Have been born in Serbia and capped by a foreign national team. This includes players that have dual citizenship.
In this list are only indicated the top-level clubs. If a player has also played in some lower-level club in Serbia, those clubs are excluded, just as all the foreign players that have only played in lower leagues in Serbia.
Notes:
The players that played in clubs from
Kosovo are only included if they played in a top league club within the Yugoslav or
Serbian football league system.
The players from the countries that once made part of Yugoslavia (Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro and Slovenia) have inclusion criteria indicated in each section.
The years correspond to seasons, not calendar years, and represent the seasons that the player represented the club, not necessarily being all in the top league, but at least one. If only one year is indicated in parentheses, it means that the player has played only that half of season.
Players in bold are players that have at least one cap for their national team.
Teams in bold are the current team of that player.
Excluded the players that played before 1992 when Bosnia and Herzegovina became independent and counted as domestic, but included the players that are Bosnian Serbs and usually have double citizenship.
Excluded the players that played before 1991 when Croatia became independent, but including the players that were Croatian Serbs born in nowadays Croatia, usually having double citizenship.
Excluded the players that played before 2006 when Montenegro became independent. Montenegrin players that were internationals for FR Yugoslavia/Serbia and Montenegro are indicated in italics.
This is a list of foreign players that have played, or play, in the
Serbian Leagues; North/Vojvodina, Belgrade, East, West,
Serbian Republic League, lower Subassociation Leagues
^Mehmet Dragusha at National-Football-Teams.com – Born in
Pristina, he represented Albania internationally.
^Besnik Hasi at National-Football-Teams.com – Born in
Gjakova, he represented Albania internationally.
^Eli Babalj at National-Football-Teams.com – Born in
Sarajevo, he represents Australia internationally.
^Branko Buljevic at National-Football-Teams.com – Born in
Split he represented Australia internationally.
^Milan Ivanovic at National-Football-Teams.com – Born in
Sivac, he represented Australia internationally.
^Doug Utjenesovic at National-Football-Teams.com – Born in
Belgrade as Dragan Utješenovic, he represented Australia internationally.
^Former Vienna goalkeeper this is prior WWII. Possible correct native spelling in German Gröblacher.
^Goran Kartalija at National-Football-Teams.com – Born in
Kljajićevo, he represented Austria internationally.
^Mantler, a goalkeeper from Vienna played with UTK after WWI.
^Sandor Nemes at EU-Football.info – Born in
Budapest, Hungary, he played 3 matches for
Hungary in 1918 and 1919 as Sándor Nemes, and then played 2 matches for
Austria in 1925 as Alexander Neufeld. He was also known as Antal Nemes in Yugoslavia and Alex Nemesch in som sources. He is located in the Austrian section of this list as that is the last country he represented internationally, and the one closer to the period of his spell in BSK.
^Murad Huseynov at National-Football-Teams.com – Born in
Makhachkala, he represents Azerbaijan internationally.
^Branimir Subasic at National-Football-Teams.com – Born in
Belgrade, he represents Azerbaijan internationally.
^Kiril Simonovski at EU-Football.info – Born in
Skopje, he played 2 matches for
Bulgaria in 1942 as Kiril Simeonov, later he played 10 matches for
Yugoslavia as Kiril Simonovski. At the time prior WWII he was known as Kiril Simonović.
^John Mary, born in Nigeria but represents Cameroon internationally.
^Milan Borjan at National-Football-Teams.com – Born in
Knin, he represents Canada internationally.
^Stefan Cebara at National-Football-Teams.com – Born in
Zadar, he represents Canada internationally.
^Srdjan Djekanović, born in Serbia but represented Canada internationally.
^Dejan Jakovic at National-Football-Teams.com – Born in
Karlovac, he represents Canada internationally.
^Mike Stojanovic at National-Football-Teams.com – Born in
Lapovo as Momčilo Stojanović, he represented Canada internationally.
^David Manga at National-Football-Teams.com – Born in
Paris,
France, he represents the Central African Republic internationally.
^
abWhen Jia and Liu arrived in Partizan, they became the
third and fourth Chinese players ever to play abroad. Just a year earlier,
Xie Yuxin became the first Chinese ever to play abroad.
^Timothy Chow, born in England but represents Taiwan internationally.
