FK Partizan
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| Full name | Fudbalski klub Partizan | |||
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| Nickname(s) | Crno-beli (The Black & Whites) Parni valjak (The Steamroller) | |||
| Founded | October 4 1945; 65 years ago | |||
| Ground | Stadion FK Partizan | |||
| Capacity | 32,710 | |||
| President | Dragan Đurić | |||
| Head coach | Aleksandar Stanojević | |||
| League | Serbian SuperLiga | |||
| 2010–11 | Serbian SuperLiga, 1st | |||
| Website | Club website | |||
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Fudbalski klub Partizan (Serbian Cyrillic: Фудбалски клуб Партизан, English: Partizan Football Club) is a professional football club based in Belgrade, Serbia. In its long history, FK Partizan won as many as 37 trophies. The club is the holder of 23 national championships, 12 national cups and 1 national supercup, and has also won the Mitropa Cup in 1978. It holds records such as playing in the first European Champions' Cup match in 1955,[1] 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 a recent poll, FK Partizan is the second most popular football club in Serbia behind rivals Red Star Belgrade, with 32.2 percent of the population supporting the club.[2]
Club history
Early years (1945-1960)
Partizan was founded on October 4, 1945[3], 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 first step on the path of success was made two days after its establishment, the match with the selection of Zemun, which ended 4-2. In history then entered Florijan Matekalo, the first scorer in the history of Partizan. The first championship was won in the 1947, also and the first "double crown". Champion squad in that year was Stjepan Bobek, Miroslav Brozović, Bela Palfi, Zlatko Čajkovski, Kiril Simonovski, Franjo Rupnik, Prvoslav Mihajlović, Aleksandar Atanacković, Milivoje Đurđević, Franjo Glazer, Stanislav Popesku, Miodrag Jovanović, Silvester Šereš, Florijan Matekalo, Jane Janevski, Risto Nikolić, Vladimir Firm, Momčilo Radunović, Ratko Čolić, Stevan Jakuš, Franjo Šoštarić, Šepe Šutevski with coach Illés Spitz. However, after the new championship title in 1949, second in its history, Partizan had a long break without a trophy.
The Partizan's babes (1960-1966)
In the period from 1961 to 1965, Partizan took 3 championship titles, two consecutive, in 1962 and 1963, and next one in 1965 with great players such as Tomislav Kaloperović, Ivan Ćurković, Milutin Šoškić, Velibor Vasović, Fahrudin Jusufi, Milan Galić, Vladica Kovačević, Lazar Radović, Jovan Miladinović, Velimir Sombolac, Bora Milutinović, Bruno Belin, Ilija Mitić, Milorad Milutinović and Miodrag Petrović. Many of these great players achieve the greatest success in history of Partizan, a place in European Cup final against the famous Real Madrid in 1966. On the way to the finals Partizan beat Nantes (2-0, 2-2), Werder Bremen (3-0, 1-0), Sparta Prague (4-1, 5-0) in quarterfinals and Manchester United (2-0, 1-0) in semifinals.
"Moca" Vukotić (1970s)
After era of "Partizanovih beba", followed by a big new break and the period without a trophy. New generation of players Momčilo Vukotić, Rešad Kunovac, Borisav Đurović, Radmilo Ivančević, Nenad Bjeković, Ilija Zavišić, Refik Kozić, Ivan Golac, Aranđel Todorović, Boško Đorđević, Predrag Tomić, Vukan Perović, Vladimir Pejović, Dragan Arsenović, Svemir Đorđić, Nenad Stojković, Pavle Grubješić, Aleksandar Trifunović, Radomir Antić, Blagoj Istatov, Sima Nikolić, Xhevat Prekazi and Nenad Cvetković won championship title in 1976.
1980s
War times (1990s)
Domination (2000-2010)
Also, club left way behind 13 years of games in blue-red combination and took the now legendary black and white colors. 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 and for the second time they qualified for the 2010-11 UEFA Champions League. Partizan's current colors are black and white, after wearing blue and red for the first four years.
