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Jevtović also made his debut for the club with 26 jersey in summer 2018, but later chose number 33 in the domestic competition. During their run in the 1990–91 European Cup the Delije followed Red Star wherever they played. Red Star's home ground is the Rajko Mitić Stadium (since 21 December 2014), formerly known as Red Star Stadium. 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 Romanian football player Miodrag Belodedici was the first ever Red Star player to have won the European Cup with two different teams, Steaua București and Red Star, and very curious both of the team's names mean "Star". Today, the stadium has a central lodge, named 5 Zvezdinih Zvezda (English: 5 Stars of Red Star), which consist of five segments, each bears the name of one of Red Star's legendary players (Mitić, Šekularac, Džajić, Petrović, Stojković), two other VIP lounges and a special VIP gallery with over 450 seats. Originally the red and white motif of Red Star was inherited from the expropriated SK Jugoslavija that wore red shirts and socks, with white shorts. A large flag with "Welcome Orthodox Brothers" was set along the east stand as a welcome gesture to Greek fans and players. Then, Serbian clubs were banned from European competition in 1992/93, 1993/94 and 1994/95. Red Star won the shootout, 5–3, on 29 May 1991 in front of 60,000 spectators and the millions watching on television around the world. Yugoslavia slowly deteriorated, nationalism had taken over across the whole of the Balkans, and a war was proclaimed unavoidable by many. Sessegnon pulls one back for Eriksen, who shapes to send a shot towards the bottom right. A red star, five-pointed and filled (★), is an important symbol that has often historically been associated with communist ideology, particularly in combination with the hammer and sickle, but is also used as a purely socialist symbol in the 21st century. It is named CDS Estrella Roja. Name for supporters of a Serbian sports organization, Делије Север / Delije Sever (Delije North), Serbian football club supporter associations, Learn how and when to remove this template message, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Delije&oldid=1006398072, Serbian football supporters' associations, Articles containing Serbian-language text, Articles needing additional references from December 2008, All articles needing additional references, Articles needing additional references from October 2018, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 12 February 2021, at 17:53. In both matches, Barcelona were the better team and Red Star was eliminated. The "Orthodox Brothers" friendship is based on mutual Eastern Orthodox faith, a strong cultural marker amongst the Serbs and Greeks. At the end of May, the United Nations had the country under sanctions and dislodged Yugoslav football from the international scene. Two non-related bands, one of them from Great Yarmouth, Great Britain,[74][75] and the other one from Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States,[76] shared the name Red Star Belgrade. The club crest is even the same as the one Red Star had between 1995 and 2011. Red Star was founded with close ties to the State Security Administration and Partizan as the football section of the Yugoslav People's Army. They are the only Serbian (and ex-Yugoslav) club, and only the second team from this southern corner of Europe and Southeast Europe, to have won the European Cup, having done so in 1991, which was also the 100th UEFA competing final. Branko Stanković, whose reign as head coach was to last four years, brought Red Star three trophies and the first great European final. This same team even went on to become world champions, by defeating Colo-Colo of Chile 3–0 in the Intercontinental Cup. Due to the club's widespread popularity, most fans are generally apolitical, whilst hardcore ultras espouse nationalist and right-wing sentiments. UEFA changed the format of the competition that year and the 1991–92 European Cup was the first to be played in a format with two groups each having four teams. In the 1980s the North side was split between two big supporters groups, the "Ultras" and the "Red Devils". In 2011, the stadium received also a new modern LED scoreboard. Red Star supporters are the type to give it some. As a sign of appreciation, during the late 1990s, Red Star painted the word Delije in block letters across the north stand. [4] Red Star was soon adopted as a symbol of Serbian nationalism within Yugoslavia and a sporting