Red Star (Crvena zvezda) — B team, c. 1995/96

The "B" (reserve) side of Red Star Belgrade in the mid-1990s functioned as the club's reserve/youth-development squad: a bridge between the academy and the senior first team. Around the 1995/96 period the reserve side was used to give match practice to young prospects, rehabilitate first-team players returning from injury, and prepare candidates for loans to other clubs.

Coach

• LjUBOMIR PETROVIĆ — an experienced Serbian coach who worked with Red Star’s reserve/youth players in the mid-1990s. His role emphasized player development, tactical preparation for first-team integration, and management of the club’s younger professionals.

Context and competitions

• Reserve/B teams in Serbia (then FR Yugoslavia) did not normally compete in the senior national league system’s top tier; they played in reserve/youth competitions, friendly tournaments, and arranged regular friendlies against other clubs’ reserves or local sides.
• Documentation for reserve-team fixtures and full season rosters from 1995/96 is often sparse in public online sources, so detailed match-by-match records are less commonly available than for the senior squad.

Typical outcomes for the B team

• Development and promotion of promising youngsters into the Red Star first team or professional loans to smaller clubs.
• Preparation of tactical systems consistent with the senior team so promoted players could slot in smoothly.

Where to find detailed records (rosters, match lists)

• Official club archives and publications on Crvena zvezda’s website or museum/club historian pages.
• National football association archives (Football Association of Serbia / FSS).
• Contemporary Serbian sports newspapers and archives (Politika, Sport, Večernje novosti) and regional library newspaper collections.
• Historical football databases and fan sites such as RSSSF, WorldFootball.net, Transfermarkt, and specialized Red Star fan forums and history pages.
• Search terms in Serbian often help: e.g., “Crvena zvezda B tim 1995/96”, “Rezerve Crvena zvezda 1995”, or “Ljubomir Petrović Crvena zvezda 1995”.

If you want a more detailed roster, match list or player-by-player notes for the 1995/96 B team, those can be compiled from the archival sources above and summarized into a season report.