Red Star Belgrade in international football

Red Star Belgrade in international football
Club	Red Star Belgrade
Seasons played	62
First entry	1956–57 European Cup
Latest entry	2024–25 UEFA Champions League
Titles
Champions League	1 (1991)
Intercontinental Cup	1 (1991)

List of Red Star Belgrade's official international matches from 1956–57 season until today.^[1]

A brief history

Red Star's European story began in 1956–57 season with match in Kerkrade, Netherlands. The first rival in the first round of the 1956–57 European Cup were Dutch champions Rapid JC (the club later changed its name to Roda JC), with Bora Kostić scoring Red Star's first ever European goal. Since the first European Cup semi-final, when Red Star was eliminated by Fiorentina, Red Star participated 14 times in a European competition quarter-final (not counting the Mitropa Cup), and was a semi-finalist in each of the three UEFA competitions for a total of six appearances. Throughout this time, Red Star steadily kept its place among the top 15 European clubs on UEFA's ranking list, situated just behind Real Madrid and Barcelona for the number of season participations in European Cups.^[2] In 1991, Red Star finally won the 1991 European Cup, in a game against Marseille.

From 1992 to 1995, the clubs from FR Yugoslavia were forbidden to take part in the European competitions, due to the sanctions against Yugoslavia. For two decades after 1995, Red Star has only made two group stage appearances of the second-tier competition UEFA Cup, in 2005–06 and 2007–08.

In 2017–18 UEFA Europa League, Red Star made another group stage appearance and even advanced to the "Round of 32" where it lost to CSKA Moscow. After 26 years of absence from the top-tier European competition, Red Star made group stage appearance of the 2018–19 UEFA Champions League.^[3] For the second consecutive season, Red Star qualified for the 2019–20 UEFA Champions League group stage.^[4]

Club all-time European record

Red Star Belgrade	Seasons	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	W %
Representing Serbia	18	140	48	38	54	188	201	34.28
Representing Serbia and Montenegro	11	66	26	20	20	109	80	39.39
Representing Yugoslavia	33	179	89	30	60	347	235	49.72
Total	62	385	163	88	134	644	516	42.33

Competition	Pld	W	D	L
European Cup / UEFA Champions League	163	71	34	58
UEFA Cup / UEFA Europa League	165	70	42	53
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	34	12	10	12
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	21	9	2	10
UEFA Super Cup	1	0	0	1
Intercontinental Cup	1	1	0	0
Total	385	163	88	134

As of 12 November 2024

UEFA Ranking

The following data indicates Red Star coefficient rankings.^[5]

As of 8 May 2024^[6]

Rank	Team	Points
47	Olympiacos	43.000
48	Rennes	43.000
49	Fiorentina	40.000
50	Red Star Belgrade	40.000
51	PAOK	37.000
52	LASK	37.000
53	Fenerbahçe	36.000

