FK Radnički Pirot


FK Radnički Pirot is a professional football club based in Pirot, Serbia. They currently compete in the Serbian First League, the second level of the national league system.

History

The club was founded immediately after World War II in 1945. They made their Yugoslav Second League debut in the 1969–70 campaign. Over the next 12 seasons, the club competed in the second tier of Yugoslav football, before being relegated in 1981. They were promoted back the following year and spent another six seasons in the Second League, when the competition was reorganized. In the 1975–76 Yugoslav Cup, the club made one of the greatest accomplishments in its history by eliminating Red Star Belgrade to reach the quarter-finals, eventually losing to Dinamo Zagreb.
Following the dissolution of SFR Yugoslavia, the club competed in the newly formed Second League of FR Yugoslavia in the 1992–93 season, but failed to avoid relegation. They returned to the second tier three years later and subsequently placed third in Group East in their comeback appearance. However, the club suffered relegation to the third tier in 1998.
In the new millennium, the club surprisingly reached the quarter-finals of the 2004–05 Serbia and Montenegro Cup, being eliminated by Rad after losing 1–0 at home. They also earned promotion to the Serbian First League in the same season by winning the Serbian League East. The club spent the next three seasons in the second tier of Serbian football, before being relegated back to the Serbian League East in 2008. In the meantime, they achieved another success in the national cup by reaching the 2006–07 Serbian Cup quarter-finals, but lost 2–1 to Vojvodina at home.
After spending eight consecutive seasons in the Serbian League East, the club was promoted as champions to the Serbian First League in 2016. They bounced back to the third tier in 2018, only to return to the second tier in 2019.

Honours

Serbian League Timok / Serbian League Niš / Serbian League East
;Notes

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.

Players

First-team squad

For recent transfers, see List of Serbian football transfers winter 2019–20.

Notable players

;National team players
For a list of all FK Radnički Pirot players with a Wikipedia article, see :Category:FK Radnički Pirot players.

Managerial history

PeriodName
2005 Čedomir Matić
2006 Marjan Živković
2006 Vladimir Jocić
2006–2007 Nebojša Vignjević
2007 Cvijetin Blagojević
2007 Zoran Nikolić
2007 Miloš Joksić
2008 Ljubomir Veljković
2009 Goran Cvetković
2009 Slobodan Đošev
2009 Marjan Živković
2010 Slobodan Đošev

PeriodName
2010–2011 Vojkan Aleksić
2011–2012 Radivoje Manić
2012 Milan Stojanoski
2012–2013 Mile Tomić
2013–2014 Aleksandar Kuzmanović
2014–2015 Vojkan Aleksić
2015–2017 Marjan Živković
2017 Dražen Dukić
2017–2018 Goran Lazarević
2018 Aleksandar Kuzmanović
2018–2019 Marko Vidojević
2019– Dejan Čelar