KMF Ekonomac Kragujevac
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| Full name | Klub Malog Fudbala Ekonomac Kragujevac | ||
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| Founded | 7 November 2000 | ||
| Ground |
Hala Jezero, Kragujevac, Serbia | ||
| Capacity | 5,000 | ||
| Chairman |
 Veroljub Dugalić | ||
| Coach |
Vladan Cvetanović | ||
| League | Prva Futsal Liga | ||
| Website | Club home page | ||
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KMF Ekonomac Kragujevac (Serbian Cyrillic: КМФ Економац Крагујевац) is a futsal club based in Kragujevac, Serbia.
History
Early years (2000-2006)
Futsal Club Ekonomac was founded on 07.11.2000 by a group of students from the Faculty of Economics of the university of Kragujevac, Serbia; with professor Veroljub Dugalic at its front along with a group of his university colleagues. The club started competing in the lowest futsal league of Serbia at that time, with the goal of popularization of this sport at the university and in Kragujevac. During the next year the club made a big success and, with the reinforcement of new players, qualified to play in what was at that time known as the Republic League of Serbia. In the season of 2004/2005 Ekonomac started competing in the highest league ranking, where it is competing until this day.
Golden years (2006-2015)
In the season of 2006/2007 Ekonomac won second place in the national league. But the year 2008 was a year of big results. Ekonomac won the Balkan cup and two months later their first title of champion of Serbia. In the following seasons 2009/2010, 2010/2011, 2011/2012 Ekonomac defended its title of champion of Serbia. In the season of 2012/2013 Ekonomac won its first national futsal cup of Serbia. By winning the national championship in the same season, 2012/2013, Ekonomac became the most successful futsal club of all time in Serbia. As the most successful futsal club in the history of this sport in the country, Ekonomac continued with what might be the clubs best season so far, by winning the championship of 2013/2014 with an undefeated record (only one draw). With the start of the new season came new players, young, ambitious but inexperienced. With hard work and a highly experienced of the coaching staff, Ekonomac has once again shown that it is a great club, winning the title in season 2014/2015 as well as reaching the Elite Round in the UEFA Champions League.
UEFA Futsal Cup
The club made its first UEFA performance in 2008. By winning its first national title Ekonomac played the UEFA Futsal Cup Main Round and qualified to the next stage of the competition the Elite Round. Ekonomac set a large list of records its six appearances in UEFA Futsal Cup, being the only Serbian Futsal Club who participated six times, of which five in a row, in this competition and classifying to the Elite Round every time it participated in UEFA competitions, thus playing with the most elite futsal clubs in Europe Ekonomac proved that his position is with the elite.
UEFA Ranking
By participating frequently in the UEFA Futsal Cup, Ekonomac was ranked very high on the UEFA club ranking list. History was made in 2015 when UEFA published the new futsal club ranking list where KMF Ekonomac was ranked as number fourth futsal club in Europe with 21,000 points. With this new ranking Ekonomac will go directly to the Elite Round, thus setting new records for Serbian futsal history. Ekonomac is the only Serbian futsal club that was ranked so high by UEFA and also the only Serbian futsal club who will go directly to the UEFA Elite Round and be a group seed. This is the first time in history that a Serbian futsal club is ranked so high and is a seed in the Uefa Elite Round Group.
Best Ranked Serbian Team
At the moment when Ekonomac was ranked as 4th on the UEFA ranking list, Ekonomac became the best ranked Serbian team of all collective sports in the country.
