Red Star Belgrade
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- The name Red Star Belgrade can also be applied to KK Crvena zvezda and VK Crvena Zvezda.
Red Star was founded by students from Belgrade University in 1945, their greatest achievement was winning the UEFA Champions League 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 a recent TNS Medium Gallup poll,Red Star is by far the most popular club in Serbia.Red Star fans are called delije (делије - rough English translation might be 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, Dejan Stanković, and Dragan Stojković.
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.
Current squad
As of July 16, 2006
Notable players
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, 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 entire 1991 generation should be named the sixth star.
The 1991 European Champions Generation
Goalkeepers:
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Defenders:
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Midfielders:
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Strikers:
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Other notable players
- Jovan "Kule" Aćimović
- Vladimir Beara
- Predrag Đajić
- Stanislav Karasi
- Bora Kostić
- Nebojša Krupniković
- Dejan "Rambo" Petković
- Dušan Savić
- Miloš Šestić
- Dejan Stanković
- Nemanja Vidić
Coaching history
- 1946/47 Svetozar Glišović
- 1947/48 Svetozar Glišović
- 1948/49 Aleksandar Tomašević
- 1950 Aleksandar Tomašević
- 1951 Ljubiša Broćić
- 1952 Žarko Mihajlović
- 1952/53 Žarko Mihajlović
- :: Bane Sekulić
Trophies
- UEFA Champions League (1):
1991
- Intercontinental Cup (1):
1991
- Mitropa Cup (2):
1958, 1968
- State Champ (24):
1951, 1953, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1973, 1977, 1980, 1981, 1984, 1988, 1990, 1991
Serbo-Montenegrin Champ (6):
1992, 1995, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2006
- National Cup (21):
1948, 1949, 1950, 1958, 1959, 1964, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1982, 1985, 1990
Serbo-Montenegrin Cup (9):
1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006
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 and Dudić made two penalties for handball on the same match. Dramani was the scorer of the first goal for his side on the match against United States.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. 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.
See also
External links
- [FC Red Star website]
- [official FC Red Star Fans website]
- [unofficial FC Red Star Fans website]
- [Delije Caffe - unofficial FC Red Star Fans website]
- [official website of Red Star Sport Association]
- [official website of BC Red Star Belgrade]
- [unofficial website of Red Star Belgrade]
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