FK Sloga Kraljevo
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Fudbalski Klub Sloga is a football club based in Kraljevo
, Serbia
.
and brought the first ball which he bought in Zemun
. He ran away from the Austro-Hungarian army
to Belgrade
, and shortly afterwards he moved to Kraljevo.
and the soldier academy. In both games Žiča suffered heavy defeats. Three years later the club changed its name to Ibar and competed in the Kragujevac League. The club existed till 1941. After the war ended a group of sport enthusiasts in April 1945 founded a football club by the name of Sloboda.
in Čačak. Sloboda led 2:0 at halftime. Borac scored a goal that should have been ruled offside at the start of the second half. A few minutes later Borac scores another goal and another one 10 minutes before the final whistle. After the match a fight broke out between the players and soon the fans got involved. The club was suspended because of this incident. A few months later Lokomotiva and Sloboda merged into one club called Sloga.
From then on the club performed less well, until they were relegated to a lower league. From then until the early 1990s Sloga never got promoted or relegated. In the 1992/93 season Sloga played in the Second League where they finished seventeenth and were relegated. The first match they played in the new league was versus their rival FK Mladost Bački Jarak
, the first match was a 0:0 draw. They lost 5:2 the other game. Sloga returned to the Second League in 1998 and stayed there till 2002. After only one year in the Serbian League Sloga were relegated to the Šumadija Zone. After two years they returbned to the Serbian League Zapad (West).
in 1970.
, Užice
, Čačak
(basketball), Smederevo
, Požarevac
, Smederevska Palanka, Užice, Čačak. There were times when KK Sloga (basketball club) was competing in the First Division, where they played against the strongest opponents in the League: Partizan
, Red Star Belgrade
, Cibona, Jugoplastika, but their football club was always divisions lower of their basketball team. First or second, they were always first in the eyes of their fans.
One of the biggest incidents of the Butchers took place in Smederevo
in 1994 when a group of Butchers about 500 strong, after losing 3:0 they started to force the home crowd out of the stadium. After a fight with the police, there were injuries on both sides. Times were changing, and in 1994 KK Sloga was relegated from the First Division to a lower one. FK Sloga were demoted from the second division and their fans are left the stadium and most never returned.
But love toward Sloga still stayed in their hearts. After two years on the scene arrived a younger generation. Their number rose to around 130 at the end of 1996. The Butchers started supporting another club (not leaving Sloga), KK Mašinac
. It began in 1996 with a match between KK Mašinac and Ibon from Nikšić, when help of the Butchers was much needed. 3500 Sloga fans supported Mašinac in that game. The home side won but that was not enough, after that they went to away game in Kragujevac
. Also in 1996 a match was postponed between Mašinac and Berane due to incidents between the fans. Mašinac was forced to play three games behind closed doors. The first home match away from home was followed by severe riots, while other two were a bit more peaceful. It was a regular friendship with the handball club OK Ribnica (volleyball club) and the help of the Butchers was needed for the games in Europe. The regular attendance was 3500 people at the stands, chanting from the start of the game to the end so the away fans feel like they are in hell. The Butchers have a long friendship with fans of Radnički Kragujevac, the Crveni Đavoli (The Red Devils). That friendship can be seen on soccer games and basketball games where you can see them chanting together in the stands.
Players that passed through youth ranks of Sloga
Kraljevo
Kraljevo is a city and municipality in central Serbia, built beside the river Ibar, 7 km west of its confluence with the Western Morava. It is located in the midst of an upland valley, between the mountains of Kotlenik in the north, and Stolovi in the south.In 2011 the city has population of...
, 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...
.
History
In 1909 former cavalry captain Mr. Delić came to Kraljevo from ŠibenikŠibenik
Šibenik is a historic town in Croatia, with population of 51,553 . It is located in central Dalmatia where the river Krka flows into the Adriatic Sea...
and brought the first ball which he bought in Zemun
Zemun
Zemun is a historical town and one of the 17 municipalities which constitute the City of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia...