Club jersey and crest
Jerseys through history
Until the 70s of the 20th century all clubs from Europe did not wear jerseys of famous manufacturers. It is known that the first manufacturer of sports equipment that highlighted its logo on the jersey was the Admiral (Leeds United's uniform) in the 1973. In the mid-70s Partizan equipment consisted of prevail striped or plain white jerseys with a collar, with Adidas shorts. The late 70's (1977, 1978) Partizan often carries a set of Adidas gear, mostly in white. From season 1978-79 Partizan's first long contract with "Sport" sport manufacturer from Belgrade. Cooperation with the "Sport" manufacturer lasts until early spring season of 1982-83, when Partizan returns to "Adidas", wearing striped jerseys usually with thin lines. By the end of the 80's, shorts was almost always white, like socks. Adidas only changed the design of shirt collar and color sleeve. Since 1983-85 were white, and then the 1985-86 and 1986-87 black, returning to the white sleeves was in the late 1987. In early 1990, Partizan left "Adidas" after 7 years and entered into a contract with an anonymous Swiss sport manufacturer "Vocado". Next season, "Vocado" goes the classic striped shirts, it's a jersey in which Partizan won the Cup in 1992. It remains to remember the first red and blue jersey after more than 30 years, carried in Malta against Hibernian in the UEFA Cup in 1990. The following sanctions and an inability to find well-known foreign sponsor, and Partizan then carries all sorts of sport kits - "Admiral", and then the derby in 1993 with a set of white Diadora gear, then the derby at home venue in the Umbro equipment. For 1994-95 season a new technical sponsor was the Japanese Asics then since 1996-97 sponsor was Nike. Nike releases a new 1998-99 season jersey, mainly white with a blue set of applications on the collar. In spring 2000, Partizan exceeds with the local "NAAI", and afterwards from 2000-01 contracted with Puma sport manufacturer. Striped jerseys were quite identical as the Nike jerseys from the 1996-97 and 1997-98 season. Later on, club moved to the Kappa jerseys. In the first season, the stripes on the jersey were thin and then moved to wide. All this time there was a spare and lots of variants - gray, red and blue, white and black jerseys. In the 2010-11 season Partizan returned to tradition with the most powerful global brand - Adidas.[4]
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Crest through history
The first crest carried by Partizan had only abbreviation JA - Jugoslovenska Armija (The Yugoslav Army). It was a blue circle with a red five-pointed star edged in yellow with the letters JA inside it. Soon, no one knows exactly when, the crest is experiencing great changes and begins to take shape known to the current solution. Central circle is white with a red five-pointed star in it, in a blue circle in which the white letters written - The Yugoslav Army and both are bordered by a yellow circle and over the circle is a green wreath. At the bottom of the emblem are red and white lines, and on the top is red torchlight. The emblem is actually a clear association with the crest of the former state - Yugoslavia, with the difference as the torch and stars on the Partizan crest replaced places. This emblem club use since 1947. Fifties, there is a small change in the emblem of Partizan but significant, where for the first time inserted team name in yellow outer circle and written in Cyrillic and Latin. Separated from the Army, Partizan Belgrade receives a new crest. The inscription of the Yugoslav Army is disappearing from the crest and it was replaced by Sports Association. This emblem has a "shelf life" until 1958. when Partizan changed his club colors of blue and red to black and white, very original and previously unknown on the football sky of former Yugoslavia. Then the Sport Society adds Yugoslav adjective, and the color emblem is drastically changing. Complete crest becomes black and white, with red torch and five-pointed star, while the line at the bottom of the coat of arms cross in black and white. So Partizan wear this emblem mostly in its history, the emblem that has become a real brand and a symbol of Partizan. From 1992, Yugoslavia ceased to exist and instead of JSD in a black circle on the crest for the first time was inserted - Football Club and this emblem remains unchanged to date. In the 2007-08 season Partizan won its 20th championship and added two stars on the top of the emblem as the symbol for 20 and more titles. Author of the Partizan crest is academic painter Branko Šotra. Parallel with this crest there is an alternative emblem, Partizan supporters popularly called it "lopata" (shovel). This emblem found its place only on tickets, souvenirs, annual tickets and club brochures, but never sewn on the jersey of FK Partizan.[5]
Club records
Momčilo Vukotić is Partizan's record-holder by number of appearances (791 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, Velibor Vasović, 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.[6] Mance died September 3, 1985 in a car crash at the peak of his popularity. He was only 22 years old at the time.
