FK Partizan

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Partizan was established on the 4th of October , 1945 Belgrade as an official football club part of the Central House of the Yugoslav Army "Partizan" It was named to honor the Partisans who were the military group of communists who fought the fascist regime during World War II in Yugoslavia. The club was established and was initially run by a group of high-ranking officers in the young age from the Yugoslav People's Army and veterans of the Spanish Civil War. They included Koca Popovic Peko Dapcevic Bogdan Vujosevic Mijalko Todorovic Otmar Kreacic Bozo Svarc, and Ratko "Coce" Vujovic - chosen as to be the inaugural president. Within two days of its founding, Partizan made its first move into the world of football in a friendly game against the selection of Zemun which was a 4-2 victory. Silvester Seres entered the record books as the first goal-scoring player within the history of Partizan and goalkeeper Franjo Glaser was the first club's manager. Three weeks later, Partizan went on the first of many international tours. They traveled through Czechoslovakia where they defeated the squad of the Slovak Army with 3-1. In the year 1945, just a few months after World War II in Yugoslavia ended, there was no formal football tournament was still in place So Partizan played only in friendly games as well as tournaments both at on the home field and in foreign countries. The first international match for the club was a match against another army team, CSKA Moscow from what was the Soviet Union, on 6 December 1945 in Belgrade.

In the mid-1950s, the first major Partizan generation was already at its height. Just two titles and four cups during the first fifteen years of existence were insufficient for a team that had the same size, ambition, and fame. The club in 1958 stepped the thirteen years playing with blue and red kits and adopted the well-known black and white colours. The transformation of the image as well as look was followed with dramatic modifications to the squad. The number of players who were young that were part of the Partizan's youth squad, referred to by the name of Partizanove bebe (The Partizan's baby) began to emerge as one of the greatest generation that Europe has ever seen. The rise of this generation started by introducing Milutin Soskic, Fahrudin Jusufi, Jovan Miladinovic, Velibor Vasovic, Milan Galic, Ilija Mitic, Zvezdan Cebinac and Vladica Kovacevic. They were soon followed by Lazar Radovic, Velimir Sombolac, Ljubomir Mihajlovic and Mustafa Hasanagic and then Ivan Curkovic, Josip Pirmajer, Branko Rasovic and Radoslav Becejac. The managers Illes Spitz Florijan Matekalo as well as Stjepan Bobek supervised and guided their progress. The decision to focus on promising youngsters who were scouted from across the country produced results. Partizan was able to win three consecutive championships in 1961 1962, 1963 and 1961 and the first title hat-trick during the Yugoslav First League. The team's impressive and efficient performance earned the club the famous brand name "Parni valjak" ("The Steamroller"). From 1964 to 1965, Partizan won the fourth championship in the span of five years (interrupted by rival city Red Star during the 1963-64 season). In the early 1960s the 1960s, a fierce and inseparable rivalry developed in the league between Partizan along with Red Star.

In 1965 and 1966, the European Cup campaign was the highest point of the current generation's. After removing French Nantes (2-0, 2-3) as well as German champion Werder Bremen (3-0, 1-0) in the initial 2 rounds Partizan had to face Sparta Prague in the quarter-finals. In the first match which was played at Prague, Partizan suffered a brutal 4-1 loss. Even though they didn't get any chance in the subsequent match at Belgrade, Partizan pulled off an impressive 5-0 win the presence of 50,000 fans and, with an aggregate score of 6-4 , qualified to play in the semi-finals. The semi-finals will be a spectacle with Partizan playing in a tense match that would see Manchester United, in their debut season to the European Cup after the Munich air disaster, back to the venue of their final game at JNA Stadium. JNA Stadium, before embarking on their final journey home (on the way back after the European Cup quarter-final victory against Red Star, which was played at JNA Stadium, the aircraft transporting the Manchester United players, officials and journalists crashed when they attempted to take off following refuelling the aircraft in Munich).Manchester United, dominated by George Best and Bobby Charlton was waiting to greet them on the final step towards the finals. Partizan took the lead in the opening game of the match at JNA Stadium 2-0, and was able to withstand the pressure from Old Trafford, conceding only one time. With the score of 2-1 in aggregate that saw them eliminate their fellow English giants. Partizan's kids achieved the greatest achievement in the history of Partizan and a spot on the team in the 1966 European Cup final against Real Madrid. The final game took place on May 11 on the 11th of May at Heysel Stadium, Brussels. In the 70th minute Partizan had a 1-0 lead thanks to a goal scored by Velibor Vasovic However, the team eventually lost to Spain with a score of 2-1. Partizan might have been close to winning a prestigious victory but they failed to make it happen as the team was immediately split into two teams with their top players going towards the west. However, Partizan became the first club from the Balkans and Eastern Europe to have played in the European Cup final.