Best results in international competitions

Season	Achievement	Notes
European Cup / UEFA Champions League
1990–91	Winners	defeated Marseille 0–0 in Bari, 5–3 pen.
1956–57	Semi-finals	lost to Fiorentina 0–1 in Belgrade, 0–0 in Firenze
1970–71	Semi-finals	lost to Panathinaikos 4–1 in Belgrade, 0–3 in Athens
1991–92	Semi-finals	finished second in a group with Sampdoria, Anderlecht and Panathinaikos
1957–58	Quarter-finals	lost to Manchester United 1–2 in Manchester, 3–3 in Belgrade
1973–74	Quarter-finals	lost to Atlético Madrid 0–2 in Belgrade, 0–0 in Madrid
1980–81	Quarter-finals	lost to Internazionale 1–1 in Milan, 0–1 in Belgrade
1981–82	Quarter-finals	lost to Anderlecht 1–2 in Brussels, 1–2 in Belgrade
1986–87	Quarter-finals	lost to Real Madrid 4–2 in Belgrade, 0–2 in Madrid
UEFA Cup / UEFA Europa League
1978–79	Runners-up	lost to Borussia Mönchengladbach 1–1 in Belgrade, 0–1 in Düsseldorf
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
1974–75	Semi-finals	lost to Ferencváros 1–2 in Budapest, 2–2 in Belgrade
1971–72	Quarter-finals	lost to Dynamo Moscow 1–2 in Belgrade, 1–1 in Moscow
1985–86	Quarter-finals	lost to Atlético Madrid 0–2 in Belgrade, 1–1 in Madrid
UEFA Super Cup
1991	Runners-up	lost to Manchester United 0–1 in Manchester
Intercontinental Cup
1991	Winners	defeated Colo-Colo 3–0 in Tokyo
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
1961–62	Semi-finals	lost to Barcelona 0–2 in Belgrade, 1–4 in Barcelona
1962–63	Quarter-finals	lost to Roma 0–3 in Rome, 2–0 in Belgrade
Mitropa Cup
1958	Winners	defeated Rudá Hvězda Brno 4–1 in Belgrade, 3–2 in Brno
1967–68	Winners	defeated Spartak Trnava 0–1 in Trnava, 4–1 in Belgrade
1957	Semi-finals	lost to Vasas 1–3 in Budapest, 2–3 in Belgrade

Biggest win in UEFA competition:

Season	Match	Score
European Cup / UEFA Champions League
1957–58	Red Star – Stade Dudelange	9–1
1969–70	Red Star – Linfield	8–0

List of matches

Note: Red Star score always listed first.

1956–70

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1956–57	European Cup	R1	Rapid JC Kerkrade	2–0	4–3	6–3
		Quarter final	CSKA Sofia	3–1	1–2	4–3
		Semi final	Fiorentina	0–1	0–0	0–1
1957–58	European Cup	QR	Stade Dudelange	9–1	5–0	14–1
		R1	Norrköping	2–1	2–2	4–3
		Quarter final	Manchester United	3–3	1–2	4–5
1959–60	European Cup	R1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1–1	0–3	1–4
1960–61	European Cup	R1	Újpest Dózsa	1–2	0–3	1–5
1961–62	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	R1	Basel	4–1	1–1	5–2
		R2	Hibernian	4–0	1–0	5–0
		Quarter final	Espanyol	5–0	1–2	6–2
		Semi final	Barcelona	0–2	1–4	1–6
1962–63	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	R1	Rapid Wien	1–0	1–1	2–1
		R2	Barcelona	3–2	0–1	3–3 (1–0 play-off)
		Quarter final	Roma	2–0	0–3	2–3
1964–65	European Cup	R1	Rangers	4–2	1–3	5–5 (1–3 play-off)
1965–66	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	R1	Fiorentina	0–4	1–3	1–7
1966–67	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	R1	Athletic Bilbao	5–0	0–2	5–2
1966–67	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	R2	Valencia	1–2	0–1	1–3
1968–69	European Cup	R2	Celtic	1–1	1–5	2–6
1969–70	European Cup	R1	Linfield	8–0	4–2	12–2
1969–70	European Cup	R2	Vorwärts Berlin	3–2	1–2	4–4 (a)

