FK Timok 1919 (Serbian Cyrillic: ФК Тимок 1919) is a football club based in Zaječar, Serbia. They compete in the Serbian League East, the third tier of the national league system.
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| Full name | Fudbalski Klub Timok 1919 | ||
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| Nickname | Beli labudovi (The White Swans) | ||
| Founded | 1919 | ||
| Ground | Kraljevica Stadium, Zaječar | ||
| Capacity | 8,168 | ||
| President | Milorad Vučković | ||
| Head coach | Milan Ćirić | ||
| League | Serbian League East | ||
| 2024–25 | Serbian League East, 7th | ||
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History
editFounded in 1919, the club participated in the regional leagues during its early stages. They achieved their first notable success by defeating Dinamo Zagreb 3–1 in the first round of the 1973 Yugoslav Cup. The club also competed in the Yugoslav Second League for three seasons between 1981 and 1984.[1][2]
After the dissolution of SFR Yugoslavia, the club reached the second tier for the second time, but finished bottom of the table in the 1992–93 Second League of FR Yugoslavia. They would later spend two seasons in the Second League of Serbia and Montenegro from 2002 to 2004, when they were relegated to the Serbian League East.[3]
On 26 October 2005, the club made one of its greatest achievements in its history by eliminating Partizan away in the 2005–06 Serbia and Montenegro Cup round of 16. They won 5–4 on penalties after a 1–1 draw in regular time.[4] The club was eventually knocked out of the competition in the quarter-final after losing 2–0 away to Radnički Niš.[5]
In the 2008–09 season, the club finished second in the Serbian League East, subsequently losing 5–4 on penalties to Teleoptik (after two 1–1 draws) in the promotion play-offs.[6] They were finally promoted to the Serbian First League after winning the 2011–12 Serbian League East title.[7] The club spent two seasons in the second tier of Serbian football, before being relegated back to the Serbian League East in 2014.[8]
After finishing second from the bottom in the 2017–18 Serbian League East, the club got relegated to the fourth tier and was supposed to play in the Zone League East.[9] However, they were unable to compete due to financial reasons, causing them to go inactive.[10] Simultaneously, the Zaječar District League champions and the Zone League East newcomers, FK Radnički Lubnica was relocated to Zaječar and renamed to FK Timok 1919, becoming FK Timok's de facto successor.[9][10]
Honours
editSerbian League Timok / Serbian League East (Tier 3)
- 2001–02 / 2011–12, 2020–21
Zone League East (Tier 4)
- 2023–24
Seasons
edit| Season | League | Cup | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | Pos | ||
 Serbia and Montenegro | ||||||||||
| 1995–96 | 3 – Timok | 34 | 16 | 0 | 18 | 72 | 65 | 48 | 6th | — |
| 1996–97 | 3 – Timok | 34 | 16 | 5 | 13 | 73 | 42 | 53 | 4th | — |
| 1997–98 | 3 – Timok | 34 | 15 | 6 | 13 | 71 | 40 | 51 | 5th | — |
| 1998–99 | 3 – Timok | 17[a] | – | – | – | – | – | 23 | 11th | — |
| 1999–2000 | 3 – Timok | 38 | 17 | 6 | 15 | 67 | 49 | 57 | 6th | — |
| 2000–01 | 3 – Timok | 34 | 25 | 3 | 6 | 62 | 23 | 78 | 2nd | — |
