FK Vrbas

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Vrbas
Full nameFK Vrbas
Founded27 August 1969
Dissolved30 July 2007
GroundStadion kraj Šlajza
Capacity10,000
2006–07Vojvodina League West, 16th of 16 (relegated)

FK Vrbas (Serbian Cyrillic: ФК Врбас) is a defunct football club based in Vrbas, Vojvodina, Serbia.

History[edit]

The club was founded on 27 August 1969 as a result of a merger between two local rivals, OFK Vrbas and FK Kombinat. They subsequently won the Novi Sad-Srem Zone League in their inaugural 1969–70 season, earning promotion to the Vojvodina League, the third tier of Yugoslav football. Over the next two campaigns, the club finished runners-up to Srem (1970–71) and Radnički Sombor (1971–72), before winning first place in both 1972–73 (lost in the promotion playoffs against Dinamo Pančevo) and 1973–74, eventually securing a spot in the Yugoslav Second League.[1] They spent the following two years in the second tier, between 1974 and 1976, before being relegated back to the Vojvodina League.[1] The club again won the Vojvodina League in 1976–77, but immediately suffered relegation from the Second League in 1978.[1] They were promoted back to the second tier in 1979, spending two seasons in the league, before being relegated again in 1981.[2] The club returned to the Yugoslav Second League in 1983 and stayed for four years until 1987.[3]

Before the final breakup of Yugoslavia, the club competed in the 1991–92 Yugoslav Second League.[4] They continued participating in the 1992–93 Second League of FR Yugoslavia, but instantly suffered relegation to the Serbian League North.[4] Later on, the club played five consecutive seasons in the third tier, before being promoted back to the Second League in 1998.[4] They subsequently spent the next six years in the Second League, having been relegated in the 2003–04 campaign.[5] After two successive seasons in the Serbian League Vojvodina, the club dropped to the Vojvodina League West in 2006.[5] Following its relegation to the fifth tier for the first time in history, the club was eventually dissolved on 30 July 2007 by its board's decision due to financial troubles.[6] Simultaneously, it was announced that the newly formed club, OFK Vrbas, would start competing in the Vrbas-Bečej-Titel Intermunicipal League, the sixth tier of Serbian football.[6]

Honours[edit]

Vojvodina League (Tier 3)

  • 1972–73, 1973–74, 1976–77, 1978–79, 1982–83

Novi Sad-Srem Zone League (Tier 4)

  • 1969–70

Notable players[edit]

This is a list of players who have played at full international level.[7]

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

Managerial history[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c "SISTEM TAKMIČENJA U JUGOSLAVIJI 1973. - 1978" (in Serbian). fsgzrenjanin.com. Retrieved 8 February 2017.
  2. ^ "Period 1978. – 1983" (in Serbian). fsgzrenjanin.com. Retrieved 8 February 2017.
  3. ^ "Period 1983. – 1988" (in Serbian). fsgzrenjanin.com. Retrieved 8 February 2017.
  4. ^ a b c "RAT, RASPAD SFR JUGOSLAVIJE, SANKCIJE" (in Serbian). fsgzrenjanin.com. Retrieved 8 February 2017.
  5. ^ a b "SISTEM TAKMIČENJA 2000.-2006" (in Serbian). fsgzrenjanin.com. Retrieved 8 February 2017.
  6. ^ a b "FK Vrbas ugašen pa 'vaskrsao'" (in Serbian). b92.net. 30 July 2007. Retrieved 8 February 2017.
  7. ^ "FK Vrbas". national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 1 March 2017.

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