Player records
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*Players in bold are still active
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 12 out of 19 times. They are the only Serbian club ever, since the first nation-wide domestic football competition in 1923, to win four consecutive national titles, not leaving the throne since 2007-08 season. 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 (goal by Velibor Vasović) , only to lose to the Spaniards 2–1 at the end. Currently, the player with most appearances for Partizan in Europe is Saša Ilić (62 appearances) and the player with most goals scored is Gabriel Cléo (16 goals).
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.
Group F
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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 Real Madrid
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6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 14 |
 Porto
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6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 11 |
 Marseille
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6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 11 | -2 | 4 |
 Partizan
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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.[7] 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 played in group H, alongside Arsenal F.C., Shakhtar Donetsk and S.C. Braga. On matchday 1, Partizan lost 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. In two matches against Braga, Partizan failed to score and they lost both games (0-2 in Braga; 0-1 in Belgrade). The last two rounds in the group have also brought inspired football, but unfortunately it wasn't enough so Shakhtar Donetsk and Arsenal defeated Partizan once again, 0-3 (0-0) in Belgrade and 1-3 (0-1) at the Emirates Stadium.
Group H
Club fans First groups of organized supporters began to visit the JNA stadium in the late 1950s. Those were mainly young men from Belgrade, and they occupied southern stands of the stadium. In those times, support was expressed by loud singing as well as polling of referees and opposite team's players. Partizan's participation in the European Cup final in 1966 attracted much more fans to the stadium, and is considered to be the crucial moment of the organized fans moving to a south stand of the stadium where they are gathering up to this day. Partizan's supporters, Grobari (The Gravediggers), were formed in 1970. The nickname itself was given by their biggest rivals (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.[8] Notable fans include Serbian President Boris Tadić.[9] StadiumThe 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 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 playing field measures 105 x 70 m, and is illuminated at 1,400 lux (Philips). The current capacity is 32,710 people.[10] New stadiumThe current stadium is expected to be redesigned by Swiss firm Mob Lab. The capacity of new Partizan arena will be approximately 36,000 seats with a modern business park filled with hotels and office buildings. The 12.5 hectares of land will include a large commercial area, a five-star hotel, a business centre, multiplex cinema, nine tennis courts and around 400 apartments.[11] Sports Centre Partizan-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. Sports centre currently consists of: seven ideal grass pitches, all suitable for night training, two "latest generation" all-weather pitches, central building with total surface of 4,000 square metres, there is a sauna in the basement, as well as gym with the top of the range equipment, amusement room (pool table, darts, table football, chess, etc.)and other modern facilities, ground floor has a restaurant with an balcony, first floor is a medicine centre with modern equipment containing rooms for physiotherapy, kinesis and hydro therapy, there is also a meeting room on the first floor, reception hall for guests, administrative offices, and offices of Partizan and FK Teleoptik management and representatives, buliding also has 19 apartments (14 two and three bed rooms for players and five for the technical personnel), there is a dining room for players with balcony on a top floor and centre also has a kitchen with modern equipment, under supervision of top food experts;[12] Current squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Out on loanNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
For recent transfers, see List of Serbian football transfers summer 2011. Partizan technical staff
Partizan management
The Eternal derbyPartizan's city rival is Red Star Belgrade (Serbian: Црвена звезда, 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.[14] 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.[15] Club presidents
Club notable players & managerial historyNotable players
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. Club honoursNational Championships - 23
National Cups - 12
Player honours Shirt sponsors and manufacturers
Club all-time European record
Best results in European competitions
References
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