FK Rad

FK Rad (Serbian Cyrillic: ФК Рад) is a football club based in Banjica, Belgrade, Serbia. They compete in the Belgrade Zone League, the fourth tier of the national league system.

Rad

Full name	FK Rad
Nickname(s)	Građevinari (The Builders)
Founded	10 March 1958; 66 years ago (10 March 1958)
Ground	Stadion Kralj Petar I
Capacity	6,000
Head coach	Bogdan Korak
League	Belgrade Zone League
2023–24	Serbian League Belgrade, 16th of 16 (relegated)
Website	fkrad.rs
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Founded in 1958, the club spent a total of 30 seasons in the top flight between 1987 and 2021, including five seasons in the Yugoslav First League, 12 seasons in the First League of Serbia and Montenegro, and 13 seasons in the Serbian SuperLiga.

History

The club was founded on 10 March 1958 by GP Rad, a local construction company. They acquired the league rights from FK Razvitak, a small club based in Banjica, going on to compete in the local leagues of Belgrade until the early 1970s. The club earned promotion to the Yugoslav Second League in 1973,^[1] spending the next 14 seasons in the second tier of Yugoslav football. They also reached the 1981–82 Yugoslav Cup quarter-finals, losing to Dinamo Zagreb.^[2]

In the 1986–87 Yugoslav Second League, the club became champions in Group East and took promotion to the Yugoslav First League for the first time in history.^[3] They placed 15th in their debut appearance in the top flight, just one point above the relegation zone.^[3] The club subsequently finished in fourth place in the 1988–89 season, earning a spot in the 1989–90 UEFA Cup.^[4] They were eliminated in the first round after losing 3–2 on aggregate to Olympiacos.^[5]

Following the breakup of Yugoslavia, the club continued to compete in the top flight, placing fifth in the 1992–93 First League of FR Yugoslavia.^[6] They would also place in the top five in three consecutive seasons from 1998 to 2000. With the beginning of the new millennium, the club slowly started to decline and eventually suffered relegation in the 2002–03 season.^[7] They returned to the top flight of Serbia and Montenegro football in its final edition, but were promptly relegated.^[8]

Having spent two seasons in the Serbian First League, the club placed fourth in 2007–08 and managed to earn promotion to the Serbian SuperLiga via the play-offs.^[9] They finished fourth in 2010–11, which meant qualification for the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League and a return to European football after 22 years. After spending 13 consecutive seasons in the top flight, the club suffered relegation in 2021.^[10] They would eventually finish bottom of the table in the 2022–23 Serbian First League, dropping to the third tier for the first time in 50 years.

After suffering a second consecutive relegation in 2024, the club found itself in the Belgrade Zone League, the fourth tier of Serbian football.

Honours

Yugoslav Second League (Tier 2)

• 1986–87 (Group East)

