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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 Slovenian football league system. Contested by ten clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the Slovenian Second League (2. SNL). Seasons typically run from July to May with each team playing 36 matches. The competition was founded in 1991 after Slovenia became an independent country. From 1920 until the end of the 1990–91 season, the
Slovenian Republic League The Slovenian Republic Football League ( sl, Slovenska republiška nogometna liga) was the highest football league in Slovenia within the Yugoslav football system. During the time of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia it was known as the Ljubljana Subas ...
was a lower division within the Yugoslav league system. The league is governed by the Football Association of Slovenia.
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are the only two founding clubs that have never been relegated from the league since its foundation in 1991. 44 clubs have competed since the inception of the PrvaLiga in 1991. Eight of them have won the title: Maribor (16), Gorica (4), Olimpija (4), Domžale (2), Olimpija Ljubljana (2),
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(1), Celje (1) and Mura (1).


History

The Slovenian First League (1. SNL) was established after Slovenia's independence in 1991, and initially consisted of 21 clubs in the inaugural season. Prior to that, Slovenian teams competed in the
Yugoslav football league system The Yugoslav football league system refers to the system of interconnected leagues in association football which was in place during the existence of Yugoslavia and organized by the Football Association of Yugoslavia (FSJ). The exact formats an ...
. Olimpija,
Maribor Maribor ( , , , ; also known by other #Name, historical names) is the second-largest city in Slovenia and the largest city of the traditional region of Styria (Slovenia), Lower Styria. It is also the seat of the City Municipality of Maribor, th ...
and
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were the only Slovenian teams to play in the Yugoslav top division between 1945 and the
breakup of Yugoslavia The breakup of Yugoslavia occurred as a result of a series of political upheavals and conflicts during the early 1990s. After a period of political and economic crisis in the 1980s, constituent republics of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yu ...
in 1991. While they were part of the Yugoslav football system, most Slovenian clubs competed for the title of regional champions in the
Slovenian Republic League The Slovenian Republic Football League ( sl, Slovenska republiška nogometna liga) was the highest football league in Slovenia within the Yugoslav football system. During the time of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia it was known as the Ljubljana Subas ...
, the third tier of Yugoslav football. In 1991, the Football Association of Slovenia separated from the Football Association of Yugoslavia and established its own competitions, where Slovenian clubs competed for the title of Slovenian national champions. As of 2022,
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and Maribor remains the only two founding clubs that have never been relegated from the league since the inaugural 1991–92 edition. The competition format and the number of clubs in the league have changed over time, ranging from 21 clubs in the first season to 10 clubs in its present form. Olimpija won the first title. They had a long tradition of playing in the Yugoslav First League and their squad was still composed of players from that era. Olimpija dominated the league and won a further three championships before Gorica won their first in the 1995–96 season. Following Gorica's success, Maribor won their first championship in
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. This started a record-breaking streak of seven successive league championships which came to an end when Gorica won their second title in the 2003–04 season. The club from Nova Gorica went on to win an additional two titles, becoming the third club to win three consecutive championships. During the 2006–07 season, Domžale won their first title, a feat they repeated the following season. After the 2008–09 season, Maribor became the major force in Slovenian football for the second time, having won 9 out of 14 championships since then. Maribor is the most successful club; they have won the championship 16 times, more than all other clubs combined. Seven of Maribor's titles came during the late 1990s and early 2000s when the club was led alternately by managers Bojan Prašnikar, Ivo Šušak and Matjaž Kek.
Darko Milanič Darko Milanič (born 18 December 1967) is a Slovenian professional football manager and former player. As a player, Milanič represented both Yugoslavia and Slovenia at international level. He also captained Slovenia at UEFA Euro 2000. Club car ...
has led the club to four championships between 2009 and 2013. Olimpija has won four titles, all in successive years between 1992 and 1995. Tied with four championships is Gorica who won their first title in 1996 and an additional three in successive years between 2004 and 2006. Domžale and Olimpija Ljubljana have won two titles each, followed by
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, who won their only championship in 2010. Maribor has won the Slovenian version of the double the most; they have won the league and the
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four times in the same season.


Names

Since 1991, the league has been named after sponsors on several occasions, giving it the following names:


Format

PrvaLiga is contested on a round-robin basis. Each team play against each other four times, twice at home and twice away, for a total of 36 rounds. Teams receive three points for a win, one point for a draw, and no points for a loss. Teams are ranked according to the total sum of points and if two teams are tied, head-to-head score is used as the first classification criteria. At the end of the season, the top three clubs qualify for the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Europa Conference League qualifying rounds, with the ninth-placed team being qualified for the relegation play-offs and the bottom one being relegated to the Slovenian Second League. The current system is in use since 2005. Between 1993 and 1995, a regular double round-robin format with 16 clubs was used, before being replaced with the current ten-club system for three seasons until 1998. Triple round-robin with twelve clubs and two direct relegations was then used between 1998 and 2003. In the next two seasons, in 2003–04 and 2004–05, the league was divided into the championship and relegation groups after the end of the regular season.


