FK Timok

FK Timok 1919 (Serbian Cyrillic: ФК Тимок 1919) is a professional football club based in Zaječar, Serbia. They most recently competed in the Zone League East, the fourth tier of the national league system.

Timok

Full name	FK Timok 1919
Nickname(s)	Beli labudovi (The White Swans)
Founded	1919; 105 years ago (1919)
Ground	Stadion Kraljevica
Capacity	8,186
President	Milorad Vučković
Head coach	Miroslav Nikolić
Home colours Away colours

History

Founded in 1919, the club participated in the regional leagues during its early stages. They achieved their first notable success by defeating Dinamo Zagreb 3–1 in the first round of the 1973 Yugoslav Cup. The club also competed in the Yugoslav Second League for three seasons between 1981 and 1984.^[1][2]

After the dissolution of SFR Yugoslavia, the club advanced to the second tier for the second time, finishing bottom of the table in the 1992–93 Second League of FR Yugoslavia. They would later spend two seasons in the Second League of Serbia and Montenegro from 2002 to 2004, when they were relegated to the Serbian League East.^[3]

The club made one of its greatest achievements in its history during the 2005–06 Serbia and Montenegro Cup by eliminating Partizan away in the round of 16. After a 1–1 draw in regular time, Timok won 5–4 on penalties.^[4] The club was eventually knocked out of the competition in the quarter-finals after losing 2–0 away to Radnički Niš.^[5]

In the 2008–09 season, the club finished second in the Serbian League East, subsequently losing 5–4 on penalties to Teleoptik (after two 1–1 draws) in the promotion playoffs.^[6] They were finally promoted to the Serbian First League after winning the 2011–12 Serbian League East title.^[7] The club spent two seasons in the second tier of Serbian football, before being relegated back to the Serbian League East in 2014.^[8]

After finishing second from the bottom in the 2017–18 Serbian League East, the club got relegated to the fourth tier and was supposed to play in the Zone League East.^[9] However, they were unable to compete due to financial reasons, causing them to go inactive.^[10] Simultaneously, the Zaječar District League champions and the Zone League East newcomers, FK Radnički Lubnica was relocated to Zaječar and renamed to FK Timok 1919, becoming FK Timok's de facto successor.^[9][10]

Honours

Serbian League Timok / Serbian League East (Tier 3)

• 2001–02 / 2011–12, 2020–21

Seasons

Season	League									Cup
	Division	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Pos
Serbia and Montenegro
1995–96	3 – Timok	34	16	0	18	72	65	48	6th	—
1996–97	3 – Timok	34	16	5	13	73	42	53	4th	—
1997–98	3 – Timok	34	15	6	13	71	40	51	5th	—
1998–99	3 – Timok	17[lower-alpha 1]	–	–	–	–	–	23	11th	—
1999–2000	3 – Timok	38	17	6	15	67	49	57	6th	—
2000–01	3 – Timok	34	25	3	6	62	23	78	2nd	—
2001–02	3 – Timok	34	23	2	9	105	34	71	1st	—
2002–03	2 – East	33	13	11	9	45	29	50	3rd	—
2003–04	2 – East	36	13	6	17	43	52	45	9th	—
2004–05	3 – East	34	15	7	12	68	46	52	8th	—
2005–06	3 – East	34	15	6	13	50	38	51	7th	Quarter-finals
Serbia
2006–07	3 – East	34	13	11	10	52	32	50	9th	Round of 32
2007–08	3 – East	30	12	7	11	45	36	43	6th	—
2008–09	3 – East	28	17	6	5	44	14	57	2nd	—
2009–10	3 – East	30	22	5	3	58	20	71	2nd	—
2010–11	3 – East	30	12	6	12	39	34	42	12th	—
2011–12	3 – East	30	19	6	5	43	18	63	1st	—
2012–13	2	34	11	10	13	37	48	43	11th	Round of 32
2013–14	2	30	8	10	12	26	35	34	13th	Preliminary round
2014–15	3 – East	30	14	6	10	36	27	48	5th	Preliminary round
2015–16	3 – East	30	9	10	11	39	42	37	11th	—
2016–17	3 – East	30	11	10	9	28	21	36[lower-alpha 2]	10th	—
2017–18	3 – East	30	5	4	21	33	58	19	15th	—
2018–19	4 – East	30	22	5	3	62	28	71	2nd	—
2019–20	4 – East	17[lower-alpha 3]	12	3	2	36	13	39	2nd	—
2020–21	3 – East	38	26	5	7	73	26	83	1st	—
2021–22	2	37	11	7	19	38	44	40	14th	—
2022–23	3 – East	30	6	6	18	24	59	24	15th	Preliminary round
2023–24	4 – East	28	25	2	1	84	13	77	1st	—