| 2001–02 | 3 – Timok | 34 | 23 | 2 | 9 | 105 | 34 | 71 | 1st | — |
| 2002–03 | 2 – East | 33 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 45 | 29 | 50 | 3rd | — |
| 2003–04 | 2 – East | 36 | 13 | 6 | 17 | 43 | 52 | 45 | 9th | — |
| 2004–05 | 3 – East | 34 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 68 | 46 | 52 | 8th | — |
| 2005–06 | 3 – East | 34 | 15 | 6 | 13 | 50 | 38 | 51 | 7th | Quarter-finals |
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| 2006–07 | 3 – East | 34 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 52 | 32 | 50 | 9th | Round of 32 |
| 2007–08 | 3 – East | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 45 | 36 | 43 | 6th | — |
| 2008–09 | 3 – East | 28 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 44 | 14 | 57 | 2nd | — |
| 2009–10 | 3 – East | 30 | 22 | 5 | 3 | 58 | 20 | 71 | 2nd | — |
| 2010–11 | 3 – East | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 39 | 34 | 42 | 12th | — |
| 2011–12 | 3 – East | 30 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 43 | 18 | 63 | 1st | — |
| 2012–13 | 2 | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 37 | 48 | 43 | 11th | Round of 32 |
| 2013–14 | 2 | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 26 | 35 | 34 | 13th | Preliminary round |
| 2014–15 | 3 – East | 30 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 36 | 27 | 48 | 5th | Preliminary round |
| 2015–16 | 3 – East | 30 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 39 | 42 | 37 | 11th | — |
| 2016–17 | 3 – East | 30 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 28 | 21 | 36[b] | 10th | — |
| 2017–18 | 3 – East | 30 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 33 | 58 | 19 | 15th | — |
| 2018–19 | 4 – East | 30 | 22 | 5 | 3 | 62 | 28 | 71 | 2nd | — |
| 2019–20 | 4 – East | 17[c] | 12 | 3 | 2 | 36 | 13 | 39 | 2nd | — |
| 2020–21 | 3 – East | 38 | 26 | 5 | 7 | 73 | 26 | 83 | 1st | — |
| 2021–22 | 2 | 37 | 11 | 7 | 19 | 38 | 44 | 40 | 14th | — |
| 2022–23 | 3 – East | 30 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 24 | 59 | 24 | 15th | Preliminary round |
| 2023–24 | 4 – East | 28 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 84 | 11 | 77 | 1st | — |
| 2024–25 | 3 – East | 30 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 39 | 37 | 45 | 7th | — |
| 2025–26 | 3 – East | — | ||||||||
- ↑ The season was cut short due to the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia.
- ↑ The club was docked seven points.
- ↑ The season was cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Serbia.
Supporters
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The club's main supporters group is known as Otrovi (The Poisons).[11] They were founded in 1998, celebrating their 10-year anniversary in a Serbian League East fixture with Župa Aleksandrovac on 15 November 2008. The group is traditionally situated in the east stand of the stadium.
Notable players
editThis is a list of players who have played at full international level.[12]
Yaw Antwi
Darko Božović- Aleksandar Andrejević
- Miloš Simonović
Milorad Janković- Živan Ljukovčan
- Dragan Pantelić
For a list of all FK Timok players with a Wikipedia article, see Category:FK Timok players.
