RFK Novi Sad 1921 () is a professional

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club based in

Novi Sad Novi Sad ( sr-Cyrl, Нови Сад, ; #Name, see below for other names) is the List of cities in Serbia, second largest city in Serbia and the capital of the autonomous province of Vojvodina. It is located in the southern portion of the Pannoni ...

, Vojvodina, Serbia. They compete in the

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 ...

, the third tier of the

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History

Founded in 1921 as NTK, the club was refounded in 1948 as FK Trgovački. They changed their name to FK Novi Sad in 1954. The club subsequently acquired the assets of NSK (formerly FK Eđšeg) through a merger in 1956. In 1958, the club became part of newly formed

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 ...

. Led by technical director Hugo Ruševljanin, they competed in Group East for three seasons, finishing as champions in 1960–61 to reach the

Yugoslav First League The Yugoslav First League ( Bosnian: Prva savezna liga u fudbalu, sr-Cyrl-Latn, Прва савезна лига у фудбалу, Prva savezna liga u fudbalu, , , , , ) was the premier football league in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1918–1941) ...

for the first time ever. The club remained in the top flight of Yugoslav football until

1964 Events January * January 1 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved. * January 5 – In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the fifteenth century, Pope Paul VI and Patria ...

. They subsequently spent two seasons in the Second League, finishing bottom of the table in 1965–66. In 1966, the club merged with FK Radnički to form RFK Novi Sad. They finished as

Serbian League North Serbian League North () was one of the sections of the Serbian League, serving as the third level football league in SFR Yugoslavia and FR Yugoslavia, firstly from 1962 to 1968, and secondly from 1992 to 1995. It was eventually split into two sepa ...

runners-up in 1966–67 before winning the title in 1967–68 to return to the Yugoslav Second League. The club spent the next 12 seasons in the second tier, including six seasons in Group North (

1968 Events January–February * January 1968, January – The I'm Backing Britain, I'm Backing Britain campaign starts spontaneously. * January 5 – Prague Spring: Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Cze ...

–1974) and six seasons in Group West (1974–

1980 Events January * January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a United States grain embargo against the Soviet Union, grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission. * January 6 – Global Positioning Sys ...

). They also reached the

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semi-finals in 1976–77, losing to the eventual winners

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. Later on, the club returned to the Second League after winning the Vojvodina League in 1982, remaining in the second tier until 1988. After the

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, the club advanced to the

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semi-finals in 1995–96. They also spent 14 consecutive seasons in the Second League of FR Yugoslavia/Serbia and Montenegro until 2006. The club promptly won the

in 2006–07 and took promotion to the

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. They competed in the second tier of Serbian football until

2013 2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years). 2013 was designated as: *International Year of Water Cooperation *International Year of Quinoa Events January * January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...

. In 2014, the club was reformed as RFK Novi Sad 1921. They reached the Vojvodina League South in 2020. After winning the title in 2022, the club merged with FK Proleter Novi Sad, taking its

spot.

Current squad

Out on loan

Honours

(Tier 2) ** 1960–61 (Group East) *

/ Vojvodina League /

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 ...

(Tier 3) ** 1967–68 / 1981–82 / 1991–92 (Group North) / 2006–07 * Vojvodina League South (Tier 4) ** 2021–22

Notable players

''This is a list of players who have played at full international level''. * Zlatomir Zagorčić * Anto Grabo * Predrag Bošnjak * Slobodan Drapić * Šaleta Kordić * Aleksandar Andrejević * Milan Jovanić * Branislav Jovanović * Ljubiša Dunđerski * Slaviša Jokanović * Miodrag Pantelić * Milan Rakič * Morice Abraham * Ivica Brzić * Milan Jovin * Aleksandar Kozlina * Lazar Lemić *

Živan Ljukovčan Živan Ljukovčan (; born 24 July 1954) is a former Yugoslav and Serbian footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Club career Born in Krčedin, Ljukovčan started out with Novi Sad in the Yugoslav Second League, before transferring to Yugosl ...

* Zoran Marić *

Đorđe Milić Đorđe Milić may refer to: * Đorđe Milić (footballer) (born 1943), Yugoslav and Serbian football player and manager * Đorđe Milić (runner) (born 1972), Serbian middle-distance runner {{hndis ...

* Josip Pirmajer ''For a list of all RFK Novi Sad 1921 players with a Wikipedia article, see :RFK Novi Sad 1921 players''.

Managerial history

References

External links

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Club page
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