Supporters

Otrovi celebrating their 10-year anniversary in 2008

The club's main supporters group is known as Otrovi (The Poisons).^[11] They were founded in 1998, celebrating their 10-year anniversary in a Serbian League East fixture with Župa Aleksandrovac on 15 November 2008. The group is traditionally situated in the east stand of the stadium.

Notable players

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

• Yaw Antwi
• Darko Božović
• Aleksandar Andrejević
• Miloš Simonović
• Milorad Janković
• Živan Ljukovčan
• Dragan Pantelić

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

Managerial history

Period Name Dragutin Ivković Dragoslav Đokić 2009 Nebojša Vučićević 2009 Milan Dimoski 2010 Miljojko Gošić 2011 Žarko Soldo 2011–2013 Momčilo Raičević 2013 Dragutin Ivković 2013 Dragan Antić 2013 Nenad Grozdić 2014 Nebojša Vučićević 2014 Dragutin Ivković 2014–2017 Vladimir Sandulović

Period Name 2017 Goran Stanković 2018 Konstantin Đurić 2018 Zaviša Milosavljević 2018 Miroslav Trujkić 2019 Predrag Živković 2019 Miroslav Nikolić 2020–2021 Vojkan Rajčić 2021 Thomas Vasov 2021–2022 Srđan Stojčevski 2022 Jovan Dabić 2022 Miroslav Trujkić 2022 Slobodan Halilović 2022– Vojkan Rajčić

Notes

1. The season was cut short due to the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia.
2. The club was docked seven points.
3. The season was cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Serbia.

References

1. "Period 1978. – 1983" (in Serbian). fsgzrenjanin.com. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
2. "Period 1983. – 1988" (in Serbian). fsgzrenjanin.com. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
3. "SISTEM TAKMIČENJA 2000.-2006" (in Serbian). fsgzrenjanin.com. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
4. "Novi šok u Humskoj" (in Serbian). sportskacentrala.com. 26 October 2005. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
5. "Bez iznenađenja u četvrtfinalu Kupa" (in Serbian). sportskacentrala.com. 7 December 2005. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
6. "Teleoptik prvoligaš posle drame" (in Serbian). mondo.rs. 11 June 2009. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
7. "Fudbaleri "Timoka" plasirali se u Prvu ligu Srbije" (in Serbian). srbijasport.net. 9 June 2012. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
8. "Inđija i naredne sezone u Prvoj ligi Srbije" (in Serbian). srbijasport.net. 28 May 2014. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
9. "U Zonu "Istok" sa novim imenom: "Radnički" iz Lubnice postao je FK "Timok 1919" iz Zaječara!" (in Serbian). glas-zajecara.com. 22 July 2018. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
10. "Gde je FK Timok nakon jednog stoleća" (in Serbian). zajecaronline.com. 27 December 2019. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
11. "Sledeća je Zvezda!" (in Serbian). glas-javnosti.rs. 28 October 2005. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
12. "Timok Zaječar". national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 20 June 2017.

External links

• Club page at Srbijasport