FK Spartak Zlatibor Voda
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FK Spartak Zlatibor Voda (Serbian Cyrillic: ФК Спартак Златибор Вода) is a football
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...

 club from Subotica
Subotica
Subotica is a city and municipality in northern Serbia, in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina...

, 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...

, that plays in the Serbian SuperLiga
Serbian Superliga
Serbian SuperLiga is a Serbian professional league for football clubs. At the top of the Serbian football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. It is contested by 16 clubs, operating a system of promotion and relegation with the Serbian First League...

 (Jelen Super Liga). The club was founded in 1945 and was named after Jovan Mikić Spartak
Jovan Mikic Spartak
Jovan Mikić, known as Spartak , Torontál County, Kingdom of Hungary, Austria-Hungary 13 May 1914; died in Subotica , Yugoslav region of Bačka , occupied by Hungary 11 October 1944) was a Yugoslavian representative and a record holder in athletics, and was known for creating the nickname FK Spartak...

, the leader of the Partisans
Partisans (Yugoslavia)
The Yugoslav Partisans, or simply the Partisans were a Communist-led World War II anti-fascist resistance movement in Yugoslavia...

 in Subotica
Subotica
Subotica is a city and municipality in northern Serbia, in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina...

, and a national hero who was killed in 1944. The club was named FK Spartak Subotica until the end of season 2007-2008 Serbian League Vojvodina
Serbian League Vojvodina
Serbian League Vojvodina is a section of the Serbian League, Serbia's third football league. Teams from Vojvodina are in this section of the league...

 when it was merged with the club FK Zlatibor Voda
FK Zlatibor Voda
Not to be confused with FK Spartak Zlatibor Voda.FK Zlatibor Voda is a football club based in Horgoš, Serbia.- Stadium:...

who won promotion to Serbian First League
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...

 thus gaining present name.

History

Founded 1945, FK Spartak Subotica is most successful club representing the northern cities in Vojvodina. They participated in the first after-war club championship, in the 1946–47 Yugoslav First League and from then on, they played always in between the first and second national leagues. The biggest success of the club was archived when the club played the 1993–94 FR Yugoslavia Cup final against 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...

 (1-6 loss).

After the dissolution of ŽAK Subotica
ŽAK Subotica
ŽAK Subotica was a football club based in Subotica, Kingdom of YugoslaviaThe name comes from the initials of Željezničarski atletski klub, and it was formed in 1921. It was known for being backed by the railway company....

, club that played in the pre-war period until 1945, the players who did not want to belong to any of the two newly formed clubs, Radnički or Građanski, decided to form the FK Spartak. The new club was named after the nickname of a legendary Subotica athlete and World War II commander Jovan Mikić - Spartak. The club was very active in its early years, continuing the tradition of Subotica football. Many club players later played for the biggest clubs in the country or internationally, having some played for the national team, as well.

Mitropa Cup

The Mitropa Cup, officially called the La Coupe de l'Europe Centrale, was one of the first really international major European football cups that the club participated in. After World War II, in 1951, a replacement tournament named Zentropa Cup was held to resume the rich tradition of this competition.
Season Contest Round State Club Score Place
1987 Mitropa Cup
Mitropa Cup
The Mitropa Cup, officially called the La Coupe de l'Europe Centrale was one of the first really international major European football cups for club sides...

semi-finals Ascoli
Ascoli Calcio 1898
Ascoli Calcio 1898 is an Italian football club based in Ascoli Piceno, Marche. The club was formed in 1898 and currently plays in Italian Serie B, having returned to it after two seasons spent in Serie A...

1-2 Ascoli
Ascoli Piceno
Ascoli Piceno is a town and comune in the Marche region of Italy, capital of the province of the same name. Its population is c. 51,400.-Geography:...

3./4. place Vasas SC
Vasas SC
Vasas SC is one of Hungary's major sports clubs. Most of its facilities are situated in Budapest's 13th district in the north of the town. Members of the Hungarian Union of Iron Workers founded the club as Vas-és Fémmunkások Sport Clubja, the "Sport Club of Iron and Steel Workers", on 16 March 1911...

0-2 Porto Sant'Elpidio
Porto Sant'Elpidio
Porto Sant'Elpidio is a coastal town in the province of Fermo, Marche, Italy. The commune is home to 25,071 inhabitants.-Geography:Porto Sant'Elpidio’s nearly eight km of coast once made the commune the most extensive in length in the province of Ascoli Piceno, but this is no longer true as it now...


UEFA competitions

  • Qualified for Europe in 1 season

Season Competition Round Country Club Home Away Aggregate
2010–11
UEFA Europa League 2010–11
The 2010–11 UEFA Europa League was the second season under a new name for the competition previously known as the UEFA Cup. The final was held at Aviva Stadium, Dublin, Republic of Ireland....

Europa League QR2   FC Differdange 03
FC Differdange 03
Football Club Differdange 03 is a football club, based in Differdange, in south-western Luxembourg.-History:Differdange 03 was formed in 2003 as an amalgam of two clubs from the city of Differdange: FA Red Boys Differdange and AS Differdange...

2–0 3–3 5–3
QR3   Dnipro 2–1 0–2 2–3

Fans

Spartak's fans, known as Marinci
Marinci (football supporters)
Marinci are supporters of the Subotica football club FK Spartak Subotica. They are the major football fan group in Subotica. They generally support all clubs within the Spartak Subotica Sports Society, and mostly wear blue and white symbols, which are the club's colors....

