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FK Rad

Logo of FK Rad
Full name	Fudbalski klub Rad
Nickname(s)	Građevinari (The Builders)
Founded	10 March 1958 (1958-03-10)
Ground	King Petar I Stadium, Belgrade
Capacity	6,000
President	Vladimir Savić
Head coach	Gordan Petrić
League	Serbian SuperLiga
2016–17	Serbian SuperLiga, 11th
Website	http://www.fkrad.rs/
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Fudbalski klub Rad (Serbian Cyrillic: Фудбалски клуб Рад), commonly known as Rad, is a professional Serbian football club based in Belgrade. FK Rad is one of the most successful and supported clubs in Serbia. Translated into English, the club's name signifies "work" or "labour" due to being formed by the construction company of the same name in 1958.

History

Rad was founded in 1958 by workers of the GRO Rad company. From the start the club had two major local rivals: Banjica and Jajinci, these rivalries were the rivals of the company but quickly it passed to football. The following individuals are considered as club's founders: Petar Đerasimović, the first president, Radojica Tanasijević, the first general selector, Željko Marjanović, the first financial adviser, and Ljubomir Lazić, the first vice president. The players that have played in 1958 can feel like founders as well, Rad had a lot of young players that were schooled in the First league teams, some players would include: Lazar Slavković, Đurđe Ivković, Vladimir Acević, Teodor Šušnjar, Milan Abramović, Brana Djaković, Aleksandar Banić, Živojin Rafailović, Aleksandar Andrejić, and a little later Sreten "Sele" Antić, Milan "Selja" Jovanović, and others.

The first head coach was Nikola Marjanović. The parliament has given the club a pitch in the center of Banjica, a few concrete stands were made, and later locker rooms were added, as well as the restaurant. The club had supporters in the Banjica region,which followed their club away and home. Rad quickly got promoted to the Belgrade League. In the period from 1965 to 1969, a change of generations had taken place. At that time the leaders were Ljubomir Lazić and Radomir Antić, notable managers were Đorđević and Đurđević, leaders for the players were Ratomir Janković, Vlada Vlaović, Matović, Zoran Bulatović, Dutina, Čeh and others.

The club's greatest success occurred in 1988–89 season when it finished the Yugoslav First League competition in fourth spot, ahead of many richer clubs such as Partizan. This success qualified Rad for the UEFA Cup in the 1989–90 season, where it was eliminated 2–3 on aggregate in the first round by Olympiacos (Rad lost 0–2 in Athens after winning 2–1 on home ground).

In 2011 Rad competed in the Europa League the club's second appearance in European competition and again the opponent was from Greece this time Olympiakos Volou. The first game played in Belgrade at the home ground of FK Obilic finished in a 0–1 loss for Rad, the second leg in Greece finished 1–1 which meant Rad where eliminated from the Europa League at the first hurdle.

In February 2017, a section of Rad suporters were accused of shouting racist abuse during a match against FK Partizan that reduced opposition player Everton Luiz to tears and resulted in confrontation between the opposing sides at the end of the match.

Name changes through history

• 1958: club founded under the name of FK Rad
• 1990: renamed to FK GRO Rad
• 1993: renamed again to FK Rad

Stadium

The stadium of Rad is the King Petar I Stadium, commonly known as "Stadion na Banjici" (Stadium at Banjica), which is located in the southern part of Belgrad's Banjica neighbourhood, and holds about 6,000 people. It was built in 1977 although its stand dates back to the pre-World War II period when it was used for military parades and other state celebrations during the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.

Supporters & Rivalries

Rad's supporters call themselves United Force, a relatively small group. They profess far-right ultra-nationalist views, making them very unpopular with FK Novi Pazar fans. They also have a rivalry with the OFK Beograd-FK Voždovac alliance with whom they contest Belgrade derbies.

