FK Zvezdara

FK Zvezdara (Serbian Cyrillic: ФК Звездара) is a football club based in Zvezdara, Belgrade, Serbia. They currently compete in the Serbian League Belgrade, the third level of the national league system.

Zvezdara
Full nameFK Zvezdara
Nickname(s)Bulke (The Poppies)
Founded1951 (1951)
2002 (2002) (refounded)
GroundStadion FK Zvezdara
Capacity1,000
PresidentDragan Palibrk
Head coachIgor Savić
LeagueSerbian League Belgrade
2019–20Serbian League Belgrade, 2nd of 16

History

The club was founded on 10 March 1951 as FK Bulbulderac.[1] They spent the following decade competing in the local leagues of Belgrade.[1] In 1960, the club changed its name to BSK and continued playing in the lower leagues for another decade.[1] They later changed their name to OFK Zvezdara in 1974.[1]

After the breakup of Yugoslavia, the club started to climb up the national league pyramid, gaining promotion to the third tier in 1993. They spent the next two seasons in the Serbian League North (1993–94 and 1994–95), placing second and third respectively. Following the assassination of its president Miodrag Nikšić in July 1995,[2] the club finished second in the newly formed Serbian League Belgrade in the 1995–96 season and earned promotion to the Second League of FR Yugoslavia.[3]

The club played in the Second League for five seasons between 1996 and 2001, narrowly missing promotion on two occasions (1997–98 and 1998–99).[3] They eventually won first place in Group East in the 2000–01 season and took promotion to the First League for the first time in history.[4][5] However, after the murder of its president Branislav Trojanović in July 2001,[6] the club went through an ownership crisis.[7][8] As a result, they were promptly relegated from the top flight, finishing 16th out of 18 in their debut appearance.[4][9] The club eventually merged with Srem, which continued to compete in the 2002–03 Second League of Serbia and Montenegro.[10]

Shortly after the club's folding, a group of supporters created a new club called FK Bulbulderac, continuing the tradition of the former club.[1] They gained promotion to the Belgrade First League in 2007 and later to the Belgrade Zone League in 2010.[1] On 12 July 2013, the club changed its name to FK Zvezdara.[1] After spending eight seasons in the fourth tier, they earned promotion to the Serbian League Belgrade in 2018.

Honours

Second League of FR Yugoslavia (Tier 2)

Seasons
Season League Cup
Division P W D L F A Pts Pos
 Serbia and Montenegro
1992–93 4 – Belgrade 3017945327433rd —
1993–94 3 – North 34171345420472nd —
1994–95 3 – North 34211037322733rd —
1995–96 3 – Belgrade 3423656322752nd —
1996–97 2 – East 34147134733496th —
1997–98 2 – East 3420595727652nd —
1998–99[lower-alpha 1] 2 – East 2113354718423rd —
1999–2000 2 – North 34194115437614th —
2000–01 2 – East 3429329720901st —
2001–02 1 34781935642916th[lower-alpha 2] —
 Serbia
2006–07 6 – Belgrade 3221748827702nd —
2007–08 5 – Belgrade 341381350444710th —
2008–09 5 – Belgrade 34167115133555th —
2009–10 5 – Belgrade 3424648234782nd —
2010–11 4 – Belgrade 3410111338474110th —
2011–12 4 – Belgrade 341310114643497th —
2012–13 4 – Belgrade 32137123839469th —
2013–14 4 – Belgrade 30101193630418th —
2014–15 4 – Belgrade 28105133248359th —
2015–16 4 – Belgrade 2888122436329th —
2016–17 4 – Belgrade 30121083636466th —
2017–18 4 – Belgrade 3021546826682nd —
2018–19 3 – Belgrade 30127113638438th —
2019–20 3 – Belgrade 179263826292nd —
Notes
  1. The season was cut short due to the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia.
  2. The club ceased to exist after merging with Srem at the end of the 2001–02 season. However, a phoenix club was formed shortly afterwards.

Notable players
National team players[11]

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

Managerial history
Period Name
2001 Nenad Stavrić
2001–2002 Vlada Tomić
2002 Velimir Đorđević
2002 Stanislav Karasi

References
  1. "Istorija" (in Serbian). FK Zvezdara. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
  2. "Ubijen kroz prozor" (in Serbian). Blic. 26 April 2001. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
  3. "RAT, RASPAD SFR JUGOSLAVIJE, SANKCIJE" (in Serbian). FSG Zrenjanin. Retrieved 13 December 2018.
  4. "SISTEM TAKMIČENJA 2000.-2006" (in Serbian). FSG Zrenjanin. Retrieved 13 December 2018.
  5. "Zvezdara u superlativima" (in Serbian). Glas javnosti. 19 June 2001. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
  6. "Ubici smetali uspeh i bogatstvo" (in Serbian). Glas javnosti. 22 July 2001. Retrieved 13 December 2018.
  7. "Danas tačka na agoniju u FK Zvezdara" (in Serbian). Glas javnosti. 4 March 2002. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
  8. "Još jedna dama - predsednik" (in Serbian). Glas javnosti. 8 March 2002. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
  9. "Partizan novi šampion" (in Serbian). Glas javnosti. 6 June 2002. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
  10. "Otpor pita Piksija" (in Serbian). NIN. 1 August 2002. Retrieved 13 December 2018.
  11. "Zvezdara Beograd". National Football Teams. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
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