FK Rad

Rad

Full name	Fudbalski klub Rad
Nickname(s)	Građevinari (The Builders)
Founded	10 March 1958 (1958-03-10)
Ground	King Petar I Stadium, Belgrade
Ground Capacity	6,000
President	Vladimir Savić
Head coach	Milan Milanović
League	Serbian SuperLiga
2013–14	Serbian SuperLiga, 14th
Website	Club home page
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Fudbalski klub Rad (Serbian Cyrillic: Фудбалски клуб Рад, English: Football Club Rad), commonly known as Rad, is a professional Serbian football club based in Belgrade. FK Rad is one of the most successful and supported clubs in Serbia. Translated into English, the club's name signifies "work" or "labour" due to being formed by the construction company of the same name in 1958. Over the years, the club served as breeding ground for a number of well-known players, including Vladimir Jugović, Ljubinko Drulović, Zoran Mirković, Miroslav Đukić, Goran Bunjevčević, Željko Cicović, Slavoljub Muslin, Duško Ajder, Ivan Jovanović and others.

History

Rad was founded in 1958 by workers of the GRO Rad company. From the start the club had two major local rivals: Banjica and Jajinci, these rivalries were the rivals of the company but quickly it passed to football. The following individuals are considered as club's founders: Petar Đerasimović, the first president, Radojica Tanasijević, the first general selector, Željko Marjanović, the first financial adviser, and Ljubomir Lazić, the first vice president. The players that have played in 1958 can feel like founders as well, Rad had a lot of young players that were schooled in the First league teams, some players would include: Lazar Slavković, Đurđe Ivković, Vladimir Acević, Teodor Šušnjar, Milan Abramović, Brana Djaković, Aleksandar Banić, Živojin Rafailović, Aleksandar Andrejić, and a little later Sreten "Sele" Antić, Milan "Selja" Jovanović, and others.

The first head coach was Nikola Marjanović. The parliament has given the club a pitch in the center of Banjica, a few concrete stands were made, and later locker rooms were added, as well as the restaurant. The club had supporters in the Banjica region,which followed their club away and home. Rad quickly got promoted to the Belgrade League. In the period from 1965 to 1969, a change of generations had taken place. At that time the leaders were Ljubomir Lazić and Radomir Antić, notable managers were Đorđević and Đurđević, leaders for the players were Ratomir Janković, Vlada Vlaović, Matović, Zoran Bulatović, Dutina, Čeh and others.

The club's greatest success occurred in 1988–89 season when it finished the Yugoslav First League competition in fourth spot, ahead of many richer clubs such as Partizan. This success qualified Rad for the UEFA Cup in the 1989–90 season, where it was eliminated 2–3 on aggregate in the first round by Olympiacos (Rad lost 0–2 in Athens after winning 2–1 on home ground).

Name changes through history

• 1958 : club founded under the name of FK Rad
• 1990 : renamed to FK GRO Rad
• 1993 : renamed again to FK Rad

Stadium

The stadium of Rad is the King Petar I Stadium, commonly known as "Stadion na Banjici" (Stadium at Banjica), which is located in the southern part of Belgrad's Banjica neighbourhood, and holds about 6,000 people. It was built in 1977 although its stand dates back to the pre-WWII period when it was used for military parades and other state celebrations during the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.^[1]

Supporters & Rivalries

Rad's supporters call themselves United Force, a relatively small but very strong and fanatical group. They profess far-right ultra-nationalist views, making them very unpopular with FK Novi Pazar fans, who represent the Muslim minority in Serbia.^[2] They also have a rivalry with OFK Beograd with whom they contest the Belgrade derby.

Honours

Yugoslav Second League

• 1986–87 (East)

Rad in European competitions

Season	Competition	Round	Country	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1989–90	UEFA Cup	R1		Olympiacos Piraeus	2–1	0–2	2–3
2011–12	Europa League	QR1		Tre Penne	6–0	3–1	9–1
		QR2		Olympiakos Volos	0–1	1–1	1–2

Current squad

As of 21 February 2015

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 Boris Radunović 4 DF Nikola Đurić 5 DF Miloš Obradović 7 FW Nemanja Mihajlović 8 MF Miloš Milisavljević 9 FW Ivan Marković 11 FW Petar Jelić 12 GK Darko Dejanović (dual with Žarkovo) 19 MF Ognjen Gnjatić 21 MF Nikola Raspopović (vice-captain) 22 MF Matija Ljujić 23 DF Igor Đurić (on loan from Vojvodina) 24 DF Stefan Vico (dual with Žarkovo) 25 DF Nikola Maraš 26 GK Filip Erić 29 DF Branislav Milošević (captain)

No. Position Player 30 DF Vladimir Rodić 31 DF Ivan Kričak 32 FW Aleksandar Lutovac 33 MF Bogdan Mladenović 34 MF Filip Bainović 35 MF Đorđe Denić 36 MF Nikola Srećković 37 MF Aleksandar Simić 38 FW Pavle Radunović 39 DF Aleksandar Milanović 55 DF Aleksandar Trninić 69 FW Stefan Mihajlović 70 FW Uroš Nenadović 77 FW Borko Veselinović 88 MF Strahinja Karišić 99 MF Miloš Čudić

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 16 DF Miroljub Pešić (at Sinđelić Beograd)

No. Position Player 79 GK Jovan Lučić (at Hajduk Beograd)

For recent transfers, see List of Serbian football transfers winter 2014-15. For summer transfers, see List of Serbian football transfers summer 2014.

Technical staff

• Milan Milanović – Head Coach
• Dragoslav Milenković – Assistant Coach
• Slađan Nikolić – Trainer
• Božidar Urošević – Goalkeeper Coach
• Vladimir Procikijević – Physical Coach
• Slobodan Pavlović – Recovery Coach

Notable players

The club official website considers Duško Ajder and Dragan Kokotović as club´s two major legends. Beside them, important players in different historical periods are considered Miodrag Vranješ, Ratomir Janković and Lazar Slavković.^[3]

For the list of all current and former players with Wikipedia article, please see: Category:FK Rad players.

Managers

• Zvonko Varga (July 1, 2001–June 30, 2002)
• Milan Milanović (July 1, 2003–June 30, 2004)
• Zdravko Zemunović (Jan 29, 2004–04)
• Radmilo Ivančević (2004–05)
• Mihajlo Ivanović (Jan 7, 2008–??)
• Aleksandar Janjić (July 1, 2008–Oct 26, 2008)
• Marko Nikolić (Oct 29, 2008–May 23, 2011)
• Predrag Rogan (interim) (May 23, 2011–May 30, 2011)
• Slavko Petrović (May 31, 2011–Sept 18, 2011)
• Milan Bosanac (interim) (Sept 19, 2011–Oct 5, 2011)
• Nebojša Vignjević (Oct 5, 2011–Feb 14, 2012)
• Radoje Smiljanić (interim) (Feb 15, 2012–March 5, 2012)
• Marko Nikolić (March 6, 2012–June 30, 2013)
• Nebojša Milošević (July 1, 2013–Oct 27, 2013)
• Nebojša Petrović (Nov 22, 2013–Dec 25, 2013)
• Aleksandar Janković (Dec 25, 2013–March 24, 2014)
• Stevan Mojsilović (March 25, 2014–)

Kit manufacturers

References

External links

• Official website (Serbian)
• United Force website
• Club page at Utakmica
• Club page at Srbijafudbal