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National champions 1968.
In July 1966, the club's management entrusted the management of the Crvena zvezda first team to Miljan Miljanić. That same year, in the summer transfer window, the famous Kostić, Durković, Šekularac, and Karasi left the club. On the other hand, Lazarević, Racić, Matić, the younger Milić, and Aleksić arrived. A contract was signed with 31 players. Miljanić gradually created a team, and a group of football players from Zvezda's youth team matured for new feats. Miljanić subjected all of them to a strict professional regime and intense training.
After the first five rounds of the 1967/68 season, when the third double crown was won, although it was not defeated Crvena zvezda was second with seven points. At the end of the autumn part of the championship, we were also in second place, because Željezničar had a point advantage. That season, the spring, like many years later, was completely dominated by Zvezda players, who were then led by Dragan Džajić, the best left winger in the world. Only three matches were lost in the championship, because the eternal rival recorded a minimal victory after five years of fasting, and we lost to Dinamo and Proleter with 2:0 each. The most convincing victories of our club were OFK Beograd (6:0), Olimpija and Maribor (6:1).
Playing staff
Crvena zvezda : Zoran Antonijević 29-5, Jovan Aćimović 27-3, Ratomir Dujković 28-25 goals conceded, Kiro Dojčinovski 31, Milovan Djorić 26-2, Živorad Jevtić 13, Sava Karapandžić 7, Branko Klenkovski 17-2, Vojin Lazarević 29-21, Aleksandar Marković 8, Tomislav Milićević 13, Trifun Mihajlović 11-2, Stevan Ostojić 30-15, Miroslav Pavlović 30-1, Živan Rakić 10, Dragan Racić 3-5, Dragan Džajić 27-12, Slobodan Škrbić 10.
Coach: Miljan Miljanić.
Miljanić launched a young team in Crvena zvezda, introducing an original way of playing. A playing staff was formed with sufficiently high-quality football players, who were technically, tactically and physically prepared for the greatest efforts. Statisticians that season stated the following facts about Crvena zvezda, the best team of the spring, the most efficient in the championship and the only one that won more than 50 percent of possible points on the road.
In the end, second-placed Partizan was left five points behind, while Zvezda's final record was 16 wins, 11 draws and three losses. The goal difference was 64:30 and a total of 43 points won. With Miljanić on the bench, Džajić and his teammates on the pitch, Crvena zvezda became the sovereign ruler of Yugoslav football in the late 1960s.
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