FK Javor Ivanjica

FK Javor Ivanjica (Serbian Cyrillic: ФК Јавор Ивањица) is a professional football club based in Ivanjica, Serbia. They compete in the Serbian SuperLiga, the top tier of the national league system.

Javor Ivanjica

Full name	FK Javor Ivanjica
Founded	1912; 111 years ago (1912)
Ground	Javor Stadium
Capacity	3,000
President	Dragomir Lazović
Head coach	Radovan Ćurčić
League	Serbian SuperLiga
2022–23	Serbian SuperLiga, 12th of 16
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours Third colours

History

In 1912, a student named Milan Radojević brought the first football ball to Ivanjica, which led to the formation of the club.^[1] The team mostly played friendly matches before the conclusion of World War II due to a lack of organized football competitions.^[1] Between 1958 and 1962, they were close to achieving promotion to the Yugoslav Second League.^[1] However, the club never reached higher than the third level until the 1990s.

In 1994, led by manager Slavenko Kuzeljević, the club earned promotion to the Second League of FR Yugoslavia after eliminating Zvezdara and Topličanin in the playoffs.^[2] They spent the next eight years in the second tier, having their best season in 1997–98, when they placed fourth in Group West.

In 2002, the club won the Second League (Group West) and took promotion to the First League of FR Yugoslavia for the first time in history.^[3] They remained for just one season in the elite division, finishing bottom of the table.^[4] During this time, the club became recognizable for featuring a number of young African footballers, mainly from Nigeria and Zimbabwe.^[5] They earned another promotion to the top flight in 2005, but again suffered relegation in the same season.^[6]

After underperforming in the 2006–07 Serbian First League, the second tier of the restructured national league system, the club managed to convincingly win first place in the 2007–08 season. Moreover, manager Radovan Ćurčić led his team to an unbeaten record and promotion to the Serbian SuperLiga.^[1] They subsequently placed fourth in the top flight, their highest league position to date. In 2012, the club celebrated its 100th anniversary.^[7]

After a total of six consecutive seasons in the SuperLiga, the club suffered relegation in 2014. However, they won promotion back in the next season. The club subsequently made its greatest success by reaching the final of the 2015–16 Serbian Cup, losing 2–0 to Partizan at the Stadion Metalac.^[8]

Honours

• Serbian Cup
  • Runner-up: 2015–16
• Second League of FR Yugoslavia / Serbian First League (Tier 2)
  • 2001–02 (Group West) / 2007–08

Seasons

Season	League									Cup
	Division	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Pos
Serbia and Montenegro
1998–99	2 – West	21^[a]	9	3	9	28	30	30	9th	—
1999–2000	2 – West	34	11	11	12	50	47	44	10th	—
2000–01	2 – West	34	15	8	11	40	33	53	6th	—
2001–02	2 – West	32	27	4	1	81	14	85	1st	—
2002–03	1	34	9	7	18	21	44	34	15th	—
2003–04	2 – West	36	17	5	14	55	39	56	4th	Quarter-finals
2004–05	2 – Serbia	38	22	8	8	44	30	74	2nd	Round of 16
2005–06	1	30	8	8	14	22	35	32	12th	Round of 32
Serbia
2006–07	2	38	15	9	14	35	42	54	12th	Round of 32
2007–08	2	34	18	16	0	38	12	70	1st	Quarter-finals
2008–09	1	33	13	14	6	39	27	53	4th	Round of 16
2009–10	1	30	8	14	8	22	23	38	7th	Round of 32
2010–11	1	30	10	11	9	21	24	41	8th	Round of 32
2011–12	1	30	11	6	13	28	32	39	9th	Quarter-finals
2012–13	1	30	9	7	14	38	40	34	10th	Semi-finals
2013–14	1	30	6	11	13	29	38	29	15th	Round of 32
2014–15	2	30	17	10	3	47	19	61	2nd	Round of 32
2015–16	1	37	10	13	14	25	29	26	13th	Runners-up
2016–17	1	37	11	10	16	34	50	22	8th	Round of 16
2017–18	1	37	10	6	21	33	57	24	15th	Quarter-finals
2018–19	2	37	23	8	6	78	37	46	2nd	Round of 16
2019–20	1	30^[b]	6	10	14	43	62	28	13th	Round of 32
2020–21	1	38	12	10	16	45	53	46	16th	Round of 16
2021–22	2	37	19	12	6	57	30	69	2nd	Round of 16
2022–23	1	37	9	10	18	35	56	37	12th	Round of 32

1. The season was cut short due to the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia.
2. The season was shortened due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Serbia.

