FK Kikinda

FK Kikinda

Full name	Football Club Kikinda
Nickname(s)	Vukovi (The Wolves)
Founded	1909
Ground	Gradski stadium (Capacity: 7,500)
Chairman	Željko Bodrožić
Manager	Boško Karanović
League	Serbian League Vojvodina
2009-10	Serbian League Vojvodina, 13th.
Home colours Away colours

Fudbalski klub Kikinda (Serbian Cyrillic: Фудбалски клуб Кикинда) is a football club from Kikinda, Serbia. It is one of the oldest clubs in Serbia. The club currently competes in Serbia's third division the Srpska Liga Vojvodina.

History

Since 1886, gymnastics in the gymnasium Solajter, introduced, with some other games, the English football. Jako Janoš, Juhaš Karolj and especially Kalman Geza, where the ones to "blame" for the popularuty of the new sport by 1903. It becomes the favorite entertainment for the afternoons between college students. All these were good conditions for a successful start and development of football in the first sports society created in the city in 1909 and named NAK. From the very beginning, football section was quite successful and NAK plays as equal against already reputated clubs in Hungary, and the junior football team was probably by that time the best in Serbia. In the period prior to 1914 our city was host to many famous football clubs, among which are emphasized: TAC from Timisoara, SAK from Szeged, HAŠK from Zagreb, Greater Serbia from Belgrade, ATE from Arad, etc. The matches against this well-known teams, especially the visits from Belgrade, significantly contributed to the promotion of football in Kikinda and the Banat region. The period between the First and Second World War is abundant in many football events. The following important football clubs also emerge: Kac (1918–1919), Serbia (August 31, 1919-March 20, 1932) and Sloga (1932–1941). Together with NAK, these clubs were the forerunners of today's FK Kikinda. In addition to them, other clubs also are created: VSK Kosovo (1920–1941), SD Radnički (1926–1933), SD Rapid, which is in fact succeeded SD Radnički (1933–1941), FK Trgovačka omladina (1926–1930), TSK Slaven (20/06/1930-20/03/1932), SK ŽAK (1931–1941) and FK Banacija (1925–1933), however, the last club was not officially registered. In fact, by the 1930s, our city had even six registered clubs, more than ever in its history. Beside the mentioned, football in the local high schools was very active, and from 1926 there is one youth team worth mentioning, GLK Sloga.

All this potential made that the clubs from the city archive many success, and most of them regularely played in the First and Second League's of Banat (second national tier divided by regions). Before the league pause during World War II, the most successful clubs were AK Serbia, VSK Kosovo, AK Sloga and SK ŽAK. All the best footballers were not concentrated in one club, but in several, and the ones usually considered the best are: Franja Bošnjak, Arnold Kemelj, Pavle Dajc, Franja Bucko and Bela Sendi in the period prior to 1914, Radoci, Somodji and Komolosi in the period from 1920 to 1929, Petar Lisul, Franja Jakab and Petar Sandić in the period from 1929 to 1934, and Miloš Ostojin, Petar Cvetković, Petar Živić and Božidar Sandić in the period between 1935 and 1941.^[1]

During much of the period after 1945 until recently the club was known as OFK Kikinda.

Current squad

Referring to 2010-11 season. Last updated November 2010. Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player GK Đorđe Atlagić GK Ivan Ivković GK Martin Magda GK Ilija Hajrović DF Danijel Mesaroš DF Goran Beleuc DF Žarko Đokić DF Dušan Marjanović DF Dario Krdžalin DF Nenad Milićev DF Marko Bodrozić DF Nikola Babić DF Vukan Vukomanović MF Vladimir Bunić MF Jovica Kovrlija

No. Position Player MF Radovan Ilić MF Luka Cvijan MF Zoran Karanović (left January 2010) MF Miloš Oljača (left January 2010) MF Marko Protić (left January 2010) MF Milan Ćeran MF Nikola Utrzen MF Dragan Vlajić MF Stefan Kresoja MF Marko Spahić FW Branislav Rosić FW Nenad Građin FW Petar Cvijanović FW Nemanja Janković

Notable former players

Players that played for national teams: Predrag Jokanović Mladen Krstajić Blagoje Paunović Iosif Rotariu Dragan Žilić

Notable players in the club: Milorad Beslin Vladimir Mudrinić

References

1. ^ "Serbia and Montenegro - List of Foundation Dates". rsssf.com. http://www.rsssf.com/tablesj/joegfound.html. Retrieved 2008-05-27. 

• Club profile and squad at Srbijafudbal.
• Club page at Transfermarkt.