FK Donji Srem


Fudbаlski klub Donji Srem 2015 is a football club based in Pećinci, Serbia. It is commonly known simply as Donji Srem which is how Lower Syrmia, the region Pećinci is located, is known in Serbian language.

History

The club was initially established under the name Borac Pećinci in 1927. With time, the location of Pećinci begins to have more and more features of an urban area contributing mostly for this the proximity to the important Belgrade-Zagreb highway by which the Serbian, and former Yugoslav, capital city of Belgrade is just 41 kilometers away. Other important factors for the town development were the progress of economy, culture, sports and education in the region.
With the promotion of the town of Pećinci into center of the municipality much human and material support were attributed into disposition for the progress and development of football, with the club of FK Donji Srem its primary exponent, culminating with the promotion to the Serbian League Vojvodina in 2009. The most important contributors for this success were the main financial supporters of the club, Milenko Đurđević and Milan Aleksić.
In the season 2010–11, Donji Srem won the Serbian League Vojvodina, achieving promotion to the national second tier, the Serbian First League. In 2011–12, they beat all the odds and rolled to finish as runners-up in the Serbian First League, earning a historical first time promotion to top tier Serbian SuperLiga for 2012–13.
In the SuperLiga, they famously upset Partizan Belgrade 2:1 in the second round of the 2012–13 season. Donji Srem spent three years in the SuperLiga. They finally suffered relegation in 2014–15 after a number of controversial results went against them, including losing 3:2 away to Spartak Subotica where Spartak were awarded two late penalties.
While in the SuperLiga, the team occasionally played some matches in the Karađorđe Stadium in Novi Sad.
In 2017 the club was renamed in FK Donji Srem 2015. and plays in the Vojvodina League East.

Stadium

Club's home ground is known as Suvača Sportcenter. This sport complex is currently under reconstruction. After renovation stadium will have 3,500 seats. In the 2012–13 season, Donji Srem played their home games in Novi Sad at Karađorđe Stadium.

Honours and achievements

Former players

The former players have made appearances for A national teams:
For the list of former and current players with Wikipedia article, please see: :Category:FK Donji Srem players.

Coaching history