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OFK Beograd ( sr-Cyrl, ОФК Београд – Омладински фудбалски клуб Београд, English: ''Belgrade Youth Football Club''), also known in English as OFK Belgrade and currently referred to as OFK Beograd Mozzart Bet for sponsorship reasons, is a Serbian professional
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club based in
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, more precisely in Karaburma, an urban neighborhood of the municipality of Palilula. It is part of the OSD Beograd sport society. All up, the club has won 5 national championships, in the following seasons: 1930–31, 1932–33, 1934–35, 1935–36, and 1938–39; the club won these titles under their old name of BSK (Beogradski Sport Klub). The club has been cup winners five times also, winning in the following seasons: 1934, 1953, 1955, 1961–62, and 1965–66. The club has also recorded significant results in European competition, reaching the 1962–63 European Cup Winners' Cup semi-finals where they lost to
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. They reached the
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quarter-finals where they lost to
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.


History


The beginning

The club was founded in 1945 as Metalac but it is considered to be the successor of BSK, one of the most prominent football clubs in
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and later
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. It was also the most successful club between 1923 and 1941, with five national champion titles. BSK played its first game on 13 October 1911 against
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from
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and won 8–1. In 1945, after
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, the club was established under the name Metalac by some former members of BSK. This club carried the name until 1950, when it was renamed to BSK, but in the 1957 the club merged with TSK Šumadija to form OFK Beograd ( Serbian Latin: Omladinski fudbalski klub, ).


The golden era

A two-decade-long "Golden Era" began when the club won the Yugoslav Cup in
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. Three other Yugoslav Cup wins followed, in 1955 and the 1961–62 and 1965–66 seasons. The club was the
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runner-up twice, in 1954–55 and 1965–66. In the meantime, the club had changed its name once again. In 1957, the club was named OFK Beograd, once again in an attempt to attract spectators to the stadium, especially younger ones who often opted for either Red Star or Partizan. In that time, the players played elegant football and therefore got the nickname of ''"Romantičari"''. The 1960s and the first half of the 1970s were years of European glory. OFK Beograd had participated eight times in European competitions. Their biggest success came in the 1962–63 European Cup Winners' Cup season, playing in the semi-final against
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, eventual champions. In the following ten years, teams such as
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, Panathinaikos, Bologna F.C. 1909,
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and
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also lost to OFK Beograd.


The silent fall

The ''Romantičari'' were not able to take advantage of their success on the domestic and European scene. After several successful seasons, a sudden fall occurred. During the 1980s, the club often changed leagues from the First Division to the Second.


