FK Radnički Pirot () is a
football
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club based in
Pirot
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,
Serbia
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. They compete in the
Serbian League East
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, the third tier of the
national league system.
History
The club was founded immediately after
World War II
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in 1945. They made their
Yugoslav Second League
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debut in the 1969–70 campaign. Over the next 12 seasons, the club competed in the second tier of Yugoslav football, before being relegated in
1981
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. They were promoted back the following year and played another six seasons in the Second League (
1982
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–
1988
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), before the competition was reorganized. In the
1975–76 Yugoslav Cup
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Ca ...
, the club made one of the greatest accomplishments in its history by eliminating
Red Star Belgrade
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to reach the quarter-finals, eventually losing to
Dinamo Zagreb
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.
Following the
dissolution of SFR Yugoslavia, the club competed in the newly formed
Second League of FR Yugoslavia
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History
Formed in 1992 after the breakup of Yugoslavia, it consisted ...
in the
1992–93 season, but failed to avoid relegation.
They returned to the second tier three years later and subsequently placed third in Group East in their
comeback appearance.
[ However, the club suffered relegation to the third tier in 1998.][
In the new millennium, the club surprisingly reached the quarter-finals of the 2004–05 Serbia and Montenegro Cup, being eliminated by ]Rad
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after losing 1–0 at home. They also earned promotion to the Serbian First League
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in the same season by winning the Serbian League East
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. The club spent the next three seasons in the second tier of Serbian football, before being relegated back to the Serbian League East in 2008. In the meantime, they achieved another success in the national cup by reaching the 2006–07 Serbian Cup quarter-finals, but lost 2–1 to Vojvodina
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at home.
After spending eight consecutive seasons in the Serbian League East, the club was promoted as champions to the Serbian First League in 2016
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. They were relegated back to the third tier in 2018, only to return to the second tier in 2019
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.
Honours
Serbian League Timok / Serbian League Niš / Serbian League East
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(Tier 3)
* 1995–96 / 2000–01 / 2004–05, 2015–16, 2018–19
Seasons
Supporters
The club's main supporters' group is known as ''Pirgosi''. They were founded in the summer of 1990. The group is traditionally situated in the east stand of the stadium.
Notable players
''This is a list of players who have played at full international level''.
* Nikola Đurđić
Nikola Đurđić (Serbian Cyrillic: Никола Ђурђић; born 1 April 1986) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a striker or as an attacking midfielder for Degerfors IF in Allsvenskan.
Club career
Early years
Đurđić s ...
* Andrija Kaluđerović
Andrija Kaluđerović (; born 5 July 1987) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Grafičar Beograd.
Club career
On 13 December 2003, aged 16, Kaluđerović made his senior debut for OFK Beograd under manager Stevica ...
* Ivan Gvozdenović
Ivan Gvozdenović (Serbian Cyrillic: Иван Гвозденовић; born 19 August 1978) is a Serbian retired football defender, who is the technical coach Kategoria e Parë club Skënderbeu Korçë.
Career
Gvozdenović started his career at ...
* Nenad Jestrović
Nenad Jestrović (Serbian Cyrillic: Ненад Јестровић; born 9 May 1976) is a Serbian former professional footballer who played as a forward.
Club career
Jestrović started his playing career with Radnički Obrenovac in the early 1 ...
* Mateja Kežman
Mateja Kežman ( sr-Cyrl, Матеја Кежман, ; born 12 April 1979) is a Serbian former professional footballer who played as a striker.
Upon playing in his homeland, Kežman went on to play top-flight football in the Netherlands, Engla ...
* Radivoje Manić
Radivoje Manić (Serbian Cyrillic: Радивоје Манић; born 16 January 1972) is a Serbian former professional footballer who played as a striker.
Club career
After impressing at Radnički Niš, Manić moved to South Korea and joined ...
* Zoran Ranković
Zoran Ranković (; born 17 December 1969) is a Serbian former professional footballer who played as a striker.
Club career
After showing promising displays for Dinamo Pančevo, Ranković gained more attention for his performances with Obilić ...
* Jovan Stanković
Jovan Stanković (; born 4 March 1971) is a Serbian retired football manager and former player who played as a left midfielder.
He spent the better part of his career with Red Star Belgrade and in Spain, most notably with Mallorca – he playe ...
* Jovan Anđelković
''For a list of all FK Radnički Pirot players with a Wikipedia article, see :FK Radnički Pirot players''.
Managerial history
References
External links
Club page
at Srbijasport
{{DEFAULTSORT:Radnicki Pirot
1945 establishments in Serbia
Association football clubs established in 1945
Football clubs in Serbia
Football clubs in Yugoslavia
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