FK Rad () is a football club based in Banjica, Belgrade, Serbia. They compete in the Belgrade Zone League, the fourth tier of the national league system. It plays it home games at the King Peter I Stadium.
Founded in 1958, the club spent a total of 30 seasons in the top flight between 1987 and 2021, including five seasons in the Yugoslav First League, 12 seasons in the First League of Serbia and Montenegro, and 13 seasons in the Serbian SuperLiga.
History The club was founded on 10 March 1958 by GP Rad, a local construction company. They acquired the league rights from FK Razvitak, a small club based in Banjica, going on to compete in the local leagues of Belgrade until the early 1970s. The club earned promotion to the Yugoslav Second League in 1973, spending the next 14 seasons in the second tier of Yugoslav football. They also reached the 1981–82 Yugoslav Cup quarter-finals, losing to Dinamo Zagreb.
In the 1986–87 Yugoslav Second League, the club became champions in Group East and took promotion to the Yugoslav First League for the first time in history. They placed 15th in their debut appearance in the top flight, just one point above the relegation zone. The club subsequently finished in fourth place in the 1988–89 season, earning a spot in the 1989–90 UEFA Cup. They were eliminated in the first round after losing 3–2 on aggregate to Olympiacos.
Following the dissolution of SFR Yugoslavia, the club continued to compete at the highest national level, finishing fifth in the inaugural 1992–93 First League of FR Yugoslavia. They would also place in the top five in three consecutive seasons from 1998 to 2000. With the beginning of the new millennium, the club slowly started to decline and eventually suffered relegation in the 2002–03 season. They returned to the top flight of Serbia and Montenegro football in its final edition, but were promptly relegated.
Having spent two seasons in the Serbian First League, the club placed fourth in 2007–08 and managed to earn promotion to the Serbian SuperLiga via the play-offs. They tied their highest-ever fourth-place finish in 2010–11, which earned them qualification for the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League, to return to European football after 22 years. After spending 13 consecutive seasons in the top flight, the club suffered relegation in 2021. They would subsequently end bottom of the table in the 2022–23 Serbian First League, dropping to the third tier for the first time in 50 years.
After suffering a second consecutive relegation in 2024, the club found itself in the Belgrade Zone League, the fourth tier of Serbian football. They were also banned from registering any new players during the 2024–25 season due to outstanding debts. As a result, the club was unable to prevent a third successive relegation, losing all of its games, except for two forfeited wins, and conceding 170 goals to drop to the Belgrade First League.
Honours Yugoslav Second League (Tier 2) 1986–87 (Group East)
Seasons SeasonLeagueCupContinentalDivision1973–742 – East3411101333403214th——1974–752 – East341212106442366th—1975–762 – East34161174834432nd—1976–772 – East34148124129367thRound of 161977–782 – East3411111234363311th—1978–792 – East30714926292810th—1979–802 – East30127114140319thRound of 321980–812 – East3012992721333rd—1981–822 – East30119103732317thQuarter-finals1982–832 – East34155145246357th—1983–842 – East3410111332383113th—1984–852 – East34139123433355thRound of 321985–862 – East34191325320512ndRound of 161986–872 – East3420955415491st—1987–881341181544563015th—1988–891341311104638354thRound of 32Intertoto Cup – Group stage1989–90134166124131365thRound of 16UEFA Cup – First round1990–91136147154234328thRound of 32—1991–92133143164843297thQuarter-finals1992–931361313104735395thRound of 32—1993–941 – I/A187381619177thRound of 161 – I/B189722810251st1994–951 – I/A186751616194thRound of 161 – I/A184682238227th1995–961 – I/B189543212322ndQuarter-finals1 – I/A185582123287th1996–971 – I/A331010133338409thQuarter-finals1997–981 – I/A33126153539425thRound of 161998–9912411762626405thQuarter-finals1999–2000140179145646604thRound of 322000–011341251749584114thRound of 322001–021341371445414610thRound of 162002–0313411101339434313thRound of 322003–042 – North3622956228752ndRound of 162004–052 – Serbia3821896430713rdSemi-finals2005–06130941727353113thRound of 322006–07238188125334625thRound of 32—2007–0823416995034574thRound of 322008–09133715112735368thRound of 162009–10130107133839378thRound of 322010–11130141063821524thRound of 162011–121301071333313710thRound of 32Europa League – First qualifying round2012–13130128103230447thQuarter-finals—2013–14130851719372914thRound of 322014–15130134133338436thQuarter-finals2015–161379131540472712thRound of 322016–171371191729452511thRound of 162017–181371062140642613thRound of 162018–191377121822442313thRound of 322019–20130432323631515thRound of 322020–211381461844574815thRound of 162021–222371391540414811thQuarter-finals2022–232375151737633016thRound of 322023–243 – Belgrade30442220631016thPreliminary round2024–254 – Belgrade2620248170413th—
European record SeasonCompetitionRoundOpponentScoreAggregate1989–90UEFA CupFirst round Olympiacos2–1 (H), 0–2 (A)2–32011–12Europa LeagueFirst qualifying round Tre Penne6–0 (H), 3–1 (A)9–1Second qualifying round Olympiacos Volos0–1 (H), 1–1 (A)1–2
Stadium The home ground on FK Rad since 1977 is the King Peter I Stadium, with seating capacity of 3,919 seats and total capacity of 6,000.
