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Fudbalski klub Partizan ( sr-Cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Партизан, ; en, Partizan Football Club), sometimes known as Partizan Belgrade in English, is a Serbian professional
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based in
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. It forms a major part of the Partizan multi-sport club. The club plays in the
Serbian SuperLiga The Serbian Super League ( sr, Супер лига Србије / Super liga Srbije), referred to as the Mozzart Bet Super League ( sr, Моцарт Бет Супер лига / Mozzart Bet Super liga) for sponsorship reasons, is a Serbian profes ...
and has spent its entire history in the top tier of Yugoslav and Serbian football having won a total of 45 official trophies, finishing in the
Yugoslav league The Yugoslav First Federal Football League (Serbian: Прва савезна лига у фудбалу / ''Prva savezna liga u fudbalu'', hr, Prva savezna liga u nogometu, sl, Prva zvezna nogometna liga, mk, Прва сојузна лига, ...
all-time table as second. Their home ground is the
Partizan Stadium The Partizan Stadium (Serbian language, Serbian: Стадион Партизанa / ''Stadion Partizana'') is a association football, football and track-and-field Multi-purpose stadium, stadium in Autokomanda, Belgrade, Serbia. The home ground of ...
in
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, where they have played since 1949. Partizan holds records such as playing in the first European Champions Cup match on 4 September,
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, as well as becoming the first
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and Eastern European football club to reach the European Champions Cup final, when it did so in 1966. Partizan was the first Yugoslavian club to compete in the group stage of the
UEFA Champions League The UEFA Champions League (abbreviated as UCL, or sometimes, UEFA CL) is an annual club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) and contested by top-division European clubs, deciding the competit ...
. The club has a long-standing rivalry with
Red Star Belgrade Fudbalski klub Crvena zvezda ( sr-Cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Црвена звезда, lit=Red Star Football Club, ), commonly known as Red Star Belgrade in English-language media, is a Serbian professional football club based in Bel ...
. Matches between these two clubs are known as the Eternal Derby ("Večiti derbi") and rate as one of the greatest cross-town clashes in the world. Partizan also has many supporters in many of the former- Yugoslav republics and in the
Serbian diaspora Serbian diaspora refers to Serbian emigrant communities in the diaspora. The existence of a numerous diaspora of Serbian nationals is mainly a consequence of either economic or political (coercion or expulsion) reasons. There were different wa ...
. Their popular nickname ' The Steamroller' (Parni valjak) was originally used in the press report after the 7–1 hammering of Red Star at the 13th Eternal Derby on 6 December 1953. This nickname was later embedded in the lyrics of the club anthem. Partizan Youth Academy is one of the most renowned and export-oriented in Europe. CIES (
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International Centre for Sports Studies) Football Observatory report of November 2015 ranks Partizan at the top place of training clubs out of the 31 European leagues surveyed. CIES report of 2019 confirmed Partizan as the most productive training club in Europe, with 75 of their academy graduates currently playing across 31 European top divisions.


History


Founders and origins

Partizan was founded on 4 October 1945 in
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, as a football section of the Central House of the Yugoslav Army "Partizan", and was named in honour of the Partisans, the communist military formation who fought against fascism during
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. The club was formed and initially managed by the group of young high officers of the
Yugoslav People's Army The Yugoslav People's Army (abbreviated as JNA/; Macedonian and sr-Cyrl-Latn, Југословенска народна армија, Jugoslovenska narodna armija; Croatian and bs, Jugoslavenska narodna armija; sl, Jugoslovanska ljudska a ...
and veterans of the
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. Among them were
Koča Popović Konstantin "Koča" Popović ( sr-cyrl, Константин "Коча" Поповић; 14 March 1908 – 20 October 1992) was a Yugoslav politician and communist volunteer in the Spanish Civil War, 1937–1939 and Divisional Commander of the Fir ...
,
Peko Dapčević Petar "Peko" Dapčević (Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic: Петар Пеко Дапчевић; 25 June 1913 – 13 February 1999) was a Yugoslav communist who fought as a volunteer in the Spanish Civil War, joined the Partisan uprising in Montenegr ...
,
Bogdan Vujošević Bogdan Vujošević (26 January 1912, in village Doljani, near Podgorica – 10 July 1981, in Belgrade), WW2 veteran, Lieutenant General of the Yugoslav People's Army and recipient of the Order of the People's Hero of Yugoslavia. Biography Vujoš ...
, Mijalko Todorović, Otmar Kreačić,
Božo Švarc Božo Švarc (Schwartz) (6 September 1920 – 4 May 2007) was a Yugoslav - Jewish athlete, political activist, and WW2 veteran. Švarc is one of a very few survivors of notorious Jadovno concentration camp and one of the founding fathers of Parti ...
and Ratko "Čoče" Vujović - elected the first president of the club. Two days after its establishment, Partizan made its first step on the football scene, with the friendly match against selection of
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that ended 4–2.
Silvester Šereš Silvester Šereš (, ) (7 March 1918 – 20 January 2000) was a Yugoslav footballer of Hungarian ethnicity. Career Born in Temerin, he played with Temerin TC, Újvidéki AC, MTK Budapest, Partizan, Spartak Subotica, Vojvodina Vojvodina ...
entered the record books as the first goal scorer in the history of Partizan, while goalkeeper
Franjo Glaser Franjo Glaser (surname sometimes written ''Glazer''; 7 January 1913 – 1 March 2003) was a Croatian football goalkeeper and football manager. He is the only Yugoslav footballer who won national titles before and after the Second World War, wit ...
was simultaneously the first club manager. Just three weeks later, Partizan went on the first of many international tours, travelling to
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where they beat the selection of
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with 3–1. At the time, just months after the
World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...
in Yugoslavia ended, no organized football competition was yet restored, so Partizan played only friendly games and tournaments both home and abroad. The club's first international engagement was a meeting against another army side,
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from what was then Soviet Union, on 6 December 1945 in Belgrade.


Partizan's babies – the first European final (1958–1966)

By the mid-1950s, the first big Partizan generation was well over its peak. Only two titles and four cups in its first 15 years of existence were not enough for a club of Partizan's stature, ambition and popularity. In 1958, the club left way behind 13 years of playing in blue-red kits and adopted the now famous black and white colors. The change in the club's image and appearance was followed by radical changes in the playing squad. The number of young players, offspring of Partizan's own youth ranks known as ''Partizanove bebe'' (The Partizan's babies), soon emerged into one of the best generations Europe's ever seen. The rise of the generation began with
Milutin Šoškić Milutin Šoškić (Serbian Cyrillic: Милутин Шошкић; 31 December 1937 – 27 August 2022) was a Serbian professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He is considered one of FK Partizan's greatest players. Biography He was b ...
,
Fahrudin Jusufi Fahrudin Jusufi ( sr-Cyrl, Фахрудин Јусуфи, ; 8 December 1939 – 9 August 2019) was a Yugoslav footballer who most notably played for Partizan, Eintracht Frankfurt and the Yugoslav national team. Playing career Club career Jusufi ...
,
Jovan Miladinović Jovan Miladinović (30 January 1939 – 11 September 1982), commonly known as Zoran, was an association football player. He was born and died in Belgrade. During his club career he played for FK Partizan and 1. FC Nürnberg. He earned 17 ...
,
Velibor Vasović Velibor Vasović (Serbian Cyrillic: Велибор Васовић; 3 October 1939 – 4 March 2002) was a Serbian footballer and manager, also one of the legendary players of Partizan Belgrade and Ajax and one of greatest defenders of his gener ...
,
Milan Galić Milan Galić ( sr-Cyrl, Милан Галић, ; 8 March 1938 – 13 September 2014) was a Yugoslav and Serbian professional footballer who played as a striker. He was part of the Yugoslav squad that won gold at the 1960 Summer Olympics. During ...
,
Ilija Mitić Ilija Mitic (born July 19, 1940, in Belgrade, Kingdom of Yugoslavia) is a former Serbian American professional soccer player. He was a star of the North American Soccer League, its 7th all-time leading scorer with 239 points in 166 games, inclu ...
,
Zvezdan Čebinac Zvezdan Čebinac (Serbian Cyrillic: Звeздaн Чeбинaц; 8 December 1939, Belgrade – 18 February 2012, Aarau) was a Serbian football midfielder and manager. He played 20 times for SFR Yugoslavia national football team, SFR Yugoslavia. He h ...
and
Vladica Kovačević Vladimir "Vladica" Kovačević (, ; 7 January 1940 – 28 July 2016) was a Yugoslav and Serbian footballer who played as a forward. Club career Born in Ivanjica, Kovačević moved to Belgrade Belgrade ( , ;, ; names in other languages) ...
. Very soon, they were joined by
Lazar Radović Lazar Radović ( Cyrillic: Лазар Радовић; born 13 November 1937) is a Montenegrin retired footballer. Club career Radović played in Holland for Xerxes alongside Eddy Treijtel and Willem van Hanegem and was prepared to follow van Han ...
,
Velimir Sombolac Velimir Sombolac (Serbian Cyrillic: Велимир Сомболац; 27 February 1939 – 22 May 2016) was a Serbian footballer and manager. He was part of the Yugoslav squad that won gold at the 1960 Summer Olympics. Playing career Club Followi ...
,
Ljubomir Mihajlović Ljubomir Mihajlović (; born 4 September 1943) is a former Yugoslav and Serbian footballer who played as a defender. Club career Mihajlović played for Partizan between 1961 and 1970, winning three Yugoslav First League titles ( 1961–62, 196 ...
and Mustafa Hasanagić, and finally
Ivan Ćurković Ivan Ćurković (, ; born 15 March 1944) is a Serbian sports executive and former footballer who played as a goalkeeper. During his playing career that spanned 21 seasons from 1960 to 1981, Ćurković made over 700 official appearances for three ...
,
Josip Pirmajer Josip Pirmajer (14 February 1944 – 24 June 2018) was a Slovenian Association football, football player and manager who played as a winger (association football), winger. At international level, he represented the Yugoslavia national football tea ...
,
Branko Rašović Branko Rašović (born 11 April 1942) is a Montenegrin football defender who played for SFR Yugoslavia. His son Vuk is also a retired professional footballer, and former head coach of FK Partizan. Club career Budućnost Titograd Rašović bega ...
and
Radoslav Bečejac Radoslav Bečejac (born 21 December 1941) is a Serbian football midfielder who played for SFR Yugoslavia. Best known for being member of the FK Partizan team that played the 1966 European Cup Final The 1966 European Cup Final was a football ...
. Managers
Illés Spitz Illés Spitz (Serbo-Croatian: Ilješ Špic / Иљeш Шпиц, Bulgarian and Macedonian: Илеш Шпиц); 2 February 1902 – 1 October 1961) was a Hungarian Jewish international football player and manager, best known for his work in Yugos ...
,
Florijan Matekalo Florijan Matekalo (; 25 April 1920 – 20 May 1995) was a footballer who played international football for both Yugoslavia and Croatia. He scored the first goal in the history of the Croatian national team and the first goal ever for FK Partizan ...
and Stjepan Bobek monitored and guided their development. The decision to rely mostly on talented youngsters scouted from all over the country quickly gave results – Partizan took three consecutive championship titles, in
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, 1962 and
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, the first title hat-trick in the
Yugoslav First League The Yugoslav First Federal Football League ( Serbian: Прва савезна лига у фудбалу / ''Prva savezna liga u fudbalu'', hr, Prva savezna liga u nogometu, sl, Prva zvezna nogometna liga, mk, Прва сојузна лига, ...
. Efficient and attractive performances earned the club its popular nickname "''Parni valjak''" ("The Steamroller"). In 1964–65, the team added the fourth title in five years (interrupted by city rival Red Star during the 1963–64 season). As early as the 1960s, a fierce and intense rivalry grew up between Partizan and Red Star. The 1965–66 European Cup campaign was the crown of this generation's career. After eliminating French
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(2–0, 2–2) and
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champion
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(3–0, 1–0) in the first two rounds, Partizan were drawn against
Sparta Prague ) but refer to Spartans as "''Rudí''" ( en, The Dark Reds/The Maroons).'' Letenští'' , ground = Generali Česká pojišťovna Arena , capacity = 19,416 , clubname = Sparta Prague , image = Sparta Praha logo.png , image_size = 160px , fu ...
in the quarter-finals. In the first leg, held in
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, Partizan suffered a hard 4–1 defeat. Although they were not given any chances in the return leg in Belgrade, Partizan pulled off a convincing 5–0 win in front of 50,000 spectators, and with aggregate score 6–4 qualified for the semifinals. The semi-finals would see Partizan taking part in an emotional tie that would bring Manchester United, in their first season back in the European Cup after the Munich air disaster, returning to the scene of their final game, at the
JNA Stadium The Partizan Stadium (Serbian language, Serbian: Стадион Партизанa / ''Stadion Partizana'') is a association football, football and track-and-field Multi-purpose stadium, stadium in Autokomanda, Belgrade, Serbia. The home ground of ...
, before embarking on that fateful journey home (on the way home from a European Cup quarter-final victory against Red Star, which was played at JNA Stadium, the aircraft carrying the Manchester United players, officials and journalists crashed while attempting to take off after refuelling in Munich).Manchester United, led by
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and
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, awaited finally them on the last step to the finals. Partizan won the first leg at JNA Stadium 2–0, and resisted the heavy pressure on
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, conceding only once; with a 2–1 aggregate scoreline, they eliminated the English giants. Partizan's babies achieved the greatest success in history of Partizan, a place in the 1966 European Cup Final against
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. The final game was played on 11 May at
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,
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. Until the 70th minute, Partizan was 1–0 up through a goal by
Velibor Vasović Velibor Vasović (Serbian Cyrillic: Велибор Васовић; 3 October 1939 – 4 March 2002) was a Serbian footballer and manager, also one of the legendary players of Partizan Belgrade and Ajax and one of greatest defenders of his gener ...
, but ultimately lost to the Spaniards 2–1. Partizan may have come close to a famous victory, but they had now missed their chance as the side was immediately broken up with their star players heading west. Still, Partizan became the first club from the
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and
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to have played in a European Cup final.


