FK Kabel () is a

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club based in

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. They compete in the

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, the third tier of the

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History

The club was founded by workers of a local cable factory in 1932. They competed in the local leagues of Novi Sad over the next few years. In 1945, following the end of

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, the club was refounded by the factory's workers and given its original name. The name was briefly changed to Metalac in 1947, but reverted after only a few months. In 1975, the club reached the Vojvodina League for the first time ever. They remained in the third tier of Yugoslav football for two seasons. The club would return to the Vojvodina League on two more occasions in 1978 and 1983. They eventually finished as champions of the third tier in 1986–87 to reach 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 ...

(Group West). However, the club suffered relegation after just one year and continued competing in the newly formed

Yugoslav Inter-Republic League Yugoslav Third League (; sr-Cyrl, 3. савезна лига) was the third tier football league of SFR Yugoslavia. The top clubs were promoted to the second tier, the Yugoslav Second League Yugoslav Second League ( Bosnian: ''Druga savezna l ...

(Group North). Following the

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, the club placed third in the NATO bombing-suspended 1998–99 Serbian League Vojvodina and gained promotion to the Second League of FR Yugoslavia (Group North). They spent three consecutive seasons in the second tier before being relegated in

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. Subsequently, the club competed in the

for two years before dropping to the Vojvodina League West in 2004. After finishing as runners-up in the 2016–17 Vojvodina League South, the club won the title in the next season and took promotion to the

. They subsequently placed first in the third tier and gained promotion to the

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in 2019. The club remained in the second tier for three years until relegation in

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Honours

* Vojvodina League /

(Tier 3) ** 1986–87 / 2018–19 *Novi Sad-Srem Zone League / Vojvodina League West / Vojvodina League South (Tier 4) ** 1973–74, 1974–75, 1977–78, 1982–83 / 1995–96 / 2017–18

Seasons

Notable players

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

Željko Brkić Željko Brkić (Serbian Cyrillic alphabet, Serbian Cyrillic: Жељко Бркић, born 9 July 1986) is a Serbian retired Association football, footballer who played as a Goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper. Club career Early career ...

Dimitrije Injac Dimitrije "Dima" Injac ( sr-Cyrl, Димитрије Ињац; born 12 August 1980) is a Serbian retired footballer who played as a midfielder. He currently works as a personal coach for Lech Poznań Academy. Club career His former clubs were ...

Marko Klisura Marko Klisura ( sr-Cyrl, Марко Клисура; born 15 October 1992) is a Serbian professional Football player, footballer who plays as a centre-back for FK Borac Kozarska Dubica, Borac Kozarska Dubica. Mainly a left Defender (association f ...

* Igor Bogdanović ''For a list of all FK Kabel players with a Wikipedia article, see :FK Kabel players''.

Managerial history

References

External links

Club page
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