Kosovo Superliga
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| Founded | 1945 |
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| First season | 1945 |
| Country | Kosovo |
| Confederation | UEFA |
| Number of teams | 12 |
| Level on pyramid | 1 |
| Relegation to | First Football League of Kosovo |
| Domestic cup(s) |
Kosovar Cup Kosovar Supercup |
| International cup(s) |
UEFA Champions League UEFA Europa League |
| Current champions |
Trepça'89 (1st title) (2016–17) |
| Most championships | Prishtina (10 titles) |
| TV partners |
SuperSport (live matches) Radio Television of Kosovo (highlights only) |
| Website | Official website |
 2017–18 Football Superleague of Kosovo
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The Football Superleague of Kosovo (Albanian: Superliga e Futbollit të Kosovës), also known as the Vala Superleague of Kosovo for sponsorship reasons with Vala, is the top professional association football division of the Kosovar football league system. Vala Superleague is organized by the Football Federation of Kosovo and the division currently has a 12-team format. The clubs play each other three times during the season for a 33-match schedule. At the end of the season, the bottom three teams in the division are relegated to the second tier, First Football League of Kosovo.
The Vala Superliga ran outside FIFA and UEFA until Kosovo was admitted to both organizations on 3 May 2016.
Prior Second World War, within Kingdom of Yugoslavia, clubs from Kosovo competed in the provincial leagues of the Belgrade Football Subassociation. During Second World War,between 1941 and 1944, when most of the region became part of the Albanian Kingdom, numerous Kosovar clubs played in the Albanian league system. In 1945 Kosovo was reincorporated to Serbia, and subsequently, SFR Yugoslavia. The league has its origins in 1945 when it became one of the subdivisions of the 5th level in Yugoslav football league system. It gathered the best clubs from SAP Kosovo except those clubs competing in higher levels. In 1990 an unrecognised parallel league gathering ethnic Albanian pro-independence clubs was set that run till 1999. Meantime best clubs competed in the leagues of FR Yugoslavia. In 1999, after Kosovo War, a separate Kosovar league system was formed. It included most clubs from Kosovo except those from Serbian-dominated North Kosovo which remained in Serbian football league system. Since 2000 the competition has been running continuously, and by 2017, after Kosovo has gained membership in FIFA and UEFA had started being the national league of Kosovo providing clubs for international tournaments.
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