The brief return – the first European trophy (1976–1982)

On 11 July 1976, in
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, Partizan played the last game of the season against Olimpija and needed a win to clinch the title ahead of rivals
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. In the last second before the final whistle,
Nenad Bjeković Nenad Bjeković (, ; born 5 November 1947) is a Serbian football administrator and former player and manager. Club career Born in Lazarevo, a village near Zrenjanin, Bjeković started out at his local club Zadrugar Lazarevo, before switching to P ...
scored the winning goal and Partizan won 0–1. The
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championship trophy was finally won, after full decade of waiting, by the new generation of players, such as
Momčilo Vukotić Momčilo "Moca" Vukotić (Serbian Cyrillic: Moмчилo Моца Bукoтић; 2 June 19503 December 2021) was a Serbian football coach and player. He played 14 times for his national team, Yugoslavia, between 1969 and 1974 scoring four goals. ...
, Bjeković,
Rešad Kunovac Rešad Kunovac (born 24 August 1953) is a Bosnian football coach and former player. He was the assistant to Radomir Antić, the head coach of the Serbia national team at the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Playing career He started his career playing for ...
, Ilija Zavišić, Refik Kozić, Ivan Golac,
Radmilo Ivančević Radmilo Ivančević ( sr-cyr, Радмило Иванчевић; born 4 September 1950) is a Serbian football manager and former footballer. Coaching career Ivančević's career began in 1983 as manager of Serbian amateur club Šumadija Aranđ ...
,
Boško Đorđević Boško Đorđević ( sr-cyr, Бошко Ђорђевић; also transliterated Boško Djordjević; born 22 August 1953) is a retired Serbian football player. He is mainly known for spending five and a half seasons with FK Partizan between 1974 an ...
,
Nenad Stojković Nenad Stojković (; born 26 May 1956) is a Serbian football manager and former player. Club career During his 18-year professional career, Stojković played for Partizan (1974–1984), Monaco (1984–1986), Montpellier (1986–1988), Mulhouse ( ...
. Partizan then won its eighth title in 1977–78, enforced with
Nikica Klinčarski Nikica Klinčarski ( Macedonian: Никица Клинчарски; born 5 January 1957) is a Macedonian retired footballer. Club career He played a total of 518 matches for FK Partizan being by this the second player with most games played in ...
,
Petar Borota Petar Borota ( sr-Cyrl, Петар Борота, ; 5 March 1952 – 12 February 2010) was a Serbian footballer who played as a goalkeeper, most notably for Serbian clubs OFK Beograd and Partizan and English club Chelsea. In addition to great go ...
,
Slobodan Santrač Slobodan Santrač (, ; 1 July 1946 – 13 February 2016) was a Serbian football manager and player. He is the all-time top scorer of the Yugoslav First League with a total of 218 goals, as well as the top scorer in the history of OFK Beograd. A ...
, Aleksandar Trifunović, Xhevat Prekazi and Pavle Grubješić. That same year, Partizan won its first European trophy, the
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. The ''Black & Whites'' finished first in Group A, ahead of
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and
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and defeated Hungarian side Honvéd in the finals, 1–0. Its manager was
Ante Mladinić Ante "Biće" Mladinić (1 October 1929 – 13 June 2002) was a Croatian football manager. He had a modest playing career for Hajduk Split, for whom he scored 43 goals in 146 matches, and Lokomotiva Zagreb. Managerial career Later, as coach, h ...
. Unexpectedly, the following 1978–79 season turned out to be the worst in Partizan history: they finished 15th in the league, barely avoiding relegation with a 4–2 victory against Budućnost in the last fixture. The new crisis was serious, which reflected in the results next season, when Partizan finished 13th. It took a two more seasons, but Partizan eventually recovered.


Memorable years (1982–1991)

