FK Rad

Full name

Fudbalski klub Rad

Nickname(s)

Građevinari (The Builders)

Founded

10 March 1958

Ground

King Petar I Stadium, Belgrade

Capacity

6,000

President

Vladimir Savić

Head coach

Milan Milanović

League

Serbian SuperLiga

2014–15

Serbian SuperLiga, 6th

Website

Club home page

Home colours

Away colours

Third colours

Fudbalski klub Rad (Serbian Cyrillic: Фудбалски клуб Рад), 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.

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	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
2011–12	Europa League	QR2	Olympiakos Volos	0–1	1–1	1–2

Current squad

As of 23 November 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	Darko Dejanović
2	DF	Strahinja Tanasijević
3	DF	Marko Bašanović
4	DF	Nikola Đurić
5	DF	Miloš Obradović
6	DF	Zoran Ljubinković
7	MF	Dimitrije Pavić
8	MF	Miloš Milisavljević
9	MF	Aleksandar Busnić
10	MF	Đorđe Denić
11	FW	Milorad Dabić
14	MF	Njegoš Petrović
15	MF	Marko Stojanović
16	MF	Marko Keča
17	FW	Aleksandar Lutovac
19	MF	Nemanja Arsenijević

No.	Position	Player
20	DF	Marko Prljević
21	DF	Luka Petrović
22	MF	Matija Ljujić
23	MF	Dušan Kolarević
24	DF	Stefan Vico
25	DF	Nikola Maraš (captain)
26	GK	Uroš Matić
30	MF	Branislav Stanić
31	DF	Ivan Kričak
33	MF	Bogdan Mladenović
44	MF	Nemanja Vidić
53	GK	Dušan Marković
55	DF	Aleksandar Trninić
66	GK	Miloš Budaković
70	FW	Uroš Nenadović
77	FW	Borko Veselinović

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
99		MF	Miloš Čudić (at Žarkovo)

For recent transfers, see List of Serbian football transfers winter 2015-16. For summer transfers, see List of Serbian football transfers summer 2015.

Technical staff

Milan Milanović – Head Coach
Dragoslav Milenković – Assistant Coach
Slađan Nikolić – Trainer
Vladan Radača – Goalkeeper Coach
Vladimir Procikijević – Physical Coach
Zdravko Marinković – Recovery Coach
Zoran Rakić – 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

Period	Kit Manufacturer	Shirt Sponsor
2010–2012	Patrick	None
2012–2013	Joma	None
2014–present	NAAI	Rubikon

References

↑ FK Rad at srpskistadioni.in.rs
↑ http://www.ultras-tifo.net/photo-news/3236-rad-belgrade-novi-pazar-21-02-2015.html
↑ Club legends at FK Rad official website, retrieved 18-9-2013 (Serbian)

External links

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

Serbian SuperLiga

2015–16 clubs

Former clubs (2006–present)

Former clubs (1992–2006)

Serbian SuperLiga seasons

Serbia and Montenegro seasons

FR Yugoslavia:	1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02

Serbia and Montenegro:	2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005−06

Associated competitions

The league was preceded by Yugoslav First League and since 2006 Montenegro separated and formed their own First League.

Yugoslav First League

Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes / Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1923–1940)

Seasons	1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40

Former clubs	Bačka BASK BSK Belgrade Concordia Crnogorac Građanski Niš Građanski Skoplje Građanski Zagreb Hajduk Split HAŠK Ilirija Ljubljana Jedinstvo Beograd Jugoslavija Krajišnik Banja Luka Ljubljana Mačva NAK Novi Sad Pobeda Skoplje Primorje Ljubljana Radnički Kragujevac SAŠK SAND Subotica Slavija Osijek Slavija Sarajevo Slavija Varaždin Somborski SK Sparta Zemun Viktorija Zagreb Vojvodina ŽAK Subotica ŽAK Velika Kikinda

FPR Yugoslavia / SFR Yugoslavia (1945–1992)

Seasons	1945 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1950 1951 1952 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92

Former clubs	14. Oktobar Bor Borac Budućnost Crvenka Čelik Dinamo Vinkovci Dinamo Zagreb Hajduk Split Iskra Lokomotiva Mačva Maribor Nafta Napredak Naša Krila Novi Sad OFK Belgrade Olimpija Osijek Partizan Pelister Ponziana Priština Proleter Rabotnički Rad Radnički Belgrade Radnički Kragujevac Radnički Niš Red Star Belgrade Rijeka Sarajevo Sloboda Spartak RNK Split Sutjeska Teteks Trepča Trešnjevka Vardar Velež Vojvodina NK Zagreb Zemun Željezničar

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