. He ran away from the Austro-Hungarian army
Austro-Hungarian Army
The Austro-Hungarian Army was the ground force of the Austro-Hungarian Dual Monarchy from 1867 to 1918. It was composed of three parts: the joint army , the Austrian Landwehr , and the Hungarian Honvédség .In the wake of fighting between the...
to Belgrade
Belgrade
Belgrade is the capital and largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers, where the Pannonian Plain meets the Balkans. According to official results of Census 2011, the city has a population of 1,639,121. It is one of the 15 largest cities in Europe...
, and shortly afterwards he moved to Kraljevo.
1919-1945
The club's first games were played in Divlje Polje ,the playground was across the street of an old train station. Žiča was the first football club in Kraljevo and was founded in 1919. Its first matches were played against Viktorija from ČačakCacak
Čačak is a city in central Serbia. It is the administrative center of the Moravica District of Serbia. Čačak is also the main industrial, cultural and sport center of the district...
and the soldier academy. In both games Žiča suffered heavy defeats. Three years later the club changed its name to Ibar and competed in the Kragujevac League. The club existed till 1941. After the war ended a group of sport enthusiasts in April 1945 founded a football club by the name of Sloboda.
Staff
The first president of the club was Mile Mitrović. The staff was composed of Mile Pribaković, Desanka Vitorović, Stanko Lekić, Milja Tanasijević, Ratko Stojić, Nikola Naumović, Mijo Kostić, Hrane Strijelić and others. The games were played in the town centre, at the place where today lies a swimming pool.Sloboda
The first game played by Sloboda was against Streljački bataljon (Firing squad) which was based in Kraljevo. Their jerseys were red and white and they were made from parachutes. The result was a 10:1 win for Sloga. The qualifier game for the First League was against BoracFK Borac Cacak
Fudbalski klub Borac Čačak is a professional football club based in Čačak, Serbia.It was founded in 1926. Borac plays at the Čačak Stadium which has a capacity of 5,000....
in Čačak. Sloboda led 2:0 at halftime. Borac scored a goal that should have been ruled offside at the start of the second half. A few minutes later Borac scores another goal and another one 10 minutes before the final whistle. After the match a fight broke out between the players and soon the fans got involved. The club was suspended because of this incident. A few months later Lokomotiva and Sloboda merged into one club called Sloga.
Sloga
At the beginning of the 1950s Sloga competed in the Second Serbian Liga, which then consisted of forty clubs. At the end of the season in the Serbian League Sloga finished first and was promoted to the First Serbian League. After a letter from CK KPJ (the Communist Party of Yugoslavia) all Serbian leagues are eliminated and regional leagues were formed. Sloga then competed in the Kragujevac League. In 1958 the competition changed once again: instead of four regions there were two - East and West. The biggest success in the history of Sloga was in the 1969/70 season when competing in the Second League they finished in first place in front of their eternal rival Borac Čačak. There remained only one thing in their way and that was Crvenka. To beat then they would certainly be in the First League, but Sloga did not have the luck to get past their opponents and the First League remained an unfulfilled wish. Even today people in Kraljevo talk about the events that took place on that game.From then on the club performed less well, until they were relegated to a lower league. From then until the early 1990s Sloga never got promoted or relegated. In the 1992/93 season Sloga played in the Second League where they finished seventeenth and were relegated. The first match they played in the new league was versus their rival FK Mladost Bački Jarak
FK Mladost Backi Jarak
FK Mladost is a football club based in Bački Jarak, Temerin, Serbia.-History:They had played in the First League of FR Yugoslavia during the 1990s but the club had afterwords collapsed due to financial problems and were relegated to the lower league divisions. The club itself has a relatevely vast...
, the first match was a 0:0 draw. They lost 5:2 the other game. Sloga returned to the Second League in 1998 and stayed there till 2002. After only one year in the Serbian League Sloga were relegated to the Šumadija Zone. After two years they returbned to the Serbian League Zapad (West).
