Champions and statistics List of Serbian football champions

1 champions , statistics

1.1 unofficial champions of serbia
1.2 serbian olympic cup
1.3 serbian football championship
1.4 yugoslav football championship
1.5 serbian league
1.6 yugoslav first league
1.7 first league of fr yugoslavia/serbia , montenegro
1.8 serbian superliga

champions , statistics
unofficial champions of serbia

despite absence of real championship, fact @ public , press had clear perception best club in each period. archived number of matches , results of clubs, , press had easy way of distinguishing best team, or title holder (named in press using german expression meister maschaft ) , pretenders.

serbian olympic cup

in spring of 1914 serbian olympic committee organised first ever trophy played among best football clubs of kingdom of serbia. played in single-round bobin system, , won in final held in belgrade sk velika srbija.

this seemed promising start of organised football tournament held regularly, later same year, assassination in sarajevo of austrian prince franz ferdinand serbian revolutionary opposing austro-hungarian annexation of bosnia , herzegovina, led austro-hungarian declaration of war against serbia. consequence of event beginning of first world war in serbia suffer major human losses , put in hold development of sport activities in kingdom.

serbian football championship

at end of first world war in 1918, , victory of serbia , rest of allies, country suffered major territorial changes. before war serbia included present-day territory of macedonia. in october 1918, syrmia, vojvodina , kingdom of montenegro unite serbia, , finally, in november, state of slovenes, croats , serbs, shortly lived state formed south slavic inhabited territories of dismembered austro-hungary, joins well. kingdom of serbs, croats , slovenes proclaimed in belgrade under karađorđević dynasty , considered legal successor of kingdom of serbia.

this new enlarged territory composing different ethnicities , in football presented different levels of development in different areas, presented real challenge unified football championship organised. possibility arise each of subassociations starts developing own internal competitions. belgrade football subassociation created first tournament in final-phase played in 1920 , had participation of clubs territory covering former kingdom of serbia, vojvodina , semberija region, nowadays corresponds north eastern part of bosnia , herzegovina. held 2 editions , both of them won bsk belgrade.

yugoslav football championship

this period dominated 2 clubs, serbian bsk , croatian građanski, both of won 5 titles each. followed croatian side hajduk split, , serbian side jugoslavija, each 2 titles. beside them, croatian clubs concordia , haŠk won 1 championship. geographically, belgrade , zagreb dominated period 7 titles each, split taking one.

in total, title won hajduk split made difference, making croatian teams win 1 more title serbian ones, croatia having 8 titles, , serbia 7. no surprise, football in croatia had been more developed, has been introduced earlier in serbia, while zagreb , split still part of austro-hungarian empire, known @ time central european school, worldwide avant-garde of football. in comparison, football in serbia introduced bit latter, brought students coming austro-hungarian urban centers vienna, budapest, prague or zagreb football developed sport. despite fact, period marked immediate appearance of growing rivalry between croatian , serbian clubs championship on national level begin in 1923.

although on continental level yugoslav clubs had been inferior in clashes against stronger central european clubs in mitropa cup, being eliminated in first rounds, late 1930s građanski , bsk managed make better performances reaching intermediate stages of competition.

because zagreb more developed city regarding football organisation, yugoslav football association formed there in 1919, belgrade country capital, fa moved in 1930 after major insistence belgrade football subassociation. led boycott on behalf of zagreb football subassociation refused send players, majority in national team prior event, represent yugoslavia @ 1930 fifa world cup. so, national team, formed domestic players playing in belgrade-based clubs impressed reaching semi-finals, making first major result national team @ international level.

regarding players in league, serbian clubs dominated in top-scorer statistic, season top-scorer playing on 11 out of 17 occasions in serbian club, other 6 being players croatian-based clubs. period marked fact major clubs made effort bring experienced foreign coaches (some coaches/players) czechoslovakia, austria, hungary , england. there number of foreign players, central european countries more technically , tactically skilled, although domestic players progressively substantially improved quality time. in 1924 bsk brought first foreign professional footballers when brought rudolf wetzer , dezideriu laki romania.

serbian league

by end of 1930s political tensions , rivalry between serbs , croats within kingdom of yugoslavia reached peak, , reflected in football creation of 2 separate leagues in 1939, serbian one, , croatian-slovenian, top classified teams in both of them qualifying national final stage decide national champion. however, in following season, slovenia separated , formed own league, having 3 leagues, croatian, serbian , slovenian, serve qualifying leagues final stage national champion decided. during season, 1940–41, serbian league included clubs subassociations of belgrade, novi sad, subotica, zrenjanin, kragujevac, niš, skoplje, sarajevo, banja luka , cetinje, territorially comprised of current-day serbia, macedonia, montenegro, bosnia , herzegovina , minor portion of eastern part of slavonia, along danube river, nowadays in croatia. however, due start of second world war, final stage @ national level never played.

