OFK Kikinda


Omladinski Fudbalski klub Kikinda is a football club from Kikinda, Serbia. It is one of the oldest clubs in Serbia. The club currently competes in Serbia's fourth division the Vojvodina League East.

History

Since 1886, gymnastic classes in the highschool Solajter, introduced English football, with some other games. Janos Jako, Károly Juhász and especially Geza Kalman, were responsible for the popularity of the new game by 1903. It becomes the favorite entertainment for the afternoons between college students. All these were good conditions for a successful start and development of football at the first sports society created in the city in 1909 and named NAC. As until 1918 the city was part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the club competed until then in the Hungarian league system. From the very beginning, the football section was quite successful and NAC plays as equal against already reputated clubs in Hungary, and the junior football team was probably by that time the best in Serbia. In the period prior to 1914 our city was host to many famous football clubs, among which are emphasized: TAC from Timișoara, SAK from Szeged, HAŠK from Zagreb, Velika Srbija from Belgrade, ATE from Arad, etc. The matches against this well-known teams, especially the visits from Belgrade, significantly contributed to the promotion of football in Kikinda and the Banat region.
The period between the First and Second World War, with the club now competing in the Yugoslav league system, is abundant in many football events. The following important football clubs also emerge: KAC, Srbija and Sloga. Together with NAK, these clubs were the forerunners of today's OFK Kikinda. In addition to them, other clubs also are created: VSK Kosovo, SD Radnički, SD Rapid, which is in fact succeeded SD Radnički, FK Trgovačka omladina, TSK Slaven, SK ŽAK and FK Banacija, however, the last club was not officially registered. In fact, by the 1930s, our city had even six registered clubs, more than ever in its history. Beside the mentioned, football in the local high schools was very active, and from 1926 there is one youth team worth mentioning, GLK Sloga.
All this potential made the clubs from the city achieve many successes, and most of them regularly played in the First and Second Leagues of Banat. Before the league pause during World War II, the most successful clubs were AK Serbia, VSK Kosovo, AK Sloga and SK ŽAK. All the best footballers were not concentrated in one club, but in several, and the ones usually considered the best are: Franja Bošnjak, Arnold Kemelj, Pavle Dajc, Franja Bucko and Bela Sendi in the period prior to 1914, Radoci, Somodji and Komolosi in the period from 1920 to 1929, Petar Lisul, Franja Jakab and Petar Sandić in the period from 1929 to 1934, and Miloš Ostojin, Petar Cvetković, Petar Živić and Božidar Sandić in the period between 1935 and 1941.

Name changes through history

Three decades after the Second World War, the club was still competing in the lower leagues, that in 1976 year, winning the league made the Vojvodina was the greatest success for the first time found themselves in the second division of the SFR Yugoslavia. From then until the collapse of the country, FK Kikinda is a permanent member of the Second Division, with the exception of season 1980/81 when they briefly returned to the third level of the competition. During this period the club recorded several remarkable results such as third place in Group West Second League 1976/77 and 1977/78 and fourth in the second division of SFRY unique in the seasons 1988/89 and 1990/91. In 1980 the FK Kikinda reached the semi-finals of the Yugoslav Cup.

1992–1997 Serbian SuperLiga and Serbian First League

In the summer in 1992. year to create the League of the FRY and FK Kikinda, as one of the seven best ranked teams from the second division last season, they got the chance to take part in the first edition of the elite league called Serbian SuperLiga. In Season 1992/93. ends at 14 place of 19 clubs. The following season, 1993 / 94th, the final table takes 17 and place in the play-off for survival turns of FK Loznice. In 1994–95 Kikinda taken 2 place in Second League of FR Yugoslavia. The 1996 / 97th OFK Kikinda league club again, more accurately, competes in the first league and B takes 9th place. The barrage of survival lost in two matches of the Radnicki from Kragujevac total score was 2:4.
ex-player of OFK Kikinda
OFK Kikinda in Serbian SuperLiga
OFK Kikinda in Serbian First League
seasonrankleaguepositionGAWDLGFGAGEPointsCUP
1992/93.1First League of FR Yugoslavia14361191639581931
1993/94.1First League of FR Yugoslavia171847716261015
1994/95.2Second League of FR Yugoslavia200000000
1995/96.1First League of FR Yugoslavia
1996/97.1First League of FR Yugoslavia933871816412531

