FK TSC

FK TSC (Serbian Cyrillic: ФК ТСЦ), commonly known as TSC, is a Serbian professional football club based in Bačka Topola. Its initial founding date in 1913 as Topolyai Sport Club makes it currently the second-oldest football club in the Serbian SuperLiga, although the club dissolved in 2003 and was reformed under its current incarnation in 2005.

TSC

Full name	FK TSC
Founded	1913; 112 years ago (1913) as Topolyai Sport Club[1] 2005; 20 years ago (2005) as FK Bačka Topola
Ground	TSC Arena
Capacity	4,500
Owner	MOL
Chairman	János Zsemberi
Head coach	Darije Kalezić
League	Serbian SuperLiga
2024–25	Serbian SuperLiga, 7th of 16
Website	fktsc.com
Home colours Away colours Third colours
Current season

History

Derby day in Subotica against Spartak in Yugoslav third league in 1978

The first football club in Bačka Topola formed in 1912,^[2] but TSC officially exists since 1913, and was founded by István Benis, who was the first president. Back then, the club was named Topolyai Sport Club.^[2] The town was part of Kingdom of Hungary, and the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and the first club sponsor was Károly Beer, who also brought the first football to the town. Soon the First World War started and after the war the region of Bačka would become part of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, renamed into Yugoslavia in 1929. In 1930, the club changed its name into Jugoslovenski Atletski Klub.^[2] In the early 1930s, the stadium where the club still plays nowadays was built. In the Second World War the club competed in the Hungarian Second League, finishing in second place in 1942.

AIK Bačka Topola in 1986

After the war the region returned to Yugoslavia, and the club was renamed Egység,^[2] and counted with Hungarian international Jenő Kalmár among its strongest reinforcements.^[3] In 1951, the club changes its name again into Topola. The club played in the Subotica regional league and later achieved promotion to the Serbian League (3rd Yugoslav tier).

In 1974, the club changed its name to FK AIK Bačka Topola.^[2] In 1980, AIK was promoted to the Yugoslav Second League, and over the next 6 years competed 5 seasons in the second highest division. In the Yugoslavian Cup competition of the season 1992–93 they entered the 1/8 finals after a win against the First League club Napredak Kruševac 2–1.

In 2003, the club under financial difficulties ceased to compete, and maintained only the youth levels. In 2005, the club merged with FK Bajša and started competing again under a new name, FK Bačka Topola. The club was the champion of the Vojvodina League North in the 2006–07 season. The club has dedicated much effort in the youth squads archiving titles in several levels. The club finished the 2010–11 season in second place, and won the relegation game for the Third League.^[4] In 2013, the official name was changed to FK TSC Bačka Topola. On 15 October 2013, the club's anniversary, TSC played against FK Partizan (1–4).^[5] The club finished the season 2013–14 in second place, and lost the promotion play-off game for the Third League after a penalty shootout (2–2, 2–2) against FK Cement Beočin. In 2014–2015, TSC won the Bačka League, and returned to the Serbian League Vojvodina, national third tier.

The club finished the 2016–17 Serbian League Vojvodina in third place, but got promoted to the Serbian First League. From the Serbian second tier, they were for the first time ever promoted to the Serbian SuperLiga for the 2019–20 season.^[2] There in their first ever top flight match away to FK Voždovac in Belgrade, playing at the modern shopping centre stadium, TSC won 1–2, marking a fine debut and the brightest moment in the club's history. Under manager Zoltan Sabo, the club finished 4th in their first season in the SuperLiga and qualified for the Europa League first qualifying round. Throughout the club's debut season strikers Nenad Lukić and Vladimir Silađi were impressive, finishing the season as triple joint top scorers. Other impressive players in the season for TSC were Janko Tumbasević, Goran Antonić, Saša Tomanović, Srđan Grabež and Đuro Zec.

In the 2022–23 season, the club finished second in the league to qualify to the Champions League third qualifying round for the first time in their history. TSC lost 7–1 on aggregate to S.C. Braga, but were nonetheless assured a spot in the Europa League group stage.

Name changes

• 1913–1930: Topolyai Sport Club
• 1930–1942: JAK Bačka Topola
• 1942–1945: Topolyai SE
• 1945–1951: FK Egység
• 1951–1974: FK Topola
• 1974–2003: FK AIK Bačka Topola
• 2005–2013: FK Bačka Topola
• 2013–present: FK TSC

Club colours and crest

The club's original colours were green and white, but later replaced by blue. The lion on the crest is the coat of arms of Bačka Topola, which comes from the coat of arms of Pál Kray who was a nobleman in the town in 18th century.

Stadium

The home ground of TSC was the City Stadium, which held 4,000 people. Construction of the stadium was finished in the 1930s. In 2017, TSC announced its intentions to build a new 4,500-seat stadium. From the 2018–19 to the 2021–22 season, because of the construction of the new stadium, the club's home games were played in City Stadium in Senta. On 3 September 2021 the TSC Arena was opened by the match against Ferencváros.

