The Yugoslav First Federal Football League ( Serbian: Прва савезна лига у фудбалу / ''Prva savezna liga u fudbalu'', hr, Prva savezna liga u nogometu, sl, Prva zvezna nogometna liga, mk, Прва сојузна лига, sq, Liga e parë federale), was the premier

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...

league in the

Kingdom of Yugoslavia The Kingdom of Yugoslavia ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Kraljevina Jugoslavija, Краљевина Југославија; sl, Kraljevina Jugoslavija) was a state in Southeast Europe, Southeast and Central Europe that existed from 1918 unt ...

(1918–1941) and

Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, commonly referred to as SFR Yugoslavia or simply as Yugoslavia, was a country in Central and Southeast Europe. It emerged in 1945, following World War II, and lasted until 1992, with the breakup of Yug ...

(1945–1992). The First League Championship was one of two national competitions held annually in Yugoslavia, the

Yugoslav Cup The Yugoslav Cup ( hr, Pokal Jugoslavije; sr, Куп Југославије; sl, Pokal Jugoslavije, mk, Куп на Југославија), officially known between 1923 and 1940 as the King Alexander Cup ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, Kup kralja Aleksandra, ...

being the other. The league became fully professional in 1967. The UEFA recognised successor league of the Yugoslav First League, the

First League of FR Yugoslavia The First League of Serbia and Montenegro ( sr, Прва савезна лига / Prva savezna liga) was the top football league of Serbia and Montenegro, before the country's dissolution in 2006. The league was formed following the breakup of Yu ...

, despite the succession and same name "Prva savezna liga", it is covered in a separate article.

Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1923–1940)

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

(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 ( Građanski Zagreb,

Concordia Zagreb Concordia may refer to: * Concordia (mythology), the Roman goddess who embodies agreement in marriage and society Businesses and organizations Educational institutions * Concordia University (disambiguation), for Concordia University, Concor ...

HAŠK Zagreb HAŠK ''(full name Hrvatski akademski športski klub, en, Croatian Academic Sports Club)'' was a Croatian football club established in Zagreb in 1903 which ceased operating in 1945. The club was one of the most successful sides in Zagreb and the ...

and

Hajduk Split Hrvatski nogometni klub Hajduk Split, commonly referred to as Hajduk Split () or simply Hajduk, is a Croatian professional football club based in Split, that competes in the Croatian First League, the top tier in Croatian football. Since 1979, t ...

) or Serbia (

BSK Belgrade OFK Beograd ( sr-Cyrl, ОФК Београд – Омладински фудбалски клуб Београд, English: ''Belgrade Youth Football Club'') is a Serbian professional football club based in Belgrade, more precisely in Karaburma, ...

and Jugoslavija Belgrade). It was governed at first by the Croatian-named ''Nogometni Savez Jugoslavije (

Football Association of Yugoslavia The Football Association of Yugoslavia (FSJ) ( sr, Фудбалски савез Југославије, Fudbalski savez Jugoslavije, hr, Nogometni savez Jugoslavije; bs, Fudbalski savez Jugoslavije; sl, Nogometna zveza Jugoslavije; mk, Фуд ...

)'', founded in April 1919 in

Zagreb Zagreb ( , , , ) is the capital (political), capital and List of cities and towns in Croatia#List of cities and towns, largest city of Croatia. It is in the Northern Croatia, northwest of the country, along the Sava river, at the southern slop ...

, until in late 1929 disagreements arose between the Zagreb and

Belgrade Belgrade ( , ;, ; Names of European cities in different languages: B, names in other languages) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Serbia, largest city in Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers a ...

branches of the association. This resulted in the association headquarters being moved to Belgrade in May 1930 where it adopted the Serbian name ''Fudbalski Savez Jugoslavije'' and continued operating the league until it was suspended due to the outbreak of

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

. Consequently, with the moving of headquarters, Croatian players and coaches boycotted Yugoslav national team. With the

Axis invasion of Yugoslavia An axis (plural ''axes'') is an imaginary line around which an object rotates or is symmetrical. Axis may also refer to: Mathematics * Axis of rotation: see rotation around a fixed axis * Axis (mathematics), a designator for a Cartesian-coordinat ...

, separate Croatian and Serbian leagues were established, which operated during the World War II.

Champions and top scorers

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Kuzman Sotirović Kuzman Sotirović ( mk, Kузман Сотировиќ, sr-Cyrl, Kузман Coтировић; 16 October 1908 – 25 July 1990) was a Yugoslav football forward. In some sources, he is referred to as Kuzman Sotirovski (). He was part of Yugosl ...

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Ljubo Benčić Ljubomir "Ljubo" Benčić (2 January 1905 – 24 February 1992) was a Croatian and Yugoslav football player. Playing career Club Spending his entire career at Hajduk Split, Benčić was a renowned right winger and centre forward. He started ...

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Đorđe Vujadinović Đorđe "Đokica Nosonja" Vujadinović (Serbian Cyrillic: Ђорђе Вујадиновић; 29 November 1909 – 5 October 1990) was a Serbian international football player and manager. Career He was born in Kolari, a suburb of Smederevo, but s ...