1998–2008 Serbian First League, Serbian League Vojvodina and Vojvodina League East

Club records diminishing returns. In the season 1999 / 00th occupies the last position in the second division North and turns in the Serbian League – Vojvodina group. After a decade of balancing between the third and fourth level of the competition, the club ends on the last place Serbian League Vojvodina.
OFK Kikinda in Serbian First League
seasonrankleaguepositionGAWDLGFGAGEPointsCUP
1999/00.2Second League of FR Yugoslavia173457222865−3722

2008–2012 Serbian League Vojvodina

Season 2008–2009 kikinda returned to the Serbian League Vojvodina and in that year they finished 8th in the league.
In 2009–2010 it was ranked 12th place in the league.2010–2011 kikinda finish at 11 place..the last year in the Serbian Vojvodina league was 2011–2012 season, in that year kikinda has finished in the last place.
OFK Kikinda in Serbian League Vojvodina
seasonrankleaguepositionGAWDLGFGAGEPointsCUP
2008/09.3Serbian League Vojvodina830118115241+1142Not qualified
2009/10.3Serbian League Vojvodina1230107133851−1337Not qualified
2010/11.3Serbian League Vojvodina1130810123453−1934Not qualified
2011/12.3Serbian League Vojvodina152864182452−2822Not qualified

2012– Vojvodina League East, Banat Zone League and PFL Zrenjanin

became a new Chairman of FK Kikinda. In first season of Vojvodina League East, Kikinda finished at the 7th place.
OFK Kikinda in Vojvodina League East, Banat Zone League and PFL Zrenjanin
seasonrankleaguepositionGAWDLGFGAGEPointsCUP
2012/13.4Vojvodina League East730118114335+841Not qualified
2013/14.4Vojvodina League East132896133349−1633Not qualified
2014/15.4Banat Zone League1530106143854−1636Not qualified
2015/16.5PFL Zrenjanin930133146960+942Not qualified
2016/17.5PFL Zrenjanin23021548725+6268Not qualified
2017/18.4Vojvodina League East43016688040+4054Not qualified

Honours

;Second League of FR Yugoslavia
;Yugoslav Second League-West Division
;Vojvodina League East
Referring to 2010–11 season. Last updated November 2010.
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Club management

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  • President''': Dragan Žilić
  • Vice-president:
  • General secretary::
  • Stadium director:

Technical staff

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  • Manager''': Jevto Jarčević
  • Assistant Manager/Coach:
  • Goalkeeping Coach:
  • Physiotherapist:

1979–80 Yugoslav Cup

Greatest success of the club is playing in the semi-finals of the Yugoslav Cup. In the first round they beat the Croatian club NK Slaven Belupo 3–1.The match was played at the stadium Kikinde
in the Second round they also played Croatian club NK Osijek, and the game played at Kikinda stadium.the result was 1–0 for host
Quarter finals was also played at the Kikinda stadium.FK Kikinda win against the Bosnian club FK Leotar the score was 1–0
Semi-finals was played at the Stadion Maksimir against the Croatian club Dinamo Zagreb, Dinamo won the match 3–1.
First round
Tie noHome teamScoreAway team
1OFK Kikinda3–1Slaven Belupo

Second round
Tie noHome teamScoreAway team
1OFK Kikinda1–0Osijek

Quarter-finals
Tie noHome teamScoreAway team
1OFK Kikinda3–0FK Leotar

Semi-finals
Tie noHome teamScoreAway team
1Dinamo Zagreb3–1OFK Kikinda

Supporters

Kikinda supporters call themselves Vukovi.

Rivalries

Main rival of FK Kikinda is another town club FK ŽAK Kikinda which was founded in 1931. ŽAK plays in Serbian sixth level in the Municipal League Kikinda – Novi Bečej, and play their games in the ŽAK stadium with a capacity of 2.000. ŽAK fans are called yellow ants.

Stadium

, built in 1922, is located right next to the sports center Jezero and Town Park. Its capacity around 7,500 spectators. Next to the stadium is the training ground of OFK Kikinda.

Notable former managers

Most known OFK Kikinda head coach

Notable former players

Players that played for national teams:
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