FK Zlatibor Čajetina (Serbian Cyrillic: ФК Златибор Чајетина) is a football club based in Čajetina, Serbia. They compete in the Serbian League West, the third tier of the national league system.
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| Full name | Fudbalski Klub Zlatibor Čajetina | ||
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| Founded | 1945 | ||
| Ground | Stadium Švajcarija, Čajetina | ||
| Capacity | 3,000 | ||
| President | Veljko Radulović | ||
| League | Serbian League West | ||
| 2024–25 | Serbian League West, 11th of 16 | ||
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History
editIn the 2013–14 season, the club won the Zlatibor District League with an amazing record, 25 wins and one draw (scoring 128 goals and conceding just six times in the process), thus earning promotion to the Drina Zone League.[1] They spent the next two years in the fourth tier, before finishing first place in the 2015–16 edition, securing them a spot in the Serbian League West.[2] The club won the third-tier championship in the 2017–18 campaign (being tied with Sloga Požega) and got promoted to the Serbian First League for the first time in its history.[3] They also reached the Serbian Cup round of 16 in the same season, losing 1–0 to Čukarički.[4] After spending two seasons in the second tier, the club finished in first place in the COVID-19-shortened 2019–20 season and earned promotion to the Serbian SuperLiga.[5] They placed third from the bottom in their debut appearance in the top tier and suffered relegation back to the Serbian First League.[6]
Honours
edit- Serbian First League (Tier 2)
- Champions: 2019–20
- Serbian League West (Tier 3)
- Champions: 2017–18
- Drina Zone League (Tier 4)
- Champions: 2015–16
- Zlatibor District League (Tier 5)
- Champions: 2013–14
Seasons
edit| Season | League | Cup | ||||||||
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| Division | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | Pos | ||
 Serbia | ||||||||||
| 2010–11 | 4 – Drina | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 42 | 39 | 39 | 12th | — |
| 2011–12 | 4 – Drina | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 24 | 38 | 32 | 14th | — |
| 2012–13 | 5 – Zlatibor | 28 | 16 | 4 | 8 | 65 | 30 | 52 | 4th | — |
| 2013–14 | 5 – Zlatibor | 26 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 128 | 6 | 76 | 1st | — |
| 2014–15 | 4 – Drina | 28 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 35 | 20 | 50 | 2nd | — |
| 2015–16 | 4 – Drina | 30 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 54 | 21 | 68 | 1st | — |
| 2016–17 | 3 – West | 30 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 30 | 28 | 42 | 5th | — |
| 2017–18 | 3 – West | 34 | 25 | 5 | 4 | 67 | 25 | 80 | 1st | Round of 16 |
| 2018–19 | 2 | 37 | 18 | 3 | 16 | 48 | 42 | 32 | 6th | — |
| 2019–20 | 2 | 30[a] | 14 | 12 | 4 | 33 | 18 | 54 | 1st | Round of 32 |
| 2020–21 | 1 | 38 | 7 | 8 | 23 | 28 | 64 | 29 | 18th | Round of 32 |
| 2021–22 | 2 | 37 | 12 | 11 | 14 | 38 | 44 | 47 | 12th | Round of 32 |
| 2022–23 | 2 | 37 | 7 | 12 | 18 | 36 | 54 | 33 | 15th | Round of 32 |
| 2023–24 | 3 – West | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 34 | 30 | 42 | 8th | Preliminary round |
| 2024–25 | 3 – West | 30 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 31 | 47 | 38 | 11th | - |
- ↑ The season was shortened due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Serbia.
Notable players
editThis is a list of players who have played at full international level.[7]
For a list of all FK Zlatibor Čajetina players with a Wikipedia article, see Category:FK Zlatibor Čajetina players.
Historical list of coaches
edit- Milan Čančarević (2013–2016)
- Vladimir Mudrinić (2016–2017)[8]
- | Predrag Ristanović (2018–2020)[9]
- Zoran Njeguš (2020–2021)[10]
- Ljubomir Ristovski (2021)
- Predrag Ristanović (2021)[11]
- Žarko Jovanović (2021–2022)
- Predrag Ristanović (2022–2023)
- Slaviša Kovačević (2023)[12]
Ivica Cvetanovski (2024)[13]- Slaviša Božičić (2024)
- Boban Ivanović (2024)
- Izet Ljajić (2025)
- Goran Đukić (2025)
- Tomislav Tmušić (2025)[14]
- Boban Stanković (2026-)[15]
References
edit- ↑ "Interviju sa predsednikom FK Zlatibor, Veljkom Radulovićem" (in Serbian). zlatibor.tv. 3 July 2014. Retrieved 5 August 2017.
- ↑ "Čančarević uveo Zlatibor u Srpsku ligu" (in Serbian). zlatibor.tv. 10 June 2016. Retrieved 5 August 2017.
- ↑ "Fudbaleri Zlatibora u Prvoj ligi Srbije" (in Serbian). radioluna.info. 14 June 2018. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
- ↑ "Kup: Poker Mihajlovića, Mladost sigurna" (in Serbian). b92.net. 25 October 2017. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
- ↑ "FK Zlatibor se plasirao u Superligu Srbije" (in Serbian). radioluna.info. 22 June 2020. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
- ↑ "Serbia 2020/21". rsssf.org. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
- ↑ "Zlatibor Čajetina". national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 30 May 2023.
- ↑ "Fudbaleri Zlatibora počeli pripreme". ZooMUE (in Serbian). 10 July 2016. Retrieved 22 March 2026.
- ↑ "Predrag Ristanović novi trener Zlatibora". ZooMUE (in Serbian). 22 January 2018. Retrieved 22 March 2026.
- ↑ "Njeguš novi šef stručnog štaba Zlatibora". Infoera (in Serbian). 7 October 2020. Retrieved 22 March 2026.
- ↑ "POSLE PORAZA OD PARTIZANA: Predrag Ristanović se vratio na klupu Zlatibora!". Kurir (in Serbian). 17 March 2021. Retrieved 22 March 2026.
- ↑ "Slaviša Kovačević novi trener FK Zlatibor". Radio Luna (in Serbian). 14 July 2023. Retrieved 22 March 2026.
- ↑ "Cvetanovski novi trener Zlatibora". SportoMania (in Serbian). 14 January 2024. Retrieved 22 March 2026.
- ↑ Đorđević, Milan (3 October 2025). "PROMOVISAN JE NOVI TRENER: Poznat je i stručni štab nekadašnjeg superligaša!". Sportissimo (in Serbian). Retrieved 22 March 2026.
- ↑ Đorđević, Milan (22 January 2026). "ZLATIBOR PREDSTAVIO NOVOG TRENERA: Stanković je rešenje za duže staze!". Sportissimo (in Serbian). Retrieved 22 March 2026.
External links
edit- Club page at Srbijasport