FK Spartak Subotica

Spartak Subotica

File:Spartak Subotica.svg
Full name	Fudbalski klub Spartak Subotica
Nickname(s)	Golubovi (The Pigeons)
Founded	21 April 1945 (1945-04-21)
Ground	Subotica City Stadium, Subotica
Capacity	13,000
President	Dragan Simović
Head coach	Vladimir Gaćinović
League	Serbian SuperLiga
2017–18	Serbian Superliga, 4th
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours

Fudbalski klub Spartak Subotica (Serbian Cyrillic: Фудбалски клуб Спартак Суботица) is a professional football club from Subotica, Serbia, that plays in the Serbian SuperLiga. The club was founded in 1945 and was named after Jovan Mikić Spartak, the leader of the Partisans in Subotica, who was a national hero and was killed in 1944. The club was named Spartak Subotica until the end of the 2007–08 Serbian League Vojvodina season when it was merged with Zlatibor Voda who won promotion to the Serbian First League thus gaining the name Spartak Zlatibor Voda. In 2013 the board decided to return the original name of the club: "FK Spartak Subotica".

History

Founded in 1945, FK Spartak Subotica is, after Vojvodina, the most successful club in northern Serbia. They participated in the first after-war club championship, in the 1946–47 Yugoslav First League and from then on, they played always in between the first and second national leagues. The biggest success of the club was achieved when the club played in the 1993–94 FR Yugoslavia Cup final against Partizan (1–6 loss).

After the dissolution of ŽAK Subotica, club that played in the pre-war period until 1945, the players who did not want to belong to any of the two newly formed clubs, Radnički or Građanski, decided to form the FK Spartak. The new club was named after the nickname of a legendary Subotica athlete and World War II commander Jovan Mikić - Spartak. The club was very active in its early years, continuing the tradition of Subotica football. Many club players later played for the biggest clubs in the country or internationally, having some played for the national team, as well. Beside the players, the stadium, the colors and the fans, Spartak also inherited from ŽAK the tradition of being backed by the railways.

Supporters

Main article: Marinci (football supporters)

Spartak's fans are known as Marinci (Marines), which were formed in early 1989.

Stadium

Main article: Subotica City Stadium

Subotica City Stadium (Gradski stadion) is a multi-use stadium in Subotica, Serbia. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the club's home ground since 1945. The stadium holds 13,000 people. There is a football pitch and a registered track for athletics suitable for competitions. One part of the Stadium is covered. There are also two subsidiary football pitches.

Spartak in Europe

Mitropa Cup

The Mitropa Cup, officially called the La Coupe de l'Europe Centrale, was one of the first really international major European football cups that the club participated in. After World War II, in 1951, a replacement tournament named Zentropa Cup was held to resume the rich tradition of this competition.

Season	Contest	Round	State	Club	Score	Place
1987	Mitropa Cup	semi-finals	Italy	Ascoli	1–2	Ascoli
		3./4. place	Hungary	Vasas	0–2	Porto Sant'Elpidio

UEFA competitions

• Qualified for Europe in 2 seasons

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
2010–11	Europa League	QR2	Differdange 03	2–0	3–3	5–3
		QR3	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	2–1	0–2	2–3
2018–19	Europa League	QR1	Coleraine	1–1	2–0	3–1
		QR2	Sparta Prague	2–0	1–2	3–2
		QR3	Brøndby	0–2	1–2	1–4

Honours

Yugoslav Second League (4)

• 1952, 1971–72, 1985–86 (West), 1987–88 (West)

Yugoslav Cup:

• Runners-up (2): 1961–62 , 1993–94

Current squad

First team

As of 23 July 2018

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	Nikola Perić
2	DF	SRB	Filip Jović
3	MF	JPN	Noboru Shimura
4	MF	SRB	Branimir Jočić
5	DF	SRB	Dejan Kerkez (vice-captain)
6	DF	SRB	Nemanja Tekijaški
7	MF	SRB	Luka Pavlović
8	MF	SRB	Vladimir Torbica (captain)
9	FW	SRB	Dejan Đenić
10	DF	SRB	Stefan Milošević
11	FW	SRB	Milan Lučić
12	GK	SRB	Miloš Ostojić
14	MF	SRB	Nemanja Matijević
15	MF	SRB	Nemanja Glavčić
16	MF	SRB	Jovan Lazić

