Red Star Belgrade
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Red Star Belgrade is a football club from Belgrade
, Serbia
. The club is a part of the Red Star Sports Society.
Red Star Belgrade is the most successful Serbia
n club, with a record of 25 national championships and 23 national cups in both Serbian and ex-Yugoslav competitions. They are the only Serbia
n and ex-Yugoslav
club to have ever won an international title, having been crowned European champions
for the season 1990–91 and world champions
in 1991
. They are also one of two clubs from Eastern Europe
that won the title.
According to recent polls, Red Star Belgrade is the most popular football club in Serbia
, with nearly 55% of the population supporting them. Their main rivals are fellow Belgrade side, FK Partizan
. In September 2009, British Daily Mail
ranked the Red Star – Partizan derby
4th among the 10 greatest football rivalries of all time.
According to the International Federation of Football History & Statistics
' list of the Top 200 European clubs of the 20th century, Red Star Belgrade is the highest ranked Serbian club, sharing the 27th position on the list with Feyenoord.
, a group of young men, members of the Serbian United Antifascist Youth League, decided to form a Youth Physical Culture Society, that was to become Red Star on 4 March. The name Red Star Belgrade was assigned to the club after a long discussion, and the first vice presidents of the Sport Society, Zoran Žujović and Slobodan Ćosić, were the ones to assign it. On that day Red Star played the first football match against the First Battalion of the Second Brigade of KNOJ and won 3:0 (2:0).
Five days later, a football section was officially formed, led by Kosta Tomašević
. The first manager was Predrag Đajić. The two of them defended the honor of Red Star Belgrade on the playing field - Tomašević was the first striker and scorer in the history of the club, and Đajić was a strong midfielder. Red Star was given the stadium of pre-war club SK Jugoslavija (which was active during World War II
under the name of SK 1913 and was disbanded specifically due to these activities at the time of the occupation).
In a post-war
1946 season, Red Star won the Serbian Championship
and thus qualified for the Yugoslav Championship
. In the first four seasons the club did not succeed in winning any championships, however, in the period between 1948 to 1950 there was a series of hat-trick
triumphs in Cups
, finals against Partizan
, Naša Krila
of Zemun
and Dinamo Zagreb of Croatia
.
Red Star's first championship was won in a spectacular way. Three rounds before the end, Dinamo from Zagreb
were five points ahead in the league (winning a match earned a club two points). However, the team from Zagreb was defeated by a team from Sarajevo
, and Red Star won the rivals’ duel for the championship and entered the last round with a minus of one point. The match between BSK
and Dinamo ended in a 2:2 draw, and the decision was reached a day later, on 4 November, in the match with FK Partizan. Red Star's eternal rival had won the previous derby very convincingly earlier that season (6:1), but this time, Red Star produced the 2:0 scoreline that was required and thanks to a better goal-average (only 0,0018 more), they became the national champion of Yugoslavia for the very first time.
Together, they paved the way for a generation that would fully dominate the Yugoslav
football scene for the following five years, a generation that would leave their stamp on the European scene as well. It was a team of players such as Beara
, Durković
, Stanković, Popović
, Mitić
, Kostić
, Šekularac
. These football players, whose names are still remembered, won four Yugoslav championships and two Cups, not missing the opportunity to win every Yugoslav Trophy for five straight seasons.
Red Star’s play was fast and offensive, gaining the club great popularity both in the country and in the world. As they were winning matches on the field, Obradović formed the ground for professional work that would later serve as the basis of numerous successes achieved by the club.
As league champions, Red Star were Yugoslavia's entrants into the 1957–58 European Cup where they were famously beaten 5–4 on aggregate by English league champions
Manchester United
in the quarter-finals, with the team managed by Matt Busby
beating Red Star 2–1 in the first leg in England before drawing 3–3 with them in Yugoslavia in the return game on 5 February 1958. The second leg is notable for being the last game played by the "Busby Babes
"; on the return flight to England the following day, the plane crashed in Munich
, West Germany
, resulting in the deaths of 23 people including eight Manchester United players.
. In the following seven seasons, Red Star won only one championship and only one cup. Its placement during these seasons was the worst in its history (seventh place in 1963). Red Star even dropped four times below the first three in the table (before and after that, Red Star has never dropped below third place in 54 football seasons in the SFRY
, FRY, SCG
and Serbia
).
Even then, it was clear that Red Star Belgrade was the most popular club in the country by far, and its defeats came down hard on its supporters. So, on some occasions, Red Star supporters had the tendency to burst onto the field and literally burn both goals. In the 1962–63 season, the club also set a negative record by scoring only 21 goals, which was, for example, half the amount that Vojvodina
scored, although they finished five places lower in the table.
On the other hand, Red Star was developing – at the end of 1959, building of a new stadium commenced in Belgrade. In the following four years, Red Star played home-games in FK Partizan's stadium and OFK Beograd
's (this can be considered as one of the reason's for the bad results it achieved during this period). The new stadium was officially opened on 1 September 1963. The first match was against Rijeka
, held on the same day.
During the first season of the stadium's existence, Red Star celebrated winning a double crown, seeing Miša Pavić
coach them to these victories.
A key moment took place during the summer of 1966, when Miljan Miljanić
became the club's coach. For the following eight years, Miljanić transformed Red Star into a highly-rated European side. Up to then, Yugoslav football had gone through an introductory testing stage and the dominance of Red Star and Partizan
continued. In the remaining 25 years of Yugoslavia
's existence, Red Star would remain a constant trophy-favorite, only their opponents would change.
The generation led by Dragan Džajić
, officially the best player in the history of this country (the choice of the Football Association on the 50th anniversary of UEFA
) and certainly one of the best left winger in the history of the world, will leave a deep mark and make a great difference compared to all the greatest rivals. It will be the first time Red Star has won three championships in a row (two times double crown), and every child in Yugoslavia will know the names of Dujković
, Đorić, Dojčinovski
, Klenkovski, Karasi
, Aćimović
, Lazarević
, Krivokuća
, Ostojić
... It is of special importance to know that most of the above mentioned football players joined Marakana
very early and went through many selections in the club’s youth school.
At that time Red Star became a sound name on the European level as well, setting standards which only a small number of clubs from the east could follow. It was focusing on Yugoslav Cup in 1971 that made the league’s second worst placement ever – the sixth place – and that impression was improved by winning the Cup. Miljanić will win another Cup with the team, in 1973, and some new names will already appear among the players, such as Vladimir and Ognjen Petrović
, Bogićević
, Filipović
, Keri
... Many of them will, at the end of the eight decade, lead Red Star into the new era of great triumphs.
Apart from bringing lots of joy to its supporters, in that era Red Star was a club that was watched with pleasure: during the eight years of Miljanić’s leadership, seven times it was the most efficient club in the league (in 1972 Velež
scored one goal more), and in the last two seasons it left its rivals first by 12, and then by 18 scores.
, in 1976, that the club achieved stability and soon Red Star Belgrade celebrated winning the national championship at the "Marakana". It was an introduction into the era of Branko Stanković, who's reign as head coach was to last four years and bring Red Star three trophies and the first great European finals.
After Dragan Džajić had moved to Bastia
, the team was led by the fourth star of Red Star Belgrade, Vladimir Petrović "Pižon", Dušan Savić
and Srboljub Stamenković, who was to become a great football star in the United States later on in his career. The first season with Gojko Zec at the helm was quite literally a real demonstration of force – the league was won with an advantage of nine points over all rivals, which was, up to that moment, the biggest margin of victory in the history of the league. Red Star's strikers, led by Zoran Filipović
, scored 67 times against their rivals in the league (the first to accompany them on the list was Borac with 53 goals scored during the season).
In the following season, Red Star Belgrade finished second in the league, paving the way for a great performance in the 1978–1979 season of the UEFA Cup
. The first championship for Stanković as a coach (as a player he was a champion for four times) was won in 1980, when Red Star missed double crown, and a year later Red Star was the champion again.
An eleven year period without winning the cup, the longest in its history by far, ended in the spring of 1982, where Red Star beat Dinamo Zagreb 6:4 on aggregate (2:2 in Zagreb and 4:2 in Belgrade). By that time, the first change in head coach during a season took place since the fifties, Ostojić replaced Stanković.
Gojko Zec returns to the team in 1983, finding only one player from the champions generation he was coaching back in 1977 – Miloš Šestić
. Zec similarly repeated the team’s triumph from his previous mandate by winning the championship immediately upon his arrival. And in the same manner as during that season, the Cup finals ended in Split
, where Red Star again bat Dinamo Zagreb to lift the Cup Trophy..
Especially after Petrović and Savić had left during 1982–1983 season, Šestić became a leader of the new generation, the players of which were Ivković
, Elzner
, Boško, Milko Đurovski, Musemić
, Janjanin
and Mrkela
. The end of the era of Gojko Zec coincided with the greatest scandal in the history of Yugoslav football, a Scheiber’s case, that made the country have two champions in two seasons. Red Star first lost and then won the championship in 1986, before it was taken away from it at the green table.
, began to build a team that could compete with some of the most powerful European side. During that summer, Velibor Vasović became coach and the side was strengthened by acquiring a number of talented young players, among whom Dragan Stojković
and Bora Cvetković
stood out.
In the first season that started with penalty points, Red Star focused on the European Cup and achieving good results. It was not later than the summer of 1987, that a five-year plan was developed by the club with the only goal being to win the European Cup. All that was planned was 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, they won four National Championships (in the 1989 Vojvodina was the championship winner with Šestić, Mihajlović
, Ljupko Petrović
as the coach and Kosanović
as the director). At the end of the 1990 Season, Red Star finished with an 11 point advantage over all of their opponents in the league. A year later, they finished with a eight point advantage compared to their closest rivals (both times it was Dinamo Zagreb). All four seasons in which Red Star won the championships, it also played in the finals of the National Cup, however, they won the Cup only in 1990.
The fact that Red Star was managed by as many as five coaches during these glorious five years (Vasović, Stanković, Šekularac, Lj. Petrović and Popović) seems strange to some, but at the same time it acts as a confirmation of the power of the red-whites both in management and on the field. In the summer of 1987, Binić
and Prosinečki
signed for Red Star, and, in the following order, came Šabanadžović
, Pančev
, Savićević
, Miodrag Belodedić
and Mihajlović. At the same time, the youth school was also doing well, which brought Stojanović
and Jugović
to the first team.
At the very beginning of the nineties, Red Star simply did not have any competition in domestic contests, whereas in Europe it was ranked among the very, very best. They won the 1991 European Cup in Bari
in 1991, and the Intercontinental Cup
in Tokyo
, Japan
.
Although it was certain that transfers of at least several of the players would happen, the war in the Balkans
, the disintegration of Yugoslavia and sanctions imposed by the UN on all the countries of the former Yugoslavia, accelerated the process, which would, only thirteen months after the victory in Bari
, practically leave Red Star Belgrade without its entire generation of European and World champions.
and Slovenia
did, and the championship in a Yugoslavia that was cut in size was played on the edge of observance of regulations, because, in April, the war broke out in Bosnia and Herzegovina
. Red Star defended its title and for the second time made a champion hat-trick (for the first time since the era of Miljanić), but at the Cup’s finals, won by Partizan, it was already clear that hard days for the club were ahead.
In the period between May 1992 and May 2000, only one championship victory was celebrated at Marakana – the twentieth cup arrived to the glass closet in 1995
, and it was brought by another great generation of players, such as Milojević
, Stojkovski
, Đorović, Stefanović
, Sakić
, Živković
, Krupniković
, Kovačević
, Petković
... Heading for the title, the hundredth derby was also won (2:1), and Ljupko Petrović was again sitting on the bench.
Still, it was a short break in a very unsuccessful decade. The league of SR Yugoslavia of that day did not resemble a kind of sports competition the club used to attend before the country fell apart, and under new and strange circumstances it was difficult for the club to find the right way. Red Star used to frequently have the best team in the country by far, but it was simply not enough. As the nineties were approaching their end, irregularities were reaching their climax, and the 1997–98
championship was won by Obilić
, a debutant in the league. The following championship was not finalized due to the Kosovo War
, and Red Star finished at the third place, which was the club's only placement below the second position in the league in the previous 20 years.
