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The Belgrade-based association then continued organizing the national league until 1939, when the was created as an administrative region within Kingdom of Yugoslavia. After Croatia had officially declared independence on 8 October 1991, the Croatian Football Federation sought international recognition, and was finally re-admitted to FIFA on 3 July 1992 and to UEFA on 17 June 1993. It is also responsible for appointing the management of the , and youth national football teams. See also: Early years 1912—1945 The organisation traces its roots to the Croatian Sports Federation Hrvatski športski savez , which was founded on 8 October 1909 in Zagreb, at the time when Croatia was part of. It was originally formed in 1912 and is based in the capital city of. Its current president is.
The Croatian Football Federation HNS; : Hrvatski nogometni savez, lit. Croatian football alliance is the governing body of in. It was originally formed in 1912 and is based in the capital city of. The organisation is a member of both and , and is responsible for overseeing all aspects of the game of football in Croatia. Its current president is. Croatian Football Federation Founded 13 June 1912 affiliation 16 July 1941 as 3 July 1992 as affiliation 16 June 1993 President 2012—present Website The HNS sanctions all competitive football matches in Croatia, either directly, beginning with the on down, or indirectly through the associations of professional football clubs, who manage and , the first and second divisions of Croatia, respectively, as well as the. It is also responsible for appointing the management of the , and youth national football teams. As of 2009, the HNS had 118,316 registered players 650 of them professionals and a total of 1,732 registered association football and clubs. See also: Early years 1912—1945 The organisation traces its roots to the Croatian Sports Federation Hrvatski športski savez , which was founded on 8 October 1909 in Zagreb, at the time when Croatia was part of. The federation organised all sports in the country and its first president was Hinko Würth, the chairman of football club. Present-day HNS considers its foundation date to be 13 June 1912, when the football section of the Croatian Sports Federation was established, and its head, , as its first president. After and the dissolution of , representatives from , , and football clubs met in Zagreb on 14 April 1919 and founded the Jugoslavenski nogometni savez , as a successor of the Croatian Sports Federation's football section, and appointed Hinko Würth as its president. The organization then became the chief governing body of football in the and launched the , the first country-wide national competition held initially in a cup format. Five other regional sub-federations were also created based in , , , and , each organizing their own regional tournaments with winners qualifying for the national championship. In 1929, following disagreements between the Zagreb and Belgrade sub-federations, the Football Association of Yugoslavia was dissolved. It was then re-established in May 1930 in Belgrade, this time with the Serbian-language name Fudbalski savez Jugoslavije. The Belgrade-based association then continued organizing the national league until 1939, when the was created as an administrative region within Kingdom of Yugoslavia. On 6 August 1939 the Croatian Football Federation Hrvatski nogometni savez or CFF was established as a football governing body in the newly created province, and Croatian and Slovenian clubs soon began leaving the Yugoslav League to join the CFF-run Croatian-Slovenian Football League in protest of the alleged centralization of sports around Belgrade. The split was eventually rectified with the promise of an increase in the number of Croatian and Slovenian clubs in the league, and because of this a shortened ten-round league was played in the season. In 1940 CFF also played a part in organizing the first ever Croatia national football team matches which played four international friendlies between April and December 1940. However the federation was not yet recognized by FIFA as Croatia was at the time still a province of Yugoslavia. In April 1941 Kingdom of Yugoslavia was and was effectively dissolved. However, the Croatian Football Federation continued to run a competition called the Croatian national football league in the territory of NDH , a fascist puppet state which enjoyed relative peace during World War II, and which included most of present-day countries of Croatia and. On 17 July 1941 CFF was admitted to FIFA as the top level federation of NDH, and the national team representing NDH played in the period from 1941 to 1944. CFF in Yugoslavia 1945—1990 This section does not any. Unsourced material may be challenged and. July 2015 Following the end of , Croatia became a part of and the Belgrade-based took over as the main football-governing body in the country. Also, the new communist government issued a decree in 1945 which effectively dissolved all football clubs which were active during the war as a form of punishment for their participation in the fascist-run football championship. Among others, Zagreb-based powerhouses , and all ceased to exist, their property was nationalised, and several other clubs, most notably , were formed to take their place. On the other hand, was spared as their players had escaped from their Italian-occupied home city of during World War II and joined in 1944. For this reason, Hajduk Split is the only major Croatian club which can claim continuity since its foundation in 1911. In the period from 1945 to 1990 the Belgrade-based Yugoslav Football Federation was in charge of football in the entire country, while Zagreb was turned into its major regional hub and administrative branch. In this period Croatian clubs competed within the Yugoslav league system and Croatian players were eligible for the. In the following decades Dinamo Zagreb and Hajduk Split became two of the Yugoslav Big Four along with Belgrade-based and , a quartet of clubs which significantly dominated football in communist Yugoslavia. Dinamo and Hajduk won a combined total of 11 titles and 16. In addition, Croatian club won 2 Yugoslav Cup titles. Dinamo Zagreb also won the , which made them the first Yugoslav side to win a continental competition, and were the only Yugoslav club with European silverware until Red Star's win 24 years later. Modern era 1990—present When the began to unfold in the early 1990s, the political situation was reflected on football pitches. On 13 May 1990 an occurred at in Zagreb and interrupted the Dinamo Zagreb — Red Star league fixture. On 3 June 1990 the pre-scheduled friendly was held at the same stadium, and some 20,000 Croatian fans booed the Yugoslav national anthem and cheered for the Dutch team instead. On 26 September 1990 Hajduk Split fans staged a violent at during a league fixture against. On 17 October 1990 the first match of the newly established Croatia national football team was held, a , and following the end of the Croatian clubs decided to abandon Yugoslav competitions. After Croatia had officially declared independence on 8 October 1991, the Croatian Football Federation sought international recognition, and was finally re-admitted to FIFA on 3 July 1992 and to UEFA on 17 June 1993. In February 1992 the of the Croatian top league kicked off, and in March 1992 the of the was launched. In late 2010, the Federation held an election for its President, with Vlatko Marković opposed by. Marković won by a single vote, and the assembly was marred with controversies. Štimac later appealed, calling for another meeting of the Federation. His supporters organized a new assembly and elected him the new President despite the opposing faction's boycott, leading to an impasse. In July 2012, the Federation held an election for its President, with as the only candidate. All 46 delegates voted in favour of Suker's candidature. Following World War I and the formation of the the organisation was re-established in Zagreb in 1919 as the and designed as a national-level governing body. Its seat was moved to Yugoslavia's capital Belgrade ten years later in 1929. Although city-level subfederations continued to exist in the 1920s and 1930s there was no separate regional organisation which would govern the sport in Croatia between 1919 and 1939, hence the 20-year gap. Ivo Kraljević headed this body between 1939 and 1941. The Zagreb-based football federation thus began to govern football in the entire territory of NDH and continued to organize national-level league championships during World War II. During this period NDH was admitted to and organised 14 international friendlies involving Croatia. Presidents between 1941 and 1945 headed the CFF during this era. Presidents from 1945—1990 headed the CFF in this period. 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