FK Zemun

Fudbalski klub Zemun (Serbian Cyrillic: Фудбалски клуб Земун) is a professional Serbian football club based in Zemun, Belgrade.

For other uses, see KK Zemun.
FK Zemun
Full nameFudbalski klub Zemun
Founded20 October 1946
GroundZemun Stadium, Belgrade
Capacity9,588
PresidentDušan Ostojić
LeagueSerbian First League
2019–20Serbian First League, 12th of 16

History

Immediately after the end of the Second World War, the sports activities in Zemun were restored. By early 1945, a club FK Maksim Divnić was formed, named in honour of a player with that name that played before the war and who died as Partisan fighter during the war. After just a couple of played matches the club changed its name into FK Sremac Zemun. By the end of that year another club is also formed in Zemun, FK Sparta Zemun. On 20 October 1946, the two clubs were merged to form a new sports society whose football section was FK Jedinstvo Zemun.[1]

By 1962, the club got promotion into the group East of the Yugoslav Second League, which was divided back then into two geographical groups, East and West. It stayed at Second national level for two seasons, after which it returned into the Serbian republic league, Yugoslav third tier. In the late 1960s, the club struggled financially, and on February 23, 1969, it is merged with FK Galenika, a club sponsored by the Galenika a.d., a pharmaceutical company located in Zemun. Under the new name FK Galenika Zemun, and with new financial backing, the club soon returned to the higher leagues, winning promotion as soon as 1970 to the Yugoslav Second League.[2]

Coached by Ivan Čabrinović, the club became one of the strongest teams in the second league, and after several times being close, it finally reached promotion to the Yugoslav First League in 1982. In that same season, the club reached the semi-finals of the 1981–82 Yugoslav Cup where they lost against the cup winners Red Star Belgrade. The club played in the 1982–83 Yugoslav First League however it finished bottom of the table subsequently relegated back to the Second League. On 1 January 1985, the club changed its name into the one that still carries nowadays, FK Zemun.[3]

During the late 1980s, the club had fallen into the lower leagues, but after the stabilization of their financial situation the club began rising again. In 1990, after two consecutive promotions, the club was back in the 1990–91 Yugoslav First League. This time the club stabilized in the top league and even managed to achieve good results, like fourth place in the 1992–93 First League of FR Yugoslavia, just behind the best Serbian clubs Partizan, Red Star and Vojvodina, or the 5th place archive in the 1993–94 First League of FR Yugoslavia. In the 1992–93 season the club had reached again the semi-finals of the Yugoslav Cup.[4]

FK Zemun competed in the top league all the way until 2007. In the season 2004–05 they managed to achieve 5th place once more.[5]

In 2007, Zemun competed in the Serbian First League and came away with the 15th position and an automatic relegation to the Serbian League Belgrade, third tier. FK Zemun played in the 2007–08 Serbian Cup and found its way to the final. The club won three matches after penalties, defeated two first league sides and goalie Nemanja Jovšić was voted most valuable player. They lost the final 3–0 to Serbian team Partizan but since Partizan had already qualified for the Champions League Zemun were given the UEFA Cup spot as they were the runners-up. During the summer, however, Zemun was not able to obtain a license from UEFA and had to give their spot to fourth-placed side Borac Čačak. Borac then gave their Intertoto Cup spot to OFK Beograd.

In 2008–09, Zemun became the champion of Serbian League Belgrade and were back to the Serbian First League after only one season.

In 2015–16, Zemun was promoted again to the Serbian First League. The following year after a bad start, they fired manager Nebojša Milošević, hired Dragoljub Bekvalac, then fired him and later hired Milan Milanović[6]

In November 2017, a news website Srbijadanas.rs, published a research in which they found that FK Zemun is the club that transferred more players, 35 at that time, than any other club to the Serbian "Big two" eternal rivals, Partizan and Red Star Belgrade.[7]

Honours
Yugoslav Second League (2)
  • 1981–82 Group east, 1988–89
Serbian Cup
Serbian League Belgrade
  • 2014–15
Serbian Republic League
  • 1977–78, 1986–87, 1987–88

Stadium

The official stadium of FK Zemun is Zemun Stadium and can host up to 9,588 spectators.