Players and Coaches
Through the years a big number of national and international players played for Ekonomac.
| No. | Nationality | Name | Position |
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| 1. | Serbia | Đorđe Jovanović | |
| 2. |  Croatia | Franko Bilić | |
| 4. | Serbia | Ninoslav Aleksić | |
| 6. | Serbia | Aleksandar Pavlović | |
| 7. | Serbia | Denis Ramić | |
| 8. | Serbia | Nikola Rnić | |
| 9. | Serbia | Predrag Jovanović | |
| 10. | Serbia | Miloš Stojković | |
| 11. | Serbia | Marko Pršić | |
| 12. | Serbia | Miloš Simić (Captain) | |
| 13 |  Brazil | Ivan Daniel | |
| 14. | Serbia | Nikola Matijević | |
| 15. | Serbia | Marko Radovanović | |
| 16. | Serbia | Darko Ristić | |
| 17. | Serbia | Vladan Vesić | |
| Coach | Nationality |
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| Vladan Cvetanović | Serbia |
Notable players
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Captains
Vidan Bojović has been the captain of Ekonomac for more than 15 year, from 2000 to 2015 which is also a club record of one player being the caption for such a long period of time. The season 2015/2016 started with a new captain Miloš Simić being the youngest captain in the history of Ekonomac.
| Years | Captain |
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| 2000-2015 | Vidan Bojović (FRW) |
| 2015-present | Miloš Simić (FRW) |
Coaches
- Ivan Božović (2001-2013)
- Vladan Cvetanović (2013-present)
Colours
In the original club constitution, Ekonomac's colours were named as orange and white, but during the years the club colours changed but were always based on the orange colour.
Historical kits
       Season 2007/08
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    Season 2011/12
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 Season 2014/15
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Honours
Bronze Boot
The Bronze Boot of the UEFA Futsal EURO 2012[1] went to Vidan Bojović the captain of Ekonomac who played for the national team of Serbia. He played two games fewer than the top pair after the quarter-final elimination of Serbia, having scored four in the record-breaking 9-8 win against Azerbaijan. Bojović's one assist left him above the other four-goal man, Aicardo of Spain. It is the first time the award has been decided in this manner; in 2010 the award was shared with goals scored the only criterium. By winning the Bronze Boot, Vidan Bojovic became the first player of Ekonomac to win such a prestigious UEFA award.
National
- Prva Futsal Liga Srbije (7): 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 (record)
- Serbian Cup (2): 2013, 2014 (shared record)
International
- Balkan Cup (1) : 2008 (record)
Statistics
Recent seasons
The season-by-season performance of the club over the last years:
| Season | Rank | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | Cup | UEFA |
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| 2014–15 | 1 | 22 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 123 | 34 | +89 | 61 | Runner-up | Elite Round |
| 2013–14 | 1 | 18 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 122 | 19 | +103 | 52 | Won | Elite Round |
| 2012–13 | 1 | 18 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 95 | 29 | +66 | 47 | Won | Elite Round |
| 2011–12 | 1 | 28 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 182 | 36 | +146 | 81 | Runner-up | Elite Round |
| 2010–11 | 1 | 26 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 191 | 48 | +143 | 73 | SF | Elite Round |
| 2009–10 | 1 | 23 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 136 | 45 | +91 | 58 | - | Elite Round |
| 2008–09 | 2 | 22 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 125 | 60 | +65 | 49 | - | - |
| 2007–08 | 1 | 22 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 120 | 52 | +68 | 57 | - | Elite Round |
| 2006–07 | 2 | 22 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 92 | 63 | +29 | 44 | - | - |
| 2005–06 | 5th | 18 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 72 | 67 | +5 | 28 | QF[2] | - |
Rank = Rank in the "Prva Futsal Liga Srbije"; P = Played; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points; Cup = Serbian Futsal Cup; SF = Semifinals; QF = Quarterfinal; UEFA = UEFA Futsal CUP
The season 2014-15 Ekonomac classified directly to the UEFA Futsal Cup - Elite Round
The season 2005-06 Ekonomac played in the SCG Serbian Futsal League (
Serbia and Montenegro)
UEFA club coefficient rankings
- As of 2015.
| Pos. | Team | Points |
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| 1 |  Kairat Almaty | 64.167 |
| 2 |  Inter FS | 29.666 |
| 3 | MFC Tulpar | 28.500 |
| 4 | Ekonomac | 21.000 |
Full UEFA competition record
| Competition | P | W | D | L |
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| UEFA Futsal Cup | 39 | 13 | 4 | 10 |
Qualifying matches included
References
External links
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