On July 11, 1976, at Ljubljana, Partizan played the final match of the year against Olimpija and was in need of a win to secure the title ahead rivals Hajduk Split. In the final second prior to the closing timeout, Nenad Bjekovic scored the winning goal, and Partizan defeated Olimpija 1-0. The trophy for the seventh championship was won after a more than a decade of waiting by the younger generation of players like Momcilo Vukotic Bjekovic, Resad Kunovac, Ilija Zavisic, Refik Kozic, Ivan Golac, Radmilo Ivancevic, Bosko Dordevic, Nenad Stojkovic. Partizan was able to win its eighth championship in 1977-78, and was defended by Nikica Klincarski Petar Borota Slobodan Santrac Aleksandar Trifunovic, Xhevat Prekazi and Pavle Grubjesic. In the was the same season that Partizan was awarded its very first European trophy which was that of the Mitropa Cup. In the Mitropa Cup, the Black & Whites finished first in Group A, just ahead by Perugia as well as Zbrojovka Brno and defeated Hungarian team Honved during the semi-finals 1-1. The coach is Ante Mladinic. The following 1978-79 season proved to be one of the worst seasons in Partizan history. They ended fifteenth place in league and barely getting past relegation after an impressive 4-2 win over Buducnost in their final game. The crisis that followed was severe and was evident in the results the following season, where Partizan ended up 13th. It took two more seasons to recover, but Partizan was eventually able to recover.

When MomciloVukotic, Nenad Stojkovic, and Nikica Klincarski joined forces with Ljubomir Radanovic Zvonko Zivkovic, Zoran Dimitrijevic, and Dragan Mance, a new great generation was created. Partizan won the title in the 1982-83 seasonin big due to the incredible performances of the youthful Dragan Mance. He played a key role in helping Partizan achieve the title by scoring 15 goals and was immediately a popular fan. The club also had him as a captain in the 1984-1985 UEFA Cup second round tie against Queens Park Rangers, one of the most memorable games in the history of the club. QPR defeated the first leg by 6-2, however Partizan was able to advance after a 4-0 win in the return. The goal that Mance struck against the English team is considered to be to be one of the most impressive goals ever scored by Partizan. This match was ranked 70th in the Top 100 greatest matches in the history of football in a survey conducted by Eurosport in September 2009. The 3rd of September in 1985 footballers tragically lost their teammate , and fan base lost their hero. Mance passed away in a accident on the Novi Sad-Belgrade highway. Mance was just 22 years older, and was at the height of his fame. In the present, Mance is considered to be the club's greatest legend among the supporters of Partizan. In honor of his memory the street in front of the stadium of the club in Belgrade has been named in his honour since 2011.

From 1985 to 1986, Partizan was crowned champions by a 4-0 victory against Zeljeznicar because of a better goals scored than the second-placed Red Star. But, Yugoslav FA President Slavko Sajber ruled that the whole final round of fixtures would have to be replayed following allegations that certain outcomes had been changed. Partizan did not want to replay their game, and the match was decided 3-0 in favor of Zeljeznicar and the trophy was handed the title of Red Star, who thus could participate in the 1986 and 1987 in the European Cup. Due to these events, 12 clubs began the season of 1986-87 with a loss from six points. Partizan as one. Vardar who had not received the six points, took home the title and later took part in the 1987-88 European Cup. But, following a series of lawsuits and appeals that ultimately resulted in Yugoslav Constitutional Court, the initial final table from 1985-86, featuring Partizan winning the title, was recognized in the mid-1987. In addition the points deduction that was in place from 1986-87 was canceled while the trophy was awarded to Partizan who was the top team in the table without deduction. These controversial developments prevented the development of Milko Durovski Fahrudin Omerovic Zvonko Varga Vladimir Vermezovic, Admir Smajic, Goran Stevanovic, Nebojsa Vucicevic, Milos Delmas, Srecko Katanec, Fadil Vokrrri and Bajro Zupic not showing the full extent of their potential across Europe.

Partizan had its final year in Yugoslavia going through major organisational modifications. The club's former goalie Ivan Curkovic became club president and Mirko Marjanovic was appointed chairman of the executive board of Partizan. Most significant, Partizan players in the closing period included Predrag Mijatovic, Slavisa Jokanovic, Predrag Spasic, Dragoljub and Branko Brnovic Budimir Vujacic, Vujadin Stanojkovic, Darko Milanic, and Dzoni Novak. But this generation was largely eclipsed by their rivals in the crosstown area Red Star and its rampage across the domestic leagues, Europe and the world. Partizan did not win the national cup in 1989 32 years after their final victory in that tournament. The trophy they won prior to the dissolution in Yugoslavia is the 1989 Yugoslav Super Cup, the first and only one that was organized. In the same season, in 1988/89 Partizan took home the highly regarded international competition Uhrencup that is held every season in Switzerland and is still played to this day. In that year, Partizan took three trophies which is a record for the club for a single season. It was 1987 when Partizan hired Chinese National team members Jia Xiuquan as well Liu Haiguang. They became part of history when they, along Xie the Yuxin as well as Gu Guangming became the very first Chinese footballers to play in Europe.

After the demise of the president Josip Broz Tito, in 1980 the tensions between ethnic groups grew in Yugoslavia and the result was that, in the beginning of 1990s, the Yugoslav state began to unravel and a civil war erupted. The end of May in 1992 the United Nations Security Council imposed sanctions on the country, which resulted in political isolation and economic stagnation, as well as hyperinflation of Yugoslav dinar. It also eliminated Yugoslav soccer out of the world stage. The demise of Yugoslavia as well as the Yugoslav wars between 1991 and 1995, the difficulties that resulted as well as the sanctions, had hit the majority of Yugoslav clubs with a hefty blow. Following the dissolution from SFR Yugoslavia during 1991 and the formation of the new Yugoslavia was created out of Serbia as well as Montenegro and was called FR Yugoslavia. However, Partizan won during the conflict two titles in succession between 1993 and 1994. The subsequent two championships Partizan won were in 1996 and 1997 however after only a couple of months of peaceful times, Yugoslav teams returned to the field in the midst of difficult times. From 1998 to 1999 the peace was again broken due to the fact that the situation in Kosovo intensified with ongoing battles among Yugoslav police forces, and also The Kosovo Liberation Army. The conflict led to conflict that led to Kosovo War and finally to the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia which began only four days after the 112nd Red Star-Partizan derby and without a UN Mandate. It was heavily criticized in particular for the amount of civilian deaths that resulted from the bombardment. At this point, Partizan won in 1999 another title in the championship and again in the course of the course of conflict.

