FK Rakovica () is a

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club based in Rakovica,

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. They compete in the

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, the fifth tier of the

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History

Founded in 1937, the club was accepted into the

Belgrade Football Subassociation The Belgrade Football Subassociation, commonly known by its initials, BLP ( Serbo-Croato-Slovenian: ''Beogradski loptački podsavez'' / Београдски лоптачки подсавез - БЛП) was one of the regional football governing bodie ...

in 1940. They were reestablished after

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in 1947 as Motor, before being renamed to Rakovica in 1948. In 1954, the club became known as IM Rakovica (IMR), backed by the manufacturing factory of the same name. With the beginning of the new millennium, the club competed in the

2000–01 Second League of FR Yugoslavia Second League of FR Yugoslavia 2000–01 (Serbian: Druga liga Jugoslavije) consisted of three groups of 18 teams (Serbia) and 1 group of 12 teams (Montenegro). League table North East West South (Montenegro) {{DEFAULTSORT:2000-01 Second ...

, finishing bottom of the table in Group North. They subsequently suffered consecutive relegations, finding themselves in the fifth tier by the 2003–04 season. After winning the

in the 2011–12 season, the club finished as runners-up of the 2012–13

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and earned promotion to the

Serbian League Belgrade Serbian League Belgrade ( Serbian: Српска лига Београд / Srpska liga Beograd) is one of four sections of the Serbian League, the third national tier. The other three sections are Serbian League East, Serbian League Vojvodina and ...

. They spent four seasons in the third tier, before finishing bottom of the table in 2016–17. In 2017, the club reverted its name to Rakovica.

Honours

(Tier 5) * 2011–12

Notable players

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

Managerial history

References

External links

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Club page
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