Football Association of Yugoslavia

UEFA
Founded	1919
FIFA affiliation	1923
UEFA affiliation	1954
President	none

The Football Association of Yugoslavia (FSJ) (Serbian: Fudbalski Savez Jugoslavije/Фудбалски Савез Југославије, Croatian: Nogometni Savez Jugoslavije; Slovene: Nogometna zveza Jugoslavije; Macedonian: Фудбалски Сојуз на Југославија) was the governing body of football in Yugoslavia, based in Belgrade, with a major administrative branch in Zagreb.

It organized the Yugoslav First League, the Yugoslavia national football team, and the Second Leagues of all six former Yugoslav republics.

[edit] History

It was formed in 1919 in Zagreb under the Croatian name Nogometni Savez Jugoslavije. The association dissolved in late 1929 after disagreements between the Zagreb and Belgrade subassociations. This resulted in the association being moved to Belgrade where it adopted the Serbian name Fudbalski Savez Jugoslavije.^[1]

During this time there were several subassociations which organized football on the regional level. These were:^[2]

• Belgrade Football Subassociation
• Cetinje Football Subassociation (1931)
• Ljubljana Football Subassociation
• Novi Sad Football Subassociation
• Osijek Football Subassociation
• Sarajevo Football Subassociation
• Skoplje Football Subassociation
• Split Football Subassociation (1920)
• Subotica Football Subassociation
• Zagreb Football Subassociation (1919)
• Zrenjanin Football Subassociation

On October 1, 1939, the association was reestablished as the Supreme Football Association of Yugoslavia (Vrhovni nogometni savez Jugoslavije), which was made up of the associations: the Slovenian Football Federation (Slovenačka nogometna zveza) covering the Drava Banovina, the Croatian Football Federation (Hrvatski nogometni savez) covering the Banovina of Croatia, and the Serbian Football Federation (Srpski loptački savez) covering the remainder of the state.

In 1991, the SFR Yugoslavia dissolved, but the republics of Serbia and Montenegro reconstituted a union under the name FR Yugoslavia, and kept the football association along with its membership in FIFA and UEFA. The Football Association of Yugoslavia was replaced by the Football Association of Serbia and Montenegro in 2003, when the nation changed their name to Serbia and Montenegro.

[edit] Post-Yugoslavia Football Associations

• Football Association of Slovenia - 1991
• Croatian Football Federation - 1991
• Football Association of Bosnia and Herzegovina - 1992
• Football Federation of Macedonia - 1994
• Football Association of (FR) Yugoslavia - 1992 -> Football Association of Serbia and Montenegro - 2003
  • Football Association of Serbia - 2006
  • Football Association of Montenegro - 2006

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