# 1956–57 Red Star Belgrade season

During the 1956–57 season, Red Star Belgrade participated in the 1956–57 Yugoslav First League, 1956–57 Yugoslav Cup, 1956 Mitropa Cup and 1956–57 European Cup.

## Season summary

Red Star participated in the European Cup for the first time and were eliminated by Fiorentina in the semi-finals.

## Squad

| Name | Yugoslav First League | Yugoslav First League | Yugoslav Cup | Yugoslav Cup | Mitropa Cup | Mitropa Cup | European Cup | European Cup | Total | Total |
| Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers |||||||||||
| Vladimir Beara | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 25 | 0 |
| Srboljub Krivokuća | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| Defenders |||||||||||
| Ljubiša Spajić | 23 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 33 | 0 |
| Miljan Zeković | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 32 | 0 |
| Branko Stanković | 18 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 26 | 1 |
| Branko Nešović | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| Novak Tomić | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| Vladimir Durković | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| Midfielders |||||||||||
| Lazar Tasić | 25 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 36 | 3 |
| Dragoslav Šekularac | 23 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 34 | 5 |
| Vladica Popović | 25 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 34 | 2 |
| Rajko Mitić | 21 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 31 | 4 |
| Jovan Cokić | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 4 |
| Stevan Veselinov | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Nikola Stipić | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Momčilo Ilić | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Forwards |||||||||||
| Bora Kostić | 24 | 27 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 35 | 36 |
| Antun Rudinski | 24 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 35 | 15 |
| Ivan Toplak | 12 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 10 |
| Ivan Popović | 12 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 7 |
| Predrag Marković | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |

## Results
### Yugoslav First League

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Red Star Belgrade (C) | 26 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 66 | 23 | 2.870 | 39 | Qualification for European Cup preliminary round |
| 2 | Vojvodina | 26 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 64 | 38 | 1.684 | 35 | |
| 3 | Hajduk Split | 26 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 45 | 31 | 1.452 | 30 | |
| 4 | Partizan | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 51 | 45 | 1.133 | 26 | |
| 5 | Dinamo Zagreb | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 51 | 51 | 1.000 | 26 | |
| Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Scorers |
| 5 August 1956 | Radnički Beograd | H | 3–1 | Kostić, Toplak, V. Popović |
| 12 August 1956 | Lokomotiva | A | 0–1 | |
| 19 August 1956 | Sarajevo | H | 2–0 | Kostić, Šekularac |
| 22 August 1956 | Spartak Subotica | H | 1–0 | I. Popović |
| 26 August 1956 | Zagreb | A | 7–2 | Kostić (6), I. Popović |
| 2 September 1956 | Vojvodina | H | 4–0 | I. Popović, Tasić (pen.), Rudinski, Kostić |
| 23 September 1956 | BSK Beograd | A | 4–1 | Kostić (2), Rudinski, Šekularac |
| 6 October 1956 | Hajduk Split | H | 3–0 | Kostić, Rudinski, Mitić |
| 10 October 1956 | Velež | A | 2–0 | Kostić, Rudinski |
| 14 October 1956 | Partizan | H | 2–0 | Tasić (pen.), Rudinski |
| 17 October 1956 | Budućnost | A | 2–2 | I. Popović, Rudinski |
| 21 October 1956 | Dinamo Zagreb | H | 1–0 | Toplak |
| 28 October 1956 | Vardar | A | 2–0 | I. Popović, Toplak |
| 3 March 1957 | Radnički Beograd | A | 1–1 | Toplak |
| 10 March 1957 | Lokomotiva | H | 0–1 | |
| 20 March 1957 | Sarajevo | A | 4–0 | Toplak (2), Kostić, Rudinski |
| 24 March 1957 | Spartak Subotica | A | 1–1 | Kostić |
| 31 March 1957 | Zagreb | H | 6–0 | Rudinski (3), Kostić (2), Cokić |
| 7 April 1957 | Vojvodina | A | 2–1 | Rudinski, I. Popović |
| 14 April 1957 | BSK Beograd | H | 2–0 | Kostić (2) |
| 21 April 1957 | Hajduk Split | A | 2–2 | Cokić, Šekularac |
| 29 May 1957 | Velež | H | 6–1 | Durković, Kostić (2), Mitić (2), Šekularac |
| 2 June 1957 | Partizan | A | 0–1 | |
| 6 June 1957 | Dinamo Zagreb | A | 2–3 | Kostić, Mitić |
| 9 June 1957 | Budućnost | H | 5–3 | Rudinski, I. Popović, Kostić (3) |
| 23 June 1957 | Vardar | H | 2–2 | Kostić (2) |

### Yugoslav Cup

| Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Scorers |
| 15 August 1956 | Borac Čačak | A | 3–1 | Stanković, Šekularac, Rudinski |
| 27 March 1957 | Lokomotiva | H | 3–0 | Rudinski (pen.), Toplak, Kostić |
| 10 April 1957 | Partizan | A | 2–4 | Cokić (2) |

### Mitropa Cup

| Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Scorers |
| 24 June 1956 | Vörös Lobogó | H | 1–1 | Kostić |
| 1 July 1956 | Vörös Lobogó | A | 3–5 | Toplak, Kostić (2) |