FK Radnički Pirot

FK Radnički Pirot (Serbian Cyrillic: ФК Раднички Пирот) is a professional football club based in Pirot, Serbia. They currently compete in the Serbian First League, the second level of the national league system.

Radnički Pirot
Full nameFK Radnički Pirot
Nickname(s)Beli (The Whites)
Founded1945 (1945)
GroundStadion Dragan Nikolić
Capacity13,816
PresidentBratislav Ćirić
Head coachNikola Puača
LeagueSerbian First League
2019–20Serbian First League, 8th of 16

History

The club was founded immediately after World War II in 1945. They made their Yugoslav Second League debut in the 1969–70 campaign.[1] Over the next 12 seasons, the club competed in the second tier of Yugoslav football, before being relegated in 1981. They were promoted back the following year and spent another six seasons in the Second League (1982–1988), when the competition was reorganized.[2] In the 1975–76 Yugoslav Cup, the club made one of the greatest accomplishments in its history by eliminating Red Star Belgrade to reach the quarter-finals, eventually losing to Dinamo Zagreb.

Following the dissolution of SFR Yugoslavia, the club competed in the newly formed Second League of FR Yugoslavia in the 1992–93 season, but failed to avoid relegation.[3] They returned to the second tier three years later and subsequently placed third in Group East in their comeback appearance.[3] However, the club suffered relegation to the third tier in 1998.[3]

In the new millennium, the club surprisingly reached the quarter-finals of the 2004–05 Serbia and Montenegro Cup, being eliminated by Rad after losing 1–0 at home.[4] They also earned promotion to the Serbian First League in the same season by winning the Serbian League East. The club spent the next three seasons in the second tier of Serbian football, before being relegated back to the Serbian League East in 2008. In the meantime, they achieved another success in the national cup by reaching the 2006–07 Serbian Cup quarter-finals, but lost 2–1 to Vojvodina at home.

After spending eight consecutive seasons in the Serbian League East, the club was promoted as champions to the Serbian First League in 2016.[5] They bounced back to the third tier in 2018, only to return to the second tier in 2019.

Honours

Serbian League Timok / Serbian League Niš / Serbian League East (Tier 3)

Seasons
Season League Cup
Division P W D L F A Pts Pos
 Serbia and Montenegro
1992–93 2 381342136673018th —
1993–94 3 – East 34161267045444th —
1994–95 3 – East 3420598337652nd —
1995–96 3 – Timok 34272510023831st —
1996–97 2 – East 34171165641623rd —
1997–98 2 – East 341631545595113th —
1998–99[lower-alpha 1] 3 – Niš 17–––––295th —
1999–2000 3 – Niš 381971210559643rd —
2000–01 3 – Niš 3317978345601st —
2001–02 2 – East 34167116345556th —
2002–03 2 – East 33136145257458th Round of 16
2003–04 2 – East 36166145445548th —
2004–05 3 – East 34236511433751st Quarter-finals
2005–06 2 – Serbia 381371850524613th —
 Serbia
2006–07 2 38178135236596th Quarter-finals
2007–08 2 3416271655918th Round of 32
2008–09 3 – East 28951422303210th Preliminary round
2009–10 3 – East 30124145143404th —
2010–11 3 – East 30164105134522nd —
2011–12 3 – East 3010101034304010th —
2012–13 3 – East 3019474614613rd —
2013–14 3 – East 30153124432484th —
2014–15 3 – East 3018576825592nd —
2015–16 3 – East 3019925420661st —
2016–17 2 30127113031436th —
2017–18 2 30871528393113th Round of 16
2018–19 3 – East 3427439619851st Round of 32
2019–20 2 30118113434418th —
2020–21 2 Round of 32
Notes
  1. The season was cut short due to the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia.

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.[6]

Players

Current squad
As of 3 January 2021[7]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  SRB Marko Trkulja
2 DF  SRB Andrija Marković
3 DF  SRB Božidar Mančić
4 MF  SRB Nenad Adžibaba
5 DF  SRB Dimitrije Mijalković
6 MF  SRB Filip Tolić
7 FW  SRB Uroš Momić
8 DF  SRB Bojan Dojkić
9 MF  MKD Marko Gjorgjievski
10 MF  SRB Uroš Mirković
11 FW  SRB Dušan Milanović
12 GK  SRB Stefan Ilić
14 MF  SRB Nemanja Milošević
15 DF  SRB Nikola Jaćimović
17 MF  CMR Guy Edoa
No. Pos. Nation Player
20  SRB Miloš Kukolj
21  SRB Jovan Velev
22 MF  SRB Vukan Đorđević (on loan from FK Red Star Belgrade)
23 MF  SRB Miodrag Kamenović
27 DF  SRB Andrej Jakovljević
30 MF  SRB Strahinja Petrović
32 DF  SRB Marko Milenković
33 MF  SRB Đorđe Kukolj
37 GK  SRB Rastko Šuljagić
55 MF  SRB Miloš Ožegović
69 GK  SRB Jovan Ćirić
77  SRB Luka Vasov
95 MF  SRB Nemanja Petrov
98 MF  SRB Aleksa Kostić-Milutinović

For recent transfers, see List of Serbian football transfers winter 2019–20.

Notable players
National team players[8]

For a list of all FK Radnički Pirot players with a Wikipedia article, see Category:FK Radnički Pirot players.

Managerial history

References
  1. "SISTEM TAKMIČENJA U JUGOSLAVIJI 1968.-1973" (in Serbian). FSG Zrenjanin. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
  2. "SISTEM TAKMIČENJA U JUGOSLAVIJI 1988.-1991" (in Serbian). FSG Zrenjanin. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
  3. "RAT, RASPAD SFR JUGOSLAVIJE, SANKCIJE" (in Serbian). FSG Zrenjanin. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
  4. "ISTORIJA" (in Serbian). FK Radnički Pirot. Archived from the original on 26 July 2016. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
  5. "Radnički ponovo u društvu najboljih" (in Serbian). RTS. 12 July 2016. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  6. "PIRGOSI" (in Serbian). FK Radnički Pirot. Archived from the original on 26 July 2016. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
  7. "Team roster". Serbian PrvaLiga official website. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
  8. "Radnički Pirot". National Football Teams. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
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