FK Javor Ivanjica

Fk Javor Matis – Ivanjica (Serbian Cyrillic: ФК Јавор Матис – Ивањица) is a professional football club based in Ivanjica, Serbia. They compete in the Serbian First League, the second tier of the national league system.

Javor Matis

Full name	Fk Javor Matis – Ivanjica
Founded	1912; 113 years ago (1912)
Ground	Stadion kraj Moravice
Capacity	5,000
President	Dragomir Lazović
Head coach	Radovan Ćurčić
League	Serbian SuperLiga
2024–25	Serbian First League, 2nd of 16
Website	fkjavor.com
Home colours Away colours Third colours

History

In 1912, a student named Milan Radojević brought the first football ball to Ivanjica, which led to the formation of the club.^[1] The team mostly played friendly matches before the conclusion of World War II due to a lack of organized football competitions.^[1] Between 1958 and 1962, they were close to achieving promotion to the Yugoslav Second League.^[1] However, the club never reached higher than the third level until the 1990s.

In 1994, led by manager Slavenko Kuzeljević, the club earned promotion to the Second League of FR Yugoslavia after eliminating Zvezdara and Topličanin in the playoffs.^[2] They spent the next eight years in the second tier, having their best season in 1997–98, when they placed fourth in Group West.

In 2002, the club won the Second League (Group West) and took promotion to the First League of FR Yugoslavia for the first time in history.^[3] They remained for just one season in the elite division, finishing bottom of the table.^[4] During this time, the club became recognizable for featuring a number of young African footballers, mainly from Nigeria and Zimbabwe.^[5] They earned another promotion to the top flight in 2005, but again suffered relegation in the same season.^[6]

After underperforming in the 2006–07 Serbian First League, the second tier of the restructured national league system, the club managed to convincingly win first place in the 2007–08 season. Moreover, manager Radovan Ćurčić led his team to an unbeaten record and promotion to the Serbian SuperLiga.^[1] They subsequently placed fourth in the top flight, their highest league position to date. In 2012, the club celebrated its 100th anniversary.^[7]

After a total of six consecutive seasons in the SuperLiga, the club suffered relegation in 2014. However, they won promotion back in the next season. The club subsequently made its greatest success by reaching the final of the 2015–16 Serbian Cup, losing 2–0 to Partizan at the Stadion Metalac.^[8]

Honours

• Second League of FR Yugoslavia / Serbian First League (Tier 2)
  • Champions (2): 2001–02 (Group West), 2007–08

Seasons

Season	League									Cup
	Division	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Pos
Serbia and Montenegro
1996–97	2 – West	34	12	5	17	32	45	41	15th	—
1997–98	2 – West	34	18	3	13	55	39	57	4th	Round of 32
1998–99	2 – West	21[a]	9	3	9	28	30	30	9th	—
1999–2000	2 – West	34	11	11	12	50	47	44	10th	—
2000–01	2 – West	34	15	8	11	40	33	53	6th	—
2001–02	2 – West	32	27	4	1	81	14	85	1st	—
2002–03	1	34	9	7	18	21	44	34	15th	—
2003–04	2 – West	36	17	5	14	55	39	56	4th	Quarter-finals
2004–05	2 – Serbia	38	22	8	8	44	30	74	2nd	Round of 16
2005–06	1	30	8	8	14	22	35	32	12th	Round of 32
Serbia
2006–07	2	38	15	9	14	35	42	54	12th	Round of 32
2007–08	2	34	18	16	0	38	12	70	1st	Quarter-finals
2008–09	1	33	13	14	6	39	27	53	4th	Round of 16
2009–10	1	30	8	14	8	22	23	38	7th	Round of 32
2010–11	1	30	10	11	9	21	24	41	8th	Round of 32
2011–12	1	30	11	6	13	28	32	39	9th	Quarter-finals
2012–13	1	30	9	7	14	38	40	34	10th	Semi-finals
2013–14	1	30	6	11	13	29	38	29	15th	Round of 32
2014–15	2	30	17	10	3	47	19	61	2nd	Round of 32
2015–16	1	37	10	13	14	25	29	26	13th	Runners-up
2016–17	1	37	11	10	16	34	50	22	8th	Round of 16
2017–18	1	37	10	6	21	33	57	24	15th	Quarter-finals
2018–19	2	37	23	8	6	78	37	46	2nd	Round of 16
2019–20	1	30[b]	6	10	14	43	62	28	13th	Round of 32
2020–21	1	38	12	10	16	45	53	46	16th	Round of 16
2021–22	2	37	19	12	6	57	30	69	2nd	Round of 16
2022–23	1	37	9	10	18	35	56	37	12th	Round of 32
2023–24	1	37	11	7	19	34	51	40	13th	Round of 16
2024-25	2	37	19	12	6	44	25	69	2nd	Round of 16

