List of Red Star Belgrade seasons explained

A season-by-season record of Red Star Belgrade's league performances:

Season	League									Cup	Europe	Top goalscorer(s)		Notes
	Division	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Pos			Player(s)	Goals
1946–47	Yugoslav First League	26	18	2	6	66	23	38	3rd	QF		Kosta Tomašević	16
1947–48	Yugoslav First League	18	5	6	7	24	25	16	5th	bgcolor=gold	Winners		Predrag Đajić Kosta Tomašević	6
1948–49	Yugoslav First League	18	11	4	3	37	19	26	bgcolor=silver	2nd	bgcolor=gold	Winners		Kosta Tomašević	20
1950	Yugoslav First League	18	12	2	4	44	18	26	bgcolor=silver	2nd	bgcolor=gold	Winners		Kosta Tomašević	19
1951	Yugoslav First League	22	17	1	4	50	21	35	bgcolor=gold	1st	SF		Kosta Tomašević	19
1952	Yugoslav First League Preliminary stage	10	7	0	3	20	16	14	1st	Runners-up		Branislav Vukosavljević	14
	Yugoslav First League Final Round	6	3	2	1	11	6	8	bgcolor=silver	2nd
1952–53	Yugoslav First League	22	13	5	4	47	27	31	bgcolor=gold	1st	SF		Todor Živanović	22
1953–54	Yugoslav First League	26	17	4	5	51	22	38	3rd	bgcolor=silver	Runners-up		Kosta Tomašević	12
1954–55	Yugoslav First League	26	14	5	7	57	36	33	4th	SF		Ivan Toplak	19
1955–56	Yugoslav First League	26	16	8	2	62	29	40	bgcolor=gold	1st			Ivan Toplak	22
1956–57	Yugoslav First League	26	17	5	4	66	23	39	bgcolor=gold	1st	QF	European Cup – SF	Bora Kostić	33
1957–58	Yugoslav First League	26	10	8	8	45	38	28	4th	bgcolor=gold	Winners	European Cup – QF	Bora Kostić	29
1958–59	Yugoslav First League	22	14	3	5	50	19	31	bgcolor=gold	1st	bgcolor=gold	Winners		Bora Kostić	36
1959–60	Yugoslav First League	22	15	3	4	47	25	33	bgcolor=gold	1st	R1	European Cup – R1	Bora Kostić	21
1960–61	Yugoslav First League	22	13	5	4	38	21	31	bgcolor=silver	2nd	R2	European Cup – R1	Antun Rudinski	13
1961–62	Yugoslav First League	22	9	6	7	35	25	24	4th	SF	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup – SF	Dušan Maravić	16
1962–63	Yugoslav First League	26	7	11	8	21	26	25	7th	QF	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup – QF	Bora Kostić	14
1963–64	Yugoslav First League	26	14	8	4	45	22	36	bgcolor=gold	1st	bgcolor=gold	Winners		Zoran Prljinčević	19
1964–65	Yugoslav First League	28	13	9	6	50	38	35	3rd	SF	European Cup – R1	Zoran Prljinčević	18
1965–66	Yugoslav First League	30	12	7	11	54	54	31	5th	R1	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup – R1	Bora Kostić	15
1966–67	Yugoslav First League	30	12	8	10	53	46	32	5th	QF	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup – R2	Dragan Džajić	17
1967–68	Yugoslav First League	30	16	11	3	64	30	43	bgcolor=gold	1st	bgcolor=gold	Winners		Vojin Lazarević	26
1968–69	Yugoslav First League	34	18	12	4	75	30	48	bgcolor=gold	1st	SF	European Cup – R2	Vojin Lazarević	26
1969–70	Yugoslav First League	34	20	6	8	67	37	46	bgcolor=gold	1st	bgcolor=gold	Winners	European Cup – R2	Dragan Džajić	18
1970–71	Yugoslav First League	34	14	8	12	62	46	36	6th	bgcolor=gold	Winners	European Cup – SF	Zoran Filipović	31
1971–72	Yugoslav First League	34	19	11	4	57	21	49	bgcolor=silver	2nd	QF	Cup Winners' Cup – QF	Jovan Aćimović	12
1972–73	Yugoslav First League	34	21	10	3	71	28	52	bgcolor=gold	1st	bgcolor=silver	Runners-up	UEFA Cup – R3	Vojin Lazarević	29
