Nikola Milenkovic and Lidija Filipovic awarded the Golden Ball for 2025

At the ceremony held at the FSS Sports Center in Stara Pazova, in the women’s category, Lidija Filipovic (Spartak Moscow) was declared the best female footballer, and the best coach award went to Serbia’s national team coach Lidija Stojkanovic.

The most promising coach award went to Radomir Kokovic, the strategist of Zeleznicar, while the most promising footballers were Vasilije Kostov and Aleksandra Gajic.

National team coach Veljko Paunovic presented Kostov with the first “Code of the Representative,” which was introduced today, and a wave of emotion and a long applause followed after recalling the historic achievement in 2015 when the youth national team became world champions in New Zealand.

A special recognition was given to OFK Beograd coach Simo Krunic, who has continuously led the "Romantics" from the third league to the Super League.

The Golden Ball has been awarded since 2005. The record holders with three awards each are Dusan Tadic and Aleksandar Mitrovic, while Nemanja Vidic, Dejan Stankovic, Branislav Ivanovic, and Nemanja Matic have won it twice.

Among coaches, the record holder is Dragan Stojkovic Piksi with four awards, while Vladan Milojevic was named the best three times.

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