2025–26 Red Star Belgrade season

Red Star Belgrade
2025–26 season
ChairmanZvezdan Terzić
ManagerVladan Milojević
StadiumRajko Mitić Stadium
Serbian SuperLiga1st
Serbian CupFirst round
UEFA Champions LeaguePlay-off round
UEFA Europa LeagueLeague stage
Top goalscorerLeague: Aleksandar Katai (11)
All: Aleksandar Katai (12)
Biggest winRed Star 7–1 OFK Beograd
Red Star 7–1 Železničar Pančevo
All statistics correct as of 24 September 2025.

The 2025–26 Red Star Belgrade season is the club's 20th in the Serbian SuperLiga and 80th consecutive season in topflight of Yugoslav and Serbian football. The club is participating in the Serbian SuperLiga, Serbian Cup and UEFA Europa League, having been eliminated from the UEFA Champions League in the play-off round.

Season summary

On 26 August 2025, Red Star were eliminated by debutants Pafos in the play-off round of the UEFA Champions League and thereby dropped down into the league stage of the UEFA Europa League.[1] It is the first time since the 2022–23 season that Red Star failed to make the group stage of the Champions League.

Transfers

In

Date Pos. Player From Fee Ref.
22 June 2025 DF Nair Tiknizyan Lokomotiv Moscow Undisclosed [2]
25 June 2025 GK Matheus Braga €1,500,000 [3][4]
1 July 2025 DF Rodrigão Unattached Free transfer [5]
1 July 2025 DF Miloš Veljković Unattached Free transfer [6]
21 July 2025 FW Marko Arnautović Unattached Free transfer [7]
28 July 2025 DF Nikola Stanković Čukarički Undisclosed [8]
2 August 2025 MF Mahmudu Bajo Dunajská Streda Undisclosed [9]
2 August 2025 MF Shavy Babicka Toulouse Undisclosed [10]
15 August 2025 DF Franklin Tebo Uchenna Sarpsborg 08 Undisclosed [11]
2 September 2025 MF Tomás Händel Vitória de Guimarães €3,100,000 [12]

Out

Date Pos. Player To Fee Ref.
1 July 2025 MF Guélor Kanga Esenler Erokspor End of contract
5 July 2025 FW Ognjen Teofilović OFK Beograd Undisclosed
8 July 2025 FW Lazar Jovanović VfB Stuttgart Undisclosed [13]
9 July 2025 DF Andrej Đurić Malmö FF Undisclosed [14]
13 July 2025 DF Mamadou Fall OFK Beograd Free transfer
16 July 2025 MF Andrija Maksimović RB Leipzig Undisclosed [15]
18 July 2025 MF Luka Ilić Real Oviedo Undisclosed [16]
27 July 2025 DF Milan Rodić FC Zürich Undisclosed [17]
7 August 2025 DF Ebenezer Annan Saint-Étienne Undisclosed [18]
8 August 2025 DF Strahinja Stojković Saint-Étienne Undisclosed [19]
1 September 2025 DF Veljko Milosavljević AFC Bournemouth £13,000,000 [20]

Competitions

Overall record

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Serbian SuperLiga 19 July 2025 May 2026 Matchday 1 20 14 3 3 58 18 +40 070.00
Serbian Cup TBD First round 1 1 0 0 2 0 +2 100.00
UEFA Champions League 22 July 2025 26 August 2025 Second qualifying round Play-off round 6 3 2 1 12 6 +6 050.00
UEFA Europa League 24 September 2025 League stage 6 3 1 2 5 5 +0 050.00
Total 33 21 6 6 77 29 +48 063.64

Last updated: 20 October 2025
Source: FBREF

Serbian Superliga

Main article: 2025–26 Serbian SuperLiga

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Partizan 20 15 1 4 50 24 +26 46 Qualification for the Championship round
2 Red Star Belgrade 20 14 3 3 58 18 +40 45
3 Vojvodina 20 12 4 4 34 19 +15 40
4 Novi Pazar 20 9 5 6 24 23 +1 32
5 Železničar 20 9 4 7 25 23 +2 31
Updated to match(es) played on 22 December 2025. Source: Superliga[21]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored (if two teams tied); 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Fair play ranking; 9) Draw.

