FK Teleoptik () is a professional

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club based in

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. They compete in 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 ...

, the third tier of the national league system.

History

Founded by the manufacturing company of the same name in 1952, the club exclusively played in the local leagues of Belgrade within the

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, but without notable achievements. In the early 1990s, when the country started breaking apart, they agreed to an affiliate partnership with

Partizan Partizan may refer to: Sport * JSD Partizan, a sports society from Belgrade, Serbia, which includes the following clubs: **AK Partizan, athletics ** Biciklistički Klub Partizan, cycling ** Džudo Klub Partizan, judo **FK Partizan, association fo ...

. One of the most significant aspects of this cooperation was the construction of the

SC Partizan-Teleoptik The Sports Centre Partizan-Teleoptik ( sr, Спортски центар Партизан-Телеоптик / Sportski centar Partizan-Teleoptik), also known as Zemunelo ( sr-cyrl, Земунело; the name being composed to show the resemblance ...

, which was officially opened in May 1998. In the NATO bombing-shortened 1998–99 season, the club finished second in the

, getting promotion to the

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. After easily securing league status in their debut appearance, they made an even better result in the 2000–01 season, finishing in fifth place. However, the club failed to avoid relegation in

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, when the competition changed its format. After seven consecutive seasons in the Serbian League Belgrade, the club finally managed to earn promotion to 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 ...

in 2009, defeating

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

runners-up

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on penalties in the playoffs. They spent the next five seasons in the second tier of Serbian football, before being relegated in 2013–14. After winning the Serbian League Belgrade in 2017, the club was promoted back to the Serbian First League, but again suffered relegation in the 2018–19 season.

Honours

(Tier 3) * 2016–17, 2020–21

Seasons

Notable players

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

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 ...

* Samir Memišević * Ivan Čvorović * Dramane Salou * Darko Božović *

Andrija Delibašić Andrija Delibašić (Serbian Cyrillic: Андрија Делибашић, ; born 24 April 1981) is a Montenegrin retired professional footballer who played as a striker. After starting out at Partizan he went on to spend most of his career in ...

Nikola Drinčić Nikola Drinčić ( sr-Cyrl, Никола Дринчић, ; born 7 September 1984) is a Montenegrin professional football coach and a former player, he played as a central midfielder. He is an assistant coach with IMT. After playing for Serbia's ...

* Marko Janković * Ivan Kecojević * Goran Vujović * Ifeanyi Emeghara *

Stefan Aškovski Stefan Ashkovski (, born 24 February 1992) is a Macedonian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Super League Greece club Lamia. Club career Born in Skopje, Macedonia, Ashkovski started his career in Serbia, playing with FK Teleopti ...

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 ...

* Predrag Ranđelović *

Perica Stančeski Perica Stančeski (; born 29 January 1985) is a Macedonian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Club career After coming through the youth system at Partizan, Stančeski was sent out on loan to Hajduk Beograd in 2003. He l ...

* Andrés Cabrero *

Nikola Aksentijević Nikola Aksentijević (; born 9 March 1993) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Radnički Niš. Club career Aksentijević started playing football with hometown club Radnički Kragujevac. He later joined the youth ...

Stefan Babović Stefan Babović (Serbian Cyrillic: Стефан Бабовић; born 7 January 1987) is a Serbian former professional footballer who played as a deep-lying playmaker. He is the current chief operations officer (COO) of Victoria Group. During h ...

* Veljko Birmančević * Miroslav Bogosavac *

Miloš Bogunović Miloš Bogunović (; born 10 June 1985) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a forward. Club career Early career After spending his development years at local clubs Zemun and Teleoptik, Bogunović made his senior debuts with Sre ...

Miloš Jojić Miloš Jojić ( sr-Cyrl, Милош Јојић, ; born 19 March 1992) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder. Club career Early years Jojić joined the youth system of Partizan in 2003. He made his senior debu ...

* Filip Kljajić * Nenad Lukić * Saša Lukić * Nikola Milenković *

Aleksandar Mitrović Aleksandar Mitrović ( sr-Cyrl, Александар Митровић, (); born 16 September 1994) is a Serbian professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Striker (association football), striker for club Fulham F.C., Fulham a ...

Matija Nastasić Matija Nastasić ( sr-cyr, Матија Настасић; born 28 March 1993) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Spanish La Liga club Mallorca and the Serbia national team. He began his career at Partizan, a ...

* Jovan Nišić *

Ivan Obradović Ivan Obradović ( sr-Cyrl, Иван Обрадовић, ; born 25 July 1988) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a left-back and Serbia national team. At international level, Obradović represented Serbia at the 2010 FIFA World C ...

* Aleksandar Popović *

Ivan Radovanović Ivan Radovanović (; born 29 August 1988) is a Serbian professional football manager and former player who is the manager of Serbian First League club Jedinstvo Ub. At international level, Radovanović earned ten caps for Serbia between 2010 and ...

* Marko Šćepović *

Petar Škuletić Petar Škuletić ( sr-Cyrl, Петар Шкулетић; born 29 June 1990) is a Serbian former professional footballer who played as a striker. Club career Early years At the age of 14, Škuletić joined the youth system of Partizan. He was pr ...

* Milan Smiljanić *

Miralem Sulejmani Miralem Sulejmani ( sr-Cyrl, Миралем Сулејмани, ; born 5 December 1988) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a winger. When he signed for Ajax in 2008, he became the most expensive football player to have ever been ...

Nemanja Tomić Nemanja Tomić (Serbian Cyrillic: Немања Томић; born 21 January 1988) is a Serbian footballer who plays for Mladost Lučani. He has been described as a "tricky" winger with sublime dribbling skill. Club career Tomić started his footb ...

* Jovan Vlalukin *

Milivoje Ćirković Milivoje Ćirković (; born 14 April 1977) is a Serbian former professional footballer who played as a defender. Club career After returning from his loan at Milicionar, Ćirković played his first official game for Partizan in November 1999. ...

* Saša Ilić *

Danko Lazović Danko Lazović ( sr-Cyrl, Данко Лазовић, ; born 17 May 1983) is a Serbian former footballer who played as a forward or winger. He represented the Serbia national team at the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Club career Partizan Lazović st ...

Nemanja Rnić Nemanja Rnić (, ; born 30 September 1984) is a Serbian former professional footballer who played as a defender. Club career In June 2003, Rnić signed his first professional contract with Partizan on a five-year deal. He won two national champ ...

Simon Vukčević Simon Vukčević (Serbian Cyrillic: Симон Вукчевић, ; born 29 January 1986) is a Montenegrin former footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. After starting his senior career at the age of 17 with Partizan, winning two nati ...

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

Managerial history

References

External links

Club page
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