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Blagoje Marjanović Blagoje "Moša" Marjanović ( sr-Cyrl, Благоје "Моша" Марјановић, ; 9 September 1907 – 1 October 1984) was a Serbian football player and manager. Early life Born to merchant father Dimitrije and housewife mother Sofija, yo ...

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Svetislav Valjarević Svetislav Valjarević (; 9 July 1911 – 22 September 1996) was a Serbian footballer. Career He started playing in the youth team of BSK Belgrade, however when he graduated the Military Academy, he was sent to service to Zagreb in 1930 where he ...

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Leo Lemešić Leo Lemešić (8 June 1908 in Sinj – 15 August 1978 in Split) was a Croatian football striker and later a football manager. He became a referee in his later years. Club career He spent his entire club career with Hajduk Split. In total, Lem ...

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Slavija Sarajevo Fudbalski klub Slavija Sarajevo (Serbian Cyrillic: Фудбалски клуб Славија Сарајево) is a professional association football club from the city of Istočno Sarajevo, Republika Srpska that is situated in Bosnia and Herze ...

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August Lešnik August Lešnik (; 16 July 1914 in Zagreb – 24 February 1992 in Zagreb) was a Croatian footballer. Lešnik played most of his club football for Građanski Zagreb. In 1941 he was the Croatian First League's top scorer while playing for Građansk ...

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Svetislav Glišović Svetislav Glišović (Serbian Cyrillic: Светислав Глишовић; 17 September 1913 – 10 March 1988) was a Serbian international football player and manager. Club career Glišović played in the youth team of SK Soko before becomin ...

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Performance by clubs

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SFR Yugoslavia (1945–1992)

Champions and top scorers

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Partizan Partizan may refer to: Sport * JSD Partizan, a sports society from Belgrade, Serbia, which includes the following clubs: **AK Partizan, athletics ** Biciklistički Klub Partizan, cycling ** Džudo Klub Partizan, judo **FK Partizan, association fo ...

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Dinamo Zagreb Građanski nogometni klub Dinamo Zagreb ( en, Dinamo Zagreb Citizens' Football Club, link=yes, italics=yes), commonly referred to as GNK Dinamo Zagreb or simply Dinamo Zagreb (), is a Croatian professional football club based in Zagreb. Dinamo ...

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Franjo Wölfl Franjo Wölfl (18 May 1918 – 8 July 1987) was a Croats, Croatian footballer. He played international football first with the Yugoslavia national football team, Kingdom of Yugoslavia national team from 1938 and then the Croatia national footbal ...

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Frane Matošić Frane Matošić (25 November 1918 – 29 October 2007) was a Croatian football player and coach who played as a striker. He is regarded as one of Hajduk Split's greatest players and he is the club's all-time leading goalscorer. Playing career ...

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Marko Valok Marko Valok ( sr-Cyrl, Марко Валок, ; born 5 March 1927) is a Serbian retired professional footballer who represented Yugoslavia internationally. Playing career Napredak Kruševac He was part of the FK Napredak Kruševac team right at t ...

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Kosta Tomašević Kosta Tomašević (Serbian Cyrillic: Коста Томашевић; 25 July 1923 – 13 March 1976) was a Serbian footballer remembered for his illustrious career with Red Star Belgrade. Tomašević also represented both the Yugoslav and Serbian ...

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Todor Živanović Todor Živanović (Serbian Cyrillic: Тодор Живановић; 27 September 1927 – 20 June 1978) was a Serbian football player and a Yugoslav international. Born near Valjevo in present-day Serbia, Živanović first began playing for t ...

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Predrag Marković Predrag Marković ( sr-Cyrl, Предраг Марковић; born 7 December 1955) is a Serbian politician, author and historian. Political career Marković was President of the National Assembly of Serbia from 2004 to 2007 and the acting Pres ...

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Bernard Vukas Bernard "Bajdo" Vukas (1 May 1927 – 4 April 1983) was a Croatian football player during Yugoslavia. Biography Vukas played as a left winger/ forward and is mostly remembered for his extraordinary dribbling ability. In 2000, he was voted by t ...

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Muhamed Mujić Muhamed Mujić (25 April 1933 – 20 February 2016) was a Yugoslav footballer of Bosnian ethnicity. Mujić played for Velež Mostar for most of his career and made his international debut in an April 1956 Central European International Cup ...

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Tihomir Ognjanov Tihomir "Bata" Ognjanov ( Serbian Cyrillic: Тихомир Огњанов; 2 March 1927 – 2 July 2006) was a Serbian footballer who was part of Yugoslavia national football team at the 1950 and 1954 FIFA World Cup. He won the silver medal at ...

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Todor Veselinović Todor "Toza" Veselinović (, ; 22 October 1930 – 17 May 2017) was a Serbian footballer and coach. He was one of the most renowned goalscorers in Yugoslavian history. Veselinović was the last surviving member of Yugoslavia's 1954 World Cup sq ...

