Subotičko atletičko nogometno društvo (SAND) (

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: Суботичко атлетичко ногометно друштво, САНД) was a

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club based in

Subotica Subotica (, ; , , ) is a List of cities in Serbia, city in Central Europe and the administrative center of the North Bačka District in the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. Formerly the largest city of Vojvodina region, contemporary Sub ...

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. It was formed in 1920. It participated in the

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finishing 4th out of 6. After that accomplishment, two of their best players, Miloš Beleslin and Geza Šifliš, received calls to join the Yugoslavia national team that would play at the

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. Its stadium was the first in the country to have electrical illumination, still in the 1930s. SAND came into headlines of the press in 1921 when they brought almost a complete team of the, back then footballistically strong, representative team of

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. It was just ahead of a Subotica Football Subassociation First League game against JSD Bačka. Bačka were the title holders and top ranked at the league, and reinforced SAND won by 6:4. The game was played on June 22, 1921. Bačka issued a protest to the direction board of the Subassociation and to the Football Association of Yugoslavia asking about the regularity of this procedure on behalve of SAND which fielded in that game only 4 domestic players while the others, Hungarians, were brought just days before and got permition to play so quickly.

Notable players

The following players have been capped by the Yugoslavia national team:SAND Subotica
at EU-Football.info *

Miloš Beleslin Miloš Beleslin (; 8 September 1901 – 7 March 1984) was a Yugoslavian footballer. Club career Born in Sereg, Kingdom of Hungary, Austro-Hungarian Empire, he started playing in Szeged in Szegedi AK. His played his first official match on Ma ...

* Janoš Horvat *

Mihalj Kečkeš Mihalj Kečkeš (; 24 September 1913 – 31 December 1985) was a Yugoslav footballer. Playing career Club Born in Subotica in 1913, then still within Austro-Hungary, he was a midfielder and he begin his career playing in FK Bačka 1901. He also ...

Geza Šifliš Geza Šifliš (, ; 25 February 1907 – 18 November 1948) was a Yugoslav football goalkeeper of Hungarian ethnicity. He was part of Yugoslavia's team at the 1928 Summer Olympics. Nicknamed ''Gouliver'' for his height and strength, he played in ...

References

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