1973–74	Yugoslav First League	34	19	5	10	72	46	43	3rd	R1	European Cup – QF	Stanislav Karasi	17
1974–75	Yugoslav First League	34	16	8	10	61	44	40	3rd		Cup Winners' Cup – SF	Dušan Savić	18
1975–76	Yugoslav First League	34	16	8	10	53	31	40	4th	R2	UEFA Cup – R2	Zoran Filipović	17
1976–77	Yugoslav First League	34	20	10	4	67	37	50	bgcolor=gold	1st	R1	UEFA Cup – R3	Zoran Filipović	27
1977–78	Yugoslav First League	34	21	7	6	58	26	49	bgcolor=silver	2nd	R2	European Cup – R2	Zoran Filipović	21
1978–79	Yugoslav First League	34	16	9	9	51	33	41	3rd	SF	bgcolor=silver	UEFA Cup – Runners-up	Dušan Savić	33
1979–80	Yugoslav First League	34	19	10	5	54	26	48	bgcolor=gold	1st	bgcolor=silver	Runners-up	UEFA Cup – R3	Dušan Savić	18
1980–81	Yugoslav First League	34	15	14	5	62	31	44	bgcolor=gold	1st	R2	European Cup – QF	Zdravko Borovnica	15
1981–82	Yugoslav First League	34	17	10	7	68	40	44	bgcolor=silver	2nd	bgcolor=gold	Winners	European Cup – QF	Dušan Savić	25
1982–83	Yugoslav First League	34	13	11	10	55	50	37	5th	R2	Cup Winners' Cup – R2	Dušan Savić	16
1983–84	Yugoslav First League	34	17	10	7	52	26	44	bgcolor=gold	1st	bgcolor=silver	Runners-up	UEFA Cup – R1	Milko Đurovski	17
1984–85	Yugoslav First League	34	15	6	12	63	38	38	4th	bgcolor=gold	Winners	European Cup – R1	Sulejman Halilović	24
1985–86	Yugoslav First League	34	21	7	6	73	38	49	bgcolor=silver	2nd	SF	Cup Winners' Cup – QF	Husref Musemić	17
1986–87	Yugoslav First League	34	16	9	9	57	37	41	3rd	SF	European Cup – QF	Borislav Cvetković	21
1987–88	Yugoslav First League	34	17	11	6	66	39	45	bgcolor=gold	1st	bgcolor=silver	Runners-up	UEFA Cup – R2	Dragan Stojković	21
1988–89	Yugoslav First League	34	18	7 (2)	9	55	30	38	bgcolor=silver	2nd	QF	European Cup – R2	Dragan Stojković	15
1989–90	Yugoslav First League	34	24	5 (3)	5	79	29	51	bgcolor=gold	1st	bgcolor=gold	Winners	UEFA Cup – R3	Darko Pančev	35
1990–91	Yugoslav First League	36	25	6 (4)	5	88	35	54	bgcolor=gold	1st	bgcolor=silver	Runners-up	bgcolor=gold	European Cup – Winners	Darko Pančev	45
1991–92	Yugoslav First League	33	23	5 (4)	5	77	24	50	bgcolor=gold rowspan=3	1st	bgcolor=silver rowspan=3	Runners-up	European Cup – Group	Darko Pančev	36
									bgcolor=silver	UEFA Super Cup – Runners-up
									bgcolor=gold	Intercontinental Cup – Winners
1992–93	First League of FR Yugoslavia	36	19	13	4	70	25	51	bgcolor=silver	2nd	bgcolor=gold	Winners		Anto Drobnjak	24
1993–94	First League of FR Yugoslavia	18	10	5	5	38	16	25	bgcolor=silver rowspan=2	2nd	SF		Ilija Ivić	20
		18	12	2	4	40	18	37
1994–95	First League of FR Yugoslavia	18	10	5	3	36	12	25	bgcolor=gold rowspan=2	1st	Winners		Darko Kovačević Nebojša Krupniković	28
		18	14	3	1	63	17	42
1995–96	First League of FR Yugoslavia	18	14	1	3	49	16	43	bgcolor=silver rowspan=2	2nd	Winners	UEFA Cup – QR	Nebojša Krupniković	26
		18	9	5	4	27	16	48
1996–97	First League of FR Yugoslavia	33	25	3	5	79	30	78	bgcolor=silver	2nd	bgcolor=gold	Winners	Cup Winners' Cup – R2	Zoran Jovičić	27
1997–98	First League of FR Yugoslavia	33	27	3	3	86	22	84	bgcolor=silver	2nd	SF	Cup Winners' Cup – R1	Dejan Stanković	21
1998–99	First League of FR Yugoslavia	24	15	6	3	54	18	51	3rd	bgcolor=gold	Winners	UEFA Cup – R2	Goran Drulić Jovan Gojković	14
1999–2000	First League of FR Yugoslavia	40	33	6	1	85	19	105	bgcolor=gold	1st	bgcolor=gold	Winners	UEFA Cup – R1	Mihajlo Pjanović	25
