FK Vojvodina

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FK Vojvodina
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Basic data
Surname Fudbalski klub
Vojvodina
(professional football team)
Seat Novi Sad , Serbia
founding March 6, 1914
Colours red - white
president SerbiaSerbia Zoran Šćepanović
Website fkvojvodina.rs/
First soccer team
Head coach SerbiaSerbia Zlatomir Zagorčić
Venue Karađorđe Stadium
Places 15.204
league Super league
2019/30 3rd place
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The FK Vojvodina (officially on Serbian : Фудбалски клуб Војводина - ФК Војводина, Fudbalski klub Vojvodina  - FK Vojvodina ), usually Vojvodina , pronounced ʋǒjʋodina , mostly short Vosa that is football department of SD Vojvodina , a Serbian sports club from Novi Sad , which is currently in plays the super league , the top division in Serbian football.

In its more than 100 year history, FK Vojvodina was one of the most successful clubs in the former Yugoslavia . During the times of Socialist Yugoslavia (1945-1992) Vojvodina was Yugoslav champion in 1966 and 1989 , runner-up in 1957, 1962 and 1975, and finished the 1991/1992 season in 3rd place. The club reached the Yugoslav Cup final in 1951 and is also fifth in the all-time table of the Yugoslav league .

On the international stage, Vojvodina reached the quarter-finals in the European Cup of National Champions in 1967 , but lost just short of the eventual winner Celtic Glasgow . In 1968 they again reached the quarter-finals of a European Cup, this time the Messestädte Cup , the forerunner of the UEFA Cup . The first European title was winning the Intertoto Cup in 1976 . In 1977 he won the Mitropa Cup, where Vojvodina reached the final in 1957. The last major international success was reaching the 1998 UEFA Intertoto Cup final , where Werder Bremen lost.

From 1993 to 1997 the club reached the 3rd place in the 1st division of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1992-2003) five times in a row and was a finalist of the 1997 Cup. The club was Serbian runner-up for the first time in 2009 and reached 3rd place in 2007 and 2008 , 2011, 2012 and 2013. In addition, they won the Serbian Cup for the first time in 2014 , in which they reached the final in 2007, 2010, 2011 and 2013. This makes Vojvodina, alongside the Belgrade clubs Red Star and Partizan , currently the third most successful club in Serbia and a constant competitor for the championship and the cup.

history

1914–1918: The founding years

Painting of the proclamation of the Serbian Vojvodina by the National Assembly in 1848.

On March 6, 1914, in Novi Sad, a group of students from the Serbian Orthodox grammar school met in the Sava Šijakov weaving mill , located at 12 Temeriner Street, and founded a football club with the help of Serbian intellectuals and craftsmen . The association was founded in secret because the former Austro-Hungarian authorities did not allow large organized gatherings of Serbian youth in the Vojvodina region , which was mostly inhabited by Serbs . The association was named Vojvodina to keep the memory of the territorial unit of the Serbs alive in the Serbian Vojvodina , in which the Serbs, at least on paper, were given the same rights as all other citizens in the Habsburg monarchy for whom they were granted had fought for centuries before. The Vojvodina was a kind of Serbian duchy , the name of which was derived from the Serbian Vojvodstvo for army command or from Vojvoda , which means "he who leads warriors " or military leader .

Among the founders that day were the future textile industrialist Milenko Šijakov and the future university professor Vladimir Milićević. Milenko Hinić, who later became a chemist , and future lawyers Radenko Rakić and Kamenko Ćirić, as well as Gojko Tosić, Đorđe Živanov, Branko Gospođinački and the future doctor of law Kosta Hadži.

The first game in the club's history was against the local club FK Šajkaš in the village of Kovilj, which they won 5-0. Vojvodina played in bright blue colors and white shorts, and the team consisted mostly of schoolchildren and students who came home from Prague , today's capital of the Czech Republic , for the summer holidays . Ultimately, it was to stay with this single game, because shortly afterwards the First World War broke out. As a result, the Austro-Hungarian authorities banned all Serbian organizations and associations in Novi Sad, and Vojvodina was on the verge of dissolution for the first time.

1918–1941: The millionaire team

The flag of FK Vojvodina.