Supporters

The official supporters group of the club are the Blue Betyárs.

The club is supported by the local ethnic Hungarians and receives considerable support from both Hungary and its diaspora elsewhere.

Funding

The club's owner and main sponsor is the Hungarian multinational oil and gas public company MOL.

Janos Zsemberi became the club's main investor in 2013 which changed the club's fortunes.^[6] Viktor Orbán has also taken an interest in supporting the club financially.^[6]

Honours

• Serbian SuperLiga
  • Runners-up (1): 2022–23
• Serbian First League
  • Champions (1): 2018–19
• Serbian League Vojvodina
  • Runners-up (1): 2015–16
• Vojvodina League
  • Winners (2): 1979–80, 1984–85
  • Runners-up (3): 1977–78, 1986–87, 1987–88

Players

Current squad

As of 4 August 2025^[7][8]

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 Simić 2 DF  SRB Matija Popović 4 DF  SRB Vukašin Krstić 7 MF  SRB Milan Radin 8 FW  SRB Saša Jovanović 9 FW  SRB Bogdan Petrović 10 FW  AUT Andrej Todoroski 11 MF  NZL Sarpreet Singh 12 GK  SRB Veljko Ilić 15 MF  SRB Stefan Mladenović 16 MF  SRB Aleksandar Stančić 17 MF  SRB Mihajlo Milosavić 18 MF  SRB Branko Jovičić 19 GK  SRB Ilja Pantelin 20 MF  SRB Stefan Tomović 21 FW  SRB Dragoljub Savić

No. Pos. Nation Player 22 DF  SRB Stefan Jovanović 23 GK  SRB Nemanja Jorgić 24 FW  CRO Miloš Jovičić 26 MF  HUN Szabolcs Mezei 27 FW  SRB Miloš Pantović 29 FW  CGO Prestige Mboungou 30 DF  SRB Nemanja Petrović 31 DF  CRO Luka Capan 32 DF  AUS Miloš Degenek (captain) 35 MF  SRB David Trajković 60 DF  SRB Viktor Radojević 77 FW  SUR Tyrone Conraad 80 MF  SRB Andrej Petrović — DF  FRA Baptiste Roux — FW  SRB Aleksa Preradov

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 — FW  HUN Bence Sós (at Kazincbarcikai)

European record

The players of West Ham United and TSC line up before their Europa League match at the London Stadium

Season	Competition	Round	Opponent	Home	Away	Aggregate
2020–21	UEFA Europa League	First qualifying round	Petrocub Hîncești	—	2–0	2–0
		Second qualifying round	FCSB	6–6 (a.e.t.)	—	6–6 (4–5 p)
2023–24	UEFA Champions League	Third qualifying round	Braga	1–4	0–3	1–7
	UEFA Europa League	Group A	West Ham United	0–1	1–3	4th of 4
			Olympiacos	2–2	2–5
			SC Freiburg	1–3	0–5
2024–25	UEFA Europa League	Play-off round	Maccabi Tel Aviv	1–5	0–3	1–8
	UEFA Conference League	League Phase	Astana	—	0–1	24th of 36
			Legia Warsaw	0–3	—
			Lugano	4–1	—
			St. Gallen	—	2–2
			Gent	—	0–3
			Noah	4–3	—
		Knockout phase play-offs	Jagiellonia Białystok	1–3	1–3	2–6

Club officials

Current technical staff
Position	Name
President	János Zsemberi
General manager	Szabolcs Palágyi
Head coach	Darije Kalezić
Assistant coach	Dario Pot
Assistant coach	Goran Žmukić
Assistant coach/Analyst	Krsto Jokić
First team secretary	Gabriel Miković
Goalkeeper coach	Szilárd Faragó
Fitness trainer	Kornél Bubori Dávid Szabó
Physiotherapist	Dragan Golubović
General secretary	Borislav Banjac
Doctor	Dr. Deák Tibor
Kit manager	Attila Dévity
Secretary	Radomir Šaban
Security commissioner	Zlatko Zsemberi
Source: FK TSC

Notable players

The following players played for national teams:[9] Slobodan Batričević Ifet Đakovac Nikica Klinčarski Zlatko Krmpotić Andrija Kaluđerović Nenad Lukić Dušan Tadić Nikola Žigić Petar Ratkov Savo Pavićević Janko Tumbasević Martin Mirčevski Jenő Kalmár Norbert Könyves

Other professional footballers: Dragoljub Bekvalac Ištvan Dudaš Viktor Orsag Čedomir Pavičević Mitar Peković Vladimir Silađi Zvezdan Terzić Nenad Todorović Tamás Takács

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