OFK Beograd
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Omladinski fudbalski klub Beograd, commonly referred to as OFK Beograd (Serbian Cyrillic: ОФК Београд), is a football
club from Belgrade
, Serbia
, more precisely from the Karaburma
urban neighborhood. It currently is the oldest team playing in the Serbian SuperLiga
. The name means "Youth Football Club Belgrade" in Serbian
. The club is part of the OSD Beograd
sport society.
In 1945, after the WW2, club was reestablished under the name "Metalac" by it's former members. This club carried the name until 1950, when it was once againe renamed into BSK, but in the 1957. the name was altered into the OFK (Youth Football Club), Belgrade.
How it all started is just as how the club is living today: never on top but always among the best. Usually, it is in the shadow of the bigger Belgrade clubs, such as Red Star
and Partizan
, but always in the search of its own identity and a place on the big stage. On the field, it always went well, but the stadium remained empty. The problem was the name: it didn't attract the attention of fans. For this reason, in 1950 the club brought back its old name of BSK.
. Three other celebrations followed, in 1955, 1962, and 1966. The club was the national vice-champion twice, in 1955 and in 1964, and the club was very rarely standing under 6th position in the league table. In the meantime, the club had changed its name once again. In 1957, the club was baptised into today's OFK Beograd, once again in an attempt to attract spectators to the stadium, especially younger ones who often opted for either Red Star or Partizan. In that time, the players played attractive and lovely football and therefore got the nickname of "Romantičari".
The 1960s and the first half of the 1970s were years of European glory. OFK Beograd had participated eight times in European competitions. Their biggest success came in the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1962-63
season, playing in the semi-final against Tottenham Hotspur
, eventual champions. In the following ten years, football giants such as Napoli
, Feyenoord, Panathinaikos, and Juventus
also fell to the blue and white.
, nothing could remind us of the old glorious days except a few bleaky old pictures. The "Silent Fall" lasted as long as the Golden Era. Still, the tradition could not be forgotten and the club comes back to its old habits in the 1990s. Fourth position in 1992 and 1994 announced a bright future for OFK in the 21st century.
an competitions. They played in the UEFA Intertoto Cup
. OFK humiliated Estonia
n side Narva Trans at home by the score of 6–1, but UEFA
cancelled the result because of a smoke bomb being thrown on the field during the game. It was later discovered that it was an act of an angry hooligan from a city rival, furious about his club being relegated to the Second Division
. Consequently, only the second leg result would count. OFK Beograd did not let its fans down and won in Tallinn
with a score of 5–3. They were eliminated in the second round by Czech
representants Slovácko
, with a score of 4–3.
The club was back on the Europe
an stage in 2004. They started playing in the second round and easily eliminated Dinaburg
. In the third round, OFK went on to play against Tampere United
at the legendary Ratina Stadium
, host of a historic match between Yugoslavia
and the Soviet Union
at the 1952 Summer Olympics
. Yugoslavia were having a torrid time against the Soviets. 5–1 up with 15 minutes of their first round match to go, the Yugoslavs, understandably, put their feet up. Arthur Ellis
, the match referee, recorded what happened next in his book, The Final Whistle (London, 1963): "The USSR forced the most honourable draw ever recorded! [Vsevolod] Bobrov
, their captain, scored a magnificent hat-trick. After the USSR had reduced the lead to 5–2, he, almost single-handed, took the score to 5–5, scoring his third in the last minute. For once, use of the word sensational was justified." Although Bobrov's early goal in their replay presaged a miraculous recovery, Yugoslavia recovered sufficiently to put out their opponents easily in the second half. The Soviet side had been expected by Moscow
to win the 1952 Games
, and their defeat by Yugoslavia was not mentioned in the Soviet press until after Joseph Stalin
's death the following year. OFK Beograd defeated their Finnish
opponents and deservedly went on to play in the semifinals. They were eliminated by a better and more experienced opponent, Atlético Madrid.
In 2005, the club reached the UEFA Cup
second round of qualifying after more than 32 years, losing to Lokomotiv Plovdiv by the away goals rule. In 2006, the club was awaiting French
side Auxerre
, once again in the UEFA Cup
. In the first game, in Belgrade, OFK defeated their opponents by the score of 1–0. In the second game, it looked like the Serbia
n club was through with the score being 2–1 in favour of Auxerre with only ten minutes to play. OFK allowed three goals in only ten minutes, suffering a heavy 5–1 loss and ending their European dream. In the 2010 Europa League OFK beat Torpedo Zhodino of Belarus 3-2 on aggregate and went on to play Turkish powerhouse Galatasaray the first game was in Turkey and after losing 2-0 with only ten minutes to go the very young OFK team came back with first a goal from Miloš Krstić and then a shock equalizer from Nenad Injac to earn OFK a great moment on the European stage. After the game the Turkish media noted that there were no foreign players in the OFK team, something OFK should be proud of because the club has always seen itself as a organisation that promotes Serbian talent.
International
was founded (in 1954), OFK Beograd, under the name of Belgrade Sport Club (BSK), participated in Mitropa Cup
, the first really international European football competition. The club competed for five seasons without a big success, usually stopped by teams from Hungary, the major football power at the time. In UEFA
competitions, OFK Beograd played 16 seasons, the biggest success being reaching semifinal of UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1962-63
.
MC QF: MTK Hungária
4 – 2 BSK | BSK 0 – 4 MTK Hungária
| (Agg: 2 – 8)
MC QF: BSK 0 – 7 Ferencváros | Ferencváros 6 – 1 BSK | (Agg: 1 – 13)
MC R1: BSK 2 – 3 Slavia Prague
| Slavia Prague 2 – 1 BSK | (Agg: 3 – 5)
MC QF: BSK 3 – 0 Slavia Prague | Slavia Prague 2 – 1 BSK | (Agg: 4 – 2)
MC SF: BSK 4 – 2 Újpest
| Újpest
7 – 1 BSK | (Agg: 5 – 9)
MC QF: BSK 3 – 0 Venus Bucureşti
| Venus Bucureşti
0 – 1 BSK | (Agg: 4 – 0)
MC SF: BSK 1 – 0 Ferencváros | Ferencváros 2 – 0 BSK | (Agg: 1 – 2)
. In its 95 years of existence, it produced hundreds of players who played for OFK Beograd's senior first team, the national team and who became players of international calibre.
Players such as Ilija Petković
, Mitar Mrkela
, Dragoslav Stepanović
, Slobodan Santrač
, and Saša Ćurčić
all played in different periods of time but they all share one thing together and that is their youth development at OFK Beograd.
Since OFK Beograd's existence, attention was always turned to the younger categories of players and the results of that work are directly responsible for the club's success. Modern football is a serious aspect of the club, this is why it does everything in its possibility to modernize the training facilities. Recently, the club has built a whole new private training center, compromising eight playing fields along with training equipment with the newest technology. OFK Beograd is constantly in search of better quality at their youth team.
A youth school was created compromising 150 players born in between 1996 and 1999. There are also seven competitive teams for which more than 170 players are playing. The youth system compromises around 20 highly qualified coaches who are all specialised in certain areas of the game. Most of the coaches are former players who spent years at the club and who also went through the same youth system. Several physios are also present and are equipped with the newest technology for their work.
Currently, the board is examining the possibility of cutting a hundred players from the youth system as they believe the coaches would have an easier job and could concentrate on individuals.
OFK Beograd is always proud of their Youth Club and the atmosphere they create for youth development. They are getting better coaching every year and it is said that the players now progress more rapidly than they did in the past. The club is always a strong contender in the Serbian SuperLiga
and usually qualifies for European competitions, which proves the quality and huge efforts put in the youth system.
The whole story begins in 1911 when Beogradski Sportski Klub (BSK) was founded, a club who dominated the fields of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, but it was also known for one other thing, its fans.
The club's fans followed the team wherever it went, they carried the spirit and of the city of Belgrade
in their hearts, and were always present in the clubs' hardest moments. Many things could've broken the enthusiasm of the fans, such as the war or constant name changes, but nothing could separate the fans from their beloved club.
The fans' modern history is not as glorious as it used to be, but one thing is sure – the old spirit is also present in the new fans' hearts.
An organized group appears for the first time in 1984 under the name of "Blue Thunders". The group lives under that name until 1990, but influenced by the rise of nationalism in Yugoslavia
, they change their name to "Sokolovi". The group officially collapses in 1993 as football is nothing more than pure non-sense during that period in Serbia
. The fans' love towards the club was certainly not forgotten and in 1994 a new group is founded – Blue Union Belgrade. The name says it all, as all the club's lovers unite to create what is today OFK Beograd's official fan group.
Every new beginning is complicated, one of the first things to do for the young group was to create a name for themselves and show that they exist. In any possible manner. Originality and aggressiveness towards the others proved to be the key to success. A confrontation with the club's board was inevitable since watching your team collapse slowly is not what the fans needed, but the Blue Union was the only one to stand up. Obviously, confrontations with other fan organizations of the same level happened, in an attempt by the Blue Union to get respected across Serbia
. The group's participation in all events in the city put them shoulder-to-shoulder with the other organizations in the country already from the beginning. During that period, the group's friendship with Voždovac
's fans, "Invalidi", officially begun. That friendship, over the years, has become something more and it is still the same today.
OFK Beograd has played in the "B" Division from 1996 to 1998, which was very interesting since they were the only team from the capital city of Belgrade
. During those years, the group gains in expansion and under the slogan of "JEDAN TIM – JEDAN GRAD – JEDNO IME – BEOGRAD" follows the club throughout Serbia
. The slogan translates to "One team – One city – One name – Belgrade".
