First League of Serbia and Montenegro

First League of Serbia and Montenegro

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Country	Serbia and Montenegro
Confederation	UEFA
Founded	1992
Folded	2006
Number of teams	16
Level on pyramid	1
Relegation to	Second League of Serbia and Montenegro (1992–2004) Serbian First League (2004–2006) Montenegrin First League (2004–2006)
Domestic cup(s)	Serbia and Montenegro Cup
International cup(s)	UEFA Champions League UEFA Cup UEFA Intertoto Cup
Last champions	Crvena Zvezda (2005–06)
Most championships	Partizan (8 titles)

The First League of Serbia and Montenegro (Serbian: Prva savezna liga; Прва савезна лига) was the top football league of Serbia and Montenegro, before the country's dissolution in 2006. The league was formed following the breakup of Yugoslavia in 1992, effectively succeeding the Yugoslav First League.

From 1993 to 1998, the league abandoned the traditional single-league structure, which was used in the first season, and the division was split into two groups; Group A (known as IA) for the top-seeded teams and Group B (IB) for the other teams. Until 1995–96, the bottom four teams of the IA group were replaced with the top four teams of IB after the first half of the season, once all teams have played each other in their respective group twice. From 1996–97, the system of replacing teams in each group mid-season was scrapped and was only applied at the end of the season. As a consequence, all teams in each group played each other three times a season, playing each other once at home and once away at least. This two-group format was abandoned after the 1997–98 season and the league reverted to the single-league structure.

The republics of Serbia and Montenegro remained united as the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, political reform in the country saw it renamed to Serbia and Montenegro in 2003. After Montenegro gained independence in June 2006, the league ceased to exist and has been succeeded by the Serbian SuperLiga and the First League of Montenegro.

Champions

Team	No. of titles	Winning seasons	Runners up
Partizan	8	1992–93, 1993–94, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1998–99, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2004–05	8
Crvena Zvezda	5	1994–95, 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2003–04, 2005–06	5
Obilić	1	1997–98	1

Seasons

Season	Champions	Runners-up	Third place	Top scorer(s)	Goals
1992–93	Partizan(12)	Crvena Zvezda	Vojvodina	Anto Drobnjak (Crvena Zvezda) Vesko Mihajlović (Vojvodina)	22
1993–94	Partizan(13)	Crvena Zvezda	Vojvodina	Savo Milošević (Partizan)	21
1994–95	Crvena Zvezda  (20)	Partizan	Vojvodina	Savo Milošević (Partizan)	30
1995–96	Partizan(14)	Crvena Zvezda	Vojvodina	Vojislav Budimirović (Čukarički)	23
1996–97	Partizan(15)	Crvena Zvezda	Vojvodina	Zoran Jovičić (Crvena Zvezda)	21
1997–98	Obilić(1)	Crvena Zvezda	Partizan	Saša Marković (Železnik / Crvena Zvezda)	27
1998–99	Partizan(16)	Obilić	Crvena Zvezda	Dejan Osmanović (Hajduk Kula)	16
1999–00	Crvena Zvezda (21)	Partizan	Obilić	Mateja Kežman (Partizan)	27
2000–01	Crvena Zvezda (22)	Partizan	Obilić	Petar Divić (OFK Beograd)	27
2001–02	Partizan(17)	Crvena Zvezda	Sartid	Zoran Đurašković (Mladost Lučani)	27
2002–03	Partizan(18)	Crvena Zvezda	OFK Beograd	Zvonimir Vukić (Partizan)	22
2003–04	Crvena Zvezda (23)	Partizan	Železnik	Nikola Žigić (Crvena Zvezda)	19
2004–05	Partizan(19)	Crvena Zvezda	Zeta	Marko Pantelić (Crvena Zvezda)	21
2005–06	Crvena Zvezda (24)	Partizan	Voždovac	Srđan Radonjić (Partizan)	20

See also

• List of football clubs in Serbia
• List of football clubs in Montenegro
• Serbian SuperLiga
• Montenegrin First League

External links

• Union of First Federal League Clubs - Meridian SuperLiga

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