1970–80

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1970–71	European Cup	R1	Újpest Dózsa	4–0	0–2	4–2
		R2	UTA Arad	3–0	3–1	6–1
		Quarter final	Carl Zeiss Jena	4–0	2–3	6–3
		Semi final	Panathinaikos	4–1	0–3	4–4 (a)
1971–72	Cup Winners' Cup	R1	Komló Bányász	1–2	7–2	8–4
		R2	Sparta Rotterdam	2–1	1–1	3–2
		Quarter final	Dynamo Moscow	1–2	1–1	2–3
1972–73	UEFA Cup	R1	Lausanne-Sport	5–1	2–3	7–4
		R2	Valencia	3–1	1–0	4–1
		R3	Tottenham Hotspur	1–0	0–2	1–2
1973–74	European Cup	R1	Stal Mielec	2–1	1–0	3–1
		R2	Liverpool	2–1	2–1	4–2
		Quarter final	Atlético Madrid	0–2	0–0	0–2
1974–75	Cup Winners' Cup	R1	PAOK Thessaloniki	2–0	0–1	2–1
		R2	Avenir Beggen	5–1	6–1	11–2
		Quarter final	Real Madrid	2–0	0–2	2–2 (6–5 pen.)
		Semi final	Ferencváros	2–2	1–2	3–4
1975–76	UEFA Cup	R1	Universitatea Craiova	1–1	3–1	4–2
1975–76	UEFA Cup	R2	Hamburger SV	1–1	0–4	1–5
1976–77	UEFA Cup	R1	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	4–1	1–2	5–3
		R2	Austria Salzburg	1–0	1–2	2–2 (a)
		R3	AEK Athens	3–1	0–2	3–3 (a)
1977–78	European Cup	R1	Sligo Rovers	3–0	3–0	6–0
1977–78	European Cup	R2	Borussia Mönchengladbach	0–3	1–5	1–8
1978–79	UEFA Cup	R1	Berliner FC Dynamo	4–1	2–5	6–6 (a)
		R2	Sporting de Gijón	1–1	1–0	2–1
		R3	Arsenal	1–0	1–1	2–1
		Quarter final	West Bromwich Albion	1–0	1–1	2–1
		Semi final	Hertha Berlin	1–0	1–2	2–2 (a)
		Final	Borussia Mönchengladbach	1–1	0–1	1–2
1979–80	UEFA Cup	R1	Galatasaray	3–1	0–0	3–1
		R2	Carl Zeiss Jena	3–2	3–2	6–4
		R3	Bayern Munich	3–2	0–2	3–4

1980–90

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1980–81	European Cup	R1	Viking	4–1	3–2	7–3
		R2	Basel	2–0	0–1	2–1
		Quarter final	Internazionale	0–1	1–1	1–2
1981–82	European Cup	R1	Hibernians Paola	8–1	2–1	10–2
		R2	Baník Ostrava	3–0	1–3	4–3
		Quarter final	Anderlecht	1–2	1–2	2–4
1982–83	Cup Winners' Cup	R1	Lillestrøm	3–0	4–0	7–0
1982–83	Cup Winners' Cup	R2	Barcelona	2–4	1–2	3–6
1983–84	UEFA Cup	R1	Hellas Verona	2–3	0–1	2–4
1984–85	European Cup	R1	Benfica	3–2	0–2	3–4
1985–86	Cup Winners' Cup	R1	Aarau	2–0	2–2	4–2
		R2	Lyngby	3–1	2–2	5–3
		Quarter final	Atlético Madrid	0–2	1–1	1–3
1986–87	European Cup	R1	Panathinaikos	3–0	1–2	4–2
		R2	Rosenborg	4–1	3–0	7–1
		Quarter final	Real Madrid	4–2	0–2	4–4 (a)
1987–88	UEFA Cup	R1	Trakia Plovdiv	3–0	2–2	5–2
1987–88	UEFA Cup	R2	Club Brugge	3–1	0–4	3–5
1988–89	European Cup	R1	Dundalk	3–0	5–0	8–0
1988–89	European Cup	R2	Milan	1–1	1–1	2–2 (2–4 Pen.)
1989–90	UEFA Cup	R1	Galatasaray	2–0	1–1	3–1
		R2	Žalgiris	4–1	1–0	5–1
		R3	Köln	2–0	0–3	2–3