During the First World War the sport came to a standstill, but after the liberation of the Vojvodina region by the armed forces of Serbia , the work in the association was continued on the initiative of the Serbian students from Prague . Milenko Šijakov, the son of the weaving mill owner Sava Šijakov, was chosen as the first president of the association, the place of the meeting where Vojvodina was previously founded. The doctor Živko Bajazet, the longtime president of the commercial Bank of Serbia and member of the Sokol gymnastic movement should, the first secretary to the association. Vojvodina was only made possible through membership fees and generous donations such as Funded by Maks Grin and Daka Popović, the Novaković brothers, Ilija Balabušić and members of the Dunđerski family.

Some of the Vojvodina players and management at the time who studied in Prague were also members of Slavia Prague . The Czech club supported Vojvodina in the difficult times before and during the First World War and contributed to the development of the club. In 1920 the first set of red and white jerseys was brought from Prague to Novi Sad . During the club meeting on July 23, 1922, it was decided that in honor of Slavia Prague, the red and white colors of the jerseys should become the club's official colors. The club logo was also partially derived from the Slavia Braies logo, but where the red star of the Czech team was replaced with the blue star so that Vojvodina's logo got all the colors of the Serbian flag . On June 28, 1924, on Vidovdan , a Serbian commemorative and public holiday, the Karađorđe stadium was opened together with the Jewish football club Juda Makabi . Until then, both clubs played in the stadium of the Hungarian football club UTK. It was named after the leader of the first Serbian uprising against the Ottoman occupation in the 19th century, Đorđe Petrović , called Karađorđe. The first coach, as well as the technical director and chief organizer of Vojvodina, became the doctor of law Kosta Hadži, one of the founders and the most important people of the club, as well as the founder of the Novi Sad Football Association.

Under his leadership, Vojvodina won the Novi Sad regional league in 1926, the first title in the club's history. At that time Vojvodina was the first club to offer players professional contracts, as well as signing players from abroad, e.g. B. the Czech Josef Čapek and the Hungarians Sándor Dudás and Abraham Saraz. One of the best and most influential Vojvodina players at the time was striker Dušan Marković, who played for the club from 1921 to 1935. In the late 1930s Vojvodina began signing numerous players who would later become known as the Millionaires and Millionaire Team . One of the most famous among them was Jožef Velker, who became one of the most important players in the club. In 1932, 1934 and 1935, and from 1937 to 1940, the millionaires won the Novi Sad League. Since then, Vojvodina has had a serious claim to winning the Yugoslav first division. During the 1940/41 season Vojvodina played for the title, but the last phase of the championship was interrupted, because without prior declaration of war or ultimatum, the armies of National Socialist Germany and its allies Italy and Hungary attacked the Kingdom of Yugoslavia on April 6, 1941 eventually led to the mobilization of the Yugoslav armed forces and made continued competition impossible.

1941–1944: The tragedy of the Second World War

During the Second World War , the Kingdom of Yugoslavia was invaded, occupied and divided up by the Axis powers in 1941 . Parts of northern Serbia or today's AP Vojvodina fell to Croatia , which was under the rule of the fascist Ustaša movement under Ante Pavelić , to the Kingdom of Hungary , including Novi Sad , or was under German administration. One of the first decisions of the Hungarian occupiers was the ban on FK Vojvodina and the confiscation of its property.

Large parts of the club's archive were destroyed by the new authorities and most of the trophies that had been won up to that point were lost forever. The occupation was accompanied by serious attacks against the local civilian population. Numerous Serbs , Jews , Roma and civilians of other ethnicities were massacred or murdered, including women, children and the elderly, deported to concentration camps, e. B. to the Šarvar concentration camp, or expelled from their homeland.

Memorial in Petrovaradin to the victims of the Novi Sad massacre by Hungarian troops in 1942.

Numerous members of the association were among those affected. These war crimes provoked or aided the resistance of the population in the occupied territories. Numerous citizens from all ethnic groups - mainly Serbs, but also some anti-fascist and pro- Serb local Hungarians , Slovaks and others - joined the resistance against National Socialism and fought together against the fascist occupation of their homeland, including numerous members and players of the club.

The year 1942 was particularly tragic when the infamous raid in Novi Sad broke out. In a single operation by Hungarian troops , over 4,000 local Serbs, Jews and Roma were murdered. Most of the victims were the massacre of Novi Sad under General Ferenc Feketehalmy-Czeydner , when the Hungarian commander shot 1246 civilians from January 21 to 23. Several hundred civilians were also thrown under the ice of the frozen Danube and drowned. During this time, almost the entire team from Vojvodina, including Božidar Petrović, the brothers Milan and Pera Simin, Dušana Šućov, Svetozar Džanić, Milan Stoja, Živko Brzak and Radovan Bozin, as well as numerous club officials and supporters of the club died. Today a bronze cast sculpture in the Petrovaradin district , on which a man, a woman and a child can be seen, commemorates the terrible deed. Behind it are panels on which the names of the identified victims are engraved in Serbian and Hebrew script.

