FK Radnicki Jugopetrol
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FK Radnički Beograd is a football
Football (soccer)
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 club from Novi Beograd
Novi Beograd
Novi Beograd or New Belgrade is the most populous municipality that constitutes the City of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. It is a planned city, built in 1947 on the left bank of the Sava river which was previously an uninhabited area, opposite of the old Belgrade...

, Serbia
Serbia
Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...

.

The club was until recently know by its sponsor name of FK Radnički Jugopetrol, and is also often named as FK Radnički Novi Beograd, although the club is officially named simply as Beograd because it was initially formed in Belgrade proper, and only later moved to Novi Beograd
Novi Beograd
Novi Beograd or New Belgrade is the most populous municipality that constitutes the City of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. It is a planned city, built in 1947 on the left bank of the Sava river which was previously an uninhabited area, opposite of the old Belgrade...

 (New Belgrade) area.

Early history

Inspired by the matches between the existing clubs in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Kingdom of Yugoslavia
The Kingdom of Yugoslavia was a state stretching from the Western Balkans to Central Europe which existed during the often-tumultuous interwar era of 1918–1941...

 the students of Belgrade's construction-craft school held the constituent assembly in their school on April 20, 1920 and formed a football club named BSK Radnički. Among the 29 founding members, Ilija Krstić was elected the first club President. After collecting enough money to buy their first ball, a rarity in those days, the next main problem was to find a proper pitch to play. Some members lobbied for the club to play on the field of another Belgrade club, Srpski Mač, while others wanted to play in the area named Bara Venecija
Bara Venecija
Bara Venecija is an urban neighborhood of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. It is located in Belgrade's municipality of Savski Venac.-Location:...

 in a field that FK Železničar Beograd
FK Železnicar Beograd
FK Železničar is a football club based in Bara Venecija, Belgrade, Serbia.-History:FK Železničar Beograd was formed in 1924, when a group of workers from the Belgrade railway station began playing the game. Later that year, the first team was formed...

 still uses nowadays. The decision was made that the first pitch of Radnički was going to be in Bara Venecija, a Belgrade urban neighbourhood located on the right bank of the Sava river.

Unfortunately, there is no evidence of the first matches played during 1920, and the first match covered by the newspapers was against Brđanin from Senjak
Senjak
Senjak is an urban neighborhood of Belgrade, the capital city of Serbia. Located in Savski Venac, one of the three municipalities that constitute the very center of the city, it is an affluent and distinguished neighborhood lavished with embassies, diplomatic residences, and mansions...

 during autumn 1921 which Radnički lost by 0-4. On March 22, 1921 the club joined the Belgrade Football Association and started competing in the Second Division group B, finishing in 5th place among six clubs. In the season 1922-23 playing in the same league and with a mixed squad together with FK Grafičar
FK Graficar Beograd
FK Grafičar is a football club based in Belgrade, Serbia.Grafičar has a reputation of old Belgrade amateur club. Club fans claim that it has most sympathisers, after giants Red Star Belgrade and FK Partizan...

, they finished 6th out of eight. The first major success was archived when they were league champions in the season 1924-25. They finished the season with 9 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats, and the players in that season were Milan Ristić, Milojević, Sveta Pačić, Janaković, Petrović, Zistahis, Bora Kostić, Slobodan Paunović, Radivoje Srećković, Obojević and Dušan Milosavljević.

The golden era

However, the greatest moments in club's history came after the Second World War. In 1950 the club wins promotion to the Yugoslav Second League
Yugoslav Second League
Yugoslav Second League was the second tier football league of SFR Yugoslavia. The top clubs were promoted to the top tier, the Yugoslav First League....

 and in 1953, after beating another historical club FK Mačva Šabac
FK Macva Šabac
FK Mačva Šabac is a football club from Šabac, Serbia.-Current squad 2010-11:Last update November 2010.-Notable players:...

 in the play-offs, the club gets promoted to the Yugoslav First League
Yugoslav First League
The Yugoslav First League was the premier football league in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia and socialist Yugoslavia...