 (Marines), were formed in early 1990s and then were known like Blue Marines. Before that its fans and club's name was Plavi Golubovi (Blue Pigeons).
Blue Marines as successors Spartak fans from'70-the years included in the scene the second half of'80-the years. A small team of guys mostly from Prozivka
Prozivka
Prozivka is a city quarter of Subotica, a city in northern Serbia. It has a population about 20,000.-Geography:Prozivka is situated in the southern part of Subotica. Its southern border stretches from the Ivana Milutinovića along the railway Pačir , to Braće Radić street...

, but from other parts of the city slowly began to gather at the stadium and support local club. In December 1988 the year comes to the first organized assembly and winding of the game against Dinamo Zagreb.For this game, now there has been great fights in front of the western meetings between the Marines and the Bad Blue Boys.Only a month later in the below prolećnog part of the season, in the first months of 1989, sašiven is the first transparent and more in addition to the proposal adopted the name Blue Marines. In those years went to the guest, all of course without any help the club. That is the year to visit the Osjek larger group of Marines went, alone in his arrangements.Legendary fights against the Bad Blue Boys in front of the Western meetings, drawing the head live in Split, but also above response Torcida Marines when they are completely surrounded in the park.

Stadium

Subotica City Stadium is a multi-use stadium
Stadium
A modern stadium is a place or venue for outdoor sports, concerts, or other events and consists of a field or stage either partly or completely surrounded by a structure designed to allow spectators to stand or sit and view the event.)Pausanias noted that for about half a century the only event...

 in Subotica
Subotica
Subotica is a city and municipality in northern Serbia, in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina...

, 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...

. It is currently used mostly for football
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...

 matches and is the home ground of FK Spartak Zlatibor Voda from 1945. The stadium holds 4 000 people. There is a football pitch and a registered track for athletics suitable for competitions. One part of the Stadium is covered. There are also two subsidiary football pitches.

Current squad

As of October 2011.

For recent transfers, see List of Serbian football transfers summer 2011.

Famous players

Milan Jovanić
Milan Jovanic
Milan Jovanić is a Serbian football player who plays as a goalkeeper for Polish Ekstraklasa club Wisła Kraków.-Club career:...

 Andrija Kaluđerović Dejan Kekezović
Dejan Kekezović
Dejan Kekezović is a Serbian football midfielder currently playing in Serbian SuperLiga club FK Hajduk Kula....

 Ognjen Koroman
Ognjen Koroman
Ognjen Koroman is a Serbian international footballer. He plays for Krylia Sovetov Samara-Career:...

 Zoran Ljubinković
Zoran Ljubinković
Zoran Ljubinković is a Serbian professional football player currently playing for the Romanian Liga 1 club Oţelul Galaţi.-External sources:* at otelul-galati.ro * at Transfermarkt....

 Nemanja Vidić
Nemanja Vidic
Nemanja Vidić is a Serbian footballer who captains English Premier League club Manchester United. He was part of the Serbia national football team from 2002 to 2011....

 Nikola Žigić
Nikola Žigic
Nikola Žigić is a Serbian footballer who plays for English club Birmingham City as a centre forward.At , Žigić is among the tallest professional players in the world...

 Miloš Cetina Zoran Dimitrijević
Zoran Dimitrijevic
Zoran “Čava” Dimitrijević was a Serbian professional football player. He was born in Belgrade, Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia...

 Milorad Đukanović Miloš Glončak Lajoš Jakovetić
Lajoš Jakovetić
Lajoš Jakovetić is a retired Serbian, Yugoslavia international, football player and football manager.-Playing career:...

 Gojko Janjić Zoltan Kujundžić Zoran Kuntić
Zoran Kuntic
Zoran Kuntić was a Serbian football player of Bunjevac origin.He started his playing career at the local team FK Spartak Subotica before moving to FK Vojvodina. Afterwords he signed with Posco Atoms in South Korea. In 1993 he moved to Hungary playing for Kecskeméti TE, FC Fehérvár and Ferencvárosi...


Slobodan Kustudić Ranko Leškov Dušan Maravić
Dušan Maravic
Dušan Maravić is a Serbian former midfielder who played for SFR Yugoslavia.-References:*...

 Dragan Miranović Tihomir Ognjanov
Tihomir Ognjanov
Tihomir "Bata" Ognjanov was a Serban footballer who was part of Yugoslavia national football team at the 1950 and 1954 FIFA World Cup. He later became a manager. He played for Spartak Subotica , Partizan and Red Star...

 Bela Palfi
Bela Palfi
Béla Pálfi was a Serbian footballer of Hungarian origin who was part of Yugoslavia national football team at the 1950 FIFA World Cup. He later became a manager. With Partizan he won national championship and Yugoslav cup...

 Antal Puhalak
Antal Puhalak
Antal Puhalak is a retired Yugoslav football player.-Career:He started his career playing in the Yugoslav First League in 1988 playing in his hometown club Spartak Subotica. In 1990 he came to Spain to play in Celta Vigo but, after playing only nine matches in half season he returned to Yugoslavia...

 Zvonko Rašić Antun Rudinski
Antun Rudinski
Antun Rudinski is a Serbian former football player, as forward and also football manager. With Red Star he won 4 national Championships , 2 Yugoslav Cups and Danube Cup...

 Dimitrije-Diša Stefanović Jožef-Joška Takač Antal Tapiška Tomislav Taušan

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