When the "A" and "B" divisions made only one, the Blue Union started printing out their own newspapers. It was the first time such an initiative was taken by a club from Serbia
. During every home game, every fan received a copy. Inside were articles about the club's past, its legends, the historic games, etc. Unfortunanely, there were only ten editions before the newspapers ceased to exist.
Originality, which is still strived for, was one of the most distinguishing characteristics of BU in that period. There are many examples, but here we will mention just some of them: while all other supporter groups were engaged in competition for the best looking and aesthetically most appealing banner, BU wore and presented awkward, ugly, hand made banners in all sizes; group didn’t care much for flamboyant choreographies or for the choreographies at all for that matter; pyrotechnics were all right but not a must; we renewed the terrace fashion of wearing turnover spitfire jackets and established the habit of wearing blue-collar workers overalls when following team on away games as a mean to make statement regarding social background of the group members. Also, we can mention the time when FK Milicionar
, a pro-regime police-backed team, entered the first division the group reacted with creation of banner which bore a message “GOAL AGAINST REGIME”. Among other things, members of BU also reinstated the old ex-Yugoslav firms habit of “finding” local home crews when our team was on away matches, no matter which Serbian town or city was in question.
Crisis in Serbia during the spring of 1999. took its toll on complete football supporter scene and BLUE UNION was no exception. Pressure which was built up and directed toward our group culminated in those turmoil times and seriously damaged long-built reputation and prestige of all OFK BEOGRAD supporters and devoted fans. Project which was ultimately named “CLUB OF OFK BEOGRAD SUPPORTERS” is an attempt to restore all of the core values and principles which formed the character of fans of this renowned football club from Karaburma neighborhood.
BLUE UNION BELGRADE in 2004. celebrated 10th anniversary, but also two decades of organized supporting on Karaburma terraces. We can regard football season of 2002–2003. as a sort of overture to the mentioned celebration and it was during this season that the group started “REGULAR CHAMPIONSHIP AND CONSEQUENCES” and all of us remember big fuss which was caused by “It’s regular, istn it?” parole which was raised after the Sutjeska-OFK Beogard match and what was at a time a spontaneous form of protest against corruption in Serbian football, a menace that deprived supporters of the most precious thing in football – it's beauty.
BLUE UNION also formed a friendship with supporters of Dynamo Moscow
, although this camaraderie started spontaneous, later it gained a more organized and serious form. Soon mutual visits and joint supporting on each other team games followed so today we can be proud on this great friendship with our Russian colleagues.
In latter history, group is still struggling to maintain genuine urban spirit which was Blue Union hallmark ever since forming. Organization was also improved and raised to a higher level including development of marketing, attracting new generations of supporters, improving aesthetic appeal of our choreographies which are now marked by our easily recognizable style. Periodically, group is engaged in production of complete assortment of supporter requisites and the profits of their sales are used to raise popularity of the club and finance the work of group. The OFK Beograd supporter web site – [www.blueunionbelgrade.com] – must be also mentioned, because it represent a viable source of all actual information related to the OFK Beograd club, football in generally but also the supporter scene in Serbia, region and beyond that…All those activities and initiatives are undertaken with one and just one goal, a that is return of OFK Beograd to the paths of old glory and on the place that rightfully belongs him with the faithful army of supporters that follow him all the way to the top. Of course, it is needless to mention the repression to which supporters of our group were exposed all these years, and which we are managing to overcome somehow just as a whole plethora of other inhibiting factors that characterize the land and time we’re living in.
The Blue Union continues to support their beloved club even if the attendance at Omladinski Stadium
is very low in the recent years. Since 1994, a lot of events happened, the younger people who were founding members of the group are still very present and active, and one thing is sure: the Blue Union is still proudly supporting OFK Beograd and will always be.
For recent transfers, see List of Serbian football transfers summer 2011.
Yugoslavia
France
Hungary
Italy
Romania
1945–present :
SFR Yugoslavia (1945–1992)
FR Yugoslavia, Serbia and Montenegro (1992–2006)
Serbia (2006–present)
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Brazil
Latvia
Macedonia
Montenegro
(1930–35) Josef Uridil
(1935) Sándor Nemes
(1936–39) Erwin Mészáros (1939–1940) Svetozar Popović (1940-?) Boško Ralić
(1946–47) Ljubiša Broćić
(1947–50) Milovan Ćirić
(1951–53) Blagoje Marjanović
(1953–56) Vojin Božović
(1956–58) Vojin Božović
(1959–60) Đorđe Vujadinović
(1960–61) Milovan Ćirić
(1961–63) Mile Kos (1963) Sava Antić
(1963-6X) D. Milić (196X-6X) Miloš Milutinović
(196X-67) Žarko Mihajlović (1967–69) Gojko Zec
(1969–70) Božidar Drenovac
(19XX-71)
Boris Marović (1971–72) Milutin Šoškić
(1972-7X) Nikola Beogradac (1976-7X) Blagomir Krivokuća Božidar Milenković (1996–97) Miodrag Ješić
(1998–99) Vanja Radinović
(1999–00) Radmilo Ivančević
(2000) Zvonko Varga
(2000–01) Dragoljub Bekvalac Stevica Kuzmanovski
(29 July 2003-4 April 04) Dragoljub Bekvalac (5 April 2004-15 May 04) Branko Babić
(15 June 2004-16 October 05) Slobodan Krčmarević
(23 October 2005-24 December 06) Ratko Dostanić
(26 December 2006-1 April 07) Branislav Vukašinović (2 April 2007-8 March 08) Ljupko Petrović
(12 March 2008-21 April 08) Mihajlo Ivanović (21 April 2008-14 April 09) Simo Krunić
(April 2009-June 9) Dejan Đurđević (June 2009-)
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club from Belgrade
Belgrade
Belgrade is the capital and largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers, where the Pannonian Plain meets the Balkans. According to official results of Census 2011, the city has a population of 1,639,121. It is one of the 15 largest cities in Europe...
, Serbia
Serbia
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, more precisely from the Karaburma
Karaburma
Karaburma is an urban neighborhood of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. It is located in Belgrade's municipality of Palilula.- Location :...
urban neighborhood. It currently is the oldest team playing in the Serbian SuperLiga
Serbian Superliga
Serbian SuperLiga is a Serbian professional league for football clubs. At the top of the Serbian football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. It is contested by 16 clubs, operating a system of promotion and relegation with the Serbian First League...
. The name means "Youth Football Club Belgrade" in Serbian
Serbian language
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. The club is part of the OSD Beograd
OSD Beograd
Omladinsko Sportsko Društvo Beograd, commonly abbreviated as OSD Beograd, is a sports association from Belgrade, Serbia. Founded in 1945, it's an umbrella organization featuring several in several sports.-Active Clubs:...
sport society.
The beginning
The club was founded in 1911 as BSK (Serbian Cyrillic: Београдски Спортски Клуб) or Belgrade Sports Club, one of the most prominent football clubs in Kingdom of Serbia and later Kingdom of Yugoslavia. It was also the most successful club between 1923. and 1941, with five national champion titles. BSK played it's first game on 13th October 1911. against "Šumadija" from Kragujevac and won 8:1.In 1945, after the WW2, club was reestablished under the name "Metalac" by it's former members. This club carried the name until 1950, when it was once againe renamed into BSK, but in the 1957. the name was altered into the OFK (Youth Football Club), Belgrade.
How it all started is just as how the club is living today: never on top but always among the best. Usually, it is in the shadow of the bigger Belgrade clubs, such as Red Star
Red Star Belgrade
Red Star Belgrade is a football club from Belgrade, Serbia. The club is a part of the Red Star Sports Society.Red Star Belgrade is the most successful Serbian club, with a record of 25 national championships and 23 national cups in both Serbian and ex-Yugoslav competitions...
and Partizan
FK Partizan
Fudbalski klub Partizan 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...
, but always in the search of its own identity and a place on the big stage. On the field, it always went well, but the stadium remained empty. The problem was the name: it didn't attract the attention of fans. For this reason, in 1950 the club brought back its old name of BSK.
The golden era
A two decade long "Golden Era" had begun. Already in 1953, the club had won the Yugoslav CupYugoslav Cup
The Yugoslav Cup, officially the Marshal Tito Cup, was one of two major football competitions in the former Yugoslavia, the other one being the Yugoslav League Championship. The Yugoslav Cup took place after the league championships when every competitive league in Yugoslavia had finished, in order...
. Three other celebrations followed, in 1955, 1962, and 1966. The club was the national vice-champion twice, in 1955 and in 1964, and the club was very rarely standing under 6th position in the league table. In the meantime, the club had changed its name once again. In 1957, the club was baptised into today's OFK Beograd, once again in an attempt to attract spectators to the stadium, especially younger ones who often opted for either Red Star or Partizan. In that time, the players played attractive and lovely football and therefore got the nickname of "Romantičari".
The 1960s and the first half of the 1970s were years of European glory. OFK Beograd had participated eight times in European competitions. Their biggest success came in the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1962-63
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1962-63
The 1962–63 season of the European Cup Winners' Cup football club tournament was won by Tottenham Hotspur in a crushing final victory over holders Atlético Madrid. It was the first time a European cup went to an English club...
season, playing in the semi-final against Tottenham Hotspur
Tottenham Hotspur F.C.
Tottenham Hotspur Football Club , commonly referred to as Spurs, is an English Premier League football club based in Tottenham, north London. The club's home stadium is White Hart Lane....
, eventual champions. In the following ten years, football giants such as Napoli
S.S.C. Napoli
Società Sportiva Calcio Napoli, commonly referred to as Napoli, is a professional Italian football club based in Naples and founded in 1926. The club has spent most of its history in Serie A, where it currently plays its 2011–12 season....