Results summary

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
10 10 0 0 41 7  +34 30 6 0 0 27 4  +23 4 0 0 14 3  +11

Results by round

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
GroundHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
ResultWWLWWPWWWWWWDD
Position11111222111111
Updated to match(es) played on 18 October 2025. Source: Srbija Sport
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed

Matches

17 July 2025 1 Red Star Belgrade 4–0 Javor Ivanjica Belgrade
20:00
  • Ivanić 6', 57'
  • Krunić 40'
  • Bruno Duarte 77' (pen.)
 Report Stadium: Red Star Stadium
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Predrag Janjuš
26 July 2025 2 Red Star Belgrade 7–1 OFK Beograd Belgrade
20:00
Report
Stadium: Red Star Stadium
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Milan Ilić
30 October 2025 3 Vojvodina 3–2 Red Star Belgrade Novi Sad
18:00
Report
Stadium: Karađorđe Stadium
Attendance: 5,600
Referee: Pavle Ilić
Note: Game was originally scheduled on 2 August 2025, but was postponed to 30 October due to Red Star match in the UEFA Champions League
9 August 2025 4 Red Star Belgrade 1–0 TSC Belgrade
20:00
Report Stadium: Red Star Stadium
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Danilo Nikolić
15 August 2025 5 Mladost Lučani 1–4 Red Star Belgrade Lučani
20:00
  • Bondžulić 67'
 Report
Stadium: SRC MR Radoš Milovanović
31 August 2025 7 Novi Pazar 1–5 Red Star Belgrade Novi Pazar
19:30
  • King 62'
 Report
Stadium: Novi Pazar City Stadium
Referee: Miloš Milanović
14 September 2025 8 Red Star Belgrade 7–1 Železničar Pančevo Belgrade
17:00
Report
Stadium: Red Star Stadium
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Danilo Nikolić
20 September 2025 9 Partizan 1–2 Red Star Belgrade Belgrade
19:00 Milošević 74'
Roganović  90'
A. Kostić  90+6'		 Report Elšnik 28'
Tiknizyan  47'
Radonjić 60'		 Stadium: Partizan Stadium
Attendance: 22,000
Referee: Nenad Minaković
28 September 2025 10 Red Star Belgrade 2–1 Radnički 1923 Belgrade
19:00
Report
Stadium: Red Star Stadium
Attendance: 6120
Referee: Stefan Jeknić
5 October 2025 11 Napredak Kruševac 0–3 Red Star Belgrade Kruševac
19:00
  • Laban  32'
  • Drobnjak  56'
  • Mihajlović  62'
 Report
Stadium: Mladost Stadium
Attendance: 3600
Referee: Novak Simović
19 October 2025 12 Red Star Belgrade 6–1 IMT Belgrade
19:30
Report
Stadium: Red Star Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Marko Ivković
26 October 2025 13 Radnički Niš 0–0 Red Star Belgrade Niš
17:00
Report
Stadium: Čair Stadium
Attendance: 3000
Referee: Miloš Milanović
2 November 2025 14 Red Star Belgrade 1–1 Radnik Surdulica Belgrade
17:00
Report
Stadium: Red Star Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Ivan Stamenković
8 November 2025 15 Spartak Subotica v Red Star Belgrade Subotica
Stadium: Subotica City Stadium

Serbian Cup

Main article: 2025–26 Serbian Cup

UEFA Champions League

Main article: 2025–26 UEFA Champions League

Second qualifying round

Main article: 2025–26 UEFA Champions League qualifying
22 July 2025 (2025-07-22) First leg Lincoln Red Imps 0–1 Red Star Belgrade Europa Sports Park, Gibraltar[note 1]
18:00 Report[24]
Attendance: 622[23]
Referee: Damian Kos (Poland)
29 July 2025 (2025-07-29) Second leg Red Star Belgrade 5–1
(6–1 agg.)		 Lincoln Red Imps Red Star Stadium, Belgrade
21:00
Report[26]
Attendance: 31,241[25]
Referee: António Nobre (Portugal)

Third qualifying round

6 August 2025 (2025-08-06) First leg Lech Poznań 1–3 Red Star Belgrade Poznań Stadium, Poznań
20:30
Report[28]
Attendance: 39,743[27]
Referee: Tobias Stieler (Germany)
12 August 2025 (2025-08-12) Second leg Red Star Belgrade 1–1
(4–2 agg.)		 Lech Poznań Red Star Stadium, Belgrade
21:00
Report[30]
Attendance: 45,371[29]
Referee: François Letexier (France)

