FK Mladost Lučani

FK Mladost Lučani (Serbian Cyrillic: ФК Младост Лучани) is a professional football club based in Lučani, Serbia. They compete in the Serbian SuperLiga, the top tier of the national league system.

Mladost Lučani

Full name	FK Mladost Lučani
Founded	1952; 72 years ago (1952)
Ground	Stadion FK Mladost
Capacity	8,000
President	Vladimir Đorđević
Head coach	Tomislav Sivić
League	Serbian SuperLiga
2022–23	Serbian SuperLiga, 11th of 16
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours

History

Founded in 1952, the club achieved its first notable success by winning the Yugoslav Inter-Republic League (Group East) in 1989, thus earning promotion to the Yugoslav Second League. However, they were relegated after just one season, finishing bottom of the table.^[1]

Upon the breakup of Yugoslavia, the club started off in the Second League of FR Yugoslavia. They won first place in 1995 and took promotion to the First League (I/B League). The club spent the following three seasons in the First League (the last two in the I/A League), before suffering relegation in 1998.^[2] They earned another promotion to the top flight after winning the Second League (Group West) in 2001, but were narrowly relegated back the next year.^[3] Regardless, the club's striker Zoran Đurašković was crowned the competition's top scorer with 27 goals.^[4]

After winning the Serbian First League in 2007, the club was promoted to the Serbian SuperLiga. They placed in the middle of the table in their debut appearance, but were forced to withdraw from the competition due to financial issues.^[5] Over the next six seasons, the club played in the Serbian First League, the second tier of the national league pyramid. They earned promotion back to the SuperLiga after winning the First League in 2013–14. With a seventh-place finish in its comeback season, the club tied its previous record from the 2007–08 campaign. Moreover, Patrick Friday Eze concluded the season as the league's top scorer with 15 goals.^[6]

Led by manager Nenad Milovanović, the club achieved its best ever league standing in the 2016–17 season, finishing in fourth place and securing a spot in European competitions for the first time in history.^[7] They were, however, eliminated by Azerbaijani side Inter Baku in the first qualifying round of the 2017–18 UEFA Europa League, losing 5–0 on aggregate.^[8] On the domestic stage, the club made another historical success by reaching the final of the 2017–18 Serbian Cup.^[9] They eventually lost 2–1 to Partizan after initially leading 1–0.^[10]

Honours

• Serbian Cup
  • Runner-up: 2017–18
• Second League of FR Yugoslavia / Serbian First League (Tier 2)
  • Champions: 1994–95, 2000–01 (Group West) / 2006–07, 2013–14
• Yugoslav Inter-Republic League / Serbian League West (Tier 3)
  • Champions: 1988–89 (Group East) / 2003–04, 2005–06

