FK Spartak Subotica

Spartak Subotica

Full name	Fudbalski klub Spartak Subotica
Nickname(s)	Plavi Golubovi (The Blue Pigeons)
Founded	21 April 1945
Ground	Subotica City Stadium, Subotica
Capacity	13,000
President	Dragan Simović
Head coach	Andrey Chernyshov
League	Serbian SuperLiga
2015–16	Serbian SuperLiga, 10th
Website	Club home page
Home colours Away colours

Fudbalski klub Spartak Subotica (Serbian Cyrillic: Фудбалски клуб Спартак Суботица) is a 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.^[1]

Supporters

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

Stadium

Subotica City Stadium (Gradski stadion^[2]) 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 1 season

Season	Competition	Round	State	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
2010–11	Europa League	QR2	Luxembourg	Differdange 03	2–0	3–3	5–3
		QR3	Ukraine	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	2–1	0–2	2–3

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

As of 19 September 2016

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

No. Position Player 1 GK Budimir Janošević 2 DF Vadym Zhuk 3 DF Marko Anđić 4 MF Branimir Jočić 6 DF Savo Pavićević 7 FW Ognjen Mudrinski 8 MF Vladimir Torbica (captain) 9 MF Andrej Mrkela 10 FW Đorđe Ivanović 11 DF Marko Bašanović 12 GK Nikola Mirković 15 MF Nemanja Glavčić 16 FW Nemanja Milić 17 MF Milivoj Krmar

No. Position Player 18 DF Lazar Đokić 19 MF Nikola Kovačević (on loan from Vojvodina) 21 DF Daniel Farkaš 23 MF Mile Savković 24 MF Zhong Haoran 25 GK Ivan Dokić 26 MF Marko Jondić 27 MF Nnaemeka Ajuru 30 DF Aranđel Stojković 33 GK Aleksandar Kesić 40 DF Nemanja Ćalasan 66 DF Aleksandar Radovanović — DF Nikola Banjac

Players with multiple nationalities

• Savo Pavićević
• Lazar Đokić

Out on loan

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

No. Position Player 5 DF Dejan Kerkez (dual with ČSK Čelarevo until the end of 2016–17 season) 13 MF Danijel Zlatković (at ČSK Čelarevo until the end of 2016–17 season) 20 DF Dimitrije Tomović (at ČSK Čelarevo until the end of 2016–17 season) 28 FW Milan Đokić (dual with ČSK Čelarevo until the end of 2016–17 season) — GK Dino Žužo (at Potisje Kanjiža until the end of 2016–17 season) — DF Dejan Parezanović (at Bačka 1901 until the end of 2016–17 season) — DF Igor Zobenica (at Vinogradar Hajdukovo) — MF Marko Pantić (at Hajduk Čurug until the end of 2016–17 season)

No. Position Player — MF Marko Stošić (at Bratstvo Prigrevica until the end of 2016–17 season) — MF Savo Gazivoda (at Extremadura UD until the end of 2016–17 season) — FW Zvonko Jakovljević (at Bačka 1901 until the end of 2016–17 season) — FW Aleksandar Crnojački (at ČSK Čelarevo until the end of 2016) — Stefan Simić (at Bačka 1901 until the end of 2016–17 season) — Miloš Tadić (at SFS Borac Paraćin) — Mario Mijatović (at Tisa Adorjan) — Nikola Savić (at Obilić Novi Kneževac) — Mario Caušević (at Tavankut)

For recent transfers, see List of Serbian football transfers summer 2016.

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 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 Jožef Takač Antal Tapiška Tomislav Taušan Ivo Šeparović Dejan Antonić Zsombor Kerekes Flórián Urbán Nikola Drinčić Mladen Kašćelan Nemanja Nikolić 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)^[3]
• 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

References

1. gradsubotica.co.rs (Serbian)
2. FK Spartak ZV at srpskistadioni.in.rs
3. Od Zone do Zone by Radiša Dragićević, page 37 (Serbian)

External links

• Official website (Serbian)
• Blue Marines fans
• Club profile and squad at Srbijafudbal
• Club history at Sportski savez Subotice (Serbian)
• Spartak Stats at Utakmica.rs