FK Banat Zrenjanin

FK Banat Zrenjanin (Serbian Cyrillic: ФК Банат Зрењанин) was a football club based in Zrenjanin, Vojvodina, Serbia.

Banat Zrenjanin

Full name	FK Banat Zrenjanin
Founded	2006
Dissolved	2016
Ground	Stadion Karađorđev park
Capacity	13,500
2015–16	Serbian League Vojvodina, 15th of 16 (relegated)
Home colours Away colours

History

The club was founded in June 2006 by the merger of Budućnost Banatski Dvor and Proleter Zrenjanin.^[1] They started competing in the Serbian SuperLiga in the competition's inaugural 2006–07 season, managing to avoid relegation. Moreover, the club's striker Srđan Baljak became the league's top scorer with 18 goals.^[2] They also reached the 2006–07 Serbian Cup semi-finals, being eliminated by Vojvodina. Later on, the club spent two more seasons in the top flight, before finishing bottom of the table in 2009 and suffering relegation to the Serbian First League. They also reached the 2008–09 Serbian Cup semi-finals, but were eliminated by eventual winners Partizan.^[3]

Between 2009 and 2013, the club competed in the second tier of Serbian football, but failed to make any notable results.^[4] They placed 15th out of 18 teams in the 2012–13 campaign and suffered relegated to the Serbian League Vojvodina. The club spent the next three years in the third tier, before finishing second from the bottom in the 2015–16 season, being relegated to the fourth tier. In August 2016, it was announced that they withdrew from the Vojvodina League East,^[5] eventually ceasing to exist.^[6]

Seasons

Season	League									Cup
	Division	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Pos
Serbia
2006–07	1	32	12	6	14	36	44	42	9th	Semi-finals
2007–08	1	33	6	10	17	34	57	28	11th	Quarter-finals
2008–09	1	33	7	10	16	21	40	31	12th	Semi-finals
2009–10	2	34	11	12	11	31	28	45	10th	Round of 16
2010–11	2	34	15	11	8	41	31	56	4th	Preliminary round
2011–12	2	34	9	14	11	35	41	41	13th	Round of 16
2012–13	2	34	9	8	17	29	47	35	15th	Preliminary round
2013–14	3 – Vojvodina	30	10	7	13	27	30	37	9th	Round of 32
2014–15	3 – Vojvodina	30	8	12	10	30	29	36	11th	—
2015–16	3 – Vojvodina	30	6	9	15	19	36	21[lower-alpha 1]	15th	—

1. The club was docked six points.

Notable players

This is a list of players who have played at full international level.^[7]

• Nenad Mišković
• Issouf Compaoré
• Filip Stojković
• Goran Vujović
• Borče Manevski
• Milan Stojanoski
• Ognjen Ožegović
• Zoran Tošić
• Dejan Rađenović
• Saša Zorić

For a list of all FK Banat Zrenjanin players with a Wikipedia article, see Category:FK Banat Zrenjanin players.

Managerial history

Period Name 2006–2007 Nikola Rakojević 2007 Petar Kurćubić 2007–2008 Žarko Soldo 2008 Ljubinko Drulović 2008 Vladimir Stević 2008 Saša Nikolić 2008–2009 Momčilo Raičević 2009 Žarko Soldo 2009–2010 Slavenko Kuzeljević

Period Name 2011 Milan Budisavljević 2011 Danilo Bjelica 2011 Milan Budisavljević 2011–2012 Radivoje Drašković 2012 Miodrag Radanović 2012 Zoran Janković 2013 Dragan Lacmanović 2013 Jovo Simanić 2014–2016 Marko Guteša

References

1. "Fudbaleri Banata počeli pripreme za novu sezonu" (in Serbian). glas-javnosti.rs. 27 June 2006. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
2. "Baljak, ipak, najbolji strelac lige" (in Serbian). b92.net. 3 June 2007. Retrieved 21 June 2017.
3. "Partizan i Sevojno igraju za Kup" (in Serbian). b92.net. 6 May 2009. Retrieved 11 July 2017.
4. "SISTEM TAKMIČENJA 2006.-2012" (in Serbian). fsgzrenjanin.com. Retrieved 21 June 2017.
5. "Poslednja vest - Banat istupio" (in Serbian). sportin.biz. 12 August 2016. Archived from the original on 11 September 2017. Retrieved 11 July 2017.
6. "SISTEM TAKMIČENJA 2012.-2020" (in Serbian). fsgzrenjanin.com. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
7. "Banat Zrenjanin". national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 21 June 2017.

External links

• Club page at Srbijasport