, Feyenoord, Panathinaikos, and Juventus
Juventus F.C.
Juventus Football Club S.p.A. , commonly referred to as Juventus and colloquially as Juve , are a professional Italian association football club based in Turin, Piedmont...
also fell to the blue and white.
The silent fall
The Romantičari were not able to take advantage of their success on the domestic and European scene. After several successful season, a sudden fall occurred. OFK Beograd was slowly losing its brilliance. During the 1980s, the club has often been changing leagues, from the First Division to the Second. In KaraburmaKaraburma
Karaburma is an urban neighborhood of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. It is located in Belgrade's municipality of Palilula.- Location :...
, nothing could remind us of the old glorious days except a few bleaky old pictures. The "Silent Fall" lasted as long as the Golden Era. Still, the tradition could not be forgotten and the club comes back to its old habits in the 1990s. Fourth position in 1992 and 1994 announced a bright future for OFK in the 21st century.
Modern times
In the summer of 2003, they were back in EuropeEurope
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
an competitions. They played in the UEFA Intertoto Cup
UEFA Intertoto Cup
The UEFA Intertoto Cup, also abbreviated as UI Cup and originally called the International Football Cup, was a summer football competition for European clubs that had not qualified for one of the two major UEFA competitions, the Champions League and the UEFA Cup. The competition was discontinued...
. OFK humiliated Estonia
Estonia
Estonia , officially the Republic of Estonia , is a state in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea, to the south by Latvia , and to the east by Lake Peipsi and the Russian Federation . Across the Baltic Sea lies...
n side Narva Trans at home by the score of 6–1, but UEFA
UEFA
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cancelled the result because of a smoke bomb being thrown on the field during the game. It was later discovered that it was an act of an angry hooligan from a city rival, furious about his club being relegated to the Second Division
Serbian First League
Serbian First League is the name for the second tier in Serbia's football league. The league is operated by the Football Association of Serbia. 18 teams are set to compete in this league for the 2009-10 season...
. Consequently, only the second leg result would count. OFK Beograd did not let its fans down and won in Tallinn
Tallinn
Tallinn is the capital and largest city of Estonia. It occupies an area of with a population of 414,940. It is situated on the northern coast of the country, on the banks of the Gulf of Finland, south of Helsinki, east of Stockholm and west of Saint Petersburg. Tallinn's Old Town is in the list...
with a score of 5–3. They were eliminated in the second round by Czech
Czech Republic
The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....
representants Slovácko
1. FC Slovácko
1. FC Slovácko is a Czech football club from Uherské Hradiště. The team were formerly known as 1. FC Synot which was a merger of FC Slovácká Slavia Uherské Hradiště and FC Synot.-Current squad:-Honours:...
, with a score of 4–3.
The club was back on the Europe
Europe
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an stage in 2004. They started playing in the second round and easily eliminated Dinaburg
Dinaburg FC
Dinaburg FC was a Latvian football club, playing in the city of Daugavpils. In 2009 it merged with FK Daugava. The club plays at the Daugava Stadium . In October 2009 the club was eliminated from Virsliga and also from The Baltic League, because of suspicion about totalizator playing at the club...
. In the third round, OFK went on to play against Tampere United
Tampere United
Tampere United is a Finnish football club, which played in the Veikkausliiga, the premier football league in Finland, until the 2010 season, but is currently excluded from participating in Finnish football. The club comes from the city of Tampere. The current head coach of the club is Jarkko Wiss,...
at the legendary Ratina Stadium
Ratina Stadion
Ratina Stadion, built in 1965, is a multi-purpose stadium in Tampere, Finland, with a seating capacity of 17,000 people, and up to 32,000 people for concerts....
, host of a historic match between Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia national football team
The Yugoslavia national football team represented the Kingdom of Yugoslavia and the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in association football. It enjoyed a modicum of success in international competition. In 1992, during the Yugoslav wars, the team was suspended from international...
and the Soviet Union
USSR national football team
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at the 1952 Summer Olympics
1952 Summer Olympics
The 1952 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Helsinki, Finland in 1952. Helsinki had been earlier given the 1940 Summer Olympics, which were cancelled due to World War II...
. Yugoslavia were having a torrid time against the Soviets. 5–1 up with 15 minutes of their first round match to go, the Yugoslavs, understandably, put their feet up. Arthur Ellis
Arthur Edward Ellis
Arthur Edward Ellis was an English football referee.Ellis was a referee in The Football Association competitions and in FIFA international competitions...
, the match referee, recorded what happened next in his book, The Final Whistle (London, 1963): "The USSR forced the most honourable draw ever recorded! [Vsevolod] Bobrov
Vsevolod Bobrov
Vsevolod Mikhailovich Bobrov was a Soviet athlete, who excelled in both football , bandy, and ice hockey. He is considered one of the best Russians ever in all of those sports.- Biography :...
, their captain, scored a magnificent hat-trick. After the USSR had reduced the lead to 5–2, he, almost single-handed, took the score to 5–5, scoring his third in the last minute. For once, use of the word sensational was justified." Although Bobrov's early goal in their replay presaged a miraculous recovery, Yugoslavia recovered sufficiently to put out their opponents easily in the second half. The Soviet side had been expected by Moscow
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
to win the 1952 Games
1952 Summer Olympics
The 1952 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Helsinki, Finland in 1952. Helsinki had been earlier given the 1940 Summer Olympics, which were cancelled due to World War II...
, and their defeat by Yugoslavia was not mentioned in the Soviet press until after Joseph Stalin
Joseph Stalin
Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin was the Premier of the Soviet Union from 6 May 1941 to 5 March 1953. He was among the Bolshevik revolutionaries who brought about the October Revolution and had held the position of first General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union's Central Committee...
's death the following year. OFK Beograd defeated their Finnish
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
opponents and deservedly went on to play in the semifinals. They were eliminated by a better and more experienced opponent, Atlético Madrid.
In 2005, the club reached the UEFA Cup
UEFA Cup 2005-06
The UEFA Cup 2005–06 season was won by Sevilla FC, beating Middlesbrough FC in the final. It was the first victory for Sevilla in a European competition, and the first appearance by Middlesbrough in a European final. The final took place at Philips Stadion, in Eindhoven, Netherlands. The match was...
second round of qualifying after more than 32 years, losing to Lokomotiv Plovdiv by the away goals rule. In 2006, the club was awaiting French
France
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side Auxerre
AJ Auxerre
Association de la Jeunesse Auxerroise is a French association football club based in the commune of Auxerre in Burgundy. The club was founded in 1905 and currently play in Ligue 1, the top division of French football. Auxerre plays its home matches at the Stade l'Abbé-Deschamps on the banks of the...
, once again in the UEFA Cup
UEFA Cup 2006-07
The 2006–07 UEFA Cup was the 36th UEFA Cup, Europe's second tier club football tournament. On 16 May 2007, at Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland, Sevilla won their second consecutive UEFA Cup, defeating Espanyol 3–1 on penalties after the match finished 2–2 after extra time...
. In the first game, in Belgrade, OFK defeated their opponents by the score of 1–0. In the second game, it looked like the Serbia
Serbia
Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...
n club was through with the score being 2–1 in favour of Auxerre with only ten minutes to play. OFK allowed three goals in only ten minutes, suffering a heavy 5–1 loss and ending their European dream. In the 2010 Europa League OFK beat Torpedo Zhodino of Belarus 3-2 on aggregate and went on to play Turkish powerhouse Galatasaray the first game was in Turkey and after losing 2-0 with only ten minutes to go the very young OFK team came back with first a goal from Miloš Krstić and then a shock equalizer from Nenad Injac to earn OFK a great moment on the European stage. After the game the Turkish media noted that there were no foreign players in the OFK team, something OFK should be proud of because the club has always seen itself as a organisation that promotes Serbian talent.
Honours and achievements
Domestic- Yugoslav First LeagueYugoslav First LeagueThe Yugoslav First League was the premier football league in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia and socialist Yugoslavia...
: - Winners (5): 1930–31, 1932–33, 1934–35, 1935–36, 1938–39
- Runners-up (6): 1927Yugoslav First League 19271927 was the first year in which the Prva Liga used an actual league system, with Hajduk Split being the first national league champion. Newcomer BSK Beograd replaced Jugoslavija Beograd as Serbia's top-performing club, this was due to half of the Jugoslavija players switching clubs to play for BSK...
, 1929Yugoslav First League 1929Bosnian club SASK dissolved before the season began and the clubs participating was reduced to five, all Serbian or Croatian. 1929 was the first year in which the Prva Liga used a double round-robin style league, and so the stats for each team began having higher numbers.The season featured a good...
, 1937–38, 1939–40, 1954–55, 1963–64 - Yugoslav CupYugoslav CupThe Yugoslav Cup, officially the Marshal Tito Cup, was one of two major football competitions in the former Yugoslavia, the other one being the Yugoslav League Championship. The Yugoslav Cup took place after the league championships when every competitive league in Yugoslavia had finished, in order...
: - Winners (4): 1952–53, 1954–55, 1961–62, 1965–66
- Serbia and Montenegro CupSerbia and Montenegro CupThe Serbia and Montenegro Cup is a defunct cup tournament. The competition was formed in 2003 after FR Yugoslavia had changed its name to Serbia and Montenegro on February 4, 2003. The format from this tournament did not change at all from that of the Yugoslav Cup the only difference was the name...
: - Runners-up (1): 2005-06
- Serbian Football ChampionshipSerbian Football ChampionshipThe Serbian Football Championship was organised by the Football Association of Belgrade and had two editions...