Supporters The club's main supporters' group, known as United Force, was formed in 1987. They have often been associated with hooliganism due to their long history of incidents. Rad supporters have rivalries with several clubs, including local rivalries with OFK Beograd and Voždovac, and national rivalries with Novi Pazar.
Players
First-team squad
Notable players This is a list of players who have played at full international level.
Petar Jelić Aleksandar Kosorić Nenad Mišković Milan Borjan Li Chunyu Ivan Cvjetković Siniša Gogić Nikola Drinčić Uroš Đurđević Vladimir Gluščević Filip Kasalica Mitar Novaković Vladimir Rodić Nikola Šipčić Vladimir Volkov Nikola Vujnović Dejvi Glavevski Aleksandar Lazevski Perica Stančeski Goran Stanić Ostoja Stjepanović Aleksandar Todorovski Veljko Birmančević Miloš Bogunović Aleksandar Busnić Jovan Damjanović Filip Đorđević Igor Đurić Brana Ilić Bojan Isailović Bojan Jorgačević Aleksandar Jovanović Branislav Jovanović Damir Kahriman Andrija Kaluđerović Filip Kljajić Nenad Lukić Nikola Maraš Marko Mijailović Luka Milivojević Bogdan Mladenović Pavle Ninkov Ognjen Ožegović Andrija Pavlović Nemanja Pejčinović Milan Smiljanić Miloš Stanojević Nikola Stojiljković Nenad Tomović Slobodan Urošević Jagoš Vuković Nenad Brnović Goran Bunjevčević Željko Cicović Petar Divić Boban Dmitrović Ljubinko Drulović Miroslav Đukić Nenad Grozdić Spira Grujić Vladimir Jugović Zoran Mirković Predrag Ocokoljić Aleksandar Pantić Marko Perović Dejan Rađenović Vuk Rašović Predrag Ristović Borislav Stevanović Miroslav Stević Dragan Vukmir Aleksandar Živković Jusuf Hatunić Mihailo Petrović Vladan Radača Vlada Stošić Ilija Zavišić
For a list of all FK Rad players with a Wikipedia article, see :Category:FK Rad players.
Managerial history
PeriodName Mirko Damjanović1979–1980 Milan Živadinović1982-1983 Đorđe Gerum1984 Marko Valok1985–1987 Žarko Nedeljković1987–1989 Dragan Gugleta1989 Ivica Brzić1990 Ljupko Petrović1990 Dragutin Spasojević1990–1991 Dragan Gugleta1991–1994 Tomislav Manojlović1994–1995 Boško Antić1995–1997 Milenko Kiković1997–1999 Čedomir Đoinčević2000 Nebojša Petrović2001 Čedomir Đoinčević2002 Zvonko Varga2002–2003 Boško Đurovski2003 Milan Milanović2004 Zdravko Zemunović2004–2005 Radmilo Ivančević2005 Čedomir Đoinčević2005–2006 Bogdan Korak
PeriodName2006 Dragan Kecman2006–2007 Aleksandar Janjić2007 Nebojša Vignjević2007 Dragan Kecman2008 Mihailo Ivanović2008 Aleksandar Janjić2008–2011 Marko Nikolić2011 Predrag Rogan (caretaker)2011 Slavko Petrović2011 Milan Bosanac (caretaker)2011–2012 Nebojša Vignjević2012 Radoje Smiljanić (caretaker)2012–2013 Marko Nikolić2013 Nebojša Milošević2013 Nebojša Petrović2014 Aleksandar Janković2014 Stevan Mojsilović2014 Slađan Nikolić (caretaker)2014–2016 Milan Milanović2016 Slađan Nikolić (caretaker)2016 Aleksandar Janjić2016 Slađan Nikolić (caretaker)2016–2017 Nebojša Petrović
PeriodName2017 Gordan Petrić2017–2018 Slađan Nikolić2018 Zoran Milinković2018–2019 Dragan Stevanović2019 Zvezdan Milošević2019 Bogdan Korak2019 Srđan Stojčevski (caretaker)2019 Dragan Radojičić2020 Marko Mićović2020 Branko Mirjačić2020 Zoran Njeguš2020–2021 Milan Milanović2021 Dragan Ivanović2021–2022 Zoran Rendulić2022 Branko Mirjačić2022 Bogdan Korak2023 Igor Savić2023 Goran Serafimović2023–2024 Dejan Musović2024–2026 Bogdan Korak
References
External links Club page at Srbijasport