FK Bačka 1901 () is a football club from Subotica in

Bačka Bačka ( sr-cyrl, Бачка, ) or Bácska () is a geographical and historical area within the Pannonian Plain bordered by the river Danube to the west and south, and by the river Tisza to the east. It is divided between Serbia and Hunga ...

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. It is the longest running club in Serbia and also the oldest within the former

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. Founded in 1901 in Subotica, the club's colors are red and white, while the club's anthem is ''Pivaj Bačka veselo''.

History

The club was founded in 1901, during Austro-Hungarian administration. Bačka 1901 played a big role in a cultural and sport autonomy of

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in Bačka during the Austro-Hungarian period. Its first name was ''Bácska Szabadkai Athletikai Club'', since it was registered by the Austro-Hungarian authorities in

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. In its early years, the club played in the leagues of the Austro-Hungarian Kingdom of Hungary, regularly winning in the southern league. After beginning of the

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, the region became part of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (renamed Yugoslavia in 1929), and the club participated in the Yugoslav championship twice, in its

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inaugural season and in

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. During this time the club was named ''JSD Bačka''. In 1941, during the

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, Bačka was attached to Horthy's Hungary and the club was forced to compete in the

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, where it entered competition in its third-tier. In 1945 the communist authorities renamed the club to ''HAŠK Građanski'' (Croat Academical Sports Club Građanski) in their attempt to Croatize Slavic populations of Bačka region. Soon after the club was renamed to ''FD Sloboda''. Later, it was renamed to ''FD Zvezda'', and in 1963, the club returned the name ''Bačka''. Backa-aik

''FK Bačka 1901'' were promoted to the

Serbian League Vojvodina Serbian League Vojvodina (Serbian language, Serbian: Српска лига Војводина / Srpska liga Vojvodina) is one of four sections of the Serbian League, the third national tier. The other three sections are Serbian League Belgrade, Se ...

, national third tier in 2013. In May 2007 the president of the club became Dragan Vujković, former member of the Yugoslav national

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team and silver medalist from two World Amateur Championships.Subotičke
Oni su gradili "grad sportova"

Names through history

*''"Bácska" SAC'' *''JAD "Bačka"'' *''HŠK "Bačka"'' *''HAŠK "Građanski"'' *''FD "Sloboda"'' *''FD "Zvezda"'' *''FK "Bačka"''

Notable players

These players are listed in the club's official website. In alphabetic order: * Csaba Béres * Zoran Bogešić * Stanko Bogojević * Ivica Bošnjak * Predrag Bošnjak, Hungarian national team player * Ivan Budimčević * Mijo Bukvić * Antun Copko * Beno Cvijanov * Mirko Evetović * Stjepan Gabrić *

Lajoš Jakovetić Lajoš Jakovetić (; 45 November 1922 - 27 January 2003) was a Serbian, Yugoslavia international, football player and manager. Playing career He started playing in the youth teams of his home town club FK Bačka 1901. He represented the region of ...

, Yugoslav national team player * Mihalj Kečkeš, Yugoslav national team player * István Kenyeres * Nesto Kopunović * Andrija Kujundžić, Yugoslav national team player * Zoltan Kujundžić * Gordan Lazić * Josip Lerinc * Tomo Malagurski * Zoran Mandić * Remija Marcikić, Yugoslav national team player and Southern Hungarian selected team player * Nikola Matković * Tihomir Ognjanov, Yugoslav national team player * Marinko Poljaković * Josip Rajčić * Tibor Rehm * Pero Remeš * Antun Rudinski, Yugoslav national team player * Nikola Sadojević * Ivan Sarić * Tomislav Sivić * Ivan Skenderović * Dezider Szlezák * Attila Szabados * József Szili * Radovan Šimun *

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* Zoran Trivunov * László Varga * Dejan Vilotić * Marko Vujković * Zoltán Wagner * Miloš Zakić * Josip Zemko, Yugoslav national team player Besides these above, among Bačka's legendary persons are Lajos Vermes, Nikola Matković and Đuro Stantić. ''For the list of former and current players with Wikipedia article, please see: :FK Bačka 1901 players.''

Coaches

List of all coaches:Lučonoše Jugoslovenskog fudbala - Monografija FK Bačka Subotica 1901-2001
pag. 134 * Zoltán Wagner (1901–1906) * Gyula Gruber (1906–1914) * Ivan Milašin (1914–1920) * Aleksandar Perl (1920–1924) * Ferenc Nagy (1924–1926) * Aleksandar Perl (1926–1930) * Andrija Kujundžić - Čiča (1930–1941) * Lajoš Gencel (1945–1946) * Miroslav Stojanović (1948–1949) * Laslo Varga (1949–1950) * Lajoš Gencel (1950–1951) * Josip Vad (1951–1952) * Lajoš Gencel (1952–1953) * Željko Sabanov (1953–1954) * Beno Cvijanov (1954–1955) * Gustav Matković (1955–1959) * Aleksandar Petrović (1959–1960) * Laslo Varga (1960–1963) * Jožef Koras (1963–1965) * Gustav Matković (1965–1966) * Laslo Varga (1966–1969) * Tihomir Ognjanov (1969–1971) * Franjo Čović (1971–1972) * Miloš Glončak (1972–1974) * Josip Zemko (1974–1977) * Branko Roksandić (1977–1978) * Đorđe Palatinus * Tome Malagurski * Dobrivoje Trivić (1978–1979) * Lajčo Jakovetić (1979–1980) * Branko Roksandić (1980–1981) * Josip Rajčić (1981–1986) * Budisav Pajić (1986–1987) *

(1987–1988) * Budisav Pajić (1988–1989) *

(1989–1990) * Josip Rajčić (1990–1991) * Josip Zemko * Josip Lerinc *

(1991) * Hajrudin Saračević (1991–1992) * Slobodan Kustudić (1992–1993) * Josip Zemko * Marko Vujković * Danilo Mandić (1993–1994) * Josip Zemko * Marko Vujković * Danilo Mandić (1994–1995) * Josip Rajčić * István Gligor (1995–1996) * Danilo Mandić (1996–1997) * Josip Rajčić * Marko Vujković (1998–1999) * Josip Rajčić (1999–2001)

FK Bačka in art

Croatian writer from Bačka, Milivoj Prćić, has written a

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, ''Pivaj Bačka veselo'', dedicated to this club. Later in 2006, Rajko Ljubič made a movie of the same name after Prćić's work.

References

External links

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Vojvodina league - East
at SrbijaSport
Radio Subotica
«Crveno bijela zabava» podsjetila na povijest «Bačke» * *
Radio Subotica
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