Seasons

Season	League									Cup	Continental
	Division	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Pos
Serbia and Montenegro
1995–96	1 – I/B	18	8	5	5	26	20	29	3rd	Round of 16	—
	1 – I/A	18	8	2	8	24	27	32	5th
1996–97	1 – I/A	33	12	5	16	45	59	41	8th	Quarter-finals
1997–98	1 – I/A	33	9	3	21	25	54	30	12th	Round of 32
1998–99	2 – West	21^[a]	9	2	10	21	27	29	10th	Round of 16
1999–2000	2 – West	34	23	6	5	70	26	70^[b]	2nd	—
2000–01	2 – West	34	24	6	4	81	27	78	1st	Round of 32
2001–02	1	34	12	6	16	42	42	42	15th	—
2002–03	2 – West	33	8	11	14	35	43	35	9th	Round of 16
2003–04	3 – West	34	24	5	5	91	31	77	1st	—
2004–05	2 – Serbia	38	7	5	26	27	60	26	20th	—
2005–06	3 – West	34	27	5	2	86	14	86	1st	Round of 32
Serbia
2006–07	2	38	24	10	4	49	19	82	1st	—	—
2007–08	1	33	8	14	11	32	41	38	7th^[c]	Round of 32
2008–09	2	34	10	8	16	25	43	38	14th	Round of 32
2009–10	2	34	9	15	10	33	31	42	14th	Round of 16
2010–11	2	34	11	12	11	29	32	45	9th	Preliminary round
2011–12	2	34	13	14	7	42	27	53	3rd	Round of 32
2012–13	2	34	10	13	11	31	35	43	9th	Round of 32
2013–14	2	30	18	6	6	42	20	60	1st	Round of 32
2014–15	1	30	11	7	12	41	47	40	7th	Round of 32
2015–16	1	37	11	14	12	34	44	31	9th	Round of 32
2016–17	1	37	18	6	13	46	44	36	4th	Quarter-finals
2017–18	1	37	11	11	15	44	52	27	10th	Runners-up	Europa League – First qualifying round
2018–19	1	37	16	9	12	49	37	34	5th	Semi-finals	—
2019–20	1	30^[d]	13	4	13	31	40	43	9th	Quarter-finals
2020–21	1	38	15	9	14	43	59	54	7th	Round of 16
2021–22	1	37	12	9	16	46	52	45	11th	Round of 32
2022–23	1	37	9	11	17	40	57	38	11th	Round of 32

1. The season was cut short due to the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia.
2. The club was docked five points.
3. The club withdrew from the league due to financial problems.
4. The season was shortened due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Serbia.

European record

Season	Competition	Round	Opponent	Score	Aggregate
2017–18	Europa League	First qualifying round	Inter Baku	0–3 (H), 0–2 (A)	0–5

Players

First-team squad

As of 11 February 2024^[11]

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 Saša Stamenković 4 DF   SRB Ivan Milošević (captain) 5 DF   SRB Nemanja Žunić 6 DF   SRB Aleksa Šajinović 7 DF   SRB Nikola Andrić 8 MF   MNE Janko Tumbasević 9 MF   POR Nuno Pereira 10 MF   SRB Petar Bojić 11 MF   SRB Đorđe Marinković 12 DF   SRB Milan Joksimović 13 DF   SRB Aleksandar Racić 14 FW   SRB Mateja Milosavljević 15 DF   SRB Miloš Divac 16 DF   SRB Sava Pribaković 17 DF   SRB Aleksandar Varjačić 18 MF   SRB Aleksa Bošković 19 MF   CMR Donald Molls 21 DF   SRB Filip Žunić 22 GK   SRB Marjan Mijatović 23 GK   SRB Željko Samčović

No. Pos. Nation Player 24 FW   SRB Ognjen Milanović 25 FW   SRB Jovan Ćirić 26 DF   SRB Aleksa Milošević 27 MF   SRB Vladimir Radivojević 28 MF   SRB Aleksandar Pejović 29 DF   SRB Stefan Maksimović 30 DF   SRB Nikola Ćirković 31 MF   SRB Ognjen Krsmanović 33 DF   SRB Žarko Udovičić 34 GK   SRB Bogdan Matijašević 35 DF   SRB Nikola Leković 40 DF   SRB Dušan Cvetinović 42 FW   CIV Yacouba Silue 45 FW   NGA Patrick Friday Eze 47 MF   SRB Marko Veličković 71 DF   SRB Ognjen Vučićević 80 FW   SRB Ognjen Bondžulić 90 MF   SRB Veljko Todorović 91 FW   SRB Nemanja Kos

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 — GK   SRB Luka Savić (at Sloboda Užice) — GK   SRB David Rosić (at Omladinac) — DF   SRB Mihajlo Vesnić (at FAP) — DF   SRB Igor Radovanović (at Takovo) — DF   SRB Veljko Vlašković (at Zlatibor Čajetina) — DF   SRB Nenad Perović (at OFK Vršac) — DF   SRB Nemanja Žunić (at OFK Vršac) — DF   SRB Nikola Obućina (at FAP)

