FK Radnik Surdulica () is a professional

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club based in

Surdulica Surdulica ( sr-cyr, Сурдулица) is a town and municipality located in the Pčinja District of southern Serbia. As of 2011, the population of the town is 11,400, while the municipality has 20,319 inhabitants. History Historically, the tow ...

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. They compete in the

Serbian SuperLiga The Serbian Super League ( sr, Супер лига Србије / Super liga Srbije), referred to as the Mozzart Bet Super League ( sr, Моцарт Бет Супер лига / Mozzart Bet Super liga) for sponsorship reasons, is a Serbian profes ...

, the top tier of the

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History

The club was founded as Surdulički sportski klub (SSK) in 1926 on the initiative of Gradimir Antić, a local shoemaker, who brought the first football

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. They stopped operating with the onset of

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and Axis occupation of Serbia. In 1946, the club was reestablished as FK Polet on the initiative of Borivoje Milenković and Božidar Stanković. They subsequently changed their name to FK Hidrovlasina in 1950. Later the same year, the club merged with FK Molidben from Belo Polje and was named FK Radnik. In July 2008, the club merged with FK Železničar from Vranjska Banja, taking its spot in the

Serbian League East Serbian League East (Serbian: Српска лига Исток / Srpska liga Istok) is one of four sections of the Serbian League, the third national tier. The other three sections are Serbian League Belgrade, Serbian League Vojvodina and Serbian ...

. They spent the next five seasons in the third tier of Serbian football. After winning the title in

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, the club was promoted to the

Serbian First League The Serbian First League ( sr, Прва лига Србије / Prva liga Srbije), referred to as the Mozzart Bet First League ( sr, Моцарт Бет Прва лига / Mozzart Bet Prva liga) for sponsorship reasons, is the name for the second ...

. They spent the next two seasons in the second tier before placing first in the

2014–15 Serbian First League The Serbian First League (Serbian: Prva liga Srbije) is the second-highest football league in Serbia. The league is operated by the Serbian FA. 16 teams competed in the league for the 2014–15 season. Two teams will be promoted to the Serbian Sup ...

and earning promotion to the

for the first time in their history. In the 2020–21 season, the club achieved its highest ever league finish of sixth place and also reached the

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of the national cup.

Honours

(Tier 2) * 2014–15

(Tier 3) * 2012–13

Seasons

Players

First-team squad

Out on loan

Notable players

''This is a list of players who have played at full international level''. * Samuel Owusu * Witan Sulaeman *

Milan Purović Milan Purović (; born 7 May 1985) is a Montenegrin retired footballer who played as a centre forward. Club career Born in Titograd, Montenegro, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Purović made his professional debuts with FK Budućnost ...

* Nedeljko Vlahović * Nenad Lukić * Milan Makarić * Miljan Mutavdžić * Miloš Simonović * Nemanja Tomić * Aleksandar Pantić ''For a list of all FK Radnik Surdulica players with a Wikipedia article, see :FK Radnik Surdulica players''.

Managerial history

References

External links

*
Club page
at Srbijasport {{DEFAULTSORT:Radnik Surdulica 1926 establishments in Serbia Association football clubs established in 1926 Football clubs in Serbia