Full name | Š¤ŃŠ“Š±Š°Š»ŃŠŗŠø ŠŗŠ»ŃŠ± Š¦ŃŠ²ŠµŠ½Š° Š·Š²ŠµŠ·Š“Š° Fudbalski klub Crvena zvezda (Red Star Football Club) | |||
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Nickname(s) | ŠŠ²ŠµŠ·Š“Š° / Zvezda (The Star) Š¦ŃŠ²ŠµŠ½Š¾-Š±ŠµŠ»Šø / Crveno-beli (The Red-Whites) | |||
Short name | CZV, ZVE | |||
Founded | 4 March 1945; 79 years ago (4 March 1945) | |||
Ground | Rajko MitiÄ Stadium | |||
Capacity | 53,000 | |||
President | Svetozar MijailoviÄ | |||
Head coach | Vladan MilojeviÄ | |||
League | Serbian SuperLiga | |||
2023ā24 | Serbian SuperLiga, 1st of 16 (champions) | |||
Website | Club website | |||
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Fudbalski klub Crvena zvezda (Serbian Cyrillic: Š¤ŃŠ“Š±Š°Š»ŃŠŗŠø ŠŗŠ»ŃŠ± Š¦ŃŠ²ŠµŠ½Š° Š·Š²ŠµŠ·Š“Š°, lit. 'Red Star Football Club'), commonly referred to as Crvena zvezda (pronounced [tsÅĢ©ŹenaĖzŹÄĖzda]) and colloquially referred to as Red Star Belgrade in anglophone media, is a Serbian professional football club based in Belgrade, and a major part of the Red Star multi-sport society.
They are the most successful club from the Balkans and Southeast Europe, being the only club to have won both the European Cup and Intercontinental Cup, having done so in 1991, and only the second team from Eastern Europe to win the European Cup. With 35 national championships, 28 national cups, 2 national supercups, 2 national champions leagues and one league cup between Serbian and Yugoslav competitions, Red Star was the most successful club in Yugoslavia and finished first in the Yugoslav First League all-time table, and is the most successful club in Serbia.
According to 2008 polls, Red Star Belgrade is the most popular football club in Serbia, with 48% of the population supporting them. They have many supporters in other former Yugoslav republics and among the Serbian diaspora. Their main rivals are fellow Belgrade side Partizan. The championship matches between these two clubs are known as the Eternal derby.
According to the International Federation of Football History & Statistics' list of the Top 200 European clubs of the 20th century, Red Star is the highest-ranked Serbian and Balkan club, sharing the 27th position.
History
Yugoslavia and Serbia-Montenegro period
In February 1945, during World War II, a group of young men, active players, students and members of the Serbian United Antifascist Youth League, decided to form a Youth Physical Culture Society, that was to become Red Star Belgrade on 4 March. Previously, as of December 1944, all pre-war Serbian clubs were abolished, and on 5 May 1945, communist Secretary of Sports Mitra MitroviÄ-Djilas signed the decree dissolving formally all pre-war clubs on the territory of Socialist Republic of Serbia. The clubs were dissolved because during the German occupation, there was an attempt to organize the league so all the clubs were labelled collaborators by Josip Broz Tito's communist regime.
The name Red Star was assigned after a long discussion. Other ideas shortlisted by the delegates included "People's Star", "Blue Star", "Proleter", "Stalin", "Lenin", etc. The initial vice presidents of the Sport Society ā Zoran ŽujoviÄ and Slobodan ÄosiÄ ā were the ones who assigned it. Red Star was soon adopted as a symbol of Serbian nationalism within Yugoslavia and a sporting institution which remains the country's most popular to this day. On that day, Red Star played the first football match in the club's history against the First Battalion of the Second Brigade of KNOJ (People's Defence Corps of Yugoslavia) and won 3ā0.
Red Star's first successes involved small steps to recognition. In the first fifteen years of existence, Red Star won one Serbian championship, six Yugoslav championships, five Yugoslav Cups, one Danube Cup and reached the semi-finals of the 1956ā57 European Cup. Some of the greatest players during this period were Kosta TomaÅ”eviÄ, Branko StankoviÄ, Rajko MitiÄ, Vladimir Beara, Bora KostiÄ, Vladica PopoviÄ, Vladimir DurkoviÄ and Dragoslav Å ekularac. As champions, Red Star were Yugoslavia's entrants into the 1957ā58 European Cup where they were famously beaten 5ā4 on aggregate by English champions Manchester United in the quarter-finals. Manchester United, managed by Matt Busby defeated Red Star 2ā1 in the first leg in England before drawing 3ā3 with them in Yugoslavia in the return match on 5 February at JNA Stadium. The second leg is notable for being the last match played by the Busby Babes: on the return flight to England the following day, the plane crashed in Munich, resulting in the deaths of 23 people, including eight Manchester United players.
During the Miljan MiljaniÄ era, Red Star won four Yugoslav championships, three Yugoslav cups, two Yugoslav supercups, one Yugoslav league cup, one Mitropa Cup and reached the semi-finals of the 1970ā71 European Cup. A new generation of players emerged under MiljaniÄ's guidance, led by Dragan DžajiÄ and Jovan AÄimoviÄ. Red Star eliminated Liverpool in the second round of the 1973ā74 European Cup and Real Madrid in the quarter-finals of the 1974ā75 European Cup Winners' Cup. Branko StankoviÄ, whose reign as head coach was to last four years, brought Red Star three trophies and the first great European final. After eliminating teams like Arsenal, West Bromwich Albion and Hertha BSC, Red Star made for the first time the UEFA Cup final. There, Red Star met Borussia Mƶnchengladbach, who played five European finals from 1973 to 1980. The Germans fell behind one goal from MiloÅ” Å estiÄ, but Ivan JuriÅ”iÄ's own goal gave Gladbach a psychological advantage before the rematch. This game was played at the Rheinstadion in DĆ¼sseldorf, where the Italian referee Alberto Michelotti gave a questionable penalty to the Germans, and the Danish player Allan Simonsen sealed Red Star's fate. The Foals won 2ā1 on aggregate.
After the 1970s, historical matches against Udo Lattek's Barcelona followed during the 1982ā83 European Cup Winners' Cup. In both matches, Barcelona were the better team and Red Star was eliminated. Remarkably, when BarƧa's Diego Maradona scored his second goal in front of approximately 100,000 spectators at the Marakana, the Belgrade audience were so excited about the goal that even the loyal Belgrade fans applauded Maradona. Gojko Zec returned to the team in 1983, finding only one player from the champions generation he was coaching back in 1977, MiloÅ” Å estiÄ. Zec similarly repeated the club's triumph from his previous mandate by winning the championship immediately upon his arrival. Zec would later leave the club in a controversial Å ajber's case-style scandal which was the result of irregularities in the 1985ā86 season.
