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Aleksandar Petaković
Aleksandar Petaković (; 6 February 1930 – 12 April 2011) was a Yugoslav and Serbian football manager and player. Club career Petaković started out at Radnički Beograd, helping the club win promotion from the Yugoslav Third League to the Yugoslav First League. He amassed over 150 appearances and scored more than 80 goals in the top flight during the course of eight seasons (1953–1961). After moving abroad, Petaković played for several years in France (Lille), Belgium (Standard Liège), and the Netherlands ( Fortuna '54). International career At international level, Petaković was capped 19 times for Yugoslavia between 1954 and 1959, scoring eight goals including a hat-trick in a 5–0 friendly win over England in May 1958. He was also part of the team in two World Cups (1954 and 1958). Managerial career Soon after hanging up his boots, Petaković started his managerial career at Sloga Kraljevo, taking over in October 1965. He spent two seasons in charge and led the club ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belgrade
Belgrade is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Serbia, largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers and at the crossroads of the Pannonian Basin, Pannonian Plain and the Balkan Peninsula. The population of the Belgrade metropolitan area is 1,685,563 according to the 2022 census. It is one of the Balkans#Urbanization, major cities of Southeast Europe and the List of cities and towns on the river Danube, third-most populous city on the river Danube. Belgrade is one of the List of oldest continuously inhabited cities, oldest continuously inhabited cities in Europe and the world. One of the most important prehistoric cultures of Europe, the Vinča culture, evolved within the Belgrade area in the 6th millennium BC. In antiquity, Thracians, Thraco-Dacians inhabited the region and, after 279 BC, Celts settled the city, naming it ''Singidunum, Singidūn''. It was Roman Serbia, conquered by the Romans under the reign of Augustus and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yugoslav First League
The Yugoslav First League ( Bosnian: Prva savezna liga u fudbalu, sr-Cyrl-Latn, Прва савезна лига у фудбалу, Prva savezna liga u fudbalu, , , , , ) was the premier football league in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1918–1941) and Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1945–1992). The First League Championship was one of two national competitions held annually in Yugoslavia, the Yugoslav Cup being the other. The league became fully professional in 1967. Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1923–1940) This was the first club competition on a national level for clubs from Kingdom of Yugoslavia (named the ''Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes'' until 1930). The league was started in 1923 and the first four seasons had a cup tournament format, while the first round-robin league competition was held in 1927. In the period from 1927 to 1940 seventeen seasons were completed, with all the titles won by clubs from Croatia ( Građanski Zagreb, Concordia Zagreb, HAŠK Zag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1955–56 Yugoslav First League
The 1955–56 Yugoslav First League season was the tenth season of the First Federal League (Serbian: ''Prva savezna liga'', Croatian: ''Prva savezna liga''), the top level association football competition of SFR Yugoslavia, since its establishment in 1946. Fourteen teams contested the competition, with Red Star winning their third title. Teams At the end of the previous season Lokomotiva and Vardar were relegated from top level. They were replaced by Velež and Budućnost Titograd. League table Results Winning squad Champions: *RED STAR BELGRADE (coach: Milovan Ćirić) players (league matches/league goals): * Rajko Mitić (25/4) * Lazar Tasić (25/4) * Ivan Toplak (24/12) * Antun Rudinski (24/6) * Ljubomir Spajić (23/0) *Dragoslav Šekularac (22/6) * Branko Stanković (20/1) *Srboljub Krivokuća (19/0) -goalkeeper- *Borivoje Kostić (17/14) * Vladimir Popović (17/2) * Branko Nešović (17/0) * Miljan Zeković (17/0) * Todor Živanović (12/9) * Vladimir Durković ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1954–55 Yugoslav First League
Teams At the end of the previous season Odred Ljubljana and Rabotnički were relegated from top level. They were replaced by NK Zagreb and Željezničar. League table Results Winning squad Champions: *Hajduk Split (coach: Aleksandar Tomašević) players (league matches/league goals): * Davor Grčić (26 apps; 1 goal) *Slavko Luštica (26 apps; 1 goal) * Bernard Vukas (26 apps; 20 goals) * Joško Vidošević (26 apps; 18 goals) *Ljubomir Kokeza (25 apps) * Sulejman Rebac (23 apps; 9 goals) * Vladimir Šenauer (22 apps; 7 goals) * Frane Matošić (21 apps; 8 goals) * Vladimir Beara (20 apps) * Božo Broketa (20 apps; 1 goal) * Lenko Grčić (20 apps) *Nikola Radović Nikola Radović ( sr-cyrl, Никола Радовић; 10 March 1933 – 28 January 1991) was a Montenegrin footballer and inventor. Club career Radović began his career at Budućnost Titograd before moving to BSK Belgrade where he started ... (20 apps; 1 goal) * Ante Vulić (6 apps) * Bogdan Kra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1951 Yugoslav Second League