after axis invasion of yugoslavia in april 1941, country entered war , set apart, several portions of territory being annexed axis-allied neighbours , nazi puppet state of independent state of croatia created. in serbia, rest of territory not under direct occupation of neighbours became known serbian military administration , under direct control german military authority. so, domestic league organised in territory until 1944. league set continuation of serbian league played in 1940-41 won bsk, win title in 1943 , 1944. bsk had been dominant club domestically during 1930s. sk jugoslavija, renamed sk 1913 because of political reasons german authorities intended put end has been yugoslavia , club´s name inspired in, won title in 1942, having finished second in other editions. @ period, serbian clubs absorbed numerous players arrived other parts of country being devastated war.

yugoslav first league

after end of second world war, country restored became socialist country victorious partisan s guerilla leader, josip broz tito, new head-of-state. multi-partidarian system abolished , communist party became existing political movement. in football, new authorities abolished clubs had monarchic or bourgeois connotation , of ones kept activity under occupation. in serbia major impact disestablishment of major clubs, among them bsk , jugoslavija. although bsk revived ofk beograd, , restore name bsk between 1950 , 1957, recognised same club after end of socialist period. stadium , of property attributed newly formed club, fk partizan, formed yugoslav army club. sk jugoslavija stadium , property, of players, attributed newly formed red star belgrade unofficially club of ministry of interior.

in period between 1945 , 1992, newly formed belgrade clubs red star , partizan dominate league. although rivalry between serbian , croatian clubs kept, , particularly intense during last years before break-up of country when ethnic tensions high, number of championships won belgrade clubs higher , proportionally increased in comparison pre-1945 period when relation balanced. in total, in period, red star won of championships, 19, partizan being in second place 11, hajduk split won 7 , dinamo zagreb, successor of pre-1945 građanski, 4. serbian club, fk vojvodina won 2 titles, , period characterised appearance of clubs bosnia , herzegovina championship winning teams, fk sarajevo winning 2, , fk Željezničar, sarajevo, winning one. in first post war season, in 1945, league played based on teams representing republics, sr serbia won title. meant geographically, serbian teams had 33 titles out of 47 seasons (meaning 70.2% of titles), croatian having 11 (23.5%), , bosnian 3 titles. city, belgrade based clubs took 30 titles, in second place split 7, third zagreb 4, fourth sarajevo 3 , novi sad 2.

despite statistics, period characterised existence of big 4 (velika četvorka), colloquial name attributed 4 larger clubs in country, red star, partizan, hajduk split , dinamo zagreb represented country @ continental level. period marked appearance of first major international successes on club level. serbian clubs made best results, along croatian dinamo zagreb. first make way european final dinamo zagreb lost 1963 inter-cities fairs cup final. next partizan, in 1966 reached european cup final, losing real madrid 2-1 after winning 1-0 until 70th minute. in following season, dinamo zagreb became first yugoslav club win european title, winning 1966–67 inter-cities fairs cup. red star reached final of 1978–79 uefa cup, actual cherry on top of cake conquest red star of 1990–91 european cup becoming european club champion, , subsequently world champion after winning 1991 intercontinental cup. hajduk split, ofk belgrade , radnički niš made impressive results reaching semi-finals in european competitions. beside this, in period mitropa cup won red star (2x 1958 , 1968), Čelik zenica (2x 1971 , 1972), vojvodina (1977), partizan (1978), iskra bugojno (1985) , borac banja luka (1992). balkans cup won radnički niš (1975), dinamo zagreb (1976), nk rijeka (1978) , velež mostar (1981).

the domestic league ranked among top 10 in europe , level of domestic competition had produced high number of skilled professional footballers. national team benefited it, yugoslavia making numerous appearances @ world , european final phases. best results in period 4th place in 1962 fifa world cup, , second place in 1960 , 1968 european championship. yugoslavia organiser of 1976 uefa european football championship played in belgrade , zagreb , in yugoslavia ended in a, disappointing then, 4th place. yugoslavia had results in youth levels well, note going winning of 1987 fifa world youth championship. olympic record impressive, country winning gold in 1960, silver in 1942, 1952 , 1956, , bronze in 1984. yugoslavia won gold in 1971 , 1979 mediterranean games second having split host of event.