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Vojvodina Vojvodina ( sr-Cyrl, Војводина}), officially the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, is an autonomous province that occupies the northernmost part of Serbia. It lies within the Pannonian Basin, bordered to the south by the national capital ...

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Bora Kostić Borivoje "Bora" Kostić ( sr-Cyrl, Бopивoje "Бора" Kocтић, ; 14 June 1930 – 10 January 2011) was a Serbian footballer. Normally a prolific left winger, Kostić is regarded as one of finest Yugoslav players of his generation and was w ...

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Zoran Prljinčević Zoran Prljinčević (Serbian Cyrillic: Зоран Прљинчевић; 27 January 1932 – 13 June 2013) was a Serbia Serbia (, ; Serbian: , , ), officially the Republic of Serbia (Serbian: , , ), is a landlocked country in Southeastern ...

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Dražan Jerković Dražan Jerković (; 6 August 1936 – 9 December 2008) was a Yugoslav and Croatian professional football manager and player. His professional playing career spanned from 1954 to 1966, during which he played for Dinamo Zagreb and AA La Gantoise. ...

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Mišo Smajlović Drago "Mišo" Smajlović (; born 28 October 1938) is a Bosnian retired professional football manager and former player. Playing career Club Smajlović began his career in Sloga, a small amateur club from Sarajevo. In 1955 he moved to the youth te ...

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OFK Belgrade OFK Beograd ( sr-Cyrl, ОФК Београд – Омладински фудбалски клуб Београд, English: ''Belgrade Youth Football Club'') is a Serbian professional football club based in Belgrade, more precisely in Karaburma ...

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Asim Ferhatović Asim Ferhatović "Hase" (; 24 January 1933 – 25 January 1987) was a Bosnian professional footballer who played as a striker. He started his football career in 1948 with hometown club FK Sarajevo, for whom he made his first-team debut in 1952. ...

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FK Sarajevo Fudbalski klub Sarajevo (; English: Sarajevo Football Club) is a professional football club based in Sarajevo, the capital city of Bosnia and Herzegovina and is one of the most successful clubs in the country. Founded on 24 October 1946, FK Sara ...

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Zlatko Dračić Zlatko Dračić (born 17 November 1940) is a Croatian retired football player. From 1983 to 1986, he was vice-president of NK Zagreb and from 1989 to 1999 club director. Club career He is best known for playing as a prolific forward at NK Zag ...

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Petar Nadoveza Petar Nadoveza (9 April 1942 – 19 March 2023) was a Croatian professional football player and manager. During his playing spell at Hajduk he was nicknamed "Pere, splitski Pele" which meant "Pete, the Pelé from Split". Playing career Šibe ...

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Slobodan Santrač Slobodan Santrač (, ; 1 July 1946 – 13 February 2016) was a Serbian football manager and player. He is the all-time top scorer of the Yugoslav First League with a total of 218 goals, as well as the top scorer in the history of OFK Beograd. A ...

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Vojin Lazarević Vojin Lazarević (Cyrillic: Војин Лазаревић; born 22 February 1942) is a Yugoslav former football manager and player. Club career A prolific striker, Lazarević started out at his hometown club Sutjeska Nikšić. He was the Yugosl ...

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Dušan Bajević Dušan "Duško" Bajević ( sr-Cyrl, Душан Бајевић, ; gr, Ντούσαν Μπάγεβιτς, ''Doúsan Báyevits''; born 10 December 1948) is a Bosnian professional Manager (association football), football manager and former player. H ...

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Danilo Popivoda Danilo Popivoda ( sr-cyr, Данило Попивода; 1 May 1947 – 9 September 2021) was a football player and manager. On the international level he played for the Yugoslavia national team (20 matches and five goals) and was a participa ...

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Dušan Savić Dušan "Dule" Savić ( sr-cyr, Душан "Дуле" Савић; born 1 June 1955) is a Serbian former footballer. Club career Savić started playing football in the local side Jedinstvo Ub in his hometown. He arrived for a tryout at Red Star ...

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Boško Đorđević Boško Đorđević ( sr-cyr, Бошко Ђорђевић; also transliterated Boško Djordjević; born 22 August 1953) is a retired Serbian football player. He is mainly known for spending five and a half seasons with FK Partizan between 1974 an ...

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Nenad Bjeković Nenad Bjeković (, ; born 5 November 1947) is a Serbian football administrator and former player and manager. Club career Born in Lazarevo, a village near Zrenjanin, Bjeković started out at his local club Zadrugar Lazarevo, before switching to P ...

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, Radnički Niš , style="font-size: 90%;",

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)'' , align=center, 17 , - , align=center, 1980–81 !scope=row, Red Star (14) ,

, Radnički Niš , style="font-size: 90%;", Milan Radović ''(

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Snješko Cerin Snježan "Snješko" Cerin (born 18 January 1955) is a retired Croatian association football striker who spent most of his career playing for his hometown club Dinamo Zagreb in the Yugoslav First League in the 1970s and 1980s. Club career A nat ...