After Zec left in 1986, there were great changes in the club. The management of the club, run by Dragan DžajiÄ and Vladimir CvetkoviÄ, began to build a team that could compete with some of the most powerful European sides. During that summer, Velibor VasoviÄ became coach and the side was strengthened by acquiring a number of talented young players, among whom Dragan StojkoviÄ and Borislav CvetkoviÄ stood out. In the first season that started with penalty points, Red Star focused on the European Cup and achieving good results. In 1986, a five-year plan was developed by the club and Prof. Dr Veljko AleksiÄ with the only goal being to win the European Cup. All that was planned was finally achieved. On the club's birthday in 1987, it started. Real Madrid were defeated at the Marakana. From that day through to March 1992, Red Star enjoyed the best period of success in its history. In these five seasons, Red Star won four National Championships; in the last of those four years of heyday, the club won the 1991 European Cup Final, played in Bari, Italy.
Red Star coach Ljupko PetroviÄ brought the team to Italy a week before the final in order to peacefully prepare the players for a forthcoming encounter with Marseille. By that time, Red Star had 18 goals in 8 matches, whereas the French champions had 20. Therefore, the 100th European competing final was expected to be a spectacle of offense. Nonetheless, both PetroviÄ and Raymond Goethals opted for defence and the match settled down into a war of attrition. After a 120-minute match and only few chances on both sides, the match was decided following the penalty shootout. After several minutes of stressful penalties, one of Marseille's players, Manuel Amoros, missed a penalty, and Darko PanÄev converted his penalty to bring the European Cup to Yugoslavia for the first time. Red Star won the shootout, 5ā3, on 29 May 1991 in front of 60,000 spectators and the millions watching on television around the world. Twenty-thousand Red Star fans at the Stadio San Nicola and millions of them all over Yugoslavia and the world celebrated the greatest joy in Red Star's history. Red Star went unbeaten at the 1990ā91 European Cup in Bari and the 1991 Intercontinental Cup in Tokyo.
In 1992, the club was weakened by the departure of numerous players from the champions generation (new players were added, such as Dejan PetkoviÄ and Anto Drobnjak). The success in the previous season caught the attention of European giants which rushed making lucrative offers to sign Red Star's best players. In addition, Red Star had to defend the continental trophy playing its home games in Szeged, Budapest and Sofia due to the war in former Yugoslavia, thereby reducing their chances of defending their title. UEFA changed the format of the competition that year and the 1991ā92 European Cup was the first to be played in a format with two groups each having four teams. Despite the disadvantage of playing its home games abroad, Red Star still did well and finished second in the group behind Sampdoria. In domestic competition, main rivals Hajduk Split and Dinamo Zagreb left the league, just as all the other clubs from Croatia, Macedonia and Slovenia did, and the championship in Yugoslavia that was cut in size was played on the edge of observance of regulations around the beginning of the Bosnian War. At the end of May, the United Nations had the country under sanctions and dislodged Yugoslav football from the international scene. The Breakup of Yugoslavia, the Yugoslav Wars, the inflation and the UN sanctions have hit Red Star hard. In the period between May 1992 and May 2000, only one championship victory was celebrated at the Marakana. However, they did manage to win five cups, along with several glorious European performances, including the famed 1996 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup showdown against Barcelona side which featured Ronaldo and Hristo Stoichkov.
Immediately after the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia ended, Red Star won the 17th cup in its history by winning 4ā2 against Partizan. Two seasons later, the club returned to the European spotlight by making it to the 2001ā02 UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds, where Red Star was eliminated by Bayer Leverkusen (0ā0 and 0ā3), which would later be a finalist in the Champions League that year. Slavoljub Muslin left the bench in September 2001, after which Red Star's subsequent seasons became more volatile.
Recent era
In the 2006ā07 UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds, Red Star was eliminated (3ā1 on aggregate) by the same Milan side which ultimately won that year's competition. Furthermore, the campaign in Group F of the 2007ā08 UEFA Cup was a large disappointment, especially given that the first game against Bayern Munich was a sensational last-minute loss (by a score of 2ā3 in Belgrade). In those years, Red Star's teams featured the likes of Nikola ŽigiÄ, BoÅ”ko JankoviÄ, Milan BiÅ”evac, DuÅ”an Basta, Dejan MilovanoviÄ, Segundo Castillo, Ibrahima Gueye, Nenad MilijaÅ” and Ognjen Koroman. After a six-year drought, Red Star won their 26th league title in 2013ā14 season.
Despite Red Star's success on the pitch in 2013ā14, the financial situation at the club has worsened, so much so that the club were banned from participating in the 2014ā15 UEFA Champions League for which they qualified by winning the Serbian SuperLiga. The UEFA Club Financial Control Body found Red Star's debts to players, some of whom had not been paid for at least six months, staff and other clubs, totalled ā¬1.86 million. The club board were also alleged to have hidden debts and falsified documents. This, on top of an earlier UEFA disciplinary measure in 2011, meant Red Star did not meet the necessary Club Licensing and Financial Fair Play criteria and, as such, should not have been granted a UEFA license by the Serbian FA. Rivals Partizan took Red Star's place in the UEFA Champions League second qualifying round.
After ten years of waiting, Red Star qualified for the 2017ā18 UEFA Europa League group stage. Red Star progressed through four qualifying rounds and reached the knockout phase of the tournament, becoming the first team in competition's history to reach the knockout phase after starting their season in the first qualifying round. Although Red Star played in the group stage of the first edition in which groups format was introduced in the European Cup, 1991ā92 European Cup, the designation "Champions League" was only adopted a season later in which Yugoslav clubs were already banned from participating in. Thus, when Red Star eliminated Red Bull Salzburg in the 2018ā19 UEFA Champions League play-off round, and qualified for the UEFA Champions League group stage, it meant that Red Star competed for the first time since the new format was introduced. Red Star became the first Serbian team to win a match in the UEFA Champions League when they defeated Liverpool.
On 14 May 2019, the 1946 People's Republic of Serbia League title was officially recognized by the Serbian FA, meaning that Red Star's triumph in the 2018ā19 Serbian SuperLiga was their 30th national championship. Red Star reached the UEFA Champions League group stage for the second successive season after eliminating SÅ«duva, HJK Helsinki, Copenhagen and Young Boys. On 5 November 2019, cable television channel Zvezda TV started airing.
In the 2020ā21 Serbian SuperLiga, Red Star set a world record for the number of points gained in a single season with 108 points. Red Star won their seventh Serbian SuperLiga title in a row and completed their fourth consecutive double in the 2023ā24 season.
