Slovenian First League (men's handball)

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Slovenian First League
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CountriesSlovenia
ConfederationEHF
Founded1991
Number of teams14
Relegation toSlovenian Second League
Level on pyramidLevel 1
Domestic cup(s)Slovenian Handball Cup
International cup(s)Champions League
EHF Cup
Current championsGorenje Velenje (2020–21)
Most championshipsCelje (24 titles)
WebsiteOfficial website

The Slovenian First League of Handball (Slovene: 1. A državna rokometna liga), currently named Liga NLB due to sponsorship reasons, is the top team handball league in Slovenia. It is organized by the Handball Federation of Slovenia (Rokometna Zveza Slovenije). The league comprises fourteen teams.

History[]

The Handball Federation of Slovenia was formed on 11 December 1949 under the former Handball federation of Yugoslavia. In Yugoslavia, the Slovenian clubs played in the Yugoslavian Handball Championship in I. and II. league, the interrepublic and the republic leagues. Slovan, Celje and Rudar Trbovlje were the only Slovenian teams that played in the Yugoslav First League. In the 1991–92 season, just after the Slovenian independence, the Handball Federarion of Slovenia was accepted to the European Handball Federation and the International Handball Federation and the first season in Europe for the Slovenian teams was played in the 1992–93 season.

Names[]

Since 1991, the league has been named after sponsors on several occasions, giving it the following names:

  • 1. SRL (1991–2002)
  • Liga Siol (2002–2004)
  • Liga Telekom (2004–2006)
  • MIK 1. Liga (2006–2010)
  • 1. NLB Leasing liga (2011–2016)
  • Liga NLB (2017–present)

Clubs[]

As of the 2021–22 season

List of seasons[]

Season Champions Runners-up Third placed
1991–92 Celje Slovan Jadran
1992–93 Celje Jadran Prevent
1993–94 Celje Gorenje Velenje Jadran
1994–95 Celje Jadran Gorenje Velenje
1995–96 Celje Gorenje Velenje Dobova
1996–97 Celje Prevent Prule 67
1997–98 Celje Prevent Trimo Trebnje
1998–99 Celje Prevent Trimo Trebnje
1999–2000 Celje Prule 67 Trimo Trebnje
2000–01 Celje Prule 67 Prevent
2001–02 Prule 67 Celje Gorenje Velenje
2002–03 Celje Prule 67 Gorenje Velenje
2003–04 Celje Gorenje Velenje Prevent
2004–05 Celje Gorenje Velenje Jeruzalem Ormož
2005–06 Celje Gold Club Gorenje Velenje
2006–07 Celje Gorenje Velenje Cimos Koper
2007–08 Celje Cimos Koper Gorenje Velenje
2008–09 Gorenje Velenje Cimos Koper Trimo Trebnje
2009–10 Celje Gorenje Velenje Cimos Koper
2010–11 Cimos Koper Gorenje Velenje Celje
2011–12 Gorenje Velenje Celje Cimos Koper
2012–13 Gorenje Velenje Celje Cimos Koper
2013–14 Celje Gorenje Velenje Maribor Branik
2014–15 Celje Gorenje Velenje Maribor Branik
2015–16 Celje Gorenje Velenje Riko Ribnica
2016–17 Celje Gorenje Velenje Riko Ribnica
2017–18 Celje Riko Ribnica Gorenje Velenje
2018–19 Celje Gorenje Velenje Riko Ribnica
2019–20 Celje Riko Ribnica Trimo Trebnje
2020–21 Gorenje Velenje Trimo Trebnje Celje
Club Titles Years Won
Celje
24
 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
Gorenje Velenje
4
 2009, 2012, 2013, 2021
Koper
1
 2011
Prule 67
1
 2002

EHF coefficient[]

See also: EHF coefficient rank

The table shows the position of Slovenian League, based on its EHF coefficient ranking.

Country ranking

EHF league ranking for the 2019–20 season[1]

References[]

  1. ^ "2019/20 season ranking" (PDF). European Handball Federation. Retrieved 22 December 2018.

External links[]

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