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'Fudbalski klub Crvena zvezda' (Serbian Cyrillic: Фудбалски клуб Црвена звезда, English: ''Red Star Football Club'') is a football club from Belgrade, the capital city of Serbia. The club is known by different names worldwide.[1]
Club history
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 was founded by students from Belgrade University in 1945. Red Star fans are called Delije (Serbian Cyrillic: Делије). 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 Savićević, Vladimir Jugović, Siniša Mihajlović, Darko Pančev, Dejan Stanković, Nemanja Vidić, Nikola Žigić and Dragan Stojković.
The Stadion Crvena Zvezda has a capacity of 55,000 and is the largest stadium in the country, due to its former capacity of over 100,000 the stadium is commonly called "Marakana" after the famous Brazilian stadium.
Current squad
''As of September 3, 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 Jestrović - Signed 'From' ''Al-Nasr''
'Out:'
★ Dušan Đokić - Transferred 'To' ''Club Brugge''
★ Nebojša Joksimović - Transferred 'To' ''Neuchâtel Xamax''
★ Ely Tadeu - Loaned 'To' ''Amadora''
★ Blagoy Georgiev - Transferred 'To' ''Duisburg''
★ Ailton - Transferred 'To' ''Duisburg''
★ Milan Purović - 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 Mitić
★ Dragoslav Šekularac
★ Dragan Džajić
★ Vladimir Petrović "Pižon"
★ Dragan Stojković "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 Stojković, titled in 1990, who is also the current president of the club. In his recent statement, Stojković said that the tradition of naming the club's stars is going to be continued, probably by naming Dejan Savićević the sixth "star", although there are opinions that the entire 1991 generation should be named the sixth star.
The 1991 European Champions Generation
'Coach:' Ljupko Petrović
Other notable players
Coaching history
Trophies
★ 'European Cup (1):'
1991
★ 'Intercontinental Cup (1):'
1991
★ 'Mitropa Cup (2):'
1958, 1968
★ 'State Champions (25):'
''SFR Yugoslavia Champions (18):''
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):'
''SFR Yugoslavia Cup (12):''
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
World Cup 2006
Five Red Star players represented their nations at the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany. Nikola Žigić and Milan Dudić played for the Serbia and Montenegro national team, while Dušan Basta and Vladimir Stojković were members of the squad, but did not play. Haminu Dramani was a part of the Ghana national team. Žigić scored a goal against Ivory Coast whilst Dudić 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.
Rivalry
Red Star's city rival is FK Partizan, and the matches between these rivals are often called "the eternal derby" (Serbian Latin: ''večiti derbi'', Serbian Cyrillic: ''вечити дерби''). 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.
Friendship Clubs
★ Olympiacos
Munich air disaster
Main articles: 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
★ Serbian Superliga
★ European Cup 1990-91
★ 1991 European Cup Final
Notes and references
1. In English speaking countries it is known as Red Star; in German it is as Roter Stern; in French as Etoile Rouge; in Spanish as Estrella Roja; in Italian as Stella Rossa etc.
2. Miloljub Ostojić resigned 09/16/99 after UEFA Cup 1st leg loss to Montpellier and poor league form.
3. Slavoljub Muslin was fired Aug '01, after loss to Bayer in wake of the feud with star striker Mihailo Pjanović.
4. Ljupko Petrović resigned 09/17/04 after crashing out of Champions League and UEFA Cup.
5. Dušan Bajević walked out on the club 10/03/07 during a league match vs. FK Vojvodina in 72nd minute with Red Star losing 0-2. The match ended 0-3.
6. Boško Đurovski got fired 10/08/07 after coaching only 2 competitive matches in 2007/08 season. His sacking came after an unconvincing away-goals two-leg win over Levadia Tallinn in UEFA Champions League qualifying.
External links
Official
★ FC Red Star
★ Red Star Sport Association
★ UEFA Profile
Unofficial
★ Delije Fan Site
★ Delije Caffe - FC Red Star Fans
★ Vlatkovic Red Star Family
Team Shirts
★ Red Star authentic jersey, 2007-2008 season
★ Red Star Belgrade shirts
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