Through the turbulent 1990s Partizan also won several national cups, including the years 1992, 1994, and 1998. The man who won these awards was Ljubisa Tumbakovic who went on to become one of the best managers in the history of Partizan. The year 1997 was the time when Partizan were able to return to European competitions after the lifting of UEFA restriction on the clubs that were from FR Yugoslavia, but while the national team continued to play where they were during the early spring of 1992. The clubs were forced to have all their achievements eliminated and were treated like beginners in European tournaments. This decision was met with astonishment by the club's officials from those Yugoslav clubs. This decision could cause long-term consequences for Partizan rather than benefiting from the success of its long-term work, they will be facing tougher opponents right from the beginning and the game would begin from July. This decade has been characterized by numerous team changes , and the process of selling the top players to bigger European clubs after two seasons in the first team as well as replacing them by new youngsters. A lot of players are blamed for the success of the nineties including Predrag Mijatovic Slavisa Jokanovic Savo Milosevic, Albert Nad, Dragan Ciric, Zoran Mirkovic, Sasa Curcic, Branko Brnovic, Goran Pandurovic, Drazen Bolic, Nisa Saveljic Damir Cakar Budimir Vujacic Ivan Tomic, Gjorgji Hristov, Dorde Tomic, Ivica Kralj, Mateja Kezman, and many more.

The new millennium is here however the objectives remain the same. In the past twelve years Partizan was a winner of eight championships at the national level as well as four cups, and has was able to qualify twice to play in the UEFA Champions League and five times for the UEFA Europa League. Under the leadership of Ljubisa Tumbakovic team has won two championships consecutively in 2002-03 and 2001-02. As for Europe, Partizan did not enjoy much success in these seasons, however the following one would be the best in Europe following 1965-66, when it was in finals in the 1996 European Cup final.

The management of the club took the 2003 season extremely seriously, choosing as its manager the ex- World Player of the Year Lothar Matthaus. Matthaus was also brought in the best and most experienced players such as Taribo West, who hails from 1.FC Kaiserslautern. Ljubinko Drulovic, who hails from Benfica along with Tomasz Rzasa of Feyenoord. In the very first season in the club's past history, the team participated within the UEFA Champions League after eliminating Bobby Robson's Newcastle United. At Belgrade, Partizan lost by 1-1, but in the an rematch in St James Park, they prevailed with Ivica Iliev's goal at regular time, and advanced to the group stages following an extra shoot-out. Then, Partizan was drawn in an intense group that included Real Madrid (the previous year's Champions League semi-finalist), Porto (the winner of the 2002-03 UEFA Cup and the eventual winner of the tournament) as well as Marseille (the eventual runners-up in the 2003-04 UEFA Cup). It was the Partizan Stadium was a tough surface for opponents, and the team never lose a game at home with an 0-0 draw against Real Madrid's famous Galacticos that included players like Zinedine Zidane, Ronaldo, Luis Figo, Roberto Carlos, Raul and David Beckham and a 1-1 draw against Porto which was coached by Jose Mourinho; and Marseille and its stars Fabien Barthez, and Didier Drogba. The team played some exciting football in the away game against Madrid (0-1), Marseille (0-3) and Porto (1-2). They were one of the very first Serbian team to be selected for the principal draw of this prestigious European club tournament since it began back in 1992.

The fact that the team was playing in Europe was evident in the championship. Partizan did not win the title. The new manager Vladimir Vermezovic taken the charge of the team and his excelled in winning the title in 2005. In addition, he was the sole coach who been able to get his team through the knockout phase of the European tournament since the the new format. This happened during the 2004-2005 UEFA Cup, where Partizan made it to the round-of-16. In the end the tournament ended with him being defeated from the competition by CSKA Moscow, the eventual winner of the event. Inconsistent results at international and domestic contests in 2006 led the club's management to look for an interim head coach. At first, Jurgen Rober was hired and then Miodrag Jesic but neither of them succeeded in winning the title domestically. Even though Partizan was able to get into this year's UEFA Cup group stage, this season was seen as unsuccessful.

The former Partizan athlete Slavisa Jokanovic was named Partizan's new head coach and the club has also added an additional sport director, Ivan Tomic. The club bolstered its squad with foreign players such as Juca, Almami Moreira and Lamine Diarra. The 2007-08 season and 2008-09 season will be remembered as among the most successful seasons in the club's history in the domestic arena. For 2008 and 2009, Partizan held their cup and league double in the 2007-08 season it was the first time in within its history. However, during Europe, Partizan suffered a major shock when UEFA banned Partizan out of the 2007-08 UEFA Cup season and fined the club EUR30,056 for crowd disturbances during their away qualifier with Zrinjski Mostar, which forced the game to be stopped for 10 minutes. UEFA found that travelling Partizan supporters to be responsible for the incident however, Partizan were permitted to play in the return match while the appeal was considered. Partizan's appeal was denied and Zrinjski Mostar made it to the next round. However, Partizan defeated them with an overall score of 11-0. The following seasonthe team strengthened its squad by bringing in Brazilian forward Cleo; Partizan demolished Welsh champions Rhyl with an 8-0 score (12-0 in the aggregate) on the 21st of July, 2009. The score was their biggest ever margin of victory for a single match in European competitions. After being dropped to the Champions League, Partizan qualified twice in succession for the second level in UEFA competition. They were Black & Whites played in the 2008 UEFA Cup and 2009 Europa League group stage. However, similar to 2007, the club could not progress further. However, despite the best European season was in the past however, the club finished with no trophy.