institution which remains the country's most popular to this day. During the mid-1980s, Ultras and Red Devils were strengthened by a new group, the "Zulu Warriors". Arkan's Tigers made a dramatic appearance on the north stand during the Belgrade Derby game of 22 March 1992, played between Red Star and Partizan, where they held up actual highway marker signs displaying: '20 miles to Vukovar'; '10 miles to Vukovar'; 'Welcome to Vukovar'. Fudbalski klub Crvena zvezda (Serbian Cyrillic: Фудбалски клуб Црвена звезда, lit. Red Star has almost a 50-year-long tradition of giving the title of the Star of [Red] Star (Serbian: Звездина звезда / Zvezdina zvezda) to the players that had a major impact on the club's history and have made the name of the club famous around the globe. Written in the alternate history genre, utilizing elements of uchronia, its story is based on the premise of what if the 9 November 1988 return leg of the European Cup second round clash between Red Star and AC Milan hadn't been ordered abandoned by German referee Dieter Pauly in the 65th minute due to thick fog that night in Belgrade. Stewards intervened to separate Red Star Belgrade fans from home supporters. Delije (Serbian: Делије) roughly translated to English as "Heroes" is an umbrella name referring to the supporters of various sports clubs that compete under Red Star Belgrade Sports Society banner. The league is now considered poor at best. Serbia's champions Red Star Belgrade on Friday strongly condemned racists slogans chanted at Swedish striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic, during their Europa League last 32 first leg with Milan AC. Delije (Serbian Cyrillic: Делије) is a name referring to the supporters of various sports clubs that compete under the Red Star Belgrade Sports Society banner. [6] The second leg is notable for being the last match played by the Busby Babes: on the return flight to England the following day, the plane crashed in Munich, resulting in the deaths of 23 people, including eight Manchester United players. Welcome to Belgrade. They are one of the most famous supporter groups in the world, renowned for their passion and fanaticism. Red Star's fiercest and long-standing city rival is FK Partizan, the other large and popular sport society in Serbia. The success in the previous season caught the attention of European giants which rushed making lucrative offers to sign Red Star's best players. Since Red Star enjoys a lot of support outside of Belgrade as well, various organized groups exist in cities across Serbia, Montenegro, and Republika Srpska as well as in Serbian diaspora. The name Red Star was assigned after a long discussion. Therefore, the 100th European competing final was expected to be a spectacle of offense. In those years, Red Star's teams featured the likes of Nikola Žigić, Boško Janković, Milan Biševac, Dušan Basta, Dejan Milovanović, Segundo Castillo, Ibrahima Gueye, Nenad Milijaš and Ognjen Koroman. [42] Both clubs also share the same colours, and are from the national capitals. Red Star is the most successful club from the Balkans and Southeast Europe, being the only club to win both the European Cup and Intercontinental Cup. After several minutes of stressful penalties, one of Marseille's players, Manuel Amoros, missed a penalty, and Darko Pančev converted his penalty to bring the European Cup to Yugoslavia for the first time. Some of the greatest players during this period were Kosta Tomašević, Branko Stanković, Rajko Mitić, Vladimir Beara, Bora Kostić, Vladica Popović, Vladimir Durković and Dragoslav Šekularac. By that time, Red Star had 18 goals in 8 matches, whereas the French champions had 20. On the club's birthday in 1987, it started. It started immediately after the creation of the two clubs in 1945 and the two clubs have been dominant in domestic football since then. [34][35], The organized supporters of Red Star are known as Delije, roughly translated in English as the "Heroes", "Braves", "Hardman" or "Studs". The Red Devils based their group on Serbian habits, which were often mixed with English habits such as heavy drinking, and constantly fighting rivals. Red Star adopted the iconic red and white vertical stripe jersey in 1950. In 1992, the club was weakened by the departure of numerous players from the champions generation (new players were added, such as Dejan Petković and Anto Drobnjak). BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Red Star Belgrade apologized to AC Milan striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic on Friday after he