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The Belgrade Football Subassociation, commonly known by its initials, BLP (Serbo-Croato-Slovenian: ''Beogradski loptački podsavez'' / Београдски лоптачки подсавез - БЛП) was one of the regional football governing bodies under the tutorial of the Football Association of Yugoslavia. It was formed on 12 March 1920, and included the clubs from the geographical territories of Vojvodina, Central Serbia, Old Serbia (Kosovo) and South Serbia (Macedonia). The increase of number of clubs made that progressively other subassociations become formed by separating them from Belgrade's one. By 1932 its territory included beside Belgrade metropolitan area only the districts of Kolubara, Braničevo, Podunavlje and Jasenica-Kosmaj.〔(Milorad Sijić: "Football in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia" ), pags. 135-140 〕 Its main role was to organise and control the league competition which consisted in interconnected leagues in a hierarchical format with promotion and relegation between leagues at different levels. At the top of the hierarchy was the First Division of the BLP (1. razred BLP / 1. разред БПЛ), often known simply as Belgrade Football Subassociation League and the winner had direct access to the Yugoslav Championship while the second placed had to play a qualifying round. The Second and Third Divisions were divided in groups.〔(Monografija 85. godina SD Čukarički ) pag. 46〕 ==History== Before the formation of the BLP, football clubs in Serbia lacked an organised competition and limited to play friendly or exhibition matches. Occasionally, tournaments were organised in major urban centers. Football was characterised as an amateur leisure activity. The formation of BLP joined a number of willingfull and passionate people who will improve the management and organisation of football in Serbia, turning it into a more developed and professionalised activity. This greatly contributed for the mass popularisation of football and the quality gap that existed in comparison to other footballistically more developed countries started to be diminish. In a relatively brief period, football went from being a marginal students leisure activity to become the most popular sports activity in the country. The press passed from an attitude of total ignorance towards full coverage, and most important, it became subject of interest from the lowest working and peasantry classes, to the Belgrade high society, with the royal family itself frequently attending the most important matches. However at beginning it was the individuals with their own initiative and good-will that mostly contributed to the development of the clubs and the competition. The first president of the BLP was Dragutin Kostić. In 1921 he is replaced by Žika Simonović.〔Sijić, pag. 135〕 That year the subassociation counted with only 66 clubs, 19 of which in the city of Belgrade itself, 9 in the district (župa - administrative unit) of Banat, 3 in Brčko, 4 in Bijeljina, 4 in Leskovac, 3 in Vranje, 2 in Skoplje, 3 in Zemun, 1 in Šabac, 2 in Sremska Mitrovica, 2 in Užice, 1 in Požega, 1 in Jagodina, 2 in Čačak, 1 in Ruma, 1 in Negotin, 1 in Kruševac and 1 in Veles.〔Sijić, pag. 136〕 In the third general assembly hold that year, it was decided that Politika would become the official media of the BLP.〔Sijić, pag. 136〕 The conference from 15 January 1922 was marked by the decision to strengthen the relations with the periferical provincial clubs, and the territory was divided among Župa's, administrative units corresponding in English language to parishes or districts.〔Sijić, pag. 136〕 In the general assembly held on 2 July 1922, a new administration was elected with Danilo Stojanović, popularly named as Čika Dača (Unckle Dacha) as its president.〔Sijić, pag. 137〕 As one of the pioneers of football in Serbia and the founder of a number of clubs, he was highly regarded for that position. However, in the fourth general assembly held on 31 December 1922 the administration headed by Janko Šafarik is elected with him becoming the new president.〔Sijić, pg. 137〕 The BLP was steadily growing and in 1923 it counted two main leagues, the First League of BLP (''1. razred BLP'') and Second League of BLP (''2. razred BLP''), and the leagues of the districts (župa's) which were 12, some counting 2 levels, ''a'' and ''b'': Belgrade, Banat (a and b), Posavina, Bosnia, Kolubara, Šumadija, Krajina, Jelica, Morava and Skoplje.〔Sijić, pg. 138〕 In 1925, Mata Miodragović was elected president in a general assembly held on 17 August 1925. The assembly unilaterally declared the support for the seat of the Football Association of Yugoslavia to be moved from Zagreb to Belgrade. In 1926 Zarija Marković was elected president and will stay until 1929 when Svetislav Živković replaced him. Milan Bogdanović would be elected in 1931 and a year later Dimitrije Bojić will take his place.〔Sijić, pag. 139〕 In 1933 Milan Bogdanović retook his position, and in 1934 Bojić succeeded him once again. This period was marked by the leadership of people well familiarised with the needs and problems of the organisation, so it is not unusual to see presidents being reelected or returning to the leadership position, as happened with Svetislav Živković who was president between 1929 and 1931 and was elected again in 1936. Jovan Spasojević, a physician by profession, took control in July 1937, and he was re-elected twice, in 1938 and 1940.〔Sijić, pag. 140〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Belgrade Football Subassociation」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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