: - Winners (2): 1919-201919–20 Serbian Football ChampionshipThe Serbian Football Championship season of 1919-1920 was the first held after the end of the First World War. With the football championships still not organised at national level in the newly formed Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes , the clubs from Serbia joined together to play in this...
, 1920-211920–21 Serbian Football ChampionshipThe Serbian Football Championship season of 1920-1921 was the second championship organised by the Serbian Football Federation after the 1919–20 season... - Serbian Football League
- Winner (1): 1940–41
International
- UEFA Cup Winners' CupUEFA Cup Winners' CupThe UEFA Cup Winners' Cup was a football club competition contested annually by the most recent winners of all European domestic cup competitions. The cup is one of the many inter-European club competitions that have been organised by UEFA. The first competition was held in the 1960–61 season—but...
: - 1/2 Finalists (1): 1962–63UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1962-63The 1962–63 season of the European Cup Winners' Cup football club tournament was won by Tottenham Hotspur in a crushing final victory over holders Atlético Madrid. It was the first time a European cup went to an English club...
- UEFA CupUEFA CupThe UEFA Europa League is an annual association football cup competition organised by UEFA since 1971 for eligible European football clubs. It is the second most prestigious European club football contest after the UEFA Champions League...
: - 1/4 Finalists (1): 1972–73
- Inter-Cities Fairs CupInter-Cities Fairs CupThe Inter-Cities Fairs Cup was a European football competition played between 1955 and 1971. The competition was the idea of Swiss pools supremo Ernst Thommen, Ottorino Barassi from Italy, and the English Football Association general secretary Stanley Rous, all of whom later became senior officials...
: - 1/2 Finalists (1): 1958–60
- 1/4 Finalists (1): 1960–61
European Competitions
Before UEFAUEFA
The Union of European Football Associations , almost always referred to by its acronym UEFA is the administrative and controlling body for European association football, futsal and beach soccer....
was founded (in 1954), OFK Beograd, under the name of Belgrade Sport Club (BSK), participated in Mitropa Cup
Mitropa Cup
The Mitropa Cup, officially called the La Coupe de l'Europe Centrale was one of the first really international major European football cups for club sides...
, the first really international European football competition. The club competed for five seasons without a big success, usually stopped by teams from Hungary, the major football power at the time. In UEFA
UEFA
The Union of European Football Associations , almost always referred to by its acronym UEFA is the administrative and controlling body for European association football, futsal and beach soccer....
competitions, OFK Beograd played 16 seasons, the biggest success being reaching semifinal of UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1962-63
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1962-63
The 1962–63 season of the European Cup Winners' Cup football club tournament was won by Tottenham Hotspur in a crushing final victory over holders Atlético Madrid. It was the first time a European cup went to an English club...
.
Before UEFA
- Competed in five seasons
- 1927
MC QF: MTK Hungária
MTK Hungária FC
MTK Budapest FC or just MTK is a football club from Budapest, Hungary. The team plays in the second division of the Hungarian League. The club's colours are blue and white. As one of the most successful Hungarian football clubs, MTK has won the Hungarian League 23 times and the Hungarian Cup 12...
4 – 2 BSK | BSK 0 – 4 MTK HungáriaMTK Hungária FC
MTK Budapest FC or just MTK is a football club from Budapest, Hungary. The team plays in the second division of the Hungarian League. The club's colours are blue and white. As one of the most successful Hungarian football clubs, MTK has won the Hungarian League 23 times and the Hungarian Cup 12...
| (Agg: 2 – 8)
- 1928
MC QF: BSK 0 – 7 Ferencváros
| Ferencváros 6 – 1 BSK | (Agg: 1 – 13)- 1938
MC R1: BSK 2 – 3 Slavia Prague
| Slavia Prague 2 – 1 BSK | (Agg: 3 – 5)- 1939
MC QF: BSK 3 – 0 Slavia Prague
| Slavia Prague 2 – 1 BSK | (Agg: 4 – 2)MC SF: BSK 4 – 2 Újpest
Újpest FC
Újpest Football Club , earlier known as Újpesti TE and Újpesti Dózsa, is a Hungarian football club, based in Újpest, Budapest. The club's colours are purple and white...
| ÚjpestÚjpest FC
Újpest Football Club , earlier known as Újpesti TE and Újpesti Dózsa, is a Hungarian football club, based in Újpest, Budapest. The club's colours are purple and white...
7 – 1 BSK | (Agg: 5 – 9)
- 1940
MC QF: BSK 3 – 0 Venus Bucureşti
Venus Bucuresti
Venus București was a Romanian football club based in Bucharest, nicknamed Negrii due to their all black shirts. Before being dissolved by the Communist authorities, Venus was the most successful football club in Romania, winning eight Liga I championships.The club's colours were black and white,...
| Venus BucureştiVenus Bucuresti
Venus București was a Romanian football club based in Bucharest, nicknamed Negrii due to their all black shirts. Before being dissolved by the Communist authorities, Venus was the most successful football club in Romania, winning eight Liga I championships.The club's colours were black and white,...
0 – 1 BSK | (Agg: 4 – 0)
MC SF: BSK 1 – 0 Ferencváros
| Ferencváros 2 – 0 BSK | (Agg: 1 – 2)UEFA competitions
- Qualified for Europe in 16 seasons
| Season | Competition | Round | Country | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960-61 | Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Inter-Cities Fairs Cup The Inter-Cities Fairs Cup was a European football competition played between 1955 and 1971. The competition was the idea of Swiss pools supremo Ernst Thommen, Ottorino Barassi from Italy, and the English Football Association general secretary Stanley Rous, all of whom later became senior officials... |
R1 |  |
Leipzig XI | 4–1 | 2–5 | 6–6 (2–0 Playoff) |
| Quarter-final | |
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1–0 | 0–5 | 1–5 | ||
| 1962-63 | UEFA Cup Winners' Cup UEFA Cup Winners' Cup The UEFA Cup Winners' Cup was a football club competition contested annually by the most recent winners of all European domestic cup competitions. The cup is one of the many inter-European club competitions that have been organised by UEFA. The first competition was held in the 1960–61 season—but... |
QR | |
Chemie Halle | 2–0 | 3–3 | 5–3 |
| R1 |  |
Portadown Portadown F.C. Portadown F.C. is a semi-professional, Northern Irish football club which plays in the IFA Premiership.The club was founded in the late 1880s and joined the Irish League in 1924. It is based in Portadown in County Armagh and plays its home games at Shamrock Park... |
5–1 | 2–3 | 7–4 | ||
| Quarter-final | |
Napoli S.S.C. Napoli Società Sportiva Calcio Napoli, commonly referred to as Napoli, is a professional Italian football club based in Naples and founded in 1926. The club has spent most of its history in Serie A, where it currently plays its 2011–12 season.... |
2–0 | 1–3 | 3–3 (3–1 Playoff) | ||
| Semi-final |  |
Tottenham Hotspur | 1–2 | 1–3 | 2–5 | ||
| 1963-64 | Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Inter-Cities Fairs Cup The Inter-Cities Fairs Cup was a European football competition played between 1955 and 1971. The competition was the idea of Swiss pools supremo Ernst Thommen, Ottorino Barassi from Italy, and the English Football Association general secretary Stanley Rous, all of whom later became senior officials... |
R1 | |
Juventus Juventus F.C. Juventus Football Club S.p.A. , commonly referred to as Juventus and colloquially as Juve , are a professional Italian association football club based in Turin, Piedmont... |
2–1 | 1–2 | 3–3 (0–1 Playoff) |
| 1964-65 | Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Inter-Cities Fairs Cup The Inter-Cities Fairs Cup was a European football competition played between 1955 and 1971. The competition was the idea of Swiss pools supremo Ernst Thommen, Ottorino Barassi from Italy, and the English Football Association general secretary Stanley Rous, all of whom later became senior officials... |
R1 |  |
Athletic Bilbao Athletic Bilbao Athletic Club, also known as Athletic Bilbao, is an association football club from Bilbao in Biscay, Spain. The club has played in the Primera División of La Liga since its start in 1928. They have won La Liga on eight occasions... |
0–2 | 2–2 | 2–4 |
| 1966-67 | UEFA Cup Winners' Cup UEFA Cup Winners' Cup The UEFA Cup Winners' Cup was a football club competition contested annually by the most recent winners of all European domestic cup competitions. The cup is one of the many inter-European club competitions that have been organised by UEFA. The first competition was held in the 1960–61 season—but... |
R1 |  |
Spartak Moscow FC Spartak Moscow FC Spartak Moscow is a Russian football club from Moscow. Having won 12 Soviet championships and 9 of 19 Russian championships they are one of the country's most successful clubs. They have also won the Soviet Cup 10 times and the Russian Cup 3 times... |
1–3 | 0–3 | 1–6 |
| 1968-69 | Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Inter-Cities Fairs Cup The Inter-Cities Fairs Cup was a European football competition played between 1955 and 1971. The competition was the idea of Swiss pools supremo Ernst Thommen, Ottorino Barassi from Italy, and the English Football Association general secretary Stanley Rous, all of whom later became senior officials... |
R1 |  |
Rapid Bucureşti | 6–1 | 1–3 | 7–4 |
| R2 | |
Bologna Bologna Bologna is the capital city of Emilia-Romagna, in the Po Valley of Northern Italy. The city lies between the Po River and the Apennine Mountains, more specifically, between the Reno River and the Savena River. Bologna is a lively and cosmopolitan Italian college city, with spectacular history,... |
1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | ||
| R3 |  |
Goztepe Göztepe A.S. Göztepe SK are a Turkish sports club in Güzelyalı, İzmir.They were founded in 1925 as a breakaway club from Altay. Their colours are red-yellow. They merged with İzmirspor and were renamed as Doğanspor in 1937. Some supporters of İzmirspor opposed the merger and founded Ateşspor in 1938. Doğanspor... |
3–1 | 0–2 | 3–3 (a) | ||
| 1971-72 | UEFA Cup UEFA Cup The UEFA Europa League is an annual association football cup competition organised by UEFA since 1971 for eligible European football clubs. It is the second most prestigious European club football contest after the UEFA Champions League... |
