Spanish People's Union of Serbian football defeated them by 3–2. In 1997, Vojvodina achieved also the cup final, but lost against Red Star. In 1998, Vojvodina started one after another victory in UEFA Intertoto Cup. After eliminating Stabæk (2–0, 2–2), Örebro SK (3–0, 1–0) and Baltika Kaliningrad (3–0, 1–0) in the first three rounds, Vojvodina played the semi final against SC Bastia. In the first leg, held in Bastia, Vojvodina suffered a 2–0 defeat. Although they were not given any chances in the return leg in Novi Sad, Vojvodina pulled off a convincing 4–0 win. The cup final was played against Werder Bremen	History of FK Vojvodina
25248406	. The first match in Bremen was lost by 1–0 and the return game ended with 1–1. Vojvodina coach was Tomislav Manojlović and the red-white jersey was worn by players like Nikola Lazetić, Zdravko Drinčić, Vidak Bratić, Jovan Tanasijević, Vladimir Mudrinić, Zoran Janković, Dragan Žilić, Mićo Vranješ, Saša Cilinšek, Vladimir Matijašević and Leo Lerinc. Crisis (2001–2006). In the 2000/01 season, Vojvodina fought unexpectedly for competitive survival in the elite and the club ran into financial problems. The departure of the club director Svetozar Šapurić opened the descent and Vojvodina entered in a several years long crisis. In a short period 	History of FK Vojvodina
25248407	of time, numerous managers and coaches were changed regularly and the situation deteriorated more and more. This was a period of mediocre results and the circle of selling the best players to richer European clubs after just a couple of seasons of first-team football and replacing them with fresh young talents. Despite that, at that period, a large number of class players worn the jersey of Vojvodina like Miloš Krasić, Milan Jovanović, Milan Stepanov, Ranko Despotović, Vlada Avramov, Bojan Neziri, Vidak Bratić, Jovan Tanasijević, Radoslav Batak, Milan Vještica, Milan Belić and Miodrag Stošić. In 2005, as a final act 	History of FK Vojvodina
25248408	of desperation, the organised supporters, the Firmaši and Vojvodina's oldest supporters, called the Stara Garda (English: Old Guard), gathered and took over the assembly of the club to make the public aware on their dissatisfaction and the bad situation in the club. In the same year, the newly arrived club president Ratko Butorović announced a better future for club. The squad was improved and in fact followed the stabilization and the rise of the club, both financial and in terms of results. Also, the management announced large reconstructions of the stadium and training facility, which were realized in the 	History of FK Vojvodina
25248409	following years. Ratko Butorović era (2006–13). In 2007, Vojvodina was third in the Serbian SuperLiga and reached the Serbian Cup final against Red Star, but failed to take home the trophy. The following season they started with the 2007/08 UEFA Cup qualifiers. After eliminating Hibernians F.C. (5–1, 2–0) in the first round, they played the second round against the favored Atlético Madrid, more than 40 years after the triple matches in the 1966/67 Europa Cup season. In the first leg, held in Madrid, Vojvodina was defeated by goals from Maxi Rodríguez, Diego Forlán and Sergio Agüero in front of 42,000 	History of FK Vojvodina
25248410	spectators with 3–0. In the return leg in Novi Sad, Vojvodina lost again by 1–2. In 2008, Vojvodina was again third in the Serbian SuperLiga and in 2009, Vojvodina was runners-up, which was a huge step for Vojvodina as the club finished second in the league, behind Partizan but in front of Red Star. This was the first time that a team other than the two big Belgrade clubs finished in the top two for many years. In 2010, Vojvodina was fourth and qualified so again for the UEFA Europe League. Vojvodina was also one of the cup finalists	History of FK Vojvodina
25248411	. Previously Partizan was defeated by 3–1, but lost the final again against Red Star. In 2011, Vojvodina was third and was again one of the cup finalists, this time against Partizan, and the game was marred with controversy, culminating with Vojvodina players walked off the pitch in the 83rd minute of the game to protest, after several controversial decisions by the referee, with score standing at 1–2 in favour of Partizan. Initially, Partizan was declared winners and awarded the trophy but later this decision was revised pending an ongoing investigation by the Serbian FA. On 16 May 2011 the match 	History of FK Vojvodina
25248412	was officially registered as a Vojvodina forfeit (0:3 Partizan victory). In the following season Vojvodina reinforced its team by numerous acquisitions and the expectations were high. In the 2011–12 Serbian SuperLiga season, followed a further third placement and a semifinal of the Serbian cup. Vojvodina defeated in the recent years, home and away, several times the two big clubs from Belgrade, Red Star and Partizan. Due to the constant successes of the last years, Vojvodina became the third absolute power in the Serbian football. Also, a large number of quality players wore the Vojvodina jersey in this period. Many players 	History of FK Vojvodina
25248413	contributed to these successes, some of them are Gojko Kačar, Dušan Tadić, Dragan Mrđa, Marcelo Pletsch, Aboubakar Oumarou, Ranko Despotović, Željko Brkić, Daniel Mojsov, Slobodan Medojević, Miroslav Stevanović, Vlatko Grozdanoski, Giorgi Merebashvili, Miroslav Vulićević, Brana Ilić, Branislav Trajković, Vuk Mitošević, Damir Kahriman, Janko Tumbasević, Darko Lovrić, Savo Pavićević, Joseph Kizito, Danijel Aleksić, Mario Gjurovski, Aleksandar Katai, Nino Pekarić, Vladimir Buač, Nikola Petković and Stephen Appiah. History of FK Vojvodina The history of FK Vojvodina began as the brainchild of a circle from the Novi Sad aristocracy. FK Vojvodina's team colors were inspired by SK Slavia Prague, and the two 	History of FK Vojvodina
25248414	Spanish People's Union Spanish People's Union The Spanish People's Union (; UDPE) was a conservative and Spanish nationalist political party in Spain. History. UDPE was created in 1975, initially under the name of People's Alliance, on 11 February 1975. The group changed its name to Spanish People's Union the 22 May 1975. It was officially recognized and definitely by the Movimiento Nacional on 28 July 1975. The political associations" were the result of development of the Organic Law of the State of 1966, and sought to promote a very limited and controlled "pluralism" within Francoist Spain. The Spanish People's  Union was led by the, then Minister of Education, Cruz Martínez Esteruelas and the general secretary of the Movimiento Nacional Adolfo Suárez. The Spanish People's Union wanted to group the ruling politicians of Francoism, very attached to the bureaucratic apparatus of the Movement. On July 11, 1975 Adolfo Suarez become the president of the UDPE, until the 12 of December, when he left to be the secretary general of the Movimiento Nacional again. On 22 and 23 June 1976 the UDPE held its first congress in Madrid, where the association decided to become a political party -which occurred on  September 17, 1976- and Cruz Martínez Esteruelas was confirmed as the president of the party. UDPE joined the People's Alliance (AP) with other political forces on October 9, 1976. Its dissolution took place on May 4, 1977, to merge with Regional Action, Social Democracy, Democratic Reform and the Social Popular Union. Spanish People's Union The Spanish People's Union (; UDPE) was a conservative and Spanish nationalist political party in Spain. History. UDPE was created in 1975, initially under the name of People's Alliance, on 11 February 1975. The group changed its name to Spanish People's Union