Red Star most popular team in Serbia
Published: 18 September 2007
by
Extra Football
A survey in Mediana center in Serbia confirmed Red Star Belgrade as the most popular club with 43% of the votes
Institute for market research and media, Mediana Adria from Belgrade, made a football survey which examined voters' preferences regarding football in Serbia. Red Star Belgrade has been voted as the most popular team in Serbia with 43% of the votes, closely followed by their city rivals Partizan with 32.3%. 20% of the voters do not support any Serbian club, while rest of the clubs are split between 5.3% of the total votes.
Statistics imply to further problems that are rocking Serbian football ? only 7.2% of self-proclaimed Red Star fans follow their team at their home matches, while Partizan's fans are even less loyal as only 4.5% claim they do attend their matches.
Red Star's fans have picked Valencia forward
Nikola ?igi?
as their favourite player (9.5%), while Partizan's have chosen former Red Star midfielder Sini?a Mihajlovi?, who received 10% of the votes.
Barcelona's Brazilian star
Ronaldinho
is the most popular football player in Serbia with 10.7%, followed by Nikola ?igi? (5.8%), former Red Star legend Dragan D?aji? (5.3%), Milan's Ronaldo (4.7%) and Inter's assistant coach Sini?a Mihajlovi? (4.4%).
Chelsea's manager
Jose Mourinho
is the most popular coach with 5.1%, ahead of former Real Madrid coach Fabio Capello (4.4%) and Alex Ferguson (4.2%).