Stadium
The stadium of FK Sloga is located in the Industrijska street bb. Near the stadium are the main bus and railway station. The stadium has two stands: north and south. The capacity of the stadium is 3.000, but the biggest attendance was close to 8000 people, at the qualifying game versus Crvenka for the Yugoslav First LeagueYugoslav First League
The Yugoslav First League was the premier football league in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia and socialist Yugoslavia...
in 1970.
Fans
The project of organizing fans from Kraljevo goes back to 1987 when a group of guys full of enthusiasm wanted to show their town how fans should be like and how much they love Sloga. The name that was chosen was Kasapi (meaning The Butchers). Many people from Kraljevo still wonder why did they choose this name, after whom was this name given, how, where and when. Everything began in 1987 when fans of Sloga wanted to give their group a name, and show other fans in the country that they are not behind them in any way. They wanted to prove that their name will be remembered. They started to plan their transportation for the away matches. Everything turned out as planned and the number of the Butchers was growing. The first match that the Butchers attended as an organized group was a basketball game, and after that a soccer game. The best memories of traveling around the country back in the old days of the Butchers was in: Belgrade, KragujevacKragujevac
Kragujevac is the fourth largest city in Serbia, the main city of the Šumadija region and the administrative centre of Šumadija District. It is situated on the banks of the Lepenica River...
, Užice
Užice
Užice is a city and municipality in western Serbia, located at the banks of the Đetinja river. It is the administrative center of the Zlatibor District...
, Čačak
Cacak
Čačak is a city in central Serbia. It is the administrative center of the Moravica District of Serbia. Čačak is also the main industrial, cultural and sport center of the district...
(basketball), Smederevo
Smederevo
Smederevo is a city and municipality in Serbia, on the right bank of the Danube, about 40 km downstream of the capital Belgrade. According to official results of the 2011 census, the city has a population of 107,528...
, Požarevac
Požarevac
Požarevac is a city and municipality in eastern Serbia. It is the administrative center of the Braničevo District of Serbia...
, Smederevska Palanka, Užice, Čačak. There were times when KK Sloga (basketball club) was competing in the First Division, where they played against the strongest opponents in the League: Partizan
Partizan
Partizan is the Serbo-Croatian, Macedonian, and Slovene term for a partisan. It is usually used in those languages to denote a member of the World War II resistance movement, the Yugoslav Partisans, which are always mentioned in those languages without the adjective "Yugoslav", i.e...
, Red Star Belgrade
Red Star Belgrade
Red Star Belgrade is a football club from Belgrade, Serbia. The club is a part of the Red Star Sports Society.Red Star Belgrade is the most successful Serbian club, with a record of 25 national championships and 23 national cups in both Serbian and ex-Yugoslav competitions...
, Cibona, Jugoplastika, but their football club was always divisions lower of their basketball team. First or second, they were always first in the eyes of their fans.
One of the biggest incidents of the Butchers took place in Smederevo
Smederevo
Smederevo is a city and municipality in Serbia, on the right bank of the Danube, about 40 km downstream of the capital Belgrade. According to official results of the 2011 census, the city has a population of 107,528...
in 1994 when a group of Butchers about 500 strong, after losing 3:0 they started to force the home crowd out of the stadium. After a fight with the police, there were injuries on both sides. Times were changing, and in 1994 KK Sloga was relegated from the First Division to a lower one. FK Sloga were demoted from the second division and their fans are left the stadium and most never returned.
But love toward Sloga still stayed in their hearts. After two years on the scene arrived a younger generation. Their number rose to around 130 at the end of 1996. The Butchers started supporting another club (not leaving Sloga), KK Mašinac
KK Mašinac
KK Mašinac is a Serbian basketball club from Kraljevo, Serbia. The club competes in the Serbian League.- Roster : Nikola Tutus Nemanja Milasinovic Slaven Cupkovic Aleksandar Radulovic Bojan Popović Nikola Stojakovic Nemanja Arsic Milos Barlov Stefan Radojkovic Dejan Tomašević Miljan Radevic Dusan...