2000–01	First League of FR Yugoslavia	34	28	4	2	93	20	88	bgcolor=gold rowspan=2	1st	bgcolor=silver rowspan=2	Runners-up	Champions League – QR3	Goran Drulić	27
									UEFA Cup – R2
2001–02	First League of FR Yugoslavia	34	18	12	4	54	28	66	bgcolor=silver rowspan=2	2nd	bgcolor=gold rowspan=2	Winners	Champions League – QR3	Mihajlo Pjanović	16
									UEFA Cup – R1
2002–03	First League of Serbia and Montenegro	34	21	7	6	68	26	70	bgcolor=silver	2nd	bgcolor=silver	Runners-up	UEFA Cup – R2	Mihajlo Pjanović	22
2003–04	First League of Serbia and Montenegro	30	23	5	2	59	13	74	bgcolor=gold	1st	bgcolor=gold	Winners	UEFA Cup – R2	Nikola Žigić	27
2004–05	First League of Serbia and Montenegro	30	23	5	2	66	18	74	bgcolor=silver rowspan=2	2nd	bgcolor=silver rowspan=2	Runners-up	Champions League – QR3	Marko Pantelić	24
									UEFA Cup – R1
2005–06	Serbia and Montenegro SuperLiga	30	25	3	2	73	23	78	bgcolor=gold	1st	bgcolor=gold	Winners	UEFA Cup – Group	Nikola Žigić	20
2006–07	Serbian SuperLiga	32	23	5	4	55	27	74	1st	bgcolor=gold rowspan=2	Winners	Champions League – QR3	Dušan Đokić	16
									UEFA Cup – R1
2007–08	Serbian SuperLiga	33	21	12	0	65	22	75	2nd	SF	Champions League – QR3	Nenad Jestrović	16
									UEFA Cup – Group
2008–09	Serbian SuperLiga	33	17	8	8	59	32	59	3rd	SF	UEFA Cup – QR2	Nenad Milijaš	23
2009–10	Serbian SuperLiga	30	23	2	5	53	17	71	bgcolor=silver	2nd	bgcolor=gold	Winners	Europa League – Play off	Dejan Lekić	17
2010–11	Serbian SuperLiga	30	22	4	4	52	18	70	bgcolor=silver	2nd	SF	Europa League – QR3	Andrija Kaluđerović	20
2011–12	Serbian SuperLiga	30	21	5	4	57	18	68	bgcolor=silver	2nd	bgcolor=gold	Winners	Europa League – Play off	Cristian Borja	14
2012–13	Serbian SuperLiga	30	20	2	8	55	35	62	bgcolor=silver	2nd	QF	Europa League – Play off	Ognjen Mudrinski	12
2013–14	Serbian SuperLiga	30	23	3	4	66	27	72	bgcolor=gold	1st	QF	Europa League – QR3	Dragan Mrđa	20
2014–15	Serbian SuperLiga	30	19	7	4	46	20	64	bgcolor=silver	2nd	R2		Darko Lazović	10
2015–16	Serbian SuperLiga	37	30	5	2	97	27	54	bgcolor=gold	1st	R2	Europa League – QR1	Aleksandar Katai	23
2016–17	Serbian SuperLiga	37	30	4	3	93	33	55	bgcolor=silver rowspan=2	2nd	bgcolor=silver rowspan=2	Runners-up	Champions League – QR3	align=left rowspan=2	Richmond Boakye	16
									Europa League – Play off
2017–18	Serbian SuperLiga	37	32	4	1	96	19	60	bgcolor=gold	1st	QF	Europa League – Round of 32	Aleksandar Pešić	29
2018–19	Serbian SuperLiga	37	33	3	1	94	20	60	bgcolor=gold	1st	bgcolor=silver	Runners-up	Champions League – Group	Ben	25
2019–20	Serbian SuperLiga	30	25	3	2	68	18	78	bgcolor=gold	1st	SF	Champions League – Group	Ben	14
2020–21	Serbian SuperLiga	38	35	3	0	114	20	108	1st	Winners	Champions League – QR3	align=left rowspan=2	Mirko Ivanić	20
									Europa League – Round of 32
2021–22	Serbian SuperLiga	37	32	4	1	95	19	100	1st	Winners	Champions League – QR3	align=left rowspan=2	Aleksandar Katai	33
									Europa League – Round of 16
2022–23	Serbian SuperLiga	37	30	7	0	96	19	97	1st	Winners	Champions League – Play off	align=left rowspan=2	Aleksandar Katai	19
									Europa League – Group
2023–24	Serbian SuperLiga	37	31	3	3	94	28	96	bgcolor=gold	1st	bgcolor=gold	Winners			15

