President Koviljko Hajder | Ground Capacity 2,000 Head coach Milan Ristić Founded 1952 | |
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Full name Fudbalski klub Teleoptik Nickname(s) Optičari (The Opticians) Leagues Serbian League Belgrade, Serbian First League | ||
Fudbalski klub Teleoptik (Serbian Cyrillic: Фудбалски клуб Телеоптик) is a professional football club from Zemun, Belgrade, Serbia. They currently compete in the Serbian League Belgrade, the third tier of the national league system.
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History
Founded by the manufacturing company of the same name in 1952, the club played in the local leagues during the Yugoslav era, without notable achievements. In the period when the country started breaking apart, the club agreed to an affiliate partnership with Partizan. One of the most significant aspects of this cooperation was the construction of the SC Partizan-Teleoptik, which was officially opened in May 1998.
In the NATO bombing-shortened 1998–99 season, the club finished second in the Serbian League Belgrade, thus being promoted to the Second League of FR Yugoslavia. After easily securing league status in their debut season, the club made an even better result in the 2000–01 season, finishing in fifth place. However, the club failed to avoid relegation in 2002, when the competition changed its format.
After seven consecutive seasons in the Serbian League Belgrade, the club finally won promotion to the Serbian First League in 2009 after eliminating Timok in the playoffs. The club spent the following five seasons in the second tier of Serbian football, before being relegated in 2014.
Notable players
For a list of all FK Teleoptik players with a Wikipedia article, see Category:FK Teleoptik players.
