FK Karađorđe Topola () is a

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club based in

Topola Topola ( sr-cyrl, Топола, ) is a town and municipality located in the Šumadija District of central Serbia. It was the place where Karađorđe, a Serbian revolutionary, was chosen as the leader of the First Serbian Uprising against the Ottom ...

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. The club competes in the

Podunavlje-Šumadija Zone League Podunavlje-Šumadija Zone League ( Serbian: Зонска лига Подунавско-Шумадијска / Zonska liga Podunavsko-Šumadijska) is one of the Serbian Zone League divisions, the fourth tier of the Serbian football league system. ...

, the fourth tier of the

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History

The club was founded on 16 November 1919 and named after Serbian revolutionist

Karađorđe Đorđe Petrović ( sr-Cyrl, Ђорђе Петровић, ), better known by the sobriquet Karađorđe ( sr-Cyrl, Карађорђе, lit=Black George, ; – ), was a Serbian revolutionary who led the struggle for his country's independ ...

. They changed their name to Oplenac in 1929 and later to Jedinstvo in 1949. In 1954, the club reverted its name to Oplenac and eventually to Karađorđe in 1964. Following the

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, the club competed in the Serbian League Morava for five seasons between 1997 and 2002. They returned to the third tier in 2014, spending four seasons in the

Serbian League West Serbian League West ( sr, Српска лига Запад, Srpska liga Zapad) is one of four sections of the Serbian League, the third national tier. The other three sections are Serbian League Belgrade, Serbian League East and Serbian League Voj ...

until 2018. In late 2019, the club celebrated its 100th anniversary.

Honours

Šumadija District League Šumadija District League is a section of the District Leagues, Serbia's fifth football league. The league is operated by the Football Association of Serbia. The league consists of 16 clubs from Šumadija District which play each other in a doubl ...

(Tier 5) * 2010–11

Notable players

''For a list of all FK Karađorđe Topola players with a Wikipedia article, see :FK Karađorđe Topola players''.

References

External links

Club page
at Srbijasport {{DEFAULTSORT:Karadjordje Topola 1919 establishments in Serbia Association football clubs established in 1919 Football clubs in Serbia