1990–2000

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1990–91	European Cup	R1	Grasshopper	1–1	4–1	5–2
		R2	Rangers	3–0	1–1	4–1
		Quarter final	Dynamo Dresden	3–0	3–0	6–0
		Semi final	Bayern Munich	2–2	2–1	4–3
		Final	Olympique de Marseille	0–0 (5–3 pen.)
1991	European Super Cup	Final	Manchester United	—	0–1	—
1991	Intercontinental Cup	Final	Colo-Colo	3–0
1991–92	European Cup	R1	Portadown	4–0	4–0	8–0
		R2	Apollon Limassol	3–1	2–0	5–1
		Group A	Anderlecht	3–2	2–3	2nd out of 4
			Sampdoria	1–3	0–2
			Panathinaikos	1–0	2–0
1995–96	UEFA Cup	QR	Neuchâtel Xamax	0–1	0–0	0–1
1996–97	Cup Winners' Cup	QR	Heart of Midlothian	0–0	1–1	1–1 (a)
		R1	Kaiserslautern	4–0	0–1	4–1
		R2	Barcelona	1–1	1–3	2–4
1997–98	Cup Winners' Cup	QR	HJK Helsinki	3–0	0–1	3–1
1997–98	Cup Winners' Cup	R1	Germinal Ekeren	1–1	2–3	3–4
1998–99	UEFA Cup	QR1	Kolkheti-1913 Poti	7–0	4–0	11–0
		QR2	Rotor Volgograd	2–1	2–1	4–2
		R1	Metz	2–1	1–2	3–3 (4–3 pen.)
		R2	Olympique Lyonnais	1–2	2–3	3–5
1999–2000	UEFA Cup	QR	Neftçi Baku	1–0	3–2	4–2
1999–2000	UEFA Cup	R1	Montpellier	0–1	2–2	2–3

2000–10

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
2000–01	Champions League	QR1	KÍ Klaksvík	2–0	3–0	5–0
		QR2	Torpedo Kutaisi	4–0	0–2	4–2
		QR3	Dynamo Kyiv	1–1	0–0	1–1 (a)
	UEFA Cup	R1	Leicester City	3–1	1–1	4–2
	UEFA Cup	R2	Celta de Vigo	1–0	3–5	4–5
2001–02	Champions League	QR2	Omonia Nicosia	2–1	1–1	3–2
	Champions League	QR3	Bayer Leverkusen	0–0	0–3	0–3
	UEFA Cup	R1	Arsenal Kyiv	0–0	2–3	2–3
2002–03	UEFA Cup	QR	Kairat Almaty	3–0	2–0	5–0
		R1	Chievo Verona	0–0	2–0	2–0
		R2	Lazio	1–1	0–1	1–2
2003–04	UEFA Cup	QR	Nistru Otaci	5–0	3–2	8–2
		R1	Odense	4–3	2–2	6–5
		R2	Rosenborg	0–1	0–0	0–1
2004–05	Champions League	QR2	Young Boys	3–0	2–2	5–2
	Champions League	QR3	PSV Eindhoven	3–2	0–5	3–7
	UEFA Cup	R1	Zenit Saint Petersburg	1–2	0–4	1–6
2005–06	UEFA Cup	QR2	Inter Zaprešić	4–0	3–1	7–1
		R1	Braga	0–0	1–1	1–1 (a)
		Group E	Basel	1–2		4th out of 5
			Tromsø		1–3
			Roma	3–1
			Strasbourg		2–2
2006–07	Champions League	QR2	Cork City	3–0	1–0	4–0
	Champions League	QR3	Milan	1–2	0–1	1–3
	UEFA Cup	R1	Slovan Liberec	1–2	0–2	1–4
2007–08	Champions League	QR2	Levadia Tallinn	1–0	1–2	2–2 (a)
	Champions League	QR3	Rangers	0–0	0–1	0–1
	UEFA Cup	R1	Groclin Grodzisk	1–0	1–0	2–0
		Group F	Bayern Munich	2–3		5th out of 5
			Aris Thessaloniki		0–3
			Bolton Wanderers	0–1
			Braga		0–2
2008–09	UEFA Cup	QR2	APOEL Nicosia	3–3	2–2	5–5 (a)
2009–10	Europa League	QR2	Rudar Velenje	4–0	1–0	5–0
		QR3	Dinamo Tbilisi	5–2	0–2	5–4
		Play off	Slavia Prague	2–1	0–3	2–4