Players

First-team squad

As of 15 September 2023^[9]

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 Lazar Raičević 2 DF   SRB Milan Ilić 3 DF   SRB Milan Obradović 4 MF   SRB Stefan Vukašinović 5 DF   SRB Stefan Tešić 7 MF   SRB Luka Ratković 8 MF   SRB Luka Gojković 9 FW   GHA Ibrahim Tanko 10 MF   SRB Radivoj Bosić 11 DF   SRB Stefan Milošević 12 GK   SRB Nikola Popović 13 MF   SRB Dino Dolmagić 14 FW   SRB Aleksa Radonjić 16 DF   MNE Boris Kopitović

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 DF   SRB Nemanja Miletić (captain) 18 FW   SRB Petar Gigić 19 MF   BRA Eliomar 20 DF   FRA Boubacari Doucouré 21 MF   BIH Zvonimir Petrović 22 DF   BIH Kristijan Tojčić 25 FW   GHA Johnson Amuzu 26 DF   SRB Đorđe Skoko 27 FW   CIV Bayéré Junior Loué 29 FW   SRB Jovan Goronjić 30 MF   SRB Miloš Adamović 31 MF   BIH Todor Petrović 33 MF   SRB Lazar Selenić 98 GK   SRB Strahinja Manojlović

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 Kosta Janjić (at FAP) — MF   SRB Željko Basarić (at Real Podunavci)

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF   SRB Ognjen Luković (at Real Podunavci) — FW   SRB Aleksa Beskorvajni (at Trayal)

Notable players

This is a list of players who have played at full international level.^[10]

•   Alexander Christovão
•   Nemanja Supić
•   Ibrahim Walidjo
•   Derek Cornelius
•   Norman Campbell
•   Boris Kopitović
•   Aleksandar Šofranac
•   Filip Ivanovski
•   Jovan Đokić
•   Marko Gajić
•   Marko Jevremović
•   Damir Kahriman
•   Nemanja Miletić
•   Milovan Milović
•   Miljan Mutavdžić
•   Miroslav Vulićević
•   Mihajlo Pjanović
•   Husniddin Gafurov
•   Petar Krivokuća
•   Srboljub Krivokuća
•   Blessing Makunike
•   Mike Temwanjera
•   Leonard Tsipa

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

Managerial history

Period Name   Slavko Vojičić 2003–2006   Radovan Ćurčić 2006   Srđan Vasiljević 2006–2007   Goran Marić 2007–2010   Radovan Ćurčić 2010–2011   Zoran Njeguš 2011   Vladan Milojević 2011–2012   Aleksandar Janjić 2012–2013   Mladen Dodić 2013   Bogić Bogićević 2013–2014   Predrag Ristanović 2014–2015   Slavenko Kuzeljević 2015–2016   Aleksandar Janjić

Period Name 2016   Mladen Dodić 2016   Miloš Veselinović 2016–2017   Srđan Blagojević 2017   Srđan Vasiljević 2017–2018   Vlado Jagodić 2018   Milovan Milović (caretaker) 2018–2019   Igor Tufegdžić 2019–2021   Igor Bondžulić 2021–2022   Milovan Milović 2022   Igor Bondžulić 2022–2023   Mladen Dodić 2023   Milovan Milović (caretaker) 2023–   Radovan Ćurčić

References

1. "Istorijat" (in Serbian). fkjavor.com. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
2. "RAT, RASPAD SFR JUGOSLAVIJE, SANKCIJE" (in Serbian). fsgzrenjanin.com. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
3. "Partizan novi šampion" (in Serbian). glas-javnosti.rs. 6 June 2002. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
4. "Trijumf za kraj" (in Serbian). glas-javnosti.rs. 24 May 2003. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
5. "Javor unveil African talent". uefa.com. 4 February 2003. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
6. "Zemuncima šansa referendum" (in Serbian). glas-javnosti.rs. 7 May 2006. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
7. "Ljuljaj, Javore, još sto godina!" (in Serbian). kurir.rs. 1 September 2012. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
8. "Partizan osvojio Kup Srbije! [VIDEO]" (in Serbian). sportskacentrala.com. 11 May 2016. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
9. "Igrači" (in Serbian). superliga.rs. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
10. "Javor Ivanjica". national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 10 October 2019.

External links

 

Wikimedia Commons has media related to FK Javor Ivanjica.

• Official website
• Club page at Srbijasport