2000–01 Red Star Belgrade season

During the 2000–01 season, Red Star Belgrade participated in the 2000–01 First League of FR Yugoslavia, 2000–01 FR Yugoslavia Cup, 2000–01 UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds and 2000–01 UEFA Cup.

Red Star Belgrade

2000–01 season
Chairman	Dragan Džajić
Manager	Slavoljub Muslin
First League of FR Yugoslavia	1st
FR Yugoslavia Cup	Runners-up
UEFA Champions League	Third qualifying round
UEFA Cup	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: Mihajlo Pjanović (23) All: Goran Drulić (27)

Squad

Name	First League of FR Yugoslavia		FR Yugoslavia Cup		UEFA Champions League		UEFA Cup		Total
	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
Aleksandar Kocić	33	0	5	0	6	0	4	0	48	0
Dejan Pešić	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Defenders
Ivan Gvozdenović	31	3	5	1	6	0	3	1	45	5
Goran Bunjevčević	33	0	4	1	4	0	4	0	45	1
Marjan Marković	29	1	4	0	6	0	4	0	43	1
Nenad Lalatović	24	4	2	0	5	0	4	0	35	4
Stevo Glogovac	24	3	3	0	5	0	3	0	35	3
Milivoje Vitakić	20	0	5	0	2	0	3	0	30	0
Ivan Vukomanović	13	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	14	0
Vladimir Matijašević	9	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	13	0
Petar Đenić	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
Midfielders
Branko Bošković	32	9	2	0	6	3	4	0	44	12
Leo Lerinc	28	4	4	0	5	0	4	0	41	4
Milenko Ačimovič	28	14	5	3	2	0	4	1	39	18
Dejan Ilić	26	2	3	1	5	1	3	0	37	4
Saša Zorić	22	1	2	0	3	0	3	0	30	1
Forwards
Goran Drulić	33	16	5	2	6	3	4	6	48	27
Mihajlo Pjanović	29	23	4	0	3	1	4	0	40	24
Dragan Stevanović	10	2	1	0	6	1	1	0	18	3
Branko Jelić	14	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	16	6
Vlado Mirković	9	3	1	0	2	1	0	0	12	4
Players sold or loaned out during the season
Blaže Georgioski	2	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	6	0
Nenad Miljković	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Boban Stojanović	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Srđan Bajčetić	13	2	1	0	6	0	4	0	24	2
Jovan Markoski	5	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	8	0

Results

Overview

Competition	Record
	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
First League of FR Yugoslavia	34	28	4	2	93	20	+73	082.35
FR Yugoslavia Cup	5	3	1	1	8	4	+4	060.00
UEFA Champions League	6	3	2	1	10	3	+7	050.00
UEFA Cup	4	2	1	1	8	7	+1	050.00
Total	49	36	8	5	119	34	+85	073.47

First League of FR Yugoslavia

Main article: 2000–01 First League of FR Yugoslavia

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Red Star Belgrade (C)	34	28	4	2	93	20	+73	88	Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round
2	Partizan	34	28	2	4	94	36	+58	86	Qualification for UEFA Cup qualifying round
3	Obilić	34	19	6	9	53	37	+16	63
4	Sartid	34	17	3	14	49	47	+2	54	Qualification for Intertoto Cup first round
5	OFK Beograd	34	15	5	14	52	45	+7	50

Source: RSSSF.org
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers
13 August 2000	Čukarički	H	1–0	Pjanović
18 August 2000	Zeta	H	3–0	Stevanović, Bošković, Gvozdenović
27 August 2000	Rad	A	3–1	Ačimovič, Pjanović (2)
9 September 2000	Sutjeska Nikšić	H	3–1	Lerinc, Ačimovič, Mirković
17 September 2000	Vojvodina	A	2–0	Stevanović, Pjanović
23 September 2000	OFK Beograd	H	4–0	Ačimovič, Pjanović (2), Drulić
1 October 2000	Zemun	A	1–1	Ačimovič
20 October 2000	Hajduk Kula	A	0–0
29 October 2000	Radnički Niš	H	3–0	Glogovac, Ačimovič, Drulić
4 November 2000	Obilić	A	1–1	Pjanović
13 November 2000	Sartid	H	5–1	Gvozdenović, Bajčetić, Drulić, Pjanović (2)
18 November 2000	Budućnost	A	2–0	Pjanović (2)
25 November 2000	Radnički Kragujevac	H	4–0	Ačimovič (2), Drulić (2)
29 November 2000	Napredak Kruševac	A	2–1	Ačimovič, Lalatović
2 December 2000	Železnik	H	5–1	Drulić, Pjanović (2), Ačimovič (pen.), Glogovac
9 December 2000	Milicionar	A	3–0	Pjanović, Lerinc, Bajčetić
24 February 2001	Čukarički	A	4–0	Ačimovič (pen.), Drulić, Pjanović, Mirković
3 March 2001	Zeta	A	2–2	Pjanović, Bošković
7 March 2001	Partizan	H	2–0	Pjanović, Lalatović
10 March 2001	Rad	H	3–1	Bošković (pen.), Jelić (2)
14 March 2001	Sutjeska Nikšić	A	2–1	Jelić, Drulić
17 March 2001	Vojvodina	H	3–0	Bošković, Ilić, Drulić
31 March 2001	OFK Beograd	A	1–2	Drulić
7 April 2001	Zemun	H	2–1	Ilić, Drulić
14 April 2001	Partizan	A	1–2	Drulić
18 April 2001	Hajduk Kula	H	3–0	Ačimovič (pen.), Bošković, Pjanović
28 April 2001	Radnički Niš	A	2–0	Drulić, Pjanović (pen.)
4 May 2001	Obilić	H	4–0	Lalatović, Ačimovič, Pjanović, Bošković
12 May 2001	Sartid	A	3–0	Gvozdenović, Drulić, Jelić
19 May 2001	Budućnost	H	2–1	Bošković (2)
26 May 2001	Radnički Kragujevac	A	2–0	Marković, Drulić
9 June 2001	Napredak Kruševac	H	9–1	Pjanović, Lalatović, Drulić, Lerinc (2), Jelić (2), Ačimovič, Mirković
16 June 2001	Železnik	A	2–1	Ačimovič, Glogovac
20 June 2001	Milicionar	H	4–1	Pjanović (2), Bošković, Zorić (pen.)