Modern era

In the summer of
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, they were back in European competition. They played in the
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. OFK defeated Estonian side Narva Trans at home by the score of 6–1, but
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cancelled the result because of a smoke bomb being thrown on the field during the game. Consequently, only the second leg result would count. OFK Beograd won in
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with a score of 5–3. They were eliminated in the second round by Czech club 1. FC Slovácko, with a score of 4–3. The club was back on the European stage in 2004. They started playing in the second round of the Intertoto Cup and eliminated Dinaburg. In the third round, OFK went on to play against Tampere United. OFK Beograd defeated their Finnish opponents and went on to play in the semifinals. They were eliminated by
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losing the first leg 1–3 at home with Aleksandar Simić scoring for OFK and
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, Diego Simeone and
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scoring for Atlético, losing the second leg 2–0 in Madrid meant OFK were eliminated 1–5 on aggregate. Even though OFK were eliminated it was seen as an honour and a return to the club's glory days to have a European powerhouse such as Atlético play at
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with world class talents such as Torres and Simeone. In 2005, the club entered the
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in the second round of qualifying losing to
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on the
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. In 2006, the club faced French side
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in the
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. In the first game, in Belgrade, OFK defeated their opponents by the score of 1–0 a goal from centre-back Miloš Bajalica in the 31st minute of play proving the difference, a great result considering Auxerre was then one of France's strongest clubs. In the second game OFK Beograd lost 5–1 with the result standing at 2–1 for Auxerre with ten minutes to play, a result which would see OFK Beograd eliminate Auxerre. However, the young OFK team capitulated in the last ten minutes of play conceding three goals and were eliminated 5–2 on aggregate. In the 2010 Europa League, OFK beat Torpedo Zhodino of Belarus 3–2 on aggregate and went on to play
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where they lost 7–3 on aggregate, coming back from two-nil down to draw 2–2 with late goals been scored by Miloš Krstić and Nenad Injac in Turkey against Galatasaray but ultimately losing the second leg 1–5 at home with Danilo Nikolić scoring the only goal for OFK. OFK Beograd were relegated from the
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after finishing fifteenth in the 2015–16 season. The next season saw relegation from the 2016–17 Serbian First League after finishing bottom of the table. The club played in the
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in the 2017–18 season (their first season in the Serbian third tier), finishing in second place behind
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who were promoted to the Serbian second tier. In November 2018 the "Klub prijatelja OFK Beograda" was formed (trans. "Club of Friends of OFK Beograd") with the goal of saving the club from becoming extinct and helping the club through its most difficult times. The KPO is made up of loyal fans who want to see OFK return to its former glories competing at the very top of the first tier of Serbian football. In their second year in the Serbian third division, OFK finished in fifth position on 46 points, with Grafičar being promoted to the second division. OFK did however manage to win the Belgrade Cup. In the 2019–20 season, OFK commenced their third successive season in the Serbian third tier with hiring former accomplished player
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as coach. On 25 September 2019, in the last 32 of the Serbian Cup, OFK faced their city rivals FK Rad and won 3–2 with two goals from Andreja Lazović and one goal from Stefan Janković. This was considered quite a success as OFK where at this time in the Serbian third division and FK Rad in the Serbian top division the SuperLiga.
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Pandemic resulted in the season coming to a halt for clubs in the third division Belgrade league, OFK finished the season in a disappointing 3rd place. The eventual champions were IMT who were promoted to the Serbian First League (Second Division of the Serbian football pyramid), another hammer blow for OFK as a 4th consecutive season in the Serbian 3rd tier would come in season 2020–21 for a club barely surviving financially. At the conclusion of the 2022–23 season, OFK finished in first place in the Serbian League Belgrade, securing promotion to the Serbian First League for the 2023–24 season. On 14 August 2024, OFK was renamed to OFK Beograd Mozzart Bet for sponsorship reasons.


Honours


Domestic


League

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Yugoslav First League The Yugoslav First League ( Bosnian: Prva savezna liga u fudbalu, sr-Cyrl-Latn, Прва савезна лига у фудбалу, Prva savezna liga u fudbalu, , , , , ) was the premier football league in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1918–1941) ...
** Winners (5): 1930–31, 1932–33, 1934–35, 1935–36, 1938–39 *
Yugoslav Second League Yugoslav Second League ( Bosnian: ''Druga savezna liga,'' Croatian: ''Druga savezna liga'', Serbian: ''Друга савезна лига'', Slovenian: ''Druga zvezna liga'', Macedonian: ''Втора сојузна лига'', ''Vtora sojuzna l ...
** Winners (3): 1958–59 (East), 1979–80 (East), 1984–85 (East) *
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** Winners (1): 2023–24


Cups

*
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** Winners (5): 1934,
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, 1955, 1961–62, 1965–66 ** Runners-up: 1938 *
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** Runners-up: 2005–06


European

*
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** Semi-finals: 1962–63 *
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** Quarter-finals: 1972–73 *
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** Semi-finals: 1958–60


Unofficial

* Serbian Championship ** Winners: 1919–20, 1920–21 *
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(top level between 1940 and 1944) ** Winners: 1939–40, 1940–41, 1942–43, 1943–44 ** Runners-up: 1941–42 * People's Republic of Serbia League (Belgrade championship) ** Winners: 1945 *Serbian Cup ** Winners: 1941


European competitions

Before
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was founded (in 1954), OFK Beograd, under the name of Beogradski Sport Klub (BSK), participated in
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, the first really international European football competition. The club competed for five seasons without a big success, usually stopped by teams from Hungary, the major football power at the time. In
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competitions, OFK Beograd played 16 seasons, the biggest success being reaching the semifinals of the 1962–63 European Cup Winners' Cup.


