NAK Novi Sad
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NAK, Novosadski atletski klub (Serbian Cyrillic
HAK, Hoвocaдcки aтлeтcки клуб, Hungarian
: UAC, Ujvideki atetikail club) was a football club from Novi Sad
, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
.
which was mostly Serb, and Juda Makabi, representative of the local Jewish community.
After the First World War the region became part of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, renamed Yugoslavia in 1929, and the club begin competing in a subdivision of the Yugoslav League, the League of Novi Sad. In 1922 it played in the qualifiers for the first edition of the Yugoslav First League
however it was eliminated by its city rivals FK Vojvodina. It will play mostly in the Novi Sad sub-division until they finally managed to qualify for the top league in 1935. The 1935–36 Yugoslav Football Championship was played in a cup format and NAK managed to archive a series of good results. They won ŽAK Velika Kikinda in the round of sixteen by 4-0 at home and a 3-3 draw out, thus qualifying to the quarter-finals where they won Slavija Osijek
with a double victory of 4-0 and 2-0. They were only stopped in the semi-finals where after achieving a draw in Sarajevo against FK Slavija unexpectedly lost at home by 1-3.
However that was the only participation of NAK in the Yugoslav top league until 1941, when the club, after the Invasion of Yugoslavia
begin competing in the Hungarian league system. Because of this, after the liberation, the club was disbanded by the new Yugoslav authorities in 1945.
Serbian Cyrillic alphabet
The Serbian Cyrillic alphabet is an adaptation of the Cyrillic script for the Serbian language, developed in 1818 by Serbian linguist Vuk Karadžić. It is one of the two standard modern alphabets used to write the Serbian language, the other being Latin...
HAK, Hoвocaдcки aтлeтcки клуб, Hungarian
Hungarian language
Hungarian is a Uralic language, part of the Ugric group. With some 14 million speakers, it is one of the most widely spoken non-Indo-European languages in Europe....
: UAC, Ujvideki atetikail club) was a football club from Novi Sad
Novi Sad
Novi Sad is the capital of the northern Serbian province of Vojvodina, and the administrative centre of the South Bačka District. The city is located in the southern part of Pannonian Plain on the Danube river....
, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Kingdom of Yugoslavia
The Kingdom of Yugoslavia was a state stretching from the Western Balkans to Central Europe which existed during the often-tumultuous interwar era of 1918–1941...
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History
It was formed in 1910, while Novi Sad was still part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and it was known for gathering the sportsman of Hungarian ethnicity, in opposition to the other clubs in the town, namely FK VojvodinaFK Vojvodina
FK Vojvodina is a football club from Novi Sad, Serbia. The club currently competes in the Serbian SuperLiga. FK Vojvodina is the third oldest football club in Serbia's SuperLiga, after OFK Beograd which was founded in 1911 and FK Javor which was founded in 1912.-History:FK Vojvodina was founded...
which was mostly Serb, and Juda Makabi, representative of the local Jewish community.
After the First World War the region became part of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, renamed Yugoslavia in 1929, and the club begin competing in a subdivision of the Yugoslav League, the League of Novi Sad. In 1922 it played in the qualifiers for the first edition of the Yugoslav First League
Yugoslav First League
The Yugoslav First League was the premier football league in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia and socialist Yugoslavia...
however it was eliminated by its city rivals FK Vojvodina. It will play mostly in the Novi Sad sub-division until they finally managed to qualify for the top league in 1935. The 1935–36 Yugoslav Football Championship was played in a cup format and NAK managed to archive a series of good results. They won ŽAK Velika Kikinda in the round of sixteen by 4-0 at home and a 3-3 draw out, thus qualifying to the quarter-finals where they won Slavija Osijek
Slavija Osijek
Slavija Osijek was a Croatian football club formed in Osijek. The club was founded in 1916. It was the most influential club from the city in the period prior to World War II....
with a double victory of 4-0 and 2-0. They were only stopped in the semi-finals where after achieving a draw in Sarajevo against FK Slavija unexpectedly lost at home by 1-3.
However that was the only participation of NAK in the Yugoslav top league until 1941, when the club, after the Invasion of Yugoslavia
Invasion of Yugoslavia
The Invasion of Yugoslavia , also known as the April War , was the Axis Powers' attack on the Kingdom of Yugoslavia which began on 6 April 1941 during World War II...
begin competing in the Hungarian league system. Because of this, after the liberation, the club was disbanded by the new Yugoslav authorities in 1945.