R1 |  |
Djurgården | 4–1 | 2–2 | 6–3 |
| R2 | |
FC Carl Zeiss Jena FC Carl Zeiss Jena FC Carl Zeiss Jena is a German association football club based in Jena, Thuringia.-History:The club was founded in May 1903 by workers at the Carl Zeiss AG optics factory as the company-sponsored Fussball-Club der Firma Carl Zeiss. The club underwent name changes in 1911 to Fussball Club Carl Zeiss... |
1–1 | 0–4 | 1–5 | ||
| 1972-73 | UEFA Cup UEFA Cup The UEFA Europa League is an annual association football cup competition organised by UEFA since 1971 for eligible European football clubs. It is the second most prestigious European club football contest after the UEFA Champions League... |
R1 |  |
Dukla Prague | 3–1 | 2–2 | 5–3 |
| R2 |  |
Feyenoord | 2–1 | 3–4 | 5–5 (a) | ||
| R3 |  |
Beroe Stara Zagora | 0–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | ||
| Quarter-final | |
Twente FC Twente FC Twente is a Dutch professional football club from the city of Enschede, playing in the Eredivisie. The club was formed in 1965 by the merger of 1926 Eredivisie Champions, Sportclub Enschede and Enschedese Boys... |
3–2 | 0–2 | 3–4 | ||
| 1973-74 | UEFA Cup UEFA Cup The UEFA Europa League is an annual association football cup competition organised by UEFA since 1971 for eligible European football clubs. It is the second most prestigious European club football contest after the UEFA Champions League... |
R1 |  |
Panathinaikos | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 (a) |
| R2 |  |
Dinamo Tbilisi FC Dinamo Tbilisi FC Dinamo Tbilisi is a Georgian football team, based in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia.Dinamo Tbilisi was one of the most prominent clubs in Soviet football and a major contender in the Soviet Top League almost immediately after it was established in 1936... |
1–5 | 0–3 | 1–8 | ||
| 2003–04 | Intertoto Cup | R1 |  |
Narva Trans | 6–1 | 5–3 | 11–4 |
| R2 | |
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3–3 | 0–1 | 3–4 | ||
| 2004–05 | Intertoto Cup | R2 | |
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3–1 | 2–0 | 5–1 |
| R3 |  |
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1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | ||
| Semi-final | |
Atlético Madrid | 1–3 | 0–2 | 1–5 | ||
| 2005–06 | UEFA Cup UEFA Cup The UEFA Europa League is an annual association football cup competition organised by UEFA since 1971 for eligible European football clubs. It is the second most prestigious European club football contest after the UEFA Champions League... |
QR2 | |
Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 (a) |
| 2006–07 | UEFA Cup UEFA Cup The UEFA Europa League is an annual association football cup competition organised by UEFA since 1971 for eligible European football clubs. It is the second most prestigious European club football contest after the UEFA Champions League... |
QR2 |  |
Auxerre AJ Auxerre Association de la Jeunesse Auxerroise is a French association football club based in the commune of Auxerre in Burgundy. The club was founded in 1905 and currently play in Ligue 1, the top division of French football. Auxerre plays its home matches at the Stade l'Abbé-Deschamps on the banks of the... |
1–0 | 1–5 | 2–5 |
| 2008–09 | Intertoto Cup | R2 | |
Panionios | 1–0 | 1–3 | 2–3 |
| 2010–11 UEFA Europa League 2010–11 The 2010–11 UEFA Europa League was the second season under a new name for the competition previously known as the UEFA Cup. The final was held at Aviva Stadium, Dublin, Republic of Ireland.... |
Europa League | QR2 |  |
Torpedo Zhodino | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–2 |
| QR3 | |
Galatasaray Galatasaray S.K. (football team) Galatasaray Anonim Şirketi is a Turkish football club, part of the Galatasaray S.K. multi-sport club of Istanbul. Galatasaray is a major sports club in Turkey, holding 17 Turkish Super League titles and the highest number of Turkish Cups.... |
1–5 | 2–2 | 3–7 |
UEFA competitions summary
| OFK Beograd | Seasons | P | W | D | L | F | A | Match Pts%W | Ties P | Ties W | Ties L | Ties %W | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Representing Serbia Serbia Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans... |
2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 50.00 | 2 | ||||
| 2 | |||||||||||||
| Representing Yugoslavia Yugoslavia Yugoslavia refers to three political entities that existed successively on the western part of the Balkans during most of the 20th century.... |
8 | 38 | 14 | 7 | 17 | 64 | 69 | 46.05 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 55.56 | |
| Total | 10 | 42 | 16 | 7 | 19 | 68 | 76 | 46.43 | 20 | 10 | 10 | 50.00 |
Youth system
OFK Beograd's youth system has a reputation as one of the best in SerbiaSerbia
Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...
. In its 95 years of existence, it produced hundreds of players who played for OFK Beograd's senior first team, the national team and who became players of international calibre.
Players such as Ilija Petković
Ilija Petkovic
Ilija Petković is a retired Serbian footballer. Since the early 1990s he's been a football manager, his most notable appointment being with the Serbia and Montenegro national football team.-Playing career:He started playing football for Dinara Knin...
, Mitar Mrkela
Mitar Mrkela
Mitar Mrkela is a retired Serbian football player, who was a member of the Yugoslavian team that won the bronze medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California.-Career:...
, Dragoslav Stepanović
Dragoslav Stepanovic
Dragoslav Stepanović is a retired Serbian footballer and current coach.- Career :He made his name with OFK Beograd where he was a defensive right back fixture for 11 years between 1962 and 1973, before moving on to Red Star Belgrade for 3 seasons until 1976...
, Slobodan Santrač
Slobodan Santrac
Slobodan Santrač is a retired Serbian football player and currently manager of Chinese Super League side Shaanxi Renhe Commercial Chanba F.C.....
, and Saša Ćurčić
Saša Curcic
Saša Ćurčić is a Serbian former football midfielder....
all played in different periods of time but they all share one thing together and that is their youth development at OFK Beograd.
Since OFK Beograd's existence, attention was always turned to the younger categories of players and the results of that work are directly responsible for the club's success. Modern football is a serious aspect of the club, this is why it does everything in its possibility to modernize the training facilities. Recently, the club has built a whole new private training center, compromising eight playing fields along with training equipment with the newest technology. OFK Beograd is constantly in search of better quality at their youth team.
A youth school was created compromising 150 players born in between 1996 and 1999. There are also seven competitive teams for which more than 170 players are playing. The youth system compromises around 20 highly qualified coaches who are all specialised in certain areas of the game. Most of the coaches are former players who spent years at the club and who also went through the same youth system. Several physios are also present and are equipped with the newest technology for their work.
Currently, the board is examining the possibility of cutting a hundred players from the youth system as they believe the coaches would have an easier job and could concentrate on individuals.
OFK Beograd is always proud of their Youth Club and the atmosphere they create for youth development. They are getting better coaching every year and it is said that the players now progress more rapidly than they did in the past. The club is always a strong contender in the Serbian SuperLiga
Serbian Superliga
Serbian SuperLiga is a Serbian professional league for football clubs. At the top of the Serbian football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. It is contested by 16 clubs, operating a system of promotion and relegation with the Serbian First League...
and usually qualifies for European competitions, which proves the quality and huge efforts put in the youth system.
The fans
OFK Beograd's fans are commonly known as "Blue Union" (Plava Unija) since 1994.The whole story begins in 1911 when Beogradski Sportski Klub (BSK) was founded, a club who dominated the fields of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, but it was also known for one other thing, its fans.
The club's fans followed the team wherever it went, they carried the spirit and of the city of Belgrade
Belgrade
Belgrade is the capital and largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers, where the Pannonian Plain meets the Balkans. According to official results of Census 2011, the city has a population of 1,639,121. It is one of the 15 largest cities in Europe...
in their hearts, and were always present in the clubs' hardest moments. Many things could've broken the enthusiasm of the fans, such as the war or constant name changes, but nothing could separate the fans from their beloved club.
The fans' modern history is not as glorious as it used to be, but one thing is sure – the old spirit is also present in the new fans' hearts.
An organized group appears for the first time in 1984 under the name of "Blue Thunders". The group lives under that name until 1990, but influenced by the rise of nationalism in Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia refers to three political entities that existed successively on the western part of the Balkans during most of the 20th century....
, they change their name to "Sokolovi". The group officially collapses in 1993 as football is nothing more than pure non-sense during that period in Serbia
Serbia
Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...
. The fans' love towards the club was certainly not forgotten and in 1994 a new group is founded – Blue Union Belgrade. The name says it all, as all the club's lovers unite to create what is today OFK Beograd's official fan group.
Every new beginning is complicated, one of the first things to do for the young group was to create a name for themselves and show that they exist. In any possible manner. Originality and aggressiveness towards the others proved to be the key to success. A confrontation with the club's board was inevitable since watching your team collapse slowly is not what the fans needed, but the Blue Union was the only one to stand up. Obviously, confrontations with other fan organizations of the same level happened, in an attempt by the Blue Union to get respected across Serbia
Serbia
Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...
