Eternal derby (Serbia)
Teams lining up in November 2009
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| Other names | Belgrade derby |
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| Locale | Belgrade, Serbia |
| Teams | Red Star & Partizan |
| First meeting | 5 January 1947 |
| Latest meeting |
Red Star 1–3 Partizan 2016–17 Serbian SuperLiga (17 April 2017) |
| Next meeting | TBA |
| Statistics | |
| Meetings total |
Total: 242 Official: 154 |
| All-time series |
Official: |
| Largest victory |
Red Star 1–7 Partizan 1953–54 Yugoslav First League (6 December 1953) |
| Other names | Belgrade derby |
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| Locale | Belgrade, Serbia |
| Teams | Partizan & Crvena zvezda |
| Statistics | |
| Meetings total | 256 (207 championship matches (141 + 66 Play-off), 16 cup matches and 33 ABA League matches) |
Official:
The Eternal derby (Serbian: Вечити дерби / Večiti derbi, also called the derby of Southeast Europe, and Belgrade derby (Serbian: Београдски дерби / Beogradski derbi) is the local derby in Belgrade, Serbia, between fierce city rivals Red Star Belgrade and Partizan Belgrade, two of the biggest and most popular sports societies in Serbia. The rivalry is present in a number of different sports but the most intense matches are between football, basketball and handball sections of both multi-sport clubs. It started immediately after the creation of the two clubs in 1945 and the two clubs have been dominant in domestic football since then.
According to a 2007 survey, Red Star and Partizan are the most popular clubs in Serbia. They also have many supporters in the other former Yugoslav republics and in the Serbian diaspora.
In September 2009, the Daily Mail ranked the Eternal Belgrade derby 4th among the 10 greatest football rivalries of all time. The highest attendance for a Red Star–Partizan match was about 108,000 spectators at the Red Star Stadium.
Both Red Star and Partizan originate in political institutions of the post-World War II Communist Yugoslavia. Red Star was formed on 4 March 1945 by "United alliance of anti-fascist Youth", part of the new civil authority in Yugoslavia. A few months later, on 4 October 1945, Partizan was founded as the sports association of the Yugoslav People's Army. The first match between these football sections was played on 5 January 1947. Red Star won 4–3 and an intense rivalry has existed ever since. Partizan got its first win in the next derby. On 27 April 1947 Partizan won 1–0.
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