List of champions


Performance by club


Clubs


2022–23 season

:''Below is the list of clubs that are members of the
2022–23 Slovenian PrvaLiga The 2022–23 Slovenian PrvaLiga was the 32nd edition of the Slovenian PrvaLiga since its establishment in 1991. The season began on 15 July 2022 and ended on 20 May 2023. Olimpija Ljubljana won the league after beating Maribor 2–0 in the 31st ...
season. The information and the statistics shown in the table are correct as of the end of the 2021–22 season.''


UEFA coefficient

''Correct as of 27 May 2022. The table shows the position of the Slovenian PrvaLiga, based on their UEFA coefficient country ranking, and the four foreign leagues closest to the PrvaLiga's position (two leagues with a higher coefficient and two with a lower coefficient).''


Statistics


Top scorers


Awards


Trophy

The current trophy is being presented since the 2012–13 season and was designed by Mirko Bratuša, a sculptor from
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. It depicts a ball with eleven star-shaped holes and inside there are eleven players holding together and looking at the sky. It is made of brass, bronze and gold, and weighs .


Player awards

The first Player of the Year awards were presented by Slovenian newspaper ''
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'' in the early 1990s. Between 1996 and 1999 they were presented by '' Ekipa'' and since 2004, the awards are organised by the Union of Professional Football Players of Slovenia (SPINS). Player of the Year * 1991
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* 1992 Vlado Miloševič * 1993
Gregor Židan Gregor Židan (born 5 October 1965) is a Slovenian retired football midfielder and a politician. International career Židan first represented Croatia, playing one unofficial friendly match against the United States on 17 October 1990, coming ...
* 1994
Džoni Novak Džoni Novak (born 4 September 1969) is a Slovenian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He represented his country at Euro 2000 and the 2002 World Cup. Club career Born in Ljubljana, he started his professional career p ...
* 1995
Sandi Valentinčič Sandi Valentinčič (born 25 August 1967) is a Slovenian retired footballer who played as a midfielder. Club career Valentinčič played for Olimpija in the Yugoslav Second League and VfB Oldenburg in the German 2. Bundesliga The 2. Bun ...
* 2004
Damir Pekič Damir Pekič (born 15 January 1979) is a former Slovenian association football, football player who played as a Forward (association football), forward Club career Pekič started his senior career in NK Maribor, Maribor. Before he was given a r ...
and
Dražen Žeželj Dražen Žeželj (born 6 February 1976) is a retired Slovenian footballer who played as a forward. Žeželj had spells with a number of Slovenian clubs during his career, and he also had stints abroad in Greece with Niki Volos and in Austria wit ...
* 2005
Saša Ranić Saša Ranić (born 7 November 1981) is a Slovenian retired football midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that cas ...
* 2006
Ermin Rakovič Ermin Rakovič (born 7 September 1977) is a retired Slovenian footballer who played as a forward. Career Rakovič scored one goal in 15 caps for Slovenia. Personal life In 2010, Rakovič was under investigation by UEFA, together with two other ...
* 2007–08
Amer Jukan Amer Jukan (born 28 November 1978) is a Slovenian football midfielder of Bosnian descent who plays for SV Oberdrauburg. Honours Hapoel Petah Tikva F.C. *Toto Cup: 2004–05 Interblock *Slovenian Cup Slovene or Slovenian may refer to: * S ...
* 2008–09 Marcos Tavares * 2009–10
Miran Pavlin Miran Pavlin (born 8 October 1971) is a Slovenian former professional footballer who played as midfielder. He featured for clubs such as Olimpija, SC Freiburg, Olympiakos Nicosia, APOEL, FC Porto and Olimpija Ljubljana. Club career In 2009, ...
* 2010–11 Marcos Tavares * 2011–12
Dare Vršič Dare Vršič (born 26 September 1984) is a Slovenian footballer who plays for Zavrč as a midfielder. Besides Slovenia, he has played in Slovakia, Romania and Austria. International career Vršič was capped 13 times for the Slovenia national ...
SPINS XI 2011–12
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/ref> * 2013–14 Massimo CodaSPINS XI 2013–14
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Benjamin Verbič Benjamin Verbič (born 27 November 1993) is a Slovenian professional footballer who plays as a left winger for Super League Greece club Panathinaikos and the Slovenia national team. Verbič began his senior career with his hometown club Celj ...
SPINS XI 2014–15
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Rok Kronaveter Rok Kronaveter (born 7 December 1986) is a Slovenian footballer who plays as a midfielder for SV Allerheiligen. Club career Kronaveter began his football career playing for hometown club Železničar Maribor at the age of ten. On 16 March 20 ...
Najboljša nogometaša sezone sta Rok Kronaveter in Manja Rogan
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Dare Vršič Dare Vršič (born 26 September 1984) is a Slovenian footballer who plays for Zavrč as a midfielder. Besides Slovenia, he has played in Slovakia, Romania and Austria. International career Vršič was capped 13 times for the Slovenia national ...
Najboljši nogometaš sezone 2016/2017 je Dare Vršič
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Senijad Ibričić Senijad Ibričić (born 26 September 1985) is a Bosnian football executive and former player who played as an attacking midfielder. He is the current sporting director of Bosnian Premier League club Sarajevo. Besides Bosnia and Herzegovina, Ibr ...
Senijad Ibričić igralec sezone v 1. SNL!
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Rudi Požeg Vancaš Rudi Požeg Vancaš (born 15 March 1994) is a Slovenian 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 footbal ...
* 2019–20 Mitja Lotrič * 2020–21
Senijad Ibričić Senijad Ibričić (born 26 September 1985) is a Bosnian football executive and former player who played as an attacking midfielder. He is the current sporting director of Bosnian Premier League club Sarajevo. Besides Bosnia and Herzegovina, Ibr ...
* 2021–22
Ognjen Mudrinski Ognjen Mudrinski ( sr-Cyrl, Огњен Мудрински; born 15 November 1991) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Hungarian club Újpest. Club career Vojvodina Mudrinski began playing football in Vojvodina's you ...
Young player of the Year * 2011–12
Boban Jović Boban Jović (born 25 June 1991) is a retired Slovenian footballer who played as a defender. Club career Jović started playing football at his local club Šampion, but moved to Aluminij in his teens. Even though he was playing in Slovenian ...
* 2012–13
Boban Jović Boban Jović (born 25 June 1991) is a retired Slovenian footballer who played as a defender. Club career Jović started playing football at his local club Šampion, but moved to Aluminij in his teens. Even though he was playing in Slovenian ...
* 2013–14 Martin Milec * 2014–15
Benjamin Verbič Benjamin Verbič (born 27 November 1993) is a Slovenian professional footballer who plays as a left winger for Super League Greece club Panathinaikos and the Slovenia national team. Verbič began his senior career with his hometown club Celj ...
* 2015–16
Miha Zajc Miha Zajc (born 1 July 1994) is a Slovenian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Fenerbahçe and the Slovenia national team. Club career Interblock Zajc was born in Šempeter pri Gorici. As a youth, he played in the youth selections of I ...
* 2016–17 Luka Zahović * 2017–18 Luka Zahović * 2018–19 Jan Mlakar * 2019–20 Dario Vizinger * 2020–21
Timi Max Elšnik Timi Max Elšnik (born 29 April 1998) is a Slovenian professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Serbian SuperLiga club Red Star Belgrade and the Slovenia national team. Club career Derby County Elšnik joined the Derby Coun ...
* 2021–22
Tomi Horvat Tomi Horvat (born 24 March 1999) is a Slovenian footballer who plays for Austrian Bundesliga side Sturm Graz as a midfielder. Club career Horvat made his Slovenian PrvaLiga debut for Mura on 21 July 2018 in a game against Triglav Kranj. Inte ...