Crest and colours
Red Star initially wore yellow shirts with a red star which were acquired from FK Slavija (from Äubura). In 1946, the club switched to red shirts with white shorts and alternating red-white socks before adopting the signature red and white vertical striped shirts, with alternating white or red shorts and socks in 1950. The red and white stripes have become indivisible to Red Star's image, conferring the popular nickname Crveno-beli, "the red and white's" in Serbian. The club continued to wear the initial pre-stripe kit throughout its existence, but has generally declined in usage. During the 1950s and 1960s, the club also alternated between blue trunks, a long white V-neck on a red shirt, and a red shirt with thin white horizontal lines.
Red Star have usually worn an all-white away kit, whilst also utilizing predominantly blue or red away or third kits, thereby incorporating the Serbian tricolour. The club crest is a red five-pointed star, white framed, on a red-white background. In addition, the whole crest is framed in gold. There are three golden stars on the top of the club emblem, symbolizing the 30 titles won.
Despite the club's overtly Communist name and imagery, Red Star Football Club has become a symbol in its own right. The "petokraka" from which the club's name derives has paradoxically become a symbol of the club itself and of Serbian nationalism, moving further away from its original association with the Partisans and the Communist Party of Yugoslavia. Due to Red Star's popularity and sporting success, the club and its crest have become synonymous with broader Serbian identity, and patriotism that echoes beyond the sporting landscape.
Stadium
Red Star's home ground is the Rajko MitiÄ Stadium (since 21 December 2014), formerly known as Red Star Stadium. With a seated capacity of 53,000 it is the largest stadium in Serbia and in the former Yugoslavia. The stadium was opened in 1963, and in the course of time and due to the fact that stadium's former capacity was about 110,000, it got the unofficial moniker Marakana, after the large and famous MaracanĆ£ Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and Belgrade's sold-out Marakana garnered the reputation of being a very tough ground for visiting teams to play in. Some of the biggest football events have been held at this stadium, such as the European Cup final between Ajax and Juventus in 1973, UEFA European Championship final between West Germany and Czechoslovakia in 1976, and the first leg of the UEFA Cup final between Red Star and Borussia Mƶnchengladbach in 1979. During the mid-1990s, in order to meet UEFA demands for spectators comfort and security, standing places at the stadium were completely done away with and seats were installed on all four stands. In the years, since the stadium's capacity was gradually decreased, followed different stadium modernisations.
In 2008, the club reconstructed the stadium's pitch, under-soil grass heaters, improved drainage systems were installed and new modern turf replaced the old surface. The training pitch, located next to the stadium, was also renovated by laying down synthetic turf and installing new lighting equipment. In 2011, the stadium received also a new modern LED scoreboard. Today, the stadium has a central lodge, named 5 Zvezdinih Zvezda (English: 5 Stars of Red Star), which consist of five segments, each bears the name of one of Red Star's legendary players (MitiÄ, Å ekularac, DžajiÄ, PetroviÄ, StojkoviÄ), two other VIP lounges and a special VIP gallery with over 450 seats. It has also a modern press box with a capacity of 344 seats including seven extra-comfortable seats, an extra media center, the Red Cafe and a restaurant. On the west stand of the stadium exist also an official Red Star shop along with a Delije shop. The playing field measures are 110 Ć 73 m, and is illuminated by 1,400 lux floodlights. According to the known German Web portal "Stadionwelt", Belgrade's "Marakana" is in the top 50 football stadiums in Europe. In 2012, American Bleacher Report ranked the Red Star Stadium, especially if it is sold out, as among the most intimidating stadiums in the world.
Youth academy
History
Some of the most notable home-grown players are Dragan DžajiÄ, named the all-time Serbian best player (the choice of the Football Association of Serbia on the 50th anniversary of UEFA, known as the Golden Player), who reached third place at the election for the European Footballer of the Year in 1968, then Dragoslav Å ekularac ā a runner-up with Yugoslavia at 1960 European Nations' Cup, Vladimir PetroviÄ ā the fourth Star of Red Star, Vladimir JugoviÄ ā two times the European Cup winner (with Red Star and Juventus), as well as Dejan StankoviÄ and Nemanja VidiÄ.
Further notable home-grown players include Vladica PopoviÄ, Ratomir DujkoviÄ, Stanislav Karasi, Slobodan JankoviÄ, Ognjen PetroviÄ, Vladislav BogiÄeviÄ, DuÅ”an NikoliÄ, Zoran FilipoviÄ, DuÅ”an SaviÄ, Milan JankoviÄ, BoÅ”ko and Milko Gjurovski, Stevan StojanoviÄ, Vladan LukiÄ, Zvonko MilojeviÄ, Zoran JoviÄiÄ, Ivan AdžiÄ, NebojÅ”a KrupnikoviÄ, Goran DruliÄ, Nenad LalatoviÄ, Marko PanteliÄ, Ognjen Koroman, Vladimir DiÅ”ljenkoviÄ, Marko PeroviÄ, Dejan MilovanoviÄ, Dragan MrÄa, BoÅ”ko JankoviÄ, DuÅ”an Basta, Vujadin SaviÄ, Slavoljub SrniÄ, Filip StojkoviÄ, UroÅ” SpajiÄ, SrÄan MijailoviÄ, Marko GrujiÄ, Luka JoviÄ and Strahinja ErakoviÄ.
Former Red Star and Real Madrid coaching legend Miljan MiljaniÄ was also a member of Red Star's youth school.
Current coaching staff
- U19s: Nenad MilijaÅ”
- U17s: Aleksandar Linta
Supporters
Red Star is the most popular football club in Serbia. The club has fans and sympathisers throughout the whole country, but also throughout the regional and global Serbian diaspora, making the club a symbol of Serbdom. Fan groups are widespread throughout Serbia and former Yugoslav republics, and the club has the highest social media following amongst former Yugoslav football teams. Traditionally, Red Star has been represented as the people's club, whilst always attracting support from all social classes, their fan base is not associated with any specific social group. Red Star ultras Delije espouse patriotic, nationalist and right-wing sentiments.
The organized supporters of Red Star are known as Delije, roughly translated in English as the "Heroes", "Braves", "Hardman" or "Studs". The term derives from the plural of the singular form "Delija", in Serbian. Delije support all branches of the Red Star multi-sport society. They are one of the most famous supporter groups in the world, renowned for their passion and fanaticism.
Hardcore supporters began to emerge during the 1980s, with official inauguration taking place in 1989. Previously, Red Star fans were scattered amongst several organized fan groups within the north terrace of the Rajko MitiÄ Stadium, colloquially known as "Marakana". Their style of support is greatly influenced by Italian and English football culture of the 1980s. It includes the use of widespread choreography, flares, flags, banners, and boisterous cheering. The word Delije is displayed (in Cyrillic) on the north terrace seats of Rajko MitiÄ Stadium as a sign of appreciation, and fidelity between the club and supporters. Subgroups of Delije exist outside of Belgrade, along with cities across Serbia and all other ex-Yugoslav republics. Despite Red Star's broad fan base, Delije have developed an infamous reputation for hooliganism amongst some segments of its ultras, especially during Belgrade derbies.