. The group's participation in all events in the city put them shoulder-to-shoulder with the other organizations in the country already from the beginning. During that period, the group's friendship with Voždovac
FK Voždovac
FK Voždovac is a football club from Belgrade, Serbia.- Hystory :The club was formed in 1912 under the name FK Dušanovac. In 1929 it is renamed into Voždovački SK. The main success in this period was the winning of the II Razred League in the 1933-34 season, and the III Razred in 1948-49...
's fans, "Invalidi", officially begun. That friendship, over the years, has become something more and it is still the same today.
OFK Beograd has played in the "B" Division from 1996 to 1998, which was very interesting since they were the only team from the capital city of Belgrade
Belgrade
Belgrade is the capital and largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers, where the Pannonian Plain meets the Balkans. According to official results of Census 2011, the city has a population of 1,639,121. It is one of the 15 largest cities in Europe...
. During those years, the group gains in expansion and under the slogan of "JEDAN TIM – JEDAN GRAD – JEDNO IME – BEOGRAD" follows the club throughout Serbia
Serbia
Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...
. The slogan translates to "One team – One city – One name – Belgrade".
When the "A" and "B" divisions made only one, the Blue Union started printing out their own newspapers. It was the first time such an initiative was taken by a club from Serbia
Serbia
Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...
. During every home game, every fan received a copy. Inside were articles about the club's past, its legends, the historic games, etc. Unfortunanely, there were only ten editions before the newspapers ceased to exist.
Originality, which is still strived for, was one of the most distinguishing characteristics of BU in that period. There are many examples, but here we will mention just some of them: while all other supporter groups were engaged in competition for the best looking and aesthetically most appealing banner, BU wore and presented awkward, ugly, hand made banners in all sizes; group didn’t care much for flamboyant choreographies or for the choreographies at all for that matter; pyrotechnics were all right but not a must; we renewed the terrace fashion of wearing turnover spitfire jackets and established the habit of wearing blue-collar workers overalls when following team on away games as a mean to make statement regarding social background of the group members. Also, we can mention the time when FK Milicionar
FK Milicionar Beograd
FK Milicionar was a Serbian football team based in Belgrade. Ran by Serbian Serbian Ministry of Internal Affairs, they were formerly a Yugoslav First League team, but owing to financial problems they were forced to quit professional football in 2001 by merging into FK Radnički Obrenovac.The club...
, a pro-regime police-backed team, entered the first division the group reacted with creation of banner which bore a message “GOAL AGAINST REGIME”. Among other things, members of BU also reinstated the old ex-Yugoslav firms habit of “finding” local home crews when our team was on away matches, no matter which Serbian town or city was in question.
Crisis in Serbia during the spring of 1999. took its toll on complete football supporter scene and BLUE UNION was no exception. Pressure which was built up and directed toward our group culminated in those turmoil times and seriously damaged long-built reputation and prestige of all OFK BEOGRAD supporters and devoted fans. Project which was ultimately named “CLUB OF OFK BEOGRAD SUPPORTERS” is an attempt to restore all of the core values and principles which formed the character of fans of this renowned football club from Karaburma neighborhood.
BLUE UNION BELGRADE in 2004. celebrated 10th anniversary, but also two decades of organized supporting on Karaburma terraces. We can regard football season of 2002–2003. as a sort of overture to the mentioned celebration and it was during this season that the group started “REGULAR CHAMPIONSHIP AND CONSEQUENCES” and all of us remember big fuss which was caused by “It’s regular, istn it?” parole which was raised after the Sutjeska-OFK Beogard match and what was at a time a spontaneous form of protest against corruption in Serbian football, a menace that deprived supporters of the most precious thing in football – it's beauty.
BLUE UNION also formed a friendship with supporters of Dynamo Moscow
FC Dynamo Moscow
Dynamo Moscow is a Russian football club based in Moscow, currently playing in the Russian Premier League. Dynamo's traditional kit colours are blue and white...
, although this camaraderie started spontaneous, later it gained a more organized and serious form. Soon mutual visits and joint supporting on each other team games followed so today we can be proud on this great friendship with our Russian colleagues.
In latter history, group is still struggling to maintain genuine urban spirit which was Blue Union hallmark ever since forming. Organization was also improved and raised to a higher level including development of marketing, attracting new generations of supporters, improving aesthetic appeal of our choreographies which are now marked by our easily recognizable style. Periodically, group is engaged in production of complete assortment of supporter requisites and the profits of their sales are used to raise popularity of the club and finance the work of group. The OFK Beograd supporter web site – [www.blueunionbelgrade.com] – must be also mentioned, because it represent a viable source of all actual information related to the OFK Beograd club, football in generally but also the supporter scene in Serbia, region and beyond that…All those activities and initiatives are undertaken with one and just one goal, a that is return of OFK Beograd to the paths of old glory and on the place that rightfully belongs him with the faithful army of supporters that follow him all the way to the top. Of course, it is needless to mention the repression to which supporters of our group were exposed all these years, and which we are managing to overcome somehow just as a whole plethora of other inhibiting factors that characterize the land and time we’re living in.
The Blue Union continues to support their beloved club even if the attendance at Omladinski Stadium
Omladinski Stadion
Omladinski stadion is a multi-purpose stadium in Belgrade, Serbia. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of OFK Beograd. The stadium is capable of seating up to 14,600 people. It often gets a lot of attendance thanks to the Blue Union ultras group of supporters...
is very low in the recent years. Since 1994, a lot of events happened, the younger people who were founding members of the group are still very present and active, and one thing is sure: the Blue Union is still proudly supporting OFK Beograd and will always be.
Current squad
As of August 2011.For recent transfers, see List of Serbian football transfers summer 2011.
Youth & reserves squad
As of October 2011.Notable former players
1911–1945 : Yugoslavia
- Predrag Antić
- Milorad ArsenijevićMilorad ArsenijevicMilorad Arsenijević was a Serbian football player and manager.He was born in Smederevo and earned 52 caps for the Yugoslavia national football team, and played in the 1930 FIFA World Cup. Later he was the manager of Yugoslavia in the 1950 FIFA World Cup....
- Dušan MiloševićDušan MiloševicDušan Milošević was a Serbian multi sport athlete and Olympian....
- Radivoj Božić
- Vojin BožovićVojin BožovićVojin "Škoba" Božović was a Montenegrin, Yugoslav international, football player and manager.-Playing career:...
- Branislav Dimitrijević
- Milorad Dragićević
- Prvoslav DragičevićPrvoslav DragićevićPrvoslav Dragićević was a Serbian football manager and former player.-Playing career:...
- Ernest DubacErnest DubacErnest Dubac was a Croatian footballer who played international football for both the NDH Croatian and Royal Yugoslavian national teams....
- Ljubiša Đorđević
- Franjo Glazer
- Svetislav GlišovićSvetislav GlišovićSvetislav Glišović , was a Serbian international football player and manager.-Career:...
- Ivan JazbinšekIvan JazbinšekIvan Jazbinšek was a Croatian footballer.-Club career:Jazbinšek started his career with Zagreb sides, ŠK Meteor and ŠK Policijski...
- Miodrag JovanovićMiodrag Jovanovic (footballer born 1922)Miodrag Jovanović was a Serbian footballer who was part of the Yugoslav squad at the 1950 FIFA World Cup. He was born in Belgrade.-External links:*...
- Bruno KneževićBruno KneževicBruno Knežević was a Croatian footballer. He was president of the Football Federation of Croatia from 1968 to 1971.-References:...
- Gustav Lechner
- Petar ManolaPetar ManolaPetar Manola was a Serbian international football player.-Club career:...
- Blagoje MarjanovićBlagoje MarjanovicBlagoje "Moša" Marjanović was a Serbian football forward who played for Yugoslavia at FIFA World Cup 1930. He scored one goal in that tournament in the game versus Bolivia . During the tournament his club was BSK....
- Nikola Marjanović
- Frane MatošićFrane MatošicFrane Matošić was a Croatian football player and coach. Born in Split, he played on the position of the striker.He was the best goalscorer of HNK Hajduk Split of all times and its biggest football player legend....
- Milorad Mitrović
- Srđan Mrkušić
- Joška Nikolić
- Milorad NikolićMilorad NikolicMilorad Nikolić was a Serbian football player.Born in Belgrade, Kingdom of Yugoslavia, he is remembered as one of the most talented young players that played in the Yugoslav First League before World War II...
- Vlastimir Petković
- Jan PodhradskiJan PodhradskiJán Podhradský is a former Slovak footballer.- Club career :Born in the town of Kisač, in the outskirts of Novi Sad, still part back then of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, he started playing in a local club named SŠK Bački Petrovac, and afterwords played one season in the major regional club, FK...
- Đorđe Popović
- Anton Puhar
- Predrag Radovanović
- Janko Rodin
- Kuzman SotirovićKuzman SotirovicKuzman Sotirović was a Serbian and Yugoslav football forward.A player of short stature and medium build, Sotirović usually played as an attacking midfielder where he used his good technical abilities to keep the ball and create scoring chances up front...
- Ivan Stevović
- Đorđe Stoiljković
- Slavko ŠurdonjaSlavko ŠurdonjaSlavko Šurdonja was a Croatian, Yugoslav international, football player.-Career:...
- Aleksandar TirnanićAleksandar TirnanicAleksandar "Tirke" Tirnanić was a Serbian football player and manager....
- Dragomir TošićDragomir TošićDragomir Tošić was a Yugoslavian football defender.-External links:...
- Svetislav ValjarevićSvetislav ValjarevićSvetislav Valjarević was a Serbian Yugoslavia international football player.-Career:...
- Dragoslav Virić
- Đorđe VujadinovićĐorđe VujadinovićĐorđe "Đokica" Vujadinović was a Serbian international football player and manager.-Career:...