. In their first top league season, in 1953–54 the club finishes on 12th place, among 14, and avoids relegation, and in the next season the club does better and finishes 10th. In the 1955–56 Yugoslav First League the club archives its biggest success by finishing on 3rd place, only behind the Belgrade giants Red Star
Red Star Belgrade
Red Star Belgrade is a football club from Belgrade, Serbia. The club is a part of the Red Star Sports Society.Red Star Belgrade is the most successful Serbian club, with a record of 25 national championships and 23 national cups in both Serbian and ex-Yugoslav competitions...

 and Partizan
FK Partizan
Fudbalski klub Partizan is a professional football club based in Belgrade, Serbia. In its long history, FK Partizan won as many as 37 trophies. The club is the holder of 23 national championships, 12 national cups and 1 national supercup, and has also won the Mitropa Cup in 1978...

. The team on that season was coached by former Partizan coach Illes Spitz
Illés Spitz
Illés Spitz was a Hungarian international football player and manager.- Playing career :...

 and among the best players were Zlatan Ljujić, Blagoje Vidinić, M. Petrović, Radmilo Ristić, Đura Čokić, B. Pavlović, M. Ljubenović, Milorad Diskić, Pflander, Pašković, Zoran Prljinčević, Aleksandar Petaković
Aleksandar Petakovic
Aleksandar Petaković was a Serbian football player and manager.-External links:* at Reprezentacija.rs* at Playerhistory....

, Ljuba Ognjanović, Josipović, Jovan Jezerkić
Jovan Jezerkić
Jovan Jezerkić is a former Serbian football striker who played for the Yugoslav national team. He was also one of the first players to have played for the both Belgrade rivals: Red Star and Partizan....

, Tihomir Marković and Marcel Žigante
Marcel Žigante
Marcel Žigante is a former Croatian and Bosnian football player and manager.His football career began in a small club called Šparta Zagreb in 1943. After the end of World War II, he started playing for Dinamo Zagreb in 1945. He did not stay there for long. First, he went to Borac Čapljina and...

.

The next season playing with basically the same team, the club finished 8th, however it reached the 1957 Yugoslav Cup
Yugoslav Cup
The Yugoslav Cup, officially the Marshal Tito Cup, was one of two major football competitions in the former Yugoslavia, the other one being the Yugoslav League Championship. The Yugoslav Cup took place after the league championships when every competitive league in Yugoslavia had finished, in order...

 final. The match was played in Belgrade, on May 26, against FK Partizan
FK Partizan
Fudbalski klub Partizan is a professional football club based in Belgrade, Serbia. In its long history, FK Partizan won as many as 37 trophies. The club is the holder of 23 national championships, 12 national cups and 1 national supercup, and has also won the Mitropa Cup in 1978...

, in the JNA Stadium. At half-time Radnički was winning by 3-0, having scored the goals Belin
Bruno Belin
Bruno Belin was a Croatian footballer who was part of Yugoslavia national football team at the 1954 FIFA World Cup. He died in a car accident in 1962 at the 25th kilometer of Belgrade-Zagreb highway.-External links:*...

 (own-goal), Petaković
Aleksandar Petakovic
Aleksandar Petaković was a Serbian football player and manager.-External links:* at Reprezentacija.rs* at Playerhistory....

 and Prljinčević. That final is remembered as one of the craziest ever, because in the second half Partizan turned the result down and at the end won by 5-3 with goals of Valok
Marko Valok
Marko Valok is a former footballer who represented Yugoslavia. He played club football in Yugoslavia with FK Partizan.He coached Burma, FK Partizan, Budućnost Titograd, Philadelphia Fury, FK Vojvodina, Adana Demirspor, Borac Banja Luka, Teteks Tetovo, Galenika Zemun and FK Rad.-External links: at...

, Mesaroš and Kaloperović
Tomislav Kaloperovic
Tomislav Kaloperović was a Serbian footballer and coach.-External links:*...

. Despite the loss, Radnički made an impact in Yugoslav football at that time. Because they were playing their matches back then at a field on Viline Vode
Viline Vode
Viline Vode is an urban neighborhood of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. It is located in Belgrade's municipality of Palilula.- Location :...

 they earned the nickname of "Majstori sa Dunava", in translation: The Danube masters.