Due to historically warm Serbo-Hellenic relations, Red Star's Delije ultras have developed a strong kinship with Olympiacos ultras Gate 7. The "Orthodox Brothers" friendship is based on mutual Eastern Orthodox faith, a strong cultural marker amongst the Serbs and Greeks. Both clubs also share the same colours, and are from the national capitals. They are also the most decorated football teams in their respective countries. The brotherhood has evolved to include Spartak Moscow ultras Fratria, owing to strong Russophilia and a shared Slavic heritage.
The Eternal derby
Red Star's fiercest and long-standing city rival is FK Partizan, football section of the other large and popular multi-sports club in Serbia. The rivalry started immediately after the creation of the two clubs in 1945. Since then, both clubs have been dominant in domestic football. The match is particularly noted for the passion of the Red Star's supporters, called Delije, and Partizan's supporters, the Grobari (English: "Gravediggers" or "Undertakers"). The stands of both teams feature fireworks, coloured confetti, flags, rolls of paper, torches, smoke, drums, giant posters and choreographies, used to create visual grandeur and apply psychological pressure on the visiting teams, hence the slogan, "Welcome to Hellgrade". Both sets of supporters sing passionate songs against their rivals, and the stadiums are known to bounce with the simultaneous jumping of the fans. The duel is regarded as one of the greatest football rivalries in the world and the matches between these rivals have been labeled as the Eternal derby. Given its widespread touch on the entirety of a major city, it is dubbed one of, along with the Old Firm, the Rome derby and the Istanbul derby, the most heated rivalries in European football. The biggest attendance for a Red Star ā Partizan match was about 108,000 spectators at the Rajko MitiÄ Stadium.
Honours
Red Star has won 4 international and 68 domestic trophies, making it the most successful football club in Serbia and the former Yugoslavia.
Domestic competitions (68)
National Championships ā 35 (record)
- People's Republic of Serbia League (record)
- Winners (1): 1945ā46
- Yugoslav First League (record)
- First League of Serbia and Montenegro
- Winners (5): 1994ā95, 1999ā2000, 2000ā01, 2003ā04, 2005ā06
- Serbian SuperLiga (record)
National Cups ā 28 (record)
- Yugoslav Cup (record)
- Serbia and Montenegro Cup (record)
- Serbian Cup (shared record)
National Super Cups ā 2 (record)
- Yugoslav Super Cup
- Winners (2): 1969, 1971
National League Cup ā 1 (shared record)
- Yugoslav League Cup
- Winners (1): 1972ā73
National Champions League ā 2 (record)
- Yugoslav Summer Champions League
- Winners (2): 1971, 1973
International competitions (4)
Red Star is the most successful club from Serbia (and former Yugoslavia) in all European competitions, and the only club from Eastern Europe that has won both the European Cup and the Intercontinental Cup. On 27 October 2017, FIFA officially recognized all winners of the Intercontinental Cup as club world champions, in equal status to the FIFA Club World Cup. The club competed in 61 European seasons, and the most notable results are:
- European Cup / UEFA Champions League
- Winners (1): 1990ā91
- Intercontinental Cup
- Winners (1): 1991
- UEFA Cup / UEFA Europa League
- Runners-up (1): 1978ā79
- UEFA Super Cup
- Runners-up (1): 1991
- Mitropa Cup
Friendly tournaments (21)
- Torneo Internacional de Chile (1): 1962
- Tournoi de Paris (1): 1962
- Trofeo IbƩrico (1): 1971
- Teresa Herrera Trophy (1): 1971
- Trofeo Costa del Sol (1): 1973
- Orange Trophy (1): 1973
- Danube Tournament (1): 1976
- World of Soccer Cup (1): 1977
- Lunar New Year Cup (1): 1980
- Belgrade Tournament (2): 1980, 1981
- Trofeo Costa Verde (1): 1982
- YU Tournament (1): 1984
- Mostar Tournament (1): 1991
- Torneo di Verona (1): 1991
- Tournoi de Corse (1): 1995
- Freiburg Tournament (1): 1997
- IFiZ Leipzig (1): 2004
- Chicago Sister Cities International Cup (1): 2010
- PARI Premier Cup (1): 2023
- Winline Summer Cup (1): 2024
Individual awards
Domestic
Yugoslav First League top scorers
Season | Name | Goals |
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1951 | Kosta TomaÅ”eviÄ | 16 |
1953 | Todor ŽivanoviÄ | 17 |
1959 | Bora KostiÄ | 25 |
1960 | Bora KostiÄ | 19 |
1969 | Vojin LazareviÄ | 22 |
1973 | Vojin LazareviÄ | 25 |
1975 | DuÅ”an SaviÄ | 20 |
1977 | Zoran FilipoviÄ | 21 |
1979 | DuÅ”an SaviÄ | 24 |
1990 | Darko PanÄev | 25 |
1991 | Darko PanÄev | 34 |
1992 | Darko PanÄev | 25 |
First League of Serbia and Montenegro top scorers
Season | Name | Goals |
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1993 | Anto Drobnjak | 22 |
1997 | Zoran JoviÄiÄ | 21 |
1998 | SaÅ”a MarkoviÄ | 27 |
2004 | Nikola ŽigiÄ | 19 |
2005 | Marko PanteliÄ | 21 |
Season | Name | Goals |
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2008 | Nenad JestroviÄ | 13 |
2011 | Andrija KaluÄeroviÄ | 13 |
2014 | Dragan MrÄa | 19 |
2016 | Aleksandar Katai | 21 |
2018 | Aleksandar PeÅ”iÄ | 25 |
- Vladimir PetroviÄ (1980)
- Dragan StojkoviÄ (1988)
- Dragan StojkoviÄ (1989)
- Robert ProsineÄki (1990)
- Dragan DžajiÄ (1969)
- Dejan SaviÄeviÄ (1991)
- Nenad MilijaÅ” (2009)
- Hugo Vieira (2016)
- Aleksandar PeÅ”iÄ (2018)
- Marko Marin (2019)
- Hwang In-beom (2024)
- Vladan MilojeviÄ (2017)
- Vladan MilojeviÄ (2018)
International
- 2nd: Darko PanÄev (1991)
- 2nd: Dejan SaviÄeviÄ (1991)
- 3rd: Dragan DžajiÄ (1968)
- Darko PanÄev (1991)
- Robert ProsineÄki (1991)
- Dragan DžajiÄ (2003)
- Darko PanÄev (2003)
Club records
Dragan DžajiÄ is Red Star's record appearance holder with 389 matches. The goalscoring record holder is Bora KostiÄ with 230 goals. Numerous Red Star players were in the Yugoslavia national team and Branko StankoviÄ, Rajko MitiÄ, Vladimir Beara, Bora KostiÄ, Vladimir DurkoviÄ, Dragoslav Å ekularac, Miroslav PavloviÄ, Jovan AÄimoviÄ, Dragan DžajiÄ, Vladimir PetroviÄ, Dragan StojkoviÄ and Dejan SaviÄeviÄ are among them. Dragan DžajiÄ played 85 matches for the Yugoslavia national football team, a national record.