serbia became republic had larger number of capped players in senior national team, although natural republic higher number of inhabitants, croatia being republic had proportionally best relation number of inhabitants/number of national team players. player appearances national team serb dragan džajić, red star legend, , among top 10 topscorers in first league between 1946 , 1996, 8 of them played in serbian clubs, all-time league top-scorer being serb slobodan santrač represented belgrade-based clubs: ofk beograd, partizan , galenika zemun. of 57 seasonal top-scorers, 32 accomplished while playing serbian clubs.

this period marked recognition of full-time professionalism of top division in 1967. numerous domestic players had successful careers abroad well. league formed exclusively domestic players of time, characteristic of major clubs bringing players medium , minor size clubs different regions of country. specially became notorious during 1980s when red star established hegemonic position acquiring talented footballers other teams in country. after wwii there abrupt decrease in foreign players, , few exceptions, return noticeable factor in 1980s. top level clubs started importing players, neighbouring countries, australia, africa , latin , north america. curiosity fall of berlin wall, numerous players former communist countries joined lower-level clubs.

^ special format tournament held re-affirm newly found yugoslav unity. tournament consisted of 8 teams; serbia, croatia, macedonia, vojvodina, slovenia, montenegro, bosnia , herzegovina, , selection of jna players.

first league of fr yugoslavia/serbia , montenegro

the 1990s became unfortunate period. football had been experiencing peak, red star having been european , world champions in 1991, league being highly competitive intense domestic , foreign media coverage , crowded stadiums; there outburst of numerous talented players, golden generation had won youth world championship in 1987 reaching mature age, national team qualified 1992 european championship , considered among favourite after impressive display in 1990 fifa world cup ended eliminated in quarter-finals in penalty-shoutout against argentina, , one-by-one these advantages turned apart.

with death of tito decade earlier, federation managed stay united until democratic elections introduced, in many of politicians opted forming parties ethnical platforms, instead of ideological ones. this, along rise of nationalism, inevitably led break-up of yugoslav federation. in football, belgrade-based yfa tried keep country aiming play in sweden in euro 92, however, one-by-one, slovenia , croatia, , macedonia , bosnia , herzegovina, declaring independence , forming own football associations. montenegro kept union serbia, , country renamed fr yugoslavia, however, due beginning of yugoslav wars , involvement of federal army in conflict, united nations imposed economical sanctions fr yugoslavia included exclusion international sporting events, well.

this led replacement in euro 92 of yugoslavia denmark, second placed in qualifying group , win tournament. national team, start of period of absence international stage, ended in 1997 when country again allowed participate in international competitions. meant entire generation of players, of had become world champions, not make contribution national team during productive years. @ club level, serbian teams having made high performances before sanctions, reality changed, when in years under sanctions played in domestic league no practical results league qualification not allow them compete in continental competitions. led extreme impoverishment of clubs, mass exodus of players abroad. strongest clubs, had become magnet best players in region earlier, seeing talents being obligated move abroad in order make active career. created situation corruption , profiteering made great entrance local football.

despite all, domestic league managed maintain level of quality , competitiveness. @ end of 1990–91 season, clubs croatia , slovenia withdrew , joined own leagues. following season clubs bosnia , macedonia made same. clubs montenegro stayed in league system, along fk borac banja luka, which, because of bosnian war, had moved team serbia. league system kept similar, although during seasons formula of first , second leagues divided each in 2 groups (a , b each 10 teams) introduced.

during period, red star, lost of players generation won european , intercontinental cups, lost domestic dominance main historic rivals, partizan. mid-1990s local mafia, had become increasingly involved in local football, saw peak when fk obilić, owned , financed 1 of mafia´s lords arkan, started climbing successively in league system, , won national championship in 1998. year later, new low-point in serbian football came, when in march 1999 nato bombing of yugoslavia began, interrupted 1998-99 season abandoned , not retaken, war lasted 3 months.

at beginning of new millennium domestic football started experiencing revival, new generations of players being formed inspired veterans had, despite all, impressive careers. @ club level, partizan reached uefa champions league group stage in 2003–04 season. managed have european performances on several seasons, , had reach group stages of uefa cup on several occasions. domestically, period marked intense rivalry between partizan , red star, eternal derby, became highlight of serbian club football.

clubs forming quality players, although main problem increasingly shorter period of time players remained in serbia. success of youth national teams gave hope, however, turned attention of managers towards ever younger players. importing of talents region has been kept active since yugoslav period, , mid-2000s there has been increase of imports 5 continents. however, had been hardly enough compensate export of domestic talents had started in larger scale during war , sanctions period. unfortunately, since stabilization of political situation, export of quality players has not diminished war period had turned particularly attractive , profitable business managers , others involved, kept, , further developed, lucrative activity.

serbian superliga