In the 1957–58 Yugoslav First League Radnički finished 3rd again, behind Dinamo Zagreb
Dinamo Zagreb
GNK Dinamo Zagreb, commonly referred to as Dinamo Zagreb , or by their nickname Modri are a Croatian football club based in Zagreb. They play their home matches at Stadion Maksimir. They are the most successful club in Croatian football, having won thirteen Croatian championship titles, ten...

, Partizan
FK Partizan
Fudbalski klub Partizan is a professional football club based in Belgrade, Serbia. In its long history, FK Partizan won as many as 37 trophies. The club is the holder of 23 national championships, 12 national cups and 1 national supercup, and has also won the Mitropa Cup in 1978...

 and in front of Red Star
Red Star Belgrade
Red Star Belgrade is a football club from Belgrade, Serbia. The club is a part of the Red Star Sports Society.Red Star Belgrade is the most successful Serbian club, with a record of 25 national championships and 23 national cups in both Serbian and ex-Yugoslav competitions...

 with equal number of points but better goal difference. In the season 1958–59 they finished 4th, after Red Star, Partizan and Vojvodina
FK Vojvodina
FK Vojvodina is a football club from Novi Sad, Serbia. The club currently competes in the Serbian SuperLiga. FK Vojvodina is the third oldest football club in Serbia's SuperLiga, after OFK Beograd which was founded in 1911 and FK Javor which was founded in 1912.-History:FK Vojvodina was founded...

. However, these were the last seasons of the golden era of the Danube masters, because afterwords a fall begin, with a 9th place in 1959–60 and a relegation awarding bottom 12th place in the 1960–61 Yugoslav First League.

After playing few seasons in the Yugoslav Second League
Yugoslav Second League
Yugoslav Second League was the second tier football league of SFR Yugoslavia. The top clubs were promoted to the top tier, the Yugoslav First League....

 Radnički menages to return to the Yugoslav First League in 1965, however it finished the 1965–66 Yugoslav First League in a disappointing 15th place out of 16 being relegated again.

Fall

After the relegation from the top league in 1966 to the Second League, the club suffered further relegation to the Serbian Republic League (third Yugoslav tier) in the next season. For the next decade the club fails to return to higher leagues and in 1975 they are further relegated into the Belgrade zone leagues. It is during this period that the club moves to a new developing area of Belgrade on the left bank of Sava river, named Novi Beograd
Novi Beograd
Novi Beograd or New Belgrade is the most populous municipality that constitutes the City of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. It is a planned city, built in 1947 on the left bank of the Sava river which was previously an uninhabited area, opposite of the old Belgrade...

 (New Belgrade).

Recent history

The club has spent a couple of decades playing in lower leagues, mostly in the Belgrade zone League, and afterwords in the newly formed Serbian Second League (still within the Federation league system). During this period the club has developed their youth program and numerous players that later became professionals begin their playing careers in the club. The rise begins in 1986 when Radnički wins the regional Belgrade Cup, further being confirmed by the promotion in 1991 to the Second League of FR Yugoslavia
Serbian First League
Serbian First League is the name for the second tier in Serbia's football league. The league is operated by the Football Association of Serbia. 18 teams are set to compete in this league for the 2009-10 season...

. In their first season in second national level, they finish top and archive promotion back to the top league, this time to the 1992–93 First League of FR Yugoslavia. The club played four consecutive seasons in top league, having archived the 15th place in 1992–93, the 8th place in 1993–94, the 10th place in 1994–95 and bottom 20th place in 1995–96 which led to subsequent relegation.

The club plays in the Second League all the way until 2004 when the club returns to the top league and plays in the 2004–05 First League of Serbia and Montenegro where despite finishing 12th out of 16, meaning out of relegation zone, the club direction for reasons of financial problems decides to leave top league competition.

Recent seasons

Season League Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Cup
Serbian Cup
The Serbian Cup is the national football cup of Serbia. For sponsorship reasons it is referred to in the media as Lav Cup of Serbia since 2007.The winner of the competition gets a spot in the UEFA Europa League qualifying round.-Sponsorship:...

Notes Manager
1992-93
First League of FR Yugoslavia 1992-93
The First League of FR Yugoslavia 1992–93 was the first football season in FR Yugoslavia which was composed of the republics of Serbia and Montenegro....