1944–1962: The golden generation

After the Yugoslav People's Liberation Army moved into Novi Sad at the end of 1944, the entire reorganization of sporting life slowly began . An orderly game operation was initially out of the question. Vojvodina had lost almost its entire team, as well as numerous club members and fans. Nevertheless, the surviving club members, players and the remaining board of directors , led by Kosta Hadži, Đuro Živić, Branko Milovanović and Aleksandar Kanazir, restarted the game shortly after the liberation. On July 24, 1946, however, the new communist authorities decided to merge three associations from Novi Sad: FK Vojvodina, FK Slavija and FK Radnički under the new name FK Sloga . This decision met with a lot of resistance from the population, who continued to call the association Vojvodina. The club initially played in the second division until it was promoted to the 1st Yugoslav league in 1948 . In 1950, after long resistance from fans, the club was renamed Vojvodina again. In 1951 Vojvodina reached the Yugoslav Cup final for the first time .

This was the beginning of the so-called golden generation , who became known for their technical football. In the 1950s, Vojvodina was consistently in the top half of the table. In 1953 she finished the season in fourth, in 1957 they won the runner-up, in 1959 they reached third place and thus established themselves in the top group of Yugoslav football in the long term. Vojvodina also achieved good results on the international stage, for example in 1957 when they reached the Mitropa Cup final and the semi-finals two years later. In the Messestädte-Pokal 1961/62 , the forerunner of the UEFA Cup , Vojvodina reached the quarter-finals after victories over AC Milan and Iraklis Thessaloniki . The most famous players of the club during this period included Vujadin Boškov , Todor Veselinović and Zdravko Rajkov . With striker Todor Veselinović, Vojovidna's later coach, the club was the top scorer of the Yugoslav league four times , from 1956 to 1958 and 1961. This generation also included the future Bundesliga player Stevan Bena .

1962–1968: The first championship title

In 1962 Vojvodina was runner-up, but the club's results deteriorated in the years that followed and there was even fear of losing the class. However, the year 1964 marked a turning point, when Vujadin Boškov took over the helm as technical director and Branko Stanković as coach . Vujadin Boškov modernized the club by improving the infrastructure and the construction of a sports center, as well as the organization of Scouting - network . Thus, the club management around President Arsa Kovačević was able to offer all the necessary conditions that a successful season required. Branko Stanković changed the style of play and shifted the focus to discipline and willingness to run. The only player with a free hand was Silvester Takač, one of the best players of this generation. After all, Vojvodina became Yugoslav champions for the first time in 1966 . Members of this generation included Žarko Nikolić and Đorđe Pavlić .

The following season Vojvodina achieved good results on the international stage. In the first round of the 1966/67 European Cup , she defeated SK Admira Vienna with a goal from New Year's Eve Takač. In the second round she played against Atlético Madrid . Vojvodina won the first leg in Novi Sad with goals from Silvester Takač, Ilija Pantelić and Ivica Brzić 3-1, while Atlético legend Luis Aragonés scored for Spain . In the second leg, Atlético Madrid won 2-0, which ultimately led to an aggregate result of 3-3. According to the rules of the time, a third game had to be played. Hoping for an advantage, the Spaniards suggested that the decisive match should be played again at the Estadio Vicente Calderón and offered financial compensation to compensate. Vojvodina would receive $ 50,000 , and each player another $ 1,000, and Atlético Madrid would also pay for accommodation and airfare.

The Estadio Vicente Calderón saw two games against Vojvodina Novi Sad in a few days in 1966 .

Aware of the risk and believing in their own strength, the leadership of Vojvodina accepted the proposal, but this decision was met with a great lack of understanding at home. Eventually Vojvodina won the playoff with a goal from Silvester Takač 3-2 after extra time. In the following winter transfer period, Vojvodina sold its goalscorer to Stade Rennais in order to finance the planned purchase of new floodlights . However, this turned out to be a bad decision because Takač was irreplaceable.

In the quarterfinals Vojvodina played against the top Scottish team Celtic Glasgow . Vojvodina won the first leg 1-0, but in Glasgow the club were eliminated 2-0 with a goal in stoppage time from Celtic captain Billy McNeill . After all, Celtic Glasgow won the European Cup and the Celtic players said afterwards that Vojvodina were the best team they had played against this season. In fact, Celtic only lost to Vojvodina during that season.

