The Football Association of Slovenia ( sl, Nogometna zveza Slovenije or NZS) is the governing body of

football in Slovenia Football in Slovenia is governed by the Football Association of Slovenia ( sl, Nogometna zveza Slovenije). Slovenia has participated in international football as an independent nation since 1991, when the country gained independence from SFR Y ...

. It organizes the first division (1. SNL),

second division In sport, the Second Division, also called Division 2 or Division II is usually the second highest division of a league, and will often have promotion and relegation with divisions above and below. Following the rise of Premier League style compet ...

(2. SNL), third division (East and West),

Slovenian Cup Slovene or Slovenian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Slovenia, a country in Central Europe * Slovene language, a South Slavic language mainly spoken in Slovenia * Slovenes, an ethno-linguistic group mainly living in Slovenia * Sl ...

, Slovenian Women's League, and other competitions. It is also responsible for the

Slovenia national football team The Slovenia national football team ( sl, Slovenska nogometna reprezentanca) represents Slovenia in men's international football and is controlled by the Football Association of Slovenia, the governing body for football in Slovenia. The squad ...

and the

Slovenia women's national football team The Slovenia women's national football team ( sl, Slovenska ženska nogometna reprezentanca) represents Slovenia in international women's football competition and is controlled by the Football Association of Slovenia. They played their first ma ...

. It was founded as Ljubljana Football Subassociation on 24 April 1920.

Presidents

*Danijel Lepin (1948–1950) *Martin Grajf (1950–1952) *Franc Sitar (1952–1954) *Jože Grbec (1954–1958) *Stane Lavrič (1958–1962) *Stane Vrhovnik (1962–1968) *Roman Vobič (1968–1970) *Jože Snoj (1970–1973, 1976–1978) *Tone Florjančič (1973–1976) *Miro Samardžija (1978–1981) *Boris Godina (1981) *

Branko Elsner Branko Elsner (23 November 1929 – 17 November 2012) was a Slovenian football manager and player, most known for being the manager of the Austria national team twice. Elsner had his first success as a football coach in his Slovenian homeland w ...

(1982–1985) *Marko Ilešič (1985–1989) *Rudi Zavrl (1989–2009) *Ivan Simič (2009–2011) *

Aleksander Čeferin Aleksander Čeferin (, born 13 October 1967) is a Slovenian lawyer and football administrator. Between 2011 and 2016, he was president of the Football Association of Slovenia. Since September 2016, he has been the president of UEFA. Career After ...

(2011–2016) *Radenko Mijatović (2016–present)

References

External links

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Slovenia
at FIFA website

at UEFA website

Slovenia Slovenia ( ; sl, Slovenija ), officially the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: , abbr.: ''RS''), is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the southeast, an ...

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