When
Momčilo Vukotić Momčilo "Moca" Vukotić (Serbian Cyrillic: Moмчилo Моца Bукoтић; 2 June 19503 December 2021) was a Serbian football coach and player. He played 14 times for his national team, Yugoslavia, between 1969 and 1974 scoring four goals. ...
, Nenad Stojković and
Nikica Klinčarski Nikica Klinčarski ( Macedonian: Никица Клинчарски; born 5 January 1957) is a Macedonian retired footballer. Club career He played a total of 518 matches for FK Partizan being by this the second player with most games played in ...
were joined by
Ljubomir Radanović Ljubomir Radanović ( Cyrillic: Љубомир Радановић; born 21 July 1960) is a former Yugoslav and Montenegrin footballer who played as a defender. Club career After starting out with Lovćen in the Yugoslav Second League, Radanovi ...
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Zvonko Živković Zvonko Živković (Serbian Cyrillic: Звонко Живковић; born 31 October 1959) is a Serbian football manager and former player. Playing career Živković spent eight seasons at Partizan, before moving to Benfica in 1986. He also pla ...
,
Zoran Dimitrijević Zoran "Čava" Dimitrijević ( sr-Cyrl, Зоран "Чава" Димитријевић; 28 August 1962 – 13 September 2006) was a Serbian professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Born in Belgrade, Dimitrijević started out at Parti ...
and
Dragan Mance Dragan Mance (, ; 26 September 1962 – 3 September 1985) was a Yugoslav footballer who played as a striker. He spent the majority of his career at Partizan, earning a legendary status among the club's supporters. Mance died in a car accident w ...
, another great generation was formed. Partizan became champion for 1982–83 season, in large part due to extraordinary performances of a young
Dragan Mance Dragan Mance (, ; 26 September 1962 – 3 September 1985) was a Yugoslav footballer who played as a striker. He spent the majority of his career at Partizan, earning a legendary status among the club's supporters. Mance died in a car accident w ...
. He helped Partizan win the league by scoring 15 goals, and immediately became a fan favourite. He also led the club in their 1984–85 UEFA Cup second round tie against
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, one of the most memorable matches in the club's history. QPR won the first leg 6–2, but Partizan advanced after a 4–0 return victory. A goal which Mance scored against the English side is considered one of the most remarkable goals in the history of Partizan. That match was voted 70th among the Top 100 greatest matches in the history of football in a poll organized by
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in September 2009. On 3 September 1985, the players tragically lost their teammate and the fans lost their idol – Mance died in a car crash on Novi Sad-Belgrade highway. He was only 22 years old, and at the peak of his popularity. Even today, Mance is considered to be the greatest club legend by the fans of Partizan. In his honour, the street next to the club's stadium in Belgrade has carried his name since 2011. In 1985–86, Partizan won the title with a 4–0 win over Željezničar due to better goal difference than second-placed Red Star. However, Yugoslav FA President
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decided that the entire last round of fixtures had to be replayed after accusations that certain results had been fixed. Partizan refused to replay its match, after which the game was awarded 3–0 to Željezničar, and the title was given to Red Star, who thus got to play in
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. Because of these events, 12 clubs started the next 1986–87 season with a deduction of six points, Partizan among them.
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, who had not been deducted six points, won the title and subsequently participated in 1987–88 European Cup. However, after a sequence of appeals and lawsuits which eventually led to Yugoslav Constitutional Court, the original final table of 1985–86, with Partizan as champions, was officially recognized in mid-1987. Also, the points deduction from 1986–87 season was annulled and the title was given to Partizan, who headed the table without the deduction. These controversial events prevented the generation of
Milko Đurovski Milko Djurovski ( mk, Милко Ѓуровски, translit=Milko Gjurovski, sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Milko Đurovski, Милко Ђуровски; born 26 January 1963) is a Macedonian former professional footballer and manager. He was re ...
, Fahrudin Omerović,
Zvonko Varga Zvonko Varga (; born 27 November 1959) is a Serbian football manager and former player. Club career Varga made his senior debut at Crvenka in the Yugoslav Second League, before moving to Yugoslav First League side Partizan without his club's pe ...
,
Vladimir Vermezović Vladimir Vermezović (Serbian Cyrillic: Владимир Вермезовић; born 30 June 1963) is a Serbian football manager and former player who is the head coach of Slovenian PrvaLiga club Mura. Playing career Vermezović started playing ...
,
Admir Smajić Admir Smajić (born 7 September 1963) is a Bosnian professional football manager and former player. He played for the Yugoslav national team and the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team. Club career Partizan Born in Bijeljina,Goran Stevanović Goran Stevanović (, ; born 27 November 1966) is a Serbian football manager and former player. Playing career He started his career in Partizan, a club where he passed all categories, from pioneers to seniors. He played a total of 328 games and ...
,
Nebojša Vučićević Nebojša "Uške" Vučićević (; 29 June 1962 – 11 March 2022) was a Serbian football manager and player. Club career Vučićević started out at OFK Beograd, before transferring to Partizan in 1984. He spent the following five seasons with ...
, Miloš Đelmaš, Srečko Katanec,
Fadil Vokrri Fadil Avdullah Vokrri ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Fadilj Avdulah Vokri, Фадиљ Авдулах Вокри; 23 July 1960 – 9 June 2018) was a yugoslavian football player and administrator of albanian origin. Arguably one of the greate ...
and
Bajro Župić Bajram "Bajro" Župić (Serbian Cyrillic: Бајрам Жупић Бајро; born January 21, 1960 in Novi Pazar) is a former Serbian football player and a football manager. Career He started playing in his hometown club FK Novi Pazar and afte ...
from showing their full potential in Europe. Partizan spent the final years in Yugoslavia undergoing significant organizational changes. In 1989, former goalkeeper
Ivan Ćurković Ivan Ćurković (, ; born 15 March 1944) is a Serbian sports executive and former footballer who played as a goalkeeper. During his playing career that spanned 21 seasons from 1960 to 1981, Ćurković made over 700 official appearances for three ...
became club president while
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became the president of Partizan's executive board. Most important, Partizan players in these final years were
Predrag Mijatović Predrag "Peđa" Mijatović ( sr-Cyrl, Предраг Мијатовић, ; born 19 January 1969) is a Montenegrin retired professional footballer who played as a striker. At club level, Mijatović played for six clubs: Budućnost, Partizan, Va ...
,
Slaviša Jokanović Slaviša Jokanović ( sr-Cyrl, Славиша Јокановић, ; born 16 August 1968) is a Serbian professional football manager and former player. He is the manager of Russian club Dynamo Moscow. A physical player considered strong in the a ...
,
Predrag Spasić Predrag Spasić ( sr-cyr, Предраг Спасић; born 13 May 1965) is a Serbian retired footballer who played as a central defender. Club career Spasić was born in Kragujevac, PR Serbia, Yugoslavia. Over the course of his career he playe ...
,
Dragoljub Dragoljub ( sr-cyr, Драгољуб) is a Serbian masculine given name, derived from Slavic '' drag-'' ("dear, beloved") and ''ljub'' ("love, to like"), both very common in Slavic dithematic names. It roughly means "dear love". It may refer to: * ...
and
Branko Brnović Branko Brnović (Cyrillic: Бранко Брновић; born 8 August 1967) is a Montenegrin manager and retired professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. Club career After making his professional debuts with local club Budu ...
,
Budimir Vujačić Budimir Vujačić (born 4 January 1964) is a Montenegrin former professional footballer. Mainly a left-back, he could also operate as a centre-back. Club career Born in Titograd, Montenegro, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Vujačić ...
,
Vujadin Stanojković Vujadin Stanojković (Macedonian: Вујадин Станојковиќ; born 10 September 1963) is a Yugoslav and Macedonian former professional footballer and current manager. Club career Born in Kumanovo, Stanojković made his Yugoslav First ...
, Darko Milanič and
Džoni Novak Džoni Novak (born 4 September 1969) is a Slovenian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He represented his country at Euro 2000 and the 2002 World Cup. Club career Born in Ljubljana, he started his professional career p ...
. However, this great generation was overshadowed by their crosstown rival Red Star and its rampage through domestic league, Europe and the world. Partizan only won the 1989 national cup, 32 years after the last victory in that competition. The last trophy won before the breakup of Yugoslavia was the 1989 Yugoslav Super Cup, the first and the only one organized. Also in the same season 1988/89, Partizan won the prestigious international tournament
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, which is played every year in Switzerland and to this day. That year, Partizan took three trophies which is a club record in one season. In 1987, Partizan signed Chinese national team players
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and
Liu Haiguang Liu Haiguang (; born July 11, 1963) is a former Chinese international footballer who spent the majority of his career playing for the Shanghai Team, however he gained distinction when he joined Yugoslav club FK Partizan along with Jia Xiuqua ...
and they entered history as they, along
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and
Gu Guangming Gu Guangming (; born January 31, 1959 in Guangzhou) is a former Chinese professional football player and manager. Nicknamed "The Weatherfish" because of his ability to dribble out of tight spaces on the flanks and in the corners while avoidin ...
, were the first Chinese footballers ever to have played in Europe.Saga over As Dong Joins Man Utd
at china.org.cn, 18-1-2007, Retrieved 5-4-2012


Dark decade and domestic success (1990s)

After the death of President
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in 1980, ethnic tension grew in Yugoslavia, with the follow, that in the early 1990s the Yugoslav state began to fall apart, and the civil war broke out. At the end of May in 1992, the
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imposed sanctions against the country, which led to political isolation, economic decline and
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of the
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, and finally dislodged Yugoslav football from the international scene. The disintegration of Yugoslavia, the
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from 1991 to 1995, the resulting difficulties, as well as the sanctions had hit all Yugoslav clubs hard. After the breakup of SFR Yugoslavia in 1991, a new Yugoslavia was formed out from
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and
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and was named
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. Notwithstanding, Partizan won during the war two titles in a row, in 1993 and
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. The next two championships Partizan won came in 1996 and 1997, but after only few years of peace, the Yugoslav clubs stood again before difficult times. Between 1998 and 1999, peace was broken again because the situation in
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worsened with continued clashes between Yugoslav security forces and the Kosovo Liberation Army. The confrontations led to the
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and finally to the
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, which started four days after the 112th Red Star–Partizan derby, and this without a
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. The bombing campaign was criticized, especially for the number of civilian casualties that resulted from the bombing. By this time, Partizan won in 1999 a further championship title, again during a war. During these turbulent 1990s, the club won also several national cups, this in 1992, 1994 and 1998. The key man for these trophies was
Ljubiša Tumbaković Ljubiša Tumbaković (, ; born 2 September 1952) is a Serbian professional football manager. He is the most successful coach in the history of Serbian powerhouse Partizan which he led to six national championship titles and three national cup w ...
, who became the most successful manager in Partizan's history. In 1997, Partizan was reintroduced to European competitions following the lift of the
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ban on clubs from FR Yugoslavia, but while the national team continued where they had stopped in the spring of 1992, the clubs had all their results erased and were treated as the beginners in the European competitions. The decision met with incomprehension among the club officials of the Yugoslav clubs. That decision will have long-term catastrophic consequences for Partizan – instead of enjoying the merits of its own many-year work, they would get harder opponents from the start and the competition would start already in July. This decade has been marked by numerous team changes and the circle of selling the best players to richer European clubs after just a couple of seasons of first-team football and replacing them with fresh young talents. Many players are credited with the successes of the nineties, such as
Predrag Mijatović Predrag "Peđa" Mijatović ( sr-Cyrl, Предраг Мијатовић, ; born 19 January 1969) is a Montenegrin retired professional footballer who played as a striker. At club level, Mijatović played for six clubs: Budućnost, Partizan, Va ...
,
Slaviša Jokanović Slaviša Jokanović ( sr-Cyrl, Славиша Јокановић, ; born 16 August 1968) is a Serbian professional football manager and former player. He is the manager of Russian club Dynamo Moscow. A physical player considered strong in the a ...
,
Savo Milošević Savo Milošević ( sr-Cyrl, Саво Милошевић, ; born 2 September 1973) is a Serbian professional football manager and former player. A former forward, he signed for English club Aston Villa after making a name for himself at Partiza ...
,
Albert Nađ Albert Nađ (, ; born 29 October 1974) is a Serbian professional football manager and a former player who played as a defensive midfielder. He is the assistant manager at Partizan. At international level, Nađ represented Serbia and Montenegro a ...
,
Dragan Ćirić Dragan Ćirić ( Serbian Cyrillic: Драган Ћирић; born 15 September 1974) is a Serbian retired professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder for Partizan, Barcelona, AEK Athens, and Real Valladolid. Internationally, h ...
,
Zoran Mirković Zoran "Bata" Mirković ( sr-cyrl, Зоран Бата Мирковић, ; born 21 September 1971) is a retired Serbian footballer and current manager. Playing career Club career Mirković made his first appearance for FK Rad during the 1990– ...
,
Saša Ćurčić Saša Ćurčić (Serbian Cyrillic: Саша Ћурчић; born 14 February 1972) is a Serbian former professional footballer, coach and reality television personality. As a player, he was a midfielder who notably played in the Premier League fo ...
,
Branko Brnović Branko Brnović (Cyrillic: Бранко Брновић; born 8 August 1967) is a Montenegrin manager and retired professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. Club career After making his professional debuts with local club Budu ...
,
Goran Pandurović Goran Pandurović (; born 16 July 1963) is a Serbian former footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Club career While playing for Sloboda Užice in the 1980s, Pandurović made over 100 appearances in the Yugoslav Second League. He was later tra ...
,
Dražen Bolić Dražen Bolić (; born 12 September 1971) is a Serbian former footballer who played as a defender. Club career After playing for Obilić, Bolić was transferred to Partizan in 1994, spending the next four seasons with the ''Crno-beli''. He then ...
,
Niša Saveljić Niša Saveljić (; born 27 March 1970) is a Montenegrin former footballer who played as a defender. At international level, Saveljić represented FR Yugoslavia in one World Cup (1998) and one European Championship (2000). Club career Born in ...
,
Damir Čakar Damir Čakar ( Cyrillic: Дамир Чакар; born 28 June 1973) is a Montenegrin former professional footballer who played as either a striker or an attacking midfielder. He is mostly known for his powerful shots and set pieces. Club career ...
,
Budimir Vujačić Budimir Vujačić (born 4 January 1964) is a Montenegrin former professional footballer. Mainly a left-back, he could also operate as a centre-back. Club career Born in Titograd, Montenegro, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Vujačić ...
,
Ivan Tomić Ivan Tomić (Serbian Cyrillic: Иван Томић; born 5 January 1976) is a Serbian football manager and former player. Club career After coming through the youth categories of Radnički Beograd, Tomić joined Partizan in the summer of 1993, ...
,
Gjorgji Hristov Georgi Hristov (Macedonian language, Macedonian: Ѓорѓи Христов, also Romanization of Macedonian, romanized as ''Gjorgji Hristov''; born 30 January 1976) is a Macedonian former professional association football, footballer who played a ...
,
Đorđe Tomić Đorđe Tomić (; born 11 November 1972) is a Serbian former footballer who played as a midfielder. Club career Tomić made his senior debut for Partizan in the second part of the 1992–93 season, as the club won the championship. He would hel ...
,
Ivica Kralj Ivica Kralj (, ; born 26 March 1973) is a Montenegrin former footballer who played as a goalkeeper. During his playing career, Kralj was best known for his time at Partizan, having three spells at the club and winning five major trophies. He als ...
,
Mateja Kežman Mateja Kežman ( sr-Cyrl, Матеја Кежман, ; born 12 April 1979) is a Serbian former professional footballer who played as a striker. Upon playing in his homeland, Kežman went on to play top-flight football in the Netherlands, Engla ...
and many others.


