Yugoslav First League
The first Yugoslav Football League ( Cyrillic Prva Liga, Прва Лига ) was founded in 1923 and was considered the highest division of Yugoslavia. She was under the Fudbalski savez Jugoslavije - FSJ (German: Yugoslavian Football Federation ). First, the winner was determined in a knockout system, later in the league system. The first Master was Građanski Zagreb, the precursor of Dinamo Zagreb. The first League of Yugoslavia lasted until 1992. Until then won Red Star Belgrade, Partizan Belgrade before, most titles.
The history
In the beginning, only two teams from Croatia, two from Serbia, one from Slovenia and one from Bosnia and Herzegovina participated. Master was at the end of Građanski Zagreb, the (1:1 first leg ) 4-2 defeated the Sask Sarajevo in the final replay. A year later was joined by a seventh club, and we continued to play in the tournament system from the master. Only in 1927 did the League mode to use, but the number of teams remained small. The first champion in the league was Hajduk Split, who qualified along with the second-placed BSK for the Mitropa Cup. After again accounted for in the 1931/32 season with the Cup mode the winner, enlarged it a year later the league to eleven teams to make the league more attractive and to get the league system. In the years of the Second World War, the League was again shortened and adjusted due to the occupation by the Axis powers soon after.
Years of upheaval
After the Second World War, took the game mode back on, and also the Cup competition has been introduced. From then on, the dominance of clubs from Belgrade, Split and Zagreb began. 1950 was enlarged to twelve teams and the league 1954 14 The Yugoslav League blossomed from decade to decade to a strong league and offered many good players. Shortly before the breakup of Yugoslavia it was one of the strongest leagues in Europe.