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
18	MF	SRB	David Dunđerski
19	FW	SRB	Stefan Šormaz
21	DF	MNE	Andrija Vukčević
24	MF	MKD	Benjamin Demir
25	GK	SRB	Ivan Dokić
26	MF	SRB	Andrija Milić
27	DF	SRB	Slađan Rakić
29	FW	SRB	Bojan Čečarić
31	MF	SRB	Milan Marčić
39	MF	TPE	Tim Chow
40	DF	SRB	Nemanja Ćalasan (3rd captain)
55	DF	UKR	Serhiy Kulynych
66	DF	MNE	Nikola Popović
77	FW	GHA	Samuel Afum
96	GK	SRB	Ivan Lučić

Players with multiple nationalities

• David Dunđerski
• Tim Chow

For recent transfers, see List of Serbian football transfers summer 2018.

Notable players

To appear in this section a player must have either:

• Played at least 80 games for the club.
• Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club.
• Played at least one international match for their national team at any time.

• Milan Jovanić
• Andrija Kaluđerović
• Dejan Kekezović
• Ognjen Koroman
• Zoran Ljubinković
• Predrag Mijić
• Igor Popović
• Dejan Rončević
• Vojo Ubiparip
• Vladimir Veselinov
• Nemanja Vidić
• Nikola Žigić
• Miloš Cetina
• Zvonko Ćirić
• Zoran Dimitrijević
• Milorad Đukanović
• Miloš Glončak
• Lajoš Jakovetić
• Gojko Janjić
• Senad Karač
• Zoltan Kujundžić
• Zoran Kuntić
• Slobodan Kustudić
• Ranko Leškov
• Dušan Maravić
• Dragan Miranović
• Tihomir Ognjanov
• Bela Palfi
• Antal Puhalak
• Zvonko Rašić
• Antun Rudinski
• Živko Slijepčević
• Dimitrije Stefanović
• Miloš Stojiljković
• Slobodan Šujica
• Jožef Takač
• Antal Tapiška
• Tomislav Taušan
• Ivo Šeparović
• Dejan Antonić
• Zsombor Kerekes
• István Nyers
• Flórián Urbán
• Maxim Fedin
• Nikola Drinčić
• Vladimir Jovović
• Mladen Kašćelan
• Nemanja Nikolić
• Savo Pavićević
• Milan Purović
• Janko Tumbasević
• Nikola Vujović

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

Managers

• Ilija Rajković (19??–60)
• Tihomir Ognjanov
• Milan Živadinović (1974 - 1975)
• Ljupko Petrović (Jan 7, 1987 – July 1, 1988)
• Milutin Sredojević (July 1, 2000 – June 30, 2001)
• Ranko Popović (July 1, 2008 – June 30, 2009)
• Zoran Milinković (July 1, 2009 – June 30, 2010)
• Dragan Miranović (July 1, 2010 – Nov 14, 2010)
• Ilija Dobrić (interim) (Nov 14, 2010 – Dec 17, 2010)
• Ljubomir Ristovski (Dec 17, 2010 – June 3, 2011)
• Zoran Njeguš (7 June 2011 – 3 Feb 2012)
• Zoran Milinković (Feb 6, 2012 – Sept 3, 2012)
• Zoran Marić (Sept 4, 2012 – Sept 8, 2012)
• Petar Kurćubić (Sept 10, 2012 – 1 Oct 1, 2013)
• Dragi Kanatlarovski (Oct 1, 2013 – June 2, 2014)
• Stevan Mojsilović (June 2, 2014 – Oct 23, 2015)
• Andrey Chernyshov (2015–)

Kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors

Period	Kit Manufacturer	Shirt Sponsor
2002–08	Lotto
2008-11		Zlatibor Voda O2
2011–12	Nike
2012–13	Erreà
2015–19	Legea	Ždrepčeva Krv

External links

• Official website Template:Sr icon
• Blue Marines fans
• Club profile and squad at Srbijafudbal
• Club history at Sportski savez Subotice Template:Sr icon
• Spartak Stats at Utakmica.rs