UEFA competitions summary


Youth system

OFK Beograd's youth system has a reputation as one of the best in the history of Serbian football. In its 107 years of existence, it produced and promoted hundreds of players who played not just for the club, but for the national team as well. Among these players are the likes of Josip Skoblar,
Spasoje Samardžić Spasoje "Paja" Samardžić (Serbian Cyrillic alphabet, Serbian Cyrillic: Спасоје Паја Самарџић; born 20 May 1942) is a Serbian retired football Forward (association football)#Winger, winger and Coach (sport), manager. Playing ...
,
Ilija Petković Ilija Petković ( sr-Cyrl, Илија Петковић, ; 22 September 1945 – 27 June 2020) was a Serbian footballer and manager. Petković was capped 43 times for Yugoslavia, participating in the 1968 European Football Championship, and in ...
,
Slobodan Santrač Slobodan Santrač (, ; 1 July 1946 – 13 February 2016) was a Serbian football manager and player. He is the all-time top scorer of the Yugoslav First League with a total of 218 goals, as well as the top scorer in the history of OFK Beograd. A ...
, Dragoslav Stepanović, Mitar Mrkela,
Saša Ćurčić Saša Ćurčić (Serbian Cyrillic alphabet, Serbian Cyrillic: Саша Ћурчић; born 14 February 1972) is a Serbian former professional Association football, footballer, coach and reality television personality. As a player, he was a midfi ...
,
Duško Tošić Duško Tošić ( sr-Cyrl, Душко Тошић, ; born 19 January 1985) is a Serbian former professional footballer who played as a defender. He represented Serbia at the 2008 Summer Olympics and 2018 FIFA World Cup. Club career Early career ...
,
Branislav Ivanović Branislav Ivanović ( sr-Cyrl, Бранислав Ивановић, ; born 22 February 1984) is a Serbian former professional Association football, footballer. A versatile defender, Ivanović played as a Defender (association football)#Full-back ...
,
Aleksandar Kolarov Aleksandar Kolarov (, ; born 10 November 1985) is a Serbian former professional footballer who played as a left back. He is the current assistant coach of Serie A club Inter Milan. Kolarov began his career at Red Star Belgrade, but he did not br ...
, and many others. Since OFK Beograd's existence, attention was always turned to the younger categories of players. Recently, the club has built a new private training center, comprising eight playing fields along with training equipment with the newest technology. A youth school was created with 150 players born between 1996 and 1999. There are also seven competitive teams for which more than 170 players are playing. The youth system compromises around 20 highly qualified coaches who are all specialized in certain areas of the game. Most of the coaches are former players who spent years at the club and who also went through the same youth system. Several physios are also present and are equipped with the newest technology for their work.


Rivals

OFK's biggest rivals are
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from the Belgrade suburb of Banjica. It is known as the small Belgrade derby. In the mid-2000s in a game between the two clubs in the last game of the season OFK scored a last minute equalizer against Rad meaning Rad were relegated for the first time in almost twenty-five years. In the following season when OFK were playing in the Intertoto Cup Rad fans threw a number of flares from outside the stadium forcing UEFA to award the game 3–0 against OFK even though OFK won the game 6–1 against Estonian club Narva Trans. Other rivals to a much lesser degree include
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and
FK Partizan Fudbalski klub Partizan ( sr-Cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Партизан, ; ), often referred to in English as Partizan Belgrade, is a Serbian professional Football club (association football), football club based in Belgrade. It forms ...
. After being relegated to
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OFK had a bitter rivalry with
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.


Supporters

OFK Beograd's fans are commonly known as Plava Unija (The Blue Union) since 1994. When Beogradski Sportski Klub (BSK) was founded in 1911, the club which dominated the fields of the
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developed a significant fan base. Throughout the several wars that took place since the founding of BSK, the club's turbulent history has produced adverse effects on the average attendance of today's matches in which OFK Beograd plays. An organized group appeared for the first time in 1984 under the name of "Blue Thunders". The group lived under that name until 1990. When they were influenced by the rise of nationalism in
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, they change their name to "Sokolovi" (The Falcons). The group officially collapsed in 1993 about a year after UN sanctions were put on
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. The fans' love towards the club was certainly not forgotten and in 1994 a new group is founded – Blue Union Belgrade. The name remains the title of OFK Beograd's main group of ultras. OFK Beograd's fans have been known to be resistant of past regimes. In the 1990s, Milicionar, a pro-regime police-backed team, entered the first division. When OFK Beograd first played against them, the OFK fans reacted with creation of a banner which bore the message "Goal Against the Regime." Among other things, members of Plava Unija also reinstated the old ex-Yugoslav firms habit of finding local home crews when their team was on away matches, no matter which Serbian town or city was in question. Plava Unija fostered a friendship with
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's fans, "Invalidi" while the club still played in Yugoslavia's second tier from 1996 to 1998. That friendship still remains to this day. OFK Beograd is also known to be supported by fans of
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and
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.


