Fudbalski klub Inđija (Serbian Cyrillic: Фудбалски клуб Инђија), currently known as Inđija Toyo Tires for sponsorship reasons, is a football club based in the city of Inđija, Serbia. They compete in the Serbian First League, the second tier of the national league system.
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| Full name | Fudbalski klub Inđija | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Zelena armija (The Green Army) | ||
| Founded | 1933 | ||
| Ground | TOYO Tires Arena | ||
| Capacity | 4,000 | ||
| Chairman | Dragan Pilipović | ||
| Manager | Miroslav Blanuša | ||
| League | Serbian First League | ||
| 2023–24 | Serbian First League, 3rd of 16 | ||
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During Yugoslavia the club mainly participated in the amateur ranks of competition.
The club's biggest success were two promotions to the Serbian SuperLiga for 2010–11 and 2019–20 seasons.
History
editFK Inđija was established in 1933 as a Yugoslav Railways employees club, initially named ŽAK Inđija and later FK Železničar Inđija. In 1969, Železničar was renamed to FK PIK Inđija. In 1975 the name changed, this time to FK Agrounija after the club's sponsor at that time. In 1994, the name become FK Inđija and it lasts until nowadays, exception was the period between 2001 and 2003 when for sponsorship reasons the clubs was known as FK Brazda Coop.
In 1941, they won the Novi Sad Football Subassociation First League.[1] Later during the SFR Yugoslavia period, the club competed mostly in the third national level. On several occasions they played the qualifiers for the Yugoslav Second League, until they finally achieved promotion to it in 1992. The next notable achievement was in 2005–06 season when they reached the quarter-finals of the Serbia and Montenegro Cup, and also won the Serbian League Vojvodina and got promoted to the Serbian First League (second level).
In 2010, FK Inđija finished first in the Serbian First League and was promoted to the Serbian SuperLiga, Serbia's highest professional football league, an achievement they would repeat in 2019.
Honours
edit- Serbian First League
- Champions (1): 2009–10
- Serbian League Vojvodina
- Champions (1): 2005–06
- Novi Sad Football Subassociation
- Champions (1): 1941
Current squad
editFirst team
edit- As of 1 September 2024[2]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Out on loan
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Notable players
editDragoljub Pejović was one of the most successful players of the club and later in his career his he played for FK Vojvodina and FK Hajduk Kula. Other players are Bojan Banjac who after playing with FK Inđija played for Lille in France, Ratko Vukčević who played for FK Obilić and Ljubiša Kekić. Altogether there have been 35 players from FK Inđija that played in top leagues, not only in Serbia but in other European leagues as well.
Players that played in the club and that have national team appearances are Bojan Neziri (Serbia), Jovan Tanasijević and Nikola Vukčević (Montenegro), Zoran Janković (Bulgaria), Yaw Antwi (Ghana), Diego Bardanca (Philippines) and Badara Badji (Senegal).[3]
Stadium
editStadion FK Inđija is a stadium among longest sport tradition in Srem and Vojvodina, it is located in near center of the town, near railroad station and main railroad direction Belgrade-Subotica-Budapest. It is built on a place where locomotive depot was at. For decades it is a center of main football and other sports in town.
At the time when FK Železničar was founded to today, FK Inđija, the pitch was made and with it wooden stands with a roof 600 was the capacity. Changing rooms were made in 1962. In 1970, the stands went under renovation because the wood started to fall apart. In 2006, the stadium got its today look When first built the stadium could hold up to 4,000 to 5,000 people. Over the years the capacity dropped due to safety precautions, the capacity fell to 3,500.
In 2006, FK Inđija has revealed plans for a new stadium, the capacity is going to be 10,000. When finished it will fulfill the club's ambitions. The club's president has stated that FK Inđija goals are to be a standard club in the Serbian SuperLiga and to play in the UEFA Europa League. The new stadium is expected to fulfill UEFA's criteria for playing games in the UEFA Europa League, and is expected to be finished in 2012.
Managerial history
edit- Bogić Bogićević (Jul 2006 – Apr 2007)
- Mihajlo Bošnjak (Apr – May 2007)
- Ljubomir Ristovski (Jul – Sep 2007)
- Goran Kalušević (Sep 2007 – Mar 2008)
- Predrag Pejović (Mar – Oct 2008)
- Milan Đuričić (Oct 2008 – Oct 2009)
- Momčilo Raičević (Oct 2009 – Oct 2010)
- Saša Nikolić (Oct – Dec 2010)
- Zoran Janković (Dec 2010 – Apr 2011)
- Simo Krunić (Apr 2011 – 2011)
- Dušan Jevrić (Jun – Nov 2011)
- Zoran Govedarica (Dec 2011 – Oct 2013)
- Predrag Pejović (Oct 2013 – Jan 2014)
- Miloš Veselinović (Jan 2014 – 2015)
- Goran Nikolić (2015 – 2016)
- Branislav Bajić (2016 – Sep 2016)
- Srđan Blagojević (Sep – Dec 2016)
- Spasoje Jelačić (Dec 2016 – Oct 2017)
- Srđan Blagojević (Oct 2017 – Oct 2019)
- Aleksandar Janjić (Oct 2019 – Jul 2020)
- Bratislav Živković (Jul – Sep 2020)
- Dejan Čelar (Oct 2020 – Mar 2021)
- Goran Milojević (Mar – May 2021)
- Nebojša Jandrić (Jun 2021 – Mar 2022)
- Milan Kuljić (Mar – May 2022)
- Goran Dragoljić (Jun 2022 – Jun 2023)
- Jovan Golić (Jun 2023 – present)
References
edit- ^ Fudbal u Kraljevini Jugoslaviji, Sijić, pag. 126
- ^ "Team roster". Serbian PrvaLiga official website. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
- ^ FK Inđija at National-Football-Teams.com
External links
edit- Zelena Armija fans Archived 3 April 2009 at the Wayback Machine
- Inđija Stats at SrbijaSport.net