The 1965 – 66 European Cup campaign was the crown of this generation 's career . After eliminating French Nantes ( 2 – 0 , 2 – 2 ) and German champion Werder Bremen ( 3 – 0 , 1 – 0 ) in the first two rounds , Partizan were drawn against Sparta Prague in the quarter-finals . In the first leg , held in Prague , Partizan suffered a hard 4 – 1 defeat . Although they were not given any chances in the return leg in Belgrade , Partizan pulled off a convincing 5 – 0 win in front of 50,000 spectators , and with aggregate score 6 – 4 qualified for the semifinals . The semi-finals would see Partizan taking part in an emotional tie that would bring Manchester United , in their first season back in the European Cup after the Munich air disaster , returning to the scene of their final game , at the JNA Stadium , before embarking on that fateful journey home ( on the way home from a European Cup quarter-final victory against Red Star , which was played at JNA Stadium , the aircraft carrying the Manchester United players , officials and journalists crashed while attempting to take off after refuelling in Munich ) . < ! -- Deleted image removed : Partizan finished the season in Yugoslav League on 11th place and did not play in next season in European competitions . In 1967 – 68 season , Partizan played first time in Inter-Cities Fairs Cup and eliminate Lokomotiv Plovdiv ( 5 – 1 , 1 – 1 ) in first round , but they were stopped in second round by Leeds United ( 1 – 2 , 1 – 1 ) . Next season Partizan again not played in European competitions , but in next two season they were played in Inter-Cities Fairs Cup and eliminated in first round by Újpest Dózsa by an aggregate score of 2 – 3 and Dynamo Dresden , with an aggregate score of 0 – 6
Munich air disaster
Munich air disaster
FK Partizan in European football