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Marcel Žigante
Marcel Žigante (1929 – 8 March 2015) was a Yugoslav and later Croatian professional football manager and former player. Playing career Born in Rijeka, Kingdom of Yugoslavia, present day Croatia, Žigante's football career began in a small club called Šparta Zagreb in 1943. After the end of World War II, he started playing for Dinamo Zagreb in 1945. He did not stay there for long though. First, Žigante went to Čapljina and then, in 1949, he joined Sarajevo. He played there until 1955, during which time he collected 96 league appearances. Žigante then played with Radnički Beograd as they reached 3rd place in the 1955–56 Yugoslav First League season. His next club was Sarajevo's fierce city rival Željezničar. He played in 41 league games and scored 11 goals for the club during his three-year tenure. Žigante decided to end his playing career in 1960 after leaving Željezničar. He is remembered as one of the best right wingers during the 1940s and 1950s in Yugoslavia. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rijeka
Rijeka (; Fiume ([ˈfjuːme]) in Italian and in Fiuman dialect, Fiuman Venetian) is the principal seaport and the List of cities and towns in Croatia, third-largest city in Croatia. It is located in Primorje-Gorski Kotar County on Kvarner Bay, an inlet of the Adriatic Sea and in 2021 had a population of 107,964 inhabitants. Historically, because of its strategic position and Port of Rijeka, its excellent deep-water port, the city was fiercely contested, especially between the Holy Roman Empire, Venice, Italy and Yugoslavia, changing rulers and demographics many times over centuries. According to the Demographics of Croatia, 2011 census data, 85% of its citizens are Croats, along with small numbers of Serbs of Croatia, Serbs, Bosniaks of Croatia, Bosniaks and Italians of Croatia, Italians. Rijeka is the main city and county seat of the Primorje-Gorski Kotar County. The city's economy largely depends on shipbuilding (shipyards "3. Maj" and "Viktor Lenac Shipyard") and maritime ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Football Player
A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby league, and rugby union. It has been estimated that there are 250 million association football players in the world, and many play other forms of football. Career Jean-Pierre Papin has described football as a "universal language". Footballers across the world and at almost any level may regularly attract large crowds of spectators, and players are the focal points of widespread social phenomena such as association football culture. Footballers usually begin as amateurs and the best players progress to become professional players. Normally they start at a youth team (any local team) and from there, based on skill and talent, scouts offer contracts. Once signed, some learn to play better football and a few advance to the senior or profe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2015 Deaths
This is a list of lists of deaths of notable people, organized by year. New deaths articles are added to their respective month (e.g., Deaths in ) and then linked below. 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 1986 Earlier years ''Deaths in years earlier than this can usually be found in the main articles of the years.'' See also * Lists of deaths by day * Deaths by year (category) {{DEFAULTSORT:deaths by year ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1929 Births
This year marked the end of a period known in American history as the Roaring Twenties after the Wall Street Crash of 1929 ushered in a worldwide Great Depression. In the Americas, an agreement was brokered to end the Cristero War, a Catholic Counter-revolutionary, counter-revolution in Mexico. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, a British high court, ruled that Canadian women are persons in the ''Edwards v. Canada (Attorney General)'' case. The 1st Academy Awards for film were held in Los Angeles, while the Museum of Modern Art opened in New York City. The Peruvian Air Force was created. In Asia, the Republic of China (1912–1949), Republic of China and the Soviet Union engaged in a Sino-Soviet conflict (1929), minor conflict after the Chinese seized full control of the Manchurian Chinese Eastern Railway, which ended with a resumption of joint administration. In the Soviet Union, General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, General Secretary Joseph S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1975 Intertoto Cup
In the 1975 Intertoto Cup no knock-out rounds were contested, and therefore no overall winner was declared. Group stage The teams were divided into ten groups of four teams each. Group 1 ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Group 2 Group 3 Group 4 Group 5 Group 6 Group 7 Group 8 Group 9 Group 10 See also * 1975–76 European Cup * 1975–76 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup * 1975–76 UEFA Cup The 1975–76 UEFA Cup was the fifth season of the UEFA Cup, the third-tier club football competition organised by UEFA. The final was played over two legs at Anfield, Liverpool, England and at the Olympiastadion, Bruges, Belgium. It was won by ... External links by Pawel Mogielnicki {{1975–76 in European football (UEFA) UEFA Intertoto Cup, 1975 4 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
