FK Car Konstantin

FK Car Konstantin (Serbian Cyrillic: ФК Цар Константин) is a football club based in Niš, Serbia.

Car Konstantin
Full nameFK Car Konstantin
Nickname(s)Carevi (The Czars)
Founded1932
ManagerDobrivoje Đurđević
LeagueSerbian League East

The clubs competes in the 2018-19 season in the Serbian League West, 3rd national tier.

Name origin

The name comes in honour of the Roman Emperor Constantine the Great that was born precisely in Niš, then called Naisus. He was the first Roman Emperor to accept Christianity initiating the expansion of the faith throughout the "civilized world".

The neighbouring areas of Bubanj, Ledena stena and the Rail station were formed mostly by the railway workers. From 1860 on the railway workers chosen as the traditional Serbian slava (the celebration of a patron Saint) the St. Emperor Constantin and Empress Helena and celebrated on June 3 of each year. The club was formed following the tradition of the Railway workers musical and singing society "Konstantin" formed in 1893.

Club formation

The club was officially formed on August 24, 1932 in the hotel "Atina" in the proximity of the railway station. After Sinđelić, Pobeda, Železničar, Građanski and Jugoslavija, Car Konstantin becomes the 6th football club in the city of Niš. The club founders were the population of the suburban area of Bubanj and Ledena stena, and the employees and workers of the railway station, "Car Konstantin" typography and the commercial cooperative society "Eparhija Niška" located in Niš since 1925.

SK Car Konstantin (1932-1944)

The club soon begins playing matches against other city clubs and other clubs from Serbia. The fair-play and fairness on the pitch have been the qualities specially cultivated. This way the club manages to a group a great number of followers and sympathizers. The club in this period won twice the Niš subassociation championship. The main player was Dimitrije "Mita" Belić.[1]

Current squad
As of 9 April 2018.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
— GK  SRB Andrija Stanković
— GK  SRB Vladimir Pavlovic
— DF  SRB Vladimir Kocić
— DF  SRB Marko Jovanović
— DF  SRB Miloš Milijić
— DF  SRB Stefan Mladenović
— DF  SRB Aleksandar Cvetković
— DF  SRB Stefan Aleksić
— DF  SRB Lazar Milošević
— DF  SRB Darko Živković
— MF  SRB Igor Ristić
— MF  SRB Ivan Milenković
— MF  SRB Stevan Stefanović
— MF  SRB Nikola Ilić
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF  SRB Nenad Vasić
— MF  SRB Stefan Zdravković (on loan from Radnički Niš)
— MF  SRB Filip Dikić
— MF  SRB Tomislav Aleksić
— MF  SRB Aleksandar Stevanović
— MF  SRB Aleksandar Janjić
— MF  SRB Miloš Pavlović
— MF  ENG Nicholas Tonic
— FW  SRB Milan Milošević
— FW  SRB Predrag Mladenović
— FW  SRB Nemanja Stanojević (on loan from Jagodina)
— FW  SRB Ilija Ristić
— FW  SRB Filip Živadinović
— FW  SRB Miodrag Todorović (on loan from Radnički Niš)
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References
  1. Istorija Archived 11 June 2010 at the Wayback Machine from official club website.


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