Players


Current squad


Players with multiple nationalities

* Aleksej Vukičević * Slobodan Stanojlović * Balša Popović * Miloš Lalević * Nikola Vujadinović * Stefan Despotovski * Richard Odada * Filip Stojilković


Dual registration


Out on loan


Club officials


Coaching staff


UEFA competitions

* Qualified for Europe in 14 seasons ''(2 in European Cup Winners' Cup, 9 in Europa League/UEFA Cup/Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, 3 in Intertoto Cup)''


Notable former players

:To appear in this section a player must have played at least one international match for their national team at any time. ;Yugoslavia *
Milorad Arsenijević Milorad Arsenijević ( sr-cyr, Милорад Арсенијевић; 6 June 1906 – 18 March 1987) was a Serbian football player and manager. He was part of Yugoslavia's team at the 1928 Summer Olympics. Playing career Club He was born in Smed ...
* August Bivec *
Radivoj Božić Radivoj Božić (; 26 January 1912 – 30 November 1947) was a Yugoslavia, Yugoslav international Association football, footballer. After finishing his football career he became a military pilot in the Royal Yugoslav Air Force and during the Secon ...
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Vojin Božović Vojin "Škoba" Božović (Cyrillic: Војин Божовић; 1 January 1913 – 19 April 1983) was a Yugoslav and Montenegrin football player and manager. Playing career Club He was among the best players in the history of Montenegro and one ...
* Ljubiša Đorđević *
Milorad Dragićević Milorad Dragićević (; 6 October 1904 – 7 December 1975) was a Serbian and Yugoslavian international Association football, footballer. Biography Dragićević was born in Belgrade, Kingdom of Serbia, and started playing in the youth team of SK ...
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Prvoslav Dragićević Prvoslav Dragićević (Serbian Cyrillic: Првослав Драгићевић; 4 March 1914 – 27 December 1974) was a Serbian football manager and player. Playing career Club career Dragićević played at SK Jedinstvo Beograd and BSK Beogr ...
* Ernest Dubac *
Franjo Glaser Franjo Glaser (alternatively Glazer; 7 January 1913 – 1 March 2003) was a Croatian football goalkeeper and football manager. He is the only Yugoslav footballer who won national titles before and after the Second World War, with three clubs BS ...
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Svetislav Glišović Svetislav Glišović (Serbian Cyrillic: Светислав Глишовић; 17 September 1913 – 10 March 1988) was a Yugoslav international football player and manager. Club career Glišović played in the youth team of SK Soko before beco ...
* Ivan Jazbinšek * Bruno Knežević * Andreja Kojić *
Gustav Lechner Gustav Lechner (17 February 1913 – 5 February 1987) was a football player and coach. At international level he represented both the Yugoslavian and Croatian national sides. Club career Born in Osijek, Austria-Hungary and nicknamed ''Lembika ...
* Petar Manola * Blagoje Marjanović * Milorad Mitrović * Milorad Nikolić * Branimir Porobić *
Predrag Radovanović Predrag Radovanović (; 27 March 1911 – 1 August 1964) was a Serbian footballer and coach. Biography Nicknamed ''Pegi'', he was born in Belgrade, Kingdom of Serbia The Kingdom of Serbia was a country located in the Balkans which was cr ...
* Janko Rodin * Nikola Simić *
Kuzman Sotirović Kuzman Sotirović (, sr-Cyrl, Kузман Coтировић; 16 October 1908 – 25 July 1990) was a Yugoslavia, Yugoslav football (soccer), football Striker (association football), forward. In some sources, he is referred to as Kuzman Sotirovski ...
* Slavko Šurdonja *
Aleksandar Tirnanić Aleksandar "Tirke" Tirnanić ( sr-Cyrl, Александар "Тирке" Тирнанић; 15 July 1910 – 13 December 1992) was a Serbian football player and manager. Early life and beginnings Born in the central Serbian small town of Krnjev ...
* Dragomir Tošić *
Svetislav Valjarević Svetislav Valjarević (; 9 July 1911 – 22 September 1996) was a Serbian footballer. Career He started playing in the youth team of BSK Belgrade, however when he graduated the Military Academy, he was sent to service to Zagreb in 1930 where he ...
* Đorđe Vujadinović * Sava Antić *
Slobodan Batričević Slobodan Batričević (Serbian Cyrillic: Слободан Батричевић; born 3 January 1958) is a Serbian football manager and former player. International career Batričević was capped once by Yugoslavia, in a March 1983 friendly match ...