The season 1966/67 ended Vojvodina in fourth and qualified for the Messestädte-Pokal 1967/68 . After victories over GD Fabril from Portugal , 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig , and Göztepe Izmir , they reached the quarter-finals of a European Cup again, but they were eliminated there against FC Bologna . On April 22, 1968 Vojvodina and the Yugoslav national team tragically lost one of their players. Stevan Nešticki died in a car accident in Novi Sad. He was only 28 years old. In his honor, a local football tournament and a street in Novi Sad bear his name.

1968–1977: International successes

In the 1971/72 season Vojvodina failed to take part in the UEFA Cup as fourth . The club spent the next two seasons in the lower half of the table. 1974 Todor Veselinović was committed as the new coach and successor to Gojko Zec. The new coach had immediate success with the club. In the 1974/75 season Vojvodina secured the runner-up and participation in the 1975/76 UEFA Cup . In 1976 Vojvodina won the Intertoto Cup and thus its first European cup. In 1977 the red and whites won their second European title, the Mitropa Cup, after victories over AC Florence , Sparta Prague and Vasas Budapest . Todor Veselinović looked after the team throughout the competition, with the exception of the last game, the Branko Stanković took his place on the bench again, as he had from 1964 to 1967 when he made Vojvodina champion in 1966.

1977–1990: The second championship

In 1985 Vojvodina reached the semifinals of the Yugoslav Cup , but there they lost to Red Star Belgrade 2: 3. Completely unexpectedly, the 1985/86 season turned into the worst in the club's history, and so Vojvodina was finally the last to enter the second division. Željko Jurčić eventually had to vacate his chair for Tonko Vukušić. Under Vukušić, the immediate resurgence as a second division champion succeeded. In the summer of 1987, the club signed Miloš Šestić, a former Red Star player and the former coach of CA Osasuna, as the successor to Vukušić, Ivica Brzić. At the end of the 1987/88 season Vojvodina reached the given goal with a tenth place, to play first class in the next season. Then there was a change in the team. For the 1988/89 season committed Vojvodina Ljupko Petrović , who had just led Spartak Subotica back to the top Yugoslav league with the championship, as the new coach.

In addition, the club signed a number of talented players, including Siniša Mihajlović , Slaviša Jokanović, Miroslav Tanjga , Goran Kartalija and Budimir Vujačić from SC Freiburg . The team improved quickly under Petrović's leadership and spent most of the championship as leaders. The second championship cup was finally won again with a three-point lead over Red Star after more than 23 years of waiting. In the following season Vojvodina failed in the first round of the European Cup of National Champions 1989/90 to Honvéd Budapest . They lost the first leg 1-0, but the second leg was much better for the time being. Vojvodina was already leading 2-0 when a late own goal meant the end for the club. In the league they only reached eleventh place in the table and had to hand the championship back to Red Star, against which they were eliminated in the second round of the cup.

1990–2005: The Eternal Third

In 1990 Vojvodina failed to defend the championship they had previously won. From 1992 to 1997 Vojvodina reached 3rd place in the league, six times in a row, five times under coach Milorad Kosanović. No club in Yugoslavia had ever succeeded in this, which gave Vojvodina the reputation of the eternal third. In addition, she set with striker Vesko Mihajlović, who scored 22 goals, the top scorer of the 1992/93 season and 1995 the autumn championship could be secured. Because of UN - sanctions associations were not allowed to participate in European competitions from Yugoslavia and the question of how much this generation would be in an international comparison, remained unanswered. But in 1995 Vojvodina played a friendly match in Amsterdam against Ajax , which the "old lady" of Serbian football won 3-2. In the same year, Ajax won the 1994/95 UEFA Champions League . 1997 Vojvodina reached the cup final, but lost to Red Star.

In the 1998 UEFA Intertoto Cup , Vojvodina came to the semi-finals of the competition after victories over Stabæk Fotball , Örebro SK and Baltika Kaliningrad . There they defeated SC Bastia 4-0 after a 2-0 draw in the first leg , but they just failed in the final at Werder Bremen with 0-1 and 1-1. From the 2000/01 season Vojvodina got into both sporting and financial difficulties. The team was close to relegation, and club director Svetozar Šapurić left the club. As a result, promising players could often not be kept long after they had attracted the attention of more successful and financially stronger clubs. So Milan Jovanović moved to Shakhtar Donetsk in 2003 and Miloš Krasić to PFK CSKA Moscow in 2004 . From this point on there was a sporting slump. Vojvodina achieved only mediocre results in the following years, but after the arrival of the new president Ratko Butorović in 2005, the club gradually established itself again among the top Serbian teams.

