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 : The sudden increase in the reputation of Partizan team was not followed by increase in the organizational structure . After the defeat in the finals , club administration failed to operate on a higher level , and Partizan entered a long organizational crisis . All main players signed contracts with biggest Western clubs , and the promising generation was scattered . Milutin Šoškić went to 1 . FC Köln , Milan Galić to Standard Liège , Vladica Kovačević to Nantes , Fahrudin Jusufi to Eintracht Frankfurt and Velibor Vasović , who had scored in the final , was transferred to Ajax where he would come to feature again in the European Cup . Thus followed a period of mediocre results , and for a decade not a single trophy was won . Few players remained from the previous generation , including Milan Damjanović , Blagoje Paunović and Borivoje Đorđević . In a short period of time , numerous managers were in position . The arrival of the talented young players Momčilo Vukotić , who came through Partizan 's youth ranks , and Nenad Bjeković from Proleter Zrenjanin , announced better days for the '' Black & Whites ''
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Munich air disaster
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