* Petar Borota * Srđan Čebinac * Dragan Gugleta *
Stanoje Jocić Stanoje Jocić (Serbian Cyrillic: Станоје Јоцић; born 5 June 1932) is a Serbian retired football player and a Yugoslav international. Club career Born in Skopje in present-day North Macedonia, Jocić came to football relatively lat ...
* Miodrag Jovanović * Tomislav Kaloperović *
Srboljub Krivokuća Srboljub Krivokuća (; 14 March 1928 – 22 December 2002) was a Yugoslav and Serbian football manager and player. Club career Krivokuća played for Red Star Belgrade on two occasions, winning three Yugoslav First League titles ( 1952–53, ...
* Frane Matošić * Miloš Milutinović * Mitar Mrkela * Srđan Mrkušić *
Ilija Petković Ilija Petković ( sr-Cyrl, Илија Петковић, ; 22 September 1945 – 27 June 2020) was a Serbian footballer and manager. Petković was capped 43 times for Yugoslavia, participating in the 1968 European Football Championship, and in ...
* Petar Radenković *
Spasoje Samardžić Spasoje "Paja" Samardžić (Serbian Cyrillic alphabet, Serbian Cyrillic: Спасоје Паја Самарџић; born 20 May 1942) is a Serbian retired football Forward (association football)#Winger, winger and Coach (sport), manager. Playing ...
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Slobodan Santrač Slobodan Santrač (, ; 1 July 1946 – 13 February 2016) was a Serbian football manager and player. He is the all-time top scorer of the Yugoslav First League with a total of 218 goals, as well as the top scorer in the history of OFK Beograd. A ...
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Dragoslav Šekularac Dragoslav Šekularac ( sr-Cyrl, Драгослав Шекуларац, ; 8 November 1937 – 5 January 2019) was a Yugoslav and Serbian professional footballer and coach. Nicknamed Šeki, he was quick and crafty with the ball, displaying creative ...
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Vasilije Šijaković Vasilije Šijaković ( Montenegrin Cyrillic: Василије Шијаковић; 31 July 1929 – 10 November 2003) was a Montenegrin footballer who played as a defender. He played at two World Cup Finals tournaments for Yugoslavia. Club ...
* Josip Skoblar * Dragoslav Stepanović * Lazar Tasić * Nikoslav Bjegović *
Saša Ćurčić Saša Ćurčić (Serbian Cyrillic alphabet, Serbian Cyrillic: Саша Ћурчић; born 14 February 1972) is a Serbian former professional Association football, footballer, coach and reality television personality. As a player, he was a midfi ...
* Petar Divić * Nenad Jestrović * Đorđe Jokić * Miloš Kolaković * Aleksandar Kristić * Nenad Lalatović * Milan Obradović * Dušan Petković *
Gordan Petrić Gordan Petrić (; born 30 July 1969) is a Serbian football manager and former player. Club career Petrić made his senior debut with OFK Beograd in the 1985–86 season, as the club suffered relegation from the top flight of Yugoslav football. ...
* Saša Petrović * Mihajlo Pjanović * Dejan Rađenović * Saša Stevanović * Boris Vasković * Aleksandar Živković ;Serbia * Nikola Aksentijević *
Stefan Babović Stefan Babović ( sr-Cyrl, Стефан Бабовић; born 7 January 1987) is a Serbian former professional footballer who played as a deep-lying playmaker. He is the current chief operations officer (COO) of Victoria Group. During his foo ...
* Nikola Beljić * Jovan Damjanović * Aleksandar Ignjovski * Radiša Ilić *
Branislav Ivanović Branislav Ivanović ( sr-Cyrl, Бранислав Ивановић, ; born 22 February 1984) is a Serbian former professional Association football, footballer. A versatile defender, Ivanović played as a Defender (association football)#Full-back ...
* Aleksandar Jevtić *
Andrija Kaluđerović Andrija Kaluđerović (; born 5 July 1987) is a Serbian former professional footballer who played as a striker. Club career The much-travelled Kaluđerović made his senior debut for OFK Beograd under manager Stevica Kuzmanovski, coming on a ...
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Aleksandar Kolarov Aleksandar Kolarov (, ; born 10 November 1985) is a Serbian former professional footballer who played as a left back. He is the current assistant coach of Serie A club Inter Milan. Kolarov began his career at Red Star Belgrade, but he did not br ...
* Ognjen Koroman * Nenad Krstičić * Milan Lukač *
Milovan Milović Milovan Milović (; born 24 October 1980) is a Serbian football manager and former player. Throughout his playing career, he made over 400 appearances for Javor Ivanjica across all competitions. Club career Milović started out at his hometown ...