2005 – today: Establishment as a top team

Dušan Tadić

In 2007, Milovan Rajevac led the team to third place in the Serbian Super League , which qualified for qualifying for the UEFA Cup , as well as the Serbian Cup final , where they lost to the Red Star. From the 2007/08 season Ivica Brzić took over the coaching post in Novi Sad. In the 2007/08 UEFA Cup , Vojvodina prevailed against Hibernians Paola in the first qualifying round . Opponents in the second round were Atlético Madrid , against whom they last played over 40 years ago in the 1966/67 Messestädte Cup , the forerunner of the UEFA Cup, and won three legendary games there. This time Atlético Madrid had the upper hand, as Vojvodina was defeated 3-0 at the Estadio Vicente Calderón with goals from Maxi Rodríguez , Diego Forlán and Sergio Agüero , and Los Colchoneros also won the second leg 2-1. In the league, Vojvodina again reached third place.

After the season left for 3 million euro with Gojko Kačar a performer the club towards Hertha BSC . In the 2008/09 season the club were runner-up under Zoran Marić. The next season Vojvodina reached fifth place in the league and lost the cup final 3-0 to Red Star. In addition, with Dragan Mrđa , who scored 22 goals and prepared 7, she was the top scorer and top scorer of the league and finally the best player of the 2009/10 season. After the sale of Dušan Tadić and the top scorer in the Netherlands and Switzerland , Dragan Mrđa was replaced in 2010/11 by Aboubakar Oumarou , who was able to meet the high expectations. For the new 2010/11 season, Zoran Milinković was also hired as a coach. This generally positive development of the last few years continued. Another time they finished the season in third and reached the final of the Serbian Cup, but this time they lost to Partizan .

In summer 2011, Željko Brkić left the club for Udinese Calcio , but Stephen Appiah , who reached the quarter-finals at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa with Ghana , moved to Vojvodina, and Almami Moreira joined the team, who had previously worked with Standard Liège and Partizan B celebrated successes and gained Bundesliga experience with Hamburger SV . Despite the move from Slobodan Medojević to VfL Wolfsburg in January 2012, who transferred 2.5 million euros for him, expectations in the club remained high, but again a third place and reaching the semi-finals in the cup followed. In the UEFA Europa League 2012/13 they failed in the third qualifying round despite a 2-1 home win against Rapid Vienna . During the winter break of the 2012/13 season, Miroslav Stevanović moved to Sevilla FC , but despite this loss, the club was able to stay in the top flight of the league. Vojvodina also reached the final of the national cup for the fourth time in the last seven years. On April 28, 2013, the club was the first football club in Serbia and Southeast Europe to open a professional and modern football academy, which is a benchmark in promoting young talent and in youth work in the entire region. The academy was opened by the club legend and former European successful coach Vujadin Boškov . The showcase project caused a lot of positive public attention in the region.

In the cup final, Vojvodina met FK Jagodina , a club that has seen positive development in recent years. In Partizan Stadium , where the match was played, Vojvodina arrived with more than 11,000 fans, one of the largest mobilizations Away by supporters of a club in the region. Despite this active support, FK Jagodina, who won the cup in their first final, defeated the favorite from Novi Sad with a penalty from Milan Đurić 1-0. For Vojvodina, on the other hand, it was the sixth cup final, and four of them have been played in the last seven years. After the club had lost its sixth final, the media and the club talked about Vojvodina's "cup curse". The club finished the 2012/13 season in 3rd place and qualified for the 2013/14 UEFA Europa League .

On June 8, 2013, however, the club had to cope with a severe setback, because at 10:15 a.m. local time, long-time club president Ratko Butorović was found dead in the apartment of his Hotel Park in Novi Sad at the age of 59 . Relatives, club members, club employees and their players quickly gathered in front of the hotel. After initial police investigations, no evidence of a violent death was found. The Institute of Forensic Medicine in Novi Sad confirmed Butorović's natural death after the autopsy . On June 9, 2013, 11 a.m. local time, an official mourning service took place in the Crystal Hall of the Hotel Park in the presence of over 700 relatives, friends, athletes and celebrities, including the managing director of the gas supplier Srbijagas Dušan Bajatović, representative of many Serbian football clubs and the Serbian Football Association, the Vojvodina team, former players like Željko Brkić , as well as representatives of numerous sports clubs from Novi Sad. Several wreaths were placed in front of the main building of the Serbian Football Association . Former players, including the then Wolfsburg Slobodan Medojević, did so on behalf of the club .

