FK Rad
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| Full name | Fudbalski klub Rad | |||
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| Nickname(s) | Građevinari | |||
| Founded | 1958 | |||
| Ground | Stadion Kralj Petar I, Belgrade, Serbia (Capacity: 6,000) |
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| President |  Branko Miljković |
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| Head coach | Nebojša Vignjević |
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| League | Serbian SuperLiga | |||
| 2010–11 | Serbian SuperLiga, 4th | |||
| Website | Club home page | |||
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FK Rad (Serbian Cyrillic: ФК Рад) is a football club from Belgrade, Serbia. It plays at Stadion Kralj Petar I, which is located in the southern part of the city's Banjica neighbourhood.
Translated into English, the club's name signifies "work" or "labour" due to being formed by the construction company of the same name.
Over the years, the club served as breeding ground for a number of well-known players, including Vladimir Jugović, Ljubinko Drulović, Zoran Mirković, Miroslav Đukić, Goran Bunjevčević, Željko Cicović, Slavoljub Muslin and others.
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[edit] History
FK Rad was founded in 1958, entering competition in the lowest rank. The club was created by workers of the GRO Rad company.
From the start the club had two major local rivals: Banjica and Jajinci, these rivalries were the rivals of the company but quickly it passed to football. The following individuals are considered as club's founders: Petar Đerasimović, the first president, Radojica Tanasijević, the first general selector, Željko Marjanović, the first financial adviser, and Ljubomir Lazić, the first vice president. The players that have played in 1958 can feel like founders as well, FK Rad had a lot of young players that were schooled in the First league teams, some players would include: Lazar Slavković, Đurđe Ivković, Vladimir Acević, Teodor ušnjar, Milan Abramović, Brana Djaković, Aleksandar Banić, Živojin Rafailović, Aleksandar Andrejić, and a little later Sreten "Sele" Antić, Milan "Selja" Jovanović, and others. The first head coach was Nikola Marjanović. The parliament has given the club a pitch in the center of Banjica, a few concrete stands were made, and later locker rooms were added, as well as the restaurant. The club only gets better and year by year FK Rad keeps moving up the league. On the stadium there has always been 2,000 to 3,000 fans. FK Rad had a very good attack from counters and scored many goals that was that kept bringing fans to the stands. The club had a large following in the Banjica region, the fans followed their club away and home. FK Rad quickly got promoted to the Belgrade league. In the period from 1965 to 1969 a change of generations had taken place. At that time the leaders were Ljubomir Lazić and Radomir Antić, notable managers were Đorđević and Đurđević, leaders for the players were Ratomir Janković, Vlada Vlaović, Matović, Zoran Bulatović, Dutina, Čeh and others.
A few years later the club turns to change and the club colors are now different, youth school has received much pressure, the control on the players and much more.
The club's greatest success occurred in 1988–89 season when it finished the Yugoslav league competition in fourth spot, ahead of many richer clubs such as FK Partizan. This success qualified FK Rad for the UEFA Cup in the 1989–90 season, where it was eliminated 2–3 on aggregate in the first round by Olympiacos (Rad lost 0–2 in Athens after winning 2–1 on home ground).
[edit] Name changes through history
- 1958 : club founded under the name of FK Rad
- 1990 : renamed to FK GRO Rad
- 1993 : renamed again to FK Rad
[edit] Stadium
The stadium of FK Rad is named "Stadion Kralja Petra I", commonly known as "Stadion na Banjici", and holds 6,000 people. It was built in 1977 although its stand dates back to the pre-WWII period when it was used for military parades and other state celebrations during the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.[1]
[edit] Supporters
FK Rad's supporters call themselves United Force, and are known as some of the most loyal in Serbian football.
[edit] Honours
- 1986–87 (East)
[edit] FK Rad in European competitions
- Qualified for Europe in 2 seasons
| Season | Competition | Round | Country | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate |
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| 1989–90 | UEFA Cup | R1 |  |
Olympiacos Piraeus | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–3 |
| 2011–12 | Europa League | QR1 |  |
Tre Penne | 6–0 | 3–1 | 9–1 |
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Olympiakos Volos | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 |
[edit] Current squad
As of January 2012.[2] Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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[edit] Players with multiple nationalities
Aren't going to be considered foreigners in next season:
- 11
Milan Pršo - 13
Banfa Sylla
For recent transfers, see List of Serbian football transfers summer 2011 and List of Serbian football transfers winter 2011–12.
[edit] Former notable players
In this list are included most of the national teams club's players and some other that were influential in the club.
For the list of all current and former players with Wikipedia article, please see: Category:FK Rad players.
[edit] References
- ^ FK Rad at srpskistadioni.in.rs
- ^ 2011/2012 squad at club official website
[edit] External links
- Official website (Serbian)
- United Force homepage
- Club profile and squad at Srbijafudbal.
- Club page at Transfermarkt.
- Rad Stats at Utakmica.rs
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