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)'' , align=center, 18 , - , align=center, 1983–84 !scope=row, Red Star (15) ,

, Željezničar , style="font-size: 90%;",

Darko Pančev Darko Pančev ( mk, Дарко Панчев, ; born 7 September 1965) is a Macedonian former professional footballer who played as a forward. He most notably played for FK Vardar and Red Star Belgrade. He was part of the Red Star Belgrade sq ...

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Zlatko Vujović Zlatko Vujović (; born 26 August 1958) is a Croatian retired footballer who played as a striker. His twin brother, Zoran, was also a professional footballer. They were both Yugoslav internationals, and both spent a large part of their profes ...

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Titles by club

{, class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align: center;" !scope="col" width="105" , Club !scope="col" , Titles !scope="col" , Winning seasons , - !scope=row, Red Star , 19 , align=left,

, 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 , - !scope=row,

, 11 , align=left, 1946–47, 1948–49, 1960–61, 1961–62, 1962–63, 1964–65, 1975–76, 1977–78, 1982–83, 1985–86, 1986–87 , - !scope=row,

, 7 , align=left, 1950, 1952, 1954–55, 1970–71, 1973–74, 1974–75, 1978–79 , - !scope=row,

, 4 , align=left, 1947–48, 1953–54, 1957–58, 1981–82 , - !scope=row,

, 2 , align=left, 1965–66, 1988–89 , - !scope=row,

, 2 , align=left, 1966–67, 1984–85 , - !scope=row, Željezničar , 1 , align=left, 1971–72 , -

Titles by republic

{, class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align: center;" !scope="col" , Republic !scope="col" , Titles !scope="col" , Clubs , - !scope=row,

SR Serbia , life_span = 1944–1992 , status = Constituent state of Yugoslavia , p1 = Territory of the Military Commander in Serbia , flag_p1 = Flag of German Reich (1935–1945).svg , p2 ...

, 32 , align=left, Red Star,

, - !scope=row,

, 11 , align=left,

, - !scope=row,

SR Bosnia and Herzegovina The Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Socijalistička Republika Bosna i Hercegovina, Социјалистичка Pепублика Босна и Херцеговина), commonly referred to as Socia ...

, 3 , align=left,

, Željezničar , - !scope=row,

SR Macedonia The Socialist Republic of Macedonia ( mk, Социјалистичка Република Македонија, Socijalistička Republika Makedonija), or SR Macedonia, commonly referred to as Socialist Macedonia or Yugoslav Macedonia, was ...

, 0 , – , - !scope=row, SR Montenegro , 0 , – , - !scope=row, SR Slovenia , 0 , – , -

Performance by club

{, class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align: center;" !scope="col" , Club !scope="col" , Champions !scope="col" , Runners-up !scope="col" , Third place !scope="col" , Total top three finishes , - !scope=row,

Red Star Belgrade Fudbalski klub Crvena zvezda ( sr-Cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Црвена звезда, lit=Red Star Football Club, ), commonly known as Red Star Belgrade in English-language media, is a Serbian professional football club based in Bel ...

, 19 , 9 , 7 , 35 , - !scope=row,

, 11 , 9 , 8 , 28 , - !scope=row,

, 7 , 6 , 8 , 21 , - !scope=row,

, 4 , 11 , 7 , 22 , - !scope=row,

, 2 , 3 , 2 , 7 , - !scope=row,

, 2 , 2 , 0 , 4 , - !scope=row, Željezničar , 1 , 1 , 2 , 4 , - !scope=row, Velež Mostar , 0 , 3 , 4 , 7 , - !scope=row,

* , 0 , 2 , 2 , 4 , - !scope=row, Radnički Belgrade , 0 , 0 , 2 , 2 , - !scope=row, Radnički Niš , 0 , 0 , 2 , 2 , - !scope=row, Lokomotiva Zagreb , 0 , 0 , 1 , 1 , - !scope=row, Sloboda Tuzla , 0 , 0 , 1 , 1 : *Known as ''BSK Belgrade'' before 1957

All-Time First Yugoslav League table

''Top 12 only:'' {, class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; width: 500px" !Rank !Club !MP !W !D !L !GF !GA !GD !P , - , 1 , align="left" , Red Star , 1335 , 719 , 328 , 288 , 2560 , 1415 , +1145 , 1766 , - , 2 , align="left" ,

, 1335 , 657 , 354 , 324 , 2285 , 1428 , +857 , 1668 , - , 3 , align="left" ,

, 1302 , 597 , 366 , 339 , 2151 , 1495 , +656 , 1560 , - , 4 , align="left" ,

, 1302 , 587 , 346 , 369 , 2088 , 1486 , +602 , 1520 , - , 5 , align="left" ,

, 1221 , 465 , 311 , 445 , 1670 , 1595 , +75 , 1241 , - , 6 , align="left" ,

, 1228 , 447 , 311 , 470 , 1674 , 1773 , -99 , 1205 , - , 7 , align="left" , Velež Mostar , 1174 , 435 , 309 , 430 , 1668 , 1615 , +53 , 1179 , - , 8 , align="left" , Željezničar , 1063 , 403 , 274 , 386 , 1456 , 1424 , +32 , 1080 , - , 9 , align="left" ,

OFK Beograd OFK Beograd ( sr-Cyrl, ОФК Београд – Омладински фудбалски клуб Београд, English: ''Belgrade Youth Football Club'') is a Serbian professional football club based in Belgrade, more precisely in Karaburm ...

