FK TSC ( sr-Cyrl, ФК ТСЦ), commonly known as TSC, is a Serbian professional

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club based in

Bačka Topola Bačka Topola ( sr-Cyrl, Бачка Топола, ; , ) is a town and municipality located in the North Bačka District of the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. The municipality is composed of 23 local communities and, according to the 202 ...

. Its initial founding date in 1913 as Topolyai Sport Club makes it currently the second-oldest football club in the

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, although the club dissolved in 2003 and was reformed under its current incarnation in 2005.

History

The first football club in Bačka Topola formed in 1912, but TSC officially exists since 1913, and was founded by ''István Benis,'' who was the first president. Back then, the club was named ''Topolyai Sport Club''. The town was part of

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, and the

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, and the first club sponsor was ''Károly Beer'', who also brought the first football to the town. Soon the

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started and after the war the region of

Bačka Bačka ( sr-Cyrl, Бачка, ) or Bácska (), is a geographical and historical area within the Pannonian Plain bordered by the river Danube to the west and south, and by the river Tisza to the east. It is divided between Serbia and Hungary. ...

would become part of the

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, renamed into Yugoslavia in 1929. In 1930, the club changed its name into ''Jugoslovenski Atletski Klub''. In the early 1930s, the stadium where the club still plays nowadays was built. In the

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the club competed in the Hungarian Second League, finishing in second place in 1942. Aikbtopola

After the war the region returned to Yugoslavia, and the club was renamed ''Egység'', and counted with Hungarian international

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among its strongest reinforcements. In 1951, the club changes its name again into ''Topola''. The club played in the Subotica regional league and later achieved promotion to the

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(3rd Yugoslav tier). In 1974, the club changed its name to ''FK AIK Bačka Topola''. In 1980, AIK was promoted to the

Yugoslav Second League Yugoslav Second League ( Bosnian: ''Druga savezna liga,'' Croatian: ''Druga savezna liga'', Serbian: ''Друга савезна лига'', Slovenian: ''Druga zvezna liga'', Macedonian: ''Втора сојузна лига'', ''Vtora sojuzna l ...

, and over the next 6 years competed 5 seasons in the second highest division. In the Yugoslavian Cup competition of the season 1992–93 they entered the 1/8 finals after a win against the First League club Napredak Kruševac 2–1. In 2003, the club under financial difficulties ceased to compete, and maintained only the youth levels. In 2005, the club merged with FK Bajša and started competing again under a new name, ''FK Bačka Topola''. The club was the champion of the Vojvodina League North in the 2006–07 season. The club has dedicated much effort in the youth squads archiving titles in several levels. The club finished the 2010–11 season in second place, and won the relegation game for the Third League. In 2013, the official name was changed to FK TSC Bačka Topola. On 15 October 2013, the club's anniversary, TSC played against

FK Partizan Fudbalski klub Partizan ( sr-Cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Партизан, ; ), often referred to in English as Partizan Belgrade, is a Serbian professional Football club (association football), football club based in Belgrade. It forms ...

(1–4). The club finished the season 2013–14 in second place, and lost the promotion play-off game for the Third League after a penalty shootout (2–2, 2–2) against FK Cement Beočin. In 2014–2015, TSC won the Bačka League, and returned to the Serbian League Vojvodina, national third tier. The club finished the 2016–17 Serbian League Vojvodina in third place, but got promoted to the

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. From the Serbian second tier, they were for the first time ever promoted to the

for the 2019–20 season. There in their first ever top flight match away to

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in Belgrade, playing at the modern shopping centre stadium, TSC won 1–2, marking a fine debut and the brightest moment in the club's history. Under manager

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, the club finished 4th in their first season in the SuperLiga and qualified for the Europa League first qualifying round. Throughout the club's debut season strikers Nenad Lukić and

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were impressive, finishing the season as triple joint top scorers. Other impressive players in the season for TSC were

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, Saša Tomanović, Srđan Grabež and Đuro Zec. In the 2022–23 season, the club finished second in the league to qualify to the Champions League third qualifying round for the first time in their history. TSC lost 7–1 on aggregate to S.C. Braga, but were nonetheless assured a spot in the Europa League group stage.

Name changes

*1913–1930: Topolyai Sport Club *1930–1942: JAK Bačka Topola *1942–1945: Topolyai SE *1945–1951: FK Egység *1951–1974: FK Topola *1974–2003: FK AIK Bačka Topola *2005–2013: FK Bačka Topola *2013–present: FK TSC

Club colours and crest

The club's original colours were green and white, but later replaced by blue. The lion on the crest is the coat of arms of

, which comes from the coat of arms of Pál Kray who was a nobleman in the town in 18th century.

