FK Timok

FK Timok 1919 (Serbian Cyrillic: ФК Тимок 1919) is a football club based in Zaječar, Serbia. They compete in the Serbian League East, the third tier of the national league system.

Timok

Full name	FK Timok 1919
Nickname(s)	Beli labudovi (The White Swans)
Founded	1919; 106 years ago (1919)
Ground	Kraljevica Stadium
Capacity	8,168
President	Milorad Vučković
Head coach	Denis Jovan
League	Serbian League East
2023–24	Zone League East, 1st of 16 (promoted)
Home colours Away colours

History

Founded in 1919, the club participated in the regional leagues during its early stages. They achieved their first notable success by defeating Dinamo Zagreb 3–1 in the first round of the 1973 Yugoslav Cup. The club also competed in the Yugoslav Second League for three seasons between 1981 and 1984.^[1][2]

After the dissolution of SFR Yugoslavia, the club reached the second tier for the second time, but finished bottom of the table in the 1992–93 Second League of FR Yugoslavia. They would later spend two seasons in the Second League of Serbia and Montenegro from 2002 to 2004, when they were relegated to the Serbian League East.^[3]

On 26 October 2005, the club made one of its greatest achievements in its history by eliminating Partizan away in the 2005–06 Serbia and Montenegro Cup round of 16. They won 5–4 on penalties after a 1–1 draw in regular time.^[4] The club was eventually knocked out of the competition in the quarter-final after losing 2–0 away to Radnički Niš.^[5]

In the 2008–09 season, the club finished second in the Serbian League East, subsequently losing 5–4 on penalties to Teleoptik (after two 1–1 draws) in the promotion play-offs.^[6] They were finally promoted to the Serbian First League after winning the 2011–12 Serbian League East title.^[7] The club spent two seasons in the second tier of Serbian football, before being relegated back to the Serbian League East in 2014.^[8]

After finishing second from the bottom in the 2017–18 Serbian League East, the club got relegated to the fourth tier and was supposed to play in the Zone League East.^[9] However, they were unable to compete due to financial reasons, causing them to go inactive.^[10] Simultaneously, the Zaječar District League champions and the Zone League East newcomers, FK Radnički Lubnica was relocated to Zaječar and renamed to FK Timok 1919, becoming FK Timok's de facto successor.^[9][10]

Honours

Serbian League Timok / Serbian League East (Tier 3)

• 2001–02 / 2011–12, 2020–21

Zone League East (Tier 4)

• 2023–24

Seasons

Season	League									Cup
	Division	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Pos
Serbia and Montenegro
1995–96	3 – Timok	34	16	0	18	72	65	48	6th	—
1996–97	3 – Timok	34	16	5	13	73	42	53	4th	—
1997–98	3 – Timok	34	15	6	13	71	40	51	5th	—
1998–99	3 – Timok	17[a]	–	–	–	–	–	23	11th	—
1999–2000	3 – Timok	38	17	6	15	67	49	57	6th	—
2000–01	3 – Timok	34	25	3	6	62	23	78	2nd	—
2001–02	3 – Timok	34	23	2	9	105	34	71	1st	—
2002–03	2 – East	33	13	11	9	45	29	50	3rd	—
2003–04	2 – East	36	13	6	17	43	52	45	9th	—
2004–05	3 – East	34	15	7	12	68	46	52	8th	—
2005–06	3 – East	34	15	6	13	50	38	51	7th	Quarter-finals
Serbia
2006–07	3 – East	34	13	11	10	52	32	50	9th	Round of 32
2007–08	3 – East	30	12	7	11	45	36	43	6th	—
2008–09	3 – East	28	17	6	5	44	14	57	2nd	—
2009–10	3 – East	30	22	5	3	58	20	71	2nd	—
2010–11	3 – East	30	12	6	12	39	34	42	12th	—
2011–12	3 – East	30	19	6	5	43	18	63	1st	—
2012–13	2	34	11	10	13	37	48	43	11th	Round of 32
2013–14	2	30	8	10	12	26	35	34	13th	Preliminary round
2014–15	3 – East	30	14	6	10	36	27	48	5th	Preliminary round
2015–16	3 – East	30	9	10	11	39	42	37	11th	—
2016–17	3 – East	30	11	10	9	28	21	36[b]	10th	—
2017–18	3 – East	30	5	4	21	33	58	19	15th	—
2018–19	4 – East	30	22	5	3	62	28	71	2nd	—
2019–20	4 – East	17[c]	12	3	2	36	13	39	2nd	—
2020–21	3 – East	38	26	5	7	73	26	83	1st	—
2021–22	2	37	11	7	19	38	44	40	14th	—
2022–23	3 – East	30	6	6	18	24	59	24	15th	Preliminary round
2023–24	4 – East	28	25	2	1	84	11	77	1st	—
2024–25	3 – East	30	13	6	11	39	37	45	7th	—
2025–26	3 – East									—

1. The season was cut short due to the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia.
2. The club was docked seven points.
3. The season was cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Serbia.

Supporters

Otrovi celebrating their 10-year anniversary in 2008

The club's main supporters group is known as Otrovi (The Poisons).^[11] They were founded in 1998, celebrating their 10-year anniversary in a Serbian League East fixture with Župa Aleksandrovac on 15 November 2008. The group is traditionally situated in the east stand of the stadium.

Notable players

This is a list of players who have played at full international level.^[12]

• Yaw Antwi
• Darko Božović
• Aleksandar Andrejević
• Miloš Simonović
• Milorad Janković
• Živan Ljukovčan
• Dragan Pantelić

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

Managerial history

Period Name Ljubiša Stamenković Dragutin Ivković Dragoslav Đokić 2009 Nebojša Vučićević 2009 Milan Dimoski 2010 Miljojko Gošić 2011 Žarko Soldo 2011–2013 Momčilo Raičević 2013 Dragutin Ivković 2013 Dragan Antić 2013 Nenad Grozdić 2014 Nebojša Vučićević 2014 Dragutin Ivković 2014–2017 Vladimir Sandulović 2017 Goran Stanković

Period Name 2018 Konstantin Đurić 2018 Zaviša Milosavljević 2018 Miroslav Trujkić 2019 Predrag Živković 2019 Miroslav Nikolić 2020–2021 Vojkan Rajčić 2021 Thomas Vasov 2021–2022 Srđan Stojčevski 2022 Jovan Dabić 2022 Miroslav Trujkić 2022 Slobodan Halilović 2022–2023 Vojkan Rajčić 2023–2024 Miroslav Nikolić 2024 Žarko Jovanović 2024– Denis Jovan