The new beginning (2000–2005)

The new millennium has arrived, but the goals remain the same. In the last 12 years, Partizan has won eight national championships, four cups and managed to qualify two times for the
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and five times for the
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. Led by
Ljubiša Tumbaković Ljubiša Tumbaković (, ; born 2 September 1952) is a Serbian professional football manager. He is the most successful coach in the history of Serbian powerhouse Partizan which he led to six national championship titles and three national cup w ...
, the club won two championship titles in a row, in 2001–02 and 2002–03. In Europe, Partizan did not have much success in those seasons, though the next one would become its best season in Europe after 1965–66, where it reached the 1966 European Cup final. The club's management took the 2003 season very seriously, appointing as its new coach the former World Player of the Year
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, and brought some top and experienced players like Taribo West from 1.FC Kaiserslautern,
Ljubinko Drulović Ljubinko Drulović (; born 11 September 1968) is a Serbian former professional footballer who played as a winger, and is a current manager. He spent the most notable part of his playing career in Portugal, with stints at Porto and Benfica – ...
from Benfica and
Tomasz Rząsa Tomasz Mariusz Rząsa (; born 11 March 1973) is a Polish former professional footballer who primarily played as a left back and sometimes as a left midfielder. Club career During his career, Rząsa represented Cracovia and Sokół Pniewy ( pl) ...
from
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. For the first time in its history, the club played in the
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after eliminating
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's Newcastle United. In Belgrade, Partizan lost by 0–1, but in rematch at
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, they won by
Ivica Iliev Ivica Iliev (, ; born 27 October 1979) is a Serbian former professional footballer who played as a forward. Club career After starting out as a youngster at Rad, Iliev joined the youth system of Partizan in January 1996. He made his first-te ...
's goal in regular time and reached the group stages after a penalty shoot-out. Later on, Partizan was drawn in a tough group with Real Madrid (the previous year's Champions League semi-finalist),
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(the winner of the 2002–03 UEFA Cup and the eventual winner of the
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) and
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(the eventual runners-up of the 2003–04 UEFA Cup). The
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was a tough ground for the opposition and the team did not lost a home game, playing out a 0–0 draw with Real Madrid's famous ''
Galácticos ' (Spanish for ''galactics, referring to superstars) are expensive, world-famous football players'' recruited during the "''galácticos''" policy pursued during Florentino Pérez's presidency at Real Madrid, where in his first tenure between 20 ...
'', which included players such as
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,
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,
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,
Roberto Carlos Roberto Carlos da Silva Rocha (born 10 April 1973), commonly known as Roberto Carlos, is a Brazilian former professional footballer who now works as a football ambassador. He started his career in Brazil as a forward but spent most of his care ...
,
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and
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; a 1–1 draw with Porto, led by coach
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; and Marseille, with its superstars
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and Didier Drogba, while playing some inspired football in the away match in Madrid (0–1), Marseille (0–3) and Porto (1–2). They are the first Serbian team to qualify for the main draw of this elite European club competition since its inception in 1992. Playing in Europe was reflected in the championship, and Partizan lost the title. New coach
Vladimir Vermezović Vladimir Vermezović (Serbian Cyrillic: Владимир Вермезовић; born 30 June 1963) is a Serbian football manager and former player who is the head coach of Slovenian PrvaLiga club Mura. Playing career Vermezović started playing ...
taken the charge of a team and he superiority won the championship in
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. Also, he became the only coach who has managed to take the team to the knockout stage of a European competition since new format. That happened in the
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, where Partizan reached the round-of-16. Later on, he was eliminated by CSKA Moscow, the eventual winner of the competition. Poor results in domestic and international competitions in 2006 prompted the club's officials to look for a new head coach. First,
Jürgen Röber Jürgen Röber (born 25 December 1953) is a German football manager and former player. Playing career Röber's Bundesliga career lasted 12 years with a one year interruption, when he played in Canada and England. His greatest success as a playe ...
was brought in, then later
Miodrag Ješić Miodrag Ješić ( sr-Cyrl, Миодраг Јешић, ; 30 November 1958 – 8 December 2022) was a Serbian football manager and player. Playing career Born in Osečenica, Ješić played for Partizan between 1974 and 1985, taking part in 342 m ...
, though neither succeeded in winning the domestic title. Although Partizan has managed to qualify for the
2006–07 UEFA Cup 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 ...
group stage, that season was viewed as a failure.


Contemporary history

Former Partizan player
Slaviša Jokanović Slaviša Jokanović ( sr-Cyrl, Славиша Јокановић, ; born 16 August 1968) is a Serbian professional football manager and former player. He is the manager of Russian club Dynamo Moscow. A physical player considered strong in the a ...
were appointed as Partizan's new head coach, with the club also adding a new sport director in
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. The club strengthened its squad with some foreigners like
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. The 2007–08 and 2008–09 FK Partizan season, 2008–09 season will remain as one of the most successful in club's domestic history. In 2008–09, the club successfully defended their league and cup Double (association football), double from the 2007–08 season, the first time this occurred its history. But in Europe, Partizan suffered a real shock: UEFA expelled Partizan from the 2007–08 UEFA Cup season and fined the club €30,056 due to crowd trouble at their away qualifying match against HŠK Zrinjski Mostar, Zrinjski Mostar, which forced the match to be interrupted for ten minutes. UEFA judged travelling Partizan fans to have been the culprits of the trouble, but Partizan were allowed to play the return leg while the appeal was being processed. Partizan's appeal, however, was rejected and Zrinjski Mostar qualified for the next round, although Partizan beat them by an aggregate score of 11–1. Next season, the club enforced its squad with Brazilian striker Cléo; Partizan demolished Welsh champions Rhyl F.C., Rhyl with a score of 8–0 (12–0 on aggregate) on 21 July 2009. This score is their largest ever winning margin in European competitions. After relegation from the Champions League, Partizan qualified two times in a row for the second tier of UEFA competition. The ''Black & Whites'' played in the 2008–09 UEFA Cup, 2008 UEFA Cup and 2009–10 UEFA Europa League, 2009 Europa League group stage but as the same in 2007, the club did not advance any further. Unfortunately, even though a good European season was behind them, the club ended the season trophyless. After Jokanović, the club decided to give a chance to the young coach and former Partizan footballer Aleksandar Stanojević. He became the youngest head coach in the history of Partizan. Stanojević took over the club in very difficult period and managed to win the championship in 2009–10 Serbian SuperLiga, 2010, although Partizan was 10 points behind from the 1st placed
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. In the 2011, the club won the Double (association football), double. In UEFA competitions, Partizan qualified for the 2010–11 UEFA Champions League after beating R.S.C. Anderlecht, Anderlecht for the second time. At the Partizan Stadium the result was 2–2. In Brussels at the Constant Vanden Stock Stadium result was also 2–2. The key man was Cléo, who scored two goals against the Belgians. After penalty drama, Partizan reached again the UEFA Champions League group stage. Now, the draw for the group phase decided that Partizan will play in group H, alongside Arsenal F.C., Arsenal, FC Shakhtar Donetsk, Shakhtar Donetsk (the winner of the 2008–09 UEFA Cup) and S.C. Braga, Sporting Braga (the eventual runner-up of the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League). On the matchday 1, Partizan lost against Shakhtar Donetsk, Shakhtar on Donbass Arena in Donetsk (0–1). Next game Partizan played against Arsenal F.C., Arsenal at Stadion FK Partizan, Partizan Stadium and lost 1–3 after they played inspired football with a 10-man team in the last 30 minutes of the match. In two matches against S.C. Braga, Sporting Braga, Partizan failed to score and they lost both games (0–2 in Braga; 0–1 in Belgrade). The last two rounds in the group have also brought inspired football, but unfortunately it wasn't enough so Shakhtar Donetsk and ''The Gunners'' defeated Partizan once again, 0–3 in Belgrade and 1–3 at the Emirates Stadium. In the following season, the elimination during the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League, 2012 Europa League qualifying stage, didn't affect the club in national championship, but after the half-season, Stanojević was released. Partizan then signed former Chelsea F.C., Chelsea manager Avram Grant, who was able to preserve the lead from the half-season. He led Partizan to their fifth consecutive league title but lost three times against fierce rivals Red Star. Grant resigned and former Partizan manager
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returned to Belgrade in May 2012. Partizan did not qualify for the 2012–13 UEFA Champions League, but did gain a place in the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League group stage. Because of poor results in the second part of national championship, Vermezović was dismissed and replaced by Vuk Rašović. Following the victory in the eternal derby and in pre-last round, Rašović secured a sixth consecutive title, a total of 25th in history of the club. As a champion of the Serbian SuperLiga for 2012–13 Serbian SuperLiga, 2012–13 season, Partizan managed to equalize a national record by the number of championship titles won. In summer of 2013, Partizan eliminated Shirak F.C., Shirak (1–1, away goal) and lost against PFC Ludogorets Razgrad, Ludogorets Razgrad (1–3 on aggregate). In play-off round for 2013–14 UEFA Europa League, Partizan played with FC Thun, Thun. Partizan beat Thun 1–0 in Belgrade, but lost 0–3 in Thun and failed to get in Europa League. Without a single trophy and group stage of some European competition, the 2013–14 FK Partizan season, season was the worst in last ten years. After a year of absence from the European scene, Partizan entered at the 2014–15 UEFA Europa League by beating Neftchi PFK, Neftchi total score 5–3 (3–2 at home and 1–2 away). Partizan is after the draw, placed in Group C with Tottenham Hotspur F.C., Tottenham Hotspur, Beşiktaş J.K., Beşiktaş and Asteras Tripoli F.C., Asteras Tripoli. Partizan began the Europa League in excellent form and remained undefeated against the English giant Tottenham, but in the next four games, the club were defeated. The 2014–15 FK Partizan season, 2014–15 season was a successful for Partizan, winning the Serbian championship and securing passage to the group stage of the Europa League. After falling out of the play–off for the Champions League in the summer of 2015, Partizan has directly entered the 2015–16 UEFA Europa League. The club was placed in Group L alongside Athletic Bilbao, AZ Alkmaar and FC Augsburg. Partizan made three victories in group stage (3–2 at home and 2–1 in away against AZ and 3–1 in Augsburg against same team), but he failed to get in Round of 32. Partizan failed to defend the title, but won 2015–16 Serbian Cup, Serbian Cup after five years, without conceding goal. Partizan is first team who managed to win the Serbian Cup without conceding goal in history. A few days after the sixth double in club history (on the 2016–17 FK Partizan season, 2016–17 season), coach Nikolić left the club and signed with Hungarian club Videoton FC, Videoton. A couple days after Nikolić's departure, Miroslav Đukić returned to Partizan. In the second qualifying round for the 2017–18 UEFA Champions League, 2017-18 UEFA Champions League, Partizan eliminated FK Budućnost Podgorica, Budućnost Podgorica (2–0 on aggregate), but in the third round they were eliminated by Olympiacos F.C., Olympiacos (3–5 on aggregate). In the play-off round for 2017–18 UEFA Europa League, Partizan played against Videoton and ex coach Marko Nikolić. After a 0–0 draw in Belgrade, Partizan defeated Videoton 4–0 in Felcsút and reached the group stage, where they were drawn in 2017–18 UEFA Europa League, UEFA Europa League's Group B alongside FC Dynamo Kyiv, Dynamo Kyiv, BSC Young Boys, Young Boys and KF Skënderbeu Korçë, Skënderbeu Korçë. Partizan drawn 1–1 with BSC Young Boys, Young Boys in the first match of Group B. Partizan later played against FC Dynamo Kyiv, Dynamo Kyiv; after leading 2–0 at half-time, they lost 3–2. The next two Partizan matches were against KF Skënderbeu Korçë, Skënderbeu Korçë; in Korçë, they drew 0–0, and then won 2–0 in
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. Partizan then beat Young Boys 2–1 at home, and secured a place on the knock-out stage. In the last match of the group, Partizan lost 4–1 to Dynamo Kyiv in Kyiv, although they were already qualified. Partizan ranked second in the group with eight points (two more than Young Boys and five less than Dynamo Kyiv). In the round of 32, Partizan played against FC Viktoria Plzeň, Viktoria Plzeň; in Belgrade, they took the lead, but then conceded a late goal, which came from an offside position, thus ending the match with a 1–1 draw. In Plzeň, Viktoria won 2–0, and Partizan were eliminated from 2017–18 UEFA Europa League, UEFA Europa League at the round of 32. The result was 3–1 for Viktoria on aggregate. At the start of 2019–20 season squad was strengthened with Israeli international Bibras Natcho, Japanese international Takuma Asano and talented Nigerian striker Umar Sadiq. In July and August 2019, Partizan secured their ninth participation in the group stage of
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. Under
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's leadership, Partizan knocked out Connah's Quay Nomads F.C. (1–0 and 3–0), Yeni Malatyaspor (3–1 and 0–1) and Fk molde, Molde FK(2–1 and 1–1) in the qualifiers. On 30 August, Partizan was drawn on Group L of the 2019-20 Europa League, 2019-20 UEFA Europa League alongside Manchester United, FC Astana and AZ Alkmaar. On 19 September, Partizan opened the group stage campaign with a 2–2 home draw against AZ. Due to
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sanctions, this game was played behind closed doors (sport), behind closed doors with only U15s allowed to attend – official attendance at the game was 22,564. Partizan beat Astana (2–1 away) on matchday 2, but lost the two following games against Manchester United (0–1 in
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and 3–0 in Manchester). They still managed to draw in Alkmaar against AZ (2–2) and beat Astana 4–1 at home on the last two games of the group. However, this was not enough to get through as they finished third in the group just one point behind AZ. In the 2019–20 Serbian SuperLiga, SuperLiga, Partizan won second place with 14 points less than Red Star. In the 2019–20 Serbian Cup, Serbian Cup, Partizan defeated Red Star in the semi-finals with a score of 1–0 after the 58-th minute goal by Bibras Natcho. In the final at the Čair Stadium in Niš, they met FK Vojvodina, Vojvodina. After the regular time, it was 2–2, as Partizan equalized in the last moments of the match with a spectacular goal by Strahinja Pavlović. However, Vojvodina was better after the penalty shootout with 4–2, so after a long time, Partizan finished the season without a trophy.