Stadium

The home ground of TSC was the City Stadium, which held 4,000 people. Construction of the stadium was finished in the 1930s. In 2017, TSC announced its intentions to build a new 4,500-seat stadium. From the 2018–19 to the 2021–22 season, because of the construction of the new stadium, the club's home games were played in City Stadium in

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. On 3 September 2021 the

TSC Arena TSC Arena ( sr-Cyrl, ТСЦ Арена) is a Association football, football stadium in Bačka Topola, Serbia. It is the home ground of FK TSC. The stadium consists of four stands with a total seating capacity of 4,500. References

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was opened by the match against

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Supporters

The official

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of the club are the ''Blue Betyárs''. The club is supported by the local ethnic Hungarians and receives considerable support from both Hungary and its diaspora elsewhere.

Funding

The club's owner and main sponsor is the Hungarian multinational

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and

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MOL. Janos Zsemberi became the club's main investor in 2013 which changed the club's fortunes.

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has also taken an interest in supporting the club financially.

Honours

**Runners-up (1): 2022–23 *

**Champions (1): 2018–19 *

Serbian League Vojvodina Serbian League Vojvodina ( Serbian: Српска лига Војводина / Srpska liga Vojvodina) is one of four sections of the Serbian League, the third tier of professional football in Serbia. The other three sections are Serbian League B ...

**Runners-up (1): 2015–16 *

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**Winners (2): 1979–80, 1984–85 **Runners-up (3): 1977–78, 1986–87, 1987–88

Players

Current squad

Other players under contract

Dual registration

Out on loan

European record

Club officials

Notable players

The following players played for national teams:AIK Bačka Topola
at National-Football-Teams.com *

Slobodan Batričević Slobodan Batričević (Serbian Cyrillic: Слободан Батричевић; born 3 January 1958) is a Serbian football manager and former player. International career Batričević was capped once by Yugoslavia, in a March 1983 friendly match ...

* Ifet Đakovac *

Nikica Klinčarski Nikica Klinčarski (; born 5 January 1957) is a Macedonian retired footballer. Club career He played a total of 518 matches for FK Partizan being by this the second player with most games played in the club, behind Momčilo Vukotić with 752. ...

Zlatko Krmpotić Zlatko Krmpotić (; born 7 August 1958) is a Serbian former player and manager. Club career Between 1977 and 1986, Krmpotić spent nine seasons with Red Star Belgrade, making over 200 appearances in all competitions and winning five major troph ...

Andrija Kaluđerović Andrija Kaluđerović (; born 5 July 1987) is a Serbian former professional footballer who played as a striker. Club career The much-travelled Kaluđerović made his senior debut for OFK Beograd under manager Stevica Kuzmanovski, coming on a ...

* Nenad Lukić *

Dušan Tadić Dušan Tadić ( sr-Cyrl, Душан Тадић, ; born 20 November 1988) is a Serbian professional Association football, footballer. He played most recently for Turkish club Fenerbahçe S.K. (football), Fenerbahçe. Positionally, he can be deploy ...

Nikola Žigić Nikola Žigić ( sr-cyr, Никола Жигић, ; born 25 September 1980) is a Serbian former professional footballer who played as a centre forward. Žigić was born in Bačka Topola, in what was then SFR Yugoslavia. He began playing footbal ...

* Petar Ratkov *

Savo Pavićević Savo Pavićević (Cyrillic: Саво Павићевић, ; born 11 December 1980) is a Serbian-born Montenegrin retired football defender. Club career Pavićević, after playing for almost a decade for Hajduk Kula, played for Vojvodina and for ...

* Martin Mirčevski *

Norbert Könyves Norbert Könyves ( sr-Cyrl, Норберт Кењвеш / Norbert Kenjveš; born 10 June 1989) is a Hungarian professional association football, footballer who plays as a winger (association football), winger or forward (association football), f ...

Other professional footballers: * Dragoljub Bekvalac * Ištvan Dudaš * Viktor Orsag * Čedomir Pavičević * Mitar Peković *

Zvezdan Terzić Zvezdan Terzić (Serbian Cyrillic: Звездан Терзић; born 21 May 1966) is a Serbian football administrator and former player. He currently serves as the general director for Red Star Belgrade of the Serbian SuperLiga. Immediately afte ...

* Nenad Todorović * Tamás Takács ''For the list of current and former players with Wikipedia article, please see: :FK TSC players.''

References

External links

Official website

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