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FK Rakovica

Rakovica
Full nameFK Rakovica
Nickname(s)Motoristi (The Motor Men)
Founded1937; 87 years ago (1937)
GroundStadion FK Rakovica
Capacity2,000
PresidentIgor Dejanović
LeagueBelgrade Intermunicipal League – Group B
2022–23Belgrade Intermunicipal League – Group B, 4th of 13
Websitefkrakovica.rs

FK Rakovica (Serbian Cyrillic: ФК Раковица) is a football club based in Rakovica, Belgrade, Serbia. They compete in the Belgrade Intermunicipal League, the sixth tier of the national league system.

History

Founded in 1937, the club was accepted into the Belgrade Football Subassociation in 1940.[1] They were reestablished after World War II in 1947 as Motor, before being renamed to Rakovica in 1948.[1] In 1954, the club became known as IM Rakovica (IMR), backed by the manufacturing factory of the same name.[1]

With the beginning of the new millennium, the club competed in the 2000–01 Second League of FR Yugoslavia, finishing bottom of the table in Group North.[2] They subsequently suffered consecutive relegations,[3][4] finding themselves in the fifth tier by the 2003–04 season.

After winning the Belgrade First League in the 2011–12 season, the club finished as runners-up of the 2012–13 Belgrade Zone League and earned promotion to the Serbian League Belgrade. They spent four seasons in the third tier, before finishing bottom of the table in 2016–17. In 2017, the club reverted its name to Rakovica.[1]

Honours

Belgrade First League (Tier 5)

  • 2011–12

Notable players

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

Managerial history

Period Name
2013–2016 Serbia Dragan Stevanović
Serbia Dragan Stefanović

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Istorija kluba" (in Serbian). fkrakovica.rs. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
  2. ^ "SISTEM TAKMIČENJA 2000.-2006" (in Serbian). fsgzrenjanin.com. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
  3. ^ "Yugoslavia 2001/02". rsssf.org. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
  4. ^ "Serbia and Montenegro 2002/03". rsssf.org. Retrieved 6 September 2021.