FK Novi Pazar

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FK Novi Pazar

Full name

Fudbalski Klub Novi Pazar

Nickname(s)

Plavi (Blues)

Founded

1928^[1]

Ground

Stadion Gradski,
Novi Pazar
(Capacity 15.000)

Chairman

Mensur Memić

Manager

Bajro Župić

League

First League of Serbia

2007-08

12th





Home colours





Away colours

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FK Novi Pazar is a football club based in the city of Novi Pazar, the largest city in the Sandžak region of Serbia. The team is currently playing in the Prva Liga Telekom Srbija, Serbia's second division.^[1]

1 History
2 Stadium
3 The Fans
4 Current Squad
5 Notable Former Players
6 References

[edit] History

The club was founded in 1928, under the name "FK Sandžak", which later changed to "FK Deževa". The club plays under its current name since 1962, when FK Deževa and another local football club, FK Ras, unified under this name. The club was a SFRJ amateur champion, and a member of the Yugoslav Second League. FK Novi Pazar qualified for a promotion play-off spot twice, but lost both times. To FK Sutjeska in 1994, and to FK Sloboda Užice in 1995.

2007-08 Second Division - Serbia
- 12. Novi Pazar 34 12 9 13 29:39 45
2006-07 Second Division - Serbia
- 13. Novi Pazar 38 15 8 15 44:51 53
2005/06 Second Division - Serbia
- 15. Novi Pazar 38 11 11 16 34 52 -18 44
2004/05 Second Division - Serbia
- 10. Novi Pazar 38 14 10 14 37-39 52
2003/04 Second Division - West
- 5. Novi Pazar 36 15 11 10 49-43 56
2002/03 Third Division - Morava
- 1. Novi Pazar 32 25 4 3 78-20 77
2001/02 Second Division - West
- 11. Novi Pazar 32 12 5 15 35-48 41
2000/01 Second Division - West
- 7. Novi Pazar 34 11 11 12 42-45 44
1999/00 Second Division - West
- 3. Novi Pazar 34 19 4 11 61-28 61
1998/99 Second Division - West
- 11. Novi Pazar 21 8 4 9 29-32 28

[edit] Stadium

Novi Pazar City Stadium

Novi Pazar City Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Novi Pazar, Serbia. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of FK Novi Pazar and FK Josanica. The stadium holds 15.000 people. It is made out of terraces on the eastern and the western side of the ground, and is currently without seats, although the seats are planned to be put in place by the spring of 2008. There were plans to make the terraces behind the goals, on the northern and the southern side, but so far the construction has not started. Many football stars started their career on this stadium.

[edit] The Fans

Torcida Sandžak

Novi Pazar City Stadium has always been a tough ground for the opposition. It is one of the last few stadiums on the territory of the former Yugoslavia where excellent attendance is still present. Even though second division has been the biggest success in the history of FK Novi Pazar, its stadium has been in the top five in the country for attendance since the breakup of Yugoslavia. Amazing atmosphere and organized support has been present since the 1980's. In those days, the news reporters described these home matches as "the unheard of" for such a small city, and compared the supporters to the famous "Torcida Split", the oldest organized group of supporters in Europe. FK Novi Pazar's support in those days were the "Pazarci", or the supporters of Novi Pazar. Although they were well organized, they cannot be called real supporters. First organized group of supporters in Novi Pazar started in 1984, under the name "Blue Hunters". FK Novi Pazar was always "at the front door" of the Yugoslav First League and these supporters traveled with the club around the country. While organized groups were being formed all over the country in the 1980's, a few more groups were formed in Novi Pazar. "Fighters" in 1987, "Pirates", "Eagles", and "Blue Girls" in 1988, and "Blue Warriors" in 1989. As nationalism started growing in the country before the breakup and the wars, it came to Novi Pazar, the capital of the region of Sandžak, as well. The name "Sandžak" represents a region in Serbia and Montenegro populated by Bosniaks, and it derives its name from the Sanjak of Novi Pazar, a former Ottoman administrative district that existed until the Balkan Wars of 1912. During Communism, this name was made illegal and everything was done for it to be forgotten. As Communism fell, and nationalism grew, the supporters decided to all come together and form one group under the name "Torcida Sandzak". The name "Torcida" was taken from well known supporter groups in Brazil, Croatia, and elsewhere in Europe, and the name "Sandžak" was taken to represent the city and the region, and to represent something unique only for that Torcida. From that day forward, Torcida Sandžak has been present at home and away matches of FK Novi Pazar and was considered as the protector of Novi Pazar during the wars. Torcida Sandžak's motto is "Na braniku grada - nekada i sada!", which means "Defending the city - then and now!"