During the seven seasons, Red Star won only one championship. However, they did manage to win five cups.
ended, Red Star won the seventeenth cup in its history by winning 4:2 against FK Partizan. However, after a bad start to the following season, Miloljub Ostojić was sacked and the team was taken over by Slavoljub Muslin
. As a member of the glorious generation of Pižon Petrović and Dule Savić
, he brought a fresh philosophy to Red Star's team. During the two seasons he spent with Red Star, he set a defensive record by cutting the number of goals Red Star conceded by half. Red Star only conceded 19 goals in the 40 matches of the 1999–2000 championship. The title was practically ensured on the day of Đurđevdan, when Obilić was defeated at the "Marakana", and Partizan only managed to pull off one point against a team from Kragujevac
. Three days later, Red Star won the cup. In March, April and May, they won all 20 matches in the league and the Cup.
The following season, Muslin remained with the club. The Champion's title was defended. However, the cup trophy was lost. Muslin left the bench in September 2001, after which Red Star went on to lose two League Titles in a row. The return of Muslin to the Club's bench in the summer of 2004 brought back the strength in leadership that was essential to Red Star. During this season, the club set a new record – conceding only 13 goals in 30 matches.
During that summer, the club, with Ljupko Petrović at the helm for the third time, achieved great results at preparations and entered a new championship with a great dose of optimism, but two heavy defeats in European matches (in Eindhoven and St. Petersburg
) psychologically scarred the team. They started losing the fight for the title. Red Star ended this unfortunate season with a defeat coming from Železnik
in the Cup finals (the second time in three years the cup was lost by them conceding a goal in the last minute of the match.)
During the Summer of 2005, Dragan Džajić
left the president’s chair and abandoned his function after more than 20 years on the top. Red Star's third Star was replaced by Red Star's fifth star – Dragan Stojković
– and, for the first time in Red Star's history, a foreign coach (Walter Zenga
) joined the club. Two years of Red Star’s full dominance in the sphere of domestic football followed, represented by double crowns and finishing the season with an advantage of 17 points ahead of rivals FK Partizan. Red Star
entered the 2007–2008 season with clear ambitions, which, again, were inevitable at the "Marakana" – to defend their double crown and to play competitively in Europe. However, they haven't been able to achieve this goal. For four straight years, they have not won the League crown. During those for years, the title has been won by FK Partizan each time. Although Red Star did manage to pull of several cup wins, they have not had any major successes in the last four years. They have not been in the Europa League since 2007 and the Champions League since 2005.
Red Star's home ground is Red Star Stadium. It has a capacity of 55,000 and is the largest stadium in Serbia
and in the former Yugoslavia. Due to the fact that stadium's former capacity was well over 100 000, the stadium is commonly referred to as the Marakana after Maracanã stadium
in Brazil. The "Marakana" was opened in 1963, after three years of construction.
The largest crowd ever recorded at the "Marakana" for a derby-match was that autumn, against cross-town rivals FK Partizan
–the official attendance was over 74,000. Next year, after the stadium was fully completed, its capacity was increased to 110,000 spectators and it got the unofficial moniker – the Marakana, in honour of the famous Brazilian stadium. Apart from the exciting look, the new stadium also featured a magnificent grass pitch with a drainage system, which made the overall playing experience much more enjoyable for the players.
Still on the subject of records, according to the number of tickets sold, the Marakana
saw its largest crowd on 23 April 1975 at the Cup Winners Cup
semi-final home leg against the Hungarian side Ferencváros (2–2). There were officially 96,070 spectators in the stands that night with purchased tickets, but it is believed that the stadium was filled to the maximum allowable capacity which at the time was 110,000.
In the years since, the stadium's capacity has been gradually decreased. Following different modernisation touch-ups more seats were installed each time. During the mid-90s, in order to meet UEFA
demands for spectators' comfort and security, standing places at the stadium were completely done away with. Seats were installed on all four stands so that the Marakana‘s maximum capacity today reaches 55,538.
Today, the stadium has a modern press box with a capacity of 344 seats including seven extra-comfortable seats. The stadium also has a modern media center for promotions, press conferences and other events. On the west stand of the Marakana there is an official Red Star
Shop along with a Delije
shop.
In August 2008 the club reconstructed the stadium's pitch Under-soil grass heaters and an improved drainage system were installed and new modern turf replaced the old surface. The training pitch was also renovated by laying down synthetic turf and installing new lighting equipment.
. A rough English translation might be "courageous and brave young men" or simply "The Heroes". They are generally concentrated in the North Stand of Red Star's stadium. The Srbija do Tokija
(lit. Serbia to Tokyo) chant can be traced back to 1991, when Red Star supporters followed their team to victory in the 1991 Intercontinental Cup in Tokyo. It was later adopted by Serbian paramilitary groups during the various Yugoslavian wars of the 1990s. The Delije were also involved in the notorious Dinamo Zagreb–Red Star Belgrade riot in 1990, which highlighted the ethnic tensions in Yugoslavia at the time.
Red Star's main rivals are, Belgrade based, FK Partizan
. Matches between the two are known as the "Eternal Derby
" . The record attendance for a Red Star-Partizan match is around 108,000. In league matches, the derby has been played 140 times; Red Star winning on 57 occasions and Partizan 40 times. In cup games, Red Star have won 17 of the 32 fixtures, Partizan 11.
In addition to their rivalries, Red Star has two "brother" clubs, Olympiacos of Greece
and Spartak Moscow
of Russia
. The fans of the three teams have been dubbed "Orthodox Brothers".
No. 1 Novak Đoković, Serbian Minister of Foreign Affairs
Vuk Jeremić
, politician Aleksandar Vučić
, Belgrade Mayor Dragan Đilas, folk music singer Miroslav Ilic
, and German Footballer of Serbian descent Marko Marin, Spanish Footballer of Serbian descent Bojan Krkić
and basketball
players Darko Miličić
and Miloš Teodosić
.
National Championships – 25 (record)
National Cups – 23 (record)
Other Tournaments
European Cup (defunct, succeeded by UEFA Champions League
):
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
(defunct):
UEFA Cup (defunct, succeeded by UEFA Europa League):
UEFA Super Cup:
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
(defunct, succeeded by UEFA Cup):
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Evandro Goebel
Boban Bajković
Stevan Reljić Marko Vešović
Miloš Dimitrijević
For recent transfers, see List of Serbian football transfers summer 2011.
Coach:
Ljupko Petrović
Notable players
European Golden Boot
Darko Pančev
(1991)
Sportperson of the Year in Yugoslavia
Serbian Footballer of the Year
Milić Bugarčić (1960–1963) Radovan Pantović (1963–1965) Dušan Blagojević (1965–1968) Nikola Bugarčić (1968–1977) Radovan Pantović (1977–1981) Brana Dimitrijević (1981–1982) Vlastimir Purić (1982)
Miladin Šakić (1982–87)
Svetozar Mijailović (1987–1993) Dragan Džajić
(1998–2005) Dragan Stojković
(2005–2007) Toplica Spasojević
(2007–2008) Dobrivoje Tanasijević (2008–2009) Vladan Lukić
(2009–present)
Supporters
Belgrade
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, Serbia
Serbia
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. The club is a part of the Red Star Sports Society.
Red Star Belgrade is the most successful Serbia
Serbia
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n club, with a record of 25 national championships and 23 national cups in both Serbian and ex-Yugoslav competitions. They are the only Serbia
Serbia
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n and ex-Yugoslav
Yugoslavia
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club to have ever won an international title, having been crowned European champions
UEFA Champions League
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for the season 1990–91 and world champions
Intercontinental Cup (football)
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in 1991
1991 Intercontinental Cup
The 1991 Intercontinental Cup was a football match played on 8 December 1991 between Red Star of Yugoslavia, winners of the 1990–91 European Cup, and Colo-Colo of Chile, winners of the 1991 Copa Libertadores. The match was played at the neutral venue of the National Stadium in Tokyo in front of...
. They are also one of two clubs from Eastern Europe
Eastern Europe
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that won the title.
According to recent polls, Red Star Belgrade is the most popular football club in Serbia
Serbia
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, with nearly 55% of the population supporting them. Their main rivals are fellow Belgrade side, FK Partizan
FK Partizan
Fudbalski klub Partizan is a professional football club based in Belgrade, Serbia. In its long history, FK Partizan won as many as 37 trophies. The club is the holder of 23 national championships, 12 national cups and 1 national supercup, and has also won the Mitropa Cup in 1978...
. In September 2009, British Daily Mail
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ranked the Red Star – Partizan derby
Eternal derby (Serbia)
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4th among the 10 greatest football rivalries of all time.
According to the International Federation of Football History & Statistics
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' list of the Top 200 European clubs of the 20th century, Red Star Belgrade is the highest ranked Serbian club, sharing the 27th position on the list with Feyenoord.
Start
In February 1945, during World War IIWorld War II
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, a group of young men, members of the Serbian United Antifascist Youth League, decided to form a Youth Physical Culture Society, that was to become Red Star on 4 March. The name Red Star Belgrade was assigned to the club after a long discussion, and the first vice presidents of the Sport Society, Zoran Žujović and Slobodan Ćosić, were the ones to assign it. On that day Red Star played the first football match against the First Battalion of the Second Brigade of KNOJ and won 3:0 (2:0).
Five days later, a football section was officially formed, led by Kosta Tomašević
Kosta Tomaševic
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. The first manager was Predrag Đajić. The two of them defended the honor of Red Star Belgrade on the playing field - Tomašević was the first striker and scorer in the history of the club, and Đajić was a strong midfielder. Red Star was given the stadium of pre-war club SK Jugoslavija (which was active during World War II
World War II
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under the name of SK 1913 and was disbanded specifically due to these activities at the time of the occupation).
In a post-war
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1946 season, Red Star won the Serbian Championship
Serbian Superliga
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and thus qualified for the Yugoslav Championship
Yugoslav First League
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. In the first four seasons the club did not succeed in winning any championships, however, in the period between 1948 to 1950 there was a series of hat-trick
Hat-trick
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triumphs in Cups
Yugoslav Cup
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, finals against Partizan
FK Partizan
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, Naša Krila
FK Naša Krila Zemun
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of Zemun
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and Dinamo Zagreb of Croatia
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.
Red Star's first championship was won in a spectacular way. Three rounds before the end, Dinamo from Zagreb
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were five points ahead in the league (winning a match earned a club two points). However, the team from Zagreb was defeated by a team from Sarajevo
Sarajevo
Sarajevo |Bosnia]], surrounded by the Dinaric Alps and situated along the Miljacka River in the heart of Southeastern Europe and the Balkans....
, and Red Star won the rivals’ duel for the championship and entered the last round with a minus of one point. The match between BSK
OFK Beograd
Omladinski fudbalski klub Beograd, commonly referred to as OFK Beograd , is a football club from Belgrade, Serbia, more precisely from the Karaburma urban neighborhood. It currently is the oldest team playing in the Serbian SuperLiga. The name means "Youth Football Club Belgrade" in Serbian...
and Dinamo ended in a 2:2 draw, and the decision was reached a day later, on 4 November, in the match with FK Partizan. Red Star's eternal rival had won the previous derby very convincingly earlier that season (6:1), but this time, Red Star produced the 2:0 scoreline that was required and thanks to a better goal-average (only 0,0018 more), they became the national champion of Yugoslavia for the very first time.
The late fifties – the first era of dominance
Red Star also won championship in 1953, however, real changes would yet follow in the middle of the decade, when a stable club structure was formed with Dušan Blagojević acting as president, Slobodan Ćosić as secretary general and great Aca Obradović, famous for his nickname Doctor O, acting as technical director of the club.Together, they paved the way for a generation that would fully dominate the Yugoslav
Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia refers to three political entities that existed successively on the western part of the Balkans during most of the 20th century....
football scene for the following five years, a generation that would leave their stamp on the European scene as well. It was a team of players such as Beara
Vladimir Beara
Vladimir Beara is a retired Croatian-born Serb football player, as goalkeeper, and also football manager.-Early life:...
, Durković
Vladimir Durkovic
Vladimir Durković was a Serbian football defender who was very successful in both clubs and Yugoslav national team....
, Stanković, Popović
Vladica Popovic
Vladimir "Vladica" Popović is a former Serbian footballer and manager. The biggest success in his coaching career was winning the Intercontinental Cup with Red Star Belgrade in 1991....
