Crvena Zvezda–Partizan basketball rivalry
The Crvena Zvezda–Partizan basketball rivalry, commonly referred as the Eternal derby, is an Adriatic League, Serbian League, and Belgrade-based rivalry between Crvena zvezda and Partizan. These two basketball clubs are the biggest and most popular clubs in Serbia. The two clubs both play their home games at Aleksandar Nikolić Hall or Štark Arena in Belgrade. The rivalry started immediately after the creation of the two clubs in 1945 and the two clubs have been dominant in domestic basketball since then. It is present in a number of different sports but the most intense matches are in football sections of both clubs.
Native name | Вечити дерби |
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Sport | Basketball |
Locale | ![]() |
Teams | |
First meeting | 6 September 1946 Crvena zvezda 21, Partizan 24 |
Latest meeting | 16 February 2020 Crvena zvezda 84, Partizan 85 |
Next meeting | TBA |
Stadiums | Aleksandar Nikolić Hall Štark Arena |
Statistics | |
Meetings total | 274 meetings |
Most wins | Partizan (.543) |
All-time record | Partizan, 146–123 |
Current win streak | Partizan, 1 |
Finals history | |
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![]() ![]() Crvena zvezda ![]() Partizan Locations of the headquarters of the two clubs |
The two clubs have won the two highest numbers of national titles in Serbia: Partizan has won 21, and Crvena Zvezda has won 20. Together, they account for 17 of the 48 national titles in Yugoslavia (1945–1992), 11 of 14 national titles in Serbia and Montenegro (1992–2006), and all national titles in Serbia (2006 onwards). Also, the two clubs have won the two highest numbers of championships in the Adriatic League. Together, they account for 10 of 18 championships. Crvena Zvezda is the defending ABA champion in the current season.[1][2]
In European competitions, Crvena zvezda won a FIBA Saporta Cup (then known as European Cup Winner's Cup) in 1974, while Partizan was the European champion in 1992 and won 3 FIBA Korać Cups.[1][2]
Aleksandar Nikolić and Zoran Slavnić are the only individuals who have played and coached both Crvena zvezda and Partizan in their careers.
Home arenas
The two clubs both play their home games at Aleksandar Nikolić Hall or Štark Arena in Belgrade.
Aleksandar Nikolić Hall
The Aleksandar Nikolić Hall is a sports arena in Belgrade located in the Belgrade's municipality of Palilula. The capacity of the arena is 8,000 seats.[3][4][5] It is home terrain for both rivals. During derbies Grobari are on the east stand of the hall while Delije are concentrated on the west stand. Recently, because of frequent violent clashes between two groups, the clubs have stopped selling derby match tickets.
- The Hall
Štark Arena
Head-to-head
Matches
The following are the matches between Crvena zvezda and Partizan in the last two seasons:
24 November 2018 | Partizan NIS | 71–77 | Crvena zvezda mts | Belgrade |
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17:00 | Scoring by quarter: 22–15, 19–23, 10–20, 20–19 | |||
