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Fuenlabrada and Partizan: A Deep Connection

Forced into exile by the Yugoslav war, Partizan Belgrade found an unexpected home in Fuenlabrada, Spain, in the early 1990s.

More than 2,000 kilometers separate Fuenlabrada from Belgrade, yet a strong umbilical cord connects the two cities. The Yugoslav war forced the legendary Partizan basketball team to play European games in exile after their coach, the young Zeljko Obradovic, lost his home. They found a sanctuary in Fuenlabrada, a small Spanish town of just 77,000 inhabitants, where they settled in the early 1990s. iwanktv.club