, 977 , 343 , 281 , 353 , 1355 , 1355 , 0 , 967 , - , 10 , align="left" , Radnički Niš , 979 , 339 , 250 , 390 , 1088 , 1244 , -156 , 928 , - , 11 , align="left" ,

, 1005 , 328 , 251 , 426 , 1195 , 1459 , -264 , 907 , - , 12 , align="left" ,

, 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. {, class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align: center;" ! Club ! European Cup /
UEFA Champions League ! UEFA Cup /
Europa League !

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup The UEFA Cup Winners' Cup was a European football club competition contested annually by the winners of domestic cup competitions. The cup was, chronologically, the second seasonal inter-European club competition organised by UEFA. The tournam ...

UEFA Super Cup The UEFA Super Cup is an annual super cup football match organised by UEFA and contested by the winners of the two main European club competitions; the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League. The competition's official name was originall ...

! Intercontinental Cup !

Inter-Cities Fairs Cup The Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, sometimes referred to as the European Fairs Cup, Fairs Cities' Cup, or simply as the Fairs Cup, was a European Association football, football competition played between 1955 and 1971. It is often considered the predecess ...

UEFA Intertoto Cup The UEFA Intertoto Cup (from la, Inter, 'between' + german: toto, 'betting pool'),Most precisely, from (football pool); cf. often abbreviated and more known in the German-speaking world as UI Cup and originally called the International Foot ...

, - !scope=row,

, bgcolor="gold"
1990–91 , bgcolor="silver"
1978–79 , bgcolor="#9acdff"
1974–75 , bgcolor="silver"

1991 File:1991 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Boris Yeltsin, elected as Russia's first president, waves the new flag of Russia after the 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt, orchestrated by Soviet hardliners; Mount Pinatubo erupts in the Phil ...

, bgcolor="gold"

, bgcolor="#9acdff"
1961–62 , – , - !scope=row,

, bgcolor="silver"
1965–66 , (3)
1974–75; 1984–85; 1990–91 ,
1989–90 , – , – ,
1967–68 , – , - !scope=row,

,
1975–76; 1979–80 , bgcolor="#9acdff"
1983–84 , bgcolor="#9acdff"
1972–73 , – , – ,
1970–71 , – , - !scope=row,

,
1966–67 , – , – , – , – ,
1961–62 as ''Novi Sad XI'' , bgcolor="gold"

1976 Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 11 – The 1976 Phila ...

, - !scope=row,

,
1967–68 ,
1982–83 , – , – , – , – , (2)
1962–63; 1964–65 , - !scope=row, Željezničar ,
1972–73 , bgcolor="#9acdff"
1984–85 , – , – , – ,
1970–71 ,
1965–66 , - !scope=row,

,
1982–83 , (3)
1971–72; 1976–77; 1988–89 , bgcolor="#9acdff"
1960–61 , – , – , bgcolor="gold"
1966–67 , – , - !scope=row,

,
1987–88 ,
1985–86 ,
1961–62 , – , – , – , – , - !scope=row, Radnički Niš , – , bgcolor="#9acdff"
1981–82 , – , – , – , – , (2)
1964–65; 1965–66 , - !scope=row,

, – ,
1972–73 , bgcolor="#9acdff"
1962–63 , – , – , bgcolor="9acdff"
1958–60 as ''Belgrade XI'' , – , - !scope=row, Velež Mostar , – ,
1974–75 , (2)
1981–82; 1986–87 , – , – , – , Group Stage (2) 1962-63; 1963-64 , - !scope=row,

, – ,
1984–85 ,
1979–80 , – , – , – ,
1962–63 , - !scope=row, Sloboda Tuzla , – ,
1977–78 , – , – , – , – , bgcolor="gold"
1983 , - !scope=row, Rad Belgrade , – ,
1989–90 , – , – , – , – , bgcolor="silver"

1988 File:1988 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The oil platform Piper Alpha explodes and collapses in the North Sea, killing 165 workers; The USS Vincennes (CG-49) mistakenly shoots down Iran Air Flight 655; Australia celebrates its Australian ...

, - !scope=row,

Borac Banja Luka Fudbalski klub Borac Banja Luka (Serbian Cyrillic: Фудбалски клуб Бopaц Бања Лука, ) is a Bosnian professional association football club, based in the city of Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and is the major part of th ...

, – , – ,
1975–76 , – , – , – , – , - !scope=row, Olimpija Ljubljana , – , - ,
1970–71 , – , – , (2)
1966–67; 1968–69 , bgcolor="silver"

1990 File:1990 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1990 FIFA World Cup is played in Italy; The Human Genome Project is launched; Voyager I takes the famous Pale Blue Dot image- speaking on the fragility of Humankind, humanity on Earth, Astroph ...