Red Star holds records such as to be only the second foreign team that could beat Liverpool at Anfield (after FerencvĆ”ros in the 1967ā68 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup), which was also the only defeat of Liverpool at home in the European Cup history in the whole 20th century (during the 1973ā74 European Cup). Red Star was also the first team that could beat Bayern Munich on the Olympiastadion in its long UEFA competition history (during the 1990ā91 European Cup).
They are the only Serbian (and ex-Yugoslav) club, and only the second team from Eastern Europe, to have won the European Cup, having done so in 1991, which was also the 100th UEFA competition final. Red Star is among the nine clubs which have ever won the European Cup unbeaten. They are also the only team from the Balkans and Southeast Europe to have won the Intercontinental Cup, also in 1991. The Romanian football player Miodrag Belodedici was the first ever Red Star player to have won the European Cup with two different teams, Steaua BucureČti and Red Star; curiously, both of the team's names mean "Star". Later, double winners were also Dejan SaviÄeviÄ (Red Star and Milan) and Vladimir JugoviÄ (Red Star and Juventus).
Top ten most appearances of all-time
Rank. | Player | Period | Apps |
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1 | Dragan DžajiÄ | 1963ā75; 1977ā78 | 389 |
2 | Bora KostiÄ | 1951ā61; 1962ā66 | 341 |
3 | Vladimir PetroviÄ | 1972ā82 | 332 |
4 | Jovan AÄimoviÄ | 1965ā76 | 318 |
5 | BoÅ”ko Gjurovski | 1978ā89 | 299 |
6 | Rajko MitiÄ | 1945ā58 | 294 |
7 | Vladica PopoviÄ | 1953ā65 | 291 |
8 | MiloÅ” Å estiÄ | 1974ā84 | 277 |
9 | Milan Borjan | 2017ā23 | 275 |
10 | Milan RodiÄ | 2017ā | 273 |
Top ten scorers of all-time
Rank. | Player | Period | Goals |
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1 | Bora KostiÄ | 1951ā61; 1962ā66 | 230 |
2 | Dragan DžajiÄ | 1963ā75; 1977ā78 | 155 |
3 | DuÅ”an SaviÄ | 1973ā82 | 149 |
4 | Zoran FilipoviÄ | 1970ā80 | 138 |
5 | Kosta TomaÅ”eviÄ | 1945ā54 | 137 |
6 | Vojin LazareviÄ | 1966ā70; 1972ā74 | 134 |
7 | Darko PanÄev | 1988ā92 | 116 |
8 | Aleksandar Katai | 2014ā16; 2020ā | 114 |
9 | Rajko MitiÄ | 1945ā58 | 109 |
10 | Mihajlo PjanoviÄ | 1999ā03 | 92 |
Club all-time European record
Red Star Belgrade | Seasons | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | W % |
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Representing Serbia | 18 | 137 | 48 | 38 | 51 | 185 | 187 | 35.04 |
Representing Serbia and Montenegro | 11 | 66 | 26 | 20 | 20 | 109 | 80 | 39.39 |
Representing Yugoslavia | 33 | 179 | 89 | 30 | 60 | 347 | 235 | 49.72 |
Total | 62 | 382 | 163 | 88 | 131 | 641 | 502 | 42.67 |
Competition | Pld | W | D | L |
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European Cup / UEFA Champions League | 160 | 71 | 34 | 55 |
UEFA Cup / UEFA Europa League | 165 | 70 | 42 | 53 |
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup | 34 | 12 | 10 | 12 |
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup | 21 | 9 | 2 | 10 |
UEFA Super Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Intercontinental Cup | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 382 | 163 | 88 | 131 |
- As of 19 September 2024
UEFA Ranking
The following data indicates Red Star coefficient rankings.
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Best results in international competitions
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1990ā91 | Winners | defeated Marseille 0ā0 in Bari, 5ā3 pen. | |
1956ā57 | Semi-finals | lost to Fiorentina 0ā1 in Belgrade, 0ā0 in Firenze | |
1970ā71 | Semi-finals | lost to Panathinaikos 4ā1 in Belgrade, 0ā3 in Athens | |
1991ā92 | Semi-finals | finished second in a group with Sampdoria, Anderlecht and Panathinaikos | |
1957ā58 | Quarter-finals | lost to Manchester United 1ā2 in Manchester, 3ā3 in Belgrade | |
1973ā74 | Quarter-finals | lost to AtlĆ©tico Madrid 0ā2 in Belgrade, 0ā0 in Madrid | |
1980ā81 | Quarter-finals | lost to Internazionale 1ā1 in Milan, 0ā1 in Belgrade | |
1981ā82 | Quarter-finals | lost to Anderlecht 1ā2 in Brussels, 1ā2 in Belgrade | |
1986ā87 | Quarter-finals | lost to Real Madrid 4ā2 in Belgrade, 0ā2 in Madrid | |
UEFA Cup / UEFA Europa League | |||
1978ā79 | Runners-up | lost to Borussia Mƶnchengladbach 1ā1 in Belgrade, 0ā1 in DĆ¼sseldorf | |
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup | |||
1974ā75 | Semi-finals | lost to FerencvĆ”ros 1ā2 in Budapest, 2ā2 in Belgrade | |
1971ā72 | Quarter-finals | lost to Dynamo Moscow 1ā2 in Belgrade, 1ā1 in Moscow | |
1985ā86 | Quarter-finals | lost to AtlĆ©tico Madrid 0ā2 in Belgrade, 1ā1 in Madrid | |
UEFA Super Cup | |||
1991 | Runners-up | lost to Manchester United 0ā1 in Manchester | |
Intercontinental Cup | |||
1991 | Winners | defeated Colo-Colo 3ā0 in Tokyo | |
