Zagreb (45 seasons, 4 titles)NK Rijeka, Rijeka (29 seasons)NK Zagreb, Zagreb (18 seasons)NK Osijek, Osijek (13 seasons)

SR Macedonia

Vardar, Skopje (33 seasons)

SR Montenegro

Budu*nost, Podgorica (26 seasons)

SR Serbia

Crvena Zvezda, Belgrade (46 seasons, 19 titles)Partizan, Belgrade (46 seasons, 11 titles)OFK Beograd, BelgradeVojvodina, Novi SadRadni,ki, Ni+ (29 seasons)Jugoslavija, Belgrade (13 seasons, 2 titles)Spartak, Subotica (16 seasons)

SR Slovenia

Olimpija, Ljubljana

Successor leaguesThe 1990-91 season was the last season held in its usual format, with clubs from all federative unitsparticipating in the championship. The breakup of the country also broke up its top flight league into severalsmaller ones.

Slovenia and Croatia depart

In June 1991 Slovenia declared independence and Croatia followed suit in October of the same year. This

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Timeline chart showing Yugoslav First Leaguesuccessors

meant that their football associations separated from theFootball Association of Yugoslavia so they both startedtheir own football leagues. The Slovenian PrvaLiga waslaunched in late 1991, while the Croatian Prva HNL sawits first edition in 1992. Affected by the ongoing war inCroatia, the season was held over the course of a singlecalendar year, from February to June 1992. Both leagueshave been going on ever since.

1991–92 season

The 1991-92 season season was the last season heldofficially under the name of SFR Yugoslavia, even though Slovenian and Croatian clubs have alreadyabandoned the competition. 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.(.eljezni,ar of Sarajevo only managed to play 17 out of 33 scheduled fixtures, while Sloboda Tuzla andVele/ Mostar ended the season with a few games short of completing the season.) Still, since most of thegames were played as planned, Crvena Zvezda of Belgrade is credited with winning the last Yugoslav FirstLeague championship.

Macedonia and FR Yugoslavia

Macedonian clubs abandoned the competition after the 1991-92 season because the new Macedonian FirstLeague was launched the following season. For the 1992-93 season Bosnian clubs were all on hiatus due tofull blown fighting that developed there, with the sole exception of Borac of Banja Luka (the strongestBosnian Serb side at the time) which temporarily moved to Belgrade and joined the newly formed leaguefeaturing clubs from Serbia and Montenegro, this time restyled as the First League of FR Yugoslavia.(Serbia and Montenegro, the only ones left after other four member republics declared independence,renamed their country Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.) The league lasted under that name until the 2002-03season, when the country changed its name so the league was renamed First League of Serbia andMontenegro. Finally, in June 2006 Montenegro declared independence and peacefully departed the union, sofrom the 2006-07 season onwards Montenegro started operating separate top flight football leaguesupervised by its football association. On the other hand, as the legal successor of Serbia-Montenegro stateunion, Serbia also got the continuity of the country's league that was formed as Prva liga (First League) in1992, and renamed and rebranded as Superliga in summer 2005.

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Meanwhile, the football situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina got complicated. Due to the outbreak of ethnicwarfare in April 1992 that turned into widespread conflict by the summer of 1992, no games were played inthe 1992-93 season. In late 1993 some parts of the country re-launched football competitions, but just as thecountry was divided along ethnic lines, so was football - in 1993 Bosnian Croats launched the First Leagueof Herzeg-Bosnia in which Croatian clubs competed.

As for the Bosniak part of the country, apart from a brief half-season in 1994 (won by 0elik Zenica), thegame was put on hold until the 1995-96 season when the Bosniak league was formed. Bosnian Serbs alsoorganized their own First League of the Republika Srpska the same year.

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The setup with three separate football leagues operating in Bosnia and Herzegovina continued until 2000.

In the fall 2000 for the 2000-01 season, the UEFA-fostered Premijer Liga BiH was launched, with Croat andBosniak clubs only, while the Serb clubs boycotted the new competition, continuing in their own separateleague. Under pressure from UEFA, the Serb clubs also joined two years later for the 2002-03 season.Premijer Liga functions today as the unified top level league of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Two entity-basedleagues still exist (essentially, modified version of the ethnic leagues - the Serb one stayed the same still withthe name Republika Srpska First League, while the Croat and the Bosniak one merged into a singlecompetition called Federation BiH First League), but have been pushed to the second tier of the footballpyramid and serve as feeder leagues to the Premijer Liga.

Today's top flight successors

Bosnia and Herzegovina ! Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina (1994–present) Croatia ! Prva HNL (1992–present) Macedonia ! First Macedonian Football League (1992–present) Montenegro ! Montenegrin First League (2006–present; from 1992–2006 had a joint league with

Serbia) Serbia ! Serbian SuperLiga (2006–present, from 1992–2006 had a joint league with

Montenegro) Slovenia ! Slovenian PrvaLiga (1991–present)

See alsoYugoslav CupFootball Association of YugoslaviaYugoslavia national football team

References1. ^ "Povijest - po,eci" (http://www.hns-cff.hr/?ln=hr&w=o_hns&d=povijest_poceci) (in Croatian). Croatian Football

Federation. Retrieved 2008-06-28.2. ^ "Fudbalski savez Srbije - History" (http://www.fss.rs/cms/item/home/sr/istorijat/HISTORY.html). Football

Association of Serbia. Retrieved 2008-06-28.3. ^ a b "Yugoslavia - list of topscorers" (http://www.rsssf.com/tablesj/joegtops.html). RSSSF. 14 December 2007.

Retrieved 2008-06-26.4. ^ 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 sportaround Belgrade. A new Croatian-Slovenian Football League was started, while the Yugoslavian First Leaguecontinued on, soon to be renamed the Serbian First League. The split was eventually rectified with the promise of anincrease in the number of Croatian and Slovenian clubs in the league. In the end, a short ten-round season was held.

5. ^ The Yugoslav FA decided that the last round of fixtures had to be replayed, after accusations that certain resultshad been fixed. Partizan, who had won the title with a 4-0 over .eljeznicar Sarajevo, refused, after which the gamewas awarded 3-0 to .eljeznicar, which gave Crvena zvezda the title and sent them to play in the 1986-87 EuropeanCup. However, after a sequence of legal processes, the original final table, with Partizan as champions, was officiallyrecognized in 1987."Yugoslavia list of champions" (http://www.rsssf.com/tablesj/joegchamp.html). RSSSF. 28 May 2008. Retrieved2008-06-26.

6. ^ Ten clubs had started the 1986-87 season with a deduction of 6 points, among them Partizan and Crvena zvezda,

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because of the events in the previous season. Vardar, who had not been deducted 6 points, won the title and took partin the 1987-88 European Cup, but the points deduction was later annulled after more legal proceedings so the titlewas given to Partizan, who headed the table with the deduction annulled."Yugoslavia list of champions" (http://www.rsssf.com/tablesj/joegchamp.html). RSSSF. 28 May 2008. Retrieved2008-06-26.

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