Partizan Belgrade hold a unique position in UEFA history having played in the first UEFA club competition game on 4 September 1955, drawing 3-3 with Sporting Clube de Portugal in a European Champion Clubs’ Cup game in Lisbon; Miloš Milutinović and Branko Zebec were among the stars of the side that won 5-2 in the return.
The high-water mark in Partizan’s European history was reached on 11 May 1966, when they took on Real Madrid CF in the European Cup final, losing 2-1 in Brussels despite taking the lead through Velibor Vasović; that technically gifted side remains an important touchstone for the club’s fans.