FK Partizan

Partizan

Partizan's crest
Full name	Fudbalski klub Partizan
Nickname(s)	Crno-beli (The Black-Whites) Parni valjak (The Steamroller)
Founded	4 October 1945
Ground	Stadion FK Partizan
Capacity	29,962
President	Dragan Đurić
Head coach	Aleksandar Stanojević
League	Serbian SuperLiga
2009–10	Serbian SuperLiga, 1st
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Fudbalski klub Partizan (Serbian: Фудбалски клуб Партизан, English: Partizan Football Club) is a professional football club based in Belgrade, Serbia. It holds records such as playing in the first European Champions' Cup match in 1955, becoming the first Eastern European club to play in the European Champions' Cup final in 1966, and becoming the first club from Serbia to take part in the UEFA Champions League group stages. It is a major part of the Sports Association Partizan. The second division team FK Teleoptik is also owned by Partizan. According to UEFA, Partizan has the second-ranking youngster school in Europe, right after Ajax Amsterdam. According to a recent poll, FK Partizan is one of the most popular football clubs in Serbia, with 40.2 percent of the population supporting the club.

Club History

Partizan was founded on October 4, 1945, as part of the Yugoslav Sports Association, and was named after the Partisans, the communist military formation during the World War II in Yugoslavia. The club is still a member of the same sports association, which includes 25 clubs in different sports, as well as the Football Association of Serbia, but it has complete independence regarding organisation, management, finances, material goods and facilities. The club was initially formed under the Yugoslav People's Army, and the stadium was named Stadion JNA (Stadium of Yugoslav People's Army). In the early 50s, the club became independent from the Army. The first international match was played on December 6, 1945, against CSKA Moscow. Partizan participated in the first ever Champions Cup match, that took place on September 3, 1955 in Lisbon against Sporting CP. The final result was 3–3. Partizan also became the first club from Eastern Europe to have played in a European Cup final against Real Madrid, after eliminating Manchester United in the semifinals. In more recent years, the club played in the 2003–04 Champions League, after eliminating Newcastle United in the last qualifying round. Partizan also played in the round of 16 of the UEFA Cup in 2004–05 & again in 2010-11 UEFA Champions League. Partizan's current colors are black and white, after wearing blue and red for the first four years.

Club records

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Partizan vs. Real Madrid in the Champions League in 2003.

Momčilo Vukotić is Partizan's record-holder by number of appearances (752 matches). The goal-scoring record-holder is striker Stjepan Bobek, with 425 goals. Over 130 Partizan football players were in the Yugoslav national team and Stjepan Bobek, Branko Zebec, Zlatko Čajkovski, Fahrudin Jusufi, Milan Galić, Milutin Šoškić, Slaviša Jokanović and Predrag Mijatović (a former sporting director of Real Madrid) are among them. Former Partizan player Savo Milošević played 102 matches for the national football team, a national record. Stjepan Bobek holds national team record with 38 goals, second place is shared by Partizan legends Savo Milošević and Milan Galić, they scored 37 goals each of them. One of Partizan's most notable players is Dragan Mance. He led Partizan in their 1984–85 UEFA Cup second round tie against English side Queens Park Rangers, one of the most memorable matches in the club's history. QPR won the first leg 6–2, but Partizan advanced after a 4–0 return victory. That match was voted on the 70th position among Top 100 greatest matches in the history of football, in a poll organized by Eurosport in September 2009. Mance died September 3, 1985 in a car crash at the peak of his popularity. He was only 22 years old at the time.The "black and whites" are record-holders of the Yugoslav First League, in terms of points scored during a campaign, with 107 in one year's championship and are the only unbeaten champion team ever (in the 2004–05 season). Partizan also won the most national championships since the break-up of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, being a champion 10 out of 18 times. Arguably, Partizan's most exciting match was a double header against Celtic in 1989. The first tie was held in Mostar (now Bosnia and Herzegovina) which Partizan won 2–1. The second leg was held in Scotland which Celtic won 5–4. Partizan scored in the last minute to qualify on the away goals rule in front of nearly 50,000 fans. Partizan also played in a 1966 European Cup final against Real Madrid, after eliminating Manchester United in the semifinals. At one point, Partizan was 1–0 up, only to lose to the Spaniards 2–1 at the end.

