Football in Serbia

Football in Serbia is the most popular team sport. It has been played from the beginning of the 20th century and there were a number of very successful Serbian football players and coaches throughout history. One of Serbia's top football clubs FK Crvena Zvezda has won the prestigious European Champions Cup in the season 1990-1991 and has also won the Intercontinental Cup the same year.

Football first came to Serbia in the spring of 1896. Jewish student Hugo Buli, after he returned from his studies in Germany, brought the first football to Belgrade. He brought the ball to his friends from the Belgrade gymnastics society "Soko", and founded the football section on 12 May.

The national team of Serbia has played its first match on 19 May 1911, and lost to HAŠK by 0:8. The next day, on 20 May, they played the second match, which they also lost, by 0:6. The Zagreb newspapers reported from these matches with credits to the Serbian team for its efforts and braveness to challenge the much better rival. The Serbian newspapers already then showed that the Serbian public does not easily accept defeat, although it is part of the game.

BSK dominated the state scene until the beginning of World War II. The end of the war was the beginning of the reconstruction, and the devastated football grounds and stadia, as well as the football clubs needed to be restored. On 25 February 1945, the football club Metalac was founded, later its name was changed into BSK, and then into OFK Beograd, as successor to the tradition of the glorious pre-war Belgrade sports club (BSK). The Red Star (FK Crvena Zvezda) shined on 4th March 1945, and FK Partizan on 4th October of the same year. The football clubs of Vojvodina of Novi Sad, Borac of Čačak, Sloboda of Užice, and many other clubs were also restored.

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