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| Full name | Fudbalski klub Partizan | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Grobari | ||
| Founded | 1945 | ||
| Ground | Stadion Partizana (ex Stadion JNA), Belgrade | ||
| Capacity | 32,710 | ||
| Manager | Vladimir Vermezović | ||
| League | Meridian Prva Liga | ||
| 2004-05 | Prva Liga, 1st | ||
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Fudbalski Klub Partizan (Football Club Partizan) is a football club from Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro. Partizan owns a second divison team Teleoptik.
History
Partizan was founded on October 4 1945, as a part of Yugoslav Sports Association Partizan. The club is still a member of the same association now renamed to Sports Association of Serbia and Montenegro including 25 clubs in different sports, as well as the Football Association of Serbia and Montenegro, but it has complete independence regarding organisation, management, finances, material goods and facilities. There are several companies in the Partizan business system, which are working together with the Club.
The club was initially formed under Yugoslavian People's Army, and the stadium was named for most of the time Stadion JNA (Stidum of Yugoslavian People's Army). In the early fifties, the club became independent from the Army. The first international match was played on December 6, 1945, against CSKA Moscow (then known as CDKA).
Partizan's current colors are black and white, after blue and red for the first thirteen years.
Fans
Partizan's fans are known as Grobari (Undertakers), who generally support all clubs in the Sports Association Partizan. In 1999, organized fans who traditionally occupy South stands at the stadium split into two groups. Newly formed group named Južni Front (South Front) accused several top members of Grobari organization for abusing their privileges, and the club itself for favoring those individuals.
The split was one of the factors of declining attendance at games, and season 2004/05 avaraged only couple of thousand fans at domestic games.
Stadium
The primary stadium of the club is now named "Stadion Partizana", although it was known as "Stadion JNA" (Stadium of the Yugoslav People's Army) for most of its history, and is still sometimes called that. The stadium seats 32,710 people.
Results
FK Partizan was the champion of the Yugoslav First League 19 times: eleven times in SFRY (1947, 1949, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1976, 1978, 1983, 1986, 1987), and another eight times in FRY and Serbia and Montenegro (1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2005).
Partizan was also Yugoslav Cup winner nine times: five times in SFRY (1947, 1952, 1954, 1957, 1989), and four times in FRY and SM (1992, 1994, 1998, 2001).
Internationally, Partizan was the runner-up in the European Cup Championship of 1966, and the winner of the Mitropa Cup in 1978.
Records
Momčilo Vukotić is the Partizan record-holder by the number of attacks: He played in 752 matches. But the goal scoring record-holder is Stjepan Bobek, with 403 goals.
Over 130 Partizan football players were in the Yugoslav national team and Bobek, Zebec, Čajkovski, Jusufi, Galić, Šoškić, Jokanović, Mijatović and Milošević played in more than 50 matches.
The "Black and whites" have won six times in past league matches with ten or more goals and in two championships they scored more than a hundred goals. They are also the record-holders of the Yugoslav First League, with 107 in one championship.