FK Budućnost Valjevo () is a defunct

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club based in

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History

The original club was founded as SK Sloga in 1920. They were, however, banned by the authorities after just a year. In 1925, the club continued its activities as RSK Valjevo and was led by some founding members of the previous club. Their first recorded game occurred in 1926. In 1929, the club changed its name to FK Budućnost. They became members of the

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in 1930. In 1959, the club merged with FK Radnički to form FK Metalac. They earned promotion to the

Yugoslav Second League Yugoslav Second League ( Bosnian: ''Druga savezna liga,'' Croatian: ''Druga savezna liga'', Serbian: ''Друга савезна лига'', Slovenian: ''Druga zvezna liga'', Macedonian: ''Втора сојузна лига'', ''Vtora sojuzna l ...

in 1969. In 1971, the club changed its name back to FK Budućnost. They spent two more seasons in the second tier of Yugoslav football. After the

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, the club won the

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in 1993–94 and subsequently the Second League of FR Yugoslavia in 1995–96 to reach the

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. They competed in the I/B League for two seasons ( 1996–97 and 1997–98). In July 2014, after three unsuccessful seasons in the Drina Zone League, the club was controversially merged with local rivals FK Krušik to create FK Budućnost Krušik 2014.

Honours

Second League of FR Yugoslavia (Tier 2) * 1995–96

/ Serbian League Danube (Tier 3) * 1993–94 / 2001–02

Notable players

''This is a list of players who have played at full international level''. * Milivoje Ćirković *

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Slobodan Santrač Slobodan Santrač (, ; 1 July 1946 – 13 February 2016) was a Serbian football manager and player. He is the all-time top scorer of the Yugoslav First League with a total of 218 goals, as well as the top scorer in the history of OFK Beograd. A ...

''For a list of all FK Budućnost Valjevo players with a Wikipedia article, see :FK Budućnost Valjevo players''.

Managerial history

References

External links

Club page
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