* Ognjen Mimović * Aleksandar Paločević *
Slobodan Rajković Slobodan Rajković ( sr-cyr, Слободан Рајковић, ; born 3 February 1989) is a Serbian retired footballer who played as a centre back. Club career Born in Belgrade, Rajković started his career with OFK Beograd. He was included i ...
* Milan Rodić * Bojan Šaranov *
Stefan Šćepović Stefan Šćepović ( sr-cyr, Стефан Шћеповић, ; born 10 January 1990) is a Serbian professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Forward (association football), forward for OFK Beograd. Formerly an Serbia national un ...
* Vojislav Stanković * Ivan Stevanović *
Duško Tošić Duško Tošić ( sr-Cyrl, Душко Тошић, ; born 19 January 1985) is a Serbian former professional footballer who played as a defender. He represented Serbia at the 2008 Summer Olympics and 2018 FIFA World Cup. Club career Early career ...
* Aleksandar Trišović * Veseljko Trivunović * Saša Zdjelar ;Armenia * Ognjen Čančarević ;Australia * Branko Buljevic * Milan Ivanović * Doug Utjesenovic ;Austria * Sándor Nemes ;Azerbaijan * Branimir Subašić ;Bosnia and Herzegovina * Faruk Hujdurović * Petar Jelić * Đorđe Kamber ;Bulgaria * Blagoy Simeonov ;Cameroon *
Aboubakar Oumarou Aboubakar Oumarou (born 4 January 1987) is a Cameroonian professional footballer. He is most often deployed as a forward. Having started his professional career in China, he has played in four different Serbian clubs. Oumarou has been capped by ...
;Cyprus * Milenko Špoljarić ;France * Ivan Bek ;Kazakhstan * Nenad Erić ;Latvia *
Oļegs Karavajevs Oļegs Karavajevs (13 February 1961 – 6 October 2020) was a Latvian professional association football, footballer who played as a goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper. He was the goalkeeper who made the most appearances for the Latvia ...
;Lithuania * Kęstutis Ruzgys ;Macedonia * Aleksandar Bajevski * Filip Despotovski * Boban Grnčarov * Hristijan Kirovski * Bojan Markoski * Darko Micevski * Angelko Panov *
Ostoja Stjepanović Ostoja Stjepanović (; born 17 January 1985) is a Macedonian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Club career Stjepanović agreed to join the Partizan youth system from Makedonija Gjorče Petrov at age 16. He would make h ...
;Malta * Nenad Veselji ;Montenegro *
Vladan Adžić Vladan Adžić (; born 5 July 1987) is a Montenegrin professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Defender (association football)#Centre-back, centre-back for FK Budućnost Podgorica, Budućnost. Club career Born in Cetinje, Adž ...
* Marko Baša *
Dragan Bogavac Dragan Bogavac (Cyrillic: Драган Богавац; born 7 April 1980) is a retired Montenegrin professional footballer who played as a striker and winger. Club career Bogavac started his career in the Serbia and Montenegro lower leagues w ...
* Vladimir Božović *
Miodrag Džudović Miodrag Džudović ( sr-Cyrl, Миодраг Џудовић; born 6 September 1979) is a Montenegrin football manager and former player who played as a defender. He is the manager of Jezero. After retiring in 2014, he went into coaching. He ...
* Petar Grbić * Igor Ivanović * Marko Janković *
Mladen Kašćelan Mladen Kašćelan (, born 13 February 1983) is a Montenegrin football coach and former player who played as midfielder. He is the manager of Russian club Sokol Saratov. Playing career Club In August 2011, he was loaned to ŁKS Łódź on a one ...
* Ivan Kecojević * Nemanja Nikolić *
Mitar Novaković Mitar Novaković ( sr-Cyrl, Митар Новаковић; born 27 September 1981) is a Montenegro, Montenegrin retired Association football, footballer who played as a Midfielder#Central midfielder, central midfielder. Internationally, Novaković ...
* Milorad Peković * Milan Purović *
Ivan Vuković Ivan Vuković ( Montenegrin Cyrillic: Иван Вуковић, born 9 February 1987) is a retired Montenegrin football forward who was last played for FK Iskra Danilovgrad. He is best known for his abilities as a striker but can also play as a ...
;Romania * Svetozar Popović * Rudolf Wetzer ;Slovakia *
Ján Podhradský Ján Podhradský (31 August 1917 – 15 December 1998) was a footballer who represented both Yugoslavia and Slovakia internationally. Club career He was born during World War I in the town of Kisač,
;Uganda * Khalid Aucho ;United States * Ilija Mitić ''For the list of current and former players with Wikipedia article, please see: :OFK Beograd players.''