Current squad
As of 8 June 2019

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 Marko Milošević
2 DF  SRB Predrag Stanimirović
3 DF  SRB Nikola Petrović
5 DF  SRB Nenad Cvetković
6 MF  MKD Milosh Tosheski
7 MF  SRB Mateja Njamculović
9 FW  MNE Filip Kukuličić
10 MF  LTU Daniel Romanovskij
14 FW  NAM Hendrik Somaeb
15 DF  MNE Emir Azemović
17 MF  SRB Stevan Luković (captain)
19 MF  BIH Momčilo Mrkaić
20 MF  SRB Nikola Ristović
23 GK  SRB Srđan Ostojić
25 DF  SRB Mihailo Milutinović
No. Pos. Nation Player
26 MF  SRB Nemanja Tomić
27 MF  SRB Nikola Stojković
28 MF  SRB Lazar Stokić
31 DF  SRB Nemanja Vučić
32 FW  SRB Miloš Podunavac
50 GK  SRB Nikola Pejović
86 MF  SRB Marko Đalović
–– GK  SRB Miloš Krunić
–– DF  SRB Ivan Ilić
–– FW  SRB Nikola Nešović
–– FW  NGA Moses John
–– FW  SRB Dejan Vidić
–– FW  SRB Nikola Savić
–– MF  SRB Nenad Adžibaba (on loan from Red Star Belgrade)

Players with multiple nationalities

Out on loan

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 Predrag Kovačević (at BSK Batajnica until the end of season)
— GK  SRB Marko Blagojević (at Stepojevac Vaga until the end of season)
No. Pos. Nation Player
—  SRB Stefan Pavić (at Milutinac until the end of season)

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

Notable players

The following list contains players that played in the club and that have national team appearances:[8][9]

Yugoslavia / Serbia and Montenegro / Serbia
Other

For the list of all current and former players with wikipedia article, please see Category:FK Zemun players.

Coaching history

Supporters

The supporters of the club are known as the Taurunum Boys. The group was formed in 1987.

The first organised supporting groups of back then FK Galenika begin to appear by mid-1980s. In 1986 the first ultras groups were formed under the names of Testas Caldas, Pajtosi and Godfathers. In 1987 the three groups united under the name Taurunum. The name comes from the Latin name of a settlement that existed in Roman period in the place where Zemun is located nowadays, and that was named Taurunum. The group stands in the north stand of the stadium. Some supporting groups out of the town of Zemun are formed, the most important being the Rangers from Pančevo. In 1995 by the end of the Yugoslav Wars there is a generational turn-over, and the group standing in the east stand formed by younger supporters and named The Boys – Dragons, joins Taurunum in the north stand forming a bigger group renamed Taurunum Boys. The moto of the group becomes "One city, one club, only Zemun".[10]

Nowadays the group is composed of several sub-groups, and beside supporting their club FK Zemun, they are usually present at the matches of the Serbian national team. They have friendly relationships with the fan group of Radnički Kragujevac, Crveni Đavoli.[11] and Young Rats Firm of Krylia Sovetov Samara.[12]

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References
  1. Copy of the history page of former official website at ticketservis.com
  2. Copy of the history page of former official website at ticketservis.com
  3. Copy of the history page of former official website at ticketservis.com
  4. Copy of the history page of former official website at ticketservis.com
  5. FK Zemun league standings since 2001 at Srbijafudbal
  6. Milanović menja Bekvalca at fudbal.info.com, 30-8-2016 (in Serbian)
  7. ODUVEK JE BIO RASADNIK FUDBALERA: Zemun dao Zvezdi i Partizanu više od 30 igrača (FOTO) at srbijadanas,rs, 21-11-2017, retrieved 22-2-2020 (in Serbian)
  8. FK Zemun at National-Football-Teams.com
  9. Galenika Zemun at National-Football-Teams.com
  10. http://www.ultras-tifo.net/interviews/412-interview-with-taurunum-boys-zemun-serbia.html
  11. History Archived 2019-01-03 at the Wayback Machine at Taurunum Boys official website
  12. http://www.ultras-tifo.net/interviews/3063-young-rats-firm-interview.html


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