RFK Grafičar Beograd

RFK Grafičar Beograd (Serbian Cyrillic: РФК Графичар Београд) is a football club based in Senjak, Belgrade, Serbia.

Grafičar Beograd

Full name	RFK Grafičar Beograd
Nickname(s)	The Violets
Founded	20 May 1922
Ground	Stadion Rajko Mitić - Jug veštačka trava
Capacity	1,000
Chairman	Slobodan Govedarica
Coach	Marko Neđić
League	Serbian First League
2022–23	3rd
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours

Grafičar has a reputation as an old traditional Belgrade club. Initially, it was financed by the printing industry of major city publishers of books, magazines and newspapers. The club is currently competing in Serbian First League, the second tier of Serbian football. In 2017, Grafičar became affiliated with Red Star Belgrade. As the feeder team, its primary role is developing Red Star's young players.

History

It is located in Belgrade's suburb called Senjak. The club colour is purple (violet), which is why their fans are called Violet Boys. Some of the club most notable former players are Goran Bunjevčević, Đorđe Svetličić, Dragan Pantelić, Nemanja Vučićević, László Köteles, Milutin Sredojević, Vladimir Rodić. Boris Sekulić who became Slovak international, played in the club in season 2009–10.^[1]

Players

First-team squad

As of 3 July 2023^[2][3]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   SRB Ivan Guteša 2 DF   SRB Boris Matić (on loan from Red Star Belgrade) 3 DF   SRB Bratislav Marić (on loan from Red Star Belgrade) 5 MF   SRB Lazar Majstorović (on loan from Red Star Belgrade) 7 MF   SRB Jovan Šljivić 8 MF   SRB Andrej Petrović (on loan from Red Star Belgrade) 9 FW   SRB Jovan Mijatović 10 MF   SRB Vladimir Petrović 11 FW   SRB Milenko Mijatović 12 FW   SEN Babacar Mboup 13 MF   SRB Filip Vasiljević (captain) 15 FW   BIH Branko Đukić 16 MF   SRB Marko Ćurić (on loan from Red Star Belgrade) 17 FW   CAN Joshua Sora Tucker 18 FW   NGA Yusuf Faisal (on loan from Red Star Belgrade) 19 FW   SRB Strahinja Stojanović

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 DF   SRB David Đurić (on loan from Red Star Belgrade) 22 GK   SRB Ivan Lainović (on loan from Red Star Belgrade) 23 DF   SRB Kosta Nedeljković 44 DF   SRB Aleksa Jovanović 45 DF   SRB Aleksej Vukičević (on loan from Red Star Belgrade) 55 DF   NGA Favour Inyeka Ogbu (on loan from Red Star Belgrade) 60 DF   SRB Viktor Radojević (on loan from Red Star Belgrade) 77 MF   SRB Andrija Fratrović 78 MF   SRB Luka Krsmanović 88 FW   SRB Ognjen Ajdar (on loan from FK Radnički Niš) 92 GK   SRB Bogdan Marinković (on loan from Red Star Belgrade) 98 FW   SRB Veljko Mladenović 99 FW   SRB Andrija Maksimović — DF   CHN Su Yuliang — MF   JAM Duncan McKenzie

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF   SRB Srđan Nikolić (at OFK Beograd until the end of the 2023–24 season) — DF   SRB Matija Mrkela (at OFK Beograd until the end of the 2023–24 season) — MF   SRB Milan Bajić (at FK Torlak until the end of the 2023–24 season) — FW   SRB Andrija Kaluđerović (at OFK Beograd until the end of the 2023–24 season)

Players with multiple nationalities

•     Joshua Sora Tucker

Coach

•   Milija Žižić (2018–2020)
•   Radomir Koković (2021)
•   Boško Gjurovski (2021)
•   Marko Neđić (2021–present)

References

1. Boris Sekulić at zerozero.pt
2. "ИГРАЧИ" (in Serbian). RFK Grafičar Beograd. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
3. "Графичар почео припреме појачан Звездином децом" (in Serbian). FK Crvena zvezda. Retrieved 3 July 2023.

External links

• Official website

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