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup | |||
1961ā62 | Semi-finals | lost to Barcelona 0ā2 in Belgrade, 1ā4 in Barcelona | |
1962ā63 | Quarter-finals | lost to Roma 0ā3 in Rome, 2ā0 in Belgrade | |
Mitropa Cup | |||
1958 | Winners | defeated RudĆ” HvÄzda Brno 4ā1 in Belgrade, 3ā2 in Brno | |
1967ā68 | Winners | defeated Spartak Trnava 0ā1 in Trnava, 4ā1 in Belgrade | |
1957 | Semi-finals | lost to Vasas 1ā3 in Budapest, 2ā3 in Belgrade |
Biggest win in UEFA competition:
Season | Match | Score | ||
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1957ā58 | Red Star ā Stade Dudelange | 9ā1 | ||
1969ā70 | Red Star ā Linfield | 8ā0 |
Players
- As of 25 September 2024
First team
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Players with multiple nationalities
Dual registration
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Out on loan
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Captains
- Milovan ÄiriÄ (1945ā47)
- Rajko MitiÄ (1947ā58)
- LjubiÅ”a SpajiÄ (1958ā60)
- Branko Zebec (1960ā61)
- Vladica PopoviÄ (1961ā65)
- Vojislav MeliÄ (1965ā67)
- Dragan DžajiÄ (1967ā75)
- Vladislav BogiÄeviÄ (1975ā77)
- Dragan DžajiÄ (1977ā78)
- Vladimir PetroviÄ (1978ā82)
- MiloÅ” Å estiÄ (1983ā84)
- Zlatko KrmpotiÄ (1985)
- BoÅ”ko Gjurovski (1986ā87)
- Dragan StojkoviÄ (1987ā90)
- Stevan StojanoviÄ (1990ā91)
- Dejan SaviÄeviÄ (1991ā92)
- DuÅ”ko RadinoviÄ (1992ā93)
- Goran VasilijeviÄ (1993ā94)
- Ivan AdžiÄ (1994ā96)
- Zvonko MilojeviÄ (1996ā97)
- Dejan StankoviÄ (1997ā98)
- Perica OgnjenoviÄ (1998)
- Dejan SaviÄeviÄ (1999)
- Goran BunjevÄeviÄ (1999ā01)
- Nenad LalatoviÄ (2001ā02)
- Ivan GvozdenoviÄ (2003)
- Nemanja VidiÄ (2003ā04)
- Vladimir DiÅ”ljenkoviÄ (2004)
- Marko PanteliÄ (2005)
- Nenad KovaÄeviÄ (2005ā06)
- Dejan MilovanoviÄ (2006ā08)
- Nenad MilijaÅ” (2008ā09)
- Nikola LazetiÄ (2009ā10)
- Slavoljub ÄorÄeviÄ (2010)
- Pavle Ninkov (2010ā11)
- Nenad KovaÄeviÄ (2011)
- Nikola MikiÄ (2011ā12)
- Nenad MilijaÅ” (2012ā14)
- Nikola MijailoviÄ (2014)
- Darko LazoviÄ (2014)
- Aleksandar LukoviÄ (2015ā17)
- Nenad MilijaÅ” (2017ā19)
- Marko Marin (2019)
- Milan Borjan (2020ā23)
- Aleksandar DragoviÄ (2023ā24)
- UroÅ” SpajiÄ (2024āpresent)
Retired number(s)
11 Dragan DžajiÄ, winger (1963ā1975, 1977ā1978)
On 2 September 2022, Red Star Belgrade announced that the squad number 11 will be retired from the 2023ā24 season.
12 ā Delije (the 12th Man)
26 Goran GogiÄ, midfielder (2013ā2014) ā posthumous honour.
Since 2014, Red Star Belgrade have not issued the squad number 26 in the Serbian SuperLiga. It was retired in memory of Goran GogiÄ, who died on 3 July 2015, aged 29. GogiÄ had also been assigned with jersey 25 for the 2014ā15 season, which he had worn in Jagodina previously. Since then some of players, like Marko MarinkoviÄ and Milan JevtoviÄ used to be registered for the UEFA competitions. JevtoviÄ also made his debut for the club with 26 jersey in summer 2018, but later chose number 33 in the domestic competition.
Club officials
Technical staff
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Club management
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Coaching history
For details see List of Red Star Belgrade football coaches
- Branislav SekuliÄ (1946)
- Svetislav GliÅ”oviÄ (1946ā48)
- Aleksandar TomaÅ”eviÄ (1948ā50)
- LjubiÅ”a BroÄiÄ (1951)
- Žarko MihajloviÄ (1951)
- Branislav SekuliÄ (1952)
- Žarko MihajloviÄ (1952ā53)
- LjubiÅ”a BroÄiÄ (1953ā54)
- BoÅ”ko RaliÄ (1954)
- Milovan ÄiriÄ (1954ā57)
- Milorad PaviÄ (1957ā64)
- Ivan Toplak (1964ā66)
- Miljan MiljaniÄ (1966ā74)
- Miljenko MihiÄ (1974ā75)
- Milovan ÄiriÄ (1975ā76)
- Gojko Zec (1976ā78)
- Branko StankoviÄ (1978ā82)
- Stevan OstojiÄ (1982ā83)
- Gojko Zec (1983ā86)
- Velibor VasoviÄ (1986ā88)
- Branko StankoviÄ (1988)
- Dragoslav Å ekularac (1989ā90)
- Ljupko PetroviÄ (1990ā91)
- Vladica PopoviÄ (1991ā92)
- Milan ŽivadinoviÄ (1992ā94)
- Ljupko PetroviÄ (1994ā96)
- Vladimir "Pižon" PetroviÄ (1996ā97)
- Vojin LazareviÄ (1997)
- Milorad KosanoviÄ (1997ā98)
- Vojin LazareviÄ (1998ā99)
- Miloljub OstojiÄ (1999)
- Zvonko RadiÄ (caretaker) (1999)
- Slavoljub Muslin (1999ā01)
- Zoran FilipoviÄ (2001ā03)
- Slavoljub Muslin (2003ā04)
- Ljupko PetroviÄ (2004)
- Milovan Rajevac (caretaker) (2004)
- Ratko DostaniÄ (2004ā05)
- Walter Zenga (2005ā06)
- DuÅ”an BajeviÄ (2006ā07)
- BoŔko Gjurovski (2007)
- Milorad KosanoviÄ (2007)
- Aleksandar JankoviÄ (2007ā08)
- ZdenÄk Zeman (2008)
- Äedomir Janevski (2008ā09)
- SiniÅ”a GogiÄ (caretaker) (2009)
- Vladimir "Pižon" PetroviÄ (2009ā10)
- Ratko DostaniÄ (2010)
- Aleksandar KristiÄ (2010)
- Robert ProsineÄki (2010ā12)
- Aleksandar JankoviÄ (2012ā13)
- Ricardo SĆ” Pinto (2013)
- SlaviÅ”a StojanoviÄ (2013ā14)
- Nenad LalatoviÄ (2014ā15)
- Miodrag BožoviÄ (2015ā17)
- BoŔko Gjurovski (caretaker) (2017)
