FK Radnik Surdulica
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| Full name | FK Radnik Surdulica | ||
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| Founded | 1926 | ||
| Ground | Surdulica City Stadium | ||
| Capacity | 3,312 | ||
| President | Stanislav Tončev | ||
| Head coach | Simo Krunić | ||
| League | Serbian SuperLiga | ||
| 2019–20 | Serbian SuperLiga, 11th | ||
| Website | https://www.fk-radnik.com/ | ||
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FK Radnik Surdulica (Serbian Cyrillic: ФК Радник Сурдулица) is a professional football club based in Surdulica, Serbia. They currently compete in the Serbian SuperLiga, the highest level of the national league system. During Yugoslavia the club mainly participated in the amateur ranks of competition, they have achieved their greatest success in an independent Serbia , reaching the national top tier for the first time in their history in the 2015–16 Serbian SuperLiga season. Surdulica (Serbian Cyrillic: Сурдулица) is a town and municipality located in the Pčinja District of southern Serbia. As of 2011, the population of the town is 11,400, while the municipality has 20,319 inhabitants.
History in Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes/Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and Serbia/Montenegro Period
The club was founded as Surdulički sportski klub (SSK) in 1926 on the initiative of Gradimir Antić, a local shoemaker, who brought the first football ball to Surdulica.[1] They stopped operating with the onset of World War II and Axis occupation of Serbia.[1] In 1946, the club was reestablished as FK Polet on the initiative of Borivoje Milenković and Božidar Stanković.[1] They subsequently changed their name to FK Hidrovlasina in 1950.[1] Later the same year, the club merged with FK Molidben from Belo Polje and was named FK Radnik.[1]
History in Independent Serbia/Modern Times
After winning the Serbian League East in 2013, the club was promoted to the Serbian First League.[2] They spent the next two seasons in the second tier before finishing first in the 2014–15 Serbian First League and earning promotion to the Serbian SuperLiga for the first time in their history.[3]
Honours
Serbian First League (Tier 2)
Serbian League East (Tier 3)
Seasons
| Season | League | Cup | ||||||||
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| Division | P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | Pos | ||
 Serbia
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| 2010–11 | 3 – East | 30 | 14 | 4 | 12 | 43 | 35 | 46 | 3rd | — |
| 2011–12 | 3 – East | 30 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 55 | 48 | 48 | 4th | — |
| 2012–13 | 3 – East | 30 | 21 | 3 | 6 | 62 | 34 | 65[a] | 1st | — |
| 2013–14 | 2 | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 31 | 36 | 38 | 10th | — |
| 2014–15 | 2 | 30 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 41 | 14 | 64 | 1st | Round of 32 |
| 2015–16 | 1 | 37 | 11 | 11 | 15 | 41 | 65 | 25 | 8th | Round of 32 |
| 2016–17 | 1 | 37 | 9 | 10 | 18 | 35 | 48 | 25 | 12th | Round of 16 |
| 2017–18 | 1 | 37 | 13 | 7 | 17 | 42 | 60 | 28 | 9th | Round of 32 |
| 2018–19 | 1 | 37 | 13 | 8 | 16 | 38 | 45 | 28 | 9th | Quarter-finals |
- Notes
- ^ The club was docked one point.
Players
First-team squad
- As of 1 March 2020[4]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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For recent transfers, see List of Serbian football transfers winter 2019–20.
Notable players
- National team players[5]
For a list of all FK Radnik Surdulica players with a Wikipedia article, see Category:FK Radnik Surdulica players.
Managerial history
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References
- ^ a b c d e "ISTORIJA KLUBA" (in Serbian). FK Radnik Surdulica. Retrieved 1 June 2019.
- ^ "Radnik u Prvoj ligi, Surdulica u transu" (in Serbian). OK Radio. 24 June 2013. Retrieved 1 June 2019.
- ^ "Radnik iz Surdulice ušao u Superligu: Slavlje uz 5.000 navijača" (in Serbian). Večernje novosti. 25 May 2015. Retrieved 1 June 2019.
- ^ "RADNIK" (in Serbian). Super liga Srbije. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
- ^ "Radnik Surdulica". National Football Teams. Retrieved 1 June 2019.
External links
- Official website
- Club page at Srbijasport
- Club page at Srbijafudbal