The Slovenian Third Football League ( sl, Tretja slovenska nogometna liga or commonly 3. SNL) is the third tier of the
Slovenian football system. Since 2019 the league consists of two regional groups (East and West). They are operated by the Intercommunal Football Associations.
Format and rules
Between 1992–93 and 1997–98, the Slovenian Third League was divided into two regional groups (East and West), with both group winners directly promoting to the
Slovenian Second League (except in the 1994–95 season, when the top two divisions got reorganized).
In the 1998–99 season, the league was expanded to four regional groups (Centre, East, North, West). Up to the 2002–03 season, all four group winners were promoted directly to the second division. In the 2003–04 season, a
two-legged
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play-offs were introduced, as only two teams promoted.
In the 2004–05 season, the format was changed back to two regional groups with both group winners promoting.
From the 2014–15 season onwards, the league was again divided into four regional groups. Three of those groups (Centre, East and North) were composed of fourteen clubs, while the West group consisted of ten clubs.
In the 2014–15 and 2015–16 seasons, the group winners played a promotional two-legged play-off to decide two promoting teams. Due to expansion of the Slovenian Second League, the top two teams in each of the four groups were promoted in the 2016–17 season. In the following season, the group winners again played a two-legged play-off for two promotion spots.
In the 2018–19 season, the North, Centre and East groups were reduced to ten teams. After the season, the old system with two groups (East and West) with both winners promoting to the Second League was reintroduced.
2022–23 teams
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Brežice 1919
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Cirkulane
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Dobrovce
Dobrovce () is a village in the Municipality of Miklavž na Dravskem Polju in northeastern Slovenia. It lies on the right bank of the Drava River southeast of Maribor. The area is part of the traditional region of Styria. The municipality is now in ...
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Drava Ptuj
Nogometni klub Drava Ptuj ( en, Drava Ptuj Football Club), commonly referred to as NK Drava Ptuj or simply Drava, was a Slovenian football club, which played in the town of Ptuj. Named after the Drava river which flows through the town, Drava P ...
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Dravinja
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Dravograd
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Ljutomer
Ljutomer (; german: Luttenberg) is a town in northeastern Slovenia, east of Maribor. It is the seat of the Municipality of Ljutomer. Traditionally it was part of the region of Styria. It is now included in the Mura Statistical Region. The economy ...
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Podvinci
Podvinci () is a village in the Municipality of Ptuj in northeastern Slovenia
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Posavje Krško
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Rače
Rače () is a settlement in and the administrative centre of the Municipality of Rače–Fram in northeastern Slovenia. It lies under the eastern Pohorje Hills on the edge of the plain on the right bank of the Drava River south of Maribor. The area ...
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Šampion
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Šmartno 1928
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Videm pri Ptuju
Videm pri Ptuju () is a settlement in the Municipality of Videm in eastern Slovenia. It is the administrative centre of the municipality. The area traditionally belonged to the Styria region. It is now included in the Drava Statistical Region.
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Zavrč
Zavrč (, in order sources ''Zavrče'', german: Sauritsch) is a settlement in the Haloze area of Slovenia. It is the seat of the Municipality of Zavrč. It lies between the right bank of the Drava River and the border with Croatia. The area trad ...
West
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Adria
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Brda
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Dren Vrhnika
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Izola
Izola (; it, Isola ) is a town in southwestern Slovenia on the Adriatic Sea, Adriatic coast of the Slovenian Istria, Istrian peninsula. It is the seat of the Municipality of Izola. Its name originates from Italian language, Italian ''Isola'', wh ...
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Lesce
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Sava Kranj
The Sava (; , ; sr-cyr, Сава, hu, Száva) is a river in Central and Southeast Europe, a right-bank and the longest tributary of the Danube. It flows through Slovenia, Croatia and along its border with Bosnia and Herzegovina, and fina ...
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Šenčur
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Škofja Loka
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Slovan
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Svoboda Ljubljana
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Tolmin
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Vipava Vipava can refer to:
* Vipava, Vipava, town in southwestern Slovenia
* Vipava (river), in Slovenia and Italy
* Vipava Valley
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Visoko
Visoko ( sr-cyrl, Високо, ) is a city located in the Zenica-Doboj Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. As of 2013, the municipality had a population of 39,938 inhabitants with 11,205 livi ...
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Žiri
Winners
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References
External links
Football Association of SloveniaSoccerway profile
{{UEFA third leagues
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Sports leagues established in 1992
1992 establishments in Slovenia
Third level football leagues in Europe