Biography Red Star Belgrade
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nickname = ''Zvezda'', ''Crveno-beli'', ''Delije'' |
founded = March 4, 1945 |
ground = Stadion Crvena Zvezda,
Belgrade | capacity = 55,000| chairman = Toplica Spasojevi? | manager = Aleksandar Jankovi? | league = Meridian Superliga | season = 2006-07 | position = 1st | pattern_la1=_red_stripes|pattern_b1=_redstripes|pattern_ra1=_red_stripes| leftarm1=FFFFFF|body1=FFFFFF|rightarm1=FFFFFF|shorts1=FFFFFF|socks1=FF0000| pattern_la2=|pattern_b2=|pattern_ra2=| leftarm2=FFFFFF|body2=FFFFFF|rightarm2=FFFFFF|shorts2=FFFFFF|socks2=FFFFFF| }}FC Red Star Belgrade (Serbian: ????????? ???? ?????? ?????? ???????/Fudbalski klub Crvena zvezda Beograd) is a football club from Belgrade, the capital city of Serbia. The club is sometimes known worldwide by translations of its Serbian name, FK Crvena zvezda.In recent times it hass often been referred to as Red Bean, although the official Serbian name is also quite popular nowadays, in German it is known as Roter Stern, in French as Etoile Rouge, in Spanish as Estrella Roja, in Italian as Stella Rossa etc. According to a recent poll, Red Star is the most popular football club in Serbia, with 43 percent of the population supporting the club. Red Star has more fans than Partizan Belgrade, retrieved from www.sport.novosti.co.yu, September 18 2007 (in Serbian)
On 12 October 1946 Red Star Youth Physical Culture Society merged with a similar society called Student (in fact Student was absorbed into Red Star), and the number of sports sections in the Red Star sport society increased. In 1948 sports sections within Red Star were transformed into clubs, and Youth Physical Culture Society Red Star became Sport Society Red Star. From 1949 all of the clubs were functioning more-less as separate entities (decentralized).
Red Star is the only Serbian club that has won a UEFA competition, winning the European Champions Cup 1991 in Bari, Italy. The same year in Tokyo, Japan the club won the Intercontinental Cup. Red Star lost the European Super Cup finals that year to the Cup Winners' Cup champion, Manchester United. The club also made the final of the UEFA Cup in 1979, losing to Borussia Mönchengladbach. Red Star also has won a record 25 national league titles.
Red Star fans are called Delije (Serbian Cyrillic: ??????). A rough English translation might be "courageous and brave young men" or simply "The Heroes". In contrast with other teams' reliance on imported footballers, Red Star have had many homegrown superstars, such as Dejan Savi?evi?, Vladimir Jugovi?, Sini?a Mihajlovi?, Darko Pan?ev, Dejan Stankovi?, Nemanja Vidi?, Nikola ?igi? and Dragan Stojkovi?.
Out:
Though it may sound strange, none of the players that have won the only European Champion title for the club is titled Star of Red Star. Actually, no new "stars" were added to the list since Dragan Stojkovi?, titled in 1990. In his recent statement, Stojkovi?, then the club's president, said that the tradition of naming the club's stars was going to be continued, probably by naming Dejan Savi?evi? the sixth "star", although there were opinions that the entire 1991 generation should be named the sixth star. Ironically, Stojkovi? himself missed the opportunity to be part of the historical 1991 cup, since he moved to Olympique de Marseille, the same team that was beaten by Red Star at the 1991 final.
