The Yugoslav First League (Prva Liga) was the premier football league in the former Yugoslavia (1945-1991), and served the same role in Serbia and Montenegro before the country's name change (1991-2003).
Over the years the Yugoslav First League featured many different teams, but there were always a number of teams that stood out, typically from the bigger cities. Among these were:
- Borac, Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Crvena Zvezda, Belgrade, Serbia
- Dinamo, Zagreb, Croatia
- Hajduk, Split, Croatia
- OFK Beograd, Belgrade, Serbia
- NK Olimpija, Ljubljana, Slovenia
- Partizan, Belgrade, Serbia
- Radnički, Niš, Serbia
- NK Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia
- FK Sarajevo, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Sloboda, Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Velež, Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Vojvodina, Novi Sad, Vojvodina, Serbia
- Željezničar, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina