FK Metalac Gornji Milanovac

FK Metalac Gornji Milanovac (Serbian Cyrillic: ФК Металац Горњи Милановац) is a professional football club based in Gornji Milanovac, Serbia. They compete in the Serbian League West, the third tier of the national league system.

Metalac Gornji Milanovac

Full name	FK Metalac Gornji Milanovac
Nickname(s)	Metalci (The Metalworkers)
Founded	12 June 1961; 63 years ago (12 June 1961)
Ground	Stadion Metalac
Capacity	4,400
President	Rajko Nešković
Head coach	Vladimir Otašević
League	Serbian League West
2023–24	Serbian First League, 13th of 16 (relegated)
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours

History

The club was founded as FK Radnik on 12 June 1961.^[1][2] The initiative came from Miroslav Spasojević, a former FK Takovo player,^[1][2] and was backed by two local companies, Graditelj and Metalac.^[1][2] The club was immediately registered with the Čačak Football Subassociation and started competing in the local leagues.^[1][2] They would change their name to FK Metalac in 1965.^[1][2] The club made its first notable achievement by qualifying for the Yugoslav Cup in 1974, but lost away to Borac Travnik in the opening round.^[1][2]

In 1995, the club merged with FK Autoeksport,^[1][2] taking its spot in the Morava-Šumadija Zone League, the fourth tier of football in FR Yugoslavia.^[1][2] They would go on to earn promotion to the Serbian League Morava in 1997.^[1][2] However, the club suffered relegation from the third tier after just one season.^[1][2] After securing two consecutive promotions, they historically reached the Second League of FR Yugoslavia in 2000,^[1][2] but finished bottom of the table in their debut season in the second tier.^[3] The club subsequently won the Serbian League Morava in 2002 and would go on to play in the Second League until 2004.^[1][2]

After spending three seasons in the third tier, the club became the Serbian League West champions in 2007, gaining promotion to the Serbian First League.^[4] They played for two seasons in the second tier, placing fifth in the 2008–09 Serbian First League and earning promotion to the Serbian SuperLiga for the first time in their history.^[5] The club ended ninth in its debut appearance in the top flight.^[1] They spent two more seasons in the top tier, before finishing bottom of the table in 2012.^[1]

After narrowly missing promotion in 2014, the club managed to return to the top flight in 2015, defeating Napredak Kruševac in a two-legged playoff.^[6] They were relegated back to the First League after finishing second from the bottom in the 2016–17 Serbian SuperLiga.^[7] During the COVID-19-shortened 2019–20 season, the club placed fourth in the standings and was promoted to the SuperLiga for the third time.^[8]

Honours

• Serbian League Morava/Serbian League West (tier-III)
  • Champions (2): 2001–02, 2006–07

Seasons

Season	League									Cup
	Division	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Pos
Serbia and Montenegro
1997–98	3 – Morava	34	13	9	12	52	31	48	12th	—
1998–99	4 – Moravica	16[lower-alpha 1]	9	3	4	36	13	30	2nd	—
1999–2000	3 – Morava	38	22	12	4	66	24	78	2nd	—
2000–01	2 – West	34	9	6	19	39	66	33	18th	—
2001–02	3 – Morava	38	23	11	4	84	32	80	1st	—
2002–03	2 – West	33	13	12	8	31	27	51	6th	—
2003–04	2 – West	36	13	6	17	42	42	45	8th	—
2004–05	3 – West	34	13	8	13	41	32	47	7th	—
2005–06	3 – West	34	23	8	3	47	10	77	2nd	—
Serbia
2006–07	3 – West	34	21	10	3	45	17	73	1st	—
2007–08	2	34	13	10	11	33	26	49	6th	—
2008–09	2	34	15	10	9	38	30	55	5th	Round of 32
2009–10	1	30	10	5	15	24	39	35	9th	Round of 16
2010–11	1	30	8	5	17	21	38	29	14th	Round of 16
2011–12	1	30	2	9	19	14	48	15	16th	Round of 16
2012–13	2	34	17	5	12	48	32	56	5th	Round of 16
2013–14	2	30	15	7	8	34	14	52	3rd	Round of 32
2014–15	2	30	16	7	7	43	29	55	3rd	Round of 16
2015–16	1	37	10	15	12	41	48	28	11th	Round of 32
2016–17	1	37	8	10	19	27	43	21	15th	Round of 32
2017–18	2	30	17	6	7	43	21	57	3rd	Round of 32
2018–19	2	37	15	12	10	51	35	33	5th	Round of 32
2019–20	2	30[lower-alpha 2]	16	5	9	41	34	53	4th	Round of 32
2020–21	1	38	13	13	12	48	53	52	9th	Round of 16
2021–22	1	37	8	9	20	42	65	33	15th	Quarter-finals
2022–23	2	37	12	12	13	42	42	48	12th	Round of 16

1. The season was cut short due to the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia.
2. The season was shortened due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Serbia.