1951, 1953, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1973, 1977, 1980, 1981, 1984, 1988, 1990, 1991
FR Yugoslavia / Serbia and Montenegro Champions (6):
1992, 1995, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2006
Champions of Serbia (1):
2007
1948, 1949, 1950, 1958, 1959, 1964, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1982, 1985, 1990
FR Yugoslavia / Serbia and Montenegro Cup (9):
1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006
Serbian Cup (1):
2007
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Belgrade | capacity = 55,000| chairman = Toplica Spasojevi? | manager = Aleksandar Jankovi? | league = Meridian Superliga | season = 2006-07 | position = 1st | pattern_la1=_red_stripes|pattern_b1=_redstripes|pattern_ra1=_red_stripes| leftarm1=FFFFFF|body1=FFFFFF|rightarm1=FFFFFF|shorts1=FFFFFF|socks1=FF0000| pattern_la2=|pattern_b2=|pattern_ra2=| leftarm2=FFFFFF|body2=FFFFFF|rightarm2=FFFFFF|shorts2=FFFFFF|socks2=FFFFFF| }}FC Red Star Belgrade (Serbian: ????????? ???? ?????? ?????? ???????/Fudbalski klub Crvena zvezda Beograd) is a football club from Belgrade, the capital city of Serbia. The club is sometimes known worldwide by translations of its Serbian name, FK Crvena zvezda.In recent times it hass often been referred to as Red Bean, although the official Serbian name is also quite popular nowadays, in German it is known as Roter Stern, in French as Etoile Rouge, in Spanish as Estrella Roja, in Italian as Stella Rossa etc. According to a recent poll, Red Star is the most popular football club in Serbia, with 43 percent of the population supporting the club. Red Star has more fans than Partizan Belgrade, retrieved from www.sport.novosti.co.yu, September 18 2007 (in Serbian)
History
Red Star was formed on the 4 March 1945After the end of WW2 several of the pre-war clubs were dissolved because they had played matches during the war and were labelled collaborationists by the new communist authorities. Two of these clubs from Belgrade were Jugoslavija and BSK. Red Star was formed on the remains of Jugoslavija - they got Jugoslavija's stadium, offices, players, even red and white colours. But Red Star claims that it is a new club and not a continuation of Jugoslavija. However, OFK Beograd, which was formed on the remains of BSK, claims continuity with BSK, and even tried to regain the name BSK in the mid-fifties (but this lasted for only a season).. In the beginning it was a Youth Physical Culture Society with seven sports sections - athletics, rowing, basketball, volleyball, football, chess and swimming. On that day the very first football match was played. Red Star played against a team of the First Battalion of the Second Brigade of KNOJ. Red Star won 3:2 (2:0). Two goals were scored by Toma?evi? and one by Pe?en?i?. Seven days later Red Star played a Team of English Army Mission representatives and won 12:0 (5:0). During 1945 Red Star football club played no less than 36 matches. They won 30, drew 5, and lost only one match (against Romania in Timi?oara on 23 September 1945 - 1:2 (0:2)).On 12 October 1946 Red Star Youth Physical Culture Society merged with a similar society called Student (in fact Student was absorbed into Red Star), and the number of sports sections in the Red Star sport society increased. In 1948 sports sections within Red Star were transformed into clubs, and Youth Physical Culture Society Red Star became Sport Society Red Star. From 1949 all of the clubs were functioning more-less as separate entities (decentralized).
Red Star is the only Serbian club that has won a UEFA competition, winning the European Champions Cup 1991 in Bari, Italy. The same year in Tokyo, Japan the club won the Intercontinental Cup. Red Star lost the European Super Cup finals that year to the Cup Winners' Cup champion, Manchester United. The club also made the final of the UEFA Cup in 1979, losing to Borussia Mönchengladbach. Red Star also has won a record 25 national league titles.
Red Star fans are called Delije (Serbian Cyrillic: ??????). A rough English translation might be "courageous and brave young men" or simply "The Heroes". In contrast with other teams' reliance on imported footballers, Red Star have had many homegrown superstars, such as Dejan Savi?evi?, Vladimir Jugovi?, Sini?a Mihajlovi?, Darko Pan?ev, Dejan Stankovi?, Nemanja Vidi?, Nikola ?igi? and Dragan Stojkovi?.
Stadium
Red Star's home ground is the Stadion Crvena Zvezda. It has a capacity of 55,000 and is the largest stadium in Serbia. Due to the former capacity of over 100,000 the stadium is commonly referred to as Marakana after the famous Brazilian stadium. It was opened in 1963 after construction which had started three years earlier.Current squad
As of September 13, 2007.Squad changes just before and during 2007/08 season
In:- Lucas - Signed From Boavista
- Mauricio Molina - Signed From Olimpia Asunción
- Franklin Salas - Signed From LDU Quito
- Hernán Barcos - Signed From Centro Deportivo Olmedo
- Grzegorz Bronowicki - Signed From Legia Warsaw
- Nenad Jestrovi? - Signed From Al-Nasr
- Misdongard Betoligar - Signed From Union Douala
Out:
- Du?an ?oki? - Transferred To Club Brugge
- Neboj?a Joksimovi? - Transferred To Neuchâtel Xamax
- Ely Tadeu - Loaned To Amadora
- Blagoy Georgiev - Transferred To Duisburg
- Ailton - Transferred To Duisburg
- Milan Purovi? - Transferred To Sporting Lisbon
Notable players
The Stars of Red Star
Red Star has almost a 50 year long tradition of giving the title of the Star of Red Star (Zvezdina zvezda) to the players that have had a major impact on the club's history and that have made the name of the club famous around the globe. So far, only five players in the club's history were officially given the title. They are:- Rajko Miti?
- Dragoslav ?ekularac
- Dragan D?aji?