, Mitić
Rajko Mitic
Rajko Mitić was a Serbian football player and coach. Mitić was born in the village Dolac, Bela Palanka in the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes...
, Kostić
Bora Kostic
Borivoje "Bora" Kostić was a former Serbian footballer.During his club career he played for Red Star Belgrade, Lanerossi Vicenza and St. Louis Stars. He earned 33 caps and 26 goals for the Yugoslavia national football team, and participated in the 1960 European Nations' Cup...
, Šekularac
Dragoslav Šekularac
Dragoslav Šekularac Dragoslav Šekularac (Serbian Cyrillic: Драгослав Шекуларац) Dragoslav Šekularac (Serbian Cyrillic: Драгослав Шекуларац) (born November 30, 1937 in Štip, Vardar Banovina, Kingdom of Yugoslavia is a Serbian former football player and coach....
. These football players, whose names are still remembered, won four Yugoslav championships and two Cups, not missing the opportunity to win every Yugoslav Trophy for five straight seasons.
Red Star’s play was fast and offensive, gaining the club great popularity both in the country and in the world. As they were winning matches on the field, Obradović formed the ground for professional work that would later serve as the basis of numerous successes achieved by the club.
As league champions, Red Star were Yugoslavia's entrants into the 1957–58 European Cup where they were famously beaten 5–4 on aggregate by English league champions
Football League First Division
The First Division was a division of The Football League between 1888 and 2004 and the highest division in English football until the creation of the Premier League in 1992. The secondary tier in English football has since become known as the Championship....
Manchester United
Manchester United F.C.
Manchester United Football Club is an English professional football club, based in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, that plays in the Premier League. Founded as Newton Heath LYR Football Club in 1878, the club changed its name to Manchester United in 1902 and moved to Old Trafford in 1910.The 1958...
in the quarter-finals, with the team managed by Matt Busby
Matt Busby
Sir Alexander Matthew "Matt" Busby, CBE, KCSG was a Scottish football player and manager, most noted for managing Manchester United between 1945 and 1969 and again for the second half of the 1970–1971 season...
beating Red Star 2–1 in the first leg in England before drawing 3–3 with them in Yugoslavia in the return game on 5 February 1958. The second leg is notable for being the last game played by the "Busby Babes
Busby Babes
The Busby Babes were a group of Manchester United players, recruited and trained by the club's chief scout Joe Armstrong and assistant manager Jimmy Murphy, who progressed from the club's youth team into the first team under the management of the eponymous Matt Busby.The Busby Babes were notable...
"; on the return flight to England the following day, the plane crashed in Munich
Munich
Munich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat...
, West Germany
West Germany
West Germany is the common English, but not official, name for the Federal Republic of Germany or FRG in the period between its creation in May 1949 to German reunification on 3 October 1990....
, resulting in the deaths of 23 people including eight Manchester United players.
The sixties – a crisis and a new stadium
The end of the fifties was the first period of dominance of one club in the Yugoslav football scene, but by the beginning of the next decade the focus of events shifted to the other side of Topčider HillTopcider
Topčider is a forest park and an urban neighborhood of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. It is divided between in the municipalities of Čukarica, Rakovica and Savski Venac...
. In the following seven seasons, Red Star won only one championship and only one cup. Its placement during these seasons was the worst in its history (seventh place in 1963). Red Star even dropped four times below the first three in the table (before and after that, Red Star has never dropped below third place in 54 football seasons in the SFRY
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was the Yugoslav state that existed from the abolition of the Yugoslav monarchy until it was dissolved in 1992 amid the Yugoslav Wars. It was a socialist state and a federation made up of six socialist republics: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia,...
, FRY, SCG
Serbia and Montenegro
Serbia and Montenegro was a country in southeastern Europe, formed from two former republics of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia : Serbia and Montenegro. Following the breakup of Yugoslavia, it was established in 1992 as a federation called the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia...
and Serbia
Serbia
Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...
).
Even then, it was clear that Red Star Belgrade was the most popular club in the country by far, and its defeats came down hard on its supporters. So, on some occasions, Red Star supporters had the tendency to burst onto the field and literally burn both goals. In the 1962–63 season, the club also set a negative record by scoring only 21 goals, which was, for example, half the amount that Vojvodina
FK Vojvodina
FK Vojvodina is a football club from Novi Sad, Serbia. The club currently competes in the Serbian SuperLiga. FK Vojvodina is the third oldest football club in Serbia's SuperLiga, after OFK Beograd which was founded in 1911 and FK Javor which was founded in 1912.-History:FK Vojvodina was founded...
scored, although they finished five places lower in the table.
On the other hand, Red Star was developing – at the end of 1959, building of a new stadium commenced in Belgrade. In the following four years, Red Star played home-games in FK Partizan's stadium and OFK Beograd
OFK Beograd
Omladinski fudbalski klub Beograd, commonly referred to as OFK Beograd , is a football club from Belgrade, Serbia, more precisely from the Karaburma urban neighborhood. It currently is the oldest team playing in the Serbian SuperLiga. The name means "Youth Football Club Belgrade" in Serbian...
's (this can be considered as one of the reason's for the bad results it achieved during this period). The new stadium was officially opened on 1 September 1963. The first match was against Rijeka
NK Rijeka
HNK Rijeka is a Croatian football club, from Rijeka on the Croatian coast.-History:The club was founded as NK Kvarner in 1946, after Rijeka passed from Italy to Yugoslavia following the end of World War II. During its early period in Yugoslavia, the club had moderate success in various Yugoslav...
, held on the same day.
During the first season of the stadium's existence, Red Star celebrated winning a double crown, seeing Miša Pavić
Milorad Pavic (footballer)
Milorad "Miša" Pavić was a Serbian football player and coach.In his home country he coached Red Star Belgrade and FK Vojvodina....
coach them to these victories.
A key moment took place during the summer of 1966, when Miljan Miljanić
Miljan Miljanic
Miljan Miljanić is a retired Yugoslav football player, coach and administrator....
became the club's coach. For the following eight years, Miljanić transformed Red Star into a highly-rated European side. Up to then, Yugoslav football had gone through an introductory testing stage and the dominance of Red Star and Partizan
FK Partizan
Fudbalski klub Partizan is a professional football club based in Belgrade, Serbia. In its long history, FK Partizan won as many as 37 trophies. The club is the holder of 23 national championships, 12 national cups and 1 national supercup, and has also won the Mitropa Cup in 1978...
continued. In the remaining 25 years of Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia refers to three political entities that existed successively on the western part of the Balkans during most of the 20th century....
's existence, Red Star would remain a constant trophy-favorite, only their opponents would change.
Miljanić and Red Star’s hard-shooting kids (1966–1974)
Miljan Miljanić was a football player in Red Star back in the glorious '50s, but it was his position of the first coach in the summer of 1966 that he found the right for him and the club. Miljanić was a leader of the new orientation in the club – relying on its own forces. In the first season he completely changed the generation of players and won the fifth place, the same as one year before. And after that triumphs began.The generation led by Dragan Džajić
Dragan Džajic
Dragan Džajić is widely considered to have been one of the best Serbian football players to emerge from former Yugoslavia. Regarded as a preeminent and very proficient left winger, he is strongly reputed to have been one of the finest European players of his generation...
, officially the best player in the history of this country (the choice of the Football Association on the 50th anniversary of UEFA
UEFA
The Union of European Football Associations , almost always referred to by its acronym UEFA is the administrative and controlling body for European association football, futsal and beach soccer....
) and certainly one of the best left winger in the history of the world, will leave a deep mark and make a great difference compared to all the greatest rivals. It will be the first time Red Star has won three championships in a row (two times double crown), and every child in Yugoslavia will know the names of Dujković
Ratomir Dujkovic
Ratomir Dujković is a Serbian football manager and a former player.-Playing career:...
, Đorić, Dojčinovski
Kiril Dojcinovski
Kiril "Kiro" Dojčinovski is a former Macedonian footballer.He earned 6 caps for the Yugoslavia national football team and participated in the 1974 FIFA World Cup. During his club career he played for Vardar Skopje, Crvena Zvezda, Troyes and Paris FC...
, Klenkovski, Karasi
Stanislav Karasi
Stanislav Karasi is a Serbian striker who played at FIFA World Cup 1974 for SFR Yugoslavia....
, Aćimović
Jovan Acimovic
Jovan “Kule” Aćimović is a former Serbian football player.On the national level he played for Yugoslavia national team , and was a participant at the 1974 FIFA World Cup, and at Euro 1968 and Euro 1976.- References : at Reprezentacija.rs....
, Lazarević
Vojin Lazarevic
Vojin Lazarević is a Montenegrin striker who played for SFR Yugoslavia.-External links:*...
, Krivokuća
Petar Krivokuca
Petar Krivokuća is a Serbian defender who played for SFR Yugoslavia....
, Ostojić
Stevan Ostojic
Stevan Ostojić was a Serbian football player, as forward and also football manager.-References:* * at mackolik.com *...
... It is of special importance to know that most of the above mentioned football players joined Marakana
Stadion Crvena Zvezda
The Red Star Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Belgrade, Serbia. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Red Star Belgrade. The stadium is all-seated and the capacity is 51,328. It was opened in 1963 after construction which had started three years...
very early and went through many selections in the club’s youth school.
At that time Red Star became a sound name on the European level as well, setting standards which only a small number of clubs from the east could follow. It was focusing on Yugoslav Cup in 1971 that made the league’s second worst placement ever – the sixth place – and that impression was improved by winning the Cup. Miljanić will win another Cup with the team, in 1973, and some new names will already appear among the players, such as Vladimir and Ognjen Petrović
Ognjen Petrovic
Ognjen "Olja" Petrović is a Serbian goalkeeper who played at Euro 76 for SFR Yugoslavia.-References:* *...
, Bogićević
Vladislav Bogicevic
Vladislav Bogićević is a Serbian former football player. He is a member of the American National Soccer Hall of Fame.-Club career:...
, Filipović
Zoran Filipovic
Zoran Filipović was a player of great success in the 1970s and 1980s for Red Star Belgrade and SL Benfica...
, Keri
Mihalj Keri
Mihalj Keri is a retired Yugoslavn association football player who professionally in Yugoslavia and the United States....
... Many of them will, at the end of the eight decade, lead Red Star into the new era of great triumphs.
Apart from bringing lots of joy to its supporters, in that era Red Star was a club that was watched with pleasure: during the eight years of Miljanić’s leadership, seven times it was the most efficient club in the league (in 1972 Velež
FK Velež Mostar
FK Velež , successor of RŠD Velež, is a football club from Bosnia and Herzegovina, from the city of Mostar, founded on June 22, 1922....
scored one goal more), and in the last two seasons it left its rivals first by 12, and then by 18 scores.
Zec and Stanković, maintaining dominance
As it usually happens, when a great coach leaves, this entails a drop in results, and the two seasons after Miljanić left passed less successfully for Red Star Belgrade. It was not before the arrival of Gojko ZecGojko Zec
Gojko Zec was a famous Serbian football manager. He coached OFK Beograd, FK Partizan, FK Borac Banja Luka, NK Rijeka, Red Star Belgrade, Aris, Yugoslavia FK Borac Čačak....
, in 1976, that the club achieved stability and soon Red Star Belgrade celebrated winning the national championship at the "Marakana". It was an introduction into the era of Branko Stanković, who's reign as head coach was to last four years and bring Red Star three trophies and the first great European finals.
After Dragan Džajić had moved to Bastia
SC Bastia
Sporting Club de Bastia is a French association football club based in Bastia on the island of Corsica. The club currently plays in the Championnat National, the third division of French football. Bastia previously had stints in both Ligue 1 and Ligue 2...
, the team was led by the fourth star of Red Star Belgrade, Vladimir Petrović "Pižon", Dušan Savić
Dušan Savic
Dušan "Dule" Savić is a Serbian former football player.He started playing football in the local side Jedinstvo Ub in his home town.-Club career:...
and Srboljub Stamenković, who was to become a great football star in the United States later on in his career. The first season with Gojko Zec at the helm was quite literally a real demonstration of force – the league was won with an advantage of nine points over all rivals, which was, up to that moment, the biggest margin of victory in the history of the league. Red Star's strikers, led by Zoran Filipović
Zoran Filipovic
Zoran Filipović was a player of great success in the 1970s and 1980s for Red Star Belgrade and SL Benfica...
