FK Radnički Pirot

Radnički Pirot
Full nameFK Radnički Pirot
Nickname(s)Beli (The Whites)
Founded1945; 79 years ago (1945)
GroundStadion Dragan Nikolić
Capacity13,816
PresidentBratislav Ćirić
Head coachBoban Stanković
LeagueSerbian League East
2023–24Serbian League East, 5th of 16

FK Radnički Pirot (Serbian Cyrillic: ФК Раднички Пирот) is a football club based in Pirot, Serbia. They compete in the Serbian League East, the third tier of the national league system.

History

The club was founded immediately after World War II in 1945. They made their Yugoslav Second League debut in the 1969–70 campaign.[1] Over the next 12 seasons, the club competed in the second tier of Yugoslav football, before being relegated in 1981. They were promoted back the following year and played another six seasons in the Second League (1982–1988), before the competition was reorganized.[2] In the 1975–76 Yugoslav Cup, the club made one of the greatest accomplishments in its history by eliminating Red Star Belgrade to reach the quarter-finals, eventually losing to Dinamo Zagreb.[3]

Following the dissolution of SFR Yugoslavia, the club competed in the newly formed Second League of FR Yugoslavia in the 1992–93 season, but failed to avoid relegation.[4] They returned to the second tier three years later and subsequently placed third in Group East in their comeback appearance.[4] However, the club suffered relegation to the third tier in 1998.[4]

In the new millennium, the club surprisingly reached the quarter-finals of the 2004–05 Serbia and Montenegro Cup, being eliminated by Rad after losing 1–0 at home.[5] They also earned promotion to the Serbian First League in the same season by winning the Serbian League East. The club spent the next three seasons in the second tier of Serbian football, before being relegated back to the Serbian League East in 2008. In the meantime, they achieved another success in the national cup by reaching the 2006–07 Serbian Cup quarter-finals, but lost 2–1 to Vojvodina at home.[6]

After spending eight consecutive seasons in the Serbian League East, the club was promoted as champions to the Serbian First League in 2016.[7] They were relegated back to the third tier in 2018, only to return to the second tier in 2019.[8]

Honours

Seasons

Season League Cup
Division Pld W D L GF GA Pts Pos
 Serbia and Montenegro
1992–93 2 38 13 4 21 36 67 30 18th —
1993–94 3 – East 34 16 12 6 70 45 44 4th —
1994–95 3 – East 34 20 5 9 83 37 65 2nd —
1995–96 3 – Timok 34 27 2 5 100 23 83 1st —
1996–97 2 – East 34 17 11 6 56 41 62 3rd —
1997–98 2 – East 34 16 3 15 45 59 51 13th —
1998–99 3 – Niš 17[a] – – – – – 29 5th —
1999–2000 3 – Niš 38 19 7 12 105 59 64 3rd —
2000–01 3 – Niš 33 17 9 7 83 45 60 1st —
2001–02 2 – East 34 16 7 11 63 45 55 6th —
2002–03 2 – East 33 13 6 14 52 57 45 8th Round of 16
2003–04 2 – East 36 16 6 14 54 45 54 8th —
2004–05 3 – East 34 23 6 5 114 33 75 1st Quarter-finals
2005–06 2 – Serbia 38 13 7 18 50 52 46 13th —
 Serbia
2006–07 2 38 17 8 13 52 36 59 6th Quarter-finals
2007–08 2 34 1 6 27 16 55 9 18th Round of 32
2008–09 3 – East 28 9 5 14 22 30 32 10th Preliminary round
2009–10 3 – East 30 13 4 13 53 40 43 4th —
2010–11 3 – East 30 16 4 10 51 34 52 2nd —
2011–12 3 – East 30 10 10 10 34 30 40 10th —
2012–13 3 – East 30 19 4 7 46 14 61 3rd —
2013–14 3 – East 30 15 3 12 44 32 48 4th —
2014–15 3 – East 30 18 5 7 68 25 59 2nd —
2015–16 3 – East 30 19 9 2 54 20 66 1st —
2016–17 2 30 12 7 11 30 31 43 6th —
2017–18 2 30 8 7 15 28 39 31 13th Round of 16
2018–19 3 – East 34 27 4 3 96 19 85 1st Round of 32
2019–20 2 30[b] 12 7 11 34 33 43 6th —
2020–21 2 34 10 9 15 32 46 39 11th Round of 32
2021–22 3 – East 28 14 5 9 62 31 47 4th Preliminary round
2022–23 3 – East 30 21 4 5 66 27 67 2nd —
2023–24 3 – East 30 16 2 12 61 43 50 4th —
2024–25 3 – East —
  1. ^ The season was cut short due to the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia.
  2. ^ The season was shortened due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Serbia.

