FK Železničar Niš () is a defunct

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club based in

Niš Niš (; sr-Cyrl, Ниш, ; names in other languages) is the third largest city in Serbia and the administrative center of the Nišava District. It is located in southern part of Serbia. , the city proper has a population of 183,164, while ...

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History

Founded in 1928, the club initially competed in the

Niš Football Subassociation The Niš Football Subassociation, known as NLP, ( Serbo-Croato-Slovenian: ''Niški loptački podsavez'' / Нишки лоптачки подсавез - НЛП) was one of the regional football governing bodies under the tutorial of the Football Ass ...

League, winning the title in 1939 and 1941. They subsequently participated in the

1946–47 Yugoslav First League The 1946–47 Yugoslav First League season was the first season of the First Federal League ( sh-Latn, Prva savezna liga), the top level association football competition of SFR Yugoslavia, which ended the six-year period in which national footbal ...

as 14. Oktobar, immediately suffering relegation. Later on, the club competed for five seasons in the

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from

1962 Events January * January 1 – Western Samoa becomes independent from New Zealand. * January 3 – Pope John XXIII excommunicates Fidel Castro for preaching communism. * January 8 – Harmelen train disaster: 93 die in the wors ...

1967 Events January * January 1 – Canada begins a year-long celebration of the 100th anniversary of Confederation, featuring the Expo 67 World's Fair. * January 5 ** Spain and Romania sign an agreement in Paris, establishing full consular and ...

Notable players

;National team players *

Saša Simonović Saša Simonović ( sr-cyr, Саша Симоновић; born 20 July 1975) is a former Serbian footballer who played as a midfielder. Career Simonović began his career with Radnički Niš, playing for the team between 1988 and 1994. He also pl ...

References

External links

Club page
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