History

Football Club Partizan was founded on October 4, 1945. After its founding, the team played its matches at the “20th October Stadium” (the ground of the famous pre-war BSK), and in 1949, a magnificent new stadium, the JNA Stadium, was built on the same site, considered one of the finest in Europe at the time. At this stadium, Partizan has won 27 national championship titles: 1947, 1949, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1976, 1978, 1983, 1986, 1987, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, and 2017.

Partizan has also won the Football Cup 16 times: 1947, 1952, 1954, 1957, 1989, 1992, 1994, 1998, 2001, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019.

In 1966, Partizan was the European Cup runner-up, and in 1978 the club won the Mitropa (Central European) Cup.

Saša Ilić holds the Partizan record for most appearances, having played 873 matches, while Stjepan Bobek remains the all-time top scorer with 425 goals. More than 130 Partizan players have represented the Yugoslav national team, and those with over fifty international appearances include Bobek, Zebec, Čajkovski, Jusufi, Galić, Šoškić, Jokanović, Mijatović, and Milošević.

Partizan has long been known for a style of play admired by experts and fans around the world - one that makes the club a welcome guest everywhere, from neighboring countries to South American stadiums. The essence of this play lies in a commitment to outplay the opponent, based on individual quality, team cohesion, and technical mastery, a combination that defines the Partizan football school and gives it its effectiveness. Throughout its history, Partizan has recorded six league victories with ten or more goals scored, achieved over 100 goals in two different league seasons, and still holds the record of the Yugoslav First League with 111 goals in a single season.

Partizan players with the most appearances:

1. Ilić Saša 873 machtes − 240 goals (League matches: 423 − 130 goals)
2. Vukotić Momčilo 791 – 339
3. Klinčarski Nikica 565 – 73
4. Damjanović Milan 537 – 19
5. Paunović Blagoje 514 – 5
6. Mihajlović Ljubomir 512 – 9
7. Stojković Nenad 492 – 30
8. Kovačević Vladimir 487 – 319
9. Pejović Vlada 485 – 2
10. Bobek Stjepan 478 – 425
11. Trifunović Aco 477 – 142
12. Belin Bruno 477 – 49
13. Radaković Miloš 475 – 10
14. Đorđić Svemir 466 – 102
15. Valok Marko 470 – 411
16. Varga Zvonko 451 – 167