, scored 67 times against their rivals in the league (the first to accompany them on the list was Borac with 53 goals scored during the season).
In the following season, Red Star Belgrade finished second in the league, paving the way for a great performance in the 1978–1979 season of the UEFA Cup
UEFA Cup
The UEFA Europa League is an annual association football cup competition organised by UEFA since 1971 for eligible European football clubs. It is the second most prestigious European club football contest after the UEFA Champions League...
. The first championship for Stanković as a coach (as a player he was a champion for four times) was won in 1980, when Red Star missed double crown, and a year later Red Star was the champion again.
An eleven year period without winning the cup, the longest in its history by far, ended in the spring of 1982, where Red Star beat Dinamo Zagreb 6:4 on aggregate (2:2 in Zagreb and 4:2 in Belgrade). By that time, the first change in head coach during a season took place since the fifties, Ostojić replaced Stanković.
Gojko Zec returns to the team in 1983, finding only one player from the champions generation he was coaching back in 1977 – Miloš Šestić
Miloš Šestic
Miloš Šestić is a Serbian retired footballer who spent most of his career at Red Star Belgrade during the 1970s and early 1980s. He also played for Olympiacos, FK Vojvodina, FK Zemun, OFK Beograd and FK Voždovac as well as the Yugoslavia national football team.- References :...
. Zec similarly repeated the team’s triumph from his previous mandate by winning the championship immediately upon his arrival. And in the same manner as during that season, the Cup finals ended in Split
Split (city)
Split is a Mediterranean city on the eastern shores of the Adriatic Sea, centered around the ancient Roman Palace of the Emperor Diocletian and its wide port bay. With a population of 178,192 citizens, and a metropolitan area numbering up to 467,899, Split is by far the largest Dalmatian city and...
, where Red Star again bat Dinamo Zagreb to lift the Cup Trophy..
Especially after Petrović and Savić had left during 1982–1983 season, Šestić became a leader of the new generation, the players of which were Ivković
Tomislav Ivkovic
Tomislav Ivković is a retired Croatian footballer who played as a goalkeeper....
, Elzner
Marko Elsner
Marko Elsner is a retired Slovenian football player who played in the defender position.He is the son of Branko Elsner, also a former footballer....
, Boško, Milko Đurovski, Musemić
Husref Musemic
Husref Musemić is a Bosnian former football player and manager.-External links:** - National Football Teams* - FC Twente...
, Janjanin
Rajko Janjanin
Rajko Janjanin is a former Serbian football player. He was capped twice for Yugoslavia....
and Mrkela
Mitar Mrkela
Mitar Mrkela is a retired Serbian football player, who was a member of the Yugoslavian team that won the bronze medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California.-Career:...
. The end of the era of Gojko Zec coincided with the greatest scandal in the history of Yugoslav football, a Scheiber’s case, that made the country have two champions in two seasons. Red Star first lost and then won the championship in 1986, before it was taken away from it at the green table.
European and World Champions
In the Summer of 1986, there were great changes in the club. The management of the club, run by Dragan Džajić and Vladimir CvetkovićVladimir Cvetković
Vladimir Cvetković is a Serbian former basketball player and sports administrator. He played with KK Crvena zvezda for 13 seasons. With Crvena zvezda he won 2 National Championships and 1 National Cup. He spent his whole career with KK Crvena zvezda....
, began to build a team that could compete with some of the most powerful European side. During that summer, Velibor Vasović became coach and the side was strengthened by acquiring a number of talented young players, among whom Dragan Stojković
Dragan Stojkovic
Dragan Stojković , also known under the nickname Piksi is a Serbian former footballer and current manager of J...
and Bora Cvetković
Borislav Cvetkovic
Borislav "Boro" Cvetković is a Croatian Serb football manager and former player....
stood out.
In the first season that started with penalty points, Red Star focused on the European Cup and achieving good results. It was not later than the summer of 1987, that a five-year plan was developed by the club with the only goal being to win the European Cup. All that was planned was achieved.
On the club's birthday in 1987, it started. Real Madrid
Real Madrid C.F.
Real Madrid Club de Fútbol , commonly known as Real Madrid, is a professional football club based in Madrid, Spain. The club have won a record 31 La Liga titles, the Primera División of the Liga de Fútbol Profesional , 18 Copas del Rey, 8 Spanish Super Cups, 1 Copa Eva Duarte and 1 Copa de la...
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, they won four National Championships (in the 1989 Vojvodina was the championship winner with Šestić, Mihajlović
Siniša Mihajlovic
Siniša Mihajlović is a Serbian football manager and former player. He was in charge of Serie A club Fiorentina since June 2010 to November 2011....
, Ljupko Petrović
Ljupko Petrovic
Ljubomir "Ljupko" Petrović is a Bosnian Serb former football player, today a football manager and winner of the European Cup in 1991 with Red Star.-Biography:...
as the coach and Kosanović
Milorad Kosanovic
Milorad Kosanović is a Serbian football manager and former footballer. He is currently the manager of Chinese Super League team Shaanxi Zhongjian Chanba F.C.....
as the director). At the end of the 1990 Season, Red Star finished with an 11 point advantage over all of their opponents in the league. A year later, they finished with a eight point advantage compared to their closest rivals (both times it was Dinamo Zagreb). All four seasons in which Red Star won the championships, it also played in the finals of the National Cup, however, they won the Cup only in 1990.
The fact that Red Star was managed by as many as five coaches during these glorious five years (Vasović, Stanković, Šekularac, Lj. Petrović and Popović) seems strange to some, but at the same time it acts as a confirmation of the power of the red-whites both in management and on the field. In the summer of 1987, Binić
Dragiša Binic
Dragiša Binić is a retired Serbian footballer who played for Red Star and was part of their European Cup victory in 1991. He had 3 caps for the Yugoslavia national football team, scoring one goal...
and Prosinečki
Robert Prosinecki
Robert Prosinečki is a Croatian football manager and former football midfielder. Prosinečki is regarded by many as the player with best technique that ever played in and for Croatia. Former national squad teammate Zvonimir Boban, humbly, also agreed with this. His dribbling is considered...
signed for Red Star, and, in the following order, came Šabanadžović
Refik Šabanadžovic
Refik Šabanadžović is a retired Montenegrin-born Bosnian footballer.-Club career:His career began in a small Montenegrin club FK Dečić Tuzi. He was spotted there by Titograd's FK Budućnost and moved there shortly after...
, Pančev
Darko Pancev
Darko Pančev is a retired Yugoslav and Macedonian footballer, and winner of the Golden Boot award in 1991.-Club career:Pančev was the highest scorer in top-division European football in the 1990–91 season with 34 goals, and should have won the European Golden Boot award...
, Savićević
Dejan Savicevic
Dejan Savićević , is a Montenegrin former football player and is the president of the Montenegrin FA....
, Miodrag Belodedić
Miodrag Belodedici
Miodrag Belodedici is a Romanian former football player.Nicknamed The deer due to his elegant tackles, he won the European Cup twice, in 1986 with Steaua Bucureşti and 1991 with Red Star Belgrade, thus becoming the first player to win the trophy with two different clubs...
and Mihajlović. At the same time, the youth school was also doing well, which brought Stojanović
Stevan Stojanovic
Stevan Stojanović is a retired Serbian football goalkeeper who played for Red Star Belgrade....
and Jugović
Vladimir Jugovic
Vladimir Jugović is a retired Serbian football player renowned for his vision and technique.-Career:Born in Milutovac, a village near Trstenik, Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia, Jugović played throughout his career for numerous top European teams, winning the Champions League twice...
to the first team.
At the very beginning of the nineties, Red Star simply did not have any competition in domestic contests, whereas in Europe it was ranked among the very, very best. They won the 1991 European Cup in Bari
Bari
Bari is the capital city of the province of Bari and of the Apulia region, on the Adriatic Sea, in Italy. It is the second most important economic centre of mainland Southern Italy after Naples, and is well known as a port and university city, as well as the city of Saint Nicholas...
in 1991, and the Intercontinental Cup
Intercontinental Cup (football)
The European/South American Cup, commonly referred to as the World Club Championship, Intercontinental Cup or Toyota Cup, was a football competition endorsed by UEFA and CONMEBOL, contested between the winners of the European Cup and the South American Copa Libertadores...
in Tokyo
Tokyo
, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...
, Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
.
Although it was certain that transfers of at least several of the players would happen, the war in the Balkans
Balkans
The Balkans is a geopolitical and cultural region of southeastern Europe...
, the disintegration of Yugoslavia and sanctions imposed by the UN on all the countries of the former Yugoslavia, accelerated the process, which would, only thirteen months after the victory in Bari
Bari
Bari is the capital city of the province of Bari and of the Apulia region, on the Adriatic Sea, in Italy. It is the second most important economic centre of mainland Southern Italy after Naples, and is well known as a port and university city, as well as the city of Saint Nicholas...
, practically leave Red Star Belgrade without its entire generation of European and World champions.
The dark nineties
At the very beginning of 1992, the club was at the height of its fame – the champion of Europe and the world, weakened by the departure of several members of the champions generation from Bari, but still with rather good chances of defend the European Title. In domestic competition, great rivals, Dinamo, left the league, just as all the other clubs from CroatiaCroatia
Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...
and Slovenia
Slovenia
Slovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in Central and Southeastern Europe touching the Alps and bordering the Mediterranean. Slovenia borders Italy to the west, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north, and also has a small portion of...
did, and the championship in a Yugoslavia that was cut in size was played on the edge of observance of regulations, because, in April, the war broke out in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina , sometimes called Bosnia-Herzegovina or simply Bosnia, is a country in Southern Europe, on the Balkan Peninsula. Bordered by Croatia to the north, west and south, Serbia to the east, and Montenegro to the southeast, Bosnia and Herzegovina is almost landlocked, except for the...
. Red Star defended its title and for the second time made a champion hat-trick (for the first time since the era of Miljanić), but at the Cup’s finals, won by Partizan, it was already clear that hard days for the club were ahead.
In the period between May 1992 and May 2000, only one championship victory was celebrated at Marakana – the twentieth cup arrived to the glass closet in 1995
First League of FR Yugoslavia 1994-95
-Overview:Just as the previous season, the league consisted of 2 groups, A and B, each containing 10 clubs. Both groups were played in league system. By winter break all clubs in each group had met each other twice, home and away, with the bottom four from A group moving to group B, and being...
, and it was brought by another great generation of players, such as Milojević
Zvonko Milojevic
Zvonko Milojević is a retired Serbian football goalkeeper.Having made his first team debut for Red Star Belgrade at only 17 years of age in the return leg of the 1989-90 UEFA Cup matchup versus FC Koln, his first years with the club were spent as a deputy to Stevan Stojanović...
, Stojkovski
Mitko Stojkovski
Mitko Stojkovski is a Macedonian former football player.-Career:Stojkovski started his career playing with his home town club FK Pelister, back then playing in the Yugoslav Second League. In 1992 his skills were noted and he moves to the 1991 European Champions Red Star Belgrade where he stayed 3...
, Đorović, Stefanović
Dejan Stefanovic
Dejan Stefanović , Dejan Stefanović (Serbian Cyrillic: Дејан Стефановић), Dejan Stefanović (Serbian Cyrillic: Дејан Стефановић), (born October 28, 1974 in Vranjein Serbia, is a Serbian football player who plays for Conference South side Havant & Waterlooville He is a central defender who can also...
, Sakić
Nenad Sakic
Nenad Sakić is a former Serbian footballer. After finishing out his playing career he became the director of football at FK Napredak Kruševac...
, Živković
Bratislav Živkovic
Bratislav Živković is a Serbian former football midfielder. He played for Red Star Belgrade and Italian club Sampdoria throughout his career, and retired in 2005 after one season with Serbian side FK Obilić. In July 2007, he was named the president of FK Dubočica from Leskovac.-External links:**...
, Krupniković
Nebojša Krupnikovic
Nebojša Krupniković is a Serbian retired football player.He last played for Paderborn in 2. Fußball-Bundesliga.He has played in six different countries, including two seasons in Japan and a second season in Germany...
, Kovačević
Darko Kovacevic
Darko Kovačević is a former Serbian football player. He is known for his spells at Real Sociedad where his partnership with Nihat Kahveci was one of the best in Spain. His key attributes are his strength and aerial ability...
