Yugoslav First League List of Serbian football champions

after end of second world war, country restored became socialist country victorious partisan s guerilla leader, josip broz tito, new head-of-state. multi-partidarian system abolished , communist party became existing political movement. in football, new authorities abolished clubs had monarchic or bourgeois connotation , of ones kept activity under occupation. in serbia major impact disestablishment of major clubs, among them bsk , jugoslavija. although bsk revived ofk beograd, , restore name bsk between 1950 , 1957, recognised same club after end of socialist period. stadium , of property attributed newly formed club, fk partizan, formed yugoslav army club. sk jugoslavija stadium , property, of players, attributed newly formed red star belgrade unofficially club of ministry of interior.

in period between 1945 , 1992, newly formed belgrade clubs red star , partizan dominate league. although rivalry between serbian , croatian clubs kept, , particularly intense during last years before break-up of country when ethnic tensions high, number of championships won belgrade clubs higher , proportionally increased in comparison pre-1945 period when relation balanced. in total, in period, red star won of championships, 19, partizan being in second place 11, hajduk split won 7 , dinamo zagreb, successor of pre-1945 građanski, 4. serbian club, fk vojvodina won 2 titles, , period characterised appearance of clubs bosnia , herzegovina championship winning teams, fk sarajevo winning 2, , fk Željezničar, sarajevo, winning one. in first post war season, in 1945, league played based on teams representing republics, sr serbia won title. meant geographically, serbian teams had 33 titles out of 47 seasons (meaning 70.2% of titles), croatian having 11 (23.5%), , bosnian 3 titles. city, belgrade based clubs took 30 titles, in second place split 7, third zagreb 4, fourth sarajevo 3 , novi sad 2.

despite statistics, period characterised existence of big 4 (velika četvorka), colloquial name attributed 4 larger clubs in country, red star, partizan, hajduk split , dinamo zagreb represented country @ continental level. period marked appearance of first major international successes on club level. serbian clubs made best results, along croatian dinamo zagreb. first make way european final dinamo zagreb lost 1963 inter-cities fairs cup final. next partizan, in 1966 reached european cup final, losing real madrid 2-1 after winning 1-0 until 70th minute. in following season, dinamo zagreb became first yugoslav club win european title, winning 1966–67 inter-cities fairs cup. red star reached final of 1978–79 uefa cup, actual cherry on top of cake conquest red star of 1990–91 european cup becoming european club champion, , subsequently world champion after winning 1991 intercontinental cup. hajduk split, ofk belgrade , radnički niš made impressive results reaching semi-finals in european competitions. beside this, in period mitropa cup won red star (2x 1958 , 1968), Čelik zenica (2x 1971 , 1972), vojvodina (1977), partizan (1978), iskra bugojno (1985) , borac banja luka (1992). balkans cup won radnički niš (1975), dinamo zagreb (1976), nk rijeka (1978) , velež mostar (1981).

the domestic league ranked among top 10 in europe , level of domestic competition had produced high number of skilled professional footballers. national team benefited it, yugoslavia making numerous appearances @ world , european final phases. best results in period 4th place in 1962 fifa world cup, , second place in 1960 , 1968 european championship. yugoslavia organiser of 1976 uefa european football championship played in belgrade , zagreb , in yugoslavia ended in a, disappointing then, 4th place. yugoslavia had results in youth levels well, note going winning of 1987 fifa world youth championship. olympic record impressive, country winning gold in 1960, silver in 1942, 1952 , 1956, , bronze in 1984. yugoslavia won gold in 1971 , 1979 mediterranean games second having split host of event.

serbia became republic had larger number of capped players in senior national team, although natural republic higher number of inhabitants, croatia being republic had proportionally best relation number of inhabitants/number of national team players. player appearances national team serb dragan džajić, red star legend, , among top 10 topscorers in first league between 1946 , 1996, 8 of them played in serbian clubs, all-time league top-scorer being serb slobodan santrač represented belgrade-based clubs: ofk beograd, partizan , galenika zemun. of 57 seasonal top-scorers, 32 accomplished while playing serbian clubs.

this period marked recognition of full-time professionalism of top division in 1967. numerous domestic players had successful careers abroad well. league formed exclusively domestic players of time, characteristic of major clubs bringing players medium , minor size clubs different regions of country. specially became notorious during 1980s when red star established hegemonic position acquiring talented footballers other teams in country. after wwii there abrupt decrease in foreign players, , few exceptions, return noticeable factor in 1980s. top level clubs started importing players, neighbouring countries, australia, africa , latin , north america. curiosity fall of berlin wall, numerous players former communist countries joined lower-level clubs.

^ special format tournament held re-affirm newly found yugoslav unity. tournament consisted of 8 teams; serbia, croatia, macedonia, vojvodina, slovenia, montenegro, bosnia , herzegovina, , selection of jna players.