FK Timok explained

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

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
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	–	–	–	–	–	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
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	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	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	—

Supporters

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 .

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

External links

• Club page at Srbijasport

Notes and References

1. Web site: Period 1978. – 1983. . sr . fsgzrenjanin.com . 4 June 2022.
2. Web site: Period 1983. – 1988. . sr . fsgzrenjanin.com . 4 June 2022.
3. Web site: SISTEM TAKMIČENJA 2000.-2006. . sr . fsgzrenjanin.com . 25 January 2015.
4. Web site: Novi šok u Humskoj . sr . sportskacentrala.com . 26 October 2005 . 25 January 2015.
5. Web site: Bez iznenađenja u četvrtfinalu Kupa . sr . sportskacentrala.com . 7 December 2005 . 25 January 2015.
6. Web site: Teleoptik prvoligaš posle drame . sr . mondo.rs . 11 June 2009 . 4 June 2022.
7. Web site: Fudbaleri "Timoka" plasirali se u Prvu ligu Srbije . sr . srbijasport.net . 9 June 2012 . 25 January 2015.
8. Web site: Inđija i naredne sezone u Prvoj ligi Srbije . sr . srbijasport.net . 28 May 2014 . 25 January 2015.
9. Web site: U Zonu "Istok" sa novim imenom: "Radnički" iz Lubnice postao je FK "Timok 1919" iz Zaječara! . sr . glas-zajecara.com . 22 July 2018 . 14 July 2021.
10. Web site: Gde je FK Timok nakon jednog stoleća . sr . zajecaronline.com . 27 December 2019 . 14 July 2021.
11. Web site: Sledeća je Zvezda! . sr . glas-javnosti.rs . 28 October 2005 . 4 June 2022.
12. Web site: Timok Zaječar . national-football-teams.com . 20 June 2017.