UEFA Champions League 2003/2004

Some of the highlights from Partizan's recent past include a UEFA Champions League appearance in the 2003–04 season. After eliminating Newcastle United in the last qualifying round, Partizan was drawn in a tough group with Real Madrid, FC Porto (actual winner of the UEFA Cup and the eventual winner of the competition) and Olympique de Marseille (eventual runner-up of the UEFA Cup). The team never lost a home game, playing 0–0 with Real Madrid, and 1–1 with FC Porto and Olympique de Marseille while playing some inspired football in the away match in Madrid (0-1), Marseille (0-3) and Porto (1-2). They are the first, and so far the only Serbian team to qualify for the main draw of this elite European club competition since its inception in 1992.

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Partizan vs. Real Madrid

Group F

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Real Madrid	6	4	2	0	11	5	+6	14
Porto	6	3	2	1	9	8	+1	11
Marseille	6	1	1	4	9	11	-2	4
Partizan	6	0	3	3	3	8	-5	3

In the 2004–05 UEFA Cup, Partizan reached the round-of-16 in the UEFA Cup, where it was eliminated by CSKA Moscow, the eventual winner of the competition. In the 2007–08 UEFA Cup qualifying stages, Partizan was expelled and fined €30,056 due to crowd trouble, after fighting broke out with opponent fans during their qualifying match against HŠK Zrinjski Mostar, and after beating them by an aggregate score of 11–1. Seasons 2007–08 and 2008–09 will remain as one of the most successful in club's domestic history. In season 2008–09 the club successfully defended their league and cup double from 2007–08 season, for the first time in its history. On July 21, 2009, Partizan demolished Welsh champions Rhyl, with a score of 8–0 (12–0 on agg.) This score is their largest ever winning margin in European competitions.

UEFA Champions League 2010/2011

FK Partizan are through to the group stage again, for the first time since the 2003/04 season after a penalty shoot-out victory over RSC Anderlecht. After both legs finished with the same score 2:2, FK Partizan managed to reach the UEFA Champions League group stage on a penalty shoot-out 3:2 win. The draw for the group phase decided that Partizan will play in group H, alongside Arsenal F.C., Shakhtar Donetsk and S.C. Braga. On matchday 1, Partizan lose against Shakhtar on Donbass Arena in Donetsk - 0:1 (0:0). Next game Partizan played against Arsenal at Partizan Stadium and lost 1:3 (1:1), after they played inspired football with a 10 man in last 30 min's of the match.