The third decade of the 21st century

The third decade, a new challenge Partizan debuted in the inaugural season of the newly formed competition UEFA Europa Conference League 2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League, 2021–22. In Second qualifying round Partizan knocked out FC DAC 1904 Dunajská Streda, DAC Dunajská Streda (1–0 and 2–0). The draw for the third qualifying round decided that Partizan would face PFC Sochi, Sochi. In the first leg played on Fisht Olympic Stadium result was 1–1, in the return leg in Belgrade the two sides once more played a draw this time it was 2–2. Because of the new rule that away goals no longer count after thirty minutes of extra time the match went into penalties which Partizan won 4–2. The last opponent in the qualifying Play-off round was Portuguese C.D. Santa Clara, Santa Clara, Partizan lost 2–1 in the first game in Ponta Delgada but won 2–0 at home and thus advanced to Group stage. Partizan was placed in 2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League group stage, Group B together with K.A.A. Gent, Gent, Anorthosis Famagusta F.C., Anorthosis Famagusta and FC Flora, Flora. The Serbian team finished second in the group with eight points and secured a place in 2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League knockout phase, knockout phase. After the draws in Nyon, Sparta Prague was chosen as Partizan's next opponent, this is the first meeting between the two clubs since 1966. In the first game played on February 17, 2022, Partizan won 1–0 at Stadion Letná with a goal by Queensy Menig. Fantastic ball by Saša Zdjelar. He employed Menig, who escaped the defense and brilliantly lobbed Dominik Holec, Holec for the lead. In the second leg a week later, Partizan won 2–1 with two goals by Ricardo Gomes (Cape Verdean footballer), Ricardo. And after seventeen years, Partizan reached the Round of 16 in some UEFA competition.


Crest and colours

In October 1945, Partizan adopted as their first crest a blue disc with a yellow bordered Red star, red five-pointed star in the middle, which symbolized Communist symbolism, communism, and contained the abbreviation ''JA'' (''Jugoslovenska Armija'', The Yugoslav Army) inside it. Later on, the central circle became white with a red five-pointed star in it. It was surrounded by a larger blue circle in which the words "the Yugoslav Army" were written, while both circles were bordered by a yellow circle with a green wreath over it. At the bottom of the emblem was a shield with red and white lines, and on the top were five torches, each representing one of the five nations of Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Yugoslavia (Serbs, Croats, Slovenes, Macedonians (ethnic group), Macedonians and Montenegrins (ethnic group), Montenegrins). This was a clear reference to the Emblem of Yugoslavia, National Emblem of Yugoslavia. In the early 1950s, Partizan was separated from the Yugoslav Army and for the first time the team's name was written in the Serbian Cyrillic alphabet, Cyrillic and Serbian Latin, Latin alphabets. The inscription of the Yugoslav Army was removed from the crest, along with the green wreath, and was replaced by the words ''Sportsko Društvo'' (Sports association). Partizan used this emblem until 1958, although it changed its equipment colors of blue and red to black and white a year before. The crest was also changed to be completely black and white, and ''Sportsko Društvo'' was amended into ''Jugoslovensko Sportsko Društvo'' (Yugoslav Sports Association), while the five red torches and the five-pointed star remained. It was slightly redesigned after 1963 by adding a sixth torch to reflect the change of the official state emblem, which now included six torches representing six Yugoslav republics, instead of the previous five representing the nations. The crest remained unchanged until the breakup of Yugoslavia. By 1992, with Yugoslavia fragmenting, instead of "''Jugoslovensko Sportsko Društvo''", the word "''Fudbalski klub''" ("football club") were inserted and this crest remains in use too this day. The author of the crest was academic painter Branko Šotra. In the 2007–08 Serbian SuperLiga, 2007–08 season, Partizan won its 20th national championship and added two stars above their crest, symbolizing the 20 titles won. However, there is an alternative crest, which Partizan supporters call the ''"shovel"'' but it is never used in official matches. For most of its history, Partizan has played in black and white striped jerseys, but during its earliest days it used entirely Maroon (color)#Dark red, dark red, blue or white jerseys. In 1950, Partizan briefly had an all-white shirt with a blue diagonal stripe, besides an all blue shirt. From 1952, the first red-blue striped and quartered jerseys appeared. In 1957, the club was on tour in South America and after a friendly game with Juventus F.C., Juventus, a president of the Italian club, Umberto Agnelli, donated the club two sets of black and white jerseys. Since then, Partizan has played mainly in black and white striped shirts, with black or white shorts and socks. But there were exceptions, like in 1974, when they wore a black and white hooped shirt, and 1982, when they have played in a plain white jerseys with a thick black stripe across them. In 1990–91 UEFA Cup, 1990, the red and blue jersey returned after more than 30 years, in an away match against Hibernians F.C., Hibernians during the UEFA Cup campaign. All this time, the away shirts have been mostly either all white or occasionally red-blue striped, but in recent years an all-black strip is usually used.


Stadium and training ground

The stadium's name is Partizan Stadium, although it was known as JNA Stadium ( sr, Стадион Југословенске народне армије, Stadion JNA (Stadion Jugoslovenske narodne armije), "Stadium of the
Yugoslav People's Army The Yugoslav People's Army (abbreviated as JNA/; Macedonian and sr-Cyrl-Latn, Југословенска народна армија, Jugoslovenska narodna armija; Croatian and bs, Jugoslavenska narodna armija; sl, Jugoslovanska ljudska a ...
") for most of its history, and even today, a lot of football fans in all countries of the former-Yugoslavia call it by its old name. Partizan supporters sometimes call it ''"Fudbalski hram"'' (The Temple of Football). The stadium is situated in the Savski Venac municipality, in central Belgrade. Designed by architect Mihailo Janković, the ground was built on the site of BSK Beograd, BSK Stadium. It was officially opened on Day of Yugoslav People's Army on 22 December 1951. The first match ever played was between Yugoslavia national football team, Yugoslavia and France national football team, France on 9 October 1949. The stadium had a capacity of 55,000 until it was renovated in 1998 following
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security regulations. This led to the conversion of the stadium into an All-seater stadium, all-seater reducing the capacity to 32.710, currently the second largest stadium in Serbia, behind the Red Star Stadium. The ground has also been used for a variety of other sport events since 1949. It was used from the mid-fifties until 1987 as the final point of yearly festivities called the Youth Day. Also, it was the host of the 1962 European Athletics Championships, a place for various concerts and it hosted many times the Yugoslav Cup and Serbian Cup final.


Partizan youth school and affiliates

The Partizan Youth system, youth school, called ''Youth School Belin – Lazarević – Nadoveza'', was founded in the 1950s and named after former Partizan players Bruno Belin, Čedomir Lazarević and Branko Nadoveza. The club is well known for its dedicated work with youngsters. Its training philosophy is not only the development of football players, but also to care of their growth and personality forming, while also teaching the sporting spirit. There are around 400 youngsters classified by age categories. There are six age groups, four compete at the level of the Football Association of Serbia, the U17, U16, U15 and U14, while the U13 and U12 compete at the level of the Football Association of Belgrade. Below U12 level there are no official competitions, but players do play in tournaments and friendly matches. Partizan is the club with the most league titles and cup wins in youth competition in Serbia. The youth teams also participate in numerous tournaments around Europe and also organize an U17 international tournament with participation of some of the top European clubs. Partizan also organizes football camps for children in Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovenia, Australia and the United States. Many of the best youth-academy players move directly to the Partizan senior side, or to the affiliate club FK Teleoptik, Teleoptik Zemun. All of Partizan's youth categories train at the Partizan sports complex named SC Partizan-Teleoptik, along with Partizan's seniors and the players of Teleoptik. Partizan has won several awards for its youth work, including "Best European Youth Work" in 2006, and the club's youth school has been declared the second-best in Europe after that of Ajax. Partizan's academy has produced numerous professional football players or Yugoslav and Serbian internationals. Notable players from the recent past include Saša Ilić (footballer, born 1977), Saša Ilić,
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, Danko Lazović, Stefan Babović, Miralem Sulejmani, Stevan Jovetić, Adem Ljajić, Matija Nastasić, Lazar Marković, Miloš Jojić, Andrija Živković, Nikola Milenković, Aleksandar Mitrović, Strahinja Pavlović and Dušan Vlahović. Two Partizan youth academy graduates (Dušan Vlahović and Strahinja Pavlović) are featured in UEFA.com 'Fifty for the Future' selection in 2020. Recently, players born after year 2000 like Nemanja Jović, Marko Milovanović (footballer, born 2003), Marko Milovanović, Nikola Terzić and Samed Baždar (who made it into the Guardian's 'Next Generation 2021' shortlist') are showing class for their age and having great potential.


