Red Star Belgrade

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Fudbalski Klub Crvena Zvezda (Serbian Cyrillic: Фудбалски клуб Црвена звезда, commonly known in English as Red Star Belgrade) is a football club from Belgrade, the capital city of Serbia and Montenegro.

Red Star was founded by students from Belgrade University in 1945, their greatest achievement was winning the UEFA Champions League in 1991 in Bari, Italy, and Intercontinental Cup the same year in Tokyo, Japan. The club also made the final of the UEFA Cup in 1979, losing to Borussia Mönchengladbach.

According to surveys, Red Star is the most popular club throughout Serbia, Montenegro and Republika Srpska. Red Star fans are called delije (делије - rough English translation might be the heroes).

The Stadion Crvena Zvezda has a capacity of 51,328 and is the largest stadium in the country, due to its former capacity of over 100,000 the stadium is commonly called "Maracana" after the famous Brazilian stadium.

Red Star also 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. Among the dead were eight United players; manager Matt Busby and several other players were injured. The incident would forever be known as the Munich air disaster.

In contrast with other teams' reliance on imported footballers, Red Star have had many homegrown superstars, such as Dejan Savićević, Vladimir Jugović, Siniša Mihajlović, Dejan Stanković, and Dragan Stojković.

Their city rivals are FK Partizan, Matches between Red Star and Partizan are called "the eternal derby" (večiti derbi, вечити дерби), these games are hotly anticipated and are quite spectacular despite the lower quality of football that’s been displayed in resent times. Red Star are well known for their passionate and loyal supporters, but also for hooliganism amongst its fans which is fervently exhibited during derby games that have been marred by violent clashes with rival Partizan fans and the police.

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Current squad

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Famous players

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The Stars of the Red Star

Red Star has almost 50 years long tradition of giving the title of the Star of the Red Star (Zvezdina zvezda) to the players that have had major impact on the club history and that have made the name of the club famous around the globe. So far, only five players in the club history were officially given the title. They are:

Though it may sound strange, none of the players that have won the only European Champion title for the club is titled Star of the Red Star. Actually, no new "stars" were added to the list since Dragan Stojković, 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 entire 1991 generation should be named the sixth star.

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The 1991 European Champions Generation

Goalkeepers:

Defenders:

Midfielders:

Strikers:

Coach: Ljupko Petrović

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Other famous players

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Coaching history

Template:Flagicon Zoran Filipovic
Template:Flagicon Ratko Dostanić
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Achievements

  • State Champ (23):

Yugoslav Champ (18):
1951, 1953, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1973, 1977, 1980, 1981, 1984, 1988, 1990, 1991

Serbo-Montenegrin Champ (5):
1992, 1995, 2000, 2001, 2004

  • National Cup (20):

Yugoslav Cup (12):
1948, 1949, 1950, 1958, 1959, 1964, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1982, 1985, 1990

Serbo-Montenegrin Cup (8):
1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2004


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See also

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External links

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