FK Radnički Pirot
| Full name | FK Radnički Pirot | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Beli (The Whites) | ||
| Founded | 1945 | ||
| Ground | Stadion Dragan Nikolić | ||
| Capacity | 13,816 | ||
| President | Zoran Nikolić | ||
| Head coach | Dražen Dukić | ||
| League | Serbian First League | ||
| 2016–17 | Serbian First League, 6th | ||
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FK Radnički Pirot (Serbian Cyrillic: ФК Раднички Пирот) is a professional football club from Pirot, Serbia. They currently compete in the Serbian First League, the second tier of the national league system.
History
The club was formed in 1945 immediately after World War II. They made their Yugoslav Second League debut in the 1969–70 season.[1] The club spent the following 12 seasons in the second tier of Yugoslav football, before being relegated in 1981. After only one year, they won promotion back, spending the next six seasons in the Second League (1982–1988), when the competition was reorganized.[2]
Following the breakup of the former country, the club made its debut in the newly formed Second League of FR Yugoslavia in the 1992–93 season. They would continue to compete between the second and third level leagues over the following decade, finishing third in the 1996–97 Second League of FR Yugoslavia.[3]
The club achieved one of the biggest results in its history by reaching the quarter-finals of the 2004–05 Serbia and Montenegro Cup, when they were eliminated by Rad after losing 0–1 at home.[4] At the end of the season, they also won promotion to the Serbian First League after finishing first in the Serbian League East. The club spent the following three seasons in the second tier of Serbian football, before being relegated back to the Serbian League East in 2008. In the meantime, they repeated the success in the domestic cup by reaching the quarter-finals of the 2006–07 Serbian Cup, when they were eliminated by Vojvodina after losing 1–2 at home.
Honours
- 2004–05, 2015–16
Seasons
| Season | League | Cup | ||||||||
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| Division | P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | Pos | ||
| 2010–11 | 3 – East | 30 | 16 | 4 | 10 | 51 | 34 | 52 | 2nd | — |
| 2011–12 | 3 – East | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 34 | 30 | 40 | 10th | — |
| 2012–13 | 3 – East | 30 | 19 | 4 | 7 | 46 | 14 | 61 | 3rd | — |
| 2013–14 | 3 – East | 30 | 15 | 3 | 12 | 44 | 32 | 48 | 4th | — |
| 2014–15 | 3 – East | 30 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 68 | 25 | 59 | 2nd | — |
| 2015–16 | 3 – East | 30 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 54 | 20 | 66 | 1st | — |
| 2016–17 | 2 | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 30 | 31 | 43 | 6th | — |
Supporters
The club's main supporters group is known as "Pirgosi". They were founded in the summer of 1990. The group is traditionally situated in the east stand of the stadium.[5]
Current squad
- As of 12 August 2017
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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For recent transfers, see List of Serbian football transfers summer 2017.
Notable players
- National team players[6]
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Nikola Đurđić - Andrija Kaluđerović
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Ivan Gvozdenović - Nenad Jestrović
- Mateja Kežman
- Radivoje Manić
- Jovan Stanković
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Vladan Radača
For a list of all FK Radnički Pirot players with a Wikipedia article, see Category:FK Radnički Pirot players.
Managerial history
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References
- ↑ "SISTEM TAKMIČENJA U JUGOSLAVIJI 1968.-1973." (in Serbian). FSG Zrenjanin. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
- ↑ "SISTEM TAKMIČENJA U JUGOSLAVIJI 1988.-1991." (in Serbian). FSG Zrenjanin. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
- ↑ "RAT, RASPAD SFR JUGOSLAVIJE, SANKCIJE" (in Serbian). FSG Zrenjanin. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
- ↑ "ISTORIJA" (in Serbian). FK Radnički Pirot. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
- ↑ "PIRGOSI" (in Serbian). FK Radnički Pirot. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
- ↑ "Radnički Pirot". National Football Teams. Retrieved 12 August 2017.