| Full name | Sportski klub Jugoslavija |
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| Founded | 1913 (as SK Velika Srbija) |
| Dissolved | 1945 |
| Ground | Stadion SD Jugoslavija, Belgrade, Kingdom of Yugoslavia |
| League | Yugoslav championship |
Sportski klub Jugoslavija, commonly known as SK Jugoslavija (Serbian Cyrillic: CК Југославија) was a Serbian football club from Belgrade. It was originally formed as SK Velika Srbija (English: SC Great Serbia) in 1913 and changed its name to SK Jugoslavija in 1919.
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The club was founded in August 6, 1913[1] in the restaurant "Kasino" in Belgrade, by a group of dissidents from another Belgrade football club - BSK. Dissatisfied over a decision to travel to Austria-Hungary in order to play a friendly match with Hajduk Split, this group left BSK and formed their own club, naming it Sportski klub Velika Srbija.[2] The leader of the group was Danilo Stojanović, better known as Čika Dača, considered the pioneer of football in the Kingdom of Serbia.[3] Beside a group of former BSK players, the squad was formed by footballers from another Belgrade club, SK Slavija from Belgrade suburb Vračar, a number of players from another club formed by Stojanović, FK Šumadija 1903, and Czech footballers Edvard Mifek, Venčel Petrovický and Alojz Mahek.[4] The first match was played against BSK, a 2-0 loss.[5]
With the beginning of the First World War in 1914 the club ceases its activities. It will reapear in 1919 renamed SK Jugoslavija, as the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (renamed K. of Yugoslavia in 1929) was created a year earlier and coloquially named Jugoslavija from the beginning. The first post-war match was played against a team of British saylors, a 9-0 win, and will be remembered as the first time the club played with a red kit, which will characterize them from then on and become the main reason for their nickname The Reds.[6] That same year the field where the matches were played was reconstructed and an athletic track and a new football and tennis fields were created. That field, named Trkalište, located close to city centre, will be demolished in 1925 when the club moved to a new one, founded in the area of Belgrade known as Topčidersko Brdo, exactly in the area the Red Star Stadium is nawadays located. The new stadium with a 30,000 included an athletics track, a grass pitch, a training field and a club house. It was officially inaugurated on 24 April 1927.[7]
SK Jugoslavija won the Yugoslav First League in 1924 and 1925. In 1941 it changed its name again to SK 1913, after the dissolution of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.[8]
Until 1941 the sports society Jugoslavija also included sections for athletics, cycling, winter sports, basketball, boxing, wrestling, swimming and table tennis.
They were popularly nicknamed "Crveni" (The Reds) because of their red shirts, and in opposition to their greatest rivals BSK, who wore blue and were known as "Plavi" (The Blues).
After World War II the club was disbanded by the new communist authorities in 1945 and most of its property, including the stadium and the training ground, was handed over to the newly founded Red Star Belgrade. After the end of war several of pre-war Yugoslav clubs were dissolved because they had played matches during the war and were labelled collaborators by Marshal Tito's communist authorities. Two of these clubs from Belgrade were the historical SK Jugoslavija and BSK Belgrade. Red Star was formed from the remains of Jugoslavija - they got Jugoslavija's stadium, offices, players, and even their red and white colours. However, Red Star Belgrade has always considered itself to have not been a successor to SK Jugoslavija. On the other hand, OFK Beograd, which was formed on the remains of BSK, claims continuity with BSK.
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For all former club players with Wikipedia article, please see: Category:SK Jugoslavija players.
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