Seasons

Season	League									Cup	Continental
	Division	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Pos
Yugoslavia
1973–74	2 – East	34	11	10	13	33	40	32	14th	—	—
1974–75	2 – East	34	12	12	10	64	42	36	6th	—
1975–76	2 – East	34	16	11	7	48	34	43	2nd	—
1976–77	2 – East	34	14	8	12	41	29	36	7th	Round of 16
1977–78	2 – East	34	11	11	12	34	36	33	11th	—
1978–79	2 – East	30	7	14	9	26	29	28	10th	—
1979–80	2 – East	30	12	7	11	41	40	31	9th	Round of 32
1980–81	2 – East	30	12	9	9	27	21	33	3rd	—
1981–82	2 – East	30	11	9	10	37	32	31	7th	Quarter-finals
1982–83	2 – East	34	15	5	14	52	46	35	7th	—
1983–84	2 – East	34	10	11	13	32	38	31	13th	—
1984–85	2 – East	34	13	9	12	34	33	35	5th	Round of 32
1985–86	2 – East	34	19	13	2	53	20	51	2nd	Round of 16
1986–87	2 – East	34	20	9	5	54	15	49	1st	—
1987–88	1	34	11	8	15	44	56	30	15th	—
1988–89	1	34	13	11	10	46	38	35	4th	Round of 32	Intertoto Cup – Group stage
1989–90	1	34	16	6	12	41	31	36	5th	Round of 16	UEFA Cup – First round
1990–91	1	36	14	7	15	42	34	32	8th	Round of 32	—
1991–92	1	33	14	3	16	48	43	29	7th	Quarter-finals
Serbia and Montenegro
1992–93	1	36	13	13	10	47	35	39	5th	Round of 32	—
1993–94	1 – I/A	18	7	3	8	16	19	17	7th	Round of 16
	1 – I/B	18	9	7	2	28	10	25	1st
1994–95	1 – I/A	18	6	7	5	16	16	19	4th	Round of 16
	1 – I/A	18	4	6	8	22	38	22	7th
1995–96	1 – I/B	18	9	5	4	32	12	32	2nd	Quarter-finals
	1 – I/A	18	5	5	8	21	23	28	7th
1996–97	1 – I/A	33	10	10	13	33	38	40	9th	Quarter-finals
1997–98	1 – I/A	33	12	6	15	35	39	42	5th	Round of 16
1998–99	1	24[lower-alpha 1]	11	7	6	26	26	40	5th	Quarter-finals
1999–2000	1	40	17	9	14	56	46	60	4th	Round of 32
2000–01	1	34	12	5	17	49	58	41	14th	Round of 32
2001–02	1	34	13	7	14	45	41	46	10th	Round of 16
2002–03	1	34	11	10	13	39	43	43	13th	Round of 32
2003–04	2 – North	36	22	9	5	62	28	75	2nd	Round of 16
2004–05	2 – Serbia	38	21	8	9	64	30	71	3rd	Semi-finals
2005–06	1	30	9	4	17	27	35	31	13th	Round of 32
Serbia
2006–07	2	38	18	8	12	53	34	62	5th	Round of 32	—
2007–08	2	34	16	9	9	50	34	57	4th	Round of 32
2008–09	1	33	7	15	11	27	35	36	8th	Round of 16
2009–10	1	30	10	7	13	38	39	37	8th	Round of 32
2010–11	1	30	14	10	6	38	21	52	4th	Round of 16
2011–12	1	30	10	7	13	33	31	37	10th	Round of 32	Europa League – First qualifying round
2012–13	1	30	12	8	10	32	30	44	7th	Quarter-finals	—
2013–14	1	30	8	5	17	19	37	29	14th	Round of 32
2014–15	1	30	13	4	13	33	38	43	6th	Quarter-finals
2015–16	1	37	9	13	15	40	47	27	12th	Round of 32
2016–17	1	37	11	9	17	29	45	25	11th	Round of 16
2017–18	1	37	10	6	21	40	64	26	13th	Round of 16
2018–19	1	37	7	12	18	22	44	23	13th	Round of 32
2019–20	1	30[lower-alpha 2]	4	3	23	23	63	15	15th	Round of 32
2020–21	1	38	14	6	18	44	57	48	15th	Round of 16
2021–22	2	37	13	9	15	40	41	48	11th	Quarter-finals
2022–23	2	37	5	15	17	37	63	30	16th	Round of 32
2023–24	3 – Belgrade	30	4	4	22	20	63	10[lower-alpha 3]	16th	Preliminary round

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.
3. The club was docked six points.

European record

Season	Competition	Round	Opponent	Score	Aggregate
1989–90	UEFA Cup	First round	Olympiacos	2–1 (H), 0–2 (A)	2–3
2011–12	Europa League	First qualifying round	Tre Penne	6–0 (H), 3–1 (A)	9–1
		Second qualifying round	Olympiacos Volos	0–1 (H), 1–1 (A)	1–2

Supporters

The club's main supporters' group, known as United Force, was formed in 1987. They have often been associated with hooliganism due to their long history of incidents.^[11] Rad supporters have rivalries with several clubs, including local rivalries with OFK Beograd and Voždovac, and national rivalries with Novi Pazar.^[12][13]

Notable players

This is a list of players who have played at full international level.^[14]

• Petar Jelić
• Aleksandar Kosorić
• Nenad Mišković
• Milan Borjan
• Li Chunyu
• Ivan Cvjetković
• Siniša Gogić
• Nikola Drinčić
• Uroš Đurđević
• Vladimir Gluščević
• Filip Kasalica
• Mitar Novaković
• Vladimir Rodić
• Nikola Šipčić
• Vladimir Volkov
• Nikola Vujnović
• Dejvi Glavevski
• Aleksandar Lazevski
• Perica Stančeski
• Goran Stanić
• Ostoja Stjepanović
• Aleksandar Todorovski
• Veljko Birmančević
• Miloš Bogunović
• Aleksandar Busnić
• Jovan Damjanović
• Filip Đorđević
• Igor Đurić
• Brana Ilić
• Bojan Isailović
• Bojan Jorgačević
• Aleksandar Jovanović
• Branislav Jovanović
• Damir Kahriman
• Andrija Kaluđerović
• Filip Kljajić
• Nenad Lukić
• Nikola Maraš
• Marko Mijailović
• Luka Milivojević
• Bogdan Mladenović
• Pavle Ninkov
• Ognjen Ožegović
• Andrija Pavlović
• Nemanja Pejčinović
• Miloš Stanojević
• Nikola Stojiljković
• Nenad Tomović
• Slobodan Urošević
• Jagoš Vuković
• Nenad Brnović
• Goran Bunjevčević
• Željko Cicović
• Petar Divić
• Boban Dmitrović
• Ljubinko Drulović
• Miroslav Đukić
• Nenad Grozdić
• Spira Grujić
• Vladimir Jugović
• Zoran Mirković
• Predrag Ocokoljić
• Aleksandar Pantić
• Marko Perović
• Dejan Rađenović
• Vuk Rašović
• Predrag Ristović
• Borislav Stevanović
• Miroslav Stević
• Dragan Vukmir
• Aleksandar Živković
• Jusuf Hatunić
• Mihailo Petrović
• Vladan Radača
• Vlada Stošić
• Ilija Zavišić

