FK Radnik Bijeljina

Radnik Bijeljina

Full name	Fudbalski klub Radnik Bijeljina
Founded	14 June 1945 (1945-06-14)
Ground	Gradski Stadion, Bijeljina
Ground Capacity	6,000
Chairman	Mladen Krstajić
Manager	Mladen Žižović
League	Premier League BH
2016–17	Premier League BH, 6th
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours

Fudbalski klub Radnik Bijeljina (Serbian Cyrillic: Фудбалски клуб Радник Бијељина) is a football club based in the city of Bijeljina in northeast Bosnia and Herzegovina. The club won its first First League of the Republika Srpska title in 1998–99, and the second in 2004–05, after which the club was promoted to the newly formed Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The club was relegated from the Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina in the 2006–07 season. Under the leadership of manager Darko Nestorović, in the 2011–12 season the club once again won the title in the First League of the Republika Srpska and won a second promotion to Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The name Radnik means worker.

History

The first football was brought to Bijeljina in 1916. The first football club was FK Podrinje which was formed in 1919. Later other clubs were formed such as FK Zora in 1920, FK Građanski in 1923, and FK Semberija in 1935. After the end of World War II, FK Radnik was formed.

1945–1990

FK Radnik was founded on 14 June 1945. It didn't take long for FK Radnik Bijeljina to win their first trophy. In 1948 they became champions of Tuzla District beating FK Sloboda Tuzla in the final. A year later, FK Radnik reached the 1/16 round of the Yugoslav Cup. In 1957 FK Radnik entered into the Novi Sad/Srem zone (regional league). In 1971/72, FK Radnik became champions of the regional Republic League of Bosnia and Herzegovina and they entered a playoff for a place in the Yugoslav Second League. FK Radnik played FK Sloga from Vukovar in the playoff where FK Radnik won both matches, 4–0 in Bijeljina and 8–0 in Vukovar. FK Radnik entered the 2nd League of Yugoslavia playing against clubs such as FK Proleter Zrenjanin and FK Bečej. They stayed in the Yugoslav Second League for six seasons being its best classification in the season 1977–78 when they finished 10th.^[1]

Another great achievement of Radnik Bijeljina was when the junior team won the Bosnia and Herzegovina Cup in 1987. In the semi-final FK Radnik beat FK Velež Mostar in Mostar by 5–2. In the final FK Radnik beat FK Polet Bosanski Brod in penalties to win the trophy.

1990s

From 1995 to 1997 the club was called FK Panteri Bijeljina and played under that name in the first two seasns of the First League of the Republika Srpska.^[1] In 1998–99 Radnik Bijeljina won their first Republika Srpska First League title, an achievement reached again in the 2004–05 season.^[1]

2000s

In the season 2004–05 Radnik won their second Republika Srpska title which got them a place in the Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina for the 2005–06 season. In the 2005–06 Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina, FK Radnik finished 13th.^[1] A year earlier it reached the 1/4 finals of the Bosnian Cup.^[1] In the Republika Srpska Cup, after being twice a losing finalist in the 2005–06 and 2008–09 editions, it finally won the Cup in 2009–10.^[1]

2010s

Radnik won its first national trophy in 2016, winning the Bosnia and Herzegovina Football Cup in 2015–16 season, against Sloboda Tuzla (agg. 4:1). This way Radnik won a spot in the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League.

Note that "Radnik" is also the name of a basketball team from Bijeljina, KK Radnik Bijeljina.

Honours

Domestic

League

• First League of Republika Srpska:
  • Winners (3): 1998–99, 2004–05, 2011–12
• People's Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina League: (Yugoslav third level)
  • Winners (1): 1948–49

Cups

• Bosnia and Herzegovina Cup:
  • Winners (1): 2015–16
• Republika Srpska Cup:
  • Winners (5): 2009–10, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2015–16, 2016–17 (record)

Current squad

As of 25 July 2017

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 Mladen Lučić 2 DF Miladin Filipović 3 DF Slaviša Radović 4 DF Domagoj Franić 6 MF Davor Arnautović 7 MF Filip Stojanović 8 MF Dino Beširević 9 MF Aleksandar Vasić 10 MF Aleksandar Kitanović 11 MF Nenad Srećković 13 MF Dušan Martinović 14 MF Demir Peco 15 DF Željko Krsmanović 17 MF Dejan Janković 19 FW Vladimir Bradonjić

No. Position Player 20 FW Aleksandar Glišić 21 DF Emir Hodžurda 22 MF Velibor Đurić 23 FW Jovan Motika 24 GK Branislav Ružić 25 FW Ševko Okić 26 DF Besim Šerbečić 27 GK Samed Hodžić 28 FW Edin Ademović — DF Alem Merajić — DF Zvonimir Blaić (on loan fromZrinjski Mostar) — DF Marko Despotović — MF Nedim Mekić — FW Irfan Hadžić — FW Abdurahman Beširović

Technical staff

Club management

Former players

For a list of current and former players with Wikipedia article, please see Category:FK Radnik Bijeljina players.

Managers

• Ivan Mioč
• Radomir Jovičić
• Živorad Miražić
• Zoran Jagodić
• Miroslav Milanović
• Dušan Jevrić
• Nikola Bala
• Dragan Radović^[2]
• Darko Nestorović (July 1, 2011 – Aug 27, 2012)
• Srđan Bajić (Sept 1, 2012 – Sept 3, 2014)
• Slavko Petrović (Sept 5, 2014 – Aug 24, 2016)
• Mladen Žižović (caretaker) (Aug 24, 2016)
• Nebojša Milošević (Aug 25, 2016 – May 8, 2017)
• Mladen Žižović (caretaker) (May 8, 2017 – May 26, 2017)
• Mladen Žižović (May 26, 2017 – present)

References

External links

• Official website (in Bosnian)