# 2017–18 Red Star Belgrade season

The 2017–18 season was Red Star's 12th in the Serbian SuperLiga and 72nd consecutive season in the top flight of Yugoslav and Serbian football. The club participated in the Serbian SuperLiga, the Serbian Cup and the UEFA Europa League.
It was the first time they have played in the UEFA Europa League group stage since its rebranding, having previously participated in the 2007–08 UEFA Cup. The season covered the period from 29 June 2017 to 19 May 2018.

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Serbian SuperLiga | 37 | 32 | 4 | 1 | 96 | 19 | +77 | 086.49 |
| Serbian Cup | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | +9 | 066.67 |
| UEFA Europa League | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 11 | +8 | 043.75 |
| Total | 56 | 41 | 11 | 4 | 124 | 30 | +94 | 073.21 |

### Serbian SuperLiga
#### Regular season

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Red Star Belgrade | 30 | 25 | 4 | 1 | 75 | 15 | +60 | 77 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 2 | Partizan | 30 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 59 | 23 | +36 | 65 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 3 | Čukarički | 30 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 43 | 26 | +17 | 51 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 4 | Radnički Niš | 30 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 46 | 40 | +6 | 50 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 5 | Spartak Subotica | 30 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 55 | 39 | +16 | 49 | Qualification for the Championship round |
* ↑ Red Star were deducted two points.
* ↑ Partizan were deducted two points.

##### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |

##### Round by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
| Result | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | D | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | W |
| Position | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

##### Matches
#### Championship round

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Red Star Belgrade (C) | 37 | 32 | 4 | 1 | 96 | 19 | +77 | 60 | Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round |
| 2 | Partizan | 37 | 23 | 8 | 6 | 71 | 33 | +38 | 43 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 3 | Radnički Niš | 37 | 18 | 8 | 11 | 63 | 51 | +12 | 37 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 4 | Spartak Subotica | 37 | 18 | 7 | 12 | 62 | 49 | +13 | 37 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 5 | Voždovac | 37 | 16 | 8 | 13 | 48 | 42 | +6 | 33 | |
| 6 | Čukarički | 37 | 16 | 9 | 12 | 54 | 44 | +10 | 32 | |
| 7 | Napredak Kruševac | 37 | 15 | 8 | 14 | 57 | 55 | +2 | 30 | |
| 8 | Vojvodina | 37 | 14 | 8 | 15 | 43 | 43 | 0 | 28 | |
* ↑ Since the winners of the 2017–18 Serbian Cup, Partizan, qualified for European competition based on league position, the spot awarded to the cup winners (Europa League first qualifying round) was passed to the fourth-placed team.
* 1 2 Radnički Niš finished ahead of Spartak Subotica on regular season points: Radnički 50 pts, Spartak 49 pts.

##### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |

##### Round by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| Result | W | W | W | W | W | W | W |
| Position | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

##### Matches
### UEFA Europa League
#### First qualifying round
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ARS | ZVE | KLN | BATE |
| 1 | Arsenal | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 4 | +10 | 13 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 0–0 | 3–1 | 6–0 |
| 2 | Red Star Belgrade | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 9 | Advance to knockout phase | 0–1 | — | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| 3 | 1. FC Köln | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 6 | | 1–0 | 0–1 | — | 5–2 |
| 4 | BATE Borisov | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 16 | −10 | 5 | | 2–4 | 0–0 | 1–0 | — |

#### Round of 32
## Squad
### Squad statistics

| No. | Name | League | League | Cup | Cup | Europe | Europe | Total | Total | Discipline | Discipline |
| No. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | | |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||
| 1 | Damir Kahriman | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | Nemanja Supić | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 82 | Milan Borjan | 31 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 46 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||
| 4 | Damien Le Tallec | 26 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 42 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| 5 | Abraham Frimpong | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | Srđan Babić | 25 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 30 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| 23 | Milan Rodić | 29 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 39 | 3 | 5 | 2 |
| 30 | Filip Stojković | 30 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 49 | 1 | 9 | 0 |
| 33 | Dušan Anđelković | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 34 | Stefan Hajdin | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | Marko Gobeljić | 23 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 36 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 90 | Vujadin Savić | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||
| 3 | Branko Jovičić | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | Uroš Račić | 22 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 34 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| 7 | Nenad Krstičić | 27 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 36 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| 10 | Nenad Milijaš | 30 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 37 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| 11 | Luka Adžić | 26 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | Mitchell Donald | 22 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 37 | 7 | 7 | 1 |
| 40 | Luka Ilić | 14 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 49 | Nemanja Radonjić | 28 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 39 | 7 | 3 | 0 |
| 55 | Slavoljub Srnić | 28 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 46 | 9 | 6 | 0 |
| 95 | Ivan Ilić | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||
| 16 | Nemanja Milić | 13 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 24 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | Dejan Joveljić | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 31 | Ben | 14 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| 45 | Aleksandar Pešić | 35 | 25 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 51 | 29 | 3 | 0 |
| Players sold or loaned out during the season ||||||||||||
| GK | Filip Manojlović | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | Filip Bainović | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | Guélor Kanga | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 26 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| MF | John Jairo Ruiz | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | Ricardinho | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| FW | Richmond Boakye | 14 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 28 | 23 | 3 | 0 |
| FW | Milan Pavkov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
    As of 19 May 2018

### Goalscorers

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.
    As of 19 May 2018
| Rank | Pos | No. | Player | League | Cup | Europa League | Total |
| 1 | FW | 45 | Aleksandar Pešić | 25 | 3 | 1 | 29 |
| 2 | FW | 14 | Richmond Boakye | 15 | 0 | 8 | 23 |
| 3 | MF | 55 | Slavoljub Srnić | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 4 | FW | 31 | Ben | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 5 | MF | 11 | Luka Adžić | 4 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 5 | MF | 20 | Mitchell Donald | 6 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 5 | MF | 49 | Nemanja Radonjić | 5 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 8 | MF | 8 | Guélor Kanga | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 9 | MF | 7 | Nenad Krstičić | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 10 | MF | 6 | Uroš Račić | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | FW | 16 | Nemanja Milić | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | DF | 23 | Milan Rodić | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | FW | 28 | Dejan Joveljić | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 14 | MF | 10 | Nenad Milijaš | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 14 | MF | 40 | Luka Ilić | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 16 | MF | 3 | Branko Jovičić | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | MF | 4 | Damien Le Tallec | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | DF | 5 | Abraham Frimpong | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | DF | 15 | Srđan Babić | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | DF | 30 | Filip Stojković | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | DF | 77 | Marko Gobeljić | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | MF | 89 | Ricardinho | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 96 | 9 | 19 | 124 |

### Clean sheets

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total clean sheets are equal.
    As of 5 May 2018
| Rank | No. | Player | League | Cup | Europa League | Total |
| 1 | 82 | Milan Borjan | 16 | 3 | 7 | 26 |
| 2 | 1 | Damir Kahriman | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | 22 | Filip Manojlović | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 4 | 27 | Nemanja Supić | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 20 | 3 | 9 | 32 |