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

Managerial history

Main article: List of FK Rad managers

Period Name 1990–1991 Dragan Gugleta 1991–1994 Tomislav Manojlović 1994–1995 Boško Antić 1995–1997 Milenko Kiković 1997–1999 Čedomir Đoinčević 2000 Nebojša Petrović 2001 Čedomir Đoinčević 2002 Zvonko Varga 2002–2003 Boško Đurovski 2003–2004 Milan Milanović 2004 Zdravko Zemunović 2004–2005 Radmilo Ivančević 2005 Čedomir Đoinčević 2005–2006 Bogdan Korak 2006 Dragan Kecman 2006–2007 Aleksandar Janjić 2007 Nebojša Vignjević 2007 Dragan Kecman 2008 Mihailo Ivanović

Period Name 2008 Aleksandar Janjić 2008–2011 Marko Nikolić 2011 Predrag Rogan (caretaker) 2011 Slavko Petrović 2011 Milan Bosanac (caretaker) 2011–2012 Nebojša Vignjević 2012 Radoje Smiljanić (caretaker) 2012–2013 Marko Nikolić 2013 Nebojša Milošević 2013 Nebojša Petrović 2013–2014 Aleksandar Janković 2014 Stevan Mojsilović 2014 Slađan Nikolić (caretaker) 2014–2016 Milan Milanović 2016 Slađan Nikolić (caretaker) 2016 Aleksandar Janjić 2016 Slađan Nikolić (caretaker) 2016–2017 Nebojša Petrović 2017 Gordan Petrić

Period Name 2017–2018 Slađan Nikolić 2018 Zoran Milinković 2018–2019 Dragan Stevanović 2019 Zvezdan Milošević 2019 Bogdan Korak 2019 Srđan Stojčevski (caretaker) 2019 Dragan Radojičić 2019–2020 Marko Mićović 2020 Branko Mirjačić 2020 Zoran Njeguš 2020–2021 Milan Milanović 2021 Dragan Ivanović 2021–2022 Zoran Rendulić 2022 Branko Mirjačić 2022 Bogdan Korak 2023 Igor Savić 2023 Goran Serafimović 2023–2024 Dejan Musović

References

1. "SISTEM TAKMIČENJA U JUGOSLAVIJI 1973. - 1978" (in Serbian). fsgzrenjanin.com. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
2. "CUP OF YUGOSLAVIA 1981/82". rsssf.org. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
3. "Period 1983. – 1988" (in Serbian). fsgzrenjanin.com. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
4. "SISTEM TAKMIČENJA U JUGOSLAVIJI 1988.-1991" (in Serbian). fsgzrenjanin.com. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
5. "UEFA Cup 1989-90". rsssf.org. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
6. "RAT, RASPAD SFR JUGOSLAVIJE, SANKCIJE" (in Serbian). fsgzrenjanin.com. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
7. "U drugu ligu čistog obraza" (in Serbian). glas-javnosti.rs. 26 May 2003. Archived from the original on 20 September 2021. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
8. "SISTEM TAKMIČENJA 2000.-2006" (in Serbian). fsgzrenjanin.com. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
9. "Rad izborio plasman u Superligu Srbije" (in Serbian). blic.rs. 11 June 2008. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
10. "SVE JE STALO U JEDAN ŠUT! Napokon pravi fudbal – borili se, plakali, a jedan penal je odlučio sve!" (in Serbian). mondo.rs. 19 May 2021. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
11. "A Culture of Violence – The Politics of Serbian Football Hooliganism". futbolgrad.com. 10 November 2015. Archived from the original on 20 September 2021. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
12. "Opšta tuča na utakmici Novi Pazar - Rad" (in Serbian). b92.net. 6 March 2004. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
13. "Navijački neredi zbog turske zastave među Novopazarcima na Banjici" (in Serbian). blic.rs. 10 March 2012. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
14. "Rad Beograd". national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 20 September 2021.

External links

• Official website
• Club page at Srbijasport