FK Rad
Fudbalski klub Rad (Serbian Cyrillic: Фудбалски клуб Рад) is a professional Serbian football club based in Belgrade. The club's name translates as "work" or "labour" due to being formed by the construction company of the same name in 1958. Rad is one of the more popular clubs in Serbian football, competing regularly in the top tier of Serbian club football.
Full name | Fudbalski klub Rad | |||
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Nickname(s) | Građevinari (The Builders) | |||
Founded | 10 March 1958 | |||
Ground | King Peter I Stadium | |||
Capacity | 3,919 | |||
Head coach | Marko Mićović | |||
League | Serbian SuperLiga | |||
2019–20 | Serbian SuperLiga, 13th | |||
Website | Club website | |||
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History
Rad was founded in 1958 by workers of the GRO Rad company. From the start the club had two major local rivals: Banjica and Jajinci, these rivalries were the rivals of the company but quickly it passed to football. The following individuals are considered as club's founders: Petar Đerasimović, the first president, Radojica Tanasijević, the first general selector, Željko Marjanović, the first financial adviser, and Ljubomir Lazić, the first vice president. The players that have played in 1958 can feel like founders as well, Rad had a lot of young players that were schooled in the First league teams, some players would include: Lazar Slavković, Đurđe Ivković, Vladimir Acević, Teodor Šušnjar, Milan Abramović, Brana Djaković, Aleksandar Banić, Živojin Rafailović, Aleksandar Andrejić, and a little later Sreten "Sele" Antić, Milan "Selja" Jovanović, and others.
The first head coach was Nikola Marjanović. The parliament has given the club a pitch in the center of Banjica, a few concrete stands were made, and later locker rooms were added, as well as the restaurant. The club had supporters in the Banjica region, which followed their club away and home. Rad quickly got promoted to the Belgrade League. In the period from 1965 to 1969, a change of generations had taken place. At that time the leaders were Ljubomir Lazić and Radomir Antić, notable managers were Đorđević and Đurđević, leaders for the players were Ratomir Janković, Vlada Vlaović, Matović, Zoran Bulatović, Dutina, Čeh and others.
The club's greatest success occurred in 1988–89 season when it finished the Yugoslav First League competition in fourth spot, ahead of many richer clubs such as Partizan. This success qualified Rad for the UEFA Cup in the 1989–90 season, where it was eliminated 2–3 on aggregate in the first round by Olympiacos (Rad lost 0–2 in Athens after winning 2–1 on home ground).
In 2011, Rad competed in the Europa League the club's second appearance in European competition and again the opponent was from Greece this time Olympiakos Volou. The first game played in Belgrade at the home ground of FK Obilic finished in a 0–1 loss for Rad, the second leg in Greece finished 1–1 with Nemanja Kojic scoring for Rad, which meant Rad where eliminated from the Europa League at the first hurdle.[1]
In February 2017, a section of Rad supporters were accused of shouting racist abuse during a match against FK Partizan that reduced opposition player Everton Luiz to tears and resulted in confrontation between the opposing sides at the end of the match.[2]
Name changes through history
- 1958: club founded under the name of FK Rad
- 1990: renamed to FK GRO Rad
- 1993: renamed again to FK Rad
Stadium
The stadium of Rad is the King Petar I Stadium, commonly known as "Stadion na Banjici" (Stadium at Banjica), which is located in the southern part of Belgrad's Banjica neighbourhood, and holds about 3,919 people. It was built in 1977, although its stand dates back to the pre-World War II period when it was used for military parades and other state celebrations during the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.[3]
Supporters & Rivalries
Rad's supporters group was founded in 1987 under the name United Force, a relatively small but strong and well organized group. They have a historic association with football hooliganism.
They profess far-right ultra-nationalist views, making them very unpopular with Bosniak Muslim nationalist fans of Novi Pazar.[4] They also have a local rivalry with the Crvena Zvezda, Partizan, OFK Beograd-Voždovac alliance with whom they contest Belgrade derbies.
Rad in European competitions
Season | Competition | Round | Country | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate |
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1989–90 | UEFA Cup | R1 | Olympiacos Piraeus | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–3 | |
2011–12 | Europa League | QR1 | Tre Penne | 6–0 | 3–1 | 9–1 | |
QR2 | Olympiakos Volos | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | |||
Current squad
First team
- As of 21 July 2018
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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For recent transfers, see List of Serbian football transfers summer 2019.
Technical staff
Dragan Radojičić – Head Coach Dragoslav Milenković – Assistant Coach Slađan Nikolić – Trainer Vladan Radača – Goalkeeper Coach Vladimir Procikijević – Physical Coach Zdravko Marinković – Recovery Coach Zoran Rakić – Recovery Coach
Notable players
The club official website considers Duško Ajder and Dragan Kokotović as club's two major legends. Beside them, important players in different historical periods are considered Miodrag Vranješ, Ratomir Janković and Lazar Slavković.[5]
Former players with senior national team appearances:[6]
Miloš Bogunović Filip Đorđević Igor Đurić Brana Ilić Bojan Jorgačević Aleksandar Jovanović Branislav Jovanović Damir Kahriman Andrija Kaluđerović Filip Kljajić Nikola Maraš Luka Milivojević Bogdan Mladenović Ognjen Ožegović Andrija Pavlović Nemanja Pejčinović Miloš Stanojević Nikola Stojiljković Nenad Tomović Slobodan Urošević Jagoš Vuković Goran Bunjevčević Željko Cicović Jovan Damjanović Petar Divić Boban Dmitrović Ljubinko Drulović Nenad Grozdić Spira Grujić Bojan Isailović Đorđe Jokić Zoran Mirković Pavle Ninkov Predrag Ocokoljić Aleksandar Pantić Marko Perović Dejan Rađenović Vuk Rašović Predrag Ristović Borislav Stevanović Miroslav Stević Dragan Vukmir Aleksandar Živković Miroslav Đukić Jusuf Hatunić Vladimir Jugović Mihajlo Petrović Vladan Radača Vlada Stošić Ilija Zavišić Aleksandar Bratić Petar Jelić Aleksandar Kosorić Nenad Mišković Duško Sakan Milan Borjan Stefan Cebara Li Chunyu Ivan Cvjetković Siniša Gogić Dejvi Glavevski Aleksandar Lazevski Dančo Masev Perica Stančeski Goran Stanić Aleksandar Todorovski Branko Bošković Nenad Brnović Nikola Drinčić Vladimir Gluščević Mitar Novaković Vladimir Rodić Vladimir Volkov
For the list of all current and former players with Wikipedia article, please see: Category:FK Rad players.
Managers
The club's current manager is Marko Mićović, who was appointed in December 2019.[7]
Kit manufacturers
Period | Kit Manufacturer | Shirt Sponsor |
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2010–2012 | Patrick | None |
2012–2013 | Joma | |
2014–present | NAAI | Rubikon |
References
- http://www.skysports.com/football/rad-vs-olympiacos-volou/245042
- "Racist Serb fans torment Brazilian footballer Everton Luiz". BBC News. 20 February 2017. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
- FK Rad at srpskistadioni.in.rs
- http://www.ultras-tifo.net/photo-news/3236-rad-belgrade-novi-pazar-21-02-2015.html
- Club legends Archived 2013-09-30 at the Wayback Machine at FK Rad official website, retrieved 18-9-2013 (in Serbian)
- Rad Beograd at National-Football-Teams.com
- "Dragan Radojičić novi trener Rada" (in Serbian). novosti.rs. 23 August 2019. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
External links
- Official website (in Serbian)
- United Force website
- Club page at Utakmica
- Club page at Srbijafudbal