FK Žitorađa () is a

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club based in

Žitorađa Žitorađa ( sr-cyr, Житорађа, ) is a town and municipality located in the Toplica District of southern Serbia. The municipality includes 30 settlements. According to the 2022 census, the population of the municipality is 13,782 inhabitan ...

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. They compete in the

Serbian League East Serbian League East (Serbian language, Serbian: Српска лига Исток / Srpska liga Istok) is one of four sections of the Serbian League, third tier of professional football in Serbia. The other three sections are Serbian League Belgrad ...

, the third tier of the

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History

The club made its

Second League of FR Yugoslavia The Second League of Serbia and Montenegro was the second tier of the football league system in Serbia and Montenegro, one level below the First League of Serbia and Montenegro. History Formed in 1992 after the breakup of Yugoslavia, it consisted ...

debut in

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. They spent three seasons in the second tier, before being relegated to the

2003 2003 was designated by the United Nations as the International Year of Fresh water, Freshwater. In 2003, a Multi-National Force – Iraq, United States-led coalition 2003 invasion of Iraq, invaded Iraq, starting the Iraq War. Demographic ...

. The club won the Zone League South in the 2022–23 season and got promoted to the

, returning to the third tier after nine years.

Honours

Niš Zone League Niš Zone League (Serbian: Нишка зона / Niška zona) was one of the Serbian Zone League divisions, the fourth tier of the Serbian football league system. It was run by the Football Association of East Serbia. The league folded in 2014, to ...

/ Zone League South (Tier 4) * 2009–10 / 2022–23

Seasons

References

External links

Club page
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