FK Mačva Šabac

Fudbalski klub Mačva Šabac (Serbian Cyrillic: Фудбалски клуб Мачва Шабац), commonly known as Mačva Šabac, is a football club from Šabac, Serbia. One of the oldest football clubs in Serbia , their nickname is " The Provincial Uruguayans " The nickname was used for the first time in 1927 when the Uruguay National Football Team were one of the best teams in the world and due to local people and media comparing Macva's style to that of the Uruguayan team, the main daily newspaper Politika consistently used the nickname Provincial Uruguayans.In the period of Yugoslavia , Macva mostly played in the lower tiers of the football system but did spend two seasons in national top flight of Yugoslavia, it was in seasons 1951 and 1952 Yugoslav First League. Afterwards, they would spend the next six decades in the Yugoslav lower-leagues but were a stable and respected lower tier club in the country. Macva has experienced greatest success since Serbia became independent, reaching the top tier the Serbian Super Liga for the first time ever in the season of 2017–18 Serbian SuperLiga. The club's name "Macva" is a geographical and historical region in the northwest of Central Serbia, on a fertile plain between the Sava and Drina rivers. The chief town is Šabac.[1] The most famous player to represent the club is Miroslav Djukic who would go on to play two UEFA Champions League finals with Valencia CF.

Мачва Шабац
Mačva Šabac
Full nameFudbalski klub Mačva Šabac
Nickname(s)Provincijski Urugvaj (Provincial Uruguay)
Founded1919 (1919)
GroundGradski stadion Šabac
Capacity8,000
Coordinates44°44′54.0″N 19°41′09.1″E
PresidentIvica Kralj
Head coachDragan Aničić
LeagueSerbian SuperLiga
2019–20Serbian SuperLiga, 16th

Supporters

The organized supporters of Mačva Šabac are known as Šaneri (Serbian Cyrilic: Шанери), and have a friendship with Napredak Kruševac fan group Jakuza.

Honours

National Championships

Current squad
As of 30 August 2018[5][6]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  SRB Milovan Lekić
2 DF  SRB Filip Pejović (captain)
3 DF  SRB Nemanja Tošić
4 MF  SRB Lazar Ivić
5 MF  SRB Nenad Jovanović
6 DF  SRB Marko Jevtić
7 DF  SRB Slavko Marić
8 MF  AUS Andrew Marveggio
9 FW  SRB Nikola Ašćerić
10 MF  SRB Mile Vujasin
11 MF  SRB Branislav Marković
14 FW  SRB Đorđe Šušnjar
15 DF  SRB Marko Mijailović
16 DF  SRB Nikola Dukić
17 FW  SRB Stefan Ilić
19 DF  SRB Igor Ristivojević
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 MF  SRB Miloš Adamović
21 MF  SRB Branislav Knežević
22 MF  SRB Predrag Jeremić
23 MF  SRB Marko Jeremić
28 MF  SRB Nikola Kovačević
30 MF  SRB Aleksandar Stevanović
45 MF  SRB Filip Božić
50 FW  SRB Nenad Marinković
55 GK  SRB Dušan Puletić
70 FW  SRB Aleksandar Đoković
77 MF  SRB Stefan Milosavljević
78 MF  SRB Filip Čermelj
88 GK  SRB Miloš Savić
– FW  SRB Branko Mihajlović
– GK  SRB Miloš Gordić (on loan from Red Star Belgrade)

For recent transfers, see List of Serbian football transfers summer 2019.

Notable players

Former players with senior national team appearances:[7]

For the list of all current and former players with Wikipedia article, please see: Category:FK Mačva Šabac players.

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References
  1. "Macva-Vesti". fkmacva.com. 31 July 2020. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
  2. Vedri dani crveno-belih p. 22 (in Serbian)
  3. FK Mačva-“Provincijski Urugvaj“ 1927–1941 Archived 14 September 2013 at the Wayback Machine at fudbalsrbija, 18-6-2013, retrieved 13-4-2014 (in Serbian)
  4. FK Macva Sabac ar Srbijafudbal
  5. "First team". FK Mačva Šabac official website. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
  6. "Team roster". Serbian SuperLiga official website. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
  7. Mačva Šabac at National-Football-Teams.com
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