, Petković
Dejan Petkovic
Dejan Petković is a retired Serbian football player. In his native country he's widely known under the nickname Rambo while in Brazil he often goes by Pet...
... Heading for the title, the hundredth derby was also won (2:1), and Ljupko Petrović was again sitting on the bench.
Still, it was a short break in a very unsuccessful decade. The league of SR Yugoslavia of that day did not resemble a kind of sports competition the club used to attend before the country fell apart, and under new and strange circumstances it was difficult for the club to find the right way. Red Star used to frequently have the best team in the country by far, but it was simply not enough. As the nineties were approaching their end, irregularities were reaching their climax, and the 1997–98
First League of FR Yugoslavia 1997-98
-Overview:The league was divided into 2 groups, A and B, consisting each of 10 clubs. Both groups were played in league system. By winter break all clubs in each group meet each other twice, home and away, with the bottom four classifiyed from A group moving to the group B, and being replaced by...
championship was won by Obilić
FK Obilic
Fudbalski klub Obilić is a football club based in Belgrade, Serbia. Named after legendary Serbian medieval hero Miloš Obilić, the club currently competes in the Druga beogradska liga - grupa Dunav .The club's stadium is also named accordingly; to venerate the Serbian knight it is called the...
, a debutant in the league. The following championship was not finalized due to the Kosovo War
Kosovo War
The term Kosovo War or Kosovo conflict was two sequential, and at times parallel, armed conflicts in Kosovo province, then part of FR Yugoslav Republic of Serbia; from early 1998 to 1999, there was an armed conflict initiated by the ethnic Albanian "Kosovo Liberation Army" , who sought independence...
, and Red Star finished at the third place, which was the club's only placement below the second position in the league in the previous 20 years.
During the seven seasons, Red Star won only one championship. However, they did manage to win five cups.
New century
The summer of 1999 was a new beginning for the club. Immediately after the Yugoslav WarsYugoslav wars
The Yugoslav Wars were a series of wars, fought throughout the former Yugoslavia between 1991 and 1995. The wars were complex: characterized by bitter ethnic conflicts among the peoples of the former Yugoslavia, mostly between Serbs on the one side and Croats and Bosniaks on the other; but also...
ended, Red Star won the seventeenth cup in its history by winning 4:2 against FK Partizan. However, after a bad start to the following season, Miloljub Ostojić was sacked and the team was taken over by Slavoljub Muslin
Slavoljub Muslin
Slavoljub Muslin is a Serbian football manager and a former player who currently manages FC Krasnodar...
. As a member of the glorious generation of Pižon Petrović and Dule Savić
Dušan Savic
Dušan "Dule" Savić is a Serbian former football player.He started playing football in the local side Jedinstvo Ub in his home town.-Club career:...
, he brought a fresh philosophy to Red Star's team. During the two seasons he spent with Red Star, he set a defensive record by cutting the number of goals Red Star conceded by half. Red Star only conceded 19 goals in the 40 matches of the 1999–2000 championship. The title was practically ensured on the day of Đurđevdan, when Obilić was defeated at the "Marakana", and Partizan only managed to pull off one point against a team from Kragujevac
Kragujevac
Kragujevac is the fourth largest city in Serbia, the main city of the Šumadija region and the administrative centre of Šumadija District. It is situated on the banks of the Lepenica River...
. Three days later, Red Star won the cup. In March, April and May, they won all 20 matches in the league and the Cup.
The following season, Muslin remained with the club. The Champion's title was defended. However, the cup trophy was lost. Muslin left the bench in September 2001, after which Red Star went on to lose two League Titles in a row. The return of Muslin to the Club's bench in the summer of 2004 brought back the strength in leadership that was essential to Red Star. During this season, the club set a new record – conceding only 13 goals in 30 matches.
During that summer, the club, with Ljupko Petrović at the helm for the third time, achieved great results at preparations and entered a new championship with a great dose of optimism, but two heavy defeats in European matches (in Eindhoven and St. Petersburg
Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg is a city and a federal subject of Russia located on the Neva River at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea...
) psychologically scarred the team. They started losing the fight for the title. Red Star ended this unfortunate season with a defeat coming from Železnik
FK Železnik
FK Železnik was a football club from Belgrade, Serbia.Founded in 1930, the club merged into FK Voždovac in June 2005 and thus ceased activities.-History:...
in the Cup finals (the second time in three years the cup was lost by them conceding a goal in the last minute of the match.)
During the Summer of 2005, Dragan Džajić
Dragan Džajic
Dragan Džajić is widely considered to have been one of the best Serbian football players to emerge from former Yugoslavia. Regarded as a preeminent and very proficient left winger, he is strongly reputed to have been one of the finest European players of his generation...
left the president’s chair and abandoned his function after more than 20 years on the top. Red Star's third Star was replaced by Red Star's fifth star – Dragan Stojković
Dragan Stojkovic
Dragan Stojković , also known under the nickname Piksi is a Serbian former footballer and current manager of J...
– and, for the first time in Red Star's history, a foreign coach (Walter Zenga
Walter Zenga
Walter Zenga is a retired Italian footballer and current manager. He is a long-time goalkeeper for the Italian national team and Internazionale. He also holds Romanian citizenship...
) joined the club. Two years of Red Star’s full dominance in the sphere of domestic football followed, represented by double crowns and finishing the season with an advantage of 17 points ahead of rivals FK Partizan. Red Star
Red star
A red star, five-pointed and filled, is an important ideological and religious symbol which has been used for various purposes, such as: state emblems, flags, monuments, ornaments, and logos.- Symbol of communism :...
entered the 2007–2008 season with clear ambitions, which, again, were inevitable at the "Marakana" – to defend their double crown and to play competitively in Europe. However, they haven't been able to achieve this goal. For four straight years, they have not won the League crown. During those for years, the title has been won by FK Partizan each time. Although Red Star did manage to pull of several cup wins, they have not had any major successes in the last four years. They have not been in the Europa League since 2007 and the Champions League since 2005.
UEFA club coefficient ranking
(As of 20 October 2011), Source: Bert Kassies website| Rank | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 137 |  Vitória de SetúbalVitória F.C. Vitória Futebol Clube is a Portuguese sports club from the city of Setúbal. Popularly known as Vitória de Setúbal with the motto "A Vitória será nossa" .- Domestic :*Portuguese Liga: Runners-up 1971–72... |
10.869 |
| 138 | Montpellier Montpellier HSC Montpellier Hérault Sport Club is a French association football club based in the city of Montpellier. The club was founded in 1919 and currently plays in Ligue 1, the top level of French football. Montpellier plays its home matches at the Stade de la Mosson, located within the city... |
10.868 |
| Lens RC Lens Racing Club de Lens is a French association football club based in the northern city of Lens in the Pas-de-Calais department. Its nickname, sang et or , comes from its traditional colours of red and gold. Their primary rivals are their northern neighbors Lille OSC, whom they contest the Derby du... |
10.868 | |
| 140 | Red Star Belgrade |
10.850 |
| 141 |  FC VasluiFC Vaslui FC Vaslui is a professional football club from Vaslui, Romania. The club plays in Liga I and was founded in 2002. The best league finishes were achieved in the 2009–10 and 2010–11 seasons, when they managed to end up third. Since foundation, they finished each season in a higher rank than in the... |
10.531 |
| 142 |  CSKA SofiaPFC CSKA Sofia PFC CSKA Sofia , commonly known as CSKA or CSKA Sofia is a professional football club based in Sofia, Bulgaria. The club was officially founded on May 5, 1948. CSKA's abbreviation stands for Central Sports Club of the Army... |
10.350 |
| 143 |  ElfsborgIF Elfsborg IF Elfsborg is a Swedish football club located in Borås. The club has won five national championship titles, the latest in 2006, and two national cup titles. Currently playing in the highest Swedish league, Allsvenskan. Elfsborg is based at Borås Arena... |
10.140 |
Stadium
Serbia
Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...
and in the former Yugoslavia. Due to the fact that stadium's former capacity was well over 100 000, the stadium is commonly referred to as the Marakana after Maracanã stadium
Estádio do Maracanã
The Estádio do Maracanã , officially Estádio Jornalista Mário Filho, is an open-air stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Owned by the Rio de Janeiro State Government, it is named after the Maracanã neighbourhood in Rio de Janeiro. It was opened in 1950 to host the FIFA World Cup, and in the final...
in Brazil. The "Marakana" was opened in 1963, after three years of construction.
The largest crowd ever recorded at the "Marakana" for a derby-match was that autumn, against cross-town rivals FK Partizan
FK Partizan
Fudbalski klub Partizan is a professional football club based in Belgrade, Serbia. In its long history, FK Partizan won as many as 37 trophies. The club is the holder of 23 national championships, 12 national cups and 1 national supercup, and has also won the Mitropa Cup in 1978...
–the official attendance was over 74,000. Next year, after the stadium was fully completed, its capacity was increased to 110,000 spectators and it got the unofficial moniker – the Marakana, in honour of the famous Brazilian stadium. Apart from the exciting look, the new stadium also featured a magnificent grass pitch with a drainage system, which made the overall playing experience much more enjoyable for the players.
Still on the subject of records, according to the number of tickets sold, the Marakana
Stadion Crvena Zvezda
The Red Star Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Belgrade, Serbia. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Red Star Belgrade. The stadium is all-seated and the capacity is 51,328. It was opened in 1963 after construction which had started three years...
saw its largest crowd on 23 April 1975 at the Cup Winners Cup
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
The UEFA Cup Winners' Cup was a football club competition contested annually by the most recent winners of all European domestic cup competitions. The cup is one of the many inter-European club competitions that have been organised by UEFA. The first competition was held in the 1960–61 season—but...
semi-final home leg against the Hungarian side Ferencváros (2–2). There were officially 96,070 spectators in the stands that night with purchased tickets, but it is believed that the stadium was filled to the maximum allowable capacity which at the time was 110,000.
In the years since, the stadium's capacity has been gradually decreased. Following different modernisation touch-ups more seats were installed each time. During the mid-90s, in order to meet UEFA
UEFA
The Union of European Football Associations , almost always referred to by its acronym UEFA is the administrative and controlling body for European association football, futsal and beach soccer....
demands for spectators' comfort and security, standing places at the stadium were completely done away with. Seats were installed on all four stands so that the Marakana‘s maximum capacity today reaches 55,538.
Today, the stadium has a modern press box with a capacity of 344 seats including seven extra-comfortable seats. The stadium also has a modern media center for promotions, press conferences and other events. On the west stand of the Marakana there is an official Red Star
Red star
A red star, five-pointed and filled, is an important ideological and religious symbol which has been used for various purposes, such as: state emblems, flags, monuments, ornaments, and logos.- Symbol of communism :...
Shop along with a Delije
Delije
Delije roughly translated to English as Heroes is an umbrella name referring to the supporters of various sports clubs that compete under Red Star Belgrade Sports Society banner....
shop.
In August 2008 the club reconstructed the stadium's pitch Under-soil grass heaters and an improved drainage system were installed and new modern turf replaced the old surface. The training pitch was also renovated by laying down synthetic turf and installing new lighting equipment.
Club culture
Supporters of the various Red Star sports teams are known as DelijeDelije
Delije roughly translated to English as Heroes is an umbrella name referring to the supporters of various sports clubs that compete under Red Star Belgrade Sports Society banner....
. A rough English translation might be "courageous and brave young men" or simply "The Heroes". They are generally concentrated in the North Stand of Red Star's stadium. The Srbija do Tokija
Srbija do Tokija
Srbija do Tokija, , meaning "Serbia to Tokyo", is a slogan used by Serbian soccer fans to taunt rival ethnic groups in the beginning of the Yugoslav wars of the 1990s. At that time, Serbian soccer club Red Star Belgrade has won the European Cup, and also the worldwide title in Tokyo, Japan,...
(lit. Serbia to Tokyo) chant can be traced back to 1991, when Red Star supporters followed their team to victory in the 1991 Intercontinental Cup in Tokyo. It was later adopted by Serbian paramilitary groups during the various Yugoslavian wars of the 1990s. The Delije were also involved in the notorious Dinamo Zagreb–Red Star Belgrade riot in 1990, which highlighted the ethnic tensions in Yugoslavia at the time.
