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| Full name | Fudbalski klub Rad | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Građevinari | ||
| Founded | 1958 | ||
| Ground | Stadion Kralj Petar I, Belgrade (Capacity: 6,000) |
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| President |  Branko Miljković |
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| Head Coach | Čedomir Đoinčević (nominally) Marko Nikolić (in actuality)[1] |
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| League | Jelen Superliga | ||
| 2008-09 | Jelen Superliga, 8th | ||
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FK Rad (Serbian Cyrillic: ФК Рад) is a football club from Belgrade, Serbia. It plays at Stadion Kralj Petar I, which is located in the southern part of the city's Banjica neighbourhood.
Translated into English, the club's name signifies "work" or "labour", which is because it was formed by a construction company of the same name.
Over the years, the club served as breeding ground for a number of well-known players, including Vladimir Jugović, Ljubinko Drulović, Zoran Mirković, Miroslav Đukić, Goran Bunjevčević, Željko Cicović, Slavoljub Muslin and others.
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History
Football club Rad was founded in 1958, entering competition in the lowest rank. The club was created by workers of the GRO Rad company.
From the start the club had two major local rivals: Banjica and Jajinci, these rivalries were the rivals of the company but quickly it passed to football. The following individuals are considered as club's founders: Petar Đerasimović, the first president, Radojica Tanasijević, the first general selector, Željko Marjanović, the first financial adviser, and Ljubomir Lazić, the first vice president. The players that have played in 1958 can feel like founders as well, FK Rad had a lot of young players that were schooled in the First league teams, some players would include: Lazar Slavković, Đurđe Ivković, Vladimir Acević, Teodor ušnjar, Milan Abramović, Brana Djaković, Aleksandar Banić, Živojin Rafailović, Aleksandar Andrejić, and a little later Sreten "Sele" Antić, Milan "Selja" Jovanović, and others. The first head coach was Nikola Marjanović. The parliament has given the club a pitch in the center of Banjica, a few concrete stands were made, and later locker rooms were added, as well as the restaurant. The club only gets better and year by year FK Rad keeps moving up the league. On the stadium there has always been 2,000 to 3,000 fans. FK Rad had a very good attack from counters and scored many goals that was that kept bringing fans to the stands. The club had a large following in the Banjica region, the fans followed their club away and home. FK Rad quickly got promoted to the Belgrade league. In the period from 1965 to 1969 a change of generations had taken place. At theat time the leaders were Ljubomir Lazić and Radomir Antić, notable managers were Đorđević and Đurđević, leaders for the players were Ratomir Janković, Vlada Vlaović, Matović, Zoran Bulatović, Dutina, Čeh and others.
A few years later the club turns to change and the club colors are now different, youth school has received much pressure, the control on the players and much more.
The club's greatest success occurred in 1988-89 season when it finished the Yugoslav league competition in fourth spot, ahead of many richer clubs such as FK Partizan. This success qualified FK Rad for the UEFA Cup in the 1989-90 season, where it was eliminated 2-3 on aggregate in the first round by Olympiacos (Rad lost 0-2 in Athens after winning 2-1 on home ground).
Name changes through history
- 1958 : club founded under the name of FK Rad Belgrade
- 1990 : renamed to FK GRO Rad Belgrade
- 1993 : renamed again to FK Rad Belgrade
Stadium
The stadium of FK Rad holds 6,000 people.
Supporters
FK Rad's supporters call themselves United Force, and are known as some of the most loyal in Serbian football. They're also infamous for taking part in many violent acts, both inside and outside various Serbian stadiums. The United Force often is infamous for its far right political stance, and connections to some neo-nazi groups, such as Combat 18 and Blood and Honour.
FK Rad in European competitions
| Season | Cup | Round | Country | Club | Result |
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| 1989/90 | UEFA Cup | First round |  |
Olympiacos | 2-1, 0-2 |
| 1991 | Mitropa Cup | Group |  |
Pisa Calcio | 1-4 |
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Bohemians Praha | 2-4 |
Current squad 2009/10
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For recent transfers, see List of Serbian football transfers summer 2009.
Players out on loan
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Players with multiple nationalities
Aren´t going to be considered foreigners in the 2009-10 season:
- 8
Saša Vidović - 10
Uroš Delić - 23 Vladimir Jovančić
- 26
Milan Borjan
Former notable players
In this list are included most of the national teams club´s players and some other that were influential in the club.
References
External links
- Official website
- United Force homepage
- Počele pripreme fudbalera Rada, B92, July 1, 2009
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