FK Proleter Zrenjanin

Fudbalski klub Proleter Zrenjanin (Serbian Cyrillic: ФК Пpoлeтep Зpeњaнин) is a football club from the city of Zrenjanin, Vojvodina, Serbia.

Proleter Zrenjanin
Full nameFudbalski klub Proleter Zrenjanin
Founded1947 (1947),
GroundKarađorđev Park Stadium, Zrenjanin, Serbia
Capacity18,700

History

Early period
NK Maribor vs FK Proleter Zrenjanin in 1967

Soon after World War II, the club almost achieved promotion to the Yugoslav Second League after finishing top of the regional Serbian League (a 3rd tier back then). The most important footballers responsible for this were Hirman, Kirćanski and Herceg. They didn't win the qualification matches, but in the next season, they ended up selected to participate in the Third national League, after a league system reorganisation. The following year, in 1951, the club achieved the quarter-finals of the Yugoslav Cup. Those matches against Dinamo Zagreb were played by Cikoš, Mosorinski, Ninkov, Vinčić, Prodanović, Davidović, Sokolovački, Kirćanski, Radojčić, Ajnberger and Petrov.

With the direction of Radivoje "Koče" Kolarov the main focus was given with the development of the youth squads. Many squad members were selected to play in the regional Vojvodina selection. The "Golden boys" of that period were Grubački, Rasić, Đuričin, Sokrić, Radlovački, Šporin, Mesaroš, Vlatković, Medan, Šubin and Mirkov. Milan Galić and Radoslav Bečejac came later. As champions of Vojvodina regional League they played the access to the Yugoslav Second League but that failed to manage the promotion once again.

In 1954 the club plays in the 3rd League. The team is formed by Martinović, Desnica, Đuričin, Vratnjan, Fratucan, Omeragić, Begović, Anić, Popov, Aćamović, Galić, Veselinov, Tamaši and Kerekeš. That generation was considered to have many chances to achieve the promotion to the First League. The main obstacle came from FK Sarajevo that despite being defeated by 2–1 the club needed a goal difference in that final match to be bigger that two. The club stayed in the lower leagues and the next promotion was made to the Yugoslav Second League and the players in that achieved it were Filep, Kerekeš, Čepski, Tamaši, Dimković, Rus, Kron, Zlatc, Milošev, Bečejac and Šutović.[1]

The club was relegated in summer 1975 and returned to the Yugoslav First League in summer 1990.

1990s

Proleter Zrenjanin was the founding member of First League of FR Yugoslavia in 1992–93 season.

It played at UEFA Intertoto Cup 1997.

2000s

It participated in First League until relegated in summer 2000. It failed to promote a year later because it just finished the 2nd in Second League. In summer 2002, Proleter was relegated to Third League and returned to Second League a year later. Proleter relegated again in summer 2005.

In order back to First League, Proleter Zrenjanin merged with First League club FK Budućnost Banatski Dvor and formed FK Banat Zrenjanin.[2]

But the new club would use Proleter's Karađorđev Park Stadium.

2006

Shortly after the closing of the FK Proleter, the group of his former players, led by Amir Teljigović and Dragan Jović founded a club called FK Proleter 2006 The club considers itself the successor of the old Proleter. First few years the club is committed to the development of younger players category, in 2012. was created in the senior team, currently competing in the Area league of Zrenjanin called PFL Zrenjanin, the fifth rank of the competition in the country.

Recent seasons
Season League Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Cup Notes Manager
1989–90 2 2 38236 (4)9 553050 ? 1
1990–91 1 5 3617415 504935 Quarter-finals
1991–92 1 5 33164 (3)13 414335 ? 1
1992–93 1 9 3615615 434536 ?
1993–94 1A fall 5 18747 332618 ?
1A spring 9 184311 82818 relegated to 1B
1994–95 1B fall 5 (15) 18639 222415 Semi-finals
1B spring 3 (13) 18846 302724 promoted to 1A
1995–96 1A fall 6 18639 193121 ?
1A spring 8 18639 242827
1996–97 1A 5 3312615 484642 Quarter-finals
1997–98 1A 9 3310221 406432 Last 32
1998–99 1 6 241059 292935 Last 32 2
1999-00 1 17 40121018 364946 Last 64 Relegated
2000–01 2 – North 2 342374 662676 Last 64
2001–02 2 – North 10 3416414 513352 Last 64
2002–03 3 – Vojvodina 10 342743 762685 did not qualify Promoted to 2 North
2003–04 2 – North 10 3619512 583862 did not qualify
2004–05 2 – Serbia 18 3811720 385940 did not qualify Losing relegation Playoffs
2005–06 3 – Vojvodina Withdrew –––– ––– did not qualify Merged in January 2006

1 After draws penalties were taken, and only the winner of the penalty shoot-out was rewarded with a point.

2 Championship abandoned officially on 14 May 1999 due to the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia.

Notable former players

This is a list of FK Proleter Zrenjanin players with senior national team appearances:[3]

For the list of all players with Wikipedia article, please see Category:FK Proleter Zrenjanin players.

Supporters

The supporters are known as Indijanci Petrovgrad.[4]

Other sports

Proleter Zrenjanin also has handball, swimming, water polo and basketball section.

References
  1. History from former official website.
  2. About merger at B92.
  3. FK Proleter Zrenjanin at National-Football-Teams.com
  4. FANATIK: Neodoljivi šarm šeste lige (FOTO) at mozzartsport.com, 3-6-2014, retrieved 19-4-2016 (in Serbian)
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