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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 and numbers of levels changed several times, the last time in 1988, when the four inter-republic groups were introduced at third level. The groups were called that way because unlike the fourth tier groups they did not correspond territorially to Yugoslavia's six federal republics.

The system

The following table shows the structure as it was employed in the 1990–91 season, the last season before Slovenian and Croatian clubs departed after their countries declared independence. Bosnian and Macedonian clubs also abandoned the system during and after the following 1991–92 season. Serbia and Montenegro stayed unified as FR Yugoslavia and continued competing together all the way until 2006. The league system structure was kept similar, with the 4 Inter-Republic leagues being replaced by 4 leagues distributed geographically: Montenegrin League, Serbian League East, Serbian League North and Serbian League West.

Lev.	Leagues
1	First Federal League 18 clubs – 2 relegations
2	Second Federal League 20 clubs – 2 promotions, 4 relegations
3	Inter-Republic League North 18 clubs – 1 promotion	Inter-Republic League South 18 clubs – 1 promotion	Inter-Republic League East 18 clubs – 1 promotion	Inter-Republic League West 18 clubs – 1 promotion
4	Bosnia and Herzegovina Republic League Croatian Republic Football League Macedonian Republic Football League Montenegrin Republic League Serbian Republic Football League Slovenian Republic Football League Vojvodina Football League

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-The '''Yugoslav football league system''' refers to the system of [[League system|interconnected leagues]] in [[association football]] which was in place during the existence of [[SFR Yugoslavia]] and organized by the [[Football Association of Yugoslavia]] (FSJ). It was established in 1946 and lasted until the [[breakup of Yugoslavia|country's breakup]] in 1991.
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+The '''Yugoslav football league system''' refers to the system of [[League system|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 and numbers of levels changed several times, the last time in 1988 when the four inter-republic groups were introduced at third level. The groups were called that way because unlike the fourth tier groups they did not correspond territorially to Yugoslavia's [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia#Federal subjects|six federal republics]].
+The exact formats and numbers of levels changed several times, the last time in 1988, when the four inter-republic groups were introduced at third level. The groups were called that way because unlike the fourth tier groups they did not correspond territorially to Yugoslavia's [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia#Federal units|six federal republics]].
 ==The system==
-The following table shows the structure as it was employed in the 1990–91 season, the last season before Slovenian and Croatian clubs departed after their countries declared independence. Bosnian and Macedonian clubs also abandoned the system during and after the following 1991–92 season.
+The following table shows the structure as it was employed in the 1990–91 season, the last season before Slovenian and Croatian clubs departed after their countries declared independence.  Bosnian and Macedonian clubs also abandoned the system during and after the following 1991–92 season.  Serbia and Montenegro stayed unified as FR Yugoslavia and continued competing together all the way until 2006.  The league system structure was kept similar, with the 4 Inter-Republic leagues being replaced by 4 leagues distributed geographically: Montenegrin League, Serbian League East, Serbian League North and Serbian League West.
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 '''[[Yugoslav First League|First Federal League]]'''<br />
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 '''[[Yugoslav Second League|Second Federal League]]'''<br />
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 '''[[Yugoslav Inter-Republic League|Inter-Republic League]] North'''<br />
-''18 clubs''
+''18 clubs'' – 1 promotion
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 '''[[Yugoslav Inter-Republic League|Inter-Republic League]] South'''<br />
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 '''[[Yugoslav Inter-Republic League|Inter-Republic League]] East'''<br />
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+''18 clubs'' – 1 promotion
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 '''[[Yugoslav Inter-Republic League|Inter-Republic League]] West '''<br />
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-'''Bosnia and Herzegovina Republic Football League'''<br />
+'''[[Bosnia and Herzegovina Republic League]]'''<br />
-'''Croatian Republic Football League'''<br />
+'''[[Croatian Republic Football League]]'''<br />
-'''Kosovo Football League'''<br />
+'''[[Macedonian Republic Football League]]'''<br />
-'''Macedonia Republic Football League'''<br />
+'''[[Montenegrin Republic League]]'''<br />
-'''Montenegrin Republic Football League'''<br />
 '''Serbian Republic Football League'''<br />
 '''[[Slovenian Republic Football League]]'''<br />
-'''Vojvodina Football League'''<br />
+'''[[Vojvodina League|Vojvodina Football League]]'''<br />
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 *[[Croatian football league system]]
 *[[Serbian football league system]]
+*[[Kosovo football league system]]
 {{Football in Yugoslavia}}
-[[Category:Football in Yugoslavia]]
+[[Category:Football leagues in Yugoslavia| ]]
-[[Category:Football league systems]]
+[[Category:Football league systems in Europe]]

v t e Football in Yugoslavia
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National teams	National team Olympic U-21 U-20 U-19 U-17 Women's National team
League system	First League Second League Third League Bosnia and Herzegovina Croatia Macedonia Montenegro Serbia North South Vojvodina Slovenia
Domestic cups	Yugoslav Cup Yugoslav Super Cup
Subassociations	Banja Luka Belgrade Cetinje Kragujevac Ljubljana Niš Novi Sad Osijek Sarajevo Skoplje Split Subotica Veliki Bečkerek Zagreb
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The system

See also