FK Kabel

FK Kabel (Serbian Cyrillic: ФК Кабел) is a professional football club based in Novi Sad, Vojvodina, Serbia. They currently compete in the Serbian First League, the second level of the national league system.

Kabel
Full nameFK Kabel
Nickname(s)Kabelovci (The Cable Men)
Founded1932 (1932)
GroundStadion FK Kabel
Capacity3,000
Head coachZoran Vasiljević
LeagueSerbian First League
2019–20Serbian First league, 6th of 16

History

The club was founded by the workers of the cable factory called Kabel in 1932.[1] They competed in the local leagues of Novi Sad over the next few years.[1] In 1945, following the end of World War II, the club was refounded by the factory's workers and given its original name.[1] The name was briefly changed to FK Metalac in 1947, but reverted back after just a few months.[1]

In 1983, the club earned promotion to the Vojvodina League for the third time in just a few years. They eventually won first place in the third tier in the 1986–87 season, getting promotion to the Yugoslav Second League (Group West) for the first time in their history.[2] However, the club suffered relegation after just one season and continued competing in the newly formed Yugoslav Inter-Republic League (Group North).

After the breakup of Yugoslavia, the club placed third in the NATO bombing-shortened 1998–99 Serbian League Vojvodina and gained promotion to the Second League of FR Yugoslavia (Group North).[3] They spent three consecutive seasons in the second tier, before being relegated in 2002.[4] Subsequently, the club competed in the Serbian League Vojvodina for two seasons, before suffering relegation to the Vojvodina League West in 2004.

After finishing as runners-up in the 2016–17 Vojvodina League South, the club won the title in the following season and took promotion to the Serbian League Vojvodina. They subsequently placed first in the third tier and gained promotion to the Serbian First League in 2019.

Honours

Vojvodina League / Serbian League Vojvodina (Tier 3)

  • 1986–87 / 2018–19

Novi Sad-Syrmia Zone League / Vojvodina League South (Tier 4)

  • 1973–74, 1974–75, 1977–78, 1982–83 / 2017–18

Seasons
Season League Cup
Division P W D L F A Pts Pos
 Serbia
2016–17 4 – Vojvodina South 3018665428602nd —
2017–18 4 – Vojvodina South 3021635827691st —
2018–19 3 – Vojvodina 3225257723771st —

Players

Current squad
As of 2 January 2021[5]

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 Ivan Knežević
2 MF  SRB Mateja Novaković
3 DF  SRB Stefan Grbović
4 DF  SRB Igor Jeličić
5 DF  SRB Milovan Petrić
6 MF  SRB Stefan Krpović
7 MF  SRB Slobodan Novaković
8 MF  SRB Stefan Petrović
9 FW  SRB Milan Vidakov (on loan from Vojvodina)
10 MF  SRB Aleksandar Mesarović
11 MF  SRB Milan Srbijanac
12 GK  SRB Bojan Brać
No. Pos. Nation Player
13 DF  SRB Nenad Kočović
14 MF  SRB Zoran Karać
15 DF  SRB Nemanja Kojičić
18 FW  SRB Nikola Gajić
19 FW  NGA Cyril Nebo
20 DF  SRB Srđan Bečelić
21 DF  SRB Marko Mandić
22 FW  SRB Milan Lučić
23 MF  SRB Predrag Govedarica
24 MF  MNE Petar Pavlićević (on loan from Vojvodina)
44 GK  SRB Miloš Mandić

For recent transfers, see List of Serbian football transfers winter 2019–20.

Notable players
National team players[6]

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

References
  1. "Istorija" (in Serbian). FK Kabel. Retrieved 19 November 2019.
  2. "Period 1983. – 1988" (in Serbian). FSG Zrenjanin. Retrieved 19 November 2019.
  3. "RAT, RASPAD SFR JUGOSLAVIJE, SANKCIJE" (in Serbian). FSG Zrenjanin. Retrieved 19 November 2019.
  4. "SISTEM TAKMIČENJA 2000.-2006" (in Serbian). FSG Zrenjanin. Retrieved 19 November 2019.
  5. "Team roster". Serbian PrvaLiga official website. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
  6. "Kabel Novi Sad". National Football Teams. Retrieved 19 November 2019.
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