Following Jokanovic The club decided to offer the chance to new coach, who was a ex- Partizan athlete Aleksandar Stanojevic. Stanojevic was one of the most youthful head coaches in history at Partizan. Stanojevic was appointed head coach in a very challenging time, and was able to win the title in 2010 even though Partizan was 10 points back of the first placed Red Star Belgrade. In 2011 season, the club achieved the double. Through UEFA tournaments Partizan got into the 2010-11 UEFA Champions League after beating Anderlecht twice. In Partizan Stadium, at Partizan Stadium the result was 2-2. The game in Brussels on the Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, the result was the same, the same, 2-2. The star player was Cleo with two scores against Belgians. After a penalty incident, Partizan reached again the UEFA Champions League group stage. The draw for the group phase has determined that Partizan will be in the group H alongside Arsenal, Shakhtar Donetsk (the winner of the 2008-09 UEFA Cup) and Sporting Braga (the final runner-up in the 2011-11 UEFA Europa League). The matchday 1 was a loss for Partizan. Partizan was defeated by Shakhtar at the Donbass Arena in Donetsk (0-1). The next game Partizan took on Arsenal in Partizan Stadium and were beaten by 1-3 after playing an inspired football match with a 10-man team in the final thirty minutes of game. In two games in the match against Sporting Braga, Partizan failed to score, and they lost both matches (0-2 in Braga and 1-1 at Belgrade). The final two rounds of the group also featured the best football, but the result was not enough. Shakhtar Donetsk and The Gunners beat Partizan again, this time with a score of 0-3 in Belgrade and 3-3 in the Emirates Stadium.

In the next season, the loss during 2012's Europa League qualifying stage, did not affect Partizan's chances in the national competition, but following the half-season, Stanojevic had to be removed. Partizan was then able to sign the former Chelsea coach Avram Grant who was able to hold on to the lead he had gained during the half-season. Grant guided Partizan towards their sixth consecutive league win but they lost three times to their fierce opponents Red Star. Grant was fired and the former Partizan director Vladimir Vermezovic returned to Belgrade in May 2012. Partizan was not able to qualify for in the 2012-13 UEFA Champions League, but did earn a spot in the 2012-13 UEFA Europa League group stage. In the wake of poor performances during the second phase of the national championships, Vermezovic was dismissed and was replaced with Vuk Rasovic. After winning the eternal derby and the final round, Rasovic won the sixth consecutive title and a record of 25th place in the history for the team. As the winner in the Serbian SuperLiga for 2012-13 season, Partizan managed to equalize the record of the national team in terms of number of championships won.

In the summer of 2013 Partizan defeated Shirak (1-1 Away goal) and then lost to Ludogorets Razgrad (1-3 on aggregate). In the play-offs round of the 2013-14 UEFA Europa League, Partizan took on Thun. Partizan defeated Thun by a score of 1-0 in Belgrade and was beaten 0-3 by Thun and was not able to qualify to the Europa League. In the absence of a single trophy or group stage of the European tournament The season was among the most difficult in the last 10 years.

After a gap of a year in an European arena, Partizan entered at the 2014-15 UEFA Europa League by beating Neftchi overall score, 5-3 (3-2 on the road and 1-1 away). Partizan is awaiting the draw to be placed in the group C alongside Tottenham Hotspur, Besiktas and Asteras Tripoli. Partizan started with the Europa League in excellent form and was undefeated against English big Tottenham however, after four games, the team lost. This season has been good one for Partizan and they won the Serbian championship and getting to the group stage in the Europa League.

After missing the play-off to qualify for the Champions League in the summer of 2015, Partizan has directly entered the 2015-16 UEFA Europa League. Partizan was placed in Group L with Athletic Bilbao, AZ Alkmaar and FC Augsburg. Partizan had three victories during the Group Stage (3-2 at home, 1-1 away against AZ while 3-1 was scored in Augsburg against the same team) However, he was not able to make it into Round 32. Partizan did not win this title but he did win Serbian Cup after five years and without conceding a goal. Partizan is the first team that won the Serbian Cup without conceding goal in the history of the sport.

