Football Association of Yugoslavia


The Football Association of Yugoslavia 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.
Football Association of Serbia inherited Yugoslavia spot within FIFA and UEFA and it is considered by both organisations as the only successor of Yugoslavia.

History

It was formed in April 1919 in Zagreb under the name Jugoslavenski nogometni savez. The FA became the temporary member of FIFA on 4 May 1921 and permanent member on 20 May 1923. The name later changed to Nogometni savez Jugoslavije.
After disagreements between the Zagreb and Belgrade subassociations in 1929, the Assembly of Football Association of Yugoslavia was dissolved in 1929, subsequently with the 6 January Dictatorship; the association headquarters moved to Belgrade next year, on 16 March 1930 where the organisation modified its name to Fudbalski Savez Jugoslavije.
During this time there were several subassociations which organized football on the regional level. These were:
On 1 October 1939, the association was reestablished as the Supreme Football Association of Yugoslavia, which was made up of the associations: the Slovenian Football Federation covering the Drava Banovina, the Croatian Football Federation covering the Banovina of Croatia, and the Serbian Football Federation covering the remainder of the state. In this new created association is formed new subassociation: Sušak Football Subassociation and Maribor and Celje Football Subassociation.
In 1954 Football Association of Yugoslavia became the member of UEFA.
In 1991, the SFR Yugoslavia dissolved, but the republics of Serbia and Montenegro reconstituted a union under the name FR Yugoslavia, claiming the succession of the former Yugoslavia exclusively for themselves, including the football association, so they 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.

List of presidents