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National Champions 1991.
The year 1991 was written in golden letters in the history of Crvena zvezda, but also of Yugoslav football. That was when Zvezda triumphed in the European Champions Cup and the Intercontinental Cup, becoming the champion of Europe and the world, which is the greatest success our football has ever achieved! Of course, Crvena zvezda was also the champion of Yugoslavia.
- Crvena zvezda was just missing one European title. Now that we have won it, I guess everyone who says: our club is the best in the history of Yugoslav football is right - said the then director of Crvena zvezda, Dragan Džajić.
The red and whites defended their championship title with a dominant performance and "ahead of schedule". In the 32nd match of that championship - with a convincing victory against Osijek (5:1) - Crvena tvezda secured its 19th title with four matches remaining in the competition. In the former Yugoslavia, the following are far behind in terms of the number of championship crowns: Partizan (11), Hajduk (7), Dinamo (4), Vojvodina (2), Sarajevo (2) and Željezničar (1).
Playing staff
Crvena zvezda : Djordje Aćimović 1, Ivan Adžić 4, Enes Bešić 3, Miodrag Belodedić 34-1, Dragiša Binić 27-14, Goran Vasilijević 7, Aleksandar Ilić 1, Vladimir Jugović 32-7, Goran Jurić 8, Milić Jovanović 3-5 goals conceded, Dejan Joksimović 5, Vladan Lukić 4-1, Slobodan Marović 27-1, Ljubiša Milojević 8-1, Mitar Mrkela 1, Siniša Mihajlović 14-1, Ivica Momčilović 13, Ilija Najdoski 32-2, Darko Pančev 32-34, Robert Prosinečki 29-12, Duško Radinović 30, Milorad Ratković 1, Duško Savić 1, Dejan Savićević 25-8, Stevan Stojanović 33-30 goals conceded, Vlada Stošić 35-4, Rade Tošić 11, Slavisa Čula 2, Refik Šabanadžović 26.
Coach: Ljupko Petrović.
When it was announced that Crvena zvezda hired Ljupko Petrović as the coach of the first team, there were those who were wondering: is this the right expert for Crvena zvezda? Everything, however, turned out to be better. The new coach not only fit perfectly into the complicated Zvezda midfield, but also quickly proved his qualities. The players accepted him as a first-class expert, which he confirmed by choosing the best tactics for the final match of the European Champions Cup, when the French Olympique from Marseille was defeated on penalties in Bari.
The Crvena zvezda players had, in fact, only two poor results during the spring. The first was a defeat at home to Proleter (1:2), while the second was a failure in the domestic cup final against Hajduk at the JNA stadium. The defeat to Proleter in the fight for points was the first in the championship at Marakana since September 1987, when Rijeka defeated our team as a guest 3:2. Darko Pančev was the top scorer of the championship for the third time, and the second time in the Crvena zvezda jersey (once in Vardar), with 34 goals. He also won the "Golden Boot" as the best European scorer, and surpassed the record of Slobodan Santrač, who scored 33 goals for OFK Belgrade in the 1972/73 championship.
- Records were not our primary goals. We wanted to finish the season at the level of the best Yugoslav, but now also European club. In this way, we satisfied our fans, whom we care about very much - emphasized Dragan Dzajic.
The final result of the table best shows the extent of the dominance of our most trophy-winning club in the early nineties: Crvena zvezda 54, Dinamo 44, Partizan 41, Borac (Banja Luka), Proleter 35, Hajduk, Vojvodina 33...
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