^Bitsindou, born in Belgium, represented Belgium at U15 level, later switched nationality to Congo and represents Congo.
^Ardian Kozniku at National-Football-Teams.com – Born in
Đakovica, he represented Croatia internationally.
^Kujtim Shala at National-Football-Teams.com – Born in
Prizren, he represented Croatia internationally.
^Svetozar Đanić at Reprezentacija.rs – Born in
Manđelos, he played 3 matches for Yugoslavia in 1940 before being forced to play for NDH playing 4 matches and scoring once.
^Aleksandro Petrovic, born in Bosnia but represented Germany at U17 level.
^Ednilson played as Portuguese during his spell at Partizan because he had represented Portugal at U21 level. Later, in 2010, when Guinea-Bissau resurrected its national team, he stated playing for them.
^Moreira initially played as Portuguese, as he represented Portugal at U21 level earlier in his career, and at arrival to Partizan was in the wider list of options and calls for Portuguese main national team. However, at his third season at Partizan, he decided to accept the call of Guinea-Bissau to play for their national team which was resurrected after a 3-year period of inactivity.
The list uses the original club names, however, in some cases, certain clubs during one, or more, seasons, used sponsorship names in those specific times. Here is the list to identify those clubs and their sponsorship names:
FK Čukarički, initially formed as ČSK (Čukarički SK), became sponsored for much of the 1990s by Stankom and was vastly known as FK Čukarički Staknom.
FK Zemun was for much of the 1980s sponsored by pharmaceutical company Galenika and became known as FK Galenika Zemun.
FK Smederevo was known from 1992 until 2004 as
FK Sartid or Sartid 1913, indicated here as
Sartid Smederevo. The exception was made here because the club was founded by the company and spent most of its history using the name Sartid.
FK Spartak Subotica was merged in 2007 with
FK Zlatibor Voda (a club from
Horgoš sponsored by the company Zlatibor Voda, and, between 2007 and 2014, played under sponsor name of FK Spartak Zlatibor Voda. Since 2018 it is officially using again a sponsorship name, this time as FK Spartak Ždrepčeva krv.
TSC Bačka Topola was known for most of its history as AIK Bačka Topola.
FK Radnički Beograd was known for most of the 1990s as FK Radnički Jugopetrol.
FK Javor Ivanjica has been officially sponsored by local company Matis and became known as FK Javor-Matis Ivanjica since 2017.
GSK Jasenica 1911 was sponsored for much of the 1980s and 1990s by GOŠA and during that period played under name of FK Mladost GOŠA.
FK ČSK Čelarevo was sponsored for decades by local brewery company thus making the club widely known as FK ČSK Pivara.
FK Mladost Apatin was formed by the owner of the local company Tri zvezde thus the club was known until 1945 as SK Tri zvezde Apatin.
FK Srbobran was for decades sponsored by Elan thus known as FK Elan Srbobran.
FK FAP Priboj is a club that was throughout its history sponsored by local truck manufacturer
FAP and has kept its name until today.
FK Trstenik was for much of its history known by the name of the local company Prva petoletka, thus resulting in FK PPT Trstenik.
During the 1990s,
FK Timok Zaječar was sponsored by local company Kristal and became known as FK Timok Kristal Zaječar.
Mergers
Two of the oldest Serbian clubs, Konkordija and Vardar, both from Belgrade, merged and formed
SK Jedinstvo Beograd.
Another important of the oldest clubs was SK Soko from Belgrade that changed its name to
FK BASK.
FK Voždovac, was known as SK Dušanovac during its earliest period.
SK Jugoslavija was one of the most successful clubs in Yugoslavia until the WWII. It was a club from Belgrade that was formed in 1913 and was disbanded by the new socialist authorities in 1945. Most of its property was handed over to the newly formed
Red Star Belgrade. From 1941 until 1944 it was named SK 1913.
BSK Beograd was renamed into
OFK Beograd in 1957. After WWII was also known as FK Metalac Beograd.
FK Sloboda Užice was merged with
FK Sevojno in 2010, and after playing the season 2010-11 and beginning of 2011-12 as FK Sloboda Point Sevojno, it restored its name in October 2011.
FK Vojvodina was known as FK Sloga Novi Sad for some years after WWII.