FR Yugoslavia Cup

Main article: 2000–01 FR Yugoslavia Cup

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers
5 September 2000	Hajduk Beograd	A	1–0	Ačimovič (pen.)
22 November 2000	Sartid	H	3–0	Drulić, Ačimovič (pen.), Ilić
4 April 2001	Budućnost Banatski Dvor	A	1–1 (5–4 p)	Bunjevčević
11 April 2001	Mladost Apatin	H	3–2	Gvozdenović, Drulić, Ačimovič (pen.)
9 May 2001	Partizan	H	0–1

UEFA Champions League

Main article: 2000–01 UEFA Champions League

First qualifying round

KÍ Klaksvík v Red Star Belgrade

12 July 2000	KÍ Klaksvík	0–3	Red Star Belgrade	Svangaskarð, Toftir
		Report	Ilić 44' Stevanović 68' Mirković 90'	Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Kjell Alseth (Norway)

Red Star Belgrade v KÍ Klaksvík

19 July 2000	Red Star Belgrade	2–0	KÍ Klaksvík	Red Star Stadium, Belgrade
	Bošković 10' (pen.) Drulić 17'	Report		Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Zsolt Szabó (Hungary)

Second qualifying round

Red Star Belgrade v Torpedo Kutaisi

26 July 2000	Red Star Belgrade	4–0	Torpedo Kutaisi	Red Star Stadium, Belgrade
	Drulić 24', 90' Bošković 37' Pjanović 39'	Report		Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Dietmar Drabek (Austria)

Torpedo Kutaisi v Red Star Belgrade

2 August 2000	Torpedo Kutaisi	2–0	Red Star Belgrade	Givi Kiladze Stadium, Kutaisi
	Imedadze 41' Janashia 90'	Report		Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Uriah Rennie (England)

Third qualifying round

Dynamo Kyiv v Red Star Belgrade

9 August 2000	Dynamo Kyiv	0–0	Red Star Belgrade	Dynamo Stadium, Kyiv
		Report		Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Dermot Gallagher (England)

Red Star Belgrade v Dynamo Kyiv

23 August 2000	Red Star Belgrade	1–1	Dynamo Kyiv	Red Star Stadium, Belgrade
	Bošković 22'	Report	Byalkevich 33'	Attendance: 55,000 Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Greece)

UEFA Cup

Main article: 2000–01 UEFA Cup

First round

Leicester City v Red Star Belgrade

14 September 2000	Leicester City	1–1	Red Star Belgrade	Filbert Street, Leicester
	Taggart 43'	Report	Ačimovič 2'	Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Tom Henning Øvrebø (Norway)

Red Star Belgrade v Leicester City

28 September 2000	Red Star Belgrade	3–1	Leicester City	Gerhard Hanappi Stadium, Vienna
	Drulić 22', 71' Gvozdenović 47'	Report	Izzet 42'	Attendance: 12,500 Referee: Pasquale Rodomonti (Italy)

Second round

Red Star Belgrade v Celta Vigo

26 October 2000	Red Star Belgrade	1–0	Celta Vigo	Red Star Stadium, Belgrade
	Drulić 62'	Report		Attendance: 55,000 Referee: Eric Romain (Belgium)

Celta Vigo v Red Star Belgrade

9 November 2000	Celta Vigo	5–3	Red Star Belgrade	Balaídos, Vigo
	Catanha 23', 70' López 50' (pen.), 65' (pen.) McCarthy 55'	Report	Drulić 15', 38', 90'	Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Cosimo Bolognino (Italy)

Celta were awarded a 3–0 victory for the second leg as Red Star fielded ineligible players, therefore winning 3–1 on aggregate

See also

• List of Red Star Belgrade seasons