1. The season was cut short due to the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia.
2. The season was shortened due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Serbia.

Players

First-team squad

As of 26 July 2025^[9][10]

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  SRB Nikola Vasiljević 2 DF  SRB Milan Ilić 3 DF  SRB Stefan Vilotić 4 DF  BRA Leandro Pinto 5 DF  SRB Nemanja Đokić 6 MF  NIG Mamane Amadou Sabo 7 FW  SRB Slaviša Stojanović 8 MF  SRB Nemanja Krstić 10 MF  SRB Dušan Pantelić 11 DF  SRB Stefan Milošević (captain) 12 GK  SRB Dimitrije Stevanović 13 DF  SRB Marko Bjeković 14 FW  NGA Kayode Saliman 15 DF  BIH Dušan Ristić

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 MF  FRA Boubacari Doucouré (vice-captain) 20 FW  SRB Aleksa Radonjić 21 DF  SRB Petar Petrović 22 FW  SRB Ognjen Krsmanović (on loan from Mladost Lučani) 23 GK  SRB Milan Vidaković 25 FW  SRB Petar Đoković 26 DF  SRB Đorđe Skoko 27 FW  CIV Loué Bayéré Junior 28 MF  SRB Lazar Mićić 30 MF  SRB Matija Stojanović 31 FW  SRB Martin Anđelković 32 MF  SRB Mateja Zuvić — FW  GHA Bosiako Francis Antwi

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 Stefan Mitrović (at Loznica)

Coaching staff

Position	Name
Manager	Radovan Ćurčić
Assistant manager	Milovan Milović Igor Tufegdžić Nebojša Milosavljević
Goalkeeping coach	Goran Marić Đorđe Lazović
Physiotherapist	Mirko Stević
Fitness coach	Milovan Matijašević
Doctor	Miodrag Kurtić

Notable players

This is a list of players who have played at full international level.^[11]

• Alexander Christovão
• Nemanja Supić
• Ibrahim Walidjo
• Derek Cornelius
• Norman Campbell
• Trivante Stewart
• Boris Kopitović
• Aleksandar Šofranac
• Filip Ivanovski
• Jovan Đokić
• Marko Gajić
• Marko Jevremović
• Damir Kahriman
• Nemanja Miletić
• Milovan Milović
• Miljan Mutavdžić
• Miroslav Vulićević
• Mihajlo Pjanović
• Husniddin Gafurov
• Petar Krivokuća
• Srboljub Krivokuća
• Blessing Makunike
• Mike Temwanjera
• Leonard Tsipa

For a list of all FK Javor Ivanjica players with a Wikipedia article, see Category:FK Javor Ivanjica players.

Managerial history

Period Name Slavko Vojičić 2003–2006 Radovan Ćurčić 2006 Srđan Vasiljević 2006–2007 Goran Marić 2007–2010 Radovan Ćurčić 2010–2011 Zoran Njeguš 2011 Vladan Milojević 2011–2012 Aleksandar Janjić 2012–2013 Mladen Dodić 2013 Bogić Bogićević 2013–2014 Predrag Ristanović 2014–2015 Slavenko Kuzeljević 2015–2016 Aleksandar Janjić

Period Name 2016 Mladen Dodić 2016 Miloš Veselinović 2016–2017 Srđan Blagojević 2017 Srđan Vasiljević 2017–2018 Vlado Jagodić 2018 Milovan Milović (caretaker) 2018–2019 Igor Tufegdžić 2019–2021 Igor Bondžulić 2021–2022 Milovan Milović 2022 Igor Bondžulić 2022–2023 Mladen Dodić 2023 Milovan Milović (caretaker) 2023– Radovan Ćurčić