Supporters

According to a 2008 domestic poll, Partizan is the second popular football club in Serbia, behind Red Star Belgrade. Although fewer, focus groups show that Partizan fans are considered to be more devoted to their club. The club has a large fanbase in Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina (especially in the Serb entity of Republika Srpska). They also have many supporters in all other former-Yugoslav republics like North Macedonia, Slovenia, and among the
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, especially in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Sweden, Canada, Malta, the United States and Australia. The organized supporters of Partizan are called ''Grobari'' ("The Gravediggers" or "Funeral director, Undertakers"), which were formed in 1970 and situated mainly on the south stand of the Partizan Stadium; therefore, they are also known as ''Grobari Jug'' ("The Undertakers South"). Even some ordinary Partizan fans often refer to themselves as ''Grobari''. The nickname itself was given by their sporting rivals Delije of Red Star, referring to the club's mostly black colours which were similar to the official uniforms of cemetery undertakers. The other theory is that the name comes from a misinterpretation of the name of the street on which Partizan's stadium is located – "''Humska''" ("''humka''" roughly translates as "grave" or "entombment"), when actually the street was named after Serbian medieval land of Zachlumia, Hum, nowadays part of Herzegovina and Dalmatia, South Dalmatia. The ''Grobari'' support all clubs in the SD Partizan, Partizan Sports Association and in the course of time they have become recognizable by their noisy and constant cheering as well as their devotion and loyalty to the club. The basis of their cheering is referred in the Serbian fan scene as the principle of ''"srce, ruke, glas"'' (heart, hands, voice) or ''"glas i dlan"'' (voice and palms), along with songs in distinctive style. The ''Grobari'' as a whole maintain a close friendship with the organized supporters of PAOK FC, PAOK,
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and CSKA Sofia, which started originally because of the two supporters' common Eastern Orthodox Christianity, Orthodox faith and similar founding backgrounds. It has been suggested that "many ultras took part in the armed conflicts and carry their scars today, translating the tribal nature of the Yugoslav wars to their clubs and ultras groups". Grobari have also a traditional friendship with Juventude Leonina, the main ultras group of Portuguese side Sporting Clube de Portugal. The direction boards of both clubs have also good relations which was kept ever since the 1955–56 European Cup edition, which on 4 September 1955, in Lisbon's Estádio Nacional, put head-a-head the two teams in what was considered the opening whistle of the UEFA European club competitions. The game finished with a 3–3 draw, with Sporting later losing in Belgrade in the second hand by 5–2, however the club boards of both teams regularly meet from time to time to mark the occasion of this historic event.


Rivalries

Partizan's biggest rivalry is with
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. The matches between these rivals have been labeled as the Eternal Derby (Serbia), Eternal derby (Serbian language, Serbian: Вечити дерби, Večiti derbi) or Belgrade derby. The rivalry started immediately after the creation of the two clubs. Red Star was founded for Yugoslav youth and Partizan as the football section of the Yugoslav People's Army. The rivalry is also intensified by the fact that both clubs have their stadiums situated only a few hundred metres apart. The Eternal derby is particularly noted for the passion of both supporters groups. The stands of both teams feature fireworks, coloured confetti, flags, rolls of paper, torches, smoke, drums, giant posters and choreographies, used to create visual grandeur and apply psychological pressure on the visiting teams, hence the slogan, "Welcome to Hellgrade". Some fans also use trumpets, similar to the supporters in South America. This creates for the region a typical and distinctive Balkan Brass Band atmosphere. Both sets of supporters sing passionate songs against their rivals, and the stadiums are known to bounce with the simultaneous jumping of the fans. The duel is regarded by ''Bleacher Report'' as one of the Major football rivalries, greatest football rivalries in the world. Along with the Old Firm, the Derby della Capitale, Rome derby and the Kıtalar Arası Derbi, Istanbul derby, the Belgrade derby is known as one of the most intense rivalries in European football. The largest attendance at a derby match was about 100,000 spectators (90,142 with paid tickets) on 7 November 1976 at the Red Star Stadium. The biggest win was 7–1 for Partizan on 6 December 1953 at the Partizan Stadium but the club with the most victories is Red Star. During the Yugoslav era between 1945 and 1991, Partizan maintained a rivalry with other members of the so called "big four". Along with Partizan and Red Star, the "big four" included Dinamo Zagreb and Hajduk Split. Results in the table include domestic championship and cup games Partizan played against other members of the Yugoslav "big four" up to and including the season 1990–91 Yugoslav First League, 1990–91: Other rivalries include regional rivalry with FK Vojvodina, Vojvodina with whom they contest the Derby of Serbia, minor derby with neighbouring FK Zemun, Zemun, and Belgrade derbies with FK Rad, Rad and OFK Belgrade.


Seasons


Partizan in European football

Partizan's best European performance was in the 1965–66 FK Partizan season, 1965–66 season, when they reached the 1966 European Cup Final, Final of the 1965–66 European Cup, European Cup/Champions League.


UEFA Team ranking

Updated 9 December 2021.


Honours

Overall, Partizan have won 45 official titles including 27 national championships, 16 national cups, 1 national supercup and 1
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.


Domestic competitions (44)


League – 27

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Yugoslav First League The Yugoslav First Federal Football League ( Serbian: Прва савезна лига у фудбалу / ''Prva savezna liga u fudbalu'', hr, Prva savezna liga u nogometu, sl, Prva zvezna nogometna liga, mk, Прва сојузна лига, ...
** Winners (11): 1946–47 Yugoslav First League, 1946–47, 1948–49 Yugoslav First League, 1948–49, 1960–61 Yugoslav First League, 1960–61, 1961–62 Yugoslav First League, 1961–62, 1962–63 Yugoslav First League, 1962–63, 1964–65, 1975–76 Yugoslav First League, 1975–76, 1977–78, 1982–83 Yugoslav First League, 1982–83, 1985–86, 1986–87 * Serbian SuperLiga#Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1992–2002), Serbia and Montenegro First League (record) ** Winners (8): 1992–93 First League of FR Yugoslavia, 1992–93, 1993–94 First League of FR Yugoslavia, 1993–94, 1995–96 First League of FR Yugoslavia, 1995–96, 1996–97 First League of FR Yugoslavia, 1996–97, 1998–99 First League of FR Yugoslavia, 1998–99, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2004–05 First League of Serbia and Montenegro, 2004–05 *
Serbian SuperLiga The Serbian Super League ( sr, Супер лига Србије / Super liga Srbije), referred to as the Mozzart Bet Super League ( sr, Моцарт Бет Супер лига / Mozzart Bet Super liga) for sponsorship reasons, is a Serbian profes ...
(shared record) ** Winners (8): 2007–08 Serbian SuperLiga, 2007–08, 2008–09 Serbian SuperLiga, 2008–09, 2009–10 Serbian SuperLiga, 2009–10, 2010–11 Serbian SuperLiga, 2010–11, 2011–12 Serbian SuperLiga, 2011–12, 2012–13 Serbian SuperLiga, 2012–13, 2014–15 Serbian SuperLiga, 2014–15, 2016–17 Serbian SuperLiga, 2016–17


Cups – 16

* Yugoslav Cup ** Winners (6): 1946–47 Yugoslav First League#Cup, 1946–47, 1952 Yugoslav First League#Cup, 1951–52, 1953–54 Yugoslav First League#Cup, 1953–54, 1956–57 Yugoslav Cup, 1956–57, 1988–89 Yugoslav Cup, 1988–89, 1991–92 Yugoslav Cup, 1991–92 * Yugoslav Cup#Cup Finals of FR Yugoslavia, Serbia and Montenegro Cup ** Winners (3): 1993–94 FR Yugoslavia Cup, 1993–94, 1997–98 FR Yugoslavia Cup, 1997–98, 2000–01 FR Yugoslavia Cup, 2000–01 * Serbian Cup (record) ** Winners (7): 2007–08 Serbian Cup, 2007–08, 2008–09 Serbian Cup, 2008–09, 2010–11 Serbian Cup, 2010–11, 2015–16 Serbian Cup, 2015–16, 2016–17 Serbian Cup, 2016–17, 2017–18 Serbian Cup, 2017–18, 2018–19 Serbian Cup, 2018–19 Super cups – 1 *Yugoslav Super Cup ** Winners (1): 1989


International competitions (1)

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Mitropa Cup The Mitropa Cup, officially called the La Coupe de l'Europe Centrale or Central European Cup, was one of the first international major European football cups for club sides. It was conducted among the successor states of the former Austria-Hunga ...
** Winners (1): 1978 * UEFA Champions League, European Cup / UEFA Champions League ** ''Runners up (1):'' European Cup 1965–66, 1965–1966


Club records

Partizan's record-holder by number of appearances is player Saša Ilić (footballer, born 1977), Saša Ilić. He played 874 games in two turns, from 1996 and 2005 and from 2010 till 2019. The goal-scoring record-holder is striker Stjepan Bobek, with 425 goals. Over 150 footballers from Partizan have played for the Yugoslavia national football team, Yugoslav and Serbia national football team, Serbian national football teams. Stjepan Bobek held the Yugoslavian national team record with 38 goals, with second place being shared by
Savo Milošević Savo Milošević ( sr-Cyrl, Саво Милошевић, ; born 2 September 1973) is a Serbian professional football manager and former player. A former forward, he signed for English club Aston Villa after making a name for himself at Partiza ...
,
Milan Galić Milan Galić ( sr-Cyrl, Милан Галић, ; 8 March 1938 – 13 September 2014) was a Yugoslav and Serbian professional footballer who played as a striker. He was part of the Yugoslav squad that won gold at the 1960 Summer Olympics. During ...
and Blagoje Marjanović, who scored 37 goals each. Aleksandar Mitrović holds the Serbian national team record with 52 goals as of late 2021, this means four out of five national team top goalscorers have been Partizan players. Partizan are record-holders of the
Yugoslav First League The Yugoslav First Federal Football League ( Serbian: Прва савезна лига у фудбалу / ''Prva savezna liga u fudbalu'', hr, Prva savezna liga u nogometu, sl, Prva zvezna nogometna liga, mk, Прва сојузна лига, ...
in terms of points acquired during a campaign, with 107, and are the only league-winning team to have gone undefeated during one season (in
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and 2009–10 Serbian SuperLiga, 2010). Partizan became the first champion of Yugoslavia in 1946–47 Yugoslav First League, 1947, the first Yugoslav Cup winner, also in 1947, and therefore also the first Double (association football), double winner in the country. They won three consecutive championship titles, in 1961, 1962 and 1963, the first title hat-trick in the history of the Yugoslav First League. Partizan won the most national championships since the dissolution of Yugoslavia, becoming champions 13 times. They are the only Serbian club ever, since the first nationwide domestic football competition in 1923 Yugoslav Football Championship, 1923, to win six consecutive national titles, a feat they achieved between 2007 and 2013. The club holds records such as playing in the first European Champions Cup match in
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, becoming the first Balkan and Eastern European club to play in the European Champions Cup final in 1966, and becoming the first club from
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to take part in the
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group stages in 2003–04 UEFA Champions League, 2003. The club's greatest victory in European competitions was 8–0 against Welsh champions Rhyl F.C., Rhyl in qualifying for the 2009–10 UEFA Champions League.


