FK Mladost Apatin is a football

Football (soccer)

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 club from Apatin

Apatin

Apatin is a town and municipality in the Vojvodina administrative region of Serbia, located in the West Bačka District, at . The town of Apatin is the administrative, economic, cultural, educational and tourist centre of the municipality of Apatin...

, Serbia

Serbia

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History

The club was founded in 1928, then known by the name of Tri Zvezde (Three stars). In 1950, the club changes its name to Mladost (The Youth). Team colour is red. Mladost plays home games at Sportski Centar Rade Svilar

Sportski Centar Rade Svilar

Sportski Centar Rade Svilar is a multi-use stadium in Apatin, Serbia. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of FK Mladost Apatin. The stadium holds 3,000 people....

 (Sports center "Rade Svilar"), holding 7,000 seats. It is a complex with six courts, named after Rade Svilar, manager of Apatinska pivara

Apatinska pivara

Apatin Brewery Apatinska Brewery is a member of the StarBev Group, based in Apatin. Its commercial center is in Belgrade, while it has distribution centers in Odžaci, Inđija, Mladenovac, Novi Sad, Čačak and Niš.-Location:...

, who gave financial support to the club. For a long period of time, Mladost was playing in regional leagues of Yugoslavia. Soon after the breakup of Yugoslavia

Yugoslavia

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, Mladost became more significant in Serbian football, and the club got its first major sponsor, Apatinska pivara

Apatinska pivara

Apatin Brewery Apatinska Brewery is a member of the StarBev Group, based in Apatin. Its commercial center is in Belgrade, while it has distribution centers in Odžaci, Inđija, Mladenovac, Novi Sad, Čačak and Niš.-Location:...

(Apatin Brewery). In 1996 Mladost was promoted to the Second Yugoslav league, and in 2003 to the First league of Serbia and Montenegro. Mladost played only one year in the First league

Serbian Superliga

Serbian SuperLiga is a Serbian professional league for football clubs. At the top of the Serbian football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. It is contested by 16 clubs, operating a system of promotion and relegation with the Serbian First League...

, and the club was relegated back to Prva Liga Telekom Srbija. Two years later, in 2006, Mladost finished second in Prva Liga Telekom Srbija and in the 2006-2007 season they played in the Serbian Superliga

Serbian Superliga

Serbian SuperLiga is a Serbian professional league for football clubs. At the top of the Serbian football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. It is contested by 16 clubs, operating a system of promotion and relegation with the Serbian First League...

, finishing 6th despite horrible results in the second half of the season. In July 2007, Mladost Apatin officially announced they were withdrawing from the next season due to being unable to bear the financial burden of playing in a top division. It was announced on July 19, 2007, that Napredak Kruševac

FK Napredak Kruševac

FK Napredak is a football club based in the city of Kruševac, Serbia. The club was founded on December 8, 1946, through a fusion of three local area clubs: Zakić, Badža and 14. Oktobar...

 would replace them.

Current squad

As of November, 2010

Notable former players

Radoslav Batak

Radoslav Batak

Radoslav Batak is a football defender who represents Montenegro internationally, and is playing for FK Mogren Budva....

Bojan Brnović

Bojan Brnovic

Bojan Brnović is a Montenegrin footballer who plays for Diósgyőri VTK as a striker, on loan from Győri ETO FC.He is the older brother of Nenad Brnović.-External links:* at national-football-teams.com...

Nenad Brnović

Nenad Brnovic

Nenad Brnović is a Montenegrin footballer playing for Mes Sarcheshmeh FC....

Saša Drakulić

Saša Drakulic

Saša Drakulić is a retired Serbian footballer. The striker went to South Korea in 1995 and during his eight seasons in the K-League made a name for himself as one of the most successful imports ever in the league.-In Asia:In 1995 he joined the Korean side Busan Daewoo Royals, scoring eight goals...

Miroslav Grumić

Miroslav Grumic

Miroslav Grumić is a professional Serbian football striker who currently plays in the Hungarian First League club Kaposvári Rákóczi FC.-Career:...

Zoran Ljubinković

Zoran Ljubinković

Zoran Ljubinković is a Serbian professional football player currently playing for the Romanian Liga 1 club Oţelul Galaţi.-External sources:* at otelul-galati.ro * at Transfermarkt....

Nenad Mišković

Nenad Miškovic

Nenad Mišković is a retired Bosnian international football player.-Career:...

Z.PopadicVeseljko Trivunović

Veseljko Trivunović

Veseljko Trivunović is a Serbian professional football midfielder currently playing in Gabala FC....

Đorđe TutorićBoris Vasković

Boris Vasković

Boris Vasković is a former Serbian footballer.During his career, he played for FK Željezničar Sarajevo, FK Mačva Šabac, FK Vojvodina, FK Sartid, OFK Beograd and FK Mladost Apatin....

Ede Višinka

Ede Višinka

Ede Višinka is a Serbian professional football player of Hungarian origin, currently playing in FK Mladost Apatin in the Serbian First League.-External sources:* at Playerhistory....

External links

• Club profile and squad at Srbijafudbal.
• Club page at Transfermarkt.
• FK Mladost Apatin info