Stadium

Main article: Stadion Metalac

After playing home matches at various stadiums in Gornji Milanovac and other neighboring cities for years, the club moved into the newly built Stadion Metalac in 2012.^[9] The stadium has a capacity of 4,400 seats.^[9]

Players

First-team squad

As of 16 February 2024^[10][11]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  SRB Mateja Premović 3 DF  SRB Nemanja Jovičić 4 DF  SRB Nikola Živanović 5 DF  SRB Filip Bačkulja 6 DF  SRB Vladimir Tomović (on loan from Radnički 1923) 7 FW  SRB Ilija Kovačević 8 FW  SRB Bojan Aleksić (captain) 9 FW  SRB Marko Mirić 10 FW  SRB Stefan Ilić 11 FW  NGA Abel Abah 12 GK  SRB Luka Balšić 14 FW  CAN Adonija Ouanda 16 MF  SRB Martin Filipović 17 DF  USA Vukašin Bulatović

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 MF  SRB Đorđe Popović 19 FW  SRB Uroš Damnjanović 20 MF  SRB Andrija Savić 21 MF  SRB Nemanja Nedeljković 22 MF  SRB Igor Maksimović 23 DF  NGA Toheeb Dare Bamigboye 30 MF  SRB Nikola Žakula 32 DF  SRB Bojan Mijailović 33 GK  SRB Janko Barać 41 GK  MKD Aleksa Jordanov 77 DF  SRB Veljko Mijailović 88 MF  SRB Nemanja Milošević 99 FW  SRB Savo Arambašić (on loan from Novi Pazar)

Club officials

Coaching staff

Position	Name
Manager	Vladimir Otašević
Assistant manager	Goran Luković Slavenko Kuzeljević
Goalkeeping coach	Vladimir Trojančević
Fitness coach	Đorđe Vlajković
Analyst Coach	Filip Dragojević
Doctor	Krsto Miljanović
Physiotherapist	Mirko Miljanović Radovan Petković
Economic	Anđelija Vulićević Snežana Todorović
Club president	Rajko Nešković
Sports director	Ivan Vuksanović
General secretary	Zvonko Jevremović

Notable players

This is a list of players who have played at full international level.^[12]

• Misdongarde Betolngar
• Prestige Mboungou
• Yaw Antwi
• Kwame Boateng
• Richard Odada
• Miloš Krkotić
• Staniša Mandić
• Janko Simović
• Nikola Karčev
• Nikola Ćirković
• Filip Kljajić
• Marko Mirić
• Stefan Mitrović
• Miljan Mutavdžić
• Aleksandar Sedlar
• Nemanja Stojić
• Jovan Vlalukin

For a list of all FK Metalac Gornji Milanovac players with a Wikipedia article, see Category:FK Metalac Gornji Milanovac players.

Managerial history

Main article: List of FK Metalac Gornji Milanovac managers

Period Name 2005–2009 Slavenko Kuzeljević 2009–2010 Nenad Milovanović 2010 Miodrag Starčević (caretaker) 2010 Zvonko Živković 2010–2011 Miodrag Radanović 2011 Nenad Milovanović 2011 Milan Đuričić 2011 Neško Milovanović (caretaker) 2011 Jovica Škoro 2012 Neško Milovanović 2012 Vladica Petrović 2012 Dragan Lacmanović 2012–2013 Vladica Petrović 2013 Slavenko Kuzeljević

Period Name 2013–2014 Aleksandar Janjić 2014–2015 Vladica Petrović 2015–2017 Nenad Vanić 2017–2018 Miloš Kruščić 2018 Aleksandar Janjić 2018–2020 Aleksandar Stanković 2020–2021 Žarko Lazetić 2021–2022 Milija Žižić 2022 Dejan Rađenović 2022 Goran Matković 2022–2023 Vladica Petrović 2023 Miloš Obradović 2023– Vladimir Otašević

References

1. "Istorijat" (in Serbian). fkmetalac.rs. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
2. "Monografija Fudbalski klub Metalac" (in Serbian). issuu.com. 5 March 2013. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
3. "SISTEM TAKMIČENJA 2000.-2006" (in Serbian). fsgzrenjanin.com. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
4. "SISTEM TAKMIČENJA 2006.-2012" (in Serbian). fsgzrenjanin.com. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
5. "Metalac u Superligi Srbije!" (in Serbian). b92.net. 13 June 2009. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
6. "Metalac preko Napretka u Superligi" (in Serbian). b92.net. 3 June 2015. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
7. "Borac opstao, Metalac ispao iz Superlige" (in Serbian). ozonpress.net. 21 May 2017. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
8. "METALAC JE U SUPERLIGI" (in Serbian). fkmetalac.rs. 20 June 2020. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
9. "Gornji Milanovac dobio novi stadion" (in Serbian). b92.net. 1 September 2012. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
10. "Igrači" (in Serbian). fkmetalac.rs. Retrieved 30 May 2023.
11. "Metalac" (in Serbian). prvaliga.rs. Retrieved 30 May 2023.
12. "Metalac Gornji Milanovac". national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 3 August 2021.

External links

• Official website
• Club page at Srbijasport