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Belgrade Rugby Club Red Star
Full nameБеоградски рагби клуб Црвена звезда
Beogradski Ragbi Klub Crvena Zvezda
Nickname(s)BRK Crvena Zvezda
Founded2014  
(BRK Red Star)

1982  
(original BRK)
LocationBelgrade, Serbia
Ground(s)Ada Ciganlija
Coach(es)Aleksandar Poprecica
Captain(s)Boris Martic
League(s)Rugby Championship of Serbia,
Regional Rugby Championship
Official website
www.brkcrvenazvezda.com
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Belgrade Rugby Club Red Star, (Serbian: Београдски рагби клуб Црвена звезда), is a rugby union team from Belgrade, Serbia. The club is a member of the Rugby Union of Serbia.[1] The club is also member of the Red Star Sports Society (Sportsko Drustvo Crvena Zvezda).[2][3] The team wears a red and white strip.

History

The original Belgrade Rugby Club (BRK) was founded on 20 December 1982. The team colours were blue and white and the logo featured a sparrow (Dživdžan).[4] In the early 1990s the club was renamed the Royal Belgrade Rugby Club (KBRK) with the patronage of Prince Alexander II Karađorđević.[5][6] The team's colours became yellow, brown, and white and the sparrow was replaced by a crown. As KBRK, the club was successful in the nineties and noughties.

In 2012 the club's executive committee decided to return to the name of BRK. The word Royal was removed from the club's name, the colours were reverted to blue and white and a re-styled sparrow replaced the crown. In 2014, the Belgrade Rugby Club (BRK) became Belgrade Rugby Club Red Star (BRK Crvena Zvezda) or BRK Red Star.

A group of former BRK-KBRK members and players were unhappy with this change and, led by Danijem Stricevicem, decided to split away. A new club was formed under the Royal Belgrade Rugby Club (KBRK) name in 2014.[5]

Club honours

In total, the club has won 2 National Championships and 3 National Cups:

BELGRADE RUGBY CLUB RED STAR (2014–)

Rugby Championship of Serbia:
Winners (2): 2015, 2016
Rugby Cup of Serbia:
Winners (2): 2014, 2016

ROYAL BELGRADE RUGBY CLUB (1994–2012):

Rugby Championship of SR Yugoslavia:
Winners (1): 1995
Rugby Cup of Serbia:
Winners (2): 2004, 2010

Current squad

KBRK (1994–2012)
BRK (2012–14)
Former logos used by the Belgrade Rugby Club

Senior Squad: [7]

External links

References

  1. ^ Clubs Archived 2011-08-19 at the Wayback Machine Rugby Serbia
  2. ^ Clubs Red Star Sports Society.
  3. ^ "Red Star wins the Serbian Cup". Red Star Sports Society. 30 June 2014. Archived from the original on 10 February 2015.
  4. ^ "History" (in Serbian). BRK Red Star. 2014. Archived from the original on 11 February 2015.
  5. ^ a b "History" (in Serbian). KBRK. 2014. Archived from the original on 11 February 2015.
  6. ^ "Crown Prince at rugby match between Serbia and Armenia". The Public Relations Office of HRH Crown Prince Alexander II. 24 May 2008. Archived from the original on 11 February 2015.
  7. ^ Squad BRK Red Star
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