Manager awards

Manager awards weren't presented between 2012 and 2019. Manager of the Year * 2011–12
Darko Milanič Darko Milanič (born 18 December 1967) is a Slovenian professional football manager and former player. As a player, Milanič represented both Yugoslavia and Slovenia at international level. He also captained Slovenia at UEFA Euro 2000. Club car ...
* 2018–19
Ante Šimundža Ante Šimundža (born 28 September 1971) is a Slovenian professional football manager and former player. Club career Šimundža started his career at hometown club Železničar Maribor at the age of ten, and moved to NK Maribor after Slovenia' ...
* 2019–20
Dušan Kosič Dušan Kosič (born 23 April 1971) is a Slovenian professional football manager and former player who is the head coach of Slovenian PrvaLiga club Tabor Sežana. Club career Kosič is the second-most capped player in the Slovenian PrvaLiga with ...
* 2020–21
Dejan Djuranović Dejan Djuranović (born 5 May 1968) is a Slovenian professional Manager (association football), football manager and former Football player, player. Djuranović was capped for the Slovenia national football team, Slovenian national team. Exter ...
* 2021–22
Zoran Zeljković Zoran Zeljković (born 9 May 1980) is a Slovenian professional football manager and former player who is the manager of Slovenian PrvaLiga side Olimpija Ljubljana. Honours Domžale *Slovenian PrvaLiga: 2006–07 Interblock *Slovenian Cup: ...


Broadcast

During the early years, the league was broadcast only by the national public broadcasting television, RTV Slovenija. From 2008 until 2012, they had joint broadcasts with Šport TV, and from 2013 until 2015 with
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. In the 2015–16 and 2016–17 seasons, the league was broadcast exclusively on Kanal A. In the 2017–18 season, the league was broadcast jointly by Kanal A and Šport TV. In the first round of the season, all five games were broadcast live for the first time in the league history. Between 2018–19 and 2020–21, the league was broadcast jointly by Planet TV and RTV Slovenija. With the start of the 2019–20 season, one match per week is also broadcast on local Sportklub channels in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Serbia. From 2021–22 onwards, the league is being broadcast by Sportklub and Šport TV; all five matches per round are broadcast live, with Sportklub broadcasting four matches and Šport TV one. From the 2022–23 season, the league is also broadcast in Poland on Sportklub Polska.


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