Historical list of coaches
edit- Zoran Đorđević (2000-2001)
- Ljubiša Stamenković (2002-2003)
- Dragutin Ivković
- Dragoslav Đokić
- Nebojša Vučićević (2009)
- Milan Dimoski (2009)
- Miljojko Gošić (2010)
- Žarko Soldo (2011)
- Momčilo Raičević (2011–2013)
- Dragutin Ivković (2013)
- Dragan Antić (2013)
- Nenad Grozdić (2013)
- Nebojša Vučićević (2014)
- Dragutin Ivković (2014)
- Vladimir Sandulović (2014–2017)
- Goran Stanković (2017)
- Konstantin Đurić (2018)[13]
- Zaviša Milosavljević (2018)
- Miroslav Trujkić (2018)
- Predrag Živković (2019)[14]
- Miroslav Nikolić (2019)[15]
- Vojkan Rajčić (2020–2021)
Thomas Vasov (2021)- Srđan Stojčevski (2021–2022)
- Jovan Dabić (2022)[16]
- Miroslav Trujkić (2022)
Slobodan Halilović (2022)[17]- Vojkan Rajčić (2022–2023)
- Miroslav Nikolić (2023–2024)
- Žarko Jovanović (2024)[18]
- Denis Jovan (2024-2025)[19]
- Vojkan Rajčić (2025)[20]
- Nebojša Maksimović (2025)[21]
- Milan Ćirić (2025-)[22]
References
edit- ↑ "Period 1978. – 1983" (in Serbian). fsgzrenjanin.com. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
- ↑ "Period 1983. – 1988" (in Serbian). fsgzrenjanin.com. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
- ↑ "SISTEM TAKMIČENJA 2000.-2006" (in Serbian). fsgzrenjanin.com. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
- ↑ "Novi šok u Humskoj" (in Serbian). sportskacentrala.com. 26 October 2005. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
- ↑ "Bez iznenađenja u četvrtfinalu Kupa" (in Serbian). sportskacentrala.com. 7 December 2005. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
- ↑ "Teleoptik prvoligaš posle drame" (in Serbian). mondo.rs. 11 June 2009. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
- ↑ "Fudbaleri "Timoka" plasirali se u Prvu ligu Srbije" (in Serbian). srbijasport.net. 9 June 2012. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
- ↑ "Inđija i naredne sezone u Prvoj ligi Srbije" (in Serbian). srbijasport.net. 28 May 2014. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
- 1 2 "U Zonu "Istok" sa novim imenom: "Radnički" iz Lubnice postao je FK "Timok 1919" iz Zaječara!" (in Serbian). glas-zajecara.com. 22 July 2018. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
- 1 2 "Gde je FK Timok nakon jednog stoleća" (in Serbian). zajecaronline.com. 27 December 2019. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
- ↑ "Sledeća je Zvezda!" (in Serbian). glas-javnosti.rs. 28 October 2005. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
- ↑ "Timok Zaječar". national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
- ↑ "Počele pripreme FK Timok sa novim trenerom Konstantinom Đurićem". ZA Media (in Serbian). 6 February 2018. Retrieved 15 March 2026.
- ↑ Nikolić, Zoran (13 February 2019). "Predrag Živković, novi je trener FK Timoka". Tempo Radio (in Serbian). Retrieved 15 March 2026.
- ↑ Petković Skela, Novica (10 October 2019). "TIMOK 1919 SMENIO DOSADAŠNJEG TRENERA IZ BEOGRADA, NOVI KORMILAR ŠINKI NIKOLIĆ". Radio Magnum (in Serbian). Retrieved 15 March 2026.
- ↑ Petković, A.N. (5 July 2022). "Jovan Dabić, novi trener Timoka 1919". Radio Magnum (in Serbian). Retrieved 15 March 2026.
- ↑ Nikolić, Zoran (5 September 2022). "Slobodan Halilović novi trener Timoka 1919". Tempo Radio (in Serbian). Retrieved 15 March 2026.
- ↑ "Žarko Jovanović novi trener Timoka!". T1 (in Serbian). 31 July 2024. Retrieved 15 March 2026.
- ↑ Petković, A.N. (13 September 2024). "Promena na klupi srpskoligaškog Timoka 1919: DENIS JOVAN NOVI TRENER „LABUDOVA"". Radio Magnum (in Serbian). Retrieved 15 March 2026.
- ↑ Risantijević, Anđela (11 February 2025). "Vojkan Rajčić ponovo na klupi Timoka 1919". Glas Zaječara (in Serbian). Retrieved 15 March 2026.
- ↑ "Nebojša Maksimović je novi trener zaječarskog Timoka 1919". Srbija Sport (in Serbian). 31 July 2025. Retrieved 15 March 2026.
- ↑ Risantijević, Anđela (17 September 2025). "Piroćanac Milan Ćirić novi šef stručnog štaba Fudbalskog kluba Timok". Glas Zaječara (in Serbian). Retrieved 15 March 2026.
External links
edit- Club page at Srbijasport