FK Vojvodina

FK Vojvodina
Full name	Fudbalski klub Vojvodina
Nickname(s)	Voša; Lale; Stara Dama; Slaninari
Founded	1914
Ground	Stadion Karađorđe,; Novi Sad, Serbia; (Capacity: 15,204 (all seated))
President	Ratko Butorović
Head Coach	Dejan Vukićević
League	Serbian SuperLiga
2010–11	Serbian SuperLiga, 3rd
Home colours	Away colours

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FK Vojvodina (Serbian Cyrillic: ФК Војводина) 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.

[edit] History

FK Vojvodina was founded March 6, 1914 on the eve of World War I in an apartment building located at 12 Temerinska Street. The club was founded in secrecy as Austro-Hungarian authorities instituted and closely administered a ban on organized gathering in southern parts of the kingdom populated by Slavs, especially Serbs.Club was founded by few students from Novi Sad,but 2 of them were Hungarian nationality.^[1] The new club played its first match in the village of Kovilj against local club FK Šajkaš, winning 5-0. At that time Vojvodina played in bright blue colours, however, they soon changed it to red-white, inspired by Czech club SK Slavia Prague.

The club's biggest successes on the national level came during the SFRY when it won the Yugoslav First League in 1966 and 1989, and was the runner-up in 1957, 1962 and 1975. In 1967, Vojvodina reached the quarter-finals of the European Cup, before being knocked out in dramatic circumstances 2-1 on aggregate by eventual champions, Glasgow Celtic, thanks to a last minute goal by Celtic captain Billy McNeill. After winning the European Cup by beating Inter Milan 2-1 in Lisbon on May 25, 1967, Celtic players said later that Vojvodina was the best side they had faced that season.

It also participated in the Yugoslav Cup and reached the finals in 1951 and 1997. Vojvodina played in the Intertoto cup final in 1998. In 2007, the club once again reached the domestic cup final, again failing to take home the trophy. The 2008/09 season was a huge step for Vojvodina as the club managed to finish second in the league, behind Partizan but in front of Red Star. This was the first time a team other than Red Star or Partizan finished in the top 2 since 1998. In 2010, Vojvodina was again one of the cup finalists, but lost to Red Star.

The 2011 cup final game was marred with controversy, culminating with Vojvodina players walking off the pitch in the 83rd minute of the game, after several controversial decisions by the referee, with score standing at 1:2 in favour of Partizan. Initially, Partizan was declared winners and awarded the trophy but later this decision was revised pending an ongoing investigation by the Serbian FA. On May 16, 2011 the match was officially registered as a Vojvodina forfeit (0:3 Partizan victory).^[2]

[edit] Stadium

Karađorđe Stadium

The home field of FK Vojvodina is the Karađorđe Stadium in Novi Sad. With a capacity of 15,204 seats, it is the largest football stadium in the city. The stadium is also the home ground for the Serbian U-21 football team. In late May 2007, the stadium also was the site of Siniša Mihajlović's testimonial match.

In 2006, the club reconstructed the whole club complex SC Vujadin Boškov along with the stadium. The club's training complex is one of the most modern training camps in the region.

Highest ever recorded attendance on Vojvodina's game was in 1989, the same season when club won its last title. Reports claim that around 30.000 people packed the stadium, in 3:1 win against Red Star.

[edit] Supporters

FK Vojvodina's supporters are known as The Firm (Firma). It was established in 1989. The Firm is one of the top 5 strongest group of supporters in Serbia. There is only about 10000 supporters but a great part of them are faithful followers of their football club. The Firm is an organisation with relatively bright history. The members of The Firm ("Firmaši") are more known as ultras, not hooligans. The Firm has recently been involved in a big blood donation for transfusions in Serbia's hospitals. However,"Firmaši" had always defended the name of their club with all their forces and never betrayed FC Vojvodina. Some of the subgroups are: G-3, UltraNS, Freaks, Old Town Boys, Pandora, Backi Odred. The Firm is an organised group of fans that welcomes true supporters of FC Vojvodina who will follow their club on their stadium, as well on their "aways", and show their love and loyalty by showing up on every event involved with their club and give their 100%. FK Vojvodina also has a group of their oldest supporters, called the OLD GUARD (cyrillic: СТАРА ГАРДА) and who are for more than 40 years in the east stand of the stadium.