Arena Sport | Pts: Landale 18 Rebs: Landale, Janković 5 Asts: Nikolić 4 PIR: Landale 18 |
Boxscore | Pts: Perperoglou 25 Rebs: Zirbes 8 Asts: Ragland 6 PIR: Perperoglou 30 |
Arena: Aleksandar Nikolić Hall Attendance: 6,500 Referees: Ilija Belošević, Milija Vojinović, Dragan Porobić |
17 February 2019 | Partizan NIS | 76–74 | Crvena zvezda mts | Niš |
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17:00 | Scoring by quarter: 19–18, 18–15, 18–24, 21–17 | |||
Arena Sport | Pts: Renfroe, Landale 18 Rebs: Renfroe 7 Asts: Renfroe 10 PIR: Renfroe 26 |
Boxscore | Pts: Baron 18 Rebs: Perperoglou, Ristić 5 Asts: Ragland 9 PIR: Ragland 20 |
Arena: Čair Sports Center Attendance: 4,500 Referees: Ilija Belošević, Milivoje Jovčić, Uroš Obrknežević |
3 March 2019 | Crvena zvezda mts | 70–68 | Partizan NIS | Belgrade |
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18:00 | Scoring by quarter: 16–16, 16–18, 20–14, 18–20 | |||
Arena Sport | Pts: Ragland 18 Rebs: Ojo 9 Asts: Ragland 5 PIR: Ojo 23 |
Boxscore | Pts: Marinković, Landale 13 Rebs: Janković, Landale 6 Asts: Paige 4 PIR: Jaramaz 16 |
Arena: Aleksandar Nikolić Hall Attendance: 5,435 Referees: Miloš Koljenšić, Marko Juras, Uroš Nikolić |
23 March 2019 | Crvena zvezda mts | 106–101 (OT) | Partizan NIS | Belgrade |
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19:00 | Scoring by quarter: 21–11, 15–24, 24–28, 25–22, Overtime: 21–16 | |||
Arena Sport | Pts: Baron 23 Rebs: Davidovac 6 Asts: Čović 9 PIR: Davidovac 26 |
Boxscore | Pts: Marinković 20 Rebs: Sy 6 Asts: Renfroe 8 PIR: Marinković 21 |
Arena: Aleksandar Nikolić Hall Attendance: 5,989 Referees: Ilija Belošević, Damir Javor, Tomislav Hordov |
30 March 2019 | Partizan NIS | 70–67 | Crvena zvezda mts | Belgrade |
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19:00 | Scoring by quarter: 13–9, 21–18, 14–22, 22–18 | |||
Arena Sport | Pts: Marinković 18 Rebs: Landale Asts: four players 3 PIR: Marinković 22 |
Boxscore | Pts: Perperoglou 16 Rebs: Ojo 6 Asts: Čović 7 PIR: Perperoglou 12 |
Arena: Aleksandar Nikolić Hall Attendance: 6,500 Referees: Matej Boltauzer, Saša Pukl, Miloš Koljenšić |
6 April 2019 | Crvena zvezda mts | 84–63 | Partizan NIS | Belgrade |
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18:00 | Scoring by quarter: 21–13, 23–15, 20–13, 20–22 | |||
Arena Sport | Pts: Perperoglou 18 Rebs: Ojo 8 Asts: Čović 6 PIR: Čović, Dobrić 13 |
Boxscore | Pts: Marinković 12 Rebs: Paige, Veličković 6 Asts: Renfroe 8 PIR: N. Janković 15 |
Arena: Aleksandar Nikolić Hall Attendance: 6,858 Referees: Matej Boltauzer, Saša Pukl, Miloš Koljenšić |
10 June 2019 | Crvena zvezda mts | 98–94 | Partizan NIS | Belgrade |
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18:00 | Scoring by quarter: 30–22, 18–18, 25–28, 25–26 | |||
Arena Sport | Pts: Davidovac 20 Rebs: Ojo 8 Asts: Čović 5 PIR: Čović 28 |
Report | Pts: Renfroe 20 Rebs: N. Janković 7 Asts: Jaramaz, Renfroe 4 PIR: Renfroe 24 |
Arena: Aleksandar Nikolić Hall Attendance: 5,231 Referees: Milivoje Jovčić, Aleksandar Glišić, Vladimir Jevtović |
12 June 2019 | Partizan NIS | 73–72 | Crvena zvezda mts | Belgrade |