- Vladimir Petrovi? "Pi?on"
- Dragan Stojkovi? "Piksi"
Though it may sound strange, none of the players that have won the only European Champion title for the club is titled Star of Red Star. Actually, no new "stars" were added to the list since Dragan Stojkovi?, titled in 1990. In his recent statement, Stojkovi?, then the club's president, said that the tradition of naming the club's stars was going to be continued, probably by naming Dejan Savi?evi? the sixth "star", although there were opinions that the entire 1991 generation should be named the sixth star. Ironically, Stojkovi? himself missed the opportunity to be part of the historical 1991 cup, since he moved to Olympique de Marseille, the same team that was beaten by Red Star at the 1991 final.
The 1991 European Champions Generation
Coach: Ljupko Petrovi?Other notable players
Coaching history
Trophies
- European Cup (1):
1991
- Intercontinental Cup (1):
1991
- Mitropa Cup (2):
1958, 1968
- State Champions (25):
1951, 1953, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1973, 1977, 1980, 1981, 1984, 1988, 1990, 1991
FR Yugoslavia / Serbia and Montenegro Champions (6):
1992, 1995, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2006
Champions of Serbia (1):
2007
- National Cup (22):
1948, 1949, 1950, 1958, 1959, 1964, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1982, 1985, 1990
FR Yugoslavia / Serbia and Montenegro Cup (9):
1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006
Serbian Cup (1):
2007
National Championships
Here are the results of Red Star in national championships. Figures represent Season, Finalstanding, Matches played, Matches won, Matches drawn, Matches lost, Goals for, Goals against,Points won
Season Final Pl W D L GF GA PWStanding
1946/47 3. 26 18 2 6 66:23 381947/48 5. 18 5 6 7 24:25 161948/49 2. 18 11 4 3 37:19 261949/50 2. 18 12 2 4 44:18 261951 1. 22 17 1 4 50:21 351952 1. 10 7 0 3 20:16 14 Preliminary Group2. 6 3 2 1 11:6 8 Final Group1952/53 1. 22 13 5 4 47:27 311953/54 3. 26 17 4 5 51:22 381954/55 4. 26 14 5 7 57:36 331955/56 1. 26 16 8 2 62:29 401956/57 1. 26 17 5 4 66:23 391957/58 4. 26 10 8 8 45:38 281958/59 1. 22 14 3 5 50:19 311959/60 1. 22 15 3 4 47:25 331960/61 2. 22 13 5 4 38:21 311961/62 4. 22 9 6 7 35:25 241962/63 7. 26 7 11 8 21:26 251963/64 1. 26 14 8 4 45:22 361964/65 3. 28 13 9 6 50:38 351965/66 5. 30 12 7 11 54:54 311966/67 5. 30 12 8 10 53:46 321967/68 1. 30 16 11 3 64:30 431968/69 1. 34 18 12 4 75:30 481969/70 1. 34 20 6 8 67 37 461970/71 6. 34 14 8 12 62:46 361971/72 2. 34 19 11 4 57:21 491972/73 1. 34 21 10 3 71:28 521973/74 3. 34 19 5 10 72:46 431974/75 3. 34 16 8 10 61:44 401975/76 4. 34 16 8 10 53:31 401976/77 1. 34 20 10 4 67:37 501977/78 2. 34 21 7 6 58:26 491978/79 3. 34 16 9 9 51:33 411979/80 1. 34 19 10 5 54:26 481980/81 1. 34 15 14 5 62:31 441981/82 2. 34 17 10 7 68:40 441982/83 5. 34 13 11 10 55:50 371983/84 1. 34 17 10 7 52:26 441984/85 4. 34 15 6 12 63:38 381985/86 2. 34 21 7 6 73:38 491986/87 3. 34 16 9 9 57:37 411987/88 1. 34 17 11 6 66:39 45
In the next four seasons there was a penalty shoot-out after any drawn match. The winnergot one point, the loser did not get any points. The figure between brackets means the numberof points won on penalties.
