FK Spartak Subotica


Fudbalski klub Spartak Subotica is a professional football club from Subotica, Serbia, that plays in the Serbian SuperLiga. The club was founded in 1945 and was named after Jovan Mikić Spartak, the leader of the Partisans in Subotica, who was a national hero and was killed in 1944. The club was named Spartak Subotica until the end of the 2007–08 Serbian League Vojvodina season when it was merged with Zlatibor Voda who won promotion to the Serbian First League thus gaining the name Spartak Zlatibor Voda. In 2013, the board decided to return the original name of the club: "FK Spartak Subotica." However, the practice of adopting a sponsorship name returned in 2018 with the club accepting sponsorship from a vinary and renaming itself Spartak Ždrepčeva krv after the name of the popular wine brand produced in Serbia.

History

Founded in 1945, FK Spartak Subotica is, after Vojvodina, the most successful club in northern Serbia. They participated in the first after-war club championship, in the 1946–47 Yugoslav First League and from then on, they played always in between the first and second national leagues. The biggest success of the club was achieved when the club played in the 1993–94 FR Yugoslavia Cup final against Partizan.
After the dissolution of ŽAK Subotica, club that played in the pre-war period until 1945, the players who did not want to belong to any of the two newly formed clubs, Radnički or Građanski, decided to form the FK Spartak. The new club was named after the nickname of a legendary Subotica athlete and World War II commander Jovan Mikić – Spartak. The club was very active in its early years, continuing the tradition of Subotica football. Many club players later played for the biggest clubs in the country or internationally, having some played for the national team, as well. Beside the players, the stadium, the colors and the fans, Spartak also inherited from ŽAK the tradition of being backed by the Yugoslav Railways.

Supporters

Spartak's fans are known as Marinci, which were formed in early 1989.

Stadium

Subotica City Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Subotica, Serbia. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the club's home ground since 1945. The stadium holds 13,000 people. There is a football pitch and a registered track for athletics suitable for competitions. One part of the Stadium is covered. There are also two subsidiary football pitches.

Spartak in Europe

Mitropa Cup

The Mitropa Cup, officially called the La Coupe de l'Europe Centrale, was one of the first really international major European football cups that the club participated in. After World War II, in 1951, a replacement tournament named Zentropa Cup was held to resume the rich tradition of this competition.
SeasonContestRoundStateClubScorePlace
1987Mitropa Cupsemi-finalsAscoli1–2Ascoli
3./4. placeVasas0–2Porto Sant'Elpidio

UEFA competitions

SeasonCompetitionRoundClubHomeAwayAggregate
2010–11Europa LeagueQR2 Differdange 032–03–35–3
2010–11Europa LeagueQR3 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk2–10–22–3
2018–19Europa LeagueQR1 Coleraine1–12–03–1
2018–19Europa LeagueQR2 Sparta Prague2–01–23–2
2018–19Europa LeagueQR3 Brøndby0–21–21–4

Honours

National Championships – 1
;Yugoslav Second League
Yugoslav Cup:

Players

For recent transfers, see List of Serbian football transfers summer 2019.

Current squad

Players with multiple nationalities

For the list of all current and former players with Wikipedia article, please see: :Category:FK Spartak Subotica players.

Managers

PeriodKit ManufacturerShirt Sponsor
2002–08Lotto
2008–11LottoZlatibor Voda O2
2011–12NikeZlatibor Voda O2
2012–13ErreàZlatibor Voda O2
2015–19LegeaŽdrepčeva Krv