Belgrade Blue Dragons

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Belgrade Blue Dragons
Founded: 2003
Head coach:
League (2011):
Accomplishments
4 City Cup Runners-up: 2004
SAFS Group A winners: 2007
SAFS NLS Runners-up; vice-champions; junior champions 2009
SAAF 2nd Division Runners-up:Champions 2015 SAAF Superleague runners-up 2017
SAAF Superleague runners-up 2018
SAAF Superleague runners-up 2019
Placing in last year
2009 SAFS Runners-up
Team
Logo Blue Dragons logo.jpg

The Belgrade Blue Dragons are an American football team from Belgrade, Serbia.

History[]

The Blue Dragons American Football Club was formed in July 2003 in Belgrade, and was one of the seven teams that formed Serbian Association of American Football (SAFS). They played their first game in early November 2003. and their first victory came in December of the same year. As with nearly all teams in Serbia, they played football without necessary pads and helmets until the 2007 season. The year before that, the Blue Dragons merged with the only university team in Serbia, "Elektrichar", as they tried to help that team overcome the problems that it had. All the players were glad that to have an opportunity to play for Blue Dragons, as they said.[citation needed] In the 2007 season, the Blue Dragons were the first team in its division, and in the playoffs they reached the semifinals in the Serbian National League, eventually losing after three overtimes against its town rivals. They had seven players in the tryout for the national team that played in Euro 2007. They have had more than 300 players attended their football school, and on their three teams (A team, B team – Elektrichar, Junior team) they have about 70 active players.

In 2016, the Blue Dragons hired an American head coach, JJ Fayed, a member of the Serbian National Team staff and previous head coach of the Indjia Indians of the same league. This is the first American Head Coach in over 10 years for the organization.

History[]

  • 2003 (1 W - 1 L)
  • 2004 4 City Cup runners-up (3 W - 2 L)
  • 2005 SAFS Cup - 7th place (1 W - 1 L)
  • 2006 (1 W - 1 L)
  • 2007 SAFS National League runners-up, SAFS Super National league semi-final, 4th team in Serbia (6 W-5 L)
  • 2008 (3 W - 4 L)
  • 2009 (6 W - 5 L) SAFS NLS runners-up, SAFS vice-champions, EFAF Cup contenders, Champions of Junior League SAFS JLS
  • 2010 (4 W - 3 L) SAFS NLS runners-up, Eurobowl contenders
  • 2011 (3 W - 4 L) 5th place in SAAF Superleague
  • 2012 (3 W - 4 L) SAAF NLS runners-up
  • 2013 (3 W - 4 L) SAAF NLS runners-up
  • 2014 (1 W - 6 L) SAAF NLS 6th place, moving to 2nd Division 3rd place in CEI Interleague
  • 2015 (6 W - O L) SAAF runners-up, champions of 2nd Division 4th place in ALPE Adria League
  • 2016 (3W-4L) SAAF Superleague 5th place
  • 2017 (4W-3L) SAAF Superleague runners-up, CEFL Cup 3rd place
  • 2018 (4W-3L) SAAF Superleague runners-up
  • 2019 (4W-3L) SAAF Superleague runners-up

Roster[]

For 2021 SAAF Serbian First League for Blue Dragons played the following players:

Blue Dragons Belgrade Team roster
Quarterbacks
  • Ognjen Mitrović
  • Lazar Sporin
  • Žarko Radovančev

Running Backs

  • Ivan Pleva
  • Đorđe Stojiljković
  • Milan Kalember
  • Dragan Grubić

Wide Receivers

  • Danijel Đorđić
  • Marko Vojvodić
  • Aleksandar Anđelković
  • Carson Ouellette
  • Aleksandar Demić
 Offensive Linemen
  • Nikola Davidović
  • Srđan Aleksandrović
  • Igor Milošević
  • Attila Pravda
  • Željko Jović
  • Radoslav Milatović
  • Uroš Pap
  • Nemanja Pavlović
  • Dejan Lukić

Defensive Linemen

  • Ilija Jovanović
  • Miloš Injac
  • Ivica Nićić
  • Ivan Vukadin
  • Dušan Petrović
  • Uroš Miljanović
  • Petar Mirjanić
  • Blagoje Perić
  • Petar Radović
 Linebackers
  • Marko Božić
  • Željko Kostić
  • Lazar Bogićević
  • Kieren Wilson
  • Miloš Josović
  • Jovan Simić
  • Luka Rašković
  • David Radomirović
  • Miroslav Dobričić
  • Dejan Kalinić
  • Luka Armuš

Defensive Backs

  • Nemanja Stanić
  • Dušan Ćurčić
  • Miloš Pejović
  • Marko Janković
  • Nikola Stojanović
  • Nikola Lekić
  • Stefan Dunčević
  • Aleksa Mišković
 Special Team
  • Aleksandar Radovanović
  • Mihajlo Radosavljević

Coaching Staff

  • Željko Novak (HC/OC)
  • Valentino Stojiljković (DC)
  • Predrag Trajković (Strenght and conditioning)

Position/Assistant Coaches

  • Miloš Grujičić (ST/RB)
  • Srđan Aleksandrović (OL)
  • Nikola Davidović (OL)
  • Ilija Jovanović (DL)
  • Marko Božić (LB)
  • Nemanja Stanić (DB)
  • Ilija Jakšić (ADC/AST)

Interesting[]

  • They played 4 years without pads and helmets, and in their first season with equipment they were 4th in Serbia

External links[]

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