The Serbian Identity of FK Crvena zvezda (FC Red Star Belgrade) in the Socialist Era: Perspectives from Memoirs and Biographies

Abstract

The article argues that the Crvena zvezda Football Club (FC Red Star Belgrade) maintained both Serbian and pan-Serbi­an identity during the socialist era (1945–1991), based on primary sources such as memoirs, and biographies. With no Serbian dy­nasty or state, and the Serbian Orthodox Church marginalized, FK Crvena zvezda became a unifying factor for the Serbian people in socialist Yugoslavia.

Keywords

• fk crvena zvezda (fc red star)
• belgrade
• serbia
• serbdom
• yugoslavia
• football
• identity­