FK Mačva Šabac

Мачва Шабац
Mačva Šabac

Full name	Fudbalski Klub Mačva Šabac
Nickname(s)	Provincijski Urugvaj
Founded	1919 (1919)
Ground	Gradski stadion Šabac
Capacity	8,000
Chairman	Ivica Kralj
Head coach	Dragan Aničić
League	Serbian SuperLiga
2016–17	Serbian First League, 1st of 16 (promoted)
Home colours Away colours

Fudbalski Klub Mačva Šabac (Serbian Cyrillic: Фудбалски клуб Мачва Шабац), commonly known as Mačva Šabac, is a football club from Šabac, Serbia.

History

The club was founded in 1919. It competed in the Yugoslav football league system until 1991. During the 1920s it played in the First League of the Novi Sad district (a league within the Belgrade Football Subassociation) and in 1930 the league was transferred into the First League of the Novi Sad Football Subassociation. In the period between the two world wars Mačva developed a fierce rivalry for the titles in those leagues with FK Vojvodina. The highlight for Mačva in this era was their participation in the 1930–31 Yugoslav Football Championship, even though they finished at the bottom in 6th place.

During this period the club got nicknamed in the press the "Provincial Uruguay". Provincial because they were playing in the Provincial Group of the Belgrade Subassociation League, and Uruguay because of their playing style which resembled Uruguay´s, highly regarded at that time as they were the Olympic champions. The nickname was used for the first time in 1927. By early spring of 1928, Mačva finished at the top of the First League of the Novi Sad District where they defeated their main rivals Vojvodina. In the decisive match Mačva won over Vojvodina by 6:1. By the league system of that time, the winners of the district (župa) leagues had to compete to determine the Belgrade Subassociation Provincial League champion. Mačva first played at home against the winner of Banat district league champion, Obilić Veliki Bečkerek, which they won by 4:1, and then played away and won by 4:3 against the champion of the Šumadija district league, FK Šumadija 1903. Then, the draw determined that the final match would be played in Šabac against ZAŠK from Zemun, which Mačva smashed by 6:1 with goals by Bora Kesić, Milan Perić, Raduška Gajić and Kokan Stevanović.

After becoming Belgrade Subassociation Provincial League champions, Mačva became notorious and the main daily newspaper Politika consistently used the nickname Provincial Uruguay, especially after their surprising win against SK Jedinstvo Beograd by 3:2 in Belgrade, and after their successful tour in Greece where they beat Thessaloniki sides Iraklis by 3:1, and Aris by 4:2.

In the following season they became Novi Sad District League champions for the third time and qualified for the Vojvodina Group of the Belgrade Subassociation League. Mačva won the league and thus earned a spot in the Yugoslav First League where the major clubs in the country compete. They played well against BSK Belgrade and Hajduk Split and won in competition with the three-time Yugoslav champions Građanski Zagreb. Some Mačva players started to receive calls for the Yugoslav national team, namely Milorad Arsenijević, Ivan Bek, Milorad Ilić, Milanče Jovanović, Radomir Vojisavljević, Andreja Kojić and Bora Kesić. Other players of the Provincial Uruguay generation were Jefta Jovanović, Jovan Vračarić, Jovan Cvetković, Gidra Šljivić, Milan Perić, Kokan Stefanović, Kulja Suvajdžić, Bata Kiš, Vido Božović, Moma Jovanović, Mikica Sinđelić, Đole Jovanović, Đorđe Pantazijević, Raduška Gajić, Mikela Stanojčić, Mita Salajdžijević, Nikola Kradžić, and Brana Janković.

Supporters

The organized supporters of Mačva Šabac are known as Šaneri (Serbian Cyrilic: Шанери), and have a friendship with Napredak Kruševac fan group Jakuza.

Honours

National Championships

• Serbian First League
  • Winner (1): 2016–17

Current squad

As of 7 October 2017

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

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	SRB	Nenad Filipović
2	DF	SRB	Filip Pejović (captain)
3	DF	SRB	Radoš Protić
4	MF	SRB	Lazar Ivić
5	MF	SRB	Nenad Jovanović
6	DF	SRB	Marko Jevtić
7	MF	SRB	Filip Arsenijević
8	MF	SRB	Ivan Obrovac
9	FW	SRB	Bojan Matić
10	MF	SRB	Nikola Milinković
11	MF	SRB	Branislav Marković
12	FW	SRB	Nenad Gavrić
14	DF	MKD	Bojan Gjorgievski

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
19	DF	SRB	Igor Ristivojević
20	MF	SRB	Miloš Adamović
21	MF	SRB	Jordan Jovanović
22	MF	SRB	Predrag Jeremić
23	DF	SRB	David Hrubik
28	DF	SRB	Marko Rajović
29	MF	SRB	Marko Đurišić
33	FW	SRB	Miodrag Gemović
38	GK	SRB	Lazar Šarenac
44	DF	SRB	Mladen Lazarević
55	GK	SRB	Dušan Puletić
63	FW	SRB	Lazar Vladisavljević
99	FW	SRB	Petar Gigić

Out on loan

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

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	SRB	Darko Isailović (at Provo until the winter transfer window)
—	DF	SRB	Vladimir Tomić (at Železničar Lajkovac until the winter transfer window)
—	DF	SRB	Nemanja Živković (at Jedinstvo Putevi until the end of 2017–18 season)
—	MF	SRB	Matija Miketić (at IMT until the winter transfer window)

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	SRB	Ivan Mijailović (at Crvena Zvezda NS until the winter transfer window)
—		SRB	Dušan Nikolić (at Provo until the winter transfer window)
—		SRB	Nikola Vasić (at Provo until the winter transfer window)

For recent transfers, see List of Serbian football transfers summer 2017.

Notable players

For the list of all current and former players with Wikipedia article, please see: Category:FK Mačva Šabac players.

External links

• Official site Template:Sr icon
• Saneri Šabac Template:Sr icon
• Club profile and squad at Srbijafudbal.