Just a few days after the sixth double of the club's the club's history (on during the year 2016-17) Coach Nikolic quit the club and joined Hungarian team Videoton. Within a few days of Nikolic's departure Miroslav Dukic returned Partizan. In the second round of qualifying to be played for 2017-18 UEFA Champions League, Partizan defeated Buducnost Podgorica (2-0 on aggregate) However, at the end of the round,, they lost to Olympiacos (3-5 in aggregate). In the play-offs round for the 2017-18 UEFA Europa League, Partizan took on Videoton and former Coach Marko Nikolic. After a draw of 0-0 during the play-off round in Belgrade, Partizan defeated Videoton 4-1 in Felcsut and made it to the group stage. There, they were placed in the UEFA Europa League's group B along with Dynamo Kyiv, Young Boys and Skenderbeu Korce. Partizan was drawn 1-1 against Young Boys in the first game of group B. Partizan later played against Dynamo Kyiv; after leading two-to-one at halftime the team lost the match 3-2. The following two Partizan games were played against Skenderbeu Korce; in Korce the two teams drew 0-0 and then they won 2-0 in Belgrade. Partizan later beat Young Boys 2-1 at home and earned a spot in the knockout phase. In the final match of the group Partizan was defeated 4-1 by Dynamo Kyiv in Kyiv, even though they had already qualified. Partizan was ranked 2nd in the group with 8 points (two more than Young Boys and five less than Dynamo Kyiv). At the Round of 32 stage, Partizan was playing Viktoria Plzen In Belgrade the team were leading however, they lost a last-minute goal that came from an offside location, and the game ended in the score at 1-1. Then, in Plzen, Viktoria won 2-0 with a 2-0 score, as did Partizan was eliminated UEFA Europa League at the round of 32. The final score was 3-1 in favor of Viktoria in aggregate.

In July and August of this year, Partizan secured their ninth participation in the group stage of the UEFA Europa League. Under Savo Milosevic's direction, Partizan knocked out Connah's Quay Nomads F.C. (1-0 as well as three-one), Yeni Malatyaspor (3-1 and 0-1) and Molde FK(2-1 with 1-1)) in the qualifying matches. On the 30th of August, Partizan was drawn in group L in the 2019-20 Europa League, along with Manchester United, FC Astana and AZ Alkmaar. On September 19, Partizan opened the group stage of the tournament with a draw of 2-2 at home against AZ. Because of UEFA restrictions, the game was played in a closed-door stadium with only U15s permitted to be present. The officially, the attendance was 22,564. Partizan defeated Astana (2-1 at home) during match day 2 but then lost the next two matches with Manchester United (0-1 in Belgrade and 3-0 in Manchester). They got a draw in Alkmaar with AZ (2-2) as well as beat Astana 4-1 at home in the final two matches of their group. However, that was not enough to qualify because they finished at the third place in the league, only one point ahead of AZ. The SuperLiga, Partizan won second spot with just 14 points that Red Star. The Serbian Cup, Partizan defeated Red Star in the semi-finals with a score of 1-1 following the 58th minute goal scored by Bibras Natcho. In the final, at the Cair Stadium in Nis, they faced Vojvodina. After the normal time, the score was 2-3, and Partizan was able to equalize in the closing minutes of the game with a the goal of awe-inspiring Strahinja Pavlovic. But, Vojvodina had a better performance after the shootout and won 4-2, and after a long time Partizan was unable to win winning a trophy.

Second decade: which was a brand-new game Partizan was introduced in the first season of the newly created tournament UEFA Europa Conference League 2021-22. In the second round of qualifying Partizan eliminated DAC Dunajska Streda (1-0 and 2-0).

In October 1945 Partizan took as the initial the crest of a blue disc, with the yellow border and a red five-pointed star in its middle. It was a symbol of communism. It also contained the acronym JA (Jugoslovenska Armija or The Yugoslav Army) within the circle. The central circle changed to white and had an red five-pointed Star in the middle. It was enclosed by a larger blue circle, in where the word "the Yugoslav Army" were written. The two circles were surrounded by a yellow-colored circle, with an emerald wreath on top. Below it was an emblem of a shield that had white and red lines and at the top, five torches each representing each of the nations that comprised Yugoslavia (Serbs, Croats, Slovenes, Macedonians and Montenegrins). This was an obvious connection to the Yugoslavian National Emblem in Yugoslavia.
In the early 1950s Partizan was split from Yugoslav Army and for the first time, the name of the team was written in Cyrillic as well as Latin alphabets. The initials that referred to the Yugoslav Army was removed from the crest, as was the green wreath. It was substituted with Sportsko Drustvo (Sports association). Partizan employed this emblem up until 1958, however, it changed its colors for equipment of red and blue in black and white just a year prior to. The emblem was also altered to completely black and white. Sportsko Drustvo was amended into Jugoslovensko Sportsko Drustvo (Yugoslav Sports Association) and the five red torch and the five-pointed stars remained. The design was slightly altered following 1963 when it was added an additional torch in recognition of the new official state emblem. It now comprised six torches representing six Yugoslav republics instead of the earlier five representing the countries. The crest was unchanged until the dissolution of Yugoslavia.

In 1992, as a result of Yugoslavia breaking up, in place the words "Jugoslovensko Sportsko Drustvo" the words "Fudbalski Klub" ("football club") was added and the crest continues to be even to until today. The creator of the crest was a painter from the academic world Branko Sotra. In 2007-08, Partizan won its 20th national championship, and also added two stars over their crests, representing the 20 titles that they have won. However, there's another crest that Partizan supporters refer to as the "shovel" but it's never used in official games.

In the majority of its time, Partizan has played in white and black striped jerseys however, in its early times it wore only blue, dark red and white jerseys. The year 1950 was the first time Partizan initially wore an all white uniform with blue diagonal stripe, in addition to an all-blue shirt. In 1952 the first red-blue-striped and quartered jerseys were released. It was in 1957 that the team was across South America and after a friendly match with Juventus, the head of an Italian Club, Umberto Agnelli, donated the club two sets of white and black jerseys. Since the time, Partizan has played mainly in white and black stripes, paired with white or black shorts, and socks. However, there have been exceptions such as in 1974, when they donned the black and white hooped shirt, and in 1982 when they been wearing plain white shirt with a black stripe that runs across the top. In 1990 the red and blue jersey was reintroduced after nearly 30 years, for an away game against Hibernians as part of the UEFA Cup campaign. Through the years, away shirts were made of white, or sometimes red-blue stripes. However, in recent times, the all-black strip is typically employed.