Group H

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Arsenal 2 2 0 0 9 1 +8 6 Shakhtar Donetsk 2 2 0 0 4 0 +4 6 Partizan 2 0 0 2 1 4 −3 0 Braga 2 0 0 2 0 9 −9 0 Club fans Main article: Grobari File:FKPartizansuporters.jpg Grobari Partizan's supporters, the Grobari (Gravediggers), were formed in 1970. The nickname itself was given by their biggest rivals (the Delije of Red Star Belgrade, referring to the club's mostly black colors which were similar to the official uniforms of cemetery undertakers. The other theory is that the name arrives from Partizan's stadium street name - Humska (Graves). They support all clubs in the Sports Association Partizan. In 1999, the organized supporters who traditionally occupy the south stands at the stadium split into two groups. The newly formed group named Južni Front (South Front) accused several top members of the Grobari organization for abusing their privileges, and the club itself for favoring those individuals. In 2006, they settled their differences and today there are three major fan groups: Južni Front, Grobari 1970 and Grobari Beograd. From 2005 until 2007, fan groups boycotted all Partizan matches until former sports director Bjeković and general secretary Zečević resigned, which was their main goal. Bjeković finally resigned in May and Zečević in September 2007. As a result of their demands being accepted, the Grobari returned to the stands of Partizan Stadium. Grobari have become recognizable by brilliant choreographies, noisy cheering and their loyalty to the club. Danny Dyer featured the Grobari on the Real Football Factories International show. In the episode he labelled the Grobari as a group willing to do anything for the respect of the club. FK Partizan Stadium Main article: Stadion FK Partizan File:FKPartizanstadium2010.jpg Partizan Stadium The club's stadium is now named Stadion FK Partizan, although it was known as Stadion JNA (Stadium of the Yugoslav People's Army) for most of its history, and is still sometimes called that. The stadium seated approximately 55,000 people before UEFA's law of having seats across the entire stadium. The current capacity is 32,710 people. The stadium was used from the mid-fifties until 1987 as the final point of yearly festivities called the Day of Youth. Each year on May 25, the baton of the Relay of Youth was finally passed into the hands of Josip Broz Tito, president of Yugoslavia. The stadium is expected to be redesigned by Swiss firm Mob Lab. The new capacity is to be approximately 45,000 seats and will include a very modern business park filled with hotels and office buildings. Sports Centre Teleoptik The sports centre Partizan-Teleoptik, also known as "Zemunelo" (the name being composed to show the resemblance to A.C. Milan's sports centre, Milanello), is situated on the surface of almost 10 hectares, in the west part of Zemun, on the intersection of two major highways and in vicinity of the airport. Regarding functionality, architectural solutions, modern equipment and building materials used, this centre is among sports buildings of the highest value in Europe. At present, it is a training and preparatory base of all Partizan selections, consisting of around six hundred sportsmen beginning with the first team, through the 2nd division team of Teleoptik, down to the youngest categories of the large Partizan family. Current squad Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player 88 GK SRB Vladimir Stojković (on loan from Sporting CP) 2 DF SRB Aleksandar Miljković 3 DF SRB Ivan Stevanović (on loan from Sochaux) 4 MF SLE Medo 5 MF SRB Ljubomir Fejsa 6 DF SRB Vojislav Stanković 7 MF SRB Nemanja Tomić 8 MF SRB Radosav Petrović 9 FW SRB Cléo * 10 MF POR Moreira 11 FW CMR Pierre Boya 12 GK SRB Živko Živković 13 DF SRB Marko Jovanović 14 MF SRB Darko Brašanac No. Pos. Nation Player 15 DF MNE Stefan Savić 18 DF MKD Aleksandar Lazevski * 19 FW SRB Miloš Bogunović 20 DF SRB Mladen Krstajić (captain) 22 MF SRB Saša Ilić (vice-captain) 23 MF SRB Aleksandar Davidov 24 DF SRB Matija Nastasić 25 MF SRB Stefan Babović 27 DF UGA Joseph Kizito 31 FW SRB Marko Šćepović 33 GK SRB Radiša Ilić 77 FW SRB Ivica Iliev 99 MF SRB Milan Smiljanić (on loan from Espanyol) also holds citizenship. Out on loan Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player 26 FW SEN Lamine Diarra (at Al Shabab) — DF SRB Radenko Kamberović (at Borac Čačak) No. Pos. Nation Player — FW BRA Washington (at Borac Čačak) Branko Cetkovic Partizan technical staff File:Stab 2009 10.jpg FK Partizan staff Name Role Aleksandar Stanojević Manager Vuk Rašović Assistant Coach Slobodan Kuljanin Assistant Coach Ljubiša Ranković Secretary of the coaching staff Goran Pandurović Goalkeeping Coach Dejan Ilić Fitness Coach Dr. Sead Malićević Doctor Slobodan Branković Physiotherapist Viktor Vujošević Physiotherapist Vladimir Radeka Physiotherapist Dušan Nikolić Physiotherapist Branko Vučićević Economic Rade Vučićević Economic Partizan vs. Red Star derby Main article: Večiti derbi File:Vecitiderbi.jpg Partizan vs. Crvena Zvezda Partizan's city rival is Red Star Belgrade (Serbian: Crvena Zvezda). The duel is regarded as one of the greatest football rivalries in the world and the matches between