FK Kabel () is a

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club based in

Novi Sad Novi Sad ( sr-Cyrl, Нови Сад, ; hu, Újvidék, ; german: Neusatz; see below for other names) is the second largest city in Serbia and the capital of the autonomous province of Vojvodina. It is located in the southern portion of the Pan ...

Vojvodina Vojvodina ( sr-Cyrl, Војводина}), officially the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, is an autonomous province that occupies the northernmost part of Serbia. It lies within the Pannonian Basin, bordered to the south by the national capital ...

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. They compete in the

Serbian League Vojvodina Serbian League Vojvodina (Serbian language, Serbian: Српска лига Војводина / Srpska liga Vojvodina) is one of four sections of the Serbian League, the third national tier. The other three sections are Serbian League Belgrade, Se ...

, the third tier of the national league system.

History

The club was founded in 1932 by the workers of Novosadska fabrika kabela (NFK), a local cable factory. They competed in the local leagues of Novi Sad over the next few years. In 1945, following the end of

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, the club was refounded by the factory's workers and given its original name. The name was briefly changed to Metalac in 1947, but reverted after only a few months. In 1975, the club reached the Vojvodina League for the first time ever. They remained in the third tier of Yugoslav football for two seasons. The club would return to the Vojvodina League on two more occasions in 1978 and 1983. They eventually finished as champions of the third tier in the 1986–87 season to reach the

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(Group West). However, the club suffered relegation after just one season and continued competing in the newly formed

Yugoslav Inter-Republic League Yugoslav Third League ( Serbo-Croat: ''3. Savezna liga'', 3. Савезна лига) was the third tier football league of SFR Yugoslavia. The top clubs were promoted to the second tier, the Yugoslav Second League. The Yugoslav Third League w ...

(Group North). Following the

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, the club placed third in the NATO bombing-shortened 1998–99 Serbian League Vojvodina and gained promotion to the

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(Group North). They spent three consecutive seasons in the second tier, before being relegated in

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. Subsequently, the club competed in the

for two seasons, before suffering relegation to the

Vojvodina League West Vojvodina League West ( sr, Vojvođanska liga "Zapad") was a section of the Serbian Zone Leagues, Serbia's fourth football league. The league was operated by the Football Association of Vojvodina. Vojvodina League West consisted of 16 clubs from ...

in 2004. After finishing as runners-up in the 2016–17

Vojvodina League South Vojvodina League South ( sr, Vojvođanska liga "Jug") is a section of the Serbian Zone Leagues, Serbia's fourth football league. The league is operated by the Football Association of Vojvodina. Vojvodina League South consisted of 16 clubs from So ...

, the club won the title in the next season and took promotion to the

. They subsequently placed first in the third tier and gained promotion to the

Serbian First League The Serbian First League ( sr, Прва лига Србије / Prva liga Srbije), referred to as the Mozzart Bet First League ( sr, Моцарт Бет Прва лига / Mozzart Bet Prva liga) for sponsorship reasons, is the name for the second ...

in 2019.

Honours

Vojvodina League /

(Tier 3) * 1986–87 / 2018–19 Novi Sad-Syrmia Zone League /

(Tier 4) * 1973–74, 1974–75, 1977–78, 1982–83 / 2017–18

Seasons

Notable players

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

Željko Brkić Željko Brkić (Serbian Cyrillic: Жељко Бркић, born 9 July 1986) is a Serbian retired professional football goalkeeper. Club career Early career in Serbia Brkić, playing in the goalkeeper position, started his career as a professiona ...

Dimitrije Injac Dimitrije "Dima" Injac ( sr-Cyrl, Димитрије Ињац; born 12 August 1980) is a Serbian Association football, football midfielder. Club career His former clubs were OFK Kikinda, FK Kabel, FK Vojvodina, FK Bečej and FK Slavija Sarajevo. ...

* Igor Bogdanović ''For a list of all FK Kabel players with a Wikipedia article, see :FK Kabel players''.

Managerial history

References

External links

Club page
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