, - !scope=row, Bor , – , – ,
1968–69 , – , – , – , – , - !scope=row, Budućnost , – , – , – , – , – , – , bgcolor="gold"

1981 Events January * January 1 ** Greece enters the European Economic Community, predecessor of the European Union. ** Palau becomes a self-governing territory. * January 10 – Salvadoran Civil War: The FMLN launches its first major offensiv ...

, - !scope=row, Čelik Zenica , – , – , – , – , – , – , bgcolor="gold"

1975 It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe. Events January * January 1 - Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. ...

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

All time top goalscorers

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

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period.
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, 218 , 365 , 0.60 ,

, Galenika , 1965–1974, 1976–1980, 1982–1983 , - , 2 , align="left",

, 168 , 243 , 0.69 ,

, 1982–1992 , - , 3 , align="left",

, 166 , 322 , 0.51 , Velež Mostar , 1966–1977, 1981–1983 , - , 4 , align="left",

, 158 , 257 , 0.61 ,

Crvena Zvezda Fudbalski klub Crvena zvezda ( sr-Cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Црвена звезда, lit=Red Star Football Club, ), commonly known as Red Star Belgrade in English-language media, is a Serbian professional Association football, foot ...

, 1951–1961, 1962–1966 , - , 5 , align="left",

, 149 , , ,

, 1946–1953 , - , 6 , align="left",

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, 145 , 227 , 0.64 ,

Proleter Zrenjanin Fudbalski klub Proleter Zrenjanin () is a football club from the city of Zrenjanin, Vojvodina, Serbia. History Early period Soon after World War II, the club almost achieved promotion to the Yugoslav Second League after finishing top of the ...

, 1948–1949, 1951–1961, 1967–1968 , - , 7 , align="left", Stjepan Bobek , 129 , 201 , 0.64 ,

, 1945–1956 , - , =7 , align="left",

, 129 , , ,

FK Radnički Beograd FK Radnički Beograd (Serbian Cyrillic: ФК Раднички Београд) is a Serbian football club based in New Belgrade. The club is often referred to as FK Radnički Novi Beograd, although the club is officially named simply as FK Radn ...

, , - , 9 , align="left",

, 120 , 202 , 0.59 ,

, 1973–1982 , - , 10 , align="left",

Dragan Džajić Dragan Džajić ( sr-Cyrl, Драган Џајић; born 30 May 1946) is a Yugoslav former footballer from Serbia. Džajić is widely considered to be one of the best footballers to emerge from the former Yugoslavia, and one of the greatest l ...

, 113 , 330 , 0.34 ,

, 1963–1973, 1974–1975, 1977–1978 , - , 11 , align="left",

, 112 , 188 , 0.60 , Sutjeska Nikšić,

, 1964–1965, 1966–1970, 1972–1974 , - , 12 , align="left",

Josip Bukal Josip "Mane" Bukal (15 November 1945 – 30 August 2016) was a Bosnian professional football player and later on Manager (association football), football manager. During his playing days, he played as a Forward (association football)#Striker, str ...

, 111 , 258 , 0.43 , Željezničar , 1963–1973, 1977–1978 , - , 13 , align="left",

, 108 , 217 , 0.50 ,

, 1963–1973 , - , 14 , align="left",

, 104 , 156 , 0.67 ,

, Spartak Subotica , 1946–1956 , - , 15 , align="left",

Vahid Halilhodžić Vahid Halilhodžić (; born 15 October 1952) is a Bosnian professional football manager and former player. He is regarded as one of the most controversially successful Bosnian football managers, due to his successful tenure in coaching various na ...

, 103 , 207 , 0.50 , Velež Mostar , 1972–1981 , - , 16 , align="left",

, 103 , , ,

, 1976–1986 , - , 17 , align="left", Petar Nikezić , 102 , 301 , 0.34 ,

, 1967–1978, 1979–1982 , - , 18 , align="left",

, 101 , 240 , 0.42 ,

, 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 of teams that stood out, typically from the bigger cities. Among these were: {, , valign="top", ; *

(43 seasons, 2 titles) * Velež,

Mostar Mostar (, ; sr-Cyrl, Мостар, ) is a city and the administrative center of Herzegovina-Neretva Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the historical capital of Herzegovina. Mostar is sit ...

(38 seasons) * Željezničar,

(34 seasons, 1 title) * Sloboda,

Tuzla Tuzla (, ) is the third-largest city of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the administrative center of Tuzla Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. As of 2013, it has a population of 110,979 inhabitants. Tuzla is the economic, cultural, e ...

(25 seasons) * Čelik,

Zenica Zenica ( ; ; ) is a city in Bosnia and Herzegovina and an administrative and economic center of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina's Zenica-Doboj Canton. It is located in the Bosna (river), Bosna river valley, about north of Sarajevo. Th ...

(17 seasons) * Borac,

Banja Luka Banja Luka ( sr-Cyrl, Бања Лука, ) or Banjaluka ( sr-Cyrl, Бањалука, ) is the second largest city in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the largest city of Republika Srpska. Banja Luka is also the ''de facto'' capital of this entity. I ...