Red Star's main rivals are, Belgrade based, FK Partizan
FK Partizan
Fudbalski klub Partizan is a professional football club based in Belgrade, Serbia. In its long history, FK Partizan won as many as 37 trophies. The club is the holder of 23 national championships, 12 national cups and 1 national supercup, and has also won the Mitropa Cup in 1978...
. Matches between the two are known as the "Eternal Derby
Eternal derby (Serbia)
The Eternal derby also called the Belgrade derby is a match between the fiercest city rivals Red Star and Partizan, two of the biggest and most popular sports societies in Serbia. Rivalry is present in a number of different sports but the most intensive matches are between football, basketball,...
" . The record attendance for a Red Star-Partizan match is around 108,000. In league matches, the derby has been played 140 times; Red Star winning on 57 occasions and Partizan 40 times. In cup games, Red Star have won 17 of the 32 fixtures, Partizan 11.
In addition to their rivalries, Red Star has two "brother" clubs, Olympiacos of Greece
Greece
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....
and Spartak Moscow
FC Spartak Moscow
FC Spartak Moscow is a Russian football club from Moscow. Having won 12 Soviet championships and 9 of 19 Russian championships they are one of the country's most successful clubs. They have also won the Soviet Cup 10 times and the Russian Cup 3 times...
of Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
. The fans of the three teams have been dubbed "Orthodox Brothers".
Notable fans
Notable fans include tennisTennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
No. 1 Novak Đoković, Serbian Minister of Foreign Affairs
Minister of Foreign Affairs (Serbia)
Minister of Foreign Affairs is the person in charge of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Serbia. The current Minister is Vuk Jeremić, since 15 May 2007.-List of ministers:...
Vuk Jeremić
Vuk Jeremic
Vuk Jeremić is a Serbian politician and the current Minister of Foreign Affairs in the Government of Serbia. He was sworn in on May 15, 2007 and reelected on July 7, 2008.-Education:Jeremić was born in Belgrade in 1975 to Miško Jeremić and Sena Buljubašić...
, politician Aleksandar Vučić
Aleksandar Vucic
Aleksandar Vučić is a Serbian politician, Deputy President of the Serbian Progressive Party. He is a former secretary-general of the Serbian Radical Party and was President of the Serbian Radical Party's city parliamentary club before joining the Serbian Progressive Party. Besides Serbian,...
, Belgrade Mayor Dragan Đilas, folk music singer Miroslav Ilic
Miroslav Ilic
Miroslav Ilić , is a popular Serbian folk singer-songwriter. He is known for his powerful vocals and emotional lyrics. Before becoming a musician he took Electrical courses at a University of Skopje...
, and German Footballer of Serbian descent Marko Marin, Spanish Footballer of Serbian descent Bojan Krkić
Bojan Krkic
Bojan Krkić Pérez known as just Bojan, is a Spanish footballer who currently plays as a forward or winger for Italian Serie A club Roma.- Early years :...
and basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
players Darko Miličić
Darko Milicic
Darko Miličić is a Serbian professional basketball center for the Minnesota Timberwolves of the National Basketball Association . He was selected by the Detroit Pistons as the second overall pick in the 2003 NBA Draft after LeBron James, and ahead of players such as Carmelo Anthony, Chris Bosh,...
and Miloš Teodosić
Miloš Teodosic
Miloš Teodosić is a professional basketball player from Serbia. He is 1.96 m tall. He can play at either the point guard or shooting guard position. He is currently a member of the pro club CSKA Moscow.-Player profile:He can play at either guard position...
.
Honours
International titles – 4- European CupUEFA Champions LeagueThe UEFA Champions League, known simply the Champions League and originally known as the European Champion Clubs' Cup or European Cup, is an annual international club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations since 1955 for the top football clubs in Europe. It...
(1): 1990–91 (succeeded by UEFA Champions LeagueUEFA Champions LeagueThe UEFA Champions League, known simply the Champions League and originally known as the European Champion Clubs' Cup or European Cup, is an annual international club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations since 1955 for the top football clubs in Europe. It...
) - Intercontinental CupIntercontinental Cup (football)The European/South American Cup, commonly referred to as the World Club Championship, Intercontinental Cup or Toyota Cup, was a football competition endorsed by UEFA and CONMEBOL, contested between the winners of the European Cup and the South American Copa Libertadores...
(1): 19911991 Intercontinental CupThe 1991 Intercontinental Cup was a football match played on 8 December 1991 between Red Star of Yugoslavia, winners of the 1990–91 European Cup, and Colo-Colo of Chile, winners of the 1991 Copa Libertadores. The match was played at the neutral venue of the National Stadium in Tokyo in front of...
(abolished, succeeded by FIFA Club World CupFIFA Club World CupThe FIFA Club World Cup is a football competition between the champion clubs from all six continental confederations.The first FIFA Club World Championship took place in Brazil in January 2000...
) - Mitropa CupMitropa CupThe Mitropa Cup, officially called the La Coupe de l'Europe Centrale was one of the first really international major European football cups for club sides...
(2): 1958, 19681967–68 Mitropa CupThe 1967–68 Mitropa Cup was the 28th season of the Mitropa football club tournament. It was contested by sixteen clubs from 15 European cities and 5 countries...
(defunct)
National Championships – 25 (record)
- Yugoslav First LeagueYugoslav First LeagueThe Yugoslav First League was the premier football league in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia and socialist Yugoslavia...
(19): 1951, 1952–53, 1955–56, 1956–57, 1958–59, 1959–60, 1963–64, 1967–68, 1968–69, 1969–70, 1972–73, 1976–77, 1979–80, 1980–81, 1983–84, 1987–88, 1989–90, 1990–91, 1991–92 - FR Yugoslavia/Serbia and Montenegro First LeagueSerbian SuperligaSerbian SuperLiga is a Serbian professional league for football clubs. At the top of the Serbian football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. It is contested by 16 clubs, operating a system of promotion and relegation with the Serbian First League...
(5): 1994–95First League of FR Yugoslavia 1994-95-Overview:Just as the previous season, the league consisted of 2 groups, A and B, each containing 10 clubs. Both groups were played in league system. By winter break all clubs in each group had met each other twice, home and away, with the bottom four from A group moving to group B, and being...
, 1999–00, 2000–01First League of FR Yugoslavia 2000-01-League standings:-Champions:Red Star Belgrade Players Milenko Ačimovič Srđan Bajčetić Branko Bošković Goran Bunjevčević Milivoje Vitakić Ivan Vukomanović Blaže Georgioski Stevo Glogovac Ivan Gvozdenović Goran Drulić Petar Đenić Saša Zorić Dejan Ilić Branko Jelić Aleksandar Kocić Nenad Lalatović...
, 2003–04First League of Serbia and Montenegro 2003-04Statistics of First League of Serbia and Montenegro in season 2003/2004.-League standings:-Champions:Red Star Belgrade...
, 2005–06 - Serbian SuperligaSerbian SuperligaSerbian SuperLiga is a Serbian professional league for football clubs. At the top of the Serbian football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. It is contested by 16 clubs, operating a system of promotion and relegation with the Serbian First League...
(1): 2006–07
National Cups – 23 (record)
- Yugoslav CupYugoslav CupThe Yugoslav Cup, officially the Marshal Tito Cup, was one of two major football competitions in the former Yugoslavia, the other one being the Yugoslav League Championship. The Yugoslav Cup took place after the league championships when every competitive league in Yugoslavia had finished, in order...
(12): 1947–48, 1948–49, 1950, 1957–58, 1958–59, 1963–64, 1967–68, 1969–70, 1970–71, 1981–82, 1984–85, 1989–90 - FR Yugoslavia/Serbia and Montenegro CupSerbia and Montenegro CupThe Serbia and Montenegro Cup is a defunct cup tournament. The competition was formed in 2003 after FR Yugoslavia had changed its name to Serbia and Montenegro on February 4, 2003. The format from this tournament did not change at all from that of the Yugoslav Cup the only difference was the name...
(9): 1992–93, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1998–99, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2003–04, 2005–06 - Serbian CupSerbian CupThe Serbian Cup is the national football cup of Serbia. For sponsorship reasons it is referred to in the media as Lav Cup of Serbia since 2007.The winner of the competition gets a spot in the UEFA Europa League qualifying round.-Sponsorship:...
(2): 2006–07Serbian Cup 2006-07The Serbian Cup 2006–07 was the first staging of Serbia's football knockout competition. It was the first tournament that Serbia ever held as an independent football association. Montenegro also held its first independent cup tournament in the 2006–07 season. The two associations used to compete in...
, 2009–102009–10 Serbian CupThe Serbian Cup 2009–10 was the fourth season of the Serbian national football tournament. The competition started on 2 September 2009 and ended with the Final on 5 May 2010...
Other Tournaments
- Santiago Chile (1): 1962
- Racing Paris Tournament (1): 1962
- Iberico Trophy Badajoz (1): 1971
- Teresa Herrera TrophyTeresa Herrera TrophyThe Teresa Herrera Trophy is an annual pre-season football tournament hosted by Deportivo La Coruña at the Estadio Riazor.Established in 1946, it is the third oldest professional football tournament in Spain - behind the Trofeo Playa y Sol and the Copa San Pedro - and is considered one of...
(1): 1971 - Trofeo Costa del SolTrofeo Costa del SolTrofeo Internacional Costa del Sol is football friendly competition, patrocined by Spain Federation and held in Málaga, Spain by CD Málaga, was beginning on 1961 to 1983, Discontinued after 1983 due to financial difficulties. No tournaments took place in two decades, during which time local club CD...
(1): 1973
- Trofeo NaranjaOrange TrophyThe Orange Trophy is a currently discontinued friendly football tournament organized by Valencia CF first played in 1959.-1959:-1961:-1962:-1964:-1970:...
(1): 1973 - World of Soccer CupWorld of Soccer CupThe World of Soccer Cup was a football friendly tournament the summer of 1977, hosted by Singapore and Australia.- Overview :The tournament was the idea of English entrepreneur Reg Lambourne, Strata Travel owner Tom Lawrence and Red Star Belgrade FC Secretary General Dr Miroljub Stojkovic and...
(1): 1977- Singapore Trophy Winners
- Australian Trophy Runners-up
- Belgrade Tournament (2): 1980, 1981
- Trofeo Villa de GijónTrofeo Villa de GijónThe Trofeo Villa de Gijón, called Trofeo Costa Verde until 1992, is a friendly football tournament played annually since 1962 in Estadio Municipal El Molinón in Gijón, Asturias, Spain.- List of champions :- List of winners :- External links :**...
(1): 1982 - Zürich New Year Tournament (1): 1984
- Torneo di Verona (1): 1991
- Chicago Sister Cities International CupChicago Sister Cities International CupThe Chicago Sister Cities International Cup often abbreviated as "CSCIC" was a friendly tournament being hosted by the Chicago Fire. The tournament invited football clubs from Chicago's sister cities of Belgrade, Paris and Warsaw to come to Chicago and play against the Fire...
(1): 2010
European Competitions
Red Star is the most successful team from Serbia (and Yugoslavia); it competed in Europe 49 times, and most notable results are:European Cup (defunct, succeeded by UEFA Champions League
UEFA Champions League
The UEFA Champions League, known simply the Champions League and originally known as the European Champion Clubs' Cup or European Cup, is an annual international club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations since 1955 for the top football clubs in Europe. It...
):
- Winner (1): 1990–91
- Semi-finalists (3): 1956–57, 1970–71, 1991–92
- Quarter-finalists (5): 1957–58, 1973–74, 1980–81, 1981–82, 1986–87,
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
The UEFA Cup Winners' Cup was a football club competition contested annually by the most recent winners of all European domestic cup competitions. The cup is one of the many inter-European club competitions that have been organised by UEFA. The first competition was held in the 1960–61 season—but...
(defunct):
- Semi-finalists (1): 1974–75
- Quarter-finalists (2): 1971–72, 1985–86
UEFA Cup (defunct, succeeded by UEFA Europa League):
- Runners-up (1): 1978–79
UEFA Super Cup:
- Runners-up (1): 1991
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
The Inter-Cities Fairs Cup was a European football competition played between 1955 and 1971. The competition was the idea of Swiss pools supremo Ernst Thommen, Ottorino Barassi from Italy, and the English Football Association general secretary Stanley Rous, all of whom later became senior officials...