- Dobrivoje Zečević
France
- Yvan Beck
Hungary
- Károly Nemes
- Lajos Senfeld TuskoLajos Senfeld TuskoLajos Senfeld Tusko was a Hungarian football goalkeeper.He was one of the most influential players of BSK Belgrade in the early 1920s and is specially remembered for his die hard attitude in the pitch....
Italy
- Otmar GazzariOtmar GazzariOtmar Gazzari was an Italian football player that has played in Hajduk Split and BSK Belgrade in the First League of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia....
Romania
- Rudolf WetzerRudolf WetzerRudolf 'Rudy' Wetzer was the captain and team-coach alongside Octav Luchide, under the management of Costel Rădulescu of the first Romanian side to participate in a FIFA World Cup. He was a Jewish-Romanian footballer....
1945–present :
SFR Yugoslavia (1945–1992)FR Yugoslavia, Serbia and Montenegro (1992–2006)
Serbia (2006–present)
- Sava AntićSava AnticSava Antić was a Serbian football player and manager.He won the Yugoslav Cup 3 times, in 1953, 1955, and 1962, being the scorer in all the 3 cup finals. He started his career as a football player in FK Brodarac in 1945. In 1948 he moved to Red Star where he played 36 games and scored 22 goals...
- Stefan BabovićStefan BabovicStefan Babović is a Serbian footballer. He currently plays for FK Partizan in the Serbian SuperLiga....
- Miloš BajalicaMiloš BajalicaMiloš Bajalica , is a Serbian football defender currently playing for Chinese Super League side Shaanxi Chanba.-Career:...
- Branko BakovićBranko BakovicBranko Baković is a Serbian football midfielder who currently plays in FK Slavija Sarajevo.- External links :* at Transfermarkt.* at FootballDatabase.* on official Naftovyk website....
- Sreten Banović
- Slobodan BatričevićSlobodan BatričevićSlobodan Batričević is a Serbian football manager and former player.-External sources:* at Serbian Federation site.* at Playerhistory.* at Transfermarkt....
- Petar BorotaPetar BorotaPetar Borota was a Serbian footballer who played as a goalkeeper, most notably for Partizan and Chelsea....
- Dušan Cvetković
- Saša ĆurčićSaša CurcicSaša Ćurčić is a Serbian former football midfielder....
- Srđan Čebinac
- Sreten Davidović
- Zoran Dakić
- Nebojša Đorđević
- Nikša Đujić
- Momcilo GavrićMomcilo GavricMomčilo "Gabbo" Gavrić was born in Sinj, Kingdom of Yugoslavia in 1938. He was born in a large family. Gavric aspired to play professional soccer. In 1959 he left Sinj for Beograd, and immediately, began playing with first division side OFK Beograd...
- Dragan GugletaDragan GugletaDragan Gugleta is a Serbian midfielder who played for SFR Yugoslavia.-References:*...
- Radiša IlićRadiša IlicRadiša Ilić is a Serbian football goalkeeper who plays for Serbian SuperLiga club FK Partizan Feredon.-Club career:...
- Branislav IvanovićBranislav IvanovicBranislav Ivanović is a Serbian footballer who plays for Chelsea in the Premier League and the Serbia national team....
- Milan IvanovićMilan IvanovicMilan Ivanović is a former Serbian Australian football player...
- Nenad JestrovićNenad JestrovicNenad Jestrović is a retired Serbian football forward, last playing for FC Metz.-Career:...
- Aleksandar Jevtić
- Stanoje JocićStanoje JocićStanoje Jocić was a Serbian football player and a Yugoslav international.Born in Skopje in present-day Republic of Macedonia, Jocić came to football relatively late, joining Belgrade-based's BSK youth academy in 1948, at the age of 16...
- Đorđe Jokić
- Živko Josić
- Tomislav KaloperovićTomislav KaloperovicTomislav Kaloperović was a Serbian footballer and coach.-External links:*...
- Andrija Kaluđerović
- Aleksandar KolarovAleksandar KolarovAleksandar Kolarov is a professional association footballer playing for Premier League side Manchester City and the Serbian national team....
- Ognjen KoromanOgnjen KoromanOgnjen Koroman is a Serbian international footballer. He plays for Krylia Sovetov Samara-Career:...
- Miloš KostićMilos KosticMilos Kostic from Regina, Saskatchewan is the current world record holder of the Ironman World Championship in the Men's 65-69 age group with a time of 11 hours 29 minutes 45 seconds set in 2006...
- Slobodan KrčmarevićSlobodan KrcmarevicSlobodan Krčmarević , also known as Boban Krčmarević, is Serbian former footballer.From February 2010 until October, Krčmarević was the head coach of Apollon Limassol...
- Blagomir Krivokuća
- Srboljub KrivokućaSrboljub KrivokucaSrboljub Krivokuća was a Serbian football goalkeeper and manager.He played 7 matches for the Yugoslav national team.-External links:*...
- Stevica KuzmanovskiStevica KuzmanovskiStevica Kuzmanovski is a former Macedonian footballer and the current manager of Armenian Premier League club Banants Yerevan.-Playing career:...
- Zoran LončarZoran Lončar (footballer)Zoran Lončar is a Serbian former football forward.During his playing career he has played mostly for OFK Beograd, but he had also a 4 seasons spell in Greece with Aris Thessaloniki F.C. between 1992 and 1996.-External sources:* at Playerhistory.* at Tripod.com.* Stats from Yugoslav Leagues at...
- Dušan Lukić
- Dragoljub Marić
- Predrag MarkovićPredrag MarkovicPredrag Marković is a Serbian politician, author, and historian.-Political career:...
- Slobodan Mešanović
- Božidar Milenković
- Stojan Milošev
- Miroslav Milovanović
- Miloš MilutinovićMiloš MilutinovicMiloš Milutinović was a Serbian football player and manager...
- Krsto Mitrović
- Miljan MrdakovićMiljan MrdakovicMiljan Mrdaković is a Serbian professional footballer who plays for AEK Larnaca F.C. in Cyprus, as a striker.-Club career:...
- Mitar MrkelaMitar MrkelaMitar Mrkela is a retired Serbian football player, who was a member of the Yugoslavian team that won the bronze medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California.-Career:...
- Milorad PekovićMilorad PekovicMilorad "Peko" Peković is a Montenegrin international football player who plays for SpVgg Greuther Fürth in the 2. Bundesliga.-Career:...
- Dušan PetkovićDušan PetkovicDušan Petković is a Serbian former footballer....
- Ilija PetkovićIlija PetkovicIlija Petković is a retired Serbian footballer. Since the early 1990s he's been a football manager, his most notable appointment being with the Serbia and Montenegro national football team.-Playing career:He started playing football for Dinara Knin...
- Gordan PetrićGordan PetricGordan Petrić is a retired Serbian footballer.-Career:After starting his career in his homeland with Partizan, he moved to Scotland in 1993 when he joined Dundee United for £600,000. His impressive performances at Tannadice earned him a move to Rangers in July 1995 for £1.5m...
- Mihajlo PjanovićMihajlo PjanovicMihajlo Pjanović is a Serbian football striker.-Career:He started playing in OFK Belgrade from where he will move in 1998 to another Belgrade club Red Star...
- Petar RadenkovićPetar RadenkovicPetar Radenković is a Serbian football goalkeeper who played for SFR Yugoslavia.His younger brother Milan Radenković was a famous musician in the United States.-References:**...
- Spasoje SamardžićSpasoje SamardžicSpasoje "Paja" Samardžić is a Serbian striker who played for SFR Yugoslavia.-References:* on Reprezentacija.rs....
- Slobodan SantračSlobodan SantracSlobodan Santrač is a retired Serbian football player and currently manager of Chinese Super League side Shaanxi Renhe Commercial Chanba F.C.....
- Đorđe Serpak
- Josip SkoblarJosip SkoblarJosip "Joško" Skoblar is a Croatian former football player and manager. He was primarily a forward, and also capable of playing on both wings.-Club:...
- Vladeta Starčević
- Dragoslav StepanovićDragoslav StepanovicDragoslav Stepanović is a retired Serbian footballer and current coach.- Career :He made his name with OFK Beograd where he was a defensive right back fixture for 11 years between 1962 and 1973, before moving on to Red Star Belgrade for 3 seasons until 1976...
- Miodrag Stevanović
- Dane Stojanović
- Dragoslav ŠekularacDragoslav ŠekularacDragoslav Šekularac Dragoslav Šekularac (Serbian Cyrillic: Драгослав Шекуларац) Dragoslav Šekularac (Serbian Cyrillic: Драгослав Шекуларац) (born November 30, 1937 in Štip, Vardar Banovina, Kingdom of Yugoslavia is a Serbian former football player and coach....
- Vasilije ŠijakovićVasilije ŠijakovicVasilije Šijaković was a Montenegrin football player. He got 11 caps for Yugoslavia....
- Lazar TasićLazar TasicLazar Tasić was a Serbian football player.He played 13 matches for the Yugoslav national team scoring once.-External links:*...
- Duško TošićDuško TošicDuško Tošić is a Serbian footballer who plays as a defender for Real Betis, on loan from Red Star Belgrade.-Early career:...
- Bogdan TurudijaBogdan TurudijaBogdan Turudija is a retired Serbian football player.He played for OFK Beograd, before going to France with Troyes AC. He briefly came back to OFK, before leaving SFR Yugoslavia again for the NASL. He ended his career with U.R...
- Nemanja VučićevićNemanja VucicevicNemanja Vučićević is a Serbian midfielder who currently plays for Anorthosis Famagusta FC from the Cyprus. He signed for Hapoel Tel Aviv for the 2009–10 season and for Superleague Greece side AO Kavala on 11 August 2010...