- Vladan MilojeviÄ (2017ā19)
- Dejan StankoviÄ (2019ā22)
- MiloÅ” MilojeviÄ (2022ā23)
- Barak Bakhar (2023)
- Vladan MilojeviÄ (2023āpresent)
Club presidents
- Mita MiljkoviÄ (1948ā51)
- Isa JovanoviÄ (1951ā52)
- Sava RadojÄiÄ (1952ā54)
- Dragoslav MarkoviÄ (1954ā55)
- MiliÄ BugarÄiÄ (1955ā56)
- Dragoje ÄuriÄ (1956)
- DuÅ”an BlagojeviÄ (1956ā60)
- MiliÄ BugarÄiÄ (1960ā63)
- Radovan PantoviÄ (1963ā65)
- DuÅ”an BlagojeviÄ (1965ā68)
- Nikola BugarÄiÄ (1968ā77)
- Radovan PantoviÄ (1977ā81)
- Brana DimitrijeviÄ (1981ā82)
- Vlastimir PuriÄ (1982)
- Miladin Å akiÄ (1982ā87)
- Svetozar MijailoviÄ (1987ā93)
- Dragan DžajiÄ (1998ā04)
- Dragan StojkoviÄ (2005ā07)
- Toplica SpasojeviÄ (2007ā08)
- Dobrivoje TanasijeviÄ (2008ā09)
- Vladan LukiÄ (2009ā12)
- Dragan DžajiÄ (2012ā14)
- Svetozar MijailoviÄ (2014āpresent)
Notable players
Stars of Red Star
Red Star has almost a 50-year-long tradition of giving the title of the Star of Star or The Star's star (Serbian: ŠŠ²ŠµŠ·Š“ŠøŠ½Š° Š·Š²ŠµŠ·Š“Š° / Zvezdina zvezda) to the players that had a major impact on the club's history and have made the name of the club famous around the globe. So far, five players and the entire 1991 team were officially given the title. They are:
- The 1st Star of Red Star: Rajko MitiÄ
- The 2nd Star of Red Star: Dragoslav Å ekularac
- The 3rd Star of Red Star: Dragan DžajiÄ
- The 4th Star of Red Star: Vladimir PetroviÄ "Pižon"
- The 5th Star of Red Star: Dragan StojkoviÄ "Piksi"
- The 6th Star of Red Star: The 1991 European Cup Winner Generation
The 1991 European Cup Winner Generation
Generation 1991 with 21 players was presented at the ceremony by president Svetozar MijailoviÄ.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Notable players
- To appear in this section a player must have played at least 80 matches for the club.
- Flags indicate national teams they played for, not nationality.
- Jovan AÄimoviÄ
- Zoran AntonijeviÄ
- Petar BaraliÄ
- Vladimir Beara
- Dejan BekiÄ
- Cvijetin BlagojeviÄ
- Vladislav BogiÄeviÄ
- Zdravko Borovnica
- Jovan CokiÄ
- Borislav CvetkoviÄ
- Milan Äop
- Kiril DojÄinovski
- Ratomir DujkoviÄ
- Vladimir DurkoviÄ
- Predrag ÄajiÄ
- Ranko ÄorÄiÄ
- Milovan ÄoriÄ
- Žarko ÄuroviÄ
- Marko Elsner
- Zoran FilipoviÄ
- BoŔko Gjurovski
- Milko Gjurovski
- Milan JankoviÄ
- Slobodan JankoviÄ
- Rajko Janjanin
- Zoran JelikiÄ
- Živorad JevtiÄ
- Nikola JovanoviÄ
- Milan Jovin
- Ivan JuriÅ”iÄ
- Stanislav Karasi
- Mihalj Keri
- Branko Klenkovski
- Bora KostiÄ
- Zlatko KrdževiÄ
- Miodrag KrivokapiÄ
- Petar KrivokuÄa
- Srboljub KrivokuÄa
- Zlatko KrmpotiÄ
- Vojin LazareviÄ
- Ljubomir LovriÄ
- Živan LjukovÄan
- DuÅ”an MaraviÄ
- Vojislav MeliÄ
- Trifun MihailoviÄ
- Dragan MiletoviÄ
- Tomislav MiliÄeviÄ
- Goran MilojeviÄ
- Nedeljko MilosavljeviÄ
- ÄorÄe MilovanoviÄ
- Mitar Mrkela
- Husref MusemiÄ
- Slavoljub Muslin
- DuÅ”an NikoliÄ
- Jovica NikoliÄ
- Mile NovkoviÄ
- Tihomir Ognjanov
- Stevan OstojiÄ
- BƩla PƔlfi
- Aleksandar PanajotoviÄ
- Miroslav PavloviÄ
- Ognjen PetroviÄ
- Vladimir PopoviÄ
- Slavko RadovanoviÄ
- Branko RadoviÄ
- Srebrenko RepÄiÄ
- Antun Rudinski
- DuÅ”an SaviÄ
- LjubiÅ”a SpajiÄ
- Branko StankoviÄ
- Nikola StipiÄ
- Aleksandar StojanoviÄ
- Sead SuÅ”iÄ
- MiloÅ” Å estiÄ
- Slobodan Å krbiÄ
- Miroslav Å ugar
- Lazar TasiÄ
- Kosta TomaÅ”eviÄ
- Novak TomiÄ
- Ivan Toplak
- Branislav VukosavljeviÄ
- Miljan ZekoviÄ
- SiniÅ”a ZlatkoviÄ
- Todor ŽivanoviÄ
- Ivan AdžiÄ
- SrÄan BajÄetiÄ
- DuŔan Basta
- Dragan Bogavac
- Branko BoÅ”koviÄ
- Goran BunjevÄeviÄ
- Vladimir DiÅ”ljenkoviÄ
- Goran DruliÄ
- Ivan DudiÄ
- Milan DudiÄ
- Slavoljub ÄorÄeviÄ
- Goran ÄoroviÄ
- Jovan GojkoviÄ
- Ivan GvozdenoviÄ
- Dejan IliÄ
- Ilija IviÄ
- Branko JeliÄ
- Dragoslav JevriÄ
- Zoran JoviÄiÄ
- Aleksandar KociÄ
- Ognjen Koroman
- Nenad KovaÄeviÄ
- Radovan KrivokapiÄ
- NebojÅ”a KrupnikoviÄ
- Nenad LalatoviÄ
- Leo Lerinc
- Aleksandar LukoviÄ
- Vinko MarinoviÄ
- Marjan MarkoviÄ
- Dragan MiÄiÄ
- Zvonko MilojeviÄ
- Dragan MladenoviÄ
- Zoran NjeguÅ”
- Perica OgnjenoviÄ
- Miodrag PanteliÄ
- Dejan PetkoviÄ
- Mihajlo PjanoviÄ
- Nikola RadmanoviÄ
- Nenad SakiÄ
- Dejan StankoviÄ
- Nemanja VidiÄ
- Milivoje VitakiÄ
- Nikola ŽigiÄ
- Bratislav ŽivkoviÄ
- DuÅ”an AnÄelkoviÄ
- SrÄan BabiÄ
- Milan BiŔevac
- Strahinja ErakoviÄ
- Milan GajiÄ
- Marko GobeljiÄ
- BoÅ”ko JankoviÄ
- Aleksandar Katai
- Nenad KrstiÄiÄ
- Darko LazoviÄ
- SrÄan MijailoviÄ
- Nikola MikiÄ
- Nenad MilijaÅ”
- Dejan MilovanoviÄ
- Nemanja MilunoviÄ
- Dragan MrÄa
- Veljko NikoliÄ
- Pavle Ninkov
- Radovan Pankov
- Milan Pavkov
- Marko PeroviÄ
- Aleksandar PeÅ”iÄ
- Marko PetkoviÄ
- NjegoÅ” PetroviÄ
- Ivan RanÄeloviÄ
- Mihailo RistiÄ
- Milan RodiÄ
- Vujadin SaviÄ
- Slavoljub SrniÄ
- SaÅ”a StamenkoviÄ
- ÄorÄe TutoriÄ
- Aleksa VukanoviÄ
Notable foreign players
- To appear in this section a player must have played at least 30 matches for the club.