1 15 36 11 7 18 45 62 29 Last 16 top scorers Muf 9,Šimičić 9 Petrović,Rašović,Duvančić
1993-94
First League of FR Yugoslavia 1993-94
-Overview:The league was divided into 2 groups, A and B, consisting each of 10 clubs. Both groups were played in league system. By winter break all clubs in each group meet each other twice, home and away, with the bottom four classifiyed from A group moving to the group B, and being replaced by...

1B fall 3 (13) 18 7 6 5 32 24 20 ? Promoted to 1A
1A spring 8 18 5 5 8 15 28 19 Relegated to 1B
1994-95
First League of FR Yugoslavia 1994-95
-Overview:Just as the previous season, the league consisted of 2 groups, A and B, each containing 10 clubs. Both groups were played in league system. By winter break all clubs in each group had met each other twice, home and away, with the bottom four from A group moving to group B, and being...

1B fall 3 (13) 18 11 2 5 24 16 24 ? Promoted to 1A
1A spring 10 18 3 3 12 20 39 15 Relegated to 1B
1995-96
First League of FR Yugoslavia 1995-96
-Overview:Just as in the two previous seasons, the league was divided into 2 groups, A and B, consisting each one of 10 clubs. Both groups were played in league system. By winter break all clubs in each group meat each other twice, home and away, with the bottom four classifiyed from A group moving...

1B fall 6 (16) 18 6 4 8 29 32 22 ?
1B spring 10 (20) 18 2 4 12 13 32 17 Relegated to 2
1996-97 2 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
1997-98 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
1998-99 2 -East 11 21 8 2 11 34 34 26 Last 32 1
1999-00 2 -North 3 34 19 4 11 64 45 61 Last 32
2000-01 2 -North 3 34 19 7 8 58 25 64 Last 32
2001-02 2 -North 6 34 14 15 5 47 29 57 Last 32
2002-03 2 -North 3 33 18 7 8 63 38 61 Last 16
2003-04 2 -North 1 36 27 5 4 77 25 86 Last 16 Promoted
2004-05
First League of Serbia and Montenegro 2004-05
The 2004–05 First League of Serbia and Montenegro season, the 3rd since its establishment, started on August 7, 2004 and finished on May 28, 2005...

1 12 30 10 5 15 33 38 35 Last 32 Withdraw 2
2005-06 3 - Belgrade 15 38 13 7 18 52 60 46 Last 32
2006-07 3 - Belgrade 8 34 13 10 11 40 37 49 did not qualify
2007-08 3 - Belgrade 8 30 12 6 12 37 37 42 did not qualify
2008-09 3 - Belgrade 16 30 4 7 19 22 43 19 did not qualify Relegated
2009-10 4 - Belgrade 10 34 12 6 16 42 44 42
2010-11 4 - Belgrade 18 34 5 11 18 28 51 26 Relegated


1 Championship abandoned officially on May 14, 1999 due to the NATO attacks
on FR Yugoslavia.

2 stayed up but withdrew form top league competition for 2005/06 season due to financial difficulties and thus got relegated to third league

Notable players

While playing with Radnički, Zoran Prljinčević became Yugoslav First League topscorer in the 1960-61 season, sharing the title with Todor Veselinović (FK Vojvodina
FK Vojvodina
FK Vojvodina is a football club from Novi Sad, Serbia. The club currently competes in the Serbian SuperLiga. FK Vojvodina is the third oldest football club in Serbia's SuperLiga, after OFK Beograd which was founded in 1911 and FK Javor which was founded in 1912.-History:FK Vojvodina was founded...

), both with 16 goals.

The following is a list of clubs players with national team appearances:
 Kingdom of Yugoslavia/ Kingdom of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia,
 Serbia and Montenegro Serbia and Montenegro or  Serbia Serbia:
  • Dušan Anđelković
  • Prvoslav Dragičević
    Prvoslav Dragićević
    Prvoslav Dragićević was a Serbian football manager and former player.-Playing career:...

  • Jovan Jezerkić
    Jovan Jezerkić
    Jovan Jezerkić is a former Serbian football striker who played for the Yugoslav national team. He was also one of the first players to have played for the both Belgrade rivals: Red Star and Partizan....

  • Saša Kovačević
    Saša Kovacevic
    Saša Kovačević is a Serbian international footballer. He plays for FK Borac Banja Luka.-Football career:...

