Yugoslav Second League
| Yugoslav Second League |
| Founded |
| 1946 |
| Dissolved |
| 1991 |
| Nation |
| SFR Yugoslavia |
| Promotion To |
| Yugoslav First League |
| Relegation To |
| Yugoslav Third League Inter-Republic Leagues |
| Number of Seasons |
| 45 |
| Level on Pyramid |
| Level 2 |
| Last Champions 1990-91 |
| Vardar Skopje |
| Replaced by |
| Bosnian Federation League Rep. Srpska League Druga HNL Second Macedonian Football League Second League of FR Yugoslavia Slovenian Second League |
Yugoslav Second League was the second tier football league of SFR Yugoslavia. The top clubs were promoted to the top tier, the Yugoslav First League.
The Yugoslav Second League existed from 1946 to 1991. Although the Yugoslav First League had existed since 1923, the Second League was only introduced in 1945.
League format
Over the years, the league changed its format many times:- In 1946–47 each of the six Yugoslav federal republics had its own league
- In 1947–48 the leagues were merged into a single national "Unified League"
- In 1952 each of the republics played its own second-level "Republic League" again
- In 1952–53 a number of "Inter-republic Leagues" were played
- In 1953-54 a single "Unified League" was played again
- In 1955–56 the league was split into four regional groups called "zones" with a total of 5 groups marked by roman numerals, called Zone I, Zone II-A, Zone II-B, Zone III, and Zone IV
- In 1958–59 this was reduced to only two regional divisions covering the entire country, named East and West
- In 1968–69 they were replaced by four regional divisions: East, West, North and South
- In 1973–74 the system returned to two regional groups, named East and West
- In 1988–89 these were merged into a single national "Unified League" again, which was played in this format for three seasons until 1990–91 and the breakup of Yugoslavia
- 9 seasons were played as a single national league
- 25 seasons had two regional divisions
Seasons
External sources
- at RSSSF.