Crveni Djavoli - Црвени Ђаволи | |
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A part of Djavoli at the Čika Dača Stadium
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Nickname | Pakleni (The Hellish) |
Abbreviation | CD89 |
Founded | March 9, 1989 |
Type | Supporters' group, Ultras group |
Team | Radnički Kragujevac |
Motto | Radnički and nothing more! |
Headquarters | Kragujevac, Serbia |
Arenas |
Čika Dača Stadium Jezero Hall |
Stand | South |
Coordinates | 44°01′15.14″N 20°53′57.10″E / 44.0208722°N 20.8991944°E |
Website | CrveniDjavoli.com |
Crveni Djavoli (Serbian Cyrillic: Црвени Ђаволи, English: The Red Devils) or Djavoli (pronounced in English: Jawoli), are the organized supporters of the Kragujevac based professional football club Radnički Kragujevac. They are one of main supporter groups in Serbia. Besides football club, they also support other sport sections of the Radnički Kragujevac Sport Association.
Since its foundation, Radnički is a magnet for the audience in Kragujevac and its surroundings. During the Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1918–1943), the followers of Kragujevac were one of the most numerous and most loyal group of supporters, following their team wherever they played. They were recognisable by the red caps they wore. Trips to away games were organized, usually by train. The first "fan train" startet on 29 July, in 1934. About 600 Radnički Kragujevac fans drove to Belgrade for a qualification match for the national championship against BASK. After Belgrade the "fan train" became a tradition, and the fans traveling to away games to Zagreb, Sarajevo, Split, Novi Sad, Niš, Skoplje and other cities. At the home games, against teams like Rapid Wien, Olympique Marseille, Ferencváros Budapest and Honvéd Budapest, came up to 10,000 fans to support their club. The support continued after the second world war. In 1946, Radnički Kragujevac played against Red Star Belgrade for membership of the Yugoslav First League. There were so many fans that the former City Stadium was too small to accommodate all visitors and supporters of Radnički Kragujevac. Then the city and the club decided to build a new stadium. The first game which was played on the new Čika Dača Stadium, was in 1957 between Radnički Kragujevac and Partizan Belgrade in front of 30,000 enthusiastic fans.