This stadium's title refers to Partizan Stadium, although it was previously known by the name JNA Stadium (Serbian Stadion Jugoslovenske Narodne Armije, romanized as Stadion JNA (Stadion Jugoslovenske narodne armije), "Stadium of the Yugoslav People's Army") throughout its history and still to this day many football fans from all the countries from the former Yugoslavia refer to it by its former name. Partizan supporters often refer to it as "Fudbalski Hram" (The the Temple of football).

The stadium is located inside Belgrade's Savski Venac municipality, in central Belgrade. It was designed by the architect Mihailo Jankovic. stadium was constructed on the site of the BSK Stadium. The stadium was officially inaugurated on the Day of Yugoslav People's Army on the 22nd of December, 1951. The first game ever played was played between Yugoslavia with France on the 9th of October, 1949. The stadium was able to hold a capacity of 55,000 when the year 1998 when it underwent a renovation as a result of UEFA security rules. This resulted in the conversion of the stadium to an all-seater, which reduced the capacity to 32.710 which is currently the second-largest stadium in Serbia and is second in size behind Red Star Stadium. Red Star Stadium.

The area is also used for various different sporting events since 1949. It was utilized from mid-fifties till 1987, as the last day of annual celebrations, known as the Youth Day. It was also the site of The 1962 European Athletics Championships, a venue for various performances and also hosted events like the Yugoslav Cup and Serbian Cup finals.

It is the Partizan Youth School, dubbed Youth School Belin - Lazarevic - Nadoveza was established in the 1950s. The school was named in honor of the former Partizan player Bruno Belin, Cedomir Lazarevic and Branko Nadoveza. The club is well-known for its dedication to young people. The club's philosophy of training is not just about the growth of footballers however, it also takes ensure their development and the formation of their personalities and encouraging the sport spirit. There are about 400 young people divided into age groups. Six age categories that are part at the level of Football Association of Serbia, the U17 U16, U16 and U14. Meanwhile, the U13 and U12 play in the Football Association of Belgrade. At the lower levels, the competitions are not official however, players are involved in friendly and tournament matches.

Partizan is the one club that has the most league titles as well as cups won in youth competitions in Serbia. Youth teams also take part in a variety of tournaments throughout Europe and organize the U17 international tournament, which includes players from the most prestigious European clubs. Partizan also hosts soccer camps for kids across Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovenia, Australia and the United States. A large number of the best youth academy players transfer directly to Partizan senior team or to the club affiliated to Teleoptik Zemun.

All the youth classes of Partizan have training in the Partizan sports complex, which is named SC Partizan Teleoptik, as well as Partizan's seniors as well as the players of Teleoptik. Partizan has received numerous prizes for its youth activities and has been named "Best European Youth Work" in 2006. In 2006, its youth school is ranked as the second best in Europe in comparison to Ajax. Its Academy has produced many professional footballers or Yugoslav as well as Serbian internationals. Some notable players from the time comprise Sasa Ilic Savo Milosevic, Danko Lazovic, Stefan Babovic, Miralem Sulejmani Stevan Jovetic Adem Lujic Matija Nastasic, Lazar Markovic, Milos Jojic Andrija Zivkovic Nikola Milenkovic, Aleksandar Mitrovic, Strahinja Pavlovic and Dusan Vlahovic.

Two Partizan youth academy graduates (Dusan Vlahovic and Strahinja Pavlovic) are highlighted in the UEFA.com "Fifty for the Future' selection in 2020.

Recently, players born after the year 2000 such as Nemanja Jovic Marko Milovanovic Nikola Terzic and Samed Bazdar (who made it to the Guardian's "Next Generation 2021' list of 2021's top players) have shown class for their age and have huge potential.

In a national survey, Partizan is the second most popular football club in Serbia after Red Star Belgrade. While there are fewer focus groups, they reveal that Partizan fans are thought to be more loyal to their team. The club has a huge fan base that is located in Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina (especially in the Serb entity of Republika Srpska). There are also many fans across other former Yugoslav republics, including North Macedonia, Slovenia, and in the Serbian diaspora in particular Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Sweden, Canada, Malta and Canada, Malta and the United States and Australia.

The organised supporter of Partizan are known as Grobari ("The Gravediggers" or "Undertakers") who began in the year 1970 and are is located mostly on the south side at the Partizan Stadium; therefore, they are also referred to by the name of Grobari Jug ("The undertakers South"). Some regular Partizan supporters often call themselves Grobari. Grobari was a nickname given by their sports rivals Delije who are part of Red Star, referring to the club's predominant black colours that were similar to the official uniforms worn by cemetery undertakers. Another theory is that the name originates from an interpretation that was not true of the street's name that the stadium of Partizan is situated "Humska" ("humka" is roughly translate to "grave" which translates to "grave" or "entombment") however actually, the street was named for the Serbian medieval territory of Hum which is now is part of Herzegovina and South Dalmatia. The Grobari are a part of all clubs of the Partizan Sports Association and in the span of time, they have been recognized by their loud and continuous cheers and their dedication as well as loyalty to their club. The basis for their cheering is described to in the Serbian fan community as the concept that is "srce, ruke, and glas" (heart hands and vocal) as well as "glas I dlan" (voice as well as palms) and songs with a distinct style. The Grobari collectively remain in close contact with the organised fans from PAOK, CSKA Moscow and CSKA Sofia, which started initially due to their common Orthodox belief and similar background. It is believed that "many ultras were involved in the conflicts that were armed and still bear their scars which translates the tribal character in the Yugoslav wars to their ultras and clubs groups".