Honours

Yugoslav Second League

• 1986–87 (East)

Rad in European competitions

Season	Competition	Round	Country	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1989–90	UEFA Cup	R1		Olympiacos Piraeus	2–1	0–2	2–3
2011–12	Europa League	QR1		Tre Penne	6–0	3–1	9–1
		QR2		Olympiakos Volos	0–1	1–1	1–2

Current squad

As of 6 October 2017

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	BIH	Darko Dejanović
3	DF	MNE	Vladimir Volkov
4	DF	SRB	Filip Matović
5	DF	SRB	Miloš Obradović
6	DF	SRB	Zoran Ljubinković
7	MF	SRB	Vanja Ilić
8	MF	SRB	Marko Stojanović
9	FW	MNE	Boško Guzina
10	MF	SRB	Đorđe Denić
11	MF	SRB	Bogdan Mladenović
17	FW	SRB	Aleksandar Lutovac
18	MF	SRB	Njegoš Petrović
19	DF	SRB	Strahinja Tanasijević
20	MF	SRB	Nedeljko Piščević
21	FW	SRB	Luka Ratković
22	DF	SRB	Marko Mijailović
23	DF	SRB	Nikola Šipčić
24	DF	MNE	Stefan Vico
26	GK	SRB	Dušan Marković

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
27	FW	SRB	Lazar Milošev
29	FW	MNE	Vule Vujačić
30	MF	SRB	Dejan Rusmir
31	GK	SRB	Miljan Pribić
34	DF	MNE	Igor Zonjić
35	GK	SRB	Danijel Mićanović
43	MF	MNE	Srđan Ajković
55	DF	SRB	Nenad Lukić
77	DF	SRB	Zoran Rendulić
88	MF	MNE	Žarko Grbović
89	GK	MNE	Bojan Zogović
98	FW	SRB	Marko Jović
99	FW	SRB	Dejan Parađina
—	DF	SRB	Stevan Bates
—	MF	AUT	Saša Lazić
—	MF	SRB	Nebojša Marinković
—	FW	KOR	Jong-Won Hwang
—	FW	SRB	Lazar Đurović

Players with multiple nationalities

• Darko Dejanović
• Stefan Vico
• Boško Guzina
• Igor Zonjić
• Vladimir Volkov
• Srđan Ajković
• Saša Lazić

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	SRB	Luka Petrović (at Dinamo Pančevo until the end of 2017–18 season)
—	MF	SRB	Aleksandar Busnić (at Bežanija until the end of 2017–18 season)
—	MF	KOR	Joon-Hyo Son (at Bežanija until the end of 2017–18 season)

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	SRB	Veljko Roganović (at Omladinac Novi Banovci until the end of 2017–18 season)
—	FW	SRB	Luka Mihajlović (at Omladinac Novi Banovci until the end of 2017–18 season)
—	FW	SRB	Veljko Trifunović (at Žarkovo until the end of 2017–18 season)

For recent transfers, see List of Serbian football transfers summer 2017.

Technical staff

• Milan Milanović – Head Coach
• Dragoslav Milenković – Assistant Coach
• Slađan Nikolić – Trainer
• Vladan Radača – Goalkeeper Coach
• Vladimir Procikijević – Physical Coach
• Zdravko Marinković – Recovery Coach
• Zoran Rakić – Recovery Coach

Notable players

The club official website considers Duško Ajder and Dragan Kokotović as club´s two major legends. Beside them, important players in different historical periods are considered Miodrag Vranješ, Ratomir Janković and Lazar Slavković.

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

Managers

• Zvonko Varga (July 1, 2001 – June 30, 2002)
• Milan Milanović (July 1, 2003 – June 30, 2004)
• Zdravko Zemunović (Jan 29, 2004–04)
• Radmilo Ivančević (2004–05)
• Mihajlo Ivanović (Jan 7, 2008–??)
• Aleksandar Janjić (July 1, 2008 – Oct 26, 2008)
• Marko Nikolić (Oct 29, 2008 – May 23, 2011)
• Predrag Rogan (interim) (May 23, 2011 – May 30, 2011)
• Slavko Petrović (May 31, 2011 – Sept 18, 2011)
• Milan Bosanac (interim) (Sept 19, 2011 – Oct 5, 2011)
• Nebojša Vignjević (Oct 5, 2011 – Feb 14, 2012)
• Radoje Smiljanić (interim) (Feb 15, 2012 – March 5, 2012)
• Marko Nikolić (March 6, 2012 – June 30, 2013)
• Nebojša Milošević (July 1, 2013 – Oct 27, 2013)
• Nebojša Petrović (Nov 22, 2013 – Dec 25, 2013)
• Aleksandar Janković (Dec 25, 2013 – March 24, 2014)
• Stevan Mojsilović (March 25, 2014–)

Kit manufacturers

Period	Kit Manufacturer	Shirt Sponsor
2010–2012	Patrick	None
2012–2013	Joma
2014–present	NAAI	Rubikon

External links

• Official website Template:Sr icon
• United Force website
• Club page at Utakmica
• Club page at Srbijafudbal