2010–20

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
2010–11	Europa League	QR3	Slovan Bratislava	1–2	1–1	2–3
2011–12	Europa League	QR3	Ventspils	7–0	2–1	9–1
2011–12	Europa League	Play off	Stade Rennais	1–2	0–4	1–6
2012–13	Europa League	QR2	Naftan Novopolotsk	3–3	4–3	7–6
		QR3	Omonia Nicosia	0–0	0–0	0–0 (6–5 pen.)
		Play off	Girondins de Bordeaux	0–0	2–3	2–3
2013–14	Europa League	QR2	ÍB Vestmannaeyja	2–0	0–0	2–0
2013–14	Europa League	QR3	Chornomorets Odesa	0–0	1–3	1–3
2015–16	Europa League	QR1	Kairat Almaty	0–2	1–2	1–4
2016–17	Champions League	QR2	Valletta	2–1	2–1	4–2
	Champions League	QR3	Ludogorets Razgrad	2–4	2–2	4–6
	Europa League	Play off	Sassuolo	1–1	0–3	1–4
2017–18	Europa League	QR1	Floriana	3–0	3–3	6–3
		QR2	Irtysh Pavlodar	2–0	1–1	3–1
		QR3	Sparta Prague	2–0	1–0	3–0
		Play off	Krasnodar	2–1	2–3	4–4 (a)
		Group H	Arsenal	0–1	0–0	2nd out of 4
			BATE Borisov	1–1	0–0
			Köln	1–0	1–0
		Round of 32	CSKA Moscow	0–0	0–1	0–1
2018–19	Champions League	QR1	Spartaks Jūrmala	2–0	0–0	2–0
		QR2	Sūduva Marijampolė	3–0	2–0	5–0
		QR3	Spartak Trnava	1–1	2–1	3–2
		Play off	Red Bull Salzburg	0–0	2–2	2–2 (a)
		Group C	Paris Saint-Germain	1–4	1–6	4th out of 4
			Liverpool	2–0	0–4
			Napoli	0–0	1–3
2019–20	Champions League	QR1	Sūduva Marijampolė	2–1	0–0	2–1
		QR2	HJK Helsinki	2–0	1–2	3–2
		QR3	Copenhagen	1–1	1–1	2–2 (7–6 pen.)
		Play off	Young Boys	1–1	2–2	3–3 (a)
		Group B	Bayern Munich	0–6	0–3	4th out of 4
			Tottenham Hotspur	0–4	0–5
			Olympiacos	3–1	0–1

2020–present

Season	Competition	Round	Country	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
2020–21	Champions League	QR1		Europa	5–0	—	5–0
		QR2		Tirana	—	1–0	1–0
		QR3		Omonia Nicosia	—	1–1	1–1 (2–4 p)
	Europa League	Play off		Ararat-Armenia	—	2–1	2–1
		Group L		Gent	2–1	2–0	2nd out of 4
				Hoffenheim	0–0	0–2
				Slovan Liberec	5–1	0–0
		Round of 32		Milan	2–2	1–1	3–3 (a)
2021–22	Champions League	QR2		Kairat Almaty	5–0	1–2	6–2
	Champions League	QR3		Sheriff Tiraspol	1–1	0–1	1–2
	Europa League	Play off		CFR Cluj	4–0	2–1	6–1
		Group F		Braga	2–1	1–1	1st out of 4
				Ludogorets Razgrad	1–0	1–0
				Midtjylland	0–1	1–1
		Knockout round play-offs	Bye
		Round of 16		Rangers	2–1	0–3	2–4
2022–23	Champions League	QR3		Pyunik	5–0	2–0	7–0
	Champions League	Play off		Maccabi Haifa	2–2	2–3	4–5
	Europa League	Group H		Monaco	0–1	1–4	4th out of 4
				Ferencváros	4–1	1–2
				Trabzonspor	2–1	1–2
2023–24	Champions League	Group G		Manchester City	2–3	1–3	4th out of 4
				RB Leipzig	1–2	1–3
				Young Boys	2–2	0–2
2024–25	Champions League	Play off		Bodø/Glimt	2–0	1–2	3–2
		League phase		Benfica	1–2	—
				Internazionale	—	0–4
				Monaco	—	1–5
				Barcelona	2–5	—
				VfB Stuttgart	5–1	—
				Milan	—
				PSV Eindhoven		—
				Young Boys	—