Have been born in Serbia and capped by a foreign national team. This includes players that have dual citizenship.
In this list are only indicated the top-level clubs. If a player has also played in some lower-level club in Serbia, those clubs are excluded, just as all the foreign players that have only played in lower leagues in Serbia.
Notes:
The players that played in clubs from
Kosovo are only included if they played in a top league club within the Yugoslav or
Serbian football league system.
The players from the countries that once made part of Yugoslavia (Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro and Slovenia) have inclusion criteria indicated in each section.
The years correspond to seasons, not calendar years, and represent the seasons that the player represented the club, not necessarily being all in the top league, but at least one. If only one year is indicated in parentheses, it means that the player has played only that half of season.
Players in bold are players that have at least one cap for their national team.
Teams in bold are the current team of that player.
Excluded the players that played before 1992 when Bosnia and Herzegovina became independent and counted as domestic, but included the players that are Bosnian Serbs and usually have double citizenship.
Excluded the players that played before 1991 when Croatia became independent, but including the players that were Croatian Serbs born in nowadays Croatia, usually having double citizenship.
Excluded the players that played before 2006 when Montenegro became independent. Montenegrin players that were internationals for FR Yugoslavia/Serbia and Montenegro are indicated in italics.
This is a list of foreign players that have played, or play, in the
Serbian Leagues; North/Vojvodina, Belgrade, East, West,
Serbian Republic League, lower Subassociation Leagues
^Mehmet Dragusha at National-Football-Teams.com – Born in
Pristina, he represented Albania internationally.
^Besnik Hasi at National-Football-Teams.com – Born in
Gjakova, he represented Albania internationally.
^Eli Babalj at National-Football-Teams.com – Born in
Sarajevo, he represents Australia internationally.
^Branko Buljevic at National-Football-Teams.com – Born in
Split he represented Australia internationally.
^Milan Ivanovic at National-Football-Teams.com – Born in
Sivac, he represented Australia internationally.
^Doug Utjenesovic at National-Football-Teams.com – Born in
Belgrade as Dragan Utješenovic, he represented Australia internationally.
^Former Vienna goalkeeper this is prior WWII. Possible correct native spelling in German Gröblacher.
^Goran Kartalija at National-Football-Teams.com – Born in
Kljajićevo, he represented Austria internationally.
^Mantler, a goalkeeper from Vienna played with UTK after WWI.
^Sandor Nemes at EU-Football.info – Born in
Budapest, Hungary, he played 3 matches for
Hungary in 1918 and 1919 as Sándor Nemes, and then played 2 matches for
Austria in 1925 as Alexander Neufeld. He was also known as Antal Nemes in Yugoslavia and Alex Nemesch in som sources. He is located in the Austrian section of this list as that is the last country he represented internationally, and the one closer to the period of his spell in BSK.
^Murad Huseynov at National-Football-Teams.com – Born in
Makhachkala, he represents Azerbaijan internationally.
^Branimir Subasic at National-Football-Teams.com – Born in
Belgrade, he represents Azerbaijan internationally.
^Kiril Simonovski at EU-Football.info – Born in
Skopje, he played 2 matches for
Bulgaria in 1942 as Kiril Simeonov, later he played 10 matches for
Yugoslavia as Kiril Simonovski. At the time prior WWII he was known as Kiril Simonović.
^John Mary, born in Nigeria but represents Cameroon internationally.
^Milan Borjan at National-Football-Teams.com – Born in
Knin, he represents Canada internationally.
^Stefan Cebara at National-Football-Teams.com – Born in
Zadar, he represents Canada internationally.
^Srdjan Djekanović, born in Serbia but represented Canada internationally.
^Dejan Jakovic at National-Football-Teams.com – Born in
Karlovac, he represents Canada internationally.
^Mike Stojanovic at National-Football-Teams.com – Born in
Lapovo as Momčilo Stojanović, he represented Canada internationally.
^David Manga at National-Football-Teams.com – Born in
Paris,
France, he represents the Central African Republic internationally.
^
abWhen Jia and Liu arrived in Partizan, they became the
third and fourth Chinese players ever to play abroad. Just a year earlier,
Xie Yuxin became the first Chinese ever to play abroad.
^Timothy Chow, born in England but represents Taiwan internationally.