Grobari also have a long-standing relationship along with Juventude Leonina, the main ultras group of Portuguese side Sporting Clube de Portugal. They have both direction board members. also have established good relationships that have been maintained from the time of during the 55-56 European Cup edition, which on the 4th of September, 1955 inside Lisbon's Estadio Nacional, put head-a-head both teams at the official opening for the UEFA European club competitions. The match ended in the score being 3-3, and Sporting eventually losing at Belgrade on the other game by 5-2. However, the clubs' boards of both teams are regularly in touch at times to celebrate this significant event.

Partizan's most intense adversaries are Red Star Belgrade. The rivalries between the two clubs are referred to as"the Eternal derby (Serbian: Vechiti derbi, Veciti derbi) or Belgrade derby. The rivalry began immediately following the establishment of the two clubs. Red Star was founded for Yugoslav youth, and Partizan was the football department that is part of the Yugoslav People's Army. The rivalry also gets a boost because both clubs have stadiums located just some hundred meters from each other. This Eternal derby is notable by the enthusiasm of both groups of supporters. Both teams' stands are decorated with fireworks, colored confetti flags, flags, sheets of paper smoke, torches, drums, massive posters, and choreographies that are that are used to create visual splendour and create psychological pressure on teams playing in the opposite direction and hence the tagline "Welcome Hellgrade!" Hellgrade". There are also fans who use trumpets, just like the fans in South America. This is what creates an authentic and distinct Balkan Brass Band atmosphere. The two sets of fans are awed by the songs they sing against their opponents while the venues are famous for their bounce in tandem with the jumps of the crowd.

The duels are regarded in the eyes of Bleacher Report as one of the most intense rivalries on the field. Alongside the Old Firm as well as the Rome derby and Istanbul derby and it is the Belgrade derby is considered to be among the top and most fierce competitions in European football. The biggest crowd at the derby was around 100,000 fans (90,142 with tickets paid for) on the 7th of November, 1976, at Red Star Stadium. The most significant victory was 7-1 to Partizan on the 6th of December, 1953 in the Partizan Stadium however, the club that has the most wins was Red Star.

In the Yugoslav period from 1945 to the year 1991 Partizan had a feud with the other members of the "big four". Alongside Partizan along with Red Star, the "big four" comprised Dinamo Zagreb and Hajduk Split. Table results include national championships and cup matches. Partizan played against other players of the Yugoslav "big four" until and including the 1990-91 season.

Others rivalries are regional rivalries with Vojvodina where they play their own Derby of Serbia, minor derby against neighbouring Zemun and Belgrade derbies against Rad in addition to OFK Belgrade.

Fudbalski club Partizan is a pro soccer club that is based within Belgrade, Serbia. The club was established in 1945.

FK Partizan is a professional football club located within Belgrade, Serbia. Established in 1945, they are the first Yugoslav and Serbian club ever to participate in European competition. They played the European Cup during the season 1955-56. They began the competition with an encounter with Sporting Clube de Portugal on 4 September , 1955. They were also the first team non-based in Western Europe to play in the European Cup final, losing to Real Madrid in 1966.

In addition to all European competitions including all European competitions, including all European competitions, Sasa Ilic has the record of the club for most appearances, with 114. He is also the club's third highest ever goalscorer, scoring 15 goals, just behind Brazilian striker Cleo with 16 goals as well as Ricardo Jorge Pires Gomes, who scored 17 goals.

Partizan's greatest European performance came in the 1965-66 season in which they made it to the final of the European Cup/Champions League.

In European football In European football, the UEFA coefficients are calculated using statistics in weighted arithmetic techniques that are used to rank and seed teams for international and club tournaments. In 1979, the coefficients were first introduced for men's football matches, and later being used in women's football and futsal the coefficients are determined by UEFA who oversee football across Europe and also Armenia, Israel and the Asian regions of a few transcontinental nations.

The Confederation has three kinds of ranking: one that analyzes the single season, one looking at a five-year time frame and the third one analyzing a 10-year time period. For male competitions (discussed within this piece) Three coefficients are calculated.

The coefficient of the national team: utilized from 1997 to 2017 to classify national teams for selection in tournaments like the UEFA Euro qualifying and finals tournaments. UEFA took a decision after 2017 instead of seeding national teams based on:

Overall rating from the biennial UEFA Nations League for the seeded draw of groups at the UEFA Euro qualification stage.

Overall score for all participants in the UEFA Euro qualification stage for groups that were seeded of the UEFA Euro final tournament.

The Association coefficient is used to determine the performance of all clubs in every member association, for assigning the number of positions and the stage at which clubs are eligible for to the UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League and the UEFA Europa Conference League

The coefficient of a club is used to classify the clubs in a particular order, to determine seeding for the UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League and FIFA Cup Winners Cup (until 1999) and UEFA Europa Conference League (since 2021)

Updated 9 December 2021.

