The country is independent since 1991; the "Slovenska Liga" until 1991 did usually not contain all Slovenian clubs (e.g. Olimpija usually played in the first Yugoslavian division of which the Slovenian league at the time was a feeder league). In the thirties, the league contained at least one club from Croatia, ČSK from Čakovec, who won it in 1938.
See also Yugoslavia - List of Champions.
1920 SFK Ilirija (Ljubljana) 1921 SFK Ilirija (Ljubljana) 1922 SFK Ilirija (Ljubljana) 1923 SFK Ilirija (Ljubljana) 1924 SFK Ilirija (Ljubljana) 1925 SFK Ilirija (Ljubljana) 1926 SFK Ilirija (Ljubljana) 1927 SFK Ilirija (Ljubljana) 1928 ASK Primorje (Ljubljana) 1929 ASK Primorje (Ljubljana) 1930 SFK Ilirija (Ljubljana) 1931 I. SSK Maribor 1932 SFK Ilirija (Ljubljana) 1933 I. SSK Maribor 1934 SFK Ilirija (Ljubljana) 1935 SFK Ilirija (Ljubljana) 1936 NK Ljubljana 1937 NK Železničar (Maribor) 1938 ČSK (Čakovec) 1939 I. SSK Maribor 1940 NK Železničar (Maribor) 1941 NK Ljubljana 1942-45 [no tournament] 1946 NK Nafta (Lendava) 1946/47 NK Enotnost (Ljubljana) 1947/48 Garnizija JLA (Ljubljana) 1948/49 Železničar (Ljubljana) 1950 NK Korotan (Kranj) 1951 NK Korotan (Kranj) 1951/52 NK Odred (Ljubljana) 1952/53 Kladivar Celje (east) and NK Korotan (Kranj) (west) 1953/54 Železničar Maribor (east) and Piran (west) 1954/55 Rudar Trbovlje (east) and Železničar Gorica (west) 1955-58 [no tournament] 1958/59 NK Branik (Maribor) 1959/60 NK Branik (Maribor) 1960/61 NK Maribor 1961/62 NK Olimpija (Ljubljana) 1962/63 NK Ljubljana 1963/64 Kladivar (Celje) 1964/65 Slovan (Ljubljana) 1965/66 NK Aluminij (Kidričevo) 1966/67 NK Ljubljana 1967/68 NK Ljubljana 1968/69 NK Železničar (Maribor) 1969/70 NK Mura (Murska Sobota) 1970/71 Mercator (Ljubljana) 1971/72 NK Rudar (Trbovlje) 1972/73 NK Železničar (Maribor) 1973/74 NK Rudar (Trbovlje) 1974/75 Mercator (Ljubljana) 1975/76 NK Maribor 1976/77 NK Rudar (Velenje) 1977/78 Mercator (Ljubljana) 1978/79 NK Rudar (Trbovlje) 1979/80 Mercator (Ljubljana) 1980/81 NK Šmartno 1981/82 NK Maribor 1982/83 Slovan (Ljubljana) 1983/84 NK Maribor 1984/85 NK Koper 1985/86 NK Maribor 1986/87 NK Olimpija (Ljubljana) 1987/88 NK Koper 1988/89 NK Ljubljana 1989/90 NK Izola 1990/91 NK Rudar (Velenje) NB: Enotnost and Odred were temporarily names for Olimpija (Ljubljana); Primorje (Ljubljana) are now called Vega Olimpia (Ljubljana); Branik (Maribor) dissolved in 1960.
As independent state since 1991.
1991/92 Olimpija (Ljubljana) 1992/93 Olimpija (Ljubljana) 1993/94 Olimpija (Ljubljana) 1994/95 Olimpija (Ljubljana) 1995/96 Gorica 1996/97 Branik (Maribor) 1997/98 Branik (Maribor) 1998/99 Branik (Maribor) 1999/00 Branik (Maribor) 2000/01 Branik (Maribor) 2001/02 Branik (Maribor) 2002/03 Branik (Maribor) 2003/04 Gorica 2004/05 Gorica 2005/06 Gorica 2006/07 Domžale 2007/08 Domžale 2008/09 Maribor 2009/10 Koper 2010/11 Maribor 2011/12 Maribor 2012/13 Maribor 2013/14 Maribor 2014/15 Maribor 2015/16 Olimpija (Ljubljana) [new] 2016/17 Maribor 2017/18 Olimpija (Ljubljana) [new] 2018/19 Maribor 2019/20 Celje 2020/21 Mura (Murska Sobota) 2021/22 Maribor 2022/23 Number of Titles (31) 16 Maribor [temporarily known as Branik (Maribor)] 4 Gorica Olimpija (Ljubljana) [old] 2 Domžale Olimpija (Ljubljana) [new] 1 Celje Koper Mura (Murska Sobota) NB: Maribor were temporarily part of the omnisports club Branik; they are in no way related to the football club Branik which won the regional league of Slovenia on 3 occasions between 1951 and 1960 but was dissolved in 1960; Olimpija Ljubljana were dissolved in 2005, after which a new club called NK Bežigrad was founded; it later changed name to Olimpija Bežigrad and in 2008 to Olimpija Ljubljana; this club is listed as Olimpija (Ljubljana) [new].
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