(14 seasons) *'' Slavija'',

(11 seasons) ; *

Hajduk A hajduk ( hu, hajdúk, plural of ) is a type of irregular infantry found in Central and parts of Southeast Europe from the late 16th to mid 19th centuries. They have reputations ranging from bandits to freedom fighters depending on time, p ...

Split Split(s) or The Split may refer to: Places * Split, Croatia, the largest coastal city in Croatia * Split Island, Canada, an island in the Hudson Bay * Split Island, Falkland Islands * Split Island, Fiji, better known as Hạfliua Arts, enterta ...

(62 seasons, 9 titles) * Dinamo,

(45 seasons, 4 titles) * NK Rijeka,

(29 seasons) * NK Zagreb,

(18 seasons) *'' Građanski,

'' (14 seasons, 5 titles) *

NK Osijek Nogometni klub Osijek ( en, Osijek Football Club), commonly referred to as NK Osijek or simply Osijek (), is a Croatian professional football club from Osijek. Founded in 1947, it was the club from Slavonia with the most seasons in the Yugoslav F ...

(13 seasons) *'' Concordia,

'' (9 seasons, 2 titles) *''

'' (8 seasons, 1 title) ; *

Skopje Skopje ( , , ; mk, Скопје ; sq, Shkup) is the capital and largest city of North Macedonia. It is the country's political, cultural, economic, and academic centre. The territory of Skopje has been inhabited since at least 4000 BC; r ...

(33 seasons) , ; * Budućnost,

Podgorica Podgorica (Cyrillic script, Cyrillic: Подгорица, ; Literal translation, lit. 'under the hill') is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Montenegro, largest city of Montenegro. The city was formerly known as Titograd ...

(26 seasons) ; *

(50 seasons) *

(46 seasons, 19 titles) *

(46 seasons, 11 titles) *

Novi Sad Novi Sad ( sr-Cyrl, Нови Сад, ; hu, Újvidék, ; german: Neusatz; see below for other names) is the second largest city in Serbia and the capital of the autonomous province of Vojvodina. It is located in the southern portion of the Pan ...

(44 seasons, 2 titles) * Radnički,

Niš Niš (; sr-Cyrl, Ниш, ; names in other languages) is the third largest city in Serbia and the administrative center of the Nišava District. It is located in southern part of Serbia. , the city proper has a population of 183,164, while ...

(29 seasons) *'' Jugoslavija'',

(14 seasons, 2 titles) * Spartak,

Subotica Subotica ( sr-cyrl, Суботица, ; hu, Szabadka) is a List of cities in Serbia, city and the administrative center of the North Bačka District in the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. Formerly the largest city of Vojvodina region, ...

(16 seasons) ; * Olimpija,

Ljubljana Ljubljana (also known by other historical names) is the capital and largest city of Slovenia. It is the country's cultural, educational, economic, political and administrative center. During antiquity, a Roman city called Emona stood in the ar ...

(22 seasons)

UEFA coefficients

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

Successor leagues

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.

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

so they both started their own football leagues. The

Slovenian PrvaLiga The Slovenian PrvaLiga ( sl, Prva slovenska nogometna liga, ), currently named Prva liga Telemach due to sponsorship reasons, also known by the abbreviation 1. SNL, is the top level of the Football in Slovenia, Slovenian football league system. ...

was launched in late 1991, while the Croatian Prva HNL saw its first edition in 1992. Affected by the ongoing

war in Croatia The Croatian War of Independence was fought from 1991 to 1995 between Croat forces loyal to the Government of Croatia—which had declared independence from the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRY)—and the Serb-controlled Yugosl ...

, 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 1991–92 season was the last season held officially under the name of

, 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 The Bosnian War ( sh, Rat u Bosni i Hercegovini / Рат у Босни и Херцеговини) was an international armed conflict that took place in Bosnia and Herzegovina between 1992 and 1995. The war is commonly seen as having started ...

broke out towards the end of the season, Bosnian clubs never finished it, with Željezničar of

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,

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

Macedonian First League The Macedonian First Football League ( mk, Прва македонска фудбалска лига, ''Prva Мakedonska Fudbalska Liga''), also called Macedonian First League, 1. MFL, and Prva Liga, is the highest professional football competiti ...

was launched the following season. For the 1992–93 season Bosnian clubs were all on hiatus due to full blown fighting that developed there, with the sole exception of Borac of

(the strongest

Bosnian Serb The Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sr-Cyrl, Срби у Босни и Херцеговини, Srbi u Bosni i Hercegovini) are one of the three constitutive nations (state-forming nations) of the country, predominantly residing in the politi ...

side at the time) which temporarily moved to Belgrade and joined the newly formed league featuring clubs from Serbia and Montenegro, this time restyled as the

. (Serbia and Montenegro, the only ones left after other four member republics declared independence, renamed their country

Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Serbia and Montenegro ( sr, Cрбија и Црна Гора, translit=Srbija i Crna Gora) was a country in Southeast Europe located in the Balkans that existed from 1992 to 2006, following the breakup of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yu ...