Rank	Team	Points
62	QarabaÄŸ	24.000
63	Real Sociedad	24.000
64	Maccabi Tel Aviv	23.500
65	Partizan	23.500
66	Malmö	23.500
67	1899 Hoffenheim	23.000
68	Sheriff Tiraspol	22.500

In total, Partizan have won 45 official titles, including 27 national championships and 16 national cups. They also won 1 national supercup as well as one Mitropa Cup.

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Yugoslav First League

• Winners : 1946–47, 1948–49, 1960–61, 1961–62, 1962–63, 1964–65, 1975–76, 1977–78, 1982–83, 1985–86, 1986–87

Serbia and Montenegro First League (record)

• Winners : 1992–93, 1993–94, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1998–99, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2004–05

Serbian SuperLiga (shared record)

• Winners : 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2014–15, 2016–17

Yugoslav Cup

• Winners : 1946–47, 1951–52, 1953–54, 1956–57, 1988–89, 1991–92

Serbia and Montenegro Cup

• Winners : 1993–94, 1997–98, 2000–01

Serbian Cup (record)

• Winners : 2007–08, 2008–09, 2010–11, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19

Yugoslav Super Cup

• Winners : 1989

Mitropa Cup

• Winners : 1978

European Cup / UEFA Champions League

• Runners up : 1965–1966

Partizan's record holder in terms of games played is Sasa Ilic. He played in 874 games over two seasons, starting in 1996 to 2005, then between 2010 and the year 2019. The record-holder for goal scoring is the striker Stjepan Boko, who scored 425 goals. More than 150 players from Partizan have been part of both the Yugoslav as well as Serbian national teams of football. Stjepan Bobek holds the Yugoslavian national record for the team with 38 goals. Second spot being held with Savo Milosevic Milan Galic and Blagoje Marjanovic, who each scored 37 goals in total. Aleksandar Mitrovic holds the Serbian record for the national team with 49 goals at the end of 2021. This means that four of the five top goal scorers for the national team have been Partizan players.

Partizan are the record-holders in the Yugoslav First League in terms of points earned during a season, having 107 points, and are the only team that has won the league to be undefeated in the course of a period (in 2005 and in 2010). Partizan was the first champions in Yugoslavia in 1947. It was also and the initial Yugoslav Cup winner, also in 1947, and also the first team to win two times in the nation. They took home three consecutive championships, in 1961 1962, 1963 and 1961 The first time a title hat-trick was achieved during the history of the Yugoslav First League. Partizan was the team that won the highest number of national championships since the end of Yugoslavia and were champions thirteen times. It is the sole Serbian club since the first national domestic football tournament in 1923 to have won six consecutive national titles, which they did between 2007 and 2013.

The club has records like taking part in the very inaugural European Champions Cup match in 1955, being one of the very first Balkan as well as Eastern European club to play in the European Champions Cup final in 1966, as well as being the very first team from Serbia to participate in this year's UEFA Champions League group stages in 2003. The club's biggest win in European tournaments was an 8-0 win against Welsh champions Rhyl during the qualifying phase for 2009-10 UEFA Champions League.

Detail of the players as below mentioned.

As of 23 September 2022

No. Pos. Nation Player 3 DF  SRB Mihajlo Ilić 4 DF  BIH Siniša Saničanin 5 DF  MNE Igor Vujačić 6 DF  SRB Svetozar Marković 7 MF  CPV Patrick Andrade 8 MF  MLI Hamidou Traoré 9 FW  NED Queensy Menig 10 MF  ISR Bibras Natcho (vice-captain) 11 FW  CPV Ricardo Gomes 12 DF  SRB Zlatan Šehović 14 MF  SRB Samed Baždar 15 MF  SRB Ljubomir Fejsa 17 DF  SRB Marko Živković 18 FW  MLI Fousseni Diabaté 20 FW  SRB Andrija Pavlović 25 GK  SRB Milan Lukač 26 DF  SRB Aleksandar Filipović 29 FW  SRB Nemanja Ilić 36 MF  SRB Nikola Terzić 40 MF  SRB Kristijan Belić 41 GK  SRB Aleksandar Popović 50 FW  MNE Marko Brnović 51 FW  SRB Vanja Vlahović 55 MF  SRB Danilo Pantić 72 DF  SRB Slobodan Urošević (Captain) 77 FW  SRB Nemanja Jović 85 GK  SRB Nemanja Stevanović 90 FW  SRB Mihajlo Petković 97 MF  SRB Aleksandar Lutovac

•  Nemanja Jović
•  Kristijan Belić
•  Svetozar Marković
•  Igor Vujačić
•  Siniša Saničanin
•  Bibras Natcho
•  Ricardo Gomes
•  Patrick Andrade
•  Queensy Menig
•  Fousseni Diabaté

To be eligible for this section, an athlete has to have participated in at minimum 80 matches for their club or have made at least one international appearance.

Flags identify the national teams which players were part of. Players who were part of two national teams are able to fly the flags of both national teams.

In order to be included in this section the player should have played at minimum 30 games for the club or had at least one international appearance.

Flags identify the national teams that the players played for. The players who participated in two national teams wear the flags of both national teams.

•  FK Teleoptik

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Below is the listing of Partizan management from 1945 to the present time.

The complete list of the presidents of Partizan is listed below.

Partizan is a sport association, which is part of Partizan Sports Association, which comprises 28 clubs from different sports, however, it is total autonomy in its the management, organisation, finances as well as facilities and material goods. In 2010 Partizan's non-consolidated operating revenue totalled EUR21.2 million, while EBITDA was EUR3.5 million.