Red Star Belgrade

Red Star Belgrade
Full nameФудбалски клуб Црвена звезда
Fudbalski klub Crvena zvezda
(Red Star Football Club)
Nickname(s)Звезда / Zvezda (The Star)
Црвено-бели / Crveno-beli (The Red-Whites)
Short nameCZV, ZVE
Founded4 March 1945; 79 years ago (4 March 1945)
GroundRajko Mitić Stadium
Capacity53,000[1]
PresidentSvetozar Mijailović
Head coachVladan Milojević
LeagueSerbian SuperLiga
2023–24Serbian SuperLiga, 1st of 16 (champions)
Websitewww.crvenazvezdafk.com
Current season

Fudbalski klub Crvena zvezda (Serbian Cyrillic: Фудбалски клуб Црвена звезда, lit.'Red Star Football Club'), commonly referred to as Crvena zvezda (pronounced [tsř̩ʋenaː zʋěːzda]) and colloquially referred to as Red Star Belgrade in anglophone media, is a Serbian professional football club based in Belgrade, and a major part of the Red Star multi-sport society.

They are the most successful club from the Balkans and Southeast Europe, being the only club to have won both the European Cup and Intercontinental Cup, having done so in 1991, and only the second team from Eastern Europe to win the European Cup. With 35 national championships, 28 national cups, 2 national supercups, 2 national champions leagues and one league cup between Serbian and Yugoslav competitions, Red Star was the most successful club in Yugoslavia and finished first in the Yugoslav First League all-time table, and is the most successful club in Serbia.

According to 2008 polls, Red Star Belgrade is the most popular football club in Serbia, with 48% of the population supporting them.[2] They have many supporters in other former Yugoslav republics and among the Serbian diaspora. Their main rivals are fellow Belgrade side Partizan. The championship matches between these two clubs are known as the Eternal derby.

According to the International Federation of Football History & Statistics' list of the Top 200 European clubs of the 20th century, Red Star is the highest-ranked Serbian and Balkan club, sharing the 27th position.

  1. ^ "The home of Crvena zvezda". crvenazvezdafk.com. Archived from the original on 25 July 2016. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  2. ^ "Svaki drugi Srbin navija za Zvezdu". b92.net. 27 February 2008. Archived from the original on 28 July 2017. Retrieved 18 March 2008.