FK Kikinda
Encyclopedia
Fudbalski klub Kikinda is a football
club from Kikinda
, Serbia
. It is one of the oldest clubs in Serbia. The club currently competes in Serbia's third division the Srpska Liga Vojvodina.
from Zagreb, Greater Serbia
from Belgrade, ATE from Arad, etc. The matches against this well-known teams, especially the visits from Belgrade, significantly contributed to the promotion of football in Kikinda and the Banat
region. The period between the First and Second World War is abundant in many football events. The following important football clubs also emerge: Kac (1918–1919), Serbia (August 31, 1919-March 20, 1932) and Sloga (1932–1941). Together with NAK, these clubs were the forerunners of today's FK Kikinda. In addition to them, other clubs also are created: VSK Kosovo (1920–1941), SD Radnički (1926–1933), SD Rapid, which is in fact succeeded SD Radnički (1933–1941), FK Trgovačka omladina (1926–1930), TSK Slaven (20/06/1930-20/03/1932), SK ŽAK (1931–1941) and FK Banacija (1925–1933), however, the last club was not officially registered. In fact, by the 1930s, our city had even six registered clubs, more than ever in its history. Beside the mentioned, football in the local high schools was very active, and from 1926 there is one youth team worth mentioning, GLK Sloga.
All this potential made that the clubs from the city archive many success, and most of them regularely played in the First and Second League's of Banat (second national tier divided by regions). Before the league pause during World War II, the most successful clubs were AK Serbia, VSK Kosovo, AK Sloga and SK ŽAK. All the best footballers were not concentrated in one club, but in several, and the ones usually considered the best are: Franja Bošnjak, Arnold Kemelj, Pavle Dajc, Franja Bucko and Bela Sendi in the period prior to 1914, Radoci, Somodji and Komolosi in the period from 1920 to 1929, Petar Lisul, Franja Jakab and Petar Sandić in the period from 1929 to 1934, and Miloš Ostojin, Petar Cvetković, Petar Živić and Božidar Sandić
in the period between 1935 and 1941.
During much of the period after 1945 until recently the club was known as OFK Kikinda.
(left January 2010)
(left January 2010)
(left January 2010)
Mladen Krstajić
Blagoje Paunović
Iosif Rotariu
Dragan Žilić
Notable players in the club:Milorad BeslinVladimir Mudrinić
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
club from Kikinda
Kikinda
Kikinda is a town and a municipality located in Serbia, in the autonomous province of Vojvodina. It is the administrative centre of the North Banat District. The town has 42,000 inhabitants, while the municipality has approximately 67,000 inhabitants.The modern city was founded in 18th century...
, Serbia
Serbia
Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...
. It is one of the oldest clubs in Serbia. The club currently competes in Serbia's third division the Srpska Liga Vojvodina.
History
Since 1886, gymnastics in the gymnasium Solajter, introduced, with some other games, the English football. Jako Janoš, Juhaš Karolj and especially Kalman Geza, where the ones to "blame" for the popularuty of the new sport by 1903. It becomes the favorite entertainment for the afternoons between college students. All these were good conditions for a successful start and development of football in the first sports society created in the city in 1909 and named NAK. From the very beginning, football section was quite successful and NAK plays as equal against already reputated clubs in Hungary, and the junior football team was probably by that time the best in Serbia. In the period prior to 1914 our city was host to many famous football clubs, among which are emphasized: TAC from Timisoara, SAK from Szeged, HAŠKHAŠK
HAŠK was a Croatian football club established in Zagreb in 1903 which ceased operating in 1945. The club was one of the most successful sides in Zagreb and the Kingdom of Yugoslavia in the period between the two World Wars...
from Zagreb, Greater Serbia
SK Jugoslavija
Sportski klub Jugoslavija, commonly known as SK Jugoslavija was a Serbian football club from Belgrade. It was originally formed as SK Velika Srbija in 1913 and changed its name to SK Jugoslavija in 1919.-History:...
from Belgrade, ATE from Arad, etc. The matches against this well-known teams, especially the visits from Belgrade, significantly contributed to the promotion of football in Kikinda and the Banat
Banat
The Banat is a geographical and historical region in Central Europe currently divided between three countries: the eastern part lies in western Romania , the western part in northeastern Serbia , and a small...
region. The period between the First and Second World War is abundant in many football events. The following important football clubs also emerge: Kac (1918–1919), Serbia (August 31, 1919-March 20, 1932) and Sloga (1932–1941). Together with NAK, these clubs were the forerunners of today's FK Kikinda. In addition to them, other clubs also are created: VSK Kosovo (1920–1941), SD Radnički (1926–1933), SD Rapid, which is in fact succeeded SD Radnički (1933–1941), FK Trgovačka omladina (1926–1930), TSK Slaven (20/06/1930-20/03/1932), SK ŽAK (1931–1941) and FK Banacija (1925–1933), however, the last club was not officially registered. In fact, by the 1930s, our city had even six registered clubs, more than ever in its history. Beside the mentioned, football in the local high schools was very active, and from 1926 there is one youth team worth mentioning, GLK Sloga.
All this potential made that the clubs from the city archive many success, and most of them regularely played in the First and Second League's of Banat (second national tier divided by regions). Before the league pause during World War II, the most successful clubs were AK Serbia, VSK Kosovo, AK Sloga and SK ŽAK. All the best footballers were not concentrated in one club, but in several, and the ones usually considered the best are: Franja Bošnjak, Arnold Kemelj, Pavle Dajc, Franja Bucko and Bela Sendi in the period prior to 1914, Radoci, Somodji and Komolosi in the period from 1920 to 1929, Petar Lisul, Franja Jakab and Petar Sandić in the period from 1929 to 1934, and Miloš Ostojin, Petar Cvetković, Petar Živić and Božidar Sandić
Božidar Sandić
Božidar Sandić was a Serbian football player.-External sources:* at Reprezentacija.rs....
in the period between 1935 and 1941.
During much of the period after 1945 until recently the club was known as OFK Kikinda.
Current squad
Referring to 2010-11 season. Last updated November 2010.(left January 2010)
(left January 2010)
(left January 2010)
Notable former players
Players that played for national teams:Predrag JokanovićPredrag Jokanovic
Predrag Jokanović is a retired Serbian professional footballer and a current manager....
Mladen Krstajić
Mladen Krstajic
Mladen Krstajić is a former Serbian footballer who currently works as a director of football for FK Partizan.-Early life:...
Blagoje Paunović
Blagoje Paunovic
Blagoje Paunović is a retired Serbian footballer who played as a defender, and a current manager.-Playing career:...
Iosif Rotariu
Iosif Rotariu
Iosif Rotariu is a retired Romanian football midfielder.He was born in Prigor and debuted in Divizia A with Politehnica Timişoara in 1981. He won the league championship with Steaua Bucureşti in 1987, 1988, 1989, 1997 and 1998, and won the Romanian Cup with the same club in 1987, 1988, 1989 and 1997...
Dragan Žilić
Dragan Žilic
Dragan Žilić is a retired Serbian football goalkeeper.-Rijeka:During the summer of 2005, Žilić's transfer from FK Smederevo to HNK Rijeka caused a minor sensation as it marked the first occasion in a very long time that a player of Serbian ethnicity moved to a Croatian club...
Notable players in the club:Milorad BeslinVladimir Mudrinić
Vladimir Mudrinic
Vladimir Mudrinić is a Serbian football midfielder. He last played for FK Sevojno in the Serbian First League.He was famous for his free kick, from which he scored many times in his career....