FK Novi Pazar
FK Novi Pazar (Serbian Cyrillic: ФК Hoви Пaзap) is a football club based in the city of Novi Pazar, the largest city in the Sandžak region . The team currently plays in the Serbian SuperLiga,[1] which is the top division of the Serbian football league system. Current president of FK Novi Pazar is Rasim Ljajić, Minister for Welfare in Serbia. The club was founded in 1928 and its home is Stadion Gradski.
History
The club was founded in 1928, under the name FK Sandžak, which later changed to FK Deževa. The club has played under its current name since 1962, when FK Deževa and another local football club, FK Ras, merged under the name FK Novi Pazar. The club was a Yugoslav amateur-league champion, and was later a member of the Yugoslav Second League. The club qualified for a promotion play-off spot for a First League of FR Yugoslavia twice, but lost on both ocasions. They lost to FK Sutjeska Nikšić in 1994, and to FK Sloboda Užice in 1995. 2002 Novi Pazar relegat to Serbian League how is the third level football league in Serbia. Efter one seasong in Serbian League have Novi Pazar promoted back in Serbian First League. Until 2011, the team played in Serbian First League. 2011 The team came third in the Serbian First League. But since the team that won the Serbian First League had not a good economy when they had to admit in Serbian SuperLiga that take Novi Pazar the place that is loaded to Serbian SuperLiga. 2011 have Novi Pazar for the first time ben promoted to Serbian SuperLiga.
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 Jošanica. The stadium has a capacity for 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. 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.
The Fans
Novi Pazar City Stadium has always been known as a tough ground for visitors. It is one of the few stadiums on the territory of the former Yugoslavia where excellent attendance is regularly reported. Even though competing in the second division has been where FK Novi Pazar have played for most of their history, this stadium has been among the top five, in terms of attendance, in Serbia. An amazing atmosphere and organized support has been present since the 1980s. In those days, the news reporters described these home matches as "unheard of" for such a small city, and compared the supporters to the famous "Torcida Split". FK Novi Pazar's supporters in those days were the "Pazarci", or the Supporters of Novi Pazar. Although they were well organized, they could never be called real supporters. The first organized group of supporters in Novi Pazar started in 1984, under the name "Blue Hunters". FK Novi Pazar was always "at the threshold" 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 1980s, a few more groups were formed in Novi Pazar. The "Fighters" in 1987, the "Pirates", the "Eagles", and the "Blue Girls" in 1988, and the "Blue Warriors" in 1989. As nationalism grew in the country before the breakup of Yugoslavia, 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 Bosniak Muslims, and it derives its name from the Sanjak of Novi Pazar, a former Ottoman administrative district that existed until the Balkan Wars of 1912. After the Yugoslav period, the nationalism grew, the supporters decided to all come together and form one group under the name "Torcida Sandžak". 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!"
Current squad
As of August 2011.
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Player out on loan
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
For recent transfers, see List of Serbian football transfers summer 2011. For recent transfers, see List of Serbian football transfers winter 2011–12.
Notable former players
Seasons
Former coaches
FK Novi Pazar management
References
External links
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FK Novi Pazar – current squad
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