(defunct, succeeded by UEFA Cup):
- Semi-finalists (1): 1961–62
- Quarter-finalists (1): 1962–63
List of Red Star Belgrade official European matches
European Results Analysis
| Red Star Belgrade | Seasons | P | W | D | L | F | A | Match %W |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Representing Serbia Serbia Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans... |
6 | 30 | 11 | 4 | 15 | 41 | 42 | 36.67 |
| Representing FR Yugoslavia |
11 | 66 | 26 | 20 | 20 | 106 | 78 | 39.39 |
| Representing SFR Yugoslavia Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was the Yugoslav state that existed from the abolition of the Yugoslav monarchy until it was dissolved in 1992 amid the Yugoslav Wars. It was a socialist state and a federation made up of six socialist republics: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia,... |
33 | 179 | 89 | 30 | 60 | 346 | 237 | 49.72 |
| Total | 50 | 275 | 126 | 54 | 95 | 493 | 357 | 45.81 |
Current squad
As of 31 August 2011.Players with more than one citizenship
Evandro GoebelEvandro Goebel
Evandro Goebel or simply Evandro is a Brazilian attacking midfielder. He also holds Italian and Serbian passports. He currently plays for Red Star Belgrade in the Serbian SuperLiga.- Career :...
Boban BajkovićBoban Bajkovic
Boban Bajković is a Montenegrin football goalkeeper, playing for Red Star Belgrade in Serbian SuperLiga.-Career:...
Stevan Reljić Marko VešovićMarko Vešović
Marko Vešović is a Montenegrin footballer playing for Red Star Belgrade in the Serbian SuperLiga....
Miloš DimitrijevićFor recent transfers, see List of Serbian football transfers summer 2011.
Out on loan
Retired number(s)
- 12 – DelijeDelijeDelije roughly translated to English as Heroes is an umbrella name referring to the supporters of various sports clubs that compete under Red Star Belgrade Sports Society banner....
(the 12th Man)12th Man (football)The 12th man or 12th player is a term used to describe the fans within a stadium during association football or American football games. This term has a different meaning in cricket, referring to the first substitute player who fields when a member of the fielding side is injured...
Red Star technical staff
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
 Robert ProsinečkiRobert Prosinecki Robert Prosinečki is a Croatian football manager and former football midfielder. Prosinečki is regarded by many as the player with best technique that ever played in and for Croatia. Former national squad teammate Zvonimir Boban, humbly, also agreed with this. His dribbling is considered... |
Manager |
 Slobodan MarovićSlobodan Marovic Slobodan Marović is a Montenegrin football manager and former player.During his playing career he played for NK Osijek, IFK Norrköping, and Silkeborg IF... |
1st Team Coach |
| Žarko Đurović Žarko Đurović Žarko Đurović is a Serbian football manager and former player... |
2nd Team Coach |
| Srđan Maksimović |
Goalkeeping Coach |
| Srđan Zirojević |
Fitness Coach |
| Dejan Purić |
Doctor |
| Mišo Bukumirović |
Physiotherapist |
| Goran Zuvić |
Physiotherapist |
| Ivan Popović |
Physiotherapist |
| Mirko Abramović |
Team Manager |
| Goran Negić |
Technical Secretary |
| Stojan Milanović |
Kit Manager |
| Dragan Milanović |
Kit Manager |
The Stars of Red Star
Red Star has almost a 50 year long tradition of giving the title of the Star of Red Star (Звездина звезда, Zvezdina zvezda) to the players that have had a major impact on the club's history and that 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 First Star of Red Star (Prva Zvezdina zvezda): Rajko MitićRajko MiticRajko Mitić was a Serbian football player and coach. Mitić was born in the village Dolac, Bela Palanka in the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes...
(1945–1958) - The Second Star of Red Star (Druga Zvezdina zvezda): Dragoslav ŠekularacDragoslav ŠekularacDragoslav Šekularac Dragoslav Šekularac (Serbian Cyrillic: Драгослав Шекуларац) Dragoslav Šekularac (Serbian Cyrillic: Драгослав Шекуларац) (born November 30, 1937 in Štip, Vardar Banovina, Kingdom of Yugoslavia is a Serbian former football player and coach....
(1955–1966) - The Third Star of Red Star (Treća Zvezdina zvezda): Dragan DžajićDragan DžajicDragan Džajić is widely considered to have been one of the best Serbian football players to emerge from former Yugoslavia. Regarded as a preeminent and very proficient left winger, he is strongly reputed to have been one of the finest European players of his generation...
(1961–1975; 1977–1978) - The Fourth Star of Red Star (Četvrta Zvezdina zvezda): Vladimir Petrović "Pižon" (1972–1982)
- The Fifth Star of Red Star (Peta Zvezdina zvezda): Dragan Stojković "Piksi"Dragan StojkovicDragan Stojković , also known under the nickname Piksi is a Serbian former footballer and current manager of J...
(1986–1990) - The Sixth Star of Red Star (Šesta Zvezdina zvezda): The 1991 Generation
The 1991 European and World Champions Generation
Goalkeepers Goalkeeper (football) In association football, the goalkeeper occupies a position that represents the last line of defence between the opponent's offence and his own team's goal. The primary role of the goalkeeper is to defend his team's goal and prevent the opposition from scoring a goal... : Milić Jovanović Milic Jovanovic Milić Jovanović is a retired Serbian footballer who played as a goalkeeper.-Football career:... Željko Kaluđerović Stevan Stojanović Stevan Stojanovic Stevan Stojanović is a retired Serbian football goalkeeper who played for Red Star Belgrade.... (captain) |
Defenders Defender (football) Within the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to prevent the opposition from attacking.... : Miodrag Belodedici Miodrag Belodedici Miodrag Belodedici is a Romanian former football player.Nicknamed The deer due to his elegant tackles, he won the European Cup twice, in 1986 with Steaua Bucureşti and 1991 with Red Star Belgrade, thus becoming the first player to win the trophy with two different clubs... Slobodan Marović Slobodan Marovic Slobodan Marović is a Montenegrin football manager and former player.During his playing career he played for NK Osijek, IFK Norrköping, and Silkeborg IF... Ivica Momčilović Ivica Momcilovic Ivica Momčilović is a Serbian football manager and former player.Momčilović won European Cup and Yugoslav First League with Red Star Belgrade in 1991. He is currently a coach in the Red Star Belgrade youth section.-External links:***... Ilija Najdoski Ilija Najdoski Ilija Najdoski from the Republic of Macedonia who played for Red Star Belgrade and was part of their European Cup victory in 1991.... Duško Radinović Duško Radinovic Duško Radinović is a former Montenegrin football player.He was part of the Red Stars Belgrade when they won Champions League 1990/91 and when they won the Intercontinental cup 1991.... Refik Šabanadžović Refik Šabanadžovic Refik Šabanadžović is a retired Montenegrin-born Bosnian footballer.-Club career:His career began in a small Montenegrin club FK Dečić Tuzi. He was spotted there by Titograd's FK Budućnost and moved there shortly after... Goran Vasilijević |
Midfielder Midfielder A midfielder is an association football position. Some midfielders play a more defensive role, while others blur the boundaries between midfielders and forwards. The number of midfielders a team uses during a match may vary, depending on the team's formation and each individual player's role... s: Vladimir Jugović Vladimir Jugovic Vladimir Jugović is a retired Serbian football player renowned for his vision and technique.-Career:Born in Milutovac, a village near Trstenik, Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia, Jugović played throughout his career for numerous top European teams, winning the Champions League twice... Siniša Mihajlović Siniša Mihajlovic Siniša Mihajlović is a Serbian football manager and former player. He was in charge of Serie A club Fiorentina since June 2010 to November 2011.... Robert Prosinečki Robert Prosinecki Robert Prosinečki is a Croatian football manager and former football midfielder. Prosinečki is regarded by many as the player with best technique that ever played in and for Croatia. Former national squad teammate Zvonimir Boban, humbly, also agreed with this. His dribbling is considered... Dejan Savićević Dejan Savicevic Dejan Savićević , is a Montenegrin former football player and is the president of the Montenegrin FA.... Vlada Stošić Vlada Stošic Vlada Stošic is a retired Yugoslav/Serbian footballer.A midfielder, he his best known for his spell for Red Star Belgrade in the 80's/90's, being part of the side's European Cup victory in 1991.... Rade Tošić Rade Tošic Rade Tošić is a former Bosnian Serb football player. He was born in the Ugljevik region of Yugoslavia, now a part of Bosnia and Herzegovina.-Club career:... Milorad Ratković Milorad Ratkovic Milorad Ratković is a former Yugoslav/Bosnian Serb football player.During his successful playing career he played for the Yugoslav clubs NK Čelik Zenica, Red Star Belgrade, FK Borac Banja Luka and Spanish Celta de Vigo and Sevilla... |
Striker Striker Forwards, also known as strikers, are the players on a team in association football who play nearest to the opposing team's goal, and are therefore principally responsible for scoring goals... s: Dragiša Binić Dragiša Binic Dragiša Binić is a retired Serbian footballer who played for Red Star and was part of their European Cup victory in 1991. He had 3 caps for the Yugoslavia national football team, scoring one goal... Vladan Lukić Vladan Lukic Vladan Lukić is a former Serbian international football player, from Serbia. He is current president of Red Star Belgrade... Darko Pančev Darko Pancev Darko Pančev is a retired Yugoslav and Macedonian footballer, and winner of the Golden Boot award in 1991.-Club career:Pančev was the highest scorer in top-division European football in the 1990–91 season with 34 goals, and should have won the European Golden Boot award... |
Coach:
Ljupko PetrovićLjupko Petrovic
Ljubomir "Ljupko" Petrović is a Bosnian Serb former football player, today a football manager and winner of the European Cup in 1991 with Red Star.-Biography:...
Notable players
Award winners
Ballon d'or- 2nd: Dejan SavićevićDejan SavicevicDejan Savićević , is a Montenegrin former football player and is the president of the Montenegrin FA....
(1991) - 2nd: Darko PančevDarko PancevDarko Pančev is a retired Yugoslav and Macedonian footballer, and winner of the Golden Boot award in 1991.-Club career:Pančev was the highest scorer in top-division European football in the 1990–91 season with 34 goals, and should have won the European Golden Boot award...
(1991) - 3rd: Dragan DžajićDragan DžajicDragan Džajić is widely considered to have been one of the best Serbian football players to emerge from former Yugoslavia. Regarded as a preeminent and very proficient left winger, he is strongly reputed to have been one of the finest European players of his generation...
(1968)
European Golden Boot
European Golden Boot
The European Golden Shoe, formerly known as the European Golden Boot, is an association football award presented each season to the leading goalscorer in league matches from the top division of every European national league...
Darko Pančev
Darko Pancev
Darko Pančev is a retired Yugoslav and Macedonian footballer, and winner of the Golden Boot award in 1991.-Club career:Pančev was the highest scorer in top-division European football in the 1990–91 season with 34 goals, and should have won the European Golden Boot award...
(1991)
Sportperson of the Year in Yugoslavia
- Dragan DžajićDragan DžajicDragan Džajić is widely considered to have been one of the best Serbian football players to emerge from former Yugoslavia. Regarded as a preeminent and very proficient left winger, he is strongly reputed to have been one of the finest European players of his generation...
(1969) - Dejan SavićevićDejan SavicevicDejan Savićević , is a Montenegrin former football player and is the president of the Montenegrin FA....
(1991)
Serbian Footballer of the Year
Serbian Footballer of the Year
Serbian Footballer of the Year is an annual award given from Football Association of Serbia to the best player of the year.Originally it has been awarded the Football Association of Serbia and Montenegro.- Winners :- Trivia :...
- Nikola ŽigićNikola ŽigicNikola Žigić is a Serbian footballer who plays for English club Birmingham City as a centre forward.At , Žigić is among the tallest professional players in the world...
(2003, 2006)
Coaching history
For details see List of Red Star Belgrade football coaches- 1946–48 Svetislav GlišovićSvetislav GlišovićSvetislav Glišović , was a Serbian international football player and manager.-Career:...
- 1948–50 Aleksandar TomaševićAleksandar TomaševićAleksandar Tomašević was a Serbian Yugoslav international football player and manager.-Playing career:...
- 1951 Ljubiša BroćićLjubiša BrocicLjubiša Broćić was a Serbian football manager....
