FK Radnički Pirot

History

The club was formed in 1945 immediately after World War II. They made their Yugoslav Second League debut in the 1969–70 season. The club spent the following 12 consecutive seasons in the second tier of Yugoslav football, before being relegated in 1981. After only one year, they won the promotion back, spending the next six seasons in the Second League (1982–1988), when the competition was reorganized.

The club made its debut in the newly formed Second League of FR Yugoslavia in the 1992–93 season. They would continue to compete between the second and third level leagues in the following decade.

The club achieved one of the biggest results in its history by reaching the Quarter-finals of the 2004–05 Serbia and Montenegro Cup, when they were eliminated by Rad after losing 0–1 at home. At the end of the season, they also won the promotion to the Serbian First League after finishing first in the Serbian League East. The club spent the following three seasons in the second tier of Serbian football, before being relegated back to the Serbian League East in 2008. In the meantime, they repeated the success in the national cup by reaching the Quarter-finals of the 2006–07 Serbian Cup, when they were eliminated by Vojvodina after losing 1–2 at home.

Honours

Supporters

The club's main supporters group is known as "Pirgosi". They were founded in the summer of 1990. The group is traditionally situated in the east stand of the stadium.

First team

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Other

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Out on loan

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For recent transfers, see List of Serbian football transfers winter 2016–17. For summer transfers, see List of Serbian football transfers summer 2016.

Notable players

Nikola Đurđić, Andrija Kaluđerović, Mateja Kežman, Radivoje Manić, Jovan Stanković and Vladan Radača are former club players with senior national team appearances. The following players are mentioned in the official website as the ones who contributed most to their past achievements.

For the list of all current and former players with Wikipedia article, please see: Category:FK Radnički Pirot players.

Coaches

There is a large number of coaches throughout the history of Radnički Pirot, but the ones that left an strongest impact in the club were Tomislav Kaloperović, Ostoja Simić, Neško Milovanović, Stole Mitić, Žika Stanković, Aleksandar Petković, Dimitar Jovanovski, Ilija Dimovski, Slobodan Ostojić, Mileta Tomić, Ljubomir Veljković, Ivan Jovanović, Ljuborad Stevanović, Čeda Matić, among others.