  • Milan Ljubenović
    Milan Ljubenović
    Milan Zarije Ljubenović , was a Serbian football player.Born in 1930 in Novi Sad, Kingdom of Yugoslavia, he played with FK Radnički Beograd between 1949 and 1961...

  • Pavle Ninkov
    Pavle Ninkov
    Pavle Ninkov is a Serbian football defender, currently playing for French side Toulouse FC.His former clubs include Radnički Jugopetrol, Rad Belgrade and FK Čukarički Stankom....

  • Milan Obradović
    Milan Obradovic
    Milan Obradović is a Serbian footballer who currently plays for FC Metalist Kharkiv....

  • Ljubomir Ognjanović
    Ljubomir Ognjanović
    Ljubomir Ognjanović , was a Serbian football player.Born in Belgrade, Kingdom of Yugoslavia, he played his entire career with FK Radnički Beograd as a forward. He was part of the club between 1952 and 1967...

  • Radivoj Ognjanović
  • Aleksandar Petaković
    Aleksandar Petakovic
    Aleksandar Petaković was a Serbian football player and manager.-External links:* at Reprezentacija.rs* at Playerhistory....

  • Miroslav Savić
    Miroslav Savic
    Miroslav Savić is a Serbian footballer who plays for FK Masallı in the Azerbaijan Premier League.-Club career:...

  • Dragan Simeunović
    Dragan Simeunovic
    Dragan Simeunović is a former Yugoslav football goalkeeper.-National team:...

  • Predrag Spasić
    Predrag Spasic
    Predrag Spasić is a retired Serbian footballer who played as a central defender.Over the course of his career Spasić played for FK Radnicki Kragujevac , FK Partizan, Real Madrid, CA Osasuna, Atlético Marbella and FK Radnički Novi Beograd, retiring at only 31.He was capped 31 times for the...

  • Jovan Stanković
    Jovan Stankovic
    Jovan Stanković is a retired Serbian footballer who played as a left midfielder, with good crossing ability....

  • Dejan Stefanović
    Dejan Stefanovic
    Dejan Stefanović , Dejan Stefanović (Serbian Cyrillic: Дејан Стефановић), Dejan Stefanović (Serbian Cyrillic: Дејан Стефановић), (born October 28, 1974 in Vranjein Serbia, is a Serbian football player who plays for Conference South side Havant & Waterlooville He is a central defender who can also...

  • Blagoje Vidinić
  • Vladimir Volkov
    Vladimir Volkov
    Vladimir Volkov is a Serbian footballer who plays for FK Partizan. Mainly a left back, he can also operate as a left winger.-Club career:...



Foreign: Nenad Mišković
Nenad Miškovic
Nenad Mišković is a retired Bosnian international football player.-Career:...

 Aleksandar Todorovski
Aleksandar Todorovski
Aleksandar Todorovski is a Serbian-born Macedonian defender currently playing for Polonia Warsaw in the Ekstraklasa.-Club:...

 Dejan Damjanović
Dejan Damjanovic
Dejan Damjanović is an international Montenegrin football forward, who plays for FC Seoul in the South Korean K-League.- Early life :Damjanović was born in the town of Mostar, SFR Yugoslavia on 27 July 1981....

 Milan Jovanović
Milan Jovanovic (footballer born 1983)
Milan Jovanović is a Montenegrin international footballer. He is playing for PFC Spartak Nalchik.-Club career:...

 Mitar Novaković
Mitar Novakovic
Mitar Novaković is a Montenegrin international footballer playing for FC Amkar Perm in the Russian Premier League.-External links:* *...

 Marko Dević
Marko Devic
Marko Dević is a Serbian-Ukrainian footballer playing for Metalist Kharkiv initially as an attacking midfielder and later as a forward.-Serbia:...


Fot the list of clubs present and former players with Wikipedia article, please see: :Category:FK Radnički Beograd players.

Stadium

The main field is located within the Sports complex of Radnički Belgrade which is composed of one main football ground supported by 5 training grounds and a clay pitch. There are projects of expansion currently under way.

Football academy

The club works with all levels of youth football, starting with under-11 until the under-17. The club has long been dedicated to the work with the young.

External links

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