. It began in 1996 with a match between KK Mašinac and Ibon from Nikšić, when help of the Butchers was much needed. 3500 Sloga fans supported Mašinac in that game. The home side won but that was not enough, after that they went to away game in Kragujevac
Kragujevac
Kragujevac is the fourth largest city in Serbia, the main city of the Šumadija region and the administrative centre of Šumadija District. It is situated on the banks of the Lepenica River...
. Also in 1996 a match was postponed between Mašinac and Berane due to incidents between the fans. Mašinac was forced to play three games behind closed doors. The first home match away from home was followed by severe riots, while other two were a bit more peaceful. It was a regular friendship with the handball club OK Ribnica (volleyball club) and the help of the Butchers was needed for the games in Europe. The regular attendance was 3500 people at the stands, chanting from the start of the game to the end so the away fans feel like they are in hell. The Butchers have a long friendship with fans of Radnički Kragujevac, the Crveni Đavoli (The Red Devils). That friendship can be seen on soccer games and basketball games where you can see them chanting together in the stands.
Current squad 2011/12
As of August 2011.Notable players
*Note: Players appeared in national team are typed bold- Dragan MladenovićDragan MladenovicDragan Mladenović , , is a professional footballer.Mladenović, an international for Serbia and Montenegro , joined Rangers from Serbian champions Red Star Belgrade for £1m in August 2004. He made his Rangers debut in a UEFA Champions League qualifier against CSKA Moscow...
- Milan DudićMilan DudicMilan Dudić is a Serbian football defender who currently plays for SK Sturm Graz in Austria.-International career:...
- Nenad Kovačević
- Aleksandar TrifunovićAleksandar Trifunovic (footballer)Aleksandar Trifunović is a Serbian former midfielder who played for SFR Yugoslavia....
- Aleksandar LukovićAleksandar LukovicAleksandar Luković is a Serbian footballer who plays as a left back or centre back for Zenit St. Petersburg and the Serbian national team. He is known for his aggressive style of play.-Biography:...
- Vladislav Đukić
- Dušan Anđelković
- Dejan Rađenović
- Boban DmitrovićBoban DmitrovićBoban Dmitrović is a Serbian footballer. He currently plays for FK Sloga Kraljevo in the Serbian First League .-Club career:...
- Božidar UroševićBožidar UroševićBožidar Urošević is a Serbian professional football player. He plays as a goalkeeper.-Career:...
- Bojan SpasojevićBojan SpasojevićBojan Spasojević is a Serbian footballer currently playing in First League of the Republika Srpska, club FK Kozara Gradiška.-Career:...
- Radomir KokovićRadomir KokovićRadomir Koković is a Serbian football midfielder playing with FK Rad.-Career:He played soccer with Loyola Marymount University in the United States between 2002 and 2007....
- Mithat Dukadjinac
- Vesko MihajlovićVesko MihajlovicVesko Mihajlović born March 17, 1968 in Kraljevo, Yugoslavia), is a Serbian former football midfielder and the current director of football of Alki Larnaca. He is widely considered to be one of the best foreign players to have played in the Cypriot Championship...
- Rade TodorovićRade TodorovicRade Todorović is a Serbian former football player.-Career:He spent one season in the Bundesliga with 1...
Players that passed through youth ranks of Sloga
- Vladimir BogdanovićVladimir BogdanovicVladimir Bogdanović is a Serbian football player and currently plays for Liaoning Whowin F.C. in Chinese Super League....
- Aleksandar TrišovićAleksandar TrišovicAleksandar Trišović , is a Serbian football player currently is free agent as a left midfielder.-Playing career:...
- Dejan LekićDejan LekićDejan Lekić is a Serbian football striker who plays for CA Osasuna in the Spanish La Liga.He has been member of the Serbian national team since 2009.-External links:* **...