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FK Srem is a football

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club from the city of Sremska Mitrovica

Sremska Mitrovica

Sremska Mitrovica is a city and municipality located in the Vojvodina province of Serbia, on the left bank of the Sava river. As of 2002 the town had a total population of 39,041, while Sremska Mitrovica municipality had a population of 85,605...

, Serbia

Serbia

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.

In 2002 the team amalgamated with FK Zvezdara

FK Zvezdara

FK Zvezdara was a football club based in Belgrade, Serbia. It merged into FK Srem Beograd in 2002.During the 1990s and early 2000s, the club had a questionable pedigree with rumours of mafia-type activities continuously attached to its leadership - controversial businessmen Miodrag "Miša" Nikšić...

that was relegated from the top flight, while Srem relegated from the third level. Since 2002-03 the team plays in the Serbian First League

Serbian First League

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, second national level.

History

The club was formed in 1919 as SK Građanski. Jaroslav Daneš was the club president, Stevan Kolarović the club secretary, and the first team was formed by: Gena Gecinger, Sepika Kin, Sergije Vetvinski Rus, Pera Petrović, Voja Srnić, Aleksije Petrović, Boža Repanić, Ozren Popović, Lajos Horváth, Heinrich Weiss, Victor Weiss, Dragutin Vasilić and the reserve was Vlada Tepšić. The first team coach was Heinrich Weiss who was simultaneously a player and team top scorer.

In 1924 the team starts competing in the Belgrade League within Kingdom of Yugoslavia

Kingdom of Yugoslavia

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league system among other 12 teams, so the club direction brings the first professional coach, Austrian Rudolf Klick, who stayed in the club in the following 15 years. In 1925 it reached the final loosing against one of the greatest national clubs, BSK Belgrade. Građanski also won several local competitions and during that period and a number of other clubs from Sremska Mitrovica were merged into Građanski, namely Viktorija, Posavina and Trgovački.

After the league reorganization in 1928, Građanski becomes member of the Novi Sad Football Association League, one of the Yugoslav Second Leagues in that time, who´s winners were promoted to the Yugoslav Football Championship. Although never archived promotion, it competed in that level all the way until the Second World War.

Miladin Tintarović is one of the most notable persons in clubs history. He became club secretary in 1932 and during the war he was kept in captivity by the Axis forces. After the war he recreated the club under the name SK Jedinstvo. The new communist authorities were deciding which clubs should be disbanded and which should stay, on the criterium of which kept activity under occupation, and after Zina Mongerštern request, the club was allowed by the court to continue activity. Tintarović was elected again to be the General Secretary, and while the club was renamed into FK Srem, the club kept their old colors, white & black.

Between 1945 and 1992 the club plays in the Yugoslav Second League

Yugoslav Second League

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and Third League. During the 1990s the club falls into lower leagues, all the way until 2002 when it is merged with top league FK Zvezdara

FK Zvezdara

and becomes member of the Second League of FR Yugoslavia, a league which was renamed in 2006 into Serbian First League

Serbian First League

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
1998-99	3 - Vojvodina	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	did not qualify
1999-00	3 - Vojvodina	5	40	21	7	12	97	58	70	did not qualify
2000-01	3 - Vojvodina	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	did not qualify
2001-02	3 - Vojvodina	12	34	14	7	13	48	46	49	did not qualify	Relegated, Merge with FK Zvezdara FK Zvezdara FK Zvezdara was a football club based in Belgrade, Serbia. It merged into FK Srem Beograd in 2002.During the 1990s and early 2000s, the club had a questionable pedigree with rumours of mafia-type activities continuously attached to its leadership - controversial businessmen Miodrag "Miša" Nikšić...
2002-03	2 - East	4	33	12	14	7	45	31	50	Last 16
2003-04	2 - East	4	36	17	6	13	59	45	57	Last 32
2004-05	2 - Serbia	9	38	15	7	16	50	48	52	did not qualify
2005-06	2 - Serbia	5	38	17	9	12	47	41	60	did not qualify
2006-07	2	14	38	13	9	16	39	47	48	Last 16

Current squad

As of February 2011.

Notable former players

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Dragan Mutibarić

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Dragan Ognjanović Jovan Savić Rade Stevkov Dobrivoje Trivić

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Franjo Giler

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Luis López Filip Kasalica

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Boban Bajković

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Florin Pelecaci

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Vincent Kayizi

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Joseph Kizito Phillip Ssozi

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