.) The league lasted under that name until the 2002–03 season, when the country changed its name so the league was renamed First League of Serbia and Montenegro. Finally, in June 2006 Montenegro declared independence and peacefully departed the union, so from the 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 Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sh, / , ), abbreviated BiH () or B&H, sometimes called Bosnia–Herzegovina and often known informally as Bosnia, is a country at the crossroads of south and southeast Europe, located in the Balkans. Bosnia and H ...

proclaimed independence in late winter 1992, and already in April same year N/FSBiH applied for membership with FIFA and UEFA. Meanwhile, due to the outbreak of

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

Bosnian Croats The Croats of Bosnia and Herzegovina (), often referred to as Bosnian Croats () or Herzegovinian Croats () are the third most populous ethnic group in the country after Bosniaks and Serbs, and are one of the constitutive nations of Bosnia and ...

launched the

First League of Herzeg-Bosnia The First League of Herzeg-Bosnia served as the top football league in Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia during the Bosnian War and post-war periods of the 1990s. During these years, football was divided along ethnic lines, with the Croat, Bosniak ...

in which only Croatian clubs competed on parochial scale within the limits of

West Herzegovina The West Herzegovina Canton ( hr, Županija Zapadnohercegovačka, bs, Zapadnohercegovački kanton) is one of the cantons of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The West Herzegovina Canton is in the Herzegovina region in the southwest of B ...

and few other enclaves. In the same year

Bosnian Serbs The Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sr-Cyrl, Срби у Босни и Херцеговини, Srbi u Bosni i Hercegovini) are one of the three constitutive nations (state-forming nations) of the country, predominantly residing in the politi ...

also organized their own

First League of the Republika Srpska The First League of the Republika Srpska ( sh, Prva liga Republike Srpske / ) is a second level Association football, football competition in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The league champion is promoted to the Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina ...

, 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 The Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Republika Bosna i Hercegovina, Република Босна и Херцеговина) was a state in Southeastern Europe, existing from 1992 to 1995. It is the direct lega ...

institutions and auspices of N/FSBiH, at the time consequently with

Bosniak The Bosniaks ( bs, Bošnjaci, Cyrillic: Бошњаци, ; , ) are a South Slavic ethnic group native to the Southeast European historical region of Bosnia, which is today part of Bosnia and Herzegovina, who share a common Bosnian ancestry, cu ...

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 The First League of Bosnia and Herzegovina ( bs, Prva liga Bosne i Hercegovine / Прва лига Босне и Херцеговине) operated by the Football Association of Bosnia and Herzegovina (abbreviation: ''N/FSBiH'') was the top tier ...

was launched. 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 The General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina, also known as the Dayton Agreement or the Dayton Accords ( Croatian: ''Daytonski sporazum'', Serbian and Bosnian: ''Dejtonski mirovni sporazum'' / Дејтонски мир� ...

'' 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 A national sports team (commonly known as a national team or a national side) is a team that represents a nation, rather than a particular club or region, in an international sport. The term is most commonly associated with team sports, for exa ...

could compete at the international and official level. 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 The Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina is one of the two entities within the State of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the other being Republika Srpska. The Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina consists of 10 autonomous cantons with their own govern ...

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.

Today's top flight successors

* →

Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina The m:tel Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina ( bs, m:tel Premijer liga Bosne i Hercegovine / м:тел Премијер лига Босне и Херцеговине), also known as Liga 12, is the top tier football league in Bosnia and Herz ...

(2000–present; from 1994 to 2000 had a

) * → Prva HNL (1992–present) * →

Football Superleague of Kosovo The Football Superleague of Kosovo ( sq, Superliga e Futbollit të Kosovës), also known as the ALBI MALL Superleague of Kosovo ( sq, ALBI MALL Superliga e Kosovës) for sponsorship reasons with Albi Mall, is the top level of the Kosovar football ...

(2016–present) * →

(1992–present) * →

Montenegrin First League The First League of Montenegro ( Montenegrin: ''Prva crnogorska fudbalska liga'' — ''Prva CFL'' — ''1. CFL''; ) is the top football league in Montenegro. Founded in 2006, competition is headed by the Football Association of Montenegro. 10 tea ...

(2006–present; from 1992 to 2006 had a joint league with Serbia) * →

Serbian SuperLiga The Serbian Super League ( sr, Супер лига Србије / Super liga Srbije), referred to as the Mozzart Bet Super League ( sr, Моцарт Бет Супер лига / Mozzart Bet Super liga) for sponsorship reasons, is a Serbian profes ...

(2006–present, from 1992 to 2006 had a joint league with Montenegro) * →

(1991–present) UEFA recognised FR Yugoslavia and subsequently Serbia as the only official successor of YugoslaviaSerbia
at

FIFA FIFA (; stands for ''Fédération Internationale de Football Association'' ( French), meaning International Association Football Federation ) is the international governing body of association football, beach football and futsal. It was found ...

official websiteNews: Serbia
at

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official website, published 1 January 2011, Retrieved 4 October 2012 and consequently the clubs from FR Yugoslavia kept the ranking and ponctuation within UEFA.

Notes and references

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References

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1 Sports leagues established in 1923 1923 establishments in Yugoslavia 1992 disestablishments