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19:00 | Scoring by quarter: 17–9, 19–20, 13–24, 24–19 | |||
Arena Sport | Pts: Paige 19 Rebs: N. Janković 10 Asts: Renfroe 3 PIR: N. Janković 19 |
Report | Pts: Faye 14 Rebs: Ojo 7 Asts: Baron 7 PIR: Faye 18 |
Arena: Aleksandar Nikolić Hall Attendance: 6,500 Referees: Ilija Belošević, Marko Juras, Uroš Obrknežević |
15 June 2019 | Crvena zvezda mts | 96–90 | Partizan NIS | Belgrade |
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18:00 | Scoring by quarter: 22–18, 26–27, 20–19, 28–26 | |||
Arena Sport | Pts: Baron 25 Rebs: Faye 9 Asts: Čović 8 PIR: Baron 28 |
Report | Pts: Marinković 21 Rebs: Renfroe 6 Asts: Renfroe 8 PIR: Renfroe 35 |
Arena: Aleksandar Nikolić Hall Attendance: 5,634 Referees: Milivoje Jovčić, Marko Juras, Uroš Nikolić |
17 June 2019 | Partizan NIS | 75–76 | Crvena zvezda mts | Belgrade |
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18:00 | Scoring by quarter: 23–16, 19–18, 10–18, 23–24 | |||
Arena Sport | Pts: Gagić, Renfroe 11 Rebs: Veličković 7 Asts: Renfroe 4 PIR: Jaramaz 13 |
Report | Pts: Baron 21 Rebs: Ojo 7 Asts: Čović 7 PIR: Baron 19 |
Arena: Aleksandar Nikolić Hall Attendance: 6,500 Referees: Ilija Belošević, Uroš Obrknežević, Uroš Nikolić |
17 November 2019 | Partizan NIS | 75–72 | Crvena zvezda mts | Belgrade |
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20:00 | Scoring by quarter: 26–19, 17–18, 13–18, 19–17 | |||
Pts: Walden 13 Rebs: Zagorac 8 Asts: Gordić 4 PIR: Walden 15 |
Report | Pts: Čović 14 Rebs: Gist, Ojo 7 Asts: Three players 3 PIR: Ojo 15 |
Arena: Štark Arena Attendance: 9,268 Referees: Matej Boltauzer, Tomislav Hordov, Mario Majkić |
3 February 2020 | Crvena zvezda mts | 92–86 | Partizan NIS | Belgrade |
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18:00 | Scoring by quarter: 25–23, 19–19, 23–24, 25–20 | |||
Pts: Baron 26 Rebs: Štimac, Jagodić-Kuridža 6 Asts: L. Brown 8 PIR: Baron 31 |
Report | Pts: Gordić 14 Rebs: Walden 5 Asts: Gordić 4 PIR: Mosley 18 |
Arena: Aleksandar Nikolić Hall Attendance: 5,983 Referees: Sreten Radović, Marko Juras, Uroš Nikolić |
16 February 2020 | Crvena zvezda mts | 84–85 (OT) | Partizan NIS | Niš |
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21:00 | Scoring by quarter: 13–19, 18–15, 18–18, 29–26, Overtime: 6–7 | |||
Arena Sport | Pts: Brown 17 Rebs: Štimac 10 Asts: Brown 7 PIR: Štimac 17 |
Report | Pts: Paige 21 Rebs: Zagorac 6 Asts: Walden 5 PIR: Jaramaz 22 |
Arena: Čair Sports Center Attendance: 5,000 Referees: Ilija Belošević, Milivoje Jovčić, Uroš Nikolić |
Statistics
Note: Last updated on February 17, 2020
Competitions | Games played | Partizan wins | Draws | Crvena zvezda wins |
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Domestic Leagues | 141 | 73 (.547) | 5 | 63 (.463) |
Domestic Playoffs | 72 | 43 (.597) | 0 | 29 (.403) |
Domestic Cups | 19 | 9 (.474) | 0 | 10 (.526) |
Adriatic League | 42 | 21 (.500) | 0 | 21 (.500) |
Total | 274 | 146 (.543) | 5 | 123 (.457) |
Common individuals
Players
The following players have played for both Crvena zvezda and Partizan in their careers:
Strahinja Alagić – Partizan (1946); Crvena zvezda (1947–1951) Aleksandar Aranitović – Crvena zvezda (2016–2017); Partizan (2017–2019) Darko Balaban – Partizan (2007–2010); Crvena zvezda (2010–2011) Boris Bakić – Partizan (2004–2007); Crvena zvezda (2007–2011) Milan Blagojević – Crvena zvezda (1947–1948); Partizan (1950–1955) Luka Bogdanović – Crvena zvezda (2002–2004); Partizan (2004–2007, 2014–2015) Nebojša Bukumirović – Partizan (1980–1984); Crvena zvezda (1990–1991) Aleksandar Cvetković – Crvena zvezda (2010–2013); Partizan (2015–2016) Goran Ćakić – Crvena zvezda (2002–2003); Partizan (2003–2004) Borislav Ćurčić – Crvena zvezda (1950–1955); Partizan (1958–1965) Dražen Dalipagić – Partizan (1971–1980; 1981–1982); Crvena zvezda (1990–1991) Nemanja Dangubić – Crvena zvezda (2014–2018); Partizan (2020–present) Vlade Divac – Partizan (1986–1989); Crvena zvezda (1999) Milan Dozet – Partizan (1996–1998); Crvena zvezda (2001–2004) Strahinja Dragićević – Partizan (2006); Crvena zvezda (2009–2011) Vladimir Đokić – Partizan (1997–2000); Crvena zvezda (2000–2001) Aleksandar Gajić – Partizan (2000–2002); Crvena zvezda (2002–2003) Aleksandar Gilić – Crvena zvezda (1988–1990, 1993–1996); Partizan (1998–1999) James Gist – Partizan (2010–2011); Crvena zvezda (2019–present) Milan Gurović – Partizan (2004); Crvena zvezda (2005–2007) Stefan Janković – Crvena zvezda (2017–2018); Partizan (2018–2019) Ljuba Janjić – Crvena zvezda (1965); Partizan (1967–1968) Nemanja Jelesijević – Partizan (1999–2000); Crvena zvezda (2004–2005) Raško Katić – Crvena zvezda (2004–2005, 2012–2014); Partizan (2010–2012) Tarence Kinsey – Partizan (2013–2014); Crvena zvezda (2016) Đorđe Konjović – Crvena zvezda (1953–1957); Partizan (1958) Mirko Kovač – Partizan (2000–2001, 2003–2005); Crvena zvezda (2006–2009) Đorđe Lazić – Crvena zvezda (1947–1948); Partizan (1951–1957) Marko Lekić – Partizan (2002–2003); Crvena zvezda (2008–2009) Sava Lešić – Partizan (2009–2010); Crvena zvezda (2010–2012)
Dragan Lukovski – Partizan (1995–1999); Crvena zvezda (1999–2000) Ivan Marinković – Crvena zvezda (2010–2011); Partizan (2011–2012) Zoran Marković – Crvena zvezda (1964–1966); Partizan (1969–1970) Stevan Milošević – Crvena zvezda (2008); Partizan (2010) Andreja Milutinović – Crvena zvezda (2011–2013); Partizan (2014–2016) Strahinja Milošević – Partizan (2007–2010); Crvena zvezda (2010–2011) Aleksandar Nikolić – Partizan (1946–1947); Crvena zvezda (1947–1949) Igor Perović – Partizan (1991–1993); Crvena zvezda (1996–1998) Oliver Popović – Partizan (1986–1991); Crvena zvezda (1997–1999) Ivan Radenović – Partizan (2002–2003); Crvena zvezda (2013–2014) Milan Radivojević – Crvena zvezda (1953–1954); Partizan (1955–1958) Branko Radović – Partizan (1954–1957); Crvena zvezda (1957–1960) Lawrence Roberts – Crvena zvezda (2008–2009); Partizan (2009–2010) Predrag Samardžiski – Partizan (2004–2005); Crvena zvezda (2013) Goran Savanović – Crvena zvezda (2000–2001); Partizan (2004–2005) Zoran Slavnić – Crvena zvezda (1967–1977); Partizan (1981–1982) Zoran Sretenović – Crvena