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Football Association of Slovenia
UEFA
Football Association of Slovenia logo.svg
Founded24 April 1920
HeadquartersPredoslje
FIFA affiliation2 July 1992
UEFA affiliation24 June 1992
PresidentRadenko Mijatović[1]
Websitehttp://www.nzs.si

The Football Association of Slovenia (Slovene: Nogometna zveza Slovenije or NZS) is the governing body of football in Slovenia. It organizes the first division (1. SNL), second division (2. SNL), third division (East and West), Slovenian Cup, Slovenian Women's League, and other competitions. It is also responsible for the Slovenia national football team and the Slovenia women's national football team. It was founded as Ljubljana Football Subassociation on 24 April 1920.[2]

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Slovenian Second League

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Slovenian Football Cup

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Slovenian Women's League

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Slovenia national football team

Slovenia national football team

The Slovenia national football team represents Slovenia in men's international football and is controlled by the Football Association of Slovenia, the governing body for football in Slovenia. The squad is under the global jurisdiction of FIFA and is governed in Europe by UEFA. It competes in the three major professional tournaments available to European nations: the FIFA World Cup, UEFA Nations League and the UEFA European Championship. Slovenia played its first official match in 1992, one year after the country gained independence from Yugoslavia. The majority of Slovenia's home matches are played at Stožice Stadium in Ljubljana.

Slovenia women's national football team

Slovenia women's national football team

The Slovenia women's national football team represents Slovenia in international women's football competition and is controlled by the Football Association of Slovenia. They played their first match in 1993 after the split of Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in 1991. Before that, Slovenian players played for the Yugoslav national team.

Presidents

  • Danijel Lepin (1948–1950)
  • Martin Grajf (1950–1952)
  • Franc Sitar (1952–1954)
  • Jože Grbec (1954–1958)
  • Stane Lavrič (1958–1962)
  • Stane Vrhovnik (1962–1968)
  • Roman Vobič (1968–1970)
  • Jože Snoj (1970–1973, 1976–1978)
  • Tone Florjančič (1973–1976)
  • Miro Samardžija (1978–1981)
  • Boris Godina (1981)
  • Branko Elsner (1982–1985)
  • Marko Ilešič (1985–1989)
  • Rudi Zavrl (1989–2009)
  • Ivan Simič (2009–2011)
  • Aleksander Čeferin (2011–2016)
  • Radenko Mijatović (2016–present)

Source: "Football Association of Slovenia", Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, (2022, February 16th), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football_Association_of_Slovenia.

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References
  1. ^ "Predsednik NZS" [Football Association president] (in Slovenian). Football Association of Slovenia. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
  2. ^ To. G.; A. V. (24 April 2020). "NZS-ju ob 100-letnici delovanja zlati red za zasluge" (in Slovenian). RTV Slovenija. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
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