Žarko MihajlovićŽarko MihajlovićŽarko Mihajlović was a Yugoslav footbal coachwho managed BSK, FK Crvena Zvezda, OFK Beograd, PAOK, Fenerbahçe, Ethnikos Piraeus, Apollon Kalamarias, Doxa Dramas, Karşıyaka, Qadisia, National team of Turkey,... - 1952–53 Žarko MihajlovićŽarko MihajlovićŽarko Mihajlović was a Yugoslav footbal coachwho managed BSK, FK Crvena Zvezda, OFK Beograd, PAOK, Fenerbahçe, Ethnikos Piraeus, Apollon Kalamarias, Doxa Dramas, Karşıyaka, Qadisia, National team of Turkey,...
- 1953 Bane Sekulić
- 1953 Ljubiša BroćićLjubiša BrocicLjubiša Broćić was a Serbian football manager....
- 1953–54 Boško RalićBoško RalićBoško "Tatek" Ralić was a Serbian football player and coach. He was born in Plaški village near Karlovac, Austria-Hungary, and died in Belgrade, SFR Yugoslavia.- Playing career :...
- 1954–57 Milovan ĆirićMilovan CiricMilovan Ćirić was a Serbian football coach and olso former player. He was the first captain of Red Star Belgrade but in June 1947. he move to the biggest rivals FK Partizan . With FK Partizan he won Yugoslav cup...
- 1957–64 Miša PavićMilorad Pavic (footballer)Milorad "Miša" Pavić was a Serbian football player and coach.In his home country he coached Red Star Belgrade and FK Vojvodina....
- 1964–66 Ivan ToplakIvan ToplakIvan Toplak is a former Serbian football player and manager. He got 1 cap for Yugoslavia.-External links:*...
- 1966–74 Miljan MiljanićMiljan MiljanicMiljan Miljanić is a retired Yugoslav football player, coach and administrator....
- 1974–75 Miljenko MihićMiljenko MihićMiljenko Mihić was a Serbian football coach. He was born in Mostar, Littoral Banovina, Kingdom of Yugoslavia and died in Belgrade, Serbia....
- 1975–76 Milovan ĆirićMilovan CiricMilovan Ćirić was a Serbian football coach and olso former player. He was the first captain of Red Star Belgrade but in June 1947. he move to the biggest rivals FK Partizan . With FK Partizan he won Yugoslav cup...
- 1976–78 Gojko ZecGojko ZecGojko Zec was a famous Serbian football manager. He coached OFK Beograd, FK Partizan, FK Borac Banja Luka, NK Rijeka, Red Star Belgrade, Aris, Yugoslavia FK Borac Čačak....
- 1978–81 Branko Stanković
- 1981–83 Stevan OstojićStevan OstojicStevan Ostojić was a Serbian football player, as forward and also football manager.-References:* * at mackolik.com *...
- 1983–86 Gojko ZecGojko ZecGojko Zec was a famous Serbian football manager. He coached OFK Beograd, FK Partizan, FK Borac Banja Luka, NK Rijeka, Red Star Belgrade, Aris, Yugoslavia FK Borac Čačak....
- 1986–88 Velibor Vasović
- 1988–89 Branko Stanković
- 1989–90 Dragoslav ŠekularacDragoslav ŠekularacDragoslav Šekularac Dragoslav Šekularac (Serbian Cyrillic: Драгослав Шекуларац) Dragoslav Šekularac (Serbian Cyrillic: Драгослав Шекуларац) (born November 30, 1937 in Štip, Vardar Banovina, Kingdom of Yugoslavia is a Serbian former football player and coach....
- 1990–91 Ljupko PetrovićLjupko PetrovicLjubomir "Ljupko" Petrović is a Bosnian Serb former football player, today a football manager and winner of the European Cup in 1991 with Red Star.-Biography:...
- 1991–92 Vladica PopovićVladica PopovicVladimir "Vladica" Popović is a former Serbian footballer and manager. The biggest success in his coaching career was winning the Intercontinental Cup with Red Star Belgrade in 1991....
- 1992–94 Milan ŽivadinovićMilan ŽivadinovicMilan Živadinović is a Serbian former football player and most recent manager of Myanmar.He is known as a coach who advocates an old-school system of coaching...
- 1994–96 Ljupko PetrovićLjupko PetrovicLjubomir "Ljupko" Petrović is a Bosnian Serb former football player, today a football manager and winner of the European Cup in 1991 with Red Star.-Biography:...
- 1996–97 Vladimir Petrović
- 1997 Vojin LazarevićVojin LazarevicVojin Lazarević is a Montenegrin striker who played for SFR Yugoslavia.-External links:*...
- 1997–99 Milorad KosanovićMilorad KosanovicMilorad Kosanović is a Serbian football manager and former footballer. He is currently the manager of Chinese Super League team Shaanxi Zhongjian Chanba F.C.....
- 1998–99 Vojin LazarevićVojin LazarevicVojin Lazarević is a Montenegrin striker who played for SFR Yugoslavia.-External links:*...
- 1999 Miloljub Ostojić
- 1999 Zvonko Radić (caretaker)
- 1999–01 Slavoljub MuslinSlavoljub MuslinSlavoljub Muslin is a Serbian football manager and a former player who currently manages FC Krasnodar...
- 2001–03 Zoran FilipovićZoran FilipovicZoran Filipović was a player of great success in the 1970s and 1980s for Red Star Belgrade and SL Benfica...
- 2003–04 Slavoljub MuslinSlavoljub MuslinSlavoljub Muslin is a Serbian football manager and a former player who currently manages FC Krasnodar...
- 2004 Ljupko PetrovićLjupko PetrovicLjubomir "Ljupko" Petrović is a Bosnian Serb former football player, today a football manager and winner of the European Cup in 1991 with Red Star.-Biography:...
- 2004 Milovan Rajevac (caretaker)
- 2004–05 Ratko DostanićRatko DostanicRatko Dostanić is a Serbian football coach and former player.-Playing career:Ratko Dostanić started his youth career as a member of FK Partizan....
- 2005–06 Walter ZengaWalter ZengaWalter Zenga is a retired Italian footballer and current manager. He is a long-time goalkeeper for the Italian national team and Internazionale. He also holds Romanian citizenship...
- 2006–07 Dušan BajevićDušan BajevicDušan Bajević is a Bosnian football manager and former Yugoslav international.-Playing career:...
- 2007 Boško Đurovski
- 2007 Milorad KosanovićMilorad KosanovicMilorad Kosanović is a Serbian football manager and former footballer. He is currently the manager of Chinese Super League team Shaanxi Zhongjian Chanba F.C.....
- 2007–08 Aleksandar JankovićAleksandar JankovicAleksandar Janković is a Serbian football coach and former player.-Playing career:...
- 2008 Zdeněk ZemanZdenek ZemanZdeněk Zeman is a Czech-Italian football coach. He has managed numerous different teams, mostly in Italian football, over the years, and is currently in charge of Serie B club Pescara.-Biography:...
- 2008–09 Čedomir JanevskiCedomir JanevskiČedomir Janevski is Macedonian football manager and who was a defender during his playing career. Janevski was known as a strong defender, one of the many that were produced by Yugoslavia in the 1980s. After his playing career, Janevski turned to coaching and got his UEFA Professional coaching...
- 2009 Siniša GogićSiniša GogicSiniša Gogić is a Cypriot football striker who played for Yugoslav clubs Radnički Niš and FK Rad, for the Greek football team Olympiacos from 1997 until 2000, the Cypriot teams APOEL FC, Anorthosis Famagusta and Olympiakos Nicosia and Cyprus national football team...
(caretaker) - 2009–10 Vladimir Petrović
- 2010 Ratko DostanićRatko DostanicRatko Dostanić is a Serbian football coach and former player.-Playing career:Ratko Dostanić started his youth career as a member of FK Partizan....
- 2010 Aleksandar KristićAleksandar KristicAleksandar Kristić is a former Serbian international footballer. He won the last edition of SFR Yugoslav First League in 1992...
- 2010–Robert ProsinečkiRobert ProsineckiRobert Prosinečki is a Croatian football manager and former football midfielder. Prosinečki is regarded by many as the player with best technique that ever played in and for Croatia. Former national squad teammate Zvonimir Boban, humbly, also agreed with this. His dribbling is considered...
Club presidents
Mita Miljković (1948–1951) Isa Jovanović (1951–1952) Sava Radojčić (1952–1954) Dragoslav Marković (1954–1955) Milić Bugarčić (1955–1956) Dragoje Đurić (1956) Dušan Blagojević (1956–1960)Milić Bugarčić (1960–1963) Radovan Pantović (1963–1965) Dušan Blagojević (1965–1968) Nikola Bugarčić (1968–1977) Radovan Pantović (1977–1981) Brana Dimitrijević (1981–1982) Vlastimir Purić (1982)
Miladin Šakić (1982–87)
Svetozar Mijailović (1987–1993) Dragan DžajićDragan Džajic
Dragan Džajić is widely considered to have been one of the best Serbian football players to emerge from former Yugoslavia. Regarded as a preeminent and very proficient left winger, he is strongly reputed to have been one of the finest European players of his generation...
(1998–2005)
Dragan StojkovićDragan Stojkovic
Dragan Stojković , also known under the nickname Piksi is a Serbian former footballer and current manager of J...
(2005–2007) Toplica Spasojević
Toplica Spasojevic
Toplica Spasojević , , is a formerly President of Red Star Belgrade...
(2007–2008) Dobrivoje Tanasijević (2008–2009) Vladan Lukić
Vladan Lukic
Vladan Lukić is a former Serbian international football player, from Serbia. He is current president of Red Star Belgrade...
(2009–present)
Shirt sponsors and manufacturers
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| 1979–1991 | Puma PUMA AG Puma SE, officially branded as PUMA, is a major German multinational company that produces high-end athletic shoes, lifestyle footwear and other sportswear. Formed in 1924 as Gebrüder Dassler Schuhfabrik by Adolf and Rudolf Dassler, relationships between the two brothers deteriorated until the two... |
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| 1991–1994 | Hummel Hummel International hummel International is a Denmark-based sportswear company. The firm was started in 1923 by the Messmer family in the town of Hamburg, Germany. It currently manufactures apparel for football, handball, basketball, rugby league, Australian football, shinty and volleyball... |
Classic Philip Morris International Philip Morris International is an international tobacco company, with products sold in over 160 countries. In 2007, it held a 15.6% share of the international cigarette market outside of the USA and reported revenues net of excise taxes of $22.8 billion and operating income of $8.9 billion.Until... |
| 1994–1996 | Diadora Diadora Diadora is an Italian football, tennis, running, cycling, rugby, athletic shoe, clothing, and fashion accessory manufacturer with locations in Italy, the United States, and Hong Kong.-History:... |
Beobanka |
| 1996–1998 | Kappa Kappa (company) Kappa is an Italian company specialized at the manufacture of sporting clothes and accessories, that started as a sock and underwear manufacturer in 1916 in Turin.-Logo:... |
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| 1998–2001 | Pils Light | |
| 2001–2002 | Adidas Adidas Adidas AG is a German sports apparel manufacturer and parent company of the Adidas Group, which consists of the Reebok sportswear company, TaylorMade-Adidas golf company , and Rockport... |
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| 2002–2005 | Wiener Städtische Sharp Sharp Corporation is a Japanese multinational corporation that designs and manufactures electronic products. Headquartered in Abeno-ku, Osaka, Japan, Sharp employs more than 55,580 people worldwide as of June 2011. The company was founded in September 1912 and takes its name from one of its founder's first... |
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| 2005–2006 | Toyota Toyota Motor Corporation , , , commonly known simply as Toyota and abbreviated as TMC, is a multinational automaker headquartered in Toyota, Aichi, Japan. In 2010, Toyota Motor Corporation employed 317,734 people worldwide, and was the world's largest automobile manufacturer by production.The company was founded by... |
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| 2006–2008 | Nike Nike, Inc. Nike, Inc. is a major publicly traded sportswear and equipment supplier based in the United States. The company is headquartered near Beaverton, Oregon, which is part of the Portland metropolitan area... |
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| 2010 | 2344 – Za moju Zvezdu | |
| 2010– | Gazprom Gazprom Open Joint Stock Company Gazprom is the largest extractor of natural gas in the world and the largest Russian company. Its headquarters are in Cheryomushki District, South-Western Administrative Okrug, Moscow... |
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