FK Vojvodina

Full name	Fudbalski klub Vojvodina
Nickname(s)	Voša, Lale, Stara dama
Founded	1914
Ground	Karađorđe Stadium (Capacity: 17,204)
President	Ratko Butorović[1]
Head Coach	Branko Babić
League	Jelen Superliga
2008-09	2nd
Home colours Away colours

FK Vojvodina (Serbian Cyrillic: ФК Војводина) is a football club from Novi Sad, in the autonomous region of Vojvodina, Serbia, which it represents. The club currently competes in the Serbian Superliga. FK Vojvodina is the oldest football club in Serbia's elite league.

Contents 1 History 2 Stadium 3 Supporters 4 Honours 5 UEFA competitions (1989-2010) 6 Current squad 7 Notable former players 8 Vojvodina Supporters Player of the Year 9 Coaching history 10 See also 11 References 12 External links

[edit] History

The club was founded in 1914. The club's colors, red-white, were chosen to be the same as of FC Slavia Prague. The club's biggest successes on the national level came during the SFRY when it won the Yugoslav First League in 1966 and 1989, and was the runner-up in 1957, 1962 and 1975. In 1967, Vojvodina reached the quarter-finals of the European Cup, before being knocked out in dramatic circumstances 2-1 on aggregate by eventual champions, Glasgow Celtic, courtesy of a last minute goal by Celtic captain Billy McNeill. After winning the European Cup by beating Inter Milan 2-1 in Lisbon on May 25, 1967, Celtic players said later that Vojvodina was the best side they had faced that season.

It also participated in the Yugoslav Cup and reached the finals in 1951 and 1997. Vojvodina played in the Intertoto cup final in 1998. In 2007, the club once again reached the domestic cup final, again failing to take home the trophy. The 2008/09 season was a huge step for Vojvodina as the club managed to finish second in the league, behind Partizan but in front of Red Star. This was the first time a team other than Red Star or Partizan finished in the top 2 since 1998.

Note that Vojvodina is also the name of basketball, volleyball, water polo, ice hockey and baseball teams under the same leadership.

[edit] Stadium

The home field of FK Vojvodina is the Karađorđe Stadium in Novi Sad. With a capacity of 15,204 seats, it is the largest football stadium in the city. The stadium is also the home ground for the Serbian U-21 football team. In late May 2007, the stadium also was the site of Siniša Mihajlović's testimonial match.

In 2006, the club reconstructed the whole club complex SC Vujadin Boškov along with the stadium. The club's training complex is one of the most modern training camps in the region. In light of the Universiade 2009, the club will install new reflectors.

[edit] Supporters

FK Vojvodina's supporters are known as The Firm (Firma).

The following is a description from the supporters.

The Firm is an organized group of supporters which accepts only true fans of Vojvodina who will show appreciation and love towards the club by supporting it at home, and away games as well, by cheering unanimously and with all the other activities that are part of the supporter life style.

[edit] Honours

• National Championships (2)
  • SFR Yugoslavia Champions: 1965-66, 1988-89
  • SFR Yugoslavia First League Runners-Up 1956-57, 1961-62, 1974-75
  • Serbian Superliga Runners-Up 2008-09

• Mitropa Cup (1)
  • Winners 1977

• National Cup
  • Yugoslav Cup: Runners-Up 1951, 1997
  • Serbian Cup: Runners-Up 2007

• UEFA Intertoto Cup
  • Runners-Up 1998

[edit] UEFA competitions (1989-2010)

Season	Competition	Round	Country	Club	Novi Sad	Away
1989/1990	European Cup	First round		Budapest Honvéd FC	2-1(a)	1-0
1996/1997	UEFA Cup	Preliminary		Portadown F.C.	4-1	0-1
		Qualifying		Grazer AK	1-5	2-0
1997/1998	UEFA Cup	Qualifying 1		Viking FK	0-2	0-2 (p) 4-5
1998/99	Intertoto Cup	First round		Stabæk	3-2	1-2
		Second round		Örebro SK	2-0	0-2
		Third round		FC Baltika Kaliningrad	4-1	1-0
		Semifinal		SC Bastia	4-0	2-0
		Final		Werder Bremen	1-1	1-0
1999/2000	UEFA Cup	Qualifying		Újpest FC	4-0	1-1
		First round		SK Slavia Praha	0-0	3-2
2007/08	UEFA Cup	Qualifying 1		Hibernians F.C.	5-1	0-2
		Qualifying 2		Atletico Madrid	1-2	3-0
2008/09	UEFA Cup	Qualifying 1		FK Olimpik Baku	1-0	1-1
		Qualifying 2		Hapoel Tel Aviv	0-0	3-0
2009/10	UEFA Europa League	Qualifying 3		Austria Vienna	1-1-*	4-2

-* Played in Belgrade

• Vojvodinas' score is shown first in Novi Sad matches, and second in Away column

[edit] Current squad

No. Position Player 1 GK Željko Brkić 2 DF Joseph Kizito 3 MF Slobodan Medojević 4 MF Goran Smiljanić 5 DF Mitar Peković 6 MF Nnaemeka Ajuru 7 DF Ivan Gvozdenović 8 MF Alin Stoica 9 FW Mikheil Khutsishvili 10 MF Mario Gjurovski 11 FW Slaven Stjepanović 12 GK Aleksandar Kesić 14 MF Janko Tumbasević

No. Position Player 15 DF Stefan Zogović 19 MF Boban Maksimović 22 DF Miroslav Vulićević 24 DF Dejan Karan 25 DF Marcelo Pletsch 26 DF Darko Lovrić 28 DF Risto Lakić 31 MF Dušan Tadić 33 FW Danijel Aleksić 34 MF Vuk Mitošević 77 MF Vlatko Grozdanoski 81 FW Dragan Mrđa (captain) 90 FW Sadick Adams

For recent transfers, see List of Serbian football transfers summer 2009.

