FK Bežanija

FK Bežanija
Full name Fudbalski klub Bežanija
Nickname(s) Lavovi (Lions)
Founded 1921
Ground Stadion Bežanije,
Novi Beograd, Serbia
Capacity 5,000
Chairman Borislav Brujić
Manager Srđan Blagojević
League Serbian First League
2017–18 Serbian First League, 7th

Fudbalski klub Bežanija (Serbian Cyrillic: Фудбалски клуб Бежанија) is a football club based in Novi Beograd, Serbia. They play in the First League of Serbia, the second tier of Serbian football.

History

In 1921 a football club was founded under the name SOKO. The club was founded in Belgrade's suburb Bežanija and at that time it did not fall neither under Belgrade nor Zemun football leagues. Later the club changes its name to BSK (Bežanijski sportski klub).[1] At that time the club only managed to play friendly matches. During World War II under German occupation, Bežanija joined a Croatian NDH league and renamed HSK. In the club, despite everything, all players were Serbs.

After the war in 1946 the club changes its name to FK Jedinstvo (not to be confused with pre-World War II club SK Jedinstvo Beograd). That year the club for the first time starts competing in the Srem league and becomes a member of the Novi Sad football association. Till 1952 the club was competing in the regional Srem League. In 1952 the club transfers to the Belgrade football association, and since then all the results have been written down. That same year the club forms its youth club that begin competing in the second youth league. At the beginning of the 1955-56 season FK Jedinstvo changes its name to the current FK Bežanija.[2]

Since 1953 to 1989 season the club competes in lower leaguea, and promotions and relegations were regular. In the season 1988-89 the club is promoted to the Belgrade Zone League for the first time in its history. The next season recorded further success and the club qualified to the Serbian league. In 1992-93 the club is promoted with even more success and moves on to the Republic zone league Belgrade. The biggest club success was in 1999-00 when the club was promoted once more to the First league in Serbia, but was relegated one season later.[3]

FK Bežanija gives much attention to its youth system which keep getting better and better results. This was born out when Bežanija's young squad finished 4th in the 2006-07 SuperLiga and were thus entered into the qualifying rounds of the 2007-08 UEFA Cup.[4]

Already in the recent history it is worth to mention that by the year 2010, the club has managed to participate twice in the national top league, the Serbian SuperLiga, having played in the seasons 2006-07 and 2007-08.[5]

Stadium

Stadion of FK Bežanija has the capacity of 2,000 seats. Plans have been made to make 4,000 more seats in the west stand.[6]

Honours and achievements

Current squad

As of 17 March 2018

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

No. Position Player
1 Armenia GK Artem Karapetyan
2 Bosnia and Herzegovina DF Saša Kolunija
3 Serbia MF Aleksandar Busnić (on loan from Rad)
4 Serbia DF Uroš Stojanović
5 Serbia MF Đorđe Radovanović
6 Serbia DF Stefan Filipović
7 Montenegro FW Boško Guzina (on loan from Rad)
8 Serbia MF Andrej Mrkela
9 England FW Nikola Milošević
10 Serbia MF Stefan Matijević
11 Serbia FW Marko Jeremić
No. Position Player
12 Serbia GK Predrag Kovačević (on loan from Zemun)
13 Serbia DF Draško Đorđević (captain, on loan from Red Star Belgrade)
14 Serbia MF Damjan Gojkov (on loan from Red Star Belgrade)
15 Serbia DF Marko Bašanović
16 Serbia DF Stefan Javorac
17 Serbia FW Vladimir Radočaj
18 Serbia MF Goran Smiljanić
19 Serbia DF Petar Šušnjar
20 Serbia FW Nenad Perović
21 Serbia MF Aleksandar Desančić
22 Serbia GK Miloš Krunić (on loan from Zemun)

Youth & reserves

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

No. Position Player
— Serbia GK Miško Imro
— Azerbaijan DF David Samedov
— Serbia DF Đorđe Vidić
— Serbia MF Bojan Lečić
— Serbia MF Miloš Brujić
— Russia MF Nikita Arshinov
No. Position Player
— Serbia MF Igor Radić
— Serbia MF Mladen Mićanović
— Russia FW Ignat Deryavko
— Russia Vladislav Vasiljev
— Serbia Nenad Gavrilović
— Serbia Stefan Milojević

Out on loan

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

No. Position Player
— Serbia MF Luka Sekulić (at Jedinstvo Surčin until the end of 2017–18 season)

For recent transfers, see List of Serbian football transfers winter 2017–18. For summer transfers, see List of Serbian football transfers summer 2017.

Notable former players

List of former players with senior national team appearances:[7]

For the list of all current and former players with Wikipedia article, please see: Category:FK Bežanija players.

Coaches

Fans

Fans of Bežanija are called Lavovi (Lions).

References

  1. ↑ History Archived 2013-07-03 at the Wayback Machine. at club's official website
  2. ↑ History Archived 2013-07-03 at the Wayback Machine. at club's official website
  3. ↑ History Archived 2013-07-03 at the Wayback Machine. at club's official website
  4. ↑ History Archived 2013-07-03 at the Wayback Machine. at club's official website
  5. ↑ History Archived 2013-07-03 at the Wayback Machine. at club's official website
  6. ↑ Stadium Archived 2013-07-03 at the Wayback Machine. at club's official website
  7. ↑ FK Bežanija at National-Football-Teams.com
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.