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF   SRB Vukašin Marković (at Borac Čačak) — MF   SRB Vasilije Đerković (at Real Podunavci) — MF   SRB Milisav Ćirović (at Zlatibor Čajetina) — FW   SRB Lazar Zlatanović (at Omladinac) — FW   SRB Đorđe Jakovljević (at Takovo) — FW   SRB Stefan Stanisavljević (at Radnički SM) — FW   SRB Ognjen Milanović (at Sloboda Užice)

Notable players

This is a list of players who have played at full international level.^[12]

•   Ognjen Čančarević
•   Murad Hüseynov
•   Admir Aganović
•   Ninoslav Milenković
•   Siniša Saničanin
•   Misdongarde Betolngar
•   Milan Jovanović
•   Janko Tumbasević
•   Tome Kitanovski
•   Aleksandar Lazevski
•   Badara Badji
•   Dušan Anđelković
•   Nikola Ćirković
•   Marko Jevremović
•   Lazar Jovanović
•   Saša Jovanović
•   Nemanja Mićević
•   Nemanja Milunović
•   Marko Mirić
•   Milan Radin
•   Dragan Rosić
•   Miloš Stanojević
•   Nemanja Tomić
•   Jovan Markoski
•   Husniddin Gafurov

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

Managerial history

Period Name 2001   Jovan Kovrlija 2001   Stanislav Karasi 2002   Jovan Kovrlija 2006–2007   Predrag Plazinić 2007–2008   Nenad Milovanović 2008   Živorad Jelić 2009   Ljubiša Dmitrović 2010   Nenad Markićević 2010   Miloljub Kovačević 2011   Branko Božović 2011–2012   Dejan Nikolić 2012   Neško Milovanović

Period Name 2012–2013   Ljubiša Dmitrović 2013   Nenad Milovanović 2013   Vladica Petrović 2014–2019   Nenad Milovanović 2019–2020   Goran Stanić 2020–2021   Nenad Milovanović 2021   Darko Rakočević 2021   Ivan Stefanović 2022–2023   Dragiša Žunić 2023   Milorad Kosanović 2023   Igor Savić 2023–   Tomislav Sivić

References

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2. "RAT, RASPAD SFR JUGOSLAVIJE, SANKCIJE" (in Serbian). fsgzrenjanin.com. from the original on 12 August 2017. Retrieved 5 June 2015.
3. "Mladost ispala" (in Serbian). glas-javnosti.rs. 6 June 2002. from the original on 7 April 2014. Retrieved 2 April 2014.
4. "Partizan novi šampion" (in Serbian). glas-javnosti.rs. 6 June 2002. from the original on 7 April 2014. Retrieved 2 April 2014.
5. "Mladost iz Lučana istupila iz lige" (in Serbian). b92.net. 2 July 2008. from the original on 17 August 2018. Retrieved 5 June 2015.
6. "CRVENA ZVEZDA – MLADOST 3:1 (2:1)" (in Serbian). fkmladostlucani.com. 25 May 2015. from the original on 19 April 2022. Retrieved 5 June 2015.
7. "Mladost: Ispunjeni uslovi za evro licencu, hvala Đoriću" (in Serbian). sportklub.rs. 18 May 2017. from the original on 23 July 2019. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
8. "Voša nije uspela, novi poraz Mladosti" (in Serbian). rts.rs. 6 July 2017. from the original on 23 July 2019. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
9. "Istorija u Lučanima: Neško i Mladost pojeli Mačvu i čekirali finale! (VIDEO)" (in Serbian). mozzartsport.com. 9 May 2018. from the original on 23 July 2019. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
10. "Partizan nakon preokreta osvojio Kup" (in Serbian). rts.rs. 23 May 2018. from the original on 23 July 2019. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
11. "Mladost" (in Serbian). superliga.rs. from the original on 5 June 2023. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
12. "Mladost Lučani". national-football-teams.com. from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 9 February 2017.

External links

• Official website
• Club page at Srbijasport