FK Cement Beocin
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FK Cement is a football club based in Beočin
Beocin
Beočin is a town and municipality in the Vojvodina province, Serbia. The population of the town is 8,037, whilst Beočin's municipality population is 16,029...

, Serbia
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.

History

FK Cement was founded in 1913 by the employees of a Beočin cement company and Mr. Martin Bajer, a native of Beočin who received his formal education in Budapest
Budapest
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 where he first got the idea of founding a football club.

The first starting line-up of the team in 1913 was:
  • goalkeeper: Dejan Đurić
  • defenders: Martin Bajer and Dragutin Karasik
  • right midfielder: M. Daraboš
  • centre midfielder: Vladislav Eseš
  • left midfielder: J. Daraboš
  • right winger: Brana Jovičić
  • right forward: Dejan Krkljus
  • centre forward: Herbst
  • left forward: Tipman
  • left winger: Aleksandar Jegdić


This starting line-up was featured until 1919 under the club name BAK. From 1919 to 1932 the team was known as BSK.

From 1922 to 1927 there were two football clubs in Beočin, the other one being FK Radnički. Radnički was dissolved in 1927 due to financial difficulties and the exodus of some players to the BSK. At that time, BSK featured the following players:
Martin Bajer, Janika Sabo, Rudolf Kovačić, Oto Košćal, Josip Bajer, Franja Babi, Karlo Kapošvarc, Franja Mesinger, Janika Oltvanji, Nikola Dvoržak, Ladislav Eseš, D. Manjoki, Martin Dvoržak among others.

Since 1933 the club has been known as FK Cement. Up until World War II
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, the club included players such as Mile Stojkov, Franja Buršl, Franja Ferić, Rudika Nozak, Leopold Popović, Vilim Rakšanji, Florika Major, Stevan Vajs, Janika Košćal, Ivan Gabrić, Žaki, Ivica Horvat and others.

In 1970, during its 50-year anniversary celebrations, the club was honoured by the Football Association
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 of Yugoslavia
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
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 as one of the oldest in the country.

Current team

As of November 2010.
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