UEFA Intertoto Cup
The UEFA Intertoto Cup (from , "between" and , " betting pool"),Most precisely, from ( football pool); cf. originally called the International Football Cup, was a summer football competition between European clubs. The competition was discontinued after the 2008 tournament. The tournament was founded in 1961–62, but was only taken over by UEFA in 1995. Initially, the tournament ended with a single champion, who received the Intertoto Cup. Starting in 1967, the tournament ended with a number of group winners (7 to 14 winners), who received cash prizes. When UEFA took on the tournament, it became a qualifier for the UEFA Cup, with 2 to 11 Intertoto winners advancing to the second qualifying round of the UEFA Cup. Any club who wished to participate had to apply for entry, with the highest placed clubs (by league position in their domestic league) at the end of the season entering the competition. The club did not have to be ranked directly below the clubs which had qualif ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1967–68 Yugoslav First League
The 1967–68 Yugoslav First League season was the 22nd season of the First Federal League (), the top level association football league of SFR Yugoslavia, since its establishment in 1946. Sixteen teams contested the competition, with Red Star winning their eighth national title. Teams At the end of the previous season Sutjeska and Čelik were relegated. They were replaced by Proleter Zrenjanin and Maribor Maribor ( , , ; also known by other #Name, historical names) is the List of cities and towns in Slovenia, second-largest city in Slovenia and the largest city of the traditional region of Styria (Slovenia), Lower Styria. It is the seat of the .... League table No team was relegated to Second League at the end of this season in order to increase the number of First League participating teams to 18 beginning with the 1968–69 campaign. Results Top scorers See also * 1967–68 Yugoslav Second League * 1967–68 Yugoslav Cup External linksYugoslavia Domestic Foo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1966–67 Yugoslav First League
The 1966–67 Yugoslav First League season was the 21st season of the First Federal League (), the top level association football league of SFR Yugoslavia, since its establishment in 1946. Sixteen teams contested the competition, with Sarajevo winning their first national title. Teams At the end of the previous season Radnički Belgrade and NK Trešnjevka were relegated. They were replaced by Sutjeska and Čelik. League table Results Winning squad Top scorers See also * 1966–67 Yugoslav Second League *1966–67 Yugoslav Cup The 1966–67 Yugoslav Cup was the 20th season of the top football knockout competition in SFR Yugoslavia, the Yugoslav Cup (), also known as the " Marshal Tito's Cup" (''Kup Maršala Tita''), since its establishment in 1946. According to offici ... External linksYugoslavia Domestic Football Full Tables {{DEFAULTSORT:1966-67 Yugoslav First League Yugoslav First League seasons Yugo 1966–67 in Yugoslav football ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milan Ribar
Milan Ribar (21 November 1930 – 26 May 1996) was a Bosnian professional football manager and player. He is the only manager in Željezničar history to have won the Yugoslav First League. Playing career Ribar played for hometown club Željezničar on two occasions (1950–1953 and 1956–1960) and Borac Banja Luka (1953–1956). For Željezničar he made 65 league appearances and scored 2 goals. Ribar was known for being a very rough player. Managerial career Ribar managed Željezničar, Yugoslavia (co-manager), Iraklis, AEL 1964 FC, Čelik Zenica, Sarıyer and Zeytinburnuspor. Ribar led Željezničar to the Yugoslav First League title in the 1971–72 season. With 367 games, he has the most managerial appearances for Željezničar. Honours Player Željezničar *Yugoslav Second League: 1956–57 (zone II A) Manager Željezničar *Yugoslav First League The Yugoslav First League ( Bosnian: Prva savezna liga u fudbalu, sr-Cyrl-Latn, Прва савезна лига ... [...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] |
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] |
Sarajevo Derby
The Sarajevo derby (, ), also known as the Eternal derby (), is the name given to any football match between rival clubs Željezničar and Sarajevo, the two primary clubs in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is the most viewed annual sporting event in Bosnia and Herzegovina. During the match, fans usually create a competitive atmosphere with big flags, paper rolls, scarfs and loud chanting. It is not uncommon to see members of the same family on opposite sides, not speaking to each other on the day of the derby, with opposing fans engaging in mutual provocations at the end of the match, eagerly awaiting the next confrontation although, in recent years, this has led to clashes between some younger fans. Željezničar leads in head-to-head results in competitive matches with 47 wins to Sarajevo's 46 with 62 draws. Along with Zrinjski Mostar and Široki Brijeg, they are the only clubs in the Bosnian Premier League to have never been relegated. History The history of the Saraje ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