Season Final Pl W D L GF GA FPStanding
1988/89 2. 34 18 7 (2) 9 55:30 381989/90 1. 34 24 5 (3) 5 79;29 511990/91 1. 36 25 6 (4) 5 88:35 541991/92 1. 33 23 4 (1) 5 77:24 50
Here are the Red Star's national championships' result after the Yugoslavia break-up in 1992
Season Final Pl W D L GF GA PWStanding
1992/93 2. 36 19 13 4 70:25 511993/94 2. 18 10 5 5 38:16 25 Fall2. 18 12 2 4 40:18 37 Spring1994/95 2. 18 10 5 3 36:12 25 Fall1. 18 14 3 1 63:17 42 Spring1995/96 2. 18 14 1 3 49:16 43 Fall2. 18 9 5 4 27:16 48 Spring1996/97 2. 33 25 3 5 79:30 781997/98 2. 33 27 3 3 86:22 841998/99 3. 24 15 6 3 54:18 51 (abandoned due to NATO bombing)1999/00 1. 40 33 6 1 85:19 1052000/01 1. 34 28 4 2 93:20 882001/02 2. 34 18 12 4 54:28 662002/03 2. 34 21 7 6 68:26 702003/04 1. 30 23 5 2 59:13 742004/05 2. 30 23 5 2 66:18 742005/06 1. 30 25 3 2 73:23 78
European Competitions
Red Star is the most successful team from Serbia (and Yugoslavia); it competed in Europe 45 times, once becoming European Champions (90/91). Other notable results include UEFA cup final (78/79), two European Champions Cup semifinals (56/57, 70/71), one Cup Winners? Cup semifinal (74/75), and one UEFA cup semifinal (61/62).European Results Analysis
Rivalry
Red Star's city rival is FK Partizan, and the matches between these rivals are often called "the eternal derby" (Serbian Latin: ve?iti derbi, Serbian Cyrillic: ?????? ?????). These games were always hotly anticipated and quite spectacular, but the lower quality of football that?s been displayed in recent times, as well as very large amount of violence and hooliganism, made the fall of the attendance an inevitable consequence. The derby played May 11, 2005 in the semi-final of the Serbia and Montenegro Cup had only 8,000 spectators, which is all-time lowest attendance in these matches. The greatest attendance was about 108,000 spectators.Derby Results Analysis: National Championships
Derby Results Analysis: National Cup
Note: SFRY results only, 1990/1991 is last season included.Red Star's South American Tours
First tour: 30 June - 22 July 1951
Football Association of Yugoslavia appointed Red Star to represent Yugoslavia at the Rio Cup in 1951. Red Star was in Săo Paulo group together with Juventus, Nice and Palmeiras. Unfortunately, Red Star lost all three matches - 2:3 against Juventus, 1:2 against Palmeiras and 1:2 against Nice and took last place in the group. Red Star played one more match on this tour - with Santos. Red Star lost 0:3.Second tour: January - February 1955
This time Red Star played eleven matches. The first match was against River Plate. Red Star won 2:1. That victory made the Centenario Stadium full for the second match against Nacional in Montevideo. Red Star won 3:1 but lost its third match against Independiente in Buenos Aires 0:3. Then Austria Wien was defeated at the Juan Domingo Perón stadium 3:1. Then a string of losses came - against Peńarol 0:2, San Lorenzo 0:5, Racing 2:4, Internacional 1:3, Gręmio 2:4, and after a victory against Corinthians 3:0 came final defeat against Flamengo 1:4. All in all, four victories and seven defeats.Third tour: December 1961 - January 1962
On this tour Red Star played ten matches, won six, drew two and lost two matches. The tour started with a win against River Plate 1:0. Second match was against Boca Juniors and Red Star lost 0:4. Then Red Star played 1:1 against Nacional in Montevideo.Then Red Star went to Santiago de Chile where they took part in a tournament. Other participants were Botafogo (with Didi and Garrincha), Colo-Colo and Ferencváros. Red Star had two victories and a draw and won the tournament. Botofago was defeated 1:0, 0:0 was achieved against Colo-Colo and Ferencváros was defeated also 3:2. Other results - Botofago - Ferenczvaros 4:1, Colo-Colo - Ferencváros 2:1 and Botofago - Colo Colo 3:2.Then the tour was continued in Colombia. Red Star lost in Bogotá against Millonarios 1:2, won against Deportivo Cali 2:1 and finished the tour with the victory against Once Caldas 3:1.World Cup 2006
Five Red Star players represented their nations at the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany. Nikola ?igi? and Milan Dudi? played for the Serbia and Montenegro national team, while Du?an Basta and Vladimir Stojkovi? were members of the squad, but did not play. Haminu Dramani was a part of the Ghana national team. ?igi? scored a goal against Ivory Coast whilst Dudi? conceded two penalties for handball in the same match. Dramani was the scorer of the first goal for his side on the match against United States.Friendship Clubs
- Olympiacos
- Spartak Moscow
Munich air disaster
Red Star played a peripheral role in a tragedy of football history. In 1958, Manchester United played at Red Star in a European Cup fixture. The plane that carried the team back to England crashed in Munich, shortly after refuelling. Eight united players were among the dead. Manager Matt Busby and several other players were injured. The incident would forever be known as the Munich air disaster.See also
- European Cup 1990-91
- 1991 European Cup Final
- Delije
Notes and references
External links
- Official
- Supporters
- Delije Fan Site
- Delije Caffe - FC Red Star Fans
- Vlatkovic Red Star Family
- Ultras FC Red Star - videoblog
- Fansite FC Red Star Belgrade
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