The Last Yugoslavian Football Team

General Information

Original Title
Het laatste Joegoslavische elftal
Author/Creator
Janic, Vuk, director.
Language
Bosnian.
Subtitles
English
Published
Netherlands : Pieter van Huystee Film, 2000.
Physical Description
DVD-ROM (85 min.)
Digital ver. identifier
HU_OSA_00002267

Contents/Summary

Summary
Born in the same country, they became world youth champions in Chile in 1989; the 'Chileans' played together until 1990. Then war broke out and Yugoslavia started to fall apart. First the Croatian players left, then the trainer Ivica Osim resigned because the Serbians bombed his home town of Sarajevo. Under pressure of the international community, the team was banned from the European championships in Sweden. In March 1999 they were to share the same soccer pitch for the first time in a direct clash during the preliminary rounds of the Euro 2000 Championship. But this very tense qualification match between Yugoslavia and Croatia was again postponed because of war, this time in Kosovo. In August 1999 the game was played in Belgrade. Two months later the return game was played in Zagreb (Croatia). Players who knew each other intimately, grew up together and were world champions together, were now divided by contradictory interests as a result of the war. The war forced each of them to choose a new fatherland, a new nationality, a new national anthem and a new national football team. This film is his story about a country falling apart, told by its former heroes - the 'Chileans'.

Subjects

Genre
Documentary films

Bibliographic Information

Title Translation
The Last Yugoslavian Football Team

Holdings

Item Type Current Location Call Number Status Shelving Location Public Note
DVD-ROMOSA Film LibraryFL Record 0515Available--
Digital filmOSA Film LibraryFL Record 0515
(HU_OSA_00002267.mp4)
AvailableAccess Copy, MP4 format