- Luis IbƔƱez
- MiloÅ” Degenek
- Milan IvanoviÄ
- Aleksandar DragoviÄ
- SrÄan Pecelj
- CadĆŗ
- Evandro
- SƔvio
- Nasser Djiga
- Milan Borjan
- Cristian Borja
- El Fardou Ben
- John Jairo Ruiz
- Segundo Castillo
- Damien Le Tallec
- GuƩlor Kanga
- Marko Marin
- Lee Addy
- Richmond Boakye
- Osman Bukari
- Abraham Frimpong
- Mohammed-Awal Issah
- Omri Glazer
- Diego Falcinelli
- Filippo Falco
- Jean-Philippe Krasso
- SĆ©kou Sanogo
- Boban BajkoviÄ
- Igor BurzanoviÄ
- Mirko IvaniÄ
- Filip Kasalica
- Nemanja NikoliÄ
- Savo PaviÄeviÄ
- Milan PuroviÄ
- Vukan SaviÄeviÄ
- Filip StojkoviÄ
- Marko VeÅ”oviÄ
- Lorenzo Ebecilio
- Marko StameniÄ
- Abiola Dauda
- Peter Olayinka
- Blaže Georgioski
- Mitko Stojkovski
- Ivan Trichkovski
- TomanƩ
- Hugo Vieira
- Ibrahima Gueye
- Cherif Ndiaye
- Milenko AÄimoviÄ
- Nejc PeÄnik
- Hwang In-beom
- Mitchell Donald
- Kings Kangwa
Kit suppliers and shirt sponsors
Period | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
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1977ā78 | Admiral | ā |
1979 | Puma | ā |
1980ā86 | Kristal ZajeÄar | |
1986ā87 | de LUXE | |
1987ā88 | Lee Cooper | |
1988ā89 | Casucci | |
1989ā90 | Mister Baby | |
1990ā91 | DEXIM | |
1991ā93 | Hummel | Classic |
1993ā94 | Komercijalna banka | |
1994ā96 | Diadora | Beobanka |
1996ā98 | Kappa | |
1998ā01 | Pils Light | |
2001ā03 | Adidas | ā |
2003ā05 | Wiener StƤdtische Sharp | |
2005ā06 | Toyota | |
2006ā08 | Nike | |
2008ā09 | ā | |
2010 | 2344 ā Za moju Zvezdu | |
2010ā12 | Gazprom | |
2012ā13 | Legea | |
2013ā17 | Puma | |
2017ā | Macron |
General sponsor
The general sponsor of Serbia's most popular football club has, since 2010, been Gazprom Neft, the majority shareholder in leading Serbian company Naftna Industrija Srbije (NIS), and the most important foreign investor in the country. The club has won nine Serbian championship titles and five Serbian Cups in that time, as well as regularly competing in European championships. This cooperation, as well as supporting Gazprom Neft's brands, also involves collaborating in youth football together with FC Zenit Saint Petersburg, with the clubs exchanging youth players and holding friendly youth matches.
In popular culture
The club's name in Serbian is also the title of the 2013 Italian novel Crvena Zvezda by Enrico Varrecchione. Written in the alternate history genre, utilizing elements of uchronia, its story is based on the premise of what if 9 November 1988 return leg of the European Cup second round clash between Red Star and AC Milan hadn't been ordered abandoned by German referee Dieter Pauly in the 65th minute due to thick fog that night in Belgrade. Red Star were leading 1ā0 after a goal by Dejan SaviÄeviÄ and were also a man up due to Milan striker Pietro Paolo Virdis receiving a red card. After abandonment, UEFA cancelled the match and ordered it replayed in full the next day. This time it finished 1ā1 and went to penalties (the first leg in Milan also ended 1ā1) where Milan won and went through to the quarter-finals, eventually winning the European Cup ā thus getting the coveted trophy again after twenty years, the club's first under its recently arrived owner, ambitious businessman Silvio Berlusconi. In the novel's parallel universe, Red Star won 9 November 1988 match in Belgrade and eliminated AC Milan, which thus never won its 1989 European Cup, meaning that Berlusconi's ultimate entry into Italian politics had a much weaker background push, which adversely affected his performance at the 1994 Italian general election. The novel also follows the fate of Red Star's fictional striker, loosely based on SaviÄeviÄ, Jovan Eldzic who scored the famous goal in the fog and later went on to transfer to AC Milan where he achieved more accolades, eventually taking Italian citizenship, remaining living in Italy upon retiring from football before entering politics and running for mayor of a small town in Piedmont's Alessandria province.
Billy Bragg's 1991 UK top thirty hit song "Sexuality" contains the lyric "I had an uncle who once played for Red Star Belgrade." When interviewed many years later Bragg was asked if this was true, to which he replied that his uncle actually played for Fulham but that did not fit the rhyme with played.
Two non-related bands, one of them from Great Yarmouth, Great Britain, and the other one from Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States, shared the name Red Star Belgrade.
A football club in Ecuador, in the city of Cuenca, created in 1961, is inspired in Red Star Belgrade. It is named CDS Estrella Roja. Estrella Roja is the translation and the way Red Star is known in Spanish speaking countries. The club crest is even the same as the one Red Star had between 1995 and 2011.
A junior football team called 'Lenadoon Red Star' played in West Belfast, Northern Ireland, from 1972 to 1975 during the height of The Troubles. The team wrote to Red Star Belgrade in the early 1970s, asking if they could donate any kits to the young team, but Red Star Belgrade wrote back saying they couldn't afford to send over any kits.
See also
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