[edit] Honours and achievements

National Championships - 2

Yugoslav First League:

Winners (2): 1965-66, 1988-89
Runners-up (3): 1956-57, 1961-62, 1974-75

Serbian Superliga:

Runners-up (1): 2008-09

National Cups

Yugoslav Cup:

Runners-up (2): 1951, 1996-97

Serbian Cup:

Runners-up (3): 2006-07, 2009-10, 2010-11

International

Mitropa Cup:

Winners (1): 1977

UEFA Champions League:

1/4 Finalists (1): 1966-67

Inter-Cities Fairs Cup:

1/4 Finalists (2): 1961-62, 1967–68

UEFA Intertoto Cup:

Winners (1): 1976
Runners-up (1): 1998

[edit] UEFA competitions

Qualified for Europe in 18 seasons

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1961-62	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	R1	Milan	2–0	0–0	2–0
		R2	Iraklis	9–1	1–2	10–3
		Quarter-final	MTK	1–4	1–2	2–6
1962-63	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	R1	Leipzig XI	1–0	0–2	1–2
1964-65	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	R1	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	1–1	1–1	2–2 (0–2 Playoff)
1966-67	European Cup	R1	Admira Energie Vienna	0–0	1–0	1–0
		R2	Atlético Madrid	2–0	1–3	3–3 (3–2 Playoff)
		Quarter-final	Celtic	1–0	0–2	1–2
1967-68	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	R1	GD CUF	1–0	3–1	4–1
		R2	Lokomotive Leipzig	0–0	2–0	2–0
		R3	Göztepe	1–0	1–0	2–0
		Quarter-final	Bologna	0–2	0–0	0–2
1968-69	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	R1	Rangers	1–0	0–2	1–2
1969-70	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	R1	Gwardia Warszawa	0–1	1–1	1–2
1972-73	UEFA Cup	R1	Slovan Bratislava	1–2	0–6	1–8
1975-76	UEFA Cup	R1	AEK Athens	0–0	1–3	1–3
1989-90	European Cup	R1	Budapest Honvéd FC	2–1	0–1	2–2 (a)
1996-97	UEFA Cup	QR1	Portdown FC	4–1	1–0	5–1
1996-97	UEFA Cup	QR2	Grazer AK	1–5	0–2	1–7
1997-98	UEFA Cup	QR	Viking FK	0–2	2–0	2–2 (4–5 PSO)
1998–99	Intertoto Cup	R1	Stabæk	3–2	2–1	5–3
		R2	Örebro SK	2–0	2–0	4–0
		R3	FC Baltika Kaliningrad	4–1	0–1	4–2
		Semi-final	SC Bastia	4–0	0–2	4–2
		Final	Werder Bremen	1–1	0–1	1–2
1999-00	UEFA Cup	QR	Újpest FC	4–0	1–1	5–1
1999-00	UEFA Cup	R1	SK Slavia Praha	0–0	2–3	2–3
2007-08	UEFA Cup	QR1	Hibernians FC	5–1	2–0	7–1
2007-08	UEFA Cup	QR2	Atletico Madrid	1–2	0–3	1–5
2008-09	UEFA Cup	QR1	FK Olimpik Baku	1–0	1–1	2–1
2008-09	UEFA Cup	QR2	Hapoel Tel Aviv	0–0	0–3	0–3
2009-10	Europa League	QR3	Austria Vienna	1–1	2–4	3–5
2011-12	Europa League	QR2	Vaduz	1–3	2–0	3–3 (a)

[edit] Current squad

As of January 28, 2012 Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Budimir Janošević
3	DF	Vladimir Branković
5	DF	Daniel Mojsov
6	DF	Branislav Trajković
7	FW	Petar Škuletić
8	MF	Goran Smiljanić
9	FW	Brana Ilić
10	MF	Moreira
11	MF	Slobodan Novaković
13	MF	Vuk Mitošević
14	FW	Aboubakar Oumarou
16	MF	Miroslav Stevanović¹

No.	Position	Player
20	MF	Marko Ljubinković
22	DF	Miroslav Vulićević (captain)
26	DF	Vladimir Kovačević
27	GK	Nemanja Supić¹
28	MF	Nnaemeka Ajuru
30	GK	Đorđe Lazović
31	DF	Vladan Pavlović
––	MF	Aleksandar Katai
––	DF	Milovan Milović
––	FW	Milan Bojović
––	FW	Vladimir Silađi
––	MF	Marko Poletanović

_{(1) Player holds Serbian passport}

[edit] Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.		Position	Player
		GK	Dragan Vojvodić (Sloga Temerin)
		DF	Milorad Kosić (Sloga Temerin)
		DF	Danijel Faber (FK Veternik)
		DF	Dušan Nestorović ( Rudar Pljevlja)
		DF	Dejan Vukaljević (FK Veternik)
		DF	Aleksandar Tanasin (Proleter Novi Sad)
		DF	Ivan Mejić (FK Kikinda)
		DF	Nemanja Radoja (ČSK Čelarevo)

No.		Position	Player
		DF	Dejan Karan (Javor Ivanjica)
		MF	Damir Zeljko (Donji Srem Pećinci)
		MF	Srđan Bečelić (FK Veternik)
		MF	Danilo Sekulić (Proleter Novi Sad)
		FW	Aleksandar Jovanović (FK Veternik)
		FW	Nemanja Bilbija ( Borac Banja Luka)
		FW	Yaw Antwi (Metalac GM)
		FW	Đorđe Šušnjar ( Sutjeska Nikšić)