was targeted with repeated ethnic insults from fans during a … 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." Delije Sever/Heroes 1989 | Crvena Zvezda Beograd Fans/Supporters | Football/Soccer Ultras Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/TIFO-Life/1407382092918260 Since the mid-1980s the supporters maintain friendly relations with Olympiacos F.C. In 1990, members of the Delije provided the base for the Serb Volunteer Guard, a paramilitary unit commanded by the director of the Delije, Željko "Arkan" Ražnatović. Red Star is the most popular football club in Serbia. [72], Billy Bragg's 1991 UK top thirty hit song "Sexuality" contains the lyric "I had an uncle who once played for Red Star Belgrade." Up to that point, the die-hard fans were scattered amongst about eight groups that shared the north stand at the Red Star Stadium (known colloquially as Marakana), most prominent of which were the Red Devils, Ultras and Zulu Warriors. [9] Red Star went unbeaten at the 1990–91 European Cup in Bari and the 1991 Intercontinental Cup in Tokyo. The plural of the singular form delija (делија)—which in Serbian generally signifies a courageous, brave, strong, tough, or even handsome young man—a rough English translation of Delije is "Heroes", "Braves", or "Studs". The Belgrade derby has a long association with violence - most notably in 1999 when a teenage Red Star fan was killed by a rocket fired by Partizan fans. With 31 national championships, 24 national cups, 2 national supercups and one league cup between Serbian and Yugoslav competitions, Red Star was the most successful club in Yugoslavia and finished first in the Yugoslav First League all-time table, and is the most successful club in Serbia. [20][21][22] The club crest is a red five-pointed star, white framed, on a red-white background. On the west stand of the stadium exist also an official Red Star shop along with a Delije shop. Eye-witness accounts suggested that Red Star supporters set seats on fire Two goals in the final 10 minutes saw Partizan walk away with all three points By Sam Mcevoy For Mailonline Today there is a solid friendship between the two supporting groups, and they have an ultra-union group, Orthodox Brothers. Red Star were leading 1–0 after a goal by Dejan Savićević and were also a man up due to Milan striker Pietro Paolo Virdis receiving a red card. They would often chant Serbian patriotic songs, and carry Serbian flags. Since the mid-2000s Spartak Moscow Fans are also included in this friendship. [36][37], Hardcore supporters began to emerge during the 1980s, with official inauguration taking place in 1989. The rivalry is present in a number of different sports but the most intense matches are in football and basketball sections of both clubs. Because of many incidents people belonging to these two groups were regularly arrested. Premijera protiv Spartaksa! Previously, Red Star fans were scattered amongst several organized fan groups within the north terrace of the Rajko Mitić Stadium, colloquially known as "Marakana". Red Star is among the nine clubs, which have ever won the European Cup unbeaten. As champions, Red Star were Yugoslavia's entrants into the 1957–58 European Cup where they were famously beaten 5–4 on aggregate by English champions Manchester United in the quarter-finals. After the 1970s, historical matches against Udo Lattek's Barcelona followed during the 1982–83 European Cup Winners' Cup. The match is particularly noted for the passion of the Red Star's supporters, called Delije, and Partizan's supporters, the Grobari (English: "Gravediggers" or "Undertakers"). Their main rivals are fellow Belgrade side Partizan. Fan groups are widespread throughout Serbia and former Yugoslav republics, and the club has the highest social media following amongst former Yugoslav football teams. Partizan Belgrade fans start wars. In 2008, the club reconstructed the stadium's pitch, under-soil grass heaters, improved drainage systems were installed and new modern turf replaced the old surface. The duel is regarded as one of the greatest football rivalries in the world and the matches between these rivals have been labeled as the Eternal derby. That rule is obligated to be followed even today, although fans use every opportunity to express their political opinion. They are: The club's name in Serbian is also the title of the 2013 Italian novel Crvena Zvezda by Enrico Varrecchione. On 14 May 2019, the 1946 People's Republic of Serbia League title was officially recognized by the Serbian FA, meaning that Red Star's triumph