History
Fudbalski klub Voždovac (Serbian Cyrillic: Фудбалски клуб Вождовац) is a professional football club based in Voždovac, Belgrade, Serbia, which competes in the Serbian First League, the second tier.
Nicknamed "The Dragons", they experienced little success in the Yugoslavian era, but have become one of Belgrade's best and most stable clubs in modern times since Serbia's independence.
They are known for their stadium on top of the shopping center.
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The club was formed in 1912, under the name SK Dušanovac and its president in that year was Danilo Stojanović, "Čika Dača" who was also the coach in that year. The club was named after Dušanovac, a suburb in Belgrade where the club was formed. Initially it was a club whose players and followers were mostly students from the Economics Gymnasium. After the end of World War I the club substantially improved however it never archived to be in the top like other clubs such as BSK Belgrade or SK Jugoslavija.
In 1929, it is renamed into Voždovački SK (Voždovački sport klub). The main success in this period was the winning of the II League of Belgrade Football Subassociation in the 1933–34 season, and the III League of Belgrade in 1948–49. In the 1963–64 season, they won the Serbian Republic League, then the Yugoslav third tier, and promoted to the Yugoslav Second League. After Red Star Belgrade's new ground Marakana was built between 1959 and 1963, Voždovački SK played its home matches on Marakana's secondary pitch with bleachers around it.
In 1973, another local club, Sloboda Belgrade, formed in 1953 and Belgrade League champion in 1968, was dissolved. The municipal authorities decided to hand Sloboda's ground over to Voždovački, which then changed its name to FK Voždovac. The first major achievement was the winning of the Belgrade Football Association Cup in 1975. During the following three decades Voždovac competed mostly in the lower Serbian leagues, until the season of 2003–04, when they won the Serbian League Belgrade without a single defeat, achieving promotion to the Serbian First League, the national second tier.
On 28 June 2005, Železnik won the Serbia and Montenegro Cup but, struggling financially, merged with Voždovac. As a result, Voždovac gained access to the 2005–06 First League of Serbia and Montenegro, finishing in third place and qualifying for European competition. However, due to the continuing financial difficulties after the merger, club officials decided not to request the license for European competitions.
Since the opening of the new stadium in August 2013, the club has been regarded as relatively stable within Serbian football, supported in part by commercial partnerships with businesses operating within the stadium complex. The club's management has also introduced initiatives aimed at attracting a youger supporter base, including the development of a modern website and the redesign of the club's crest. The updated crest incorporates a red dragon, reflecting the club's nickname, and replaced the previous design. These efforts were intended to differentiate the club's image and presentation from that of the other Serbian clubs.
Voždovac finished the 2019/20 season in 8th place under manager Radomir Koković who was fired late in the season due to a run of losses, former player Jovan Damjanović took over the managers role and guided the club to a safe mid table finish.
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Squad
| # | Goalkeepers | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Milos Debeljakovic | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Luka Tasic | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Aleksandar Kahriman | 0 | 0 |
| # | Defenders | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Ahmed Skrijelj | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Pavle Mihajlovic | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Veljko Djokic | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Maximilien Boussou | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Vladimir Nedeljkovic | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Nikola Cejovic | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Fuhna Wirsiy Nsolo | 0 | 0 |
| # | Midfielders | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | Yu Horike | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Milos Jovic | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Vukasin Braunovic | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Ognjen Dimitric | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Luka Maksimovic | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Jasin Rasljanin | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Stefan Golubovic | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Mihajlo Butrakovic | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Savo Raskovic | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Luka Nedovic | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Achraf Madi | 0 | 0 |
| # | Forwards | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Luka Svetlicic | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Ognjen Ajdar | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Zihao Lin | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Vuk Cica | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Musa Adam | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Veljko Prodanic | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Lazar Milosev | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Djordje Popovic | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Quincy Tavares | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Joshua Zimmerman | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Veljko Mladenovic | 0 | 0 |