FK Napredak Kruševac

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Full name

Fudbalski klub Napredak Kruševac

Nickname(s)

Čarapani

Founded

1946

Ground

Stadion Mladost,
Kruševac
(Capacity 10,811 seated)

Chairman

Branislav Jovanović

Manager

Saša Nikolić

League

Meridian Superliga

2007-08

5th





Home colours





Away colours

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FK Napredak is a Serbian football club based in the city of Kruševac. The club was founded on December 8, 1946, thanks to a fusion of three clubs from the region: Zakić, Badža and 14. Oktobar. The club played its first official game against FK Makedonija, a team from Skoplje, in January of 1947.

In 1949, the team became champions of Serbia and therefore joined the Yugoslav First League for the first time. It was immediately relegated the next season. After 1978, Napredak became regulars in the Yugoslav First League and was viewed as a great club. Two years later, the team reached the UEFA Cup. They were eliminated in the first round by Eastern Germany's powerhouse Dynamo Dresden.

In domestic competitions, Napredak's biggest success is reaching the Yugoslav Cup final in 2000, losing to Red Star Belgrade. Their presence in the national cup final earned them a spot in the UEFA Cup the next season. This time, the team had a little more success, eliminating Estonian representants JK Viljandi Tulevik in the first round, but getting eliminated in the second by Greek club OFI Crete. Reaching the second round of the UEFA Cup is their biggest success in history.

Throughout its history, FK Napredak produced some great players such as Vladimir Durković, Ognjen Petrović, Dušan Pešić and Dragiša Binić.

On July 19, 2007, the Football Association of Serbia decided that Napredak will be promoted to the Meridian Superliga and replace FK Mladost Apatin who withdrew from the competition after being unable to bear the financial burden of playing in a top division.

1 FK Napredak in Europe
2 Current squad
- 2.1 Notable former players
3 Gallery
4 External links

[edit] FK Napredak in Europe

QR = Qualifying Round
R1 = 1st Round

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away
1980/81	UEFA Cup	R1	Dynamo Dresden	0-1	0-1
2000/01	UEFA Cup	QR	JK Viljandi Tulevik	5-1	1-1
		R1	OFI Crete	0-0	0-6

[edit] Current squad

No.		Position	Player
		DF	Radoslav Aleksić
		MF	Saša Antić
		MF	Tomislav Ćirković
		DF	Marko Đorđević
		MF	Nenad Šljivić
		DF	Dušan Dunjić
		MF	Ivan Gajić
		MF	Milan Gajić
		MF	Bojan Mačuzić
		MF	Ivan Marinković
		MF	Miroslav Mijatović
		GK	Dalibor Milenković
		MF	Bojan Stamenković
		GK	Saša Stamenković

No.		Position	Player
		FW	Rade Veljović
		FW	Dragan Milovanović
		FW	Igor Pavlović
		MF	Predrag Pavlović
		DF	Radmilo Pavlović
		MF	Igor Petrović
		DF	Josip Projić
		FW	Bratislav Punoševac
		FW	Marko Ranković
		GK	Vladan Ristić
		MF	Nikola Stanković
		DF	Goran Stojković
		FW	Radivoje Jevdjevic
		MF	Dušan Petronijević