List of foreign footballers in top leagues of former Yugoslavia

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This is a list of foreign football players in the Yugoslav First League or any of its successor top leagues:

• Yugoslav First League (1923–1992), indicated in the list as (Yug/X), followed by the abbreviation of the current league of that club
  • First Leagues of the Sub associations (1920–1944)
  • First League of FR Yugoslavia (1992–2002), indicating (SRB) if the club is from present-day Serbia or (MNE) if from Montenegro
  • First League of Serbia and Montenegro (2002–2006), indicating (SRB) if the club is from present-day Serbia or (MNE) if from Montenegro
    • Serbian Superliga (2006–present), indicated as (SRB)
    • Montenegrin First League (2006–present), indicated as (MNE)
    • Kosovo Superliga (1999–present), indicated as (KOS)
  • Slovenian PrvaLiga (1991–present), indicated as (SVN)
  • HNL – Croatian First League (1992–present), indicated as (CRO)
  • 1. MFL – Macedonian First League (1992–present), indicated as (MKD)
  • First League of Herzeg-Bosnia (1993–2000)
  • First League of Football Association of Bosnia and Herzegovina (1994–2000)
  • First League of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (1994–2002)
  • First League of the Republika Srpska (1995–2002)
    • Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina (2000–present), indicated as (BIH)

In this list are also included the players with dual nationalities and the ones born in the territory of former Yugoslavia, but have played for other, non-Yugoslav, national teams.

Players in bold have made at least one appearance for their senior national team.

Teams in bold are the current team of that player.

The years in brackets indicates the calendar year of the season in which the player played for the club. For example, "(2003)–2004" means that the player was a member of the club only in the first part of the season (2003).