in the 2018–19 Serbian SuperLiga was their 30th national championship. The club continued to wear the initial pre-stripe kit throughout its existence, but has generally declined in usage. The fans saw their reflection on the field, because Šekularac had class as well as talent. Red Star has won 4 international and 58 domestic trophies, making it the most successful football club in Serbia and the former Yugoslavia. The management of the club, run by Dragan Džajić and Vladimir Cvetković, began to build a team that could compete with some of the most powerful European sides. On 27 October 2017, FIFA officially recognized all winners of the Intercontinental Cup as club world champions, in equal status to the FIFA Club World Cup. [48] Red Star was also the first team that could beat Bayern Munich on the Olympiastadion in its long UEFA competition history (during the 1990–91 European Cup).[49]. After a six-year drought, Red Star won their 26th league title in 2013–14 season. The UEFA Club Financial Control Body found Red Star's debts to players, some of whom had not been paid for at least six months, staff and other clubs, totalled €1.86 million. Other ideas shortlisted by the delegates included "People's Star", "Blue Star", "Proleter", "Stalin", "Lenin", etc. Since the 1991–92 season, Red Star's best results are in the UEFA Champions League group stage and UEFA Europa League knockout phase. The … Estrella Roja is the translation and the way Red Star is known in Spanish speaking countries. However, there were also many other groups with much less influence, such as Winners, Red and White Angels, Brigate, Red Star Army, Red Star Clan, and the Eagles. There, Red Star met Borussia Mönchengladbach, who played five European finals from 1973 to 1980. After a long series of struggles and armed conflicts in Bosnia and Croatia, which took five years in all, Red Star was allowed to take part in a first European competition after five years of ban in European cups. The rivalry started immediately after the creation of the two clubs in 1945. [23], Despite the club's overtly Communist name and imagery, Red Star Football Club has become a symbol in its own right. The real beauty of Red Star’s ultras is their ability to generate the furnace of emotions even with one stand. Previously, as of December 1944, all pre-war Serbian clubs were abolished, and on 5 May 1945, communist Secretary of Sports Mitra Mitrović-Djilas signed the decree dissolving formally all pre-war clubs on the territory of Socialist Republic of Serbia. In the novel's parallel universe, Red Star won the 9 November 1988 match in Belgrade and eliminated AC Milan, which thus never won its 1989 European Cup, meaning that Berlusconi's ultimate entry into Italian politics had a much weaker background push, which adversely affected his performance at the 1994 Italian general election. 'Red Star Football Club'), better known simply as Crvena zvezda (Serbian Cyrillic: Црвена звезда, pronounced [tsř̩ʋenaː zʋěːzda]) or, internationally, as Red Star Belgrade, is a Serbian professional football club based in Belgrade, Serbia and the major part of the Red Star multi-sport club. But a number of Red Star Belgrade supporters managed to get into Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, despite a UEFA ban. Between 1945–1950, Red Star maintained this strip before adopting the now familiar red and white vertical striped shirts, with alternating white or red shorts and socks in 1950. [71], For details see List of Red Star Belgrade football coaches. In the period between May 1992 and May 2000, only one championship victory was celebrated at the Marakana. This, on top of an earlier UEFA disciplinary measure in 2011, meant Red Star did not meet the necessary Club Licensing and Financial Fair Play criteria and, as such, should not have been granted a UEFA license by the Serbian FA. ", "Erik Jirka, jugará cedido en el C.D. However, they did manage to win five cups, along with several glorious European performances, including the famed 1996 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup showdown against Barcelona side which featured Ronaldo and Hristo Stoichkov. The Foals won 2–1 on aggregate.[7]. Subgroups of Delije exist outside of Belgrade, along with cities across Serbia and all other ex-Yugoslav republics. They also have many supporters in all other former Yugoslavian republics and also in the Yugoslavian diaspora. It includes the use of widespread choreography, flares, flags, banners, and boisterous cheering. 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