FK Železnik 1930 () is a

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club based in

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. They compete in the Belgrade Intermunicipal League, the sixth tier of the

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. The club competed in the

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from 1996 to 2005. They made their European debut in the

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and went on to win the

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later that season, before merging with

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History

Founded as Železnički SK on 28 May 1930, the club became more organized during the 1950s. They changed their name to FK Železnik in 1961, following a merger with FK Napredak, which was originally created by the Ivo Lola Ribar Institute. Between 1963 and 1967, the club competed in the Serbian League North, the third tier of Yugoslav football. They lost to

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in the promotion playoffs to the

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in 1965. The club continued to participate at regional level without notable achievements until 1993, when Jusuf "Jusa" Bulić acquired the club. They won the

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in the 1994–95 season and took promotion to the

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. In the 1995–96 season, the club was promoted to the

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(I/B League). They finished second in the I/B League in the 1996–97 season, earning them a spot in the I/A League in the 1997–98 season. After the assassination of his father, Dragan "Aca" Bulić took over the club in May 1998. Led by the youngest club president in the history of FR Yugoslavia football, they continued to progress rapidly, finishing in a higher league position every season. Simultaneously, the club reached the semi-finals of the national cup in two consecutive seasons in

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and

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, but was eliminated by Sartid Smederevo on both occasions. In the 2003–04 season, the club achieved its best league performance by finishing in third place, thus securing a spot in the

. They were eliminated by Romanian club Steaua București in the second qualifying round, losing 5–4 on aggregate. Despite only finishing ninth in the league that season, the club made the biggest success in its history by winning the

. In June 2005, due to financial difficulties, the club was forced to withdraw its participation from the

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. They eventually merged with another Belgrade-based club

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, which continued to compete in the

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. Refounded as FK Železnik Lavovi, the club started competing in the Belgrade Third League, the seventh tier of Serbian football. They subsequently earned two promotions in two seasons, reaching the

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in 2008. After three years in the fifth tier, the club gained promotion to the

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in 2011. They subsequently secured 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 tier of professional football in Serbia. The other three sections are Serbian League East, Se ...

in 2012. After spending three seasons in the third tier, the club merged with Radnički Beograd in the summer of 2015.

Honours

League

(Tier 3) ** 1994–95 *

(Tier 5) ** 2010–11 *Belgrade Second League (Tier 6) ** 2007–08 *Belgrade Third League (Tier 7) ** 2006–07 (Group A)

Cup

** 2004–05

Seasons

European record

Notable players

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

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* Milan Jovanović *

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* Antonio Filevski *

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* Ivan Dudić * Aleksandar Jović *

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* Saša Kovačević *

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* Jovan Markoski *

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* Aleksandar Pantić * Dejan Rađenović *

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

Managerial history

References

External links

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Club page
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