Overall record by country

As of 27 November 2024

Red Star Belgrade record in international football by country
Opponents	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Albania	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1
Armenia	3	3	0	0	9	1	+8
Austria	6	2	3	1	6	5	+1
Azerbaijan	2	2	0	0	4	2	+2
Belarus	4	1	3	0	8	7	+1
Belgium	10	4	1	5	17	19	−2
Bulgaria	10	5	2	3	20	14	+6
Chile	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3
Croatia	2	2	0	0	7	1	+6
Cyprus	9	3	6	0	14	9	+5
Czech Republic	10	5	1	4	15	12	+3
Denmark	8	2	5	1	14	12	+2
England	23	7	6	10	23	38	−15
Estonia	2	1	0	1	2	2	0
Faroe Islands	2	2	0	0	5	0	+5
Finland	4	2	0	2	6	3	+3
France	17	1	4	12	17	42	−25
Georgia	6	4	0	2	20	6	+14
Germany	38	15	5	18	57	68	−11
Gibraltar	1	1	0	0	5	0	+5
Greece	13	7	0	6	19	15	+4
Hungary	10	3	1	6	21	18	+3
Iceland	2	1	1	0	2	0	+2
Israel	2	0	1	1	4	5	–1
Italy	28	3	10	15	21	44	−23
Kazakhstan	8	4	1	3	15	7	+8
Latvia	4	3	1	0	11	1	+10
Lithuania	6	5	1	0	12	2	+10
Luxembourg	4	4	0	0	25	3	+22
Malta	6	5	1	0	20	7	+13
Moldova	4	2	1	1	9	4	+5
Netherlands	6	4	1	1	12	12	0
Northern Ireland	4	4	0	0	20	2	+18
Norway	11	7	1	3	25	10	+15
Poland	4	4	0	0	5	1	+4
Portugal	8	2	3	3	8	11	−3
Republic of Ireland	6	6	0	0	18	0	+18
Romania	6	5	1	0	16	4	+12
Russia	10	3	2	5	11	16	−5
Scotland	15	5	5	5	20	21	−1
Slovakia	4	1	2	1	5	5	0
Slovenia	2	2	0	0	5	0	+5
Spain	30	10	4	16	41	49	−8
Sweden	2	1	1	0	4	3	+1
Switzerland	19	6	8	5	34	23	+11
Turkey	6	3	2	1	9	5	+4
Ukraine	6	0	4	2	4	7	−3

Top scorers in international competitions

Rank	Player	Goals	Years
1	Zoran Filipović	28	1970–1980
2	Bora Kostić	20	1951–1961, 1962–1966
2	Dušan Savić	20	1973–1982
4	Nikola Žigić	17	2003–2006
5	Aleksandar Katai	16	2014–2016, 2020–

Source

International individual awards

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^ "UEFA European Cup Coefficients Database". Bert Kassies. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
^ "Club coefficients". UEFA.com. 2018-07-01. Retrieved 2024-05-08.

External links

UEFA European Cup Football Result and Qualification by Bert Kassies

[uefahistory-1] "FK Crvena zvezda History". UEFA.com. Retrieved 27 August 2019.

[2] rvenazvezdafk.com - Autumn

[2018ucl-qualify-3] Stojanovic, Dusan (13 September 2018). "Red Star Belgrade prepare for their first Champions League in 26 years". chicagotribune.com. Associated Press. Retrieved 27 August 2019.

[2019ucl-4] Veselinović, S. (27 August 2019). "Kredit iz Švajcarske odveo Zvezdu u Ligu šampiona!". b92.net (in Serbian). Retrieved 27 August 2019.

[Kassies-5] "UEFA European Cup Coefficients Database". Bert Kassies. Retrieved 20 August 2020.

[r074-6] "Club coefficients". UEFA.com. 2018-07-01. Retrieved 2024-05-08.

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