New regional league

President of the Serbian FA, Slavisa Kokeza has revealed that from 2018 it will start new regional league between clubs from former Yugoslavia republics (mostly known as the Balkan league). About this idea it was written many years ago, but it was scrapped on many occasions. Saying on a TV interview for 'Arena Sport' Kokeza mentioned that the whole project was backed up by UEFA recently at a Moscow meeting, with all FA presidents present.
Games will be paralleled with the national championships, the league will be played between February and May while in 2018 we will have the first Balkan cup. The league winner, who will gain access in the Champions league, will receive 2.5 million euros while first 8 or 10 clubs - at least 700.000 euros. The original plan is that Serbia and Croatia will be represented with 4 clubs, Bosnia and Herzegovina will have 2 teams while from FYR Macedonia, Montenegro and Slovenia each will give one club.