1 Goals in all competitions are counted.

2 First title in domestic cup competitions.

3 First title in domestic league competitions.

4 The 1952 season was shortened and sped-up. The reason for the changes was a desire to implement the fall-spring competition format. Competition took place in two phases. In first clubs were divided into two preliminary groups of six teams each. Based on their ranking at the end of preliminary groups they were promoted to three groups: Title, Central and Relegation. Each of them containing four teams.

5 Cup competition was not held for 1955–56 and 1974–75 seasons.

6 First season in which club entered European competitions.

7 First final in European competitions.

8 Between 1988–89 and 1991–92, drawn games went to penalties with the winners of the shoot out gaining the point. Figures in brackets represent points won in such shoot outs.

9 First European title.

10 First season of Federal Republic of Yugoslavia's League.

11 Was unable to compete in European competitions due to UN sanctions.

12 Between 1993–94 and 1995–96 league was divided into two groups, A and B, of ten teams each. In the first half of competition teams played each other twice, and based on number of points won and their position, each team was given a certain number of "bonus points". In the start of spring part of competition four last teams from A league were dropped to B league, and replaced by the top four teams from B league. Again teams played each other twice, and in the end final positions were determined by the sum of points won at the end of Spring part of competition and bonus points won in the Fall part of competition.

13 From this season onward for victory was awarded three points instead of two.

14 First season of Serbia and Montenegro's League.

15 First season of Serbian SuperLiga.

16 Managed to qualify for group stage and advance through it for the first time since UEFA Europa League was established in 2009.

17 Managed to qualify for group stage for the first time since UEFA Champions League was established in 1992.