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Fudbalski Klub Crvena Zvezda (Фудбалски клуб Црвена звезда, commonly known in English as Red Star Belgrade) is one of the two major football teams in Belgrade, the capital city of Serbia and Montenegro.
Red Star's greatest achievement was winning the European Cup in 1991 in Bari, Italy, and World Cup same year in Tokyo (Japan). The club also made the final of the UEFA Cup in 1979, losing to Borussia Mönchengladbach.
According to surveys, Red Star is the club with the most fans across Serbia and Montenegro and Republika Srpska. Red Star fans are called delije (делије - rough English translation might be the heroes).
The Red Star stadium is the biggest stadium in the country, and sometimes is called "Maracana", or "Small Maracana" after the famous Brazilian stadium.
Red Star also played a peripheral role in a tragedy of football history. In 1958, Manchester United played at Red Star in a European Cup fixture. Shortly after the plane that was to carry the team back to England refueled in Munich, it crashed. Among the dead were eight United players; manager Matt Busby and several other players were injured. The incident would forever be known as the Munich air disaster.
In contrast with other teams' reliance on imported footballers, Red Star have had many homegrown superstars, such as Dejan Savićević, Vladimir Jugovic, Sinisa Mihajlovic, Dejan Stankovic, and Dragan Stojković.
Their great rivals are Partizan Belgrade, and the matches between the two clubs are usually spectacular, if not for the football, at least for the action off the field. Matches between Red Star and Partizan are called "the eternal derby" (вечити дерби), and rivals are called "the eternal rivals" (вечити ривали).
See also
External link
- FC Red Star website (http://www.fc-redstar.net/)
- FC Red Star Fans website (http://www.delije.net/)de:FK Roter Stern Belgrad