zvezda (1985–1986, 1995–1996); Partizan (1993–1994) Borislav Stanković – Crvena zvezda (1946–1948); Partizan (1950–1953) Jovo Stanojević – Crvena zvezda (1996–2000); Partizan (2001–2002) Radomir Šaper – Crvena zvezda (1945); Partizan (1946–1953) Mlađan Šilobad – Crvena zvezda (1989–1991, 2002–2003); Partizan (1991–1994, 2003–2004) Mlađen Šljivančanin – Partizan (2002–2003); Crvena zvezda (2007–2008) Slobodan Šljivančanin – Partizan (1990–1991); Crvena zvezda (2000) Dejan Tomašević – Crvena zvezda (1990–1995); Partizan (1995–1999) Dragoljub Vidačić – Crvena zvezda (1992–1995); Partizan (1995–1997) Čedomir Vitkovac – Crvena zvezda (2003–2006); Partizan (2007–2009, 2015–2016) Slavko Vraneš – Crvena zvezda (2004); Partizan (2007–2010) Miloš Vujanić – Crvena zvezda (1999–2001); Partizan (2001–2003) Corey Walden – Partizan (2019–2020); Crvena zvezda (2020–present)
The following players have played for one club in youth career and for rival club in senior career:
- Aleksandar Đorđević – Crvena zvezda (youth team), Partizan (senior team)
- Nenad Trunić – Partizan (youth team), Crvena zvezda (senior team)
- Dejan Koturović – Crvena zvezda (youth team), Partizan (senior team)
- Milan Preković – Partizan (youth team), Crvena zvezda (senior team)
- Vuk Radivojević – Partizan (youth team), Crvena zvezda (senior team)
- Vladimir Radmanović – Partizan (youth team), Crvena zvezda (youth and senior teams)
- Miloš Mirković – Partizan (youth team), Crvena zvezda (senior team)
- Stefan Stojačić – Partizan (youth team), Crvena zvezda (senior team)
- Stevan Jelovac – Partizan (youth team), Crvena zvezda (senior team)
- Nemanja Bjelica – Partizan (youth team), Crvena zvezda (senior team)
- Đorđe Gagić – Crvena zvezda (youth team), Partizan (senior team)
- Vladimir Micov – Crvena zvezda (youth team), Partizan (senior team)
- Petar Aranitović – Crvena zvezda (youth team), Partizan (senior team)
- Marko Gudurić – Partizan (youth team), Crvena zvezda (youth and senior teams)
- Đorđe Majstorović – Crvena zvezda (youth team), Partizan (youth and senior teams)
- Nikola Jovanović – Partizan (youth team), Crvena zvezda (youth and senior teams)
- Nikola Radičević – Partizan (youth team), Crvena zvezda (senior team)
- Nikola Janković – Crvena zvezda (youth team), Partizan (senior team)
The following players have played for both Crvena zvezda and Partizan in their youth careers:
Filip Petrušev – Crvena zvezda than Partizan Nemanja Kapetanović – Partizan than Crvena zvezda Stevan Karapandžić – Partizan than Crvena zvezda
Coaches
The following head coaches have coached both Crvena zvezda and Partizan in their careers:
Borislav Džaković – Partizan (1982–1984, 1994–1995); Crvena zvezda (1995–1996, 1998) Vladislav Lučić – Partizan (1985–1986); Crvena zvezda (1992–1994, 1997–1998, 1999–2000) Aleksandar Nikolić – Partizan (1959–1960); Crvena zvezda (1971–1974) Miroslav Nikolić – Partizan (1996–1998; 2017); Crvena zvezda (2001, 2002) Zoran Slavnić – Partizan (1984–1985); Crvena zvezda (1988–1991, 1994–1995) Duško Vujošević – Partizan (1986–1989, 1990–1991, 2001–2010, 2012–2015); Crvena zvezda (1991–1992) Ranko Žeravica – Partizan (1971–1974, 1976–1978, 1995–1996); Crvena zvezda (1980–1986, 1996–1997)
