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The exhibition First Matches, First Clubs: The Beginnings of Football in Ljubljana in front of the Stožice Sports Centre

You are invited to visit the exhibition First Matches, First Clubs: The Beginnings of Football in Ljubljana, which will be on display in front of the Stožice Sports Centre from 10 January to 9 February 2026.

The bilingual exhibition takes visitors through almost half a century of the development of football in the city – from its beginnings and school clubs, through periods of growth and local derbies, to the difficult circumstances during the Second World War and the symbolic first match in liberated Ljubljana.

You can read more about the exhibition here.

The presentation of the exhibition in Stožice has been made possible by the Sports Department of the City of Ljubljana and the public institute Šport Ljubljana.

Prijateljska tekma med ljubljansko SK Ilirijo in beograjskim BSK na orlovskem (Plečnikovem) stadionu za Bežigradom marca 1935. Hrani Muzej športa.
Friendly match between Ljubljana’s SK Ilirija and Belgrade’s BSK at the Orlovski (Plečnik) Stadium in Bežigrad, March 1935. Courtesy of the Sports Museum.

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