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 |
| Red Star |
| Replaced by |
| • Prva liga BiH (since 1996 as FIFA, 1998 as UEFA member) since 2000 Premijer Liga BiH • Prva liga SR Jugoslavije since 2006 Superliga Srbije and Prva crnogorska fudbalska liga • Prva HNL • 1. MFL • 1. SNL |
| Note |
The Yugoslav First League (Serbian: Prva savezna liga u fudbalu, Serbian Cyrillic: Пpвa Лигa; pronounced [pr̂ːvaː lǐːɡa], Croatian: Prva savezna liga u nogometu) was the premier football league in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1918–1941) and socialist Yugoslavia (1945–1991).
The First League Championship was one of two national competitions held annually in Yugoslavia, the Yugoslav Cup 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, despite the succession and same name "Prva savezna liga", it is covered in a separate article.
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 (Građanski Zagreb, Concordia Zagreb, HAŠK 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, until in late 1929 disagreements arose between the Zagreb and Belgrade 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. Consequently with the moving of headquarters, Croatian players and coaches boycotted Yugoslav national team. With the Axis invasion of Yugoslavia, separate Croatian and Serbian leagues were established, which operated during the World War II.
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