The following assistant coaches have coached both Crvena zvezda and Partizan in their careers:
Predrag Jaćimović – Partizan (1999–2000); Crvena zvezda (2003) Milivoje Karalejić – Partizan (1999); Crvena zvezda (2008–2009)[6] Milivoje Lazić – Partizan (2010–2011); Crvena zvezda (2011–2012) Veselin Matić – Crvena zvezda (1993–1994); Partizan (1994–1996) Saša Nikitović – Partizan (2004–2005); Crvena zvezda (2005–2008) Marin Sedlaček – Crvena zvezda (1988–1992); Partizan (1999) Dejan Srzić – Partizan (1989–1990); Crvena zvezda (1990–1992)[7] Petronije Zimonjić
The following youth coaches have coached both Crvena zvezda and Partizan in their careers:
- Vladimir Bošnjak – Partizan (1987–1990); Crvena zvezda (1997–1998)[8]
- Saša Jakovljević
- Aleksandar Lukman
Others
The following individuals have also played and/or coached both Crvena zvezda and Partizan in their careers:
Strahinja Alagić – Partizan (1946 player), Crvena zvezda (1947–1951 player; 1976 coach) Jovica Antonić – Partizan (1982–1983 player), Crvena zvezda (1998–1999 coach) Borislav Ćurčić – Crvena zvezda (1950–1955 player), Partizan (1958–1965 player; 1965–1967 coach) Zoran Krečković – Partizan (1977–1978 player), Crvena zvezda (2001–2002 coach) Svetislav Pešić – Partizan (1967–1971 player), Crvena zvezda (2008–2009, 2011–2012 coach) Borislav Stanković – Crvena zvezda (1946–1948 player), Partizan (1950–1953 player–coach) Miodrag Stefanović – Crvena zvezda (1946 player), Partizan (1953 coach)
Records
Top scorers
The following players recorded more than or equal to 40 points in a game between Crvena zvezda and Partizan.[9]
Points | Player | Team | Result | Date | Ref. |
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59 | ![]() | Crvena zvezda | Partizan won, 93–88 | 21 March 1976 | [10] |
45 | ![]() | Partizan | Partizan won, 92–82 | 22 January 1977 | |
![]() | Crvena zvezda | Partizan won, 82–75 | 10 July 1955 | [9] | |
43 | ![]() | Partizan | Crvena zvezda won, 105–99 | 26 December 2003 | |
42 | ![]() | Partizan | |||
![]() | Crvena zvezda | ||||
40 | ![]() | Crvena zvezda | Partizan won, 91–89 | 17 June 2007 | |
![]() | Crvena zvezda | Partizan won, 104–102 | 6 March 1994 |
Honours
The rivalry reflected in Eternal derby matches comes about as Crvena zvezda and Partizan are the most successful basketball clubs in Serbia.
Crvena zvezda | Competition | Partizan | |
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Domestic Leagues | |||
12 | Yugoslavia (defunct) | 5 | |
3 | Serbia–Montenegro (defunct) | 8 | |
5 | Serbia | 8 | |
20 | Aggregate | 21 | |
Domestic Cups | |||
3 | Yugoslav Cup (defunct) | 8 | |
6 | Radivoj Korać Cup | 8 | |
9 | Aggregate | 16 | |
Adriatic | |||
4 | League | 6 | |
1 | Supercup | 1 | |
5 | Aggregate | 7 | |
European | |||
— | EuroLeague | 1 | |
1 | FIBA Saporta Cup (defunct) | — | |
— | FIBA Korać Cup (defunct) | 3 | |
1 | Aggregate | 4 | |
35 | Total Aggregate | 48 |
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