Players


Current squad


Players with multiple nationalities

* Nemanja Jović * Kristijan Belić * Svetozar Marković (footballer), Svetozar Marković * Siniša Saničanin * Bibras Natcho * Ricardo Gomes (Cape Verdean footballer), Ricardo Gomes * Patrick Andrade * Queensy Menig * Fousseni Diabaté


Other players under contract


Out on loan


Notable domestic players

To appear in this section a player must have played at least 80 matches for the club or made at least one international appearance. Flags indicate the national teams the players played for. Players that played for two different national teams have the flags of both national teams. * Radomir Antić * Aleksandar Atanacković (footballer, born 1920), Aleksandar Atanacković * Stefan Babović * Mane Bajić * Zoran Batrović *
Radoslav Bečejac Radoslav Bečejac (born 21 December 1941) is a Serbian football midfielder who played for SFR Yugoslavia. Best known for being member of the FK Partizan team that played the 1966 European Cup Final The 1966 European Cup Final was a football ...
* Bruno Belin *
Nenad Bjeković Nenad Bjeković (, ; born 5 November 1947) is a Serbian football administrator and former player and manager. Club career Born in Lazarevo, a village near Zrenjanin, Bjeković started out at his local club Zadrugar Lazarevo, before switching to P ...
* Stjepan Bobek * Miloš Bogunović * Miroslav Bogosavac *
Dražen Bolić Dražen Bolić (; born 12 September 1971) is a Serbian former footballer who played as a defender. Club career After playing for Obilić, Bolić was transferred to Partizan in 1994, spending the next four seasons with the ''Crno-beli''. He then ...
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Petar Borota Petar Borota ( sr-Cyrl, Петар Борота, ; 5 March 1952 – 12 February 2010) was a Serbian footballer who played as a goalkeeper, most notably for Serbian clubs OFK Beograd and Partizan and English club Chelsea. In addition to great go ...
* Miroslav Bošković * Darko Brašanac *
Branko Brnović Branko Brnović (Cyrillic: Бранко Брновић; born 8 August 1967) is a Montenegrin manager and retired professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. Club career After making his professional debuts with local club Budu ...
* Dragoljub Brnović * Nenad Brnović * Miroslav Brozović * Zlatko Čajkovski *
Damir Čakar Damir Čakar ( Cyrillic: Дамир Чакар; born 28 June 1973) is a Montenegrin former professional footballer who played as either a striker or an attacking midfielder. He is mostly known for his powerful shots and set pieces. Club career ...
* Vlado Čapljić * Srđan Čebinac *
Zvezdan Čebinac Zvezdan Čebinac (Serbian Cyrillic: Звeздaн Чeбинaц; 8 December 1939, Belgrade – 18 February 2012, Aarau) was a Serbian football midfielder and manager. He played 20 times for SFR Yugoslavia national football team, SFR Yugoslavia. He h ...
* Ratko Čolić *
Dragan Ćirić Dragan Ćirić ( Serbian Cyrillic: Драган Ћирић; born 15 September 1974) is a Serbian retired professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder for Partizan, Barcelona, AEK Athens, and Real Valladolid. Internationally, h ...
* Milivoje Ćirković *
Saša Ćurčić Saša Ćurčić (Serbian Cyrillic: Саша Ћурчић; born 14 February 1972) is a Serbian former professional footballer, coach and reality television personality. As a player, he was a midfielder who notably played in the Premier League fo ...
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Ivan Ćurković Ivan Ćurković (, ; born 15 March 1944) is a Serbian sports executive and former footballer who played as a goalkeeper. During his playing career that spanned 21 seasons from 1960 to 1981, Ćurković made over 700 official appearances for three ...
* Milan Damjanović * Aleksandar Davidov * Božidar Drenovac *
Ljubinko Drulović Ljubinko Drulović (; born 11 September 1968) is a Serbian former professional footballer who played as a winger, and is a current manager. He spent the most notable part of his playing career in Portugal, with stints at Porto and Benfica – ...
* Igor Duljaj * Miloš Đelmaš * Borivoje Đorđević * Nenad Đorđević * Svemir Đorđić * Vladislav Đukić * Milko Djurovski, Milko Đurovski * Ljubomir Fejsa * Vladimir Firm *
Milan Galić Milan Galić ( sr-Cyrl, Милан Галић, ; 8 March 1938 – 13 September 2014) was a Yugoslav and Serbian professional footballer who played as a striker. He was part of the Yugoslav squad that won gold at the 1960 Summer Olympics. During ...
* Franjo Glazer * Ivan Golac * Mustafa Hasanagić * Jusuf Hatunić * Antun Herceg * Edvard Hočevar * Idriz Hošić * Brana Ilić * Radiša Ilić * Saša Ilić (footballer, born 1977), Saša Ilić *
Ivica Iliev Ivica Iliev (, ; born 27 October 1979) is a Serbian former professional footballer who played as a forward. Club career After starting out as a youngster at Rad, Iliev joined the youth system of Partizan in January 1996. He made his first-te ...
* Đorđe Ivanović * Vladimir Ivić * Lajoš Jakovetić *
Miodrag Ješić Miodrag Ješić ( sr-Cyrl, Миодраг Јешић, ; 30 November 1958 – 8 December 2022) was a Serbian football manager and player. Playing career Born in Osečenica, Ješić played for Partizan between 1974 and 1985, taking part in 342 m ...
* Marko Jevtović (footballer), Marko Jevtović * Jovan Jezerkić * Stanoje Jocić * Miloš Jojić *
Slaviša Jokanović Slaviša Jokanović ( sr-Cyrl, Славиша Јокановић, ; born 16 August 1968) is a Serbian professional football manager and former player. He is the manager of Russian club Dynamo Moscow. A physical player considered strong in the a ...
* Miodrag Jovanović (footballer, born 1922), Miodrag Jovanović *
Fahrudin Jusufi Fahrudin Jusufi ( sr-Cyrl, Фахрудин Јусуфи, ; 8 December 1939 – 9 August 2019) was a Yugoslav footballer who most notably played for Partizan, Eintracht Frankfurt and the Yugoslav national team. Playing career Club career Jusufi ...
* Tomislav Kaloperović * Srečko Katanec * Ilija Katić *
Mateja Kežman Mateja Kežman ( sr-Cyrl, Матеја Кежман, ; born 12 April 1979) is a Serbian former professional footballer who played as a striker. Upon playing in his homeland, Kežman went on to play top-flight football in the Netherlands, Engla ...
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Nikica Klinčarski Nikica Klinčarski ( Macedonian: Никица Клинчарски; born 5 January 1957) is a Macedonian retired footballer. Club career He played a total of 518 matches for FK Partizan being by this the second player with most games played in ...
* Božidar Kolaković *
Vladica Kovačević Vladimir "Vladica" Kovačević (, ; 7 January 1940 – 28 July 2016) was a Yugoslav and Serbian footballer who played as a forward. Club career Born in Ivanjica, Kovačević moved to Belgrade Belgrade ( , ;, ; names in other languages) ...
* Refik Kozić *
Ivica Kralj Ivica Kralj (, ; born 26 March 1973) is a Montenegrin former footballer who played as a goalkeeper. During his playing career, Kralj was best known for his time at Partizan, having three spells at the club and winning five major trophies. He als ...
* Mladen Krstajić * Danko Lazović * Marko Lomić * Milan Lukač * Saša Lukić * Adem Ljajić *
Dragan Mance Dragan Mance (, ; 26 September 1962 – 3 September 1985) was a Yugoslav footballer who played as a striker. He spent the majority of his career at Partizan, earning a legendary status among the club's supporters. Mance died in a car accident w ...
* Nikola Malbaša * Lazar Marković * Svetozar Marković (footballer), Svetozar Marković *
Florijan Matekalo Florijan Matekalo (; 25 April 1920 – 20 May 1995) was a footballer who played international football for both Yugoslavia and Croatia. He scored the first goal in the history of the Croatian national team and the first goal ever for FK Partizan ...
* Branislav Mihajlović *
Ljubomir Mihajlović Ljubomir Mihajlović (; born 4 September 1943) is a former Yugoslav and Serbian footballer who played as a defender. Club career Mihajlović played for Partizan between 1961 and 1970, winning three Yugoslav First League titles ( 1961–62, 196 ...
* Prvoslav Mihajlović *
Predrag Mijatović Predrag "Peđa" Mijatović ( sr-Cyrl, Предраг Мијатовић, ; born 19 January 1969) is a Montenegrin retired professional footballer who played as a striker. At club level, Mijatović played for six clubs: Budućnost, Partizan, Va ...
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Jovan Miladinović Jovan Miladinović (30 January 1939 – 11 September 1982), commonly known as Zoran, was an association football player. He was born and died in Belgrade. During his club career he played for FK Partizan and 1. FC Nürnberg. He earned 17 ...
* Darko Milanič * Nikola Milenković * Nemanja Miletić (footballer, born July 1991), Nemanja G. Miletić * Nemanja Miletić (footballer, born January 1991), Nemanja R. Miletić * Goran Milojević *
Savo Milošević Savo Milošević ( sr-Cyrl, Саво Милошевић, ; born 2 September 1973) is a Serbian professional football manager and former player. A former forward, he signed for English club Aston Villa after making a name for himself at Partiza ...
* Milovan Milović * Aleksandar Mitrović * Bora Milutinović * Miloš Milutinović *
Zoran Mirković Zoran "Bata" Mirković ( sr-cyrl, Зоран Бата Мирковић, ; born 21 September 1971) is a retired Serbian footballer and current manager. Playing career Club career Mirković made his first appearance for FK Rad during the 1990– ...
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Albert Nađ Albert Nađ (, ; born 29 October 1974) is a Serbian professional football manager and a former player who played as a defensive midfielder. He is the assistant manager at Partizan. At international level, Nađ represented Serbia and Montenegro a ...
* Nikola Ninković *
Džoni Novak Džoni Novak (born 4 September 1969) is a Slovenian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He represented his country at Euro 2000 and the 2002 World Cup. Club career Born in Ljubljana, he started his professional career p ...
* Ivan Obradović * Ognjen Ožegović * Dejan Ognjanović * Fahrudin Omerović * Bela Palfi *
Goran Pandurović Goran Pandurović (; born 16 July 1963) is a Serbian former footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Club career While playing for Sloboda Užice in the 1980s, Pandurović made over 100 appearances in the Yugoslav Second League. He was later tra ...
* Danilo Pantić * Milinko Pantić * Blagoje Paunović * Veljko Paunović * Gordan Petrić * Strahinja Pavlović * Radosav Petrović * Vlada Pejović *
Josip Pirmajer Josip Pirmajer (14 February 1944 – 24 June 2018) was a Slovenian Association football, football player and manager who played as a winger (association football), winger. At international level, he represented the Yugoslavia national football tea ...
* Dževad Prekazi * Radovan Radaković *
Ljubomir Radanović Ljubomir Radanović ( Cyrillic: Љубомир Радановић; born 21 July 1960) is a former Yugoslav and Montenegrin footballer who played as a defender. Club career After starting out with Lovćen in the Yugoslav Second League, Radanovi ...
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Lazar Radović Lazar Radović ( Cyrillic: Лазар Радовић; born 13 November 1937) is a Montenegrin retired footballer. Club career Radović played in Holland for Xerxes alongside Eddy Treijtel and Willem van Hanegem and was prepared to follow van Han ...
* Miodrag Radović *
Branko Rašović Branko Rašović (born 11 April 1942) is a Montenegrin football defender who played for SFR Yugoslavia. His son Vuk is also a retired professional footballer, and former head coach of FK Partizan. Club career Budućnost Titograd Rašović bega ...
* Vuk Rašović * Nemanja Rnić * Antonio Rukavina *
Slobodan Santrač Slobodan Santrač (, ; 1 July 1946 – 13 February 2016) was a Serbian football manager and player. He is the all-time top scorer of the Yugoslav First League with a total of 218 goals, as well as the top scorer in the history of OFK Beograd. A ...
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Niša Saveljić Niša Saveljić (; born 27 March 1970) is a Montenegrin former footballer who played as a defender. At international level, Saveljić represented FR Yugoslavia in one World Cup (1998) and one European Championship (2000). Club career Born in ...
* Božidar Senčar * Kiril Simonovski *
Admir Smajić Admir Smajić (born 7 September 1963) is a Bosnian professional football manager and former player. He played for the Yugoslav national team and the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team. Club career Partizan Born in Bijeljina,Velimir Sombolac Velimir Sombolac (Serbian Cyrillic: Велимир Сомболац; 27 February 1939 – 22 May 2016) was a Serbian footballer and manager. He was part of the Yugoslav squad that won gold at the 1960 Summer Olympics. Playing career Club Followi ...
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Predrag Spasić Predrag Spasić ( sr-cyr, Предраг Спасић; born 13 May 1965) is a Serbian retired footballer who played as a central defender. Club career Spasić was born in Kragujevac, PR Serbia, Yugoslavia. Over the course of his career he playe ...
* Vojislav Stanković *
Vujadin Stanojković Vujadin Stanojković (Macedonian: Вујадин Станојковиќ; born 10 September 1963) is a Yugoslav and Macedonian former professional footballer and current manager. Club career Born in Kumanovo, Stanojković made his Yugoslav First ...
* Alen Stevanović *
Goran Stevanović Goran Stevanović (, ; born 27 November 1966) is a Serbian football manager and former player. Playing career He started his career in Partizan, a club where he passed all categories, from pioneers to seniors. He played a total of 328 games and ...
* Filip Stevanović * Slavko Stojanović * Ranko Stojić *
Nenad Stojković Nenad Stojković (; born 26 May 1956) is a Serbian football manager and former player. Club career During his 18-year professional career, Stojković played for Partizan (1974–1984), Monaco (1984–1986), Montpellier (1986–1988), Mulhouse ( ...
* Vladimir Stojković * Miralem Sulejmani * Đorđe Svetličić * Bojan Šaranov * Slađan Šćepović * Marko Šćepović * Stefan Šćepović * Petar Škuletić *
Milutin Šoškić Milutin Šoškić (Serbian Cyrillic: Милутин Шошкић; 31 December 1937 – 27 August 2022) was a Serbian professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He is considered one of FK Partizan's greatest players. Biography He was b ...
* Franjo Šoštarić *
Đorđe Tomić Đorđe Tomić (; born 11 November 1972) is a Serbian former footballer who played as a midfielder. Club career Tomić made his senior debut for Partizan in the second part of the 1992–93 season, as the club won the championship. He would hel ...
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Ivan Tomić Ivan Tomić (Serbian Cyrillic: Иван Томић; born 5 January 1976) is a Serbian football manager and former player. Club career After coming through the youth categories of Radnički Beograd, Tomić joined Partizan in the summer of 1993, ...
* Nemanja Tomić * Zoran Tošić * Aleksandar Trifunović * Goran Trobok * Slobodan Urošević *
Zvonko Varga Zvonko Varga (; born 27 November 1959) is a Serbian football manager and former player. Club career Varga made his senior debut at Crvenka in the Yugoslav Second League, before moving to Yugoslav First League side Partizan without his club's pe ...
* Marko Valok * Joakim Vislavski *
Velibor Vasović Velibor Vasović (Serbian Cyrillic: Велибор Васовић; 3 October 1939 – 4 March 2002) was a Serbian footballer and manager, also one of the legendary players of Partizan Belgrade and Ajax and one of greatest defenders of his gener ...
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Vladimir Vermezović Vladimir Vermezović (Serbian Cyrillic: Владимир Вермезовић; born 30 June 1963) is a Serbian football manager and former player who is the head coach of Slovenian PrvaLiga club Mura. Playing career Vermezović started playing ...
* Fadilj Vokri * Dušan Vlahović * Vladimir Volkov *
Budimir Vujačić Budimir Vujačić (born 4 January 1964) is a Montenegrin former professional footballer. Mainly a left-back, he could also operate as a centre-back. Club career Born in Titograd, Montenegro, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Vujačić ...
* Simon Vukčević * Milan Vukelić * Zvonimir Vukić * Todor Veselinović *
Momčilo Vukotić Momčilo "Moca" Vukotić (Serbian Cyrillic: Moмчилo Моца Bукoтић; 2 June 19503 December 2021) was a Serbian football coach and player. He played 14 times for his national team, Yugoslavia, between 1969 and 1974 scoring four goals. ...
* Miroslav Vulićević * Ilija Zavišić * Saša Zdjelar * Branko Zebec * Miodrag Živaljević * Andrija Živković *
Zvonko Živković Zvonko Živković (Serbian Cyrillic: Звонко Живковић; born 31 October 1959) is a Serbian football manager and former player. Playing career Živković spent eight seasons at Partizan, before moving to Benfica in 1986. He also pla ...


