FK Rad

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 called Banjica.

The club has had a number of well-known players such as Vladimir Jugovic, Ljubinko Drulović, Zoran Mirković, Miroslav Đukić, and Goran Bunjevčević.

History

The club was founded in 1958, when it entered competition in the lowest rank, but eventually fought its way into the Yugoslav First League in the 1980s, and stayed there until the 2002-03 season when it dropped out to Second League, where it has stayed until 2004/5 season when it was promoted into the First League of Serbia and Montenegro (now called Super Liga) again.

The club's greatest success was taking part in the UEFA Cup in the 1988-89 season, where it was eliminated in the first round by Panathinaikos on the away goals rule (lost 2-0 in Athens, won 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

Fans

The club's fans called the United Force are known as some of the most loyal in Serbian football.

External links

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