Coaching history

* Toni Szabó (1923–24) * Adolf Engel (1927–29)BSK Beograd
at exyufudbal.in.rs, retrieved 29-11-2015
* Sándor Nemes (1930) * Adolf Engel (1930–31) * Nikola Simić (1931–32) * Sándor Nemes (1933–34) * Nikola Simić (1934) * Josef Uridil (1935–1936) * Sándor Nemes (1936–1938) * István Mészáros (1939–40) * Svetozar Popović (1941)Svetozar Popović profile
at nogomet.lzmk.hr
* Boško Ralić (1946–47) *
Ljubiša Broćić Ljubiša Broćić ( sr-Cyrl, Љубиша Броћић; 3 October 1911 – 16 August 1995) was a Yugoslav football player and manager. Career Broćić was at the helm of some of the top European sides: PSV Eindhoven, Juventus, FC Barcelona, an ...
(1947–50) * Milovan Ćirić (1951–53) * Blagoje Marjanović (1953–56) *
Vojin Božović Vojin "Škoba" Božović (Cyrillic: Војин Божовић; 1 January 1913 – 19 April 1983) was a Yugoslav and Montenegrin football player and manager. Playing career Club He was among the best players in the history of Montenegro and one ...
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Vojin Božović Vojin "Škoba" Božović (Cyrillic: Војин Божовић; 1 January 1913 – 19 April 1983) was a Yugoslav and Montenegrin football player and manager. Playing career Club He was among the best players in the history of Montenegro and one ...
(1959–60) * Đorđe Vujadinović (1960–61) * Milovan Ćirić (1961–63) * Mile Kos & Sava Antić (1963–64) * Milovan Ćirić (1964–65) * Dragiša Milić (1965–66) * Dragiša Milić & Miloš Milutinović (1966–67) * Žarko Mihajlović (1967–69) * Gojko Zec (1969–70) * Božidar Drenovac (1970–1971) * Boris Marović (1971–1973) *
Milutin Šoškić Milutin Šoškić (Serbian Cyrillic: Милутин Шошкић; 31 December 1937 – 27 August 2022) was a Serbian professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He is considered one of FK Partizan's greatest players. Biography He was ...
(1973–1976) * Nikola Beogradac (1976–1978) * Velimir Đorđević (1984–1988) *
Ilija Petković Ilija Petković ( sr-Cyrl, Илија Петковић, ; 22 September 1945 – 27 June 2020) was a Serbian footballer and manager. Petković was capped 43 times for Yugoslavia, participating in the 1968 European Football Championship, and in ...
(1988–1989) * Milan Živadinović (1990–1991) *
Ilija Petković Ilija Petković ( sr-Cyrl, Илија Петковић, ; 22 September 1945 – 27 June 2020) was a Serbian footballer and manager. Petković was capped 43 times for Yugoslavia, participating in the 1968 European Football Championship, and in ...
(1991–1993) * Blagomir Krivokuća (1993–1995) * Božidar Milenković (1996–1997) * Miodrag Ješić (1998–1999) *
Zlatko Krmpotić Zlatko Krmpotić (; born 7 August 1958) is a Serbian former player and manager. Club career Between 1977 and 1986, Krmpotić spent nine seasons with Red Star Belgrade, making over 200 appearances in all competitions and winning five major troph ...
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Radmilo Ivančević Radmilo Ivančević ( sr-cyr, Радмило Иванчевић; born 4 September 1950) is a Serbian football manager and former footballer. Coaching career Ivančević's career began in 1983 as manager of Serbian amateur club Šumadija Aranđ ...
(2000) *
Zvonko Varga Zvonko Varga (; born 27 November 1959) is a Serbia , image_flag = Flag of Serbia.svg , national_motto = , image_coat = Coat of arms of Serbia.svg , national_anthem = () , image_map = ...
(2000–2001) *
Stevica Kuzmanovski Stevica Kuzmanovski (; born 16 November 1962) is a Macedonian football manager and former player. Playing career During his career that spanned from the early 1980s to the early 2000s, Kuzmanovski played for Partizan, Pelister, OFK Beograd (th ...
(2003–2004) * Dragoljub Bekvalac (5 Apr 2004 – 15 May 2004) * Branko Babić (30 Jun 2004 – Sept 30, 2005) *
