FK Bačka 1901

FK Bačka 1901
Full name Fudbalski klub Bačka 1901 Subotica
Nickname(s) crveno-bili (The Red-Whites)
Founded 3 August 1901
Ground Stadion na Somborskoj kapiji
Subotica
Ground Capacity 3700
Chairman Nemanja Simović
Manager Slobodan Kustudić
League Serbian League Vojvodina

FK Bačka 1901 (Serbian Cyrillic: ФК Бачка 1901) is a football club from Subotica in Bačka, Serbia. It is the longest running club in Serbia and the oldest within the former Yugoslavia. The club's colors are red and white, while the club's anthem is Pivaj Bačka veselo.

History

The club was founded in 1901, during Austro-Hungarian administration. Bačka 1901 played a big role in a cultural and sport autonomy of Bunjevci and other Slavs in Bačka during the Austro-Hungarian period.

Its first name was Bácska Szabadkai Athletikai Club, since it was registered by the Austro-Hungarian authorities in Hungarian language.

In its early years, the club played in the leagues of the Austro-Hungarian Kingdom of Hungary, regularly winning in the southern league. After the First World War, the region became part of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (renamed Yugoslavia in 1929), and the club participated in the Yugoslav championship twice, in its 1923 inaugural season and in 1925. During this time the club was named JSD Bačka.

In 1941, during the Axis occupation of Yugoslavia, Bačka was attached to Horthy's Hungary and the club was forced to compete in the Hungarian League, where it entered competition in its third-tier. In 1945 the communist authorities renamed the club to HAŠK Građanski (Croat Academical Sports Club Građanski) in their attempt to Croatize Slavic populations of Bačka region. Soon after the club was renamed to FD Sloboda. Later, it was renamed to FD Zvezda, and in 1963, the club returned the name Bačka.

FK Bačka 1901 - AIK Bačka Topola in Subotica (1970s)

FK Bačka 1901 were promoted to the Serbian League Vojvodina, national third tier in 2013.

In May 2007 the president of the club became Dragan Vujković, former member of the Yugoslav national boxing team and silver medalist from two World Amateur Championships.[1][2]

Names through history

Current squad

As of 26 September 2014[3]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
Serbia GK Danijel Gorjanac
Serbia GK Dušan Tasić
Montenegro GK Nemanja Tripković
Serbia DF Igor Kozoš
Serbia DF Bojan Ušumović
Serbia DF Saša Kiš
Serbia DF Dejan Savović
Croatia DF Denis Lazinica
Serbia DF Dragan Svitić
Montenegro DF Slavko Damjanović
Bosnia and Herzegovina DF Miladin Radić
Serbia DF Nemanja Ćalasan
Republic of Macedonia DF Albert Bajrami
Serbia DF Atila Kemenja
Serbia MF Srđan Radosavljev
Serbia MF Miodrag Panić
No. Position Player
Serbia MF Nikola Maksimović
Serbia MF Slađan Bedeković
Montenegro MF Jovan Simović
Serbia MF Milan Vojvodić
Serbia MF Davor Poljaković
Serbia MF Nemanja Bačić
Serbia MF Nikola Radonjić
Serbia MF Miljan Ljubenović
Serbia MF Aleksa Matić
Serbia MF Bogdan Trbović
Serbia MF Nemanja Nikić
Serbia FW Aleksandar Kopunović
Serbia FW Miloš Grubor
Serbia FW Nenad Puhalak
Serbia FW Marko Matijašević
Serbia FW Miluin Kalinić

Notable players

These players are listed in clubs official website.[4] In alphabetic order:

Besides these above, among Bačka's legendary persons are Lajos Vermes, Nikola Matković and Đuro Stantić.

For the list of former and current players with Wikipedia article, please see: Category:FK Bačka 1901 players.

Coaches

List of all coaches:[6]

FK Bačka in art

Croatian writer from Bačka, Milivoj Prćić, has written a monodrama, Pivaj Bačka veselo, dedicated to this club.

Later in 2006, Rajko Ljubič made a movie of the same name after Prćić's work.

References

  1. (in Serbian) Subotičke Oni su gradili "grad sportova"
  2. (in Serbian) Subotičke U znaku crveno-belog, 29. veljače 2008.
  3. FK Bačka 1901 Subotica at Srbijafudbal
  4. From official site famous players list
  5. Neven, Subotica, 4-8-1921, page 3
  6. Lučonoše Jugoslovenskog fudbala - Monografija FK Bačka Subotica 1901-2001 pag. 134 (in Serbian)
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