FK Bačka Topola

FK Bačka Topola
Full name Fudbalski klub Bačka Topola
Founded 1913
Ground Gradski stadion, Bačka Topola
(Capacity: 8,000)
Chairman Janoš Žemberi
League Srpska Liga
2010-11 Vojvodina League East, 2nd.
Website Club home page
Home colours
Away colours

FK Bačka Topola (Serbian Cyrillic: ФK Бaчкa Toпoлa) is a football club based in Bačka Topola, Serbia.

In the season 2011-12 competes in the Serbian League Group Vojvodina (3rd national tier).

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History

The first football club formed in Bačka Topola in 1912, and the club was officially exists since 1913. It was named TSC, Topolyai Sport Club. The town belonged back then to the Austro-Hungarian Empire. The first club sponsor was Károly Beer who also brought the first foot ball to the town. Soon the First World War started and after the war the region of Bačka would become part of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, renamed into Yugoslavia in 1929. In 1920 the club changed its name into JAK, Jugoslovenski Atletski Klub. In the early 1930s the stadium where the club still plays nowadays was built. In the Second World War the club competes in the Hungarian Second League, finishing in second place in 1942.

After the war the region returned to Yugoslavia, and the club was renamed Eđšeg (Hungarian: Egység), and in 1951 changes its name again into Topola (Hungarian: Topolya). The club played in the Subotica regional league and later archived promotion to the Serbian League (3rd Yugoslav tier). In 1974 the club is merged with FK Panonija, changing its name into FK AIK Bačka Topola. In 1980. AIK promoted to the Yugoslav Second League, and in the next 5 years competitioned 4 seasons in the second highest division. In the Yugoslavian Cup competition of the season 1992-93 they entered the 1/8 finals after a win against the First League club Napredak Kruševac 2-1.

In 2003 the club under financial difficulties ceases to compete, and maintains only the youth levels. In 2005 the club is merged with FK Bajša and starts competing again under a new name, FK Bačka Topola. The club was the champion of the Vojvodina League North in the 2006-07 season. The club has dedicated much effort in the youth squads archiving titles in several levels. The club finished the season 2010-2011 on second place, and won the relegation game for the Third League. [1]

Squad

Notable players

The following players played for national teams:

Other professional footballers:

References

  1. ^ History at official website. (Serbian)

External sources