Slovenian PrvaLiga

Slovenian PrvaLiga
Country	Slovenia
Confederation	UEFA
Founded	1991
Number of teams	10
Relegation to	2. SNL
Level on pyramid	1
Domestic cup(s)	Slovenian Cup
UEFA cup(s)	UEFA Champions League UEFA Europa Conference League
Current champions	Olimpija Ljubljana (3rd title) (2022–23)
Most successful club	Maribor (16 titles)
TV	portklub Šport TV
Website	Official website
2023–24

The Slovenian PrvaLiga, currently named Prva liga Telemach due to sponsorship reasons, also known by the abbreviation 1. SNL, is the top level of the Slovenian football league system. Contested by ten clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the Slovenian Second League (2. SNL). Seasons typically run from July to May with each team playing 36 matches.

The competition was founded in 1991 after Slovenia became an independent country. From 1920 until the end of the 1990–91 season, the Slovenian Republic League was a lower division within the Yugoslav league system. The league is governed by the Football Association of Slovenia. Celje and Maribor are the only two founding clubs that have never been relegated from the league since its foundation in 1991.

45 clubs have competed since the inception of the PrvaLiga in 1991. Eight of them have won the title: Maribor (16), Gorica (4), Olimpija (4), Olimpija Ljubljana (3), Domžale (2), Koper (1), Celje (1) and Mura (1).

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 Europa 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.

Clubs

2023–24 season

Below is the list of clubs that are members of the 2023–24 Slovenian PrvaLiga season. The information and the statistics shown in the table are correct as of the end of the 2022–23 season.

Key

	Reigning champions, winners of the previous season
	Runners-up of the previous season
	Promoted from the Slovenian Second League

Club	Position in 2022–23	PrvaLiga debut	PrvaLiga seasons	First season of current spell	Last title (number of titles)
Aluminij	10 !2. SNL, 2nd (promoted)	2012–13	7	2023–24	—
Bravo	08 !8th	2019–20	4	2019–20	—
Celje	02 !Runners-up	1991–92	32	1991–92	2019–20 (1)
Domžale	04 !4th	1991–92	25	2003–04	2007–08 (2)
Koper	06 !6th	1991–92	26	2020–21	2009–10 (1)
Maribor	03 !3rd	1991–92	32	1991–92	2021–22 (16)
Mura	05 !5th	2018–19	5	2018–19	2020–21 (1)
Olimpija Ljubljana	01 !Champions	2009–10	14	2009–10	2022–23 (3)
Radomlje	07 !7th	2014–15	4	2021–22	—
Rogaška	10 !2. SNL, 1st (promoted)	2023–24	0 (debut)	2023–24	—

External links

• Official website
• UEFA profile
• Soccerway profile

Football in Slovenia

League competitions The FAS Cup competitions First League Slovenia Football Cup Second League (U-21) (U-19) Supercup Third League List of clubs List of stadiums (by capacity) List of leagues Records