FK Mladost Lučani () is a professional

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club based in

Lučani Lučani ( sr-cyr, Лучани) is a town and municipality located in the Moravica District of western Serbia. The population of the town is 5,142, while the population of the municipality is 20,897. Settlements Aside from the town of Lučani, t ...

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. They compete in the

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, the top tier of the

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History

Founded in 1952, the club achieved its first notable success by winning the

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 East) in 1989, thus earning promotion to the

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. However, they were relegated after just one season, finishing bottom of the table. Upon the

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, the club started off in the

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. They won first place in

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and took promotion to the First League (I/B League). The club spent the following three seasons in the First League (the last two in the I/A League), before suffering relegation in

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The '' Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently ...

. They earned another promotion to the top flight after winning the Second League (Group West) in

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, but were narrowly relegated back the

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. Regardless, the club's striker Zoran Đurašković was crowned the competition's top scorer with 27 goals. After winning 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 ...

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, the club was promoted to the

. They placed in the middle of the table in their debut appearance, but were forced to withdraw from the competition due to financial issues. Over the next six seasons, the club played in the Serbian First League, the second tier of the national league pyramid. They earned promotion back to the SuperLiga after winning the First League in 2013–14. With a seventh-place finish in its

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, the club tied its previous record from the 2007–08 campaign. Moreover, Patrick Friday Eze concluded the season as the league's top scorer with 15 goals. Led by manager

Nenad Milovanović Nenad "Neško" Milovanović (; born 15 August 1969) is a Serbian Association football, football manager and former player. During his managerial career, Milovanović worked at FK Mladost Lučani, Mladost Lučani, FK Borac Čačak, Borac Čačak, ...

, the club achieved its best ever league standing in the 2016–17 season, finishing in fourth place and securing a spot in European competitions for the first time in history. They were, however, eliminated by Azerbaijani side

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in the first qualifying round of the

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, losing 5–0 on aggregate. On the domestic stage, the club made another historical success by reaching the final of the

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. They eventually lost 2–1 to

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after initially leading 1–0.

Honours

(Tier 2) * 1994–95, 2000–01 (Group West) / 2006–07, 2013–14

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 ...

(Tier 3) * 1988–89 (Group East) / 2003–04, 2005–06

Seasons

European record

Players

First-team squad

Out on loan

Notable players

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

Admir Aganović Admir Aganović (born 25 August 1986) is a Bosnian former professional footballer who played as a striker. Club career Aganović came through the youth system of Partizan, but failed to make a first-team debut. He instead played on loan at Te ...

* Ninoslav Milenković * Siniša Saničanin * Misdongarde Betolngar * Milan Jovanović *

Janko Tumbasević Janko Tumbasević (; born 14 January 1985) is a Montenegrin professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Serbian club Mladost Lučani. Club career Tumbasević made his senior debut with Zeta under manager Nikola Rakojević in t ...

Tome Kitanovski Tome Kitanovski ( mk, Томе Китановски, born 21 May 1992) is a Macedonian footballer who plays as a right-back for Serbian club Sloboda Užice. Club career Born in Bitola, Kitanovski played with FK Pelister in the Macedonian Fi ...

Aleksandar Lazevski Aleksandar Lazevski (; born 21 January 1988) is a Macedonian footballer who plays for OFK Vršac. Club career Lazevski has passed Partizan's youth academy after which he was transferred to FK Teleoptik to gain experience. Lazevski was promoted ...

* Badara Badji *

Dušan Anđelković Dušan Anđelković (; born 15 June 1982) is a Serbian former professional footballer who played as a defender. Club career Anđelković started out at Sloga Kraljevo, before moving to Mladost Lučani. He made his top flight debut with Radnič ...

Marko Jevremović Marko Jevremović (; born 23 February 1996) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Greek Super League 2 club Athens Kallithea FC. Career After coming through the youth system of Rad and Brodarac, Jevremović made hi ...

* Lazar Jovanović * Saša Jovanović * Nemanja Mićević *

Nemanja Milunović Nemanja Milunović ( sr-Cyrl, Немања Милуновић, ; born 31 May 1989) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Serbian club Red Star Belgrade and the Serbia national team. Club career Early career Milunovi ...

* Miloš Stanojević *

Jovan Markoski Jovan Markoski (; born 23 June 1980) is a Serbian former footballer who played as a midfielder. He was capped four times for Serbia and Montenegro. Club career Markoski made a name for himself while playing for Železnik, winning the Serbia and ...

Husniddin Gafurov Husniddin Gofurov (, born 29 July 1994) is an Uzbeks, Uzbek Association football, footballer playing with Surkhon Termez, on loan from Pakhtakor Tashkent FK. Club career Born in Fergana, he played in 2012-13 with NBU Osiyo in Uzbekistan before mo ...

''For a list of all FK Mladost Lučani players with a Wikipedia article, see :FK Mladost Lučani players''.

Managerial history

References

External links

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Club page
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