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Croatia–Serbia Football Rivalry
The Croatia–Serbia football rivalry is a List of association football rivalries, football rivalry between the national Association football, football teams of Croatia national football team, Croatia and Serbia national football team, Serbia. It is considered to be one of the most hostile in world football due to their Croatia–Serbia relations#Rivalry in football, complex political history stemming from World War II in Yugoslavia, World War II and the breakup of Yugoslavia. The two rivals had previously both represented the Yugoslavia national football team, and contributed the bulk of the teams footballers during almost 70 years of its existence. Both national sides are governed by UEFA in Europe, in addition to FIFA during their international matches. History Origins The two national teams first encounter occurred in the semi-final of the one-off 1945 Yugoslav Football Tournament. The British Home Championship, Home Championship/Victory International style competition was pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Croatia WC2018 Final
, image_flag = Flag of Croatia.svg , image_coat = Coat of arms of Croatia.svg , anthem = "Lijepa naša domovino"("Our Beautiful Homeland") , image_map = , map_caption = , capital = Zagreb , coordinates = , largest_city = capital , official_languages = Croatian language, Croatian , languages_type = Writing system , languages = Latin alphabet, Latin , ethnic_groups = , ethnic_groups_year = 2021 , religion = , religion_year = 2021 , demonym = , government_type = Unitary parliamentary republic , leader_title1 = President of Croatia, President , leader_name1 = Zoran Milanović , leader_title2 = Prime Minister of Croatia, Prime Minister , leader_name2 = Andrej Plenković , leader_title3 = Speaker of the Croatian Parliament, Speaker of P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1945 Yugoslav Football Tournament
In 1945, in the still existing Democratic Federal Yugoslavia, football once again began to be played nationally after a six-year hiatus due to World War II. The first post-war national tournament was a hastily organized week-long competition in cup format from September 3 until September 9, 1945. Each federal unit (socialist republic) within FPR Yugoslavia gathered a representative team. There were six teams representing Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, Macedonia, Serbia and Slovenia, one team representing the autonomous region within Serbia, Vojvodina, and the final team being the Yugoslav People's Army ( Jugoslovenska Narodna Armija, JNA) football team. Cup Quarter finals Semi finals Finals *competition top scorer: Stjepan Bobek ( JNA) - 8 goals from 3 matches Champions SERBIA (Coach: Svetozar Glišović) Srđan MrkušićLjubomir LovrićMiomir Petrović Miodrag JovanovićMilovan Ćirić (c)Ljubiša FilipovićMilan KrstićBranko StankovićRadovan Domaćin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Log Revolution
The Log Revolution ( sh, Balvan revolucija / ) was an insurrection which started on August 17, 1990, in areas of the Republic of Croatia (1990–1991), Republic of Croatia which were populated significantly by Serbs of Croatia, ethnic Serbs. A full year of tension, including minor skirmishes, passed before these events would escalate into the Croatian War of Independence. Background In the lead up to the Croatian parliamentary election, 1990, first free elections in April and May 1990, the ethnic relations between the Croats and the Serbs in SR Croatia became a subject of political debate. The local Serbs in the village of Berak put up barricades in order to disrupt the elections. During the act of government transition from the former to the new authorities in Croatia, the Yugoslav People's Army (JNA) organized a "regular military maneuvre" in which a 63rd Parachute Brigade, regiment of paratroopers was deployed to the Pleso Airport, which was taken as an implicit threat. On ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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