After his body was transferred to Nikšić , a kilometer-long funeral procession was held, accompanied by thousands of citizens, and it took almost an hour to reach the cemetery in the suburb of Kočani , where the family grave was located. The coffin was carried to the grave by several players from the chapel . Then Butorović was buried in the presence of a large number of relatives, friends, athletes, celebrities and politicians from Serbia and Montenegro as well as the entire club management, the coaching staff and the team, but also journalists . Among the mourners were the incumbent Prime Minister of Montenegro Milo Đukanović , the first and only President of the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro Svetozar Marović , the former footballer Mateja Kežman , the former boxers Tadija Kačar and Dragomir Vujković , the singer Nataša Bekvalac and former players and club coaches. Dejan Savićević and the football coach of the Montenegrin national football team Branko Brnović appeared on behalf of the Montenegrin Football Association . The club management of the Montenegrin first division club FK Zeta also appeared . Due to his extravagant style, Ratko Butorović was considered to be the most curious club president in Europe, whom he himself maintained at the Vojvodina games, which ultimately polarized the public and was often exposed to criticism. In addition, he was often said to have links to organized crime, but the allegations were never specifically proven, which means that charges were never brought against him.

Butorović was mainly known in recent years for his great love for the club, which was financially stabilized under his era, regularly enjoyed investments in infrastructure and reached a high level in youth work. Above all, thanks to his initiative, the stadium was partially renovated several times, including the renewal of the VIP rooms and the provision of new seats. The largest investment was the construction of the training area of ​​the club called FC Vujadin Boškov as well as its expansion and modernization, making it one of the most modern in Europe and one of the most significant development steps in the history of the club. This was followed by the installation of an LED - display board of the brand Philips , the purchase of a modern team coach brand Setra worth 140,000 € and two minibuses for the youth department. Furthermore, the installation of four new floodlights with a power of 1400  lux valued at € 300,000 and the opening of the Vojvodina Football Academy took place, the latter a milestone in Southeastern Europe. Finally, Butorović's commitment followed, one of his last acts, when he was able to carry out further renovations to the stadium shortly before his death, which included a new south stand, the renovation of the east and south-west stands and the roofing of the entire stadium, which ultimately made the stadium one Will have a capacity of 22,000 seats. The construction of the south stand is already in full swing. Based on these facts, Ratko Butorovic is seen as the main figure in the development of the club, which was established as the top Serbian team under his reign. Despite his unexpected and surprising death, the club managed to react quickly. At that time, their son Balša Butorović was unanimously elected as the new club president, who had supported and accompanied his father for years in building up the club. Despite turbulent weeks, Vojvodina started with a 4-1 away win against FC Hibernians in the 2013/14 Europa League season , in which they narrowly failed in the playoff round to Sheriff Tiraspol .

In the same season Vojvodina won after 25 years - when they won the Yugoslav Championship in 1989 - a title with the Serbian Football Cup .

Stadion

Karađorđe Stadium

The home stadium of Vojvodina is the Karađorđe stadium  - a multi-purpose stadium which, with a total capacity of approx. 20,000 seats (the official capacity is only 15,204), is one of the largest stadiums in Serbia . The stadium is named after Đorđe Petrović , called Karađorđe, the leader of the first Serbian uprising against the Ottoman occupation in the 19th century. The Serbian U-21 national football team also plays their games here.

Training ground

The club's training ground is the FC Vujadin Boškov sports complex , named after Vujadin Boškov , a former successful Yugoslav and Serbian football player and coach of Vojvodina, Real Madrid and Sampdoria Genoa , who won the European Cup Winners' Cup with Sampdoria Genoa in 1990 as a coach . In 2006 the club renovated the entire facility, including the stadium. In 2009 the training area was expanded again. Today the entire facility covers an area of ​​around 87,000 square meters. It has six football fields , one of which is covered with artificial turf . There are eight double rooms and two luxury suites to accommodate the players and the coaching staff. Each of the units has the most modern systems and equipment. A kitchen supplies the A team and all younger categories throughout the year. The sports complex has all the segments necessary for the functioning of a club at European level, such as: B. Changing rooms, fitness rooms, a medical center and a laundry. The main building houses two press centers and a leisure facility. The entire complex is managed by qualified staff and there is also a security service. In terms of functionality, architecture and equipment, the Vojvodina training ground is one of the most modern in Europe .