Notable foreign players

To appear in this section a player must have played at least 30 matches for the club or made at least one international appearance. Flags indicate the national teams the players played for. Players that played for two different national teams have the flags of both national teams. * Branimir Bajić * Darko Maletić * Nenad Mišković * Goran Zakarić * Siniša Saničanin * Cléo * Juca (footballer, born 1979), Juca * Leonardo da Silva Souza, Leonardo * Everton Luiz * Ivan Bandalovski * Valeri Bojinov * Ivan Ivanov (footballer, born 1988), Ivan Ivanov * Predrag Pažin * Filip Holender * Macky Bagnack * Pierre Boya * Eric Djemba-Djemba * Aboubakar Oumarou * Léandre Tawamba * Ricardo Gomes (Cape Verdean footballer), Ricardo Gomes * David Manga *
Liu Haiguang Liu Haiguang (; born July 11, 1963) is a former Chinese international footballer who spent the majority of his career playing for the Shanghai Team, however he gained distinction when he joined Yugoslav club FK Partizan along with Jia Xiuqua ...
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Jia Xiuquan Jia Xiuquan (; born 9 November 1963) is a Chinese football manager and former international player. Player career Club career As a player, Jia Xiuquan predominately played the majority of his career for Bayi Football Team. During his time a ...
* Dominic Adiyiah * Prince Tagoe * Seydouba Soumah *
Almami Moreira Almami Samori da Silva Moreira (born 16 June 1978) is a Guinea-Bissauan retired footballer who played as a midfielder. He also holds Portuguese citizenship. After starting out at Boavista he went on to represent mainly Standard Liège and Part ...
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Ilija Mitić Ilija Mitic (born July 19, 1940, in Belgrade, Kingdom of Yugoslavia) is a former Serbian American professional soccer player. He was a star of the North American Soccer League, its 7th all-time leading scorer with 239 points in 166 games, inclu ...
* Scoop Stanisic * Bibras Natcho * Takuma Asano * Mohamed El Monir * Marjan Gerasimovski *
Gjorgji Hristov Georgi Hristov (Macedonian language, Macedonian: Ѓорѓи Христов, also Romanization of Macedonian, romanized as ''Gjorgji Hristov''; born 30 January 1976) is a Macedonian former professional association football, footballer who played a ...
* Aleksandar Lazevski * Milan Stojanoski * Viktor Trenevski * Darko Božović * Mladen Božović * Marko Ćetković * Andrija Delibašić * Nikola Drinčić * Uroš Đurđević * Petar Grbić * Marko Janković (footballer, born 1995), Marko Janković * Stevan Jovetić * Nebojša Kosović * Milorad Peković * Srđan Radonjić * Stefan Savić * Aleksandar Šćekić * Igor Vujačić * Ifeanyi Emeghara * Obiora Odita * Umar Sadiq * Taribo West *
Tomasz Rząsa Tomasz Mariusz Rząsa (; born 11 March 1973) is a Polish former professional footballer who primarily played as a left back and sometimes as a left midfielder. Club career During his career, Rząsa represented Cracovia and Sokół Pniewy ( pl) ...
* Virgil Popescu * Marc Valiente * Queensy Menig *
Lamine Diarra Lamine Diarra (born 20 December 1983) is a Senegalese former footballer who played as a striker. He was capped once for Senegal at full level. Nicknamed ''Black Mamba'' and ''Mamba Di'', due to his speed and clinical finishing, Diarra is best r ...
* Mohamed Kamara * Gregor Balažic * Branko Ilić * Zlatko Zahovič * Kim Chi-woo * Joseph Kizito (footballer), Joseph Kizito ''For a list of all FK Partizan players with a Wikipedia article, see :FK Partizan players''.


Affiliated clubs

* FK Teleoptik


Club officials


Managerial history

Below is a list of Partizan managers from 1945 until the present day.


Club presidents

The full list of Partizan's presidents is given below.


Ownership and finances

Partizan operates as a sports association, as part of JSD Partizan, Partizan Sports Association, which includes 28 clubs in different sports, but it has complete independence regarding organisation, management, finances, material goods and facilities. In 2010, the club's non-consolidated operating revenues amounted to Euro, €21.2 million and EBITDA amounted to €3.5 million.


Shirt sponsors and manufacturers

*Only European and Domestic Cup matches


See also

* FK Partizan in European football


References


External links

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