^Bitsindou, born in Belgium, represented Belgium at U15 level, later switched nationality to Congo and represents Congo.
^Ardian Kozniku at National-Football-Teams.com – Born in
Đakovica, he represented Croatia internationally.
^Kujtim Shala at National-Football-Teams.com – Born in
Prizren, he represented Croatia internationally.
^Svetozar Đanić at Reprezentacija.rs – Born in
Manđelos, he played 3 matches for Yugoslavia in 1940 before being forced to play for NDH playing 4 matches and scoring once.
^Aleksandro Petrovic, born in Bosnia but represented Germany at U17 level.
^Ednilson played as Portuguese during his spell at Partizan because he had represented Portugal at U21 level. Later, in 2010, when Guinea-Bissau resurrected its national team, he stated playing for them.
^Moreira initially played as Portuguese, as he represented Portugal at U21 level earlier in his career, and at arrival to Partizan was in the wider list of options and calls for Portuguese main national team. However, at his third season at Partizan, he decided to accept the call of Guinea-Bissau to play for their national team which was resurrected after a 3-year period of inactivity.
The list uses the original club names, however, in some cases, certain clubs during one, or more, seasons, used sponsorship names in those specific times. Here is the list to identify those clubs and their sponsorship names:
FK Čukarički, initially formed as ČSK (Čukarički SK), became sponsored for much of the 1990s by Stankom and was vastly known as FK Čukarički Staknom.
FK Zemun was for much of the 1980s sponsored by pharmaceutical company Galenika and became known as FK Galenika Zemun.
FK Smederevo was known from 1992 until 2004 as
FK Sartid or Sartid 1913, indicated here as
Sartid Smederevo. The exception was made here because the club was founded by the company and spent most of its history using the name Sartid.
FK Spartak Subotica was merged in 2007 with
FK Zlatibor Voda (a club from
Horgoš sponsored by the company Zlatibor Voda, and, between 2007 and 2014, played under sponsor name of FK Spartak Zlatibor Voda. Since 2018 it is officially using again a sponsorship name, this time as FK Spartak Ždrepčeva krv.
TSC Bačka Topola was known for most of its history as AIK Bačka Topola.
FK Radnički Beograd was known for most of the 1990s as FK Radnički Jugopetrol.
FK Javor Ivanjica has been officially sponsored by local company Matis and became known as FK Javor-Matis Ivanjica since 2017.
GSK Jasenica 1911 was sponsored for much of the 1980s and 1990s by GOŠA and during that period played under name of FK Mladost GOŠA.
FK ČSK Čelarevo was sponsored for decades by local brewery company thus making the club widely known as FK ČSK Pivara.
FK Mladost Apatin was formed by the owner of the local company Tri zvezde thus the club was known until 1945 as SK Tri zvezde Apatin.
FK Srbobran was for decades sponsored by Elan thus known as FK Elan Srbobran.
FK FAP Priboj is a club that was throughout its history sponsored by local truck manufacturer
FAP and has kept its name until today.
FK Trstenik was for much of its history known by the name of the local company Prva petoletka, thus resulting in FK PPT Trstenik.
During the 1990s,
FK Timok Zaječar was sponsored by local company Kristal and became known as FK Timok Kristal Zaječar.
Mergers
Two of the oldest Serbian clubs, Konkordija and Vardar, both from Belgrade, merged and formed
SK Jedinstvo Beograd.
Another important of the oldest clubs was SK Soko from Belgrade that changed its name to
FK BASK.
FK Voždovac, was known as SK Dušanovac during its earliest period.
SK Jugoslavija was one of the most successful clubs in Yugoslavia until the WWII. It was a club from Belgrade that was formed in 1913 and was disbanded by the new socialist authorities in 1945. Most of its property was handed over to the newly formed
Red Star Belgrade. From 1941 until 1944 it was named SK 1913.
BSK Beograd was renamed into
OFK Beograd in 1957. After WWII was also known as FK Metalac Beograd.
FK Sloboda Užice was merged with
FK Sevojno in 2010, and after playing the season 2010-11 and beginning of 2011-12 as FK Sloboda Point Sevojno, it restored its name in October 2011.
FK Vojvodina was known as FK Sloga Novi Sad for some years after WWII.