Slobodan Krčmarević Slobodan Krčmarević (; born 12 June 1965) is a Serbian former professional Association football, footballer who played as a Forward (association football), forward. Club career After coming through the youth system of FK Partizan, Partizan, Kr ...
(23 Oct 2005 – 24 Dec 2006) * Ratko Dostanić (25 Dec 2006 – 31 Mar 2007) * Branislav Vukašinović (2 Apr 2007 – 8 Mar 2008) *
Ljupko Petrović Ljubomir "Ljupko" Petrović ( sr-Cyrl, Љубомир "Љупко" Петровић; born 15 May 1947) is a Serbian professional football manager and former player. He also holds a Bosnian passport. As a manager, Petrović's biggest success wa ...
(11 Mar 2008 – 21 Apr 2008) * Mihailo Ivanović (21 Apr 2008 – 17 Apr 2009) *
Simo Krunić Simo Krunić (Serbian Cyrillic: Симо Крунић; born 13 January 1967) is a Bosnian-Serbian professional football manager and former footballer. He is currently the manager of OFK Beograd. Playing career In the late 1980s, Krunić played ...
(13 Apr 2009 – 30 Jun 2009) * Dejan Đurđević (1 Jul 2009 – 27 Dec 2011) * Branko Babić (10 Jan 2012 – 21 May 2012) *
Stevica Kuzmanovski Stevica Kuzmanovski (; born 16 November 1962) is a Macedonian football manager and former player. Playing career During his career that spanned from the early 1980s to the early 2000s, Kuzmanovski played for Partizan, Pelister, OFK Beograd (th ...
(29 May 2012 – Sep 16, 2012) * Zoran Milinković (Sep 18, 2012 – Sep 9, 2013) *
Zlatko Krmpotić Zlatko Krmpotić (; born 7 August 1958) is a Serbian former player and manager. Club career Between 1977 and 1986, Krmpotić spent nine seasons with Red Star Belgrade, making over 200 appearances in all competitions and winning five major troph ...
(Sep 11, 2013 – 23 Dec 2013) * Milan Milanović (26 Dec 2013 – 16 Mar 2014) *
Zlatko Krmpotić Zlatko Krmpotić (; born 7 August 1958) is a Serbian former player and manager. Club career Between 1977 and 1986, Krmpotić spent nine seasons with Red Star Belgrade, making over 200 appearances in all competitions and winning five major troph ...
(2014) * Dejan Đurđević (2014–15) * Vladimir Petrović (2015) * Dragoljub Bekvalac (2015) *
Slavko Matić Slavko Matić ( sr-Cyrl, Славко Матић; born 2 July 1976) is a Serbian football manager. He is a holder of the UEFA Pro Licence. He played for OFK Beograd OFK Beograd ( sr-Cyrl, ОФК Београд – Омладински фу ...
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Ljubiša Stamenković Ljubiša "Piskavac" Stamenković ( sr-Cyrl, Љубиша "Пискавац" Стаменковић; born 21 July 1964) is a Serbian football manager. Playing career Born in Vlasotince, he spent almost whole his life in Smederevo, where he start ...
(2016–17) * Petar Divić (2017–18) *
Stevica Kuzmanovski Stevica Kuzmanovski (; born 16 November 1962) is a Macedonian football manager and former player. Playing career During his career that spanned from the early 1980s to the early 2000s, Kuzmanovski played for Partizan, Pelister, OFK Beograd (th ...
(2019) *
Nikola Puača Nikola () is a given name which, like Nicholas, is a version of the Greek ''Nikolaos'' (Νικόλαος) and it means "the winner of the people". It is common as a masculine given name in the South Slavic countries (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulg ...
(2019–20) * Marko Mićović (2020) * Miodrag Anđelković (2020–2021) * Goran Lazarević (2022) *
Stevica Kuzmanovski Stevica Kuzmanovski (; born 16 November 1962) is a Macedonian football manager and former player. Playing career During his career that spanned from the early 1980s to the early 2000s, Kuzmanovski played for Partizan, Pelister, OFK Beograd (th ...
(2022) * Nenad Grozdić (2022) *
Simo Krunić Simo Krunić (Serbian Cyrillic: Симо Крунић; born 13 January 1967) is a Bosnian-Serbian professional football manager and former footballer. He is currently the manager of OFK Beograd. Playing career In the late 1980s, Krunić played ...
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