Slovenian PrvaLiga

The Slovenian First League (1. SNL) was established after Slovenia's independence in 1991 and initially consisted of 21 clubs in the inaugural season. Prior to that, Slovenian teams competed in the Yugoslav football league system. Olimpija, Maribor, and Nafta were the only Slovenian teams to play in the Yugoslav top division between 1945 and the breakup of Yugoslavia in 1991. In 1991, the Football Association of Slovenia separated from the Football Association of Yugoslavia and established its own competitions, where Slovenian clubs competed for the title of Slovenian national champions. The competition format and the number of clubs in the league have changed over time, ranging from 21 clubs in the first season to 10 clubs in its present form. Darko Milanič has led the club to four championships between 2009 and 2013. Olimpija won four titles, all in successive years between 1992 and 1995. Names Since 1991, the league has been named after sponsors on several occasions, giving it the following names: ==Format==

PrvaLiga is contested on a round-robin basis. Each team play against each other four times, twice at home and twice away, for a total of 36 rounds. Teams receive three points for a win, one point for a draw, and no points for a loss. Teams are ranked according to the total sum of points and if two teams are tied, head-to-head score is used as the first classification criteria. At the end of the season, the top three clubs qualify for the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Conference League qualifying rounds, with the ninth-placed team being qualified for the relegation play-offs and the bottom one being relegated to the Slovenian Second League. The current system is in use since 2005. Between 1993 and 1995, a regular double round-robin format with 16 clubs was used, before being replaced with the current ten-club system for three seasons until 1998. Triple round-robin with twelve clubs and two direct relegations was then used between 1998 and 2003. In the next two seasons, in 2003–04 and 2004–05, the league was divided into the championship and relegation groups after the end of the regular season. ==List of champions==

Performance by club Clubs in italics are defunct. ==Clubs==

2025–26 season :Below is the list of clubs that are members of the 2025–26 Slovenian PrvaLiga season. ==UEFA coefficient==

''Correct as of 6 June 2025. The table shows the position of the Slovenian PrvaLiga, based on its UEFA coefficient country ranking, and the four leagues closest to the PrvaLiga's position (two leagues with a higher coefficient and two with a lower coefficient).'' ==Statistics==

Trophy The current trophy is being presented since the 2012–13 season and was designed by Mirko Bratuša, a sculptor from Negova. It depicts a ball with eleven star-shaped holes and inside there are eleven players holding together and looking at the sky. It is made of brass, bronze and gold, and weighs . Player awards The first Player of the Year awards were presented by Slovenian newspaper Dnevnik in the early 1990s. Between 1996 and 1999, they were presented by Ekipa, and since 2004, the awards have been organized by the Union of Professional Football Players of Slovenia (SPINS). Player of the Year • 1991 Miloš Breznikar • 1992 Vlado Miloševič • 2004 Damir Pekič and Dražen Žeželj • 2005 Saša Ranić • 2006 Ermin Rakovič • 2007–08 Amer Jukan • 2008–09 Marcos Tavares • 2009–10 Miran Pavlin • 2010–11 Marcos Tavares • 2011–12 Dare Vršič • 2012–13 Agim Ibraimi • 2013–14 Massimo Coda • 2014–15 Benjamin Verbič • 2015–16 Rok Kronaveter • 2016–17 Dare Vršič • 2017–18 Senijad Ibričić • 2018–19 Rudi Požeg Vancaš • 2019–20 Mitja Lotrič • 2020–21 Senijad Ibričić • 2021–22 Ognjen Mudrinski • 2022–23 Žan Vipotnik • 2023–24 Žan Karničnik • 2024–25 Raul Florucz Young player of the Year • 2011–12 Boban Jović • 2019–20 Dario Vizinger • 2023–24 Yegor Prutsev Manager awards Manager awards weren't presented between 2012 and 2019. Manager of the Year • 2011–12 Darko Milanič • 2018–19 Ante Šimundža • 2019–20 Dušan Kosič • 2020–21 Dejan Djuranović • 2021–22 Zoran Zeljković • 2022–23 Albert Riera • 2023–24 Ante Šimundža • 2024–25 Víctor Sánchez ==Broadcast==

During the early years, the league was broadcast only by the national public broadcasting television, RTV Slovenija. From 2008 until 2012, they had joint broadcasts with Šport TV, and from 2013 until 2015 with Planet TV. In the 2017–18 season, the league was broadcast jointly by Kanal A and Šport TV. In the first round of the season, all five games were broadcast live for the first time in league's history. Between 2018–19 and 2020–21, the league was broadcast jointly by Planet TV and RTV Slovenija. With the start of the 2019–20 season, one match per week is also broadcast on local Sportklub channels in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Serbia. From 2021–22 onwards, the league is being broadcast by Sportklub and Šport TV; all five matches per round are broadcast live, with Sportklub broadcasting four matches and Šport TV one. From the 2022–23 season, the league is also broadcast in Poland on Sportklub Polska. ==References==