these rivals have been labeled as the eternal derby (Serbian: Вечити дерби, Večiti derbi). Given its widespread touch on the entirety of a major city, it's dubbed one of, along with the Old Firm, the Rome derby and the Istanbul derby, the most heated rivalries in European football. These matches are always greatly anticipated and quite spectacular, but in recent years the amount of violence and hooliganism made attendance fall an inevitable consequence. The greatest attendance was about 108,000 spectators. British Daily Mail in September 2009 has ranked the Partizan – Red Star derby on the 4th position among 10 greatest football rivalries in the world. Club notable players & managerial history Partizan notable players Main article: List of FK Partizan players For a list of all former and current FK Partizan players with a Wikipedia article, see Category:FK Partizan players. Managerial history Main article: List of FK Partizan managers In Partizan's history, 35 coaches have coached the club. The first manager was Franjo Glaser and the current manager is Aleksandar Stanojević, who was appointed on 16 April 2010. Ljubiša Tumbaković had the longest reign as Partizan coach, with nine years (seven consecutive) in charge, and is the most successful coach in Partizan history with six national championships and three national cup wins. Dates Name 1945 Franjo Glaser 1946–1951 Illés Spitz 1952–1953 Antun Pogačnik 1953 Illés Spitz 1953–1954 Milovan Ćirić 1954–1955 Illés Spitz 1955–1956 Aleksandar Tomašević 1956–1957 Kiril Simonovski 1957 Florijan Matekalo 1957–1958 Géza Kalocsay 1958–1960 Illés Spitz 1960–1963 Stjepan Bobek 1963 Kiril Simonovski 1963–1964 Marko Valok 1964 Florijan Matekalo 1964 Aleksandar Atanacković 1965 Marko Valok 1965–1967 Abdulah Gegić 1967 Stevan Vilotić 1967–1969 Stjepan Bobek 1969 Stevan Vilotić 1969–1970 Kiril Simonovski 1970–1971 Gojko Zec 1971–1973 Velibor Vasović 1973–1974 Mirko Damjanović 1974–1976 Tomislav Kaloperović Dates Name 1976 Jovan Miladinović 1977–1978 Ante Mladinić 1979 Florijan Matekalo 1979 Jovan Miladinović 1979–1980 Josip Duvančić 1980–1982 Tomislav Kaloperović 1982–1984 Miloš Milutinović 1984–1987 Nenad Bjeković 1987–1988 Fahrudin Jusufi 1988–1989 Momčilo Vukotić 1989–1990 Ivan Golac 1990 Nenad Bjeković 1990–1991 Miloš Milutinović 1991–1992 Ivica Osim 1992–1999 Ljubiša Tumbaković 1999–2000 Miodrag Ješić 2000–2002 Ljubiša Tumbaković 2002–2003 Lothar Matthäus 2004–2005 Vladimir Vermezović 2005–2006 Jürgen Röber 2006–2007 Miodrag Ješić 2007 Miroslav Đukić 2007–2009 Slaviša Jokanović 2009–2010 Goran Stevanović 2010– Aleksandar Stanojević Club Honours National Championships - 22 Honours Years Champion of SFR Yugoslavia (11) 1946–47, 1948–49, 1960–61, 1961–62, 1962–63, 1964–65, 1975–76, 1977–78, 1982–83, 1985–86, 1986–87 Champion of FR Yugoslavia / Serbia and Montenegro (8) 1992–93, 1993–94, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1998–99, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2004–05 Champion of Serbia (3) 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10 National Cups - 11 Honours Years Yugoslav Cup (5) 1947, 1952, 1954, 1957, 1989 Cup of FR Yugoslavia (4) 1992, 1994, 1998, 2001 Serbian Cup (2) 2008, 2009 Honours Years Mitropa Cup 1978 European Cup Runner-up 1966 National Championship trophy National Championship trophy National Cup trophy National Cup trophy European Cup Runner-up 1966 European Cup Runner-up 1966 FK Partizan Trophy room FK Partizan Trophy room Shirt sponsors and manufacturers File:FKPartizan-adidas.jpg Partizan current manufacture brand File:FKPartizanEPSsponsorshiplogo.jpg Partizan current main sponsor Period Kit Manufacturer Shirt Sponsor 1996–1998 Nike OKI 1998–2000 Peugeot 2000–2003 Puma 2003–2004 Kappa Superfund 2004–2006 Imlek 2006 Austrotherm 2006–2009 Volkswagen 2009–2010 MSI 2010– Adidas EPS Club all-time European record Main article: FK Partizan in Europe Competition Pld W D L GF GA GD Win% Champions League / European Cup 74 30 16 28 120 97 +23 40.54 Cup Winners' Cup 12 4 1 7 19 21 –2 33.33 Europa League / UEFA Cup 88 37 16 35 139 124 +15 42.05 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 8 2 3 3 10 14 –4 25.00 Total 182 73 36 73 288 256 +32 40.10 Best results in European competitions Season Achievement Notes European Cup / UEFA Champions League 1965-66 Final lost by Real Madrid 1-2 in Brussels 1955-56 Quarter Final eliminated by Real Madrid 0-4 in Madrid, 3-0 in Belgrade 1963–64 Quarter Final eliminated by Internazionale 0-2 in Belgrade, 1-2 in Milano UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1989-90 Quarter Final eliminated by Dinamo Bucureşti 1-2 in Bucureşti, 0-2 in Titograd* UEFA Cup / Europa League 2004-05 Round of 16 eliminated by CSKA Moscow 1-1 in Belgrade, 0-2 in Krasnodar* This match was played at Pod Goricom Stadium in Titograd instead of at FK Partizan's home ground in Belgrade since UEFA barred FK Partizan again from playing home matches within a 300 km radius of their home ground after more crowd trouble in the previous round's home tie vs FC Groningen. This match was played at Krasnodar instead at Moscow due to a bad weather conditions. References External links http://www.partizan.rs/ http://www.juznifront.com/ (Fans)