Fan culture

Company (in German: the company) is the organized fan community of Vojvodina and was founded in 1989 in Novi Sad . The members of the company call themselves “ Firmaši ”. They traditionally support all Vojvodina teams in every sport. The Firmaši are mainly in the north curve of the Karađorđe Stadium . They are one of the most important fan groups in Serbia and maintain a close fan friendship with the fans of Borac Banja Luka from the Republika Srpska in Bosnia and Herzegovina .

player

Trainer

successes

International

  • Quarter-finals in the European Cup (1): 1967
  • Mitropapokal (1): 1977
  • Mitopapokalfinalist (1): 1957
  • Intertoto Cup (1): 1976
  • Intertoto Cup finalist (1): 1998

National

  • Yugoslavia
    • Yugoslav Champion (2): 1966, 1989
    • Yugoslav runner-up (3): 1957, 1962, 1975
    • Third in the Yugoslav League (6) 1992–1997
    • Yugoslav Cup finalist (2): 1951, 1997
  • Serbia
    • Serbian runner-up (1): 2009
    • Third in the Serbian League (5): 2007, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2013
    • Serbian Cup Winner (2): 2014, 2020
    • Serbian Cup finalist (4): 2007, 2010, 2011, 2013

European Cup balance sheet

season competition round opponent total To Back
1962/63 Exhibition cities cup 1 round Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR Leipzig XI 1: 2 1: 0 (H) 0: 2 (A)
1964/65 Exhibition cities cup 1 round Bulgaria 1948Bulgaria Locomotive Plovdiv 2: 4 1: 1 (H) 1: 1 (A)
0-2 in Sofia
1966/67 European Champions Cup 1 round AustriaAustria SK Admira Vienna 1-0 1: 0 (A) 0: 0 (H)
2nd round Spain 1945Spain Atlético Madrid 6: 5 3: 1 (H) 0: 2 (A)
3: 2 aet in Madrid
Quarter finals ScotlandScotland Celtic Glasgow 1: 2 1: 0 (H) 0: 2 (A)
1967/68 Exhibition cities cup 1 round Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Linfield FC 5: 2 5: 1 (H) 0: 1 (A)
2nd round Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig 2-0 0: 0 (H) 2: 0 (A)
3rd round TurkeyTurkey Goztepe Izmir 2-0 1: 0 (H) 1: 0 (A)
Quarter finals ItalyItaly Bologna FC 0: 2 0: 0 (A) 0: 2 (H)
1968/69 Exhibition cities cup 1 round ScotlandScotland Glasgow Rangers 1: 2 0: 2 (A) 1: 0 (H)
1969/70 Exhibition cities cup 1 round Poland 1944Poland Gwardia Warsaw 1: 2 0: 1 (H) 1: 1 (A)
1972/73 Uefa cup 1 round CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Slovan Bratislava 1: 8 0: 6 (A) 1: 2 (H)
1975/76 Uefa cup 1 round Greece 1975Greece AEK Athens 1: 3 0: 0 (H) 1: 3 (A)
1989/90 European Champions Cup 1 round HungaryHungary Honvéd Budapest (a)2: 2 ( a ) 0: 1 (A) 2: 1 (H)
1996/97 Uefa cup Preliminary round Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Portadown FC 5: 1 1: 0 (A) 4: 1 (H)
qualification AustriaAustria Graz AK 1: 7 0: 2 (A) 1: 5 (H)
1997/98 Uefa cup 1 round NorwayNorway Viking Stavanger 2: 2
(4: 5 on  account ) 		0: 2 (H) 2: 0 a.d. (A)
1998 UEFA Intertoto Cup 1 round NorwayNorway Stabæk Fotball 5: 3 2: 1 (A) 3: 2 (H)
2nd round SwedenSweden Örebro SK 4-0 2: 0 (H) 2: 0 (A)
3rd round RussiaRussia Baltika Kaliningrad 4: 2 4: 1 (H) 0: 1 (A)