Supporters

The club's main supporters' group is known as Pirgosi. They were founded in the summer of 1990. The group is traditionally situated in the east stand of the stadium.[9]

Notable players

This is a list of players who have played at full international level.[10]

For a list of all FK Radnički Pirot players with a Wikipedia article, see Category:FK Radnički Pirot players.

Managerial history

Period Name
2005 Serbia and Montenegro Čeda Matić
2005–2006 Serbia and Montenegro Marjan Živković
2006 Serbia and Montenegro Vladimir Jocić
2006–2007 Serbia Nebojša Vignjević
2007 Bosnia and Herzegovina Cvijetin Blagojević
2007 Serbia Zoran Nikolić
2007 Serbia Miloš Joksić
2008 Serbia Čeda Matić
2008 Serbia Ljubomir Veljković
2009 Serbia Goran Cvetković
Period Name
2009 Serbia Slobodan Đošev
2009 Serbia Marjan Živković
2010 Serbia Slobodan Đošev
2010–2011 Serbia Vojkan Aleksić
2011–2012 Serbia Radivoje Manić
2012 North Macedonia Milan Stojanoski
2012–2013 Serbia Mile Tomić
2013–2014 Serbia Aleksandar Kuzmanović
2014–2015 Serbia Vojkan Aleksić
2015–2017 Serbia Marjan Živković
Period Name
2017 Serbia Dražen Dukić
2017–2018 Serbia Goran Lazarević
2018 Serbia Aleksandar Kuzmanović
2018–2019 Serbia Marko Vidojević
2019–2020 Serbia Dejan Čelar
2020–2021 Serbia Nikola Puača
2021 Serbia Dragan Perišić
2021–2022 Serbia Marko Vidojević
2022–2024 Serbia Goran Lazarević
2024– Serbia Boban Stanković

References

  1. ^ "SISTEM TAKMIČENJA U JUGOSLAVIJI 1968.-1973" (in Serbian). fsgzrenjanin.com. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
  2. ^ "SISTEM TAKMIČENJA U JUGOSLAVIJI 1988.-1991" (in Serbian). fsgzrenjanin.com. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
  3. ^ "CUP OF YUGOSLAVIA 1975/76". rsssf.org. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  4. ^ a b c "RAT, RASPAD SFR JUGOSLAVIJE, SANKCIJE" (in Serbian). fsgzrenjanin.com. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
  5. ^ "ISTORIJA" (in Serbian). radnickipirot.rs. Archived from the original on 26 July 2016. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
  6. ^ "Serbia 2006/07". rsssf.org. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  7. ^ "Radnički ponovo u društvu najboljih" (in Serbian). rts.rs. 12 July 2016. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  8. ^ "Radnički Pirot najavljuje ravnopravnu borbu u Prvoj ligi Srbije" (in Serbian). juznevesti.com. 28 July 2019. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  9. ^ "PIRGOSI" (in Serbian). radnickipirot.rs. Archived from the original on 26 July 2016. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
  10. ^ "Radnički Pirot". national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 12 August 2017.