FK Bačka 1901

FK Bačka 1901
Full name	Fudbalski klub Bačka 1901
Nickname(s)	Crveno-bili (The Red-Whites)
Founded	3 August 1901
Ground	Stadion kraj Somborske kapije
Capacity	3,700
Chairman	Nemanja Simović
Manager	Slobodan Kustudić
League	Vojvodina League North
2022–23	Vojvodina League North, 7th
Home colours	Away colours

FK Bačka 1901 (Serbian Cyrillic: ФК Бачка 1901) is a football club from Subotica, Serbia, that competes in the Vojvodina League North. It is the longest running club in Serbia and also the oldest within the former Yugoslavia. Founded in 1901 in Subotica, the club's colors are red and white, while the club's anthem is Pivaj Bačka veselo.

History

The club was founded in 1901, during Austro-Hungarian administration. Bačka 1901 played a big role in a cultural and sport autonomy of Bunjevci Croats in Bačka during the Austro-Hungarian period.^[1]

Its first name was Bácska Szabadkai Athletikai Club, since it was registered by the Austro-Hungarian authorities in Hungarian language.

In its early years, the club played in the leagues of the Austro-Hungarian Kingdom of Hungary, regularly winning in the southern league. After beginning of the First World War, the region became part of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (renamed Yugoslavia in 1929), and the club participated in the Yugoslav championship twice, in its 1923 inaugural season and in 1925. During this time the club was named JSD Bačka.

In 1941, during the Axis occupation of Yugoslavia, Bačka was attached to Horthy's Hungary and the club was forced to compete in the Hungarian League, where it entered competition in its third-tier. In 1945 the communist authorities renamed the club to HAŠK Građanski (Croat Academical Sports Club Građanski) in their attempt to Croatize Slavic populations of Bačka region. Soon after the club was renamed to FD Sloboda. Later, it was renamed to FD Zvezda, and in 1963, the club returned the name Bačka.

FK Bačka 1901 - AIK Bačka Topola in Subotica (1970s)

FK Bačka 1901 were promoted to the Serbian League Vojvodina, national third tier in 2013.

In May 2007 the president of the club became Dragan Vujković, former member of the Yugoslav national boxing team and silver medalist from two World Amateur Championships.^[2]^[3]

Names through history

"Bácska" SAC
JAD "Bačka"
HŠK "Bačka"
HAŠK "Građanski"
FD "Sloboda"
FD "Zvezda"
FK "Bačka"

Notable players

These players are listed in the club's official website.^[4] In alphabetic order:

Csaba Béres
Zoran Bogešić
Stanko Bogojević
Ivica Bošnjak
Predrag Bošnjak, Hungarian national team player
Ivan Budimčević
Mijo Bukvić
Antun Copko
Beno Cvijanov
Mirko Evetović
Stjepan Gabrić
Lajoš Jakovetić, Yugoslavia national team player
Mihalj Kečkeš, Yugoslavia national football team player
István Kenyeres
Nesto Kopunović
Andrija Kujundžić, Yugoslavia national team player
Zoltan Kujundžić
Gordan Lazić
Josip Lerinc
Tomo Malagurski
Zoran Mandić
Remija Marcikić, Yugoslavia national team player and Southern Hungarian selected team player^[5]
Nikola Matković

Tihomir Ognjanov, Yugoslavia national team player
Marinko Poljaković
Josip Rajčić
Tibor Rehm
Pero Remeš
Antun Rudinski, Yugoslavia national team player
Nikola Sadojević
Ivan Sarić
Tomislav Sivić
Ivan Skenderović
Dezider Szlezák
Attila Szabados
József Szili
Radovan Šimun
Slobodan Šujica
Zoran Trivunov
László Varga
Dejan Vilotić
Marko Vujković
Zoltán Wagner
Miloš Zakić
Josip Zemko, Yugoslavia national team player

Besides these above, among Bačka's legendary persons are Lajos Vermes, Nikola Matković and Đuro Stantić.

For the list of former and current players with Wikipedia article, please see: Category:FK Bačka 1901 players.

Coaches

List of all coaches:^[6]

Zoltán Wagner (1901–1906)
Gyula Gruber (1906–1914)
Ivan Milašin (1914–1920)
Aleksandar Perl (1920–1924)
Ferenc Nagy (1924–1926)
Aleksandar Perl (1926–1930)
Andrija Kujundžić - Čiča (1930–1941)
Lajoš Gencel (1945–1946)
Miroslav Stojanović (1948–1949)
Laslo Varga (1949–1950)
Lajoš Gencel (1950–1951)
Josip Vad (1951–1952)
Lajoš Gencel (1952–1953)
Željko Sabanov (1953–1954)
Beno Cvijanov (1954–1955)
Gustav Matković (1955–1959)
Alexi Petrović (1959–1960)
Laslo Varga (1960–1963)
Jožef Koras (1963–1965)
Gustav Matković (1965–1966)
Laslo Varga (1966–1969)
Tihomir Ognjanov (1969–1971)
Franjo Čović (1971–1972)
Miloš Glončak (1972–1974)
Josip Zemko (1974–1977)
Branko Roksandić (1977–1978)
Đorđe Palatinus

Tome Malagurski
Dobrivoje Trivić (1978–1979)
Lajčo Jakovetić (1979–1980)
Branko Roksandić (1980–1981)
Josip Rajčić (1981–1986)
Budisav Pajić (1986–1987)
Slobodan Šujica (1987–1988)
Budisav Pajić (1988–1989)
Slobodan Šujica (1989–1990)
Josip Rajčić (1990–1991)
Josip Zemko
Josip Lerinc
Slobodan Šujica (1991)
Hajrudin Saračević (1991–1992)
Slobodan Kustudić (1992–1993)
Josip Zemko
Marko Vujković
Danilo Mandić (1993–1994)
Josip Zemko
Marko Vujković
Danilo Mandić (1994–1995)
Josip Rajčić
István Gligor (1995–1996)
Danilo Mandić (1996–1997)
Josip Rajčić
Marko Vujković (1998–1999)
Josip Rajčić (1999–2001)

FK Bačka in art

Croatian writer from Bačka, Milivoj Prćić, has written a monodrama, Pivaj Bačka veselo, dedicated to this club.

Later in 2006, Rajko Ljubič made a movie of the same name after Prćić's work.

References

^ "Subotica | Hrvatska enciklopedija". www.enciklopedija.hr. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
^ (in Serbian) Subotičke Archived 12 March 2008 at the Wayback Machine Oni su gradili "grad sportova"
^ (in Serbian) Subotičke^{[permanent dead link]} U znaku crveno-belog, 29. veljače 2008.
^ From official site famous players list Archived 11 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
^ Neven, Subotica, 4-8-1921, page 3
^ Lučonoše Jugoslovenskog fudbala - Monografija FK Bačka Subotica 1901-2001 pag. 134 (in Serbian)

External links

Official website
Vojvodina league - East at SrbijaSport
(in Croatian) Radio Subotica «Crveno bijela zabava» podsjetila na povijest «Bačke»
"Povratak dostojanstva najstarijem klubu". Hrvatska riječ (in Croatian). 17 March 2006. Retrieved 10 November 2010.
""Bačka" na filmu". Hrvatska riječ (in Croatian). 6 November 2006. Retrieved 10 November 2010.
(in Croatian) Radio Subotica «Crveno-bijela zabava» NK «Bačka 1901»