The 1951 Yugoslav Second League season was the 5th season of the Second Federal League (), the second level association football competition of SFR Yugoslavia, since its establishment in 1946. Teams A total of sixteen teams contested the league, including six sides from the 1950 season, one club relegated from the 1950 Yugoslav First League and nine sides promoted from the third tier leagues played in the 1950 season. The league was contested in a double round robin format, with each club playing every other club twice, for a total of 30 rounds. Two points were awarded for a win and one point for draws. FK Budućnost Podgorica, Budućnost were relegated from the 1950 Yugoslav First League after finishing in the 10th place of the league table, while 9th placed FK Spartak Zlatibor Voda, Spartak Subotica were allowed to stay in the top level after FK Naša Krila Zemun, Naša Krila Zemun were dissolved. The four clubs promoted directly to the second level were FK Dinamo Pančevo, Dina ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yugoslav Second League
Yugoslav Second League ( Bosnian: ''Druga savezna liga,'' Croatian: ''Druga savezna liga'', Serbian: ''Друга савезна лига'', Slovenian: ''Druga zvezna liga'', Macedonian: ''Втора сојузна лига'', ''Vtora sojuzna liga'') was the second tier football league of SFR Yugoslavia. The top clubs were promoted to the top tier, the Yugoslav First League. Although the Yugoslav First League had existed since 1923, the unified Second League was only introduced in 1947. It existed until 1992. League format Over the years, the league changed its format many times: *In 1946–47 each of the six Yugoslav federal republics had its own league (SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SR Croatia, SR Macedonia, SR Montenegro, SR Serbia and SR Slovenia) *In 1947–48 the leagues were merged into a single national "Unified League" (''Jedinstvena liga'') *In 1952 each of the republics played its own second-level "Republic League" again (''Republička liga'') *In 1952–53 a num ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1958 FIFA World Cup
The 1958 FIFA World Cup was the 6th FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial football tournament for men's senior national teams. It was played in Sweden from 8 to 29 June 1958. It was the first and only FIFA World Cup to be played in a Nordic country. Brazil beat Sweden 5–2 in the final in Solna, Stockholm, to claim their first title, having beaten France in the semi-final and Wales in the quarter-final. The tournament also marked the arrival of a then 17-year-old Pelé on the world stage, who scored in all three of Brazil's knockout games. This was the first appearance of Wales at the FIFA World Cup. They would not qualify for another until 64 years later. This tournament also marked the debuts of fellow British side Northern Ireland, as well as the Soviet Union. Defending champions West Germany were eliminated by runners-up Sweden and would lose to France in a third place match. Host selection Argentina, Chile, Mexico, and Sweden expressed interest in hosting the tournament. Swe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1954 FIFA World Cup
The 1954 FIFA World Cup was the 5th edition of the FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international Association football, football tournament for senior men's national teams of the nations affiliated to FIFA. It was held in Switzerland from 16 June to 4 July. Switzerland was selected as the FIFA World Cup hosts#1950 and 1954 FIFA World Cups, host country in July 1946. At the tournament, several all-time records for goalscoring were set, including the highest average number of goals scored per game. The tournament was won by Germany national football team, West Germany, who defeated tournament favourites Hungary national football team, Hungary 3–2 in the 1954 FIFA World Cup Final, final for their first World Cup title. Uruguay national football team, Uruguay, the defending champions, were eliminated by Hungary and would lose to Austria national football team, Austria in the third-place match. The Austria v Switzerland (1954 FIFA World Cup), highest scoring match of a men’s World C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FIFA World Cup
The FIFA World Cup, often called the World Cup, is an international association football competition among the senior List of men's national association football teams, men's national teams of the members of the FIFA, Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the sport's global governing body. The tournament has been held every four years since the 1930 FIFA World Cup, inaugural tournament in 1930, with the exception of 1942 and 1946 due to the Second World War. The reigning champions are Argentina national football team, Argentina, who won their third title at the 2022 FIFA World Cup, 2022 World Cup by defeating France national football team, France. The contest starts with the FIFA World Cup qualification, qualification phase, which takes place over the preceding three years to determine which teams qualify for the tournament phase. In the tournament phase, 32 teams compete for the title at venues within the host nation(s) over the course of about a month. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
England National Football Team
The England national football team have represented England in international Association football, football since the first international match in 1872. It is controlled by the Football Association (FA), the governing body for football in England, which is affiliated with UEFA and comes under the global jurisdiction of world football's governing body FIFA. England competes in the three major international tournaments contested by European nations: the FIFA World Cup, the UEFA European Championship and the UEFA Nations League. England are the joint oldest national team in football having played in the world's 1872 Scotland v England football match, first international football match in 1872, against Scotland men's national football team, Scotland. England's home ground is Wembley Stadium, London, and their training headquarters is at St George's Park National Football Centre, St George's Park, Burton upon Trent. Thomas Tuchel is the current Head Coach. England won the 1966 FIF ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
