Bačko Dobro Polje (; hu, Kiskér) is a village in

Serbia Serbia (, ; Serbian: , , ), officially the Republic of Serbia (Serbian: , , ), is a landlocked country in Southeastern and Central Europe, situated at the crossroads of the Pannonian Basin and the Balkans. It shares land borders with Hungar ...

, in the Autonomous Province of

Vojvodina Vojvodina ( sr-Cyrl, Војводина}), officially the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, is an autonomous province that occupies the northernmost part of Serbia. It lies within the Pannonian Basin, bordered to the south by the national capital ...

. It is located in the

South Bačka District The South Bačka District ( sr, Јужнобачки округ, Južnobački okrug, ; hu, Dél-bácskai körzet; ) is one of seven administrative districts of the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. Geographically it lies in the southern ...

. Administratively it belongs to the municipality of Vrbas. The village has a Serb ethnic majority and its population numbering 3,929 people (2002 census). It was mostly constructed by settlers from

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in the early 1950s.

Ethnic groups

1971

According to the 1971 census, ethnic

Montenegrins Montenegrins ( cnr, Црногорци, Crnogorci, or ; lit. "Black Mountain People") are a South Slavic ethnic group that share a common Montenegrin culture, history, and language, identified with the country of Montenegro. Genetics Accordi ...

comprised 55.39% of population of the village.

2002

In 2002 census, 2,246 (57.17%) inhabitants of the village declared themselves as

Serbs The Serbs ( sr-Cyr, Срби, Srbi, ) are the most numerous South Slavic ethnic group native to the Balkans in Southeastern Europe, who share a common Serbian ancestry, culture, history and language. The majority of Serbs live in their na ...

and 1,500 (38.18%) as Montenegrins.

Historical population

*1961: 3,922 *1971: 3,622 *1981: 3,768 *1991: 3,940

Sport

Sutjeska is a football club in Bačko Dobro Polje. According to their Montenegrin roots, they named the football club after the football club from the Montenegrin town of

Nikšić Nikšić ( cnr, Никшић, italic=no, sr-cyrl, Никшић, italic=no; ), is the second largest city in Montenegro, with a total population of 56,970 located in the west of the country, in the centre of the spacious Nikšić field at the foot ...

. "FK Sutjeska" is a member of "Druga Vojvođanska liga Zapad" (Second Vojvodinian League West) and is currently occupying a low position in the league. However, it had some decent moments in the past and played important role in the Serbian football scene.

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