足球运动倍受南斯拉夫人的喜爱。南斯拉夫足球协会成立于1919年,是世界上成立最早的足球协会之一。目前,南斯拉夫足球协会在六个共和国、两个自治省设有分会,在这些分会里注册的足球俱乐部达五千五百多个,约有二十五万名足球运动员,其中绝大多数是十八岁以上的青年和十六岁以下的少年。此外,没有履行登记手续的足球队数量更多,据说是已登记 Football Yugoslavia much loved by the people. The Yugoslav Football Association was founded in 1919 and is one of the earliest football associations in the world. At present, the Yugoslav Football Association has chapters in six republics and two autonomous provinces. There are more than 5,500 football clubs registered in these clubs and about 250,000 footballers, most of whom are ten Young people over the age of eight and teenagers under the age of sixteen. In addition, the number of football teams that did not fulfill their registration procedures is more and is said to have been registered