[edit] Notable former players

Lists of "famous" or "notable" sports persons with no clear inclusion or exclusion criteria should be avoided. Such lists should be removed or replaced with verifiable lists of players recognized by the club, league, or another reliable source and be properly referenced.

See also Cat:FK Vojvodina players.

Rajko Aleksić Veljko Aleksić Stevan Bena Igor Bogdanović Vujadin Boškov Ivan Brzić Zoran Dakić Igor Gluščević Dejan Govedarica Franja Hirman Josif Ilić Zvonko Ivezić Aleksandar Ivoš Goran Jezdimirović Slaviša Jokanović Milan Jovanović Željko Jurčić Gojko Kačar Goran Kartalija Aleksandar Kocić Miloš Krasić Radovan Krivokapić Dobrosav Krstić Radomir Krstić Miodrag Kustudić Adolf Lambi Laslo Lerinc Slavko Ličinar Čedo Maras

Siniša Mihajlović Đorđe Milić Stevan Milovac Sima Milovanov Zoran Marić Stevan Nešticki Petar Nikezić Žarko Nikolić Martin Novoselac Ilija Pantelić Miodrag Pantelić Slobodan Pavković Đorđe Pavlić Marko Perović Božidar - Boško Petrović Dragan Punišić Vasa Pušibrk Radivoj Radosav Dimitrije Radović Zdravko Rajkov Zoltan Sabo Radoslav Samardžić Vladimir Savić Stevan Sekereš Milan Stepanov Slavko Svinjarević Goran Šaula Miloš Šestić Silvester Takač

Miroslav Tanjga Vladimir Trifunović Lazar Vasić Jozef Velker Andrija Vereš Todor Veselinović Ljubomir Vorkapić Mladen Vučinić Budimir Vujačić Đorđe Vujkov Milan Vukelić Josip Zemko Marijan Zovko Sead Halilagić Amir Teljigović Anselme Delicat Goran Lazarevski Sašo Miloševski Radoslav Batak Savo Pavićević Jovan Tanasijević Eugene Ssepuuya

[edit] Vojvodina Supporters Player of the Year

• 2005/06: Joseph Kizito
• 2006/07: Ranko Despotović
• 2007/08: Gojko Kačar
• 2008/09: Joseph Kizito

[edit] Coaching history

Branko Babić (October 11, 2009 - ) Dragoslav Stepanović (June 8, 2009 - October 2, 2009) Zoran Marić (March 9, 2009 - June 8, 2009) Ljupko Petrović (December 23, 2008 - March 8, 2009) Dragan Radojičić (October 21, 2008 - December 23, 2008) Dragoljub Bekvalac (June 4, 2008 - October 20, 2008) Ivica Brzić (September 18, 2007 - June 1, 2008) Milovan Rajevac (August 17, 2006 - September 17, 2007) Zoran Marić (August 20, 2005 - August 13, 2006) Milan Đuričić (December 27, 2004 - August 14, 2005) Vladimir Petrović (November 24, 2004 - December 26, 2004) Branko Smiljanić (2004- November 9, 2004) Josif Ilić (2003) Miroslav Vukašinović 2002-2003 Dragoljub Bekvalac 2000-2001 Dragan Okuka 1999-2000 Ljupko Petrović 1996-1997 Dragoljub Bekvalac/ Gjoko Hadžievski 1995-1996 Milorad Kosanović Ivica Brzić 1990-1991 Ljupko Petrović 1988-1990 Ivica Brzić 1987-1988 Tonko Vukušić 1986-1987 Željko Jurčić 1986 Vladimir Savić 1986 Tomislav Kaloperović 1985 Vukašin Višnjevac 1985 Jovan Kovrlija 1984-1985 Josip Duvančić 1983-1984 Tomislav Kaloperović 1983 Dušan Drašković 1980-1983 Marko Valok 1979-1980

Ivica Brzić 1978-1979 Milorad Pavić 1978 Branko Stanković 1977-1978 Todor Veselinović 1974-1977 Gojko Zec 1973-1974 Dragoljub Milošević 1969-1973 Ratomir Čabrić 1968-1969 Zdravko Rajkov 1967-1968 Branko Stanković 1964-1967 Franja Hirman 1961-1964 Radomir Momirski 1960-1961 Ratomir Čabrić 1959-1960 Antal Lika 1957-1959 Gustav Lechner 1953-1957 Milorad Ognjanov 1952 Ljubiša Broćić 1952 Bane Sekulić 1948-1951 Milorad Ognjanov 1945-1947 Janoš Noj 1939-1941 Karlo Nemeš 1939 Milorad Ognjanov 1938 Fritz Levitus 1936-1938 Willy Shurman 1934-1935 Karlo Nemeš 1933 Otto Hamacek 1931-1932 Otto Nećaš 1930 Boško Simonović 1929 Otto Nećaš 1926-1928 Kosta Hadži 1924-1926

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[edit] See also

• Serbian Superliga 2007-08
• List of football clubs in Serbia
• Serbia national football team

[edit] References

[edit] External links

Official

• Official Website (Serbian)

Unofficial

• fkvojvodina.com (Serbian)

Supporters

• Firma 1989 (Serbian)(English)
• Red Firm (Serbian)
• Firma Novi Sad
• http://www.staragarda.ns.co.yu/

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