Play-off round

19 August 2025 (2025-08-19) First leg Red Star Belgrade 1–2 Pafos Red Star Stadium, Belgrade
21:00
Report[32]
Attendance: 43,411[31]
Referee: Alejandro Hernández Hernández (Spain)
26 August 2025 (2025-08-26) Second leg Pafos 1–1
(3–2 agg.)		 Red Star Belgrade Alphamega Stadium, Limassol[note 2]
21:00 (22:00 UTC+3)
Report[34]
Attendance: 8,422[33]
Referee: Michael Oliver (England)

UEFA Europa League

Main article: 2025–26 UEFA Europa League

League phase

The draw for the league stage was held on 29 August 2025.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
15 Panathinaikos 6 3 1 2 9 7 +2 10 Advance to knockout phase play-offs (seeded)
16 Genk 6 3 1 2 7 6 +1 10
17 Red Star Belgrade 6 3 1 2 5 5 0 10 Advance to knockout phase play-offs (unseeded)
18 PAOK 6 2 3 1 13 10 +3 9
19 Celta Vigo 6 3 0 3 12 9 +3 9
Updated to match(es) played on 11 December 2025. Source: UEFA[35]
Rules for classification: League phase tiebreakers
Round12345678
GroundHAAHHAAH
ResultDLLWW
Position1926302622
Points11147
Source: UEFA
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

24 September 2025 (2025-09-24) 1 Red Star Belgrade 1–1 Celtic Red Star Stadium, Belgrade
21:00 (20:00 UTC+1)
Report[37]
Attendance: 35,721[36]
Referee: Radu Petrescu (Romania)
2 October 2025 (2025-10-02) 2 Porto 2–1 Red Star Belgrade Estádio do Dragão, Porto
21:00 (20:00 UTC+1)
Report[38]
Attendance: 42,812
Referee: Harm Osmers (Germany)
23 October 2025 (2025-10-23) 3 Braga 2–0 Red Star Belgrade Estádio Municipal, Braga
18:45 (17:45 UTC+1)
Report[40] Attendance: 10,056[39]
Referee: Espen Eskås (Norway)
6 November 2025 (2025-11-06) 4 Red Star Belgrade 1–0 Lille Red Star Stadium, Belgrade
18:45 (17:45 UTC+1)
Report[42] Attendance: 32,711[41]
Referee: John Brooks
27 November 2025 (2025-11-27) 5 Red Star Belgrade 1–0 FCSB Red Star Stadium, Belgrade
21:00 (20:00 UTC+1)
Report[44] Attendance: 26,054[43]
Referee: Jérôme Brisard
11 December 2025 (2025-12-11) 6 Sturm Graz 0–1 Red Star Belgrade Liebenauer Stadium, Graz
18:45 (17:45 UTC+1) Report[46]
Attendance: 16,077[45]
Referee: Damian Sylwestrzak
22 January 2026 (2026-01-22) 7 Malmö FF v Red Star Belgrade Stadion, Malmö
18:45 Report[47]
29 January 2026 (2026-01-29) 8 Red Star Belgrade v Celta Vigo Red Star Stadium, Belgrade
21:00 Report[48]

Statistics

Goal scorers

As of match played 24 September 2025
Rank No. Pos. Player Serbian SuperLiga Serbian Cup Champions League Europa League Total
1 10 MF Aleksandar Katai 11 0 1 0 12
2 4 MF Mirko Ivanić 5 0 2 0 7
3 17 FW Bruno Duarte 2 0 4 0 6
4 33 MF Rade Krunić 2 0 2 0 4
5 9 FW Cherif Ndiaye 1 0 2 0 3
6 7 MF Felício Milson 1 0 1 0 2
37 MF Vladimir Lučić 2 0 0 0 2
49 MF Nemanja Radonjić 2 0 0 0 2
89 FW Marko Arnautović 1 0 0 1 2
10 20 MF Tomás Händel 1 0 0 0 1
22 MF Vasilije Kostov 1 0 0 0 1
21 MF Timi Max Elšnik 1 0 0 0 1
Totals 30 0 12 1 43

Clean sheets

As of match played 14 September 2025
Rank No. Pos. Player Serbian SuperLiga Serbian Cup Champions League Europa League Total
1 1 GK Matheus 1 0 1 0 2
2 18 GK Omri Glazer 1 0 0 0 1
Totals 2 0 1 0 3

Notes

  1. ^ Teams from Gibraltar play their home matches at Europa Sports Park, instead of the Victoria Stadium, due to renovation works.[22]
  2. ^ Pafos played their home matches at the Alphamega Stadium in Limassol, instead of their regular stadium, the Stelios Kyriakides Stadium, in Paphos, which did not meet UEFA requirements.

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