- Stojan Vukašinović
- Ninoslav Zec
Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Aleksandar BratićAleksandar BraticAleksandar Bratić is a Bosnian Serb football player. he currently plays for Servette FC.-Career:...
- Nikola DamjanacNikola DamjanacNikola Damjanac is a retired Bosnian Serb football goalkeeper, and current player manager....
- Marko FilipovićMarko FilipovicMarko Filipović is a Bosnian Serb football player. He currently plays for SC Toulon....
- Petar JelićPetar JelicPetar Jelić is a Bosnian international footballer who last played for FC Dinamo Tbilisi on loan from FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod....
- Đorđe Kamber
Brazil
- Leandro NettoLeandro Netto de MacedoLeandro Netto de Macedo , known as Netto, is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Henan Construction F.C. in China, as a centre forward.-Football career:...
- WilliamWilliam Artur De OliveiraWilliam Artur de Oliveira or simply William is a Brazilian football player. Currently, he plays for FC Dynamo Bryansk...
Latvia
- Oļegs KaravajevsOlegs KaravajevsOļegs Karavajevs is a former Latvian international football goalkeeper. Karavajevs was the goalkeeper with most appearances for Latvia in the 1990s.-Club playing career:...
Macedonia
- Filip DespotovskiFilip DespotovskiFilip Despotovski is a Macedonian football midfielder who plays for FC Inter Baku and the Macedonian National Team.-Early career:...
- Boban GrnčarovBoban GrncarovBoban Grnčarov is a Macedonian footballer who plays as a central defender for Belgian club Lierse.- Club career :...
- Hristijan KirovskiHristijan KirovskiHristijan Kirovski is a Macedonian footballer.-Career:Kirovski began playing football with local side FK Vardar. He joined OFK Belgrade for 3.5 years, spending the last six months on loan at Ukrainian Premier League side FC Metalurh Zaporizhya. After his contract with OFK was finished, Kirovski...
- Bojan MarkovskiBojan MarkovskiBojan Markovski is a Macedonian football defender playing with Enosis Neon Paralimni in Cyprus....
Montenegro
- Marko BašaMarko BašaMarko Baša is a Montenegrin football player who plays for Lille.-Lille:...
- Vladimir BožovićVladimir BožovicVladimir Božović is a Montenegrin football Left back. He plays for Rapid Bucureşti.-Club career:Previously he played in Serbia, mostly with OFK Belgrade in the Serbian SuperLiga....
- Miodrag DžudovićMiodrag DžudovicMiodrag Džudović is a Montenegrin footballer playing for PFC Spartak Nalchik.-International Career:...
- Mitar NovakovićMitar NovakovicMitar Novaković is a Montenegrin international footballer playing for FC Amkar Perm in the Russian Premier League.-External links:* *...
Coaching history
Adolf Engel (1927) Sándor NemesSándor Nemes
Sándor Nemes, also known as Alexander Neufeld was an Hungarian football player and menager. He had a playing career in Hungary, Austria, Switzerland, United States and Yugoslavia, and he represented the national teams of Hungary and Austria.-Playing career:Born in Budapest, Sándor Nemes begin...
(1930–35) Josef Uridil
Josef Uridil
Josef Uridil , was an Austrian footballer and coach.- Biography :...
(1935) Sándor Nemes
Sándor Nemes
Sándor Nemes, also known as Alexander Neufeld was an Hungarian football player and menager. He had a playing career in Hungary, Austria, Switzerland, United States and Yugoslavia, and he represented the national teams of Hungary and Austria.-Playing career:Born in Budapest, Sándor Nemes begin...
(1936–39) Erwin Mészáros (1939–1940) Svetozar Popović (1940-?) Boško Ralić
Boško Ralić
Boško "Tatek" Ralić was a Serbian football player and coach. He was born in Plaški village near Karlovac, Austria-Hungary, and died in Belgrade, SFR Yugoslavia.- Playing career :...
(1946–47) Ljubiša Broćić
Ljubiša Brocic
Ljubiša Broćić was a Serbian football manager....
(1947–50) Milovan Ćirić
Milovan Ciric
Milovan Ćirić was a Serbian football coach and olso former player. He was the first captain of Red Star Belgrade but in June 1947. he move to the biggest rivals FK Partizan . With FK Partizan he won Yugoslav cup...
(1951–53) Blagoje Marjanović
Blagoje Marjanovic
Blagoje "Moša" Marjanović was a Serbian football forward who played for Yugoslavia at FIFA World Cup 1930. He scored one goal in that tournament in the game versus Bolivia . During the tournament his club was BSK....
(1953–56) Vojin Božović
Vojin Božović
Vojin "Škoba" Božović was a Montenegrin, Yugoslav international, football player and manager.-Playing career:...
(1956–58) Vojin Božović
Vojin Božović
Vojin "Škoba" Božović was a Montenegrin, Yugoslav international, football player and manager.-Playing career:...
(1959–60) Đorđe Vujadinović
Đorđe Vujadinović
Đorđe "Đokica" Vujadinović was a Serbian international football player and manager.-Career:...
(1960–61) Milovan Ćirić
Milovan Ciric
Milovan Ćirić was a Serbian football coach and olso former player. He was the first captain of Red Star Belgrade but in June 1947. he move to the biggest rivals FK Partizan . With FK Partizan he won Yugoslav cup...
(1961–63) Mile Kos (1963) Sava Antić
Sava Antic
Sava Antić was a Serbian football player and manager.He won the Yugoslav Cup 3 times, in 1953, 1955, and 1962, being the scorer in all the 3 cup finals. He started his career as a football player in FK Brodarac in 1945. In 1948 he moved to Red Star where he played 36 games and scored 22 goals...
(1963-6X) D. Milić (196X-6X) Miloš Milutinović
Miloš Milutinovic
Miloš Milutinović was a Serbian football player and manager...
(196X-67) Žarko Mihajlović (1967–69) Gojko Zec
Gojko Zec
Gojko Zec was a famous Serbian football manager. He coached OFK Beograd, FK Partizan, FK Borac Banja Luka, NK Rijeka, Red Star Belgrade, Aris, Yugoslavia FK Borac Čačak....
(1969–70) Božidar Drenovac
Božidar Drenovac
Božidar Drenovac was a Serbian football player and manager.Still young he joined Belgrade club SK Jugoslavija in 1936, making his senior debut in the 1938–39 Yugoslav First League...
(19XX-71)
Boris Marović (1971–72) Milutin Šoškić
Milutin Šoškic
Milutin Šoškić is a Serbian former goalkeeper who is one of FK Partizan's biggest legends.- References :**...
(1972-7X) Nikola Beogradac (1976-7X) Blagomir Krivokuća Božidar Milenković (1996–97) Miodrag Ješić
Miodrag Ješic
Miodrag Ješić is a Serbian football manager and a former footballer. He is the current Head coach of Shahrdari Tabriz.-Playing:...
(1998–99) Vanja Radinović
Vanja Radinović
Vanja Radinović is a Serbian football coach and former player. Currently, he is a technical coach and advisor to the FK Partizan senior team.-Professional career:...
(1999–00) Radmilo Ivančević
Radmilo Ivančević
Radmilo Ivančević is a Serbian football manager of Alki Larnaca and former footballer.-Coaching career:Ivančević's career began in 1983 as manager of Serbian amateur club FK Sumadija Arandjelovac, he then moved on to train the Kazma Sporting Club in Kuwait in 1984 and remained there until 1988,...
(2000) Zvonko Varga
Zvonko Varga
Zvonko Varga is a former Serbian/Yugoslav football manager and former player of Partizan Belgrade.With "black - white" team he won 2 national championship and Mitropa Cup 1978.He has been working as manager of FK Teleoptik, a satellite club of FK Partizan.He previously managed OFK Beograd, FK...
(2000–01) Dragoljub Bekvalac Stevica Kuzmanovski
Stevica Kuzmanovski
Stevica Kuzmanovski is a former Macedonian footballer and the current manager of Armenian Premier League club Banants Yerevan.-Playing career:...
(29 July 2003-4 April 04) Dragoljub Bekvalac (5 April 2004-15 May 04) Branko Babić
Branko Babic
Branko Babic is the inventor of polystyrene concrete, which is created by mixing together expanded polystyrene beads one mm in diameter and large quantities of air. It was used to help control Kuwaiti oil wells set ablaze on Saddam Hussein's orders in 1991 during the Gulf War. Babic states he is...
(15 June 2004-16 October 05) Slobodan Krčmarević
Slobodan Krcmarevic
Slobodan Krčmarević , also known as Boban Krčmarević, is Serbian former footballer.From February 2010 until October, Krčmarević was the head coach of Apollon Limassol...
(23 October 2005-24 December 06) Ratko Dostanić
Ratko Dostanic
Ratko Dostanić is a Serbian football coach and former player.-Playing career:Ratko Dostanić started his youth career as a member of FK Partizan....
(26 December 2006-1 April 07) Branislav Vukašinović (2 April 2007-8 March 08) Ljupko Petrović
Ljupko Petrovic
Ljubomir "Ljupko" Petrović is a Bosnian Serb former football player, today a football manager and winner of the European Cup in 1991 with Red Star.-Biography:...
(12 March 2008-21 April 08) Mihajlo Ivanović (21 April 2008-14 April 09) Simo Krunić
Simo Krunić
Simo Krunić is a Bosnian Serb football manager and former player.He is currently the head coach of FK Inđija in the Serbian SuperLiga....
(April 2009-June 9) Dejan Đurđević (June 2009-)
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