Semifinals FranceFrance SC Bastia 4: 2 0: 2 (A) 4: 0 (H)
final GermanyGermany Werder Bremen 1: 2 0: 1 (A) 1: 1 (H)
1999/2000 Uefa cup qualification HungaryHungary Újpest Budapest 5: 1 4: 0 (H) 1: 1 (A)
1 round Czech RepublicCzech Republic Slavia Prague 2: 3 0: 0 (H) 2: 3 (A)
2007/08 Uefa cup 1st qualifying round MaltaMalta Hibernians Paola 7: 1 5: 1 (H) 2: 0 (A)
2nd qualifying round SpainSpain Atlético Madrid 1: 5 0: 3 (A) 1: 2 (H)
2008/09 Uefa cup 1st qualifying round AzerbaijanAzerbaijan FK Olimpik Baku 2: 1 1: 0 (H) 1: 1 (A)
2nd qualifying round IsraelIsrael Hapoel Tel Aviv 0: 3 0: 0 (H) 0: 3 (A)
2009/10 UEFA Europa League 3rd qualifying round AustriaAustria FK Austria Vienna 3: 5 1: 1 (H) 2: 4 (A)
2011/12 UEFA Europa League 2nd qualifying round LiechtensteinLiechtenstein FC Vaduz (a)3: 3 ( a ) 2: 0 (A) 1: 3 (H)
2012/13 UEFA Europa League 2nd qualifying round LithuaniaLithuania Sūduva Marijampolė 5: 1 1: 1 (H) 4: 0 (A)
3rd qualifying round AustriaAustria SK Rapid Vienna 2: 3 2: 1 (H) 0: 2 (A)
2013/14 UEFA Europa League 1st qualifying round MaltaMalta Hibernians Paola 7: 3 4: 1 (A) 3: 2 (H)
2nd qualifying round HungaryHungary Honvéd Budapest 5: 1 2: 0 (H) 3: 1 (A)
3rd qualifying round TurkeyTurkey Bursaspor 5: 2 2: 2 (H) 3: 0 (A)
Play-offs Moldova RepublicRepublic of Moldova Sheriff Tiraspol 2: 3 1: 1 (H) 1: 2 (A)
2014/15 UEFA Europa League 2nd qualifying round SlovakiaSlovakia FK AS Trenčín 3: 4 0: 4 (A) 3: 0 (H)
2015/16 UEFA Europa League 1st qualifying round HungaryHungary MTK Budapest FC 3: 1 0: 0 (A) 3: 1 (H)
2nd qualifying round LatviaLatvia FK Spartaks Jūrmala 4: 1 3: 0 (H) 1: 1 (A)
3rd qualifying round ItalyItaly Sampdoria Genoa 4: 2 4: 0 (A) 0: 2 (H)
Play-offs Czech RepublicCzech Republic Viktoria Plzen 0: 5 0: 3 (A) 0: 2 (H)
2016/17 UEFA Europa League 1st qualifying round MontenegroMontenegro FK Bokelj Kotor 6: 1 1: 1 (A) 5: 0 (H)
2nd qualifying round WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Gap Connah's Quay 3: 1 1: 0 (H) 2: 1 (A)
3rd qualifying round BelarusBelarus FK Dinamo Minsk 3: 1 1: 1 (H) 2: 0 (A)
Play-offs NetherlandsNetherlands AZ Alkmaar 0: 3 0: 3 (H) 0: 0 (A)
2017/18 UEFA Europa League 1st qualifying round SlovakiaSlovakia MFK Ružomberok 2: 3 2: 1 (H) 0: 2 (A)
Legend: (H) - home game, (A) - away game, (N) - neutral place, (a) - away goal rule , (i. E.) - on penalties , (n. V.) - after extra time

Overall record: 94 games, 41 wins, 21 draws, 32 defeats, 129: 108 goals (goal difference +21)

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation : Perpetual table of the 1st Yugoslav football league.
  2. ↑ a b c Večernje novosti : Ratko Butorović pronađen mrtav.
  3. ↑ Blic : Održana komemoracija povodom smrti Ratka Butorovića.
  4. ↑ Večernje novosti : Komemoracija: Bata per imao jasnu viziju.
  5. ^ Novosti : Vrh Crne Gore ispratio Butorovića.
  6. ↑ a b Blic : Braća Đukanović i Brano Mićunović na sahrani Bate Kankana u Nikšiću.
  7. ↑ a b c Na sahrani i Milo i Brano.
  8. ↑ Telegraph: Ratko BUTOROVIC sahranjen u Nikšiću.
  9. ↑ Večernje novosti : Batin Poslednji Odlazak.