FK Zlatibor Čajetina (Serbian Cyrillic: ФК Златибор Чајетина) is a football club based in Čajetina, Serbia. They compete in the Serbian League West, the third tier of the national league system.

Zlatibor Čajetina
Full nameFK Zlatibor Čajetina
Founded1945; 79 years ago (1945)
GroundStadion Švajcarija
Capacity1,040[citation needed]
PresidentVeljko Radulović
LeagueSerbian League West
2023–24Serbian League West, 8th of 16

History

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In the 2013–14 season, the club won the Zlatibor District League with an amazing record, 25 wins and one draw (scoring 128 goals and conceding just six times in the process), thus earning promotion to the Drina Zone League.[1] They spent the next two years in the fourth tier, before finishing first place in the 2015–16 edition, securing them a spot in the Serbian League West.[2] The club won the third-tier championship in the 2017–18 campaign (being tied with Sloga Požega) and got promoted to the Serbian First League for the first time in its history.[3] They also reached the Serbian Cup round of 16 in the same season, losing 1–0 to Čukarički.[4] After spending two seasons in the second tier, the club finished in first place in the COVID-19-shortened 2019–20 season and earned promotion to the Serbian SuperLiga.[5] They placed third from the bottom in their debut appearance in the top tier and suffered relegation back to the Serbian First League.[6]

Honours

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Serbian First League (Tier 2)

Serbian League West (Tier 3)

  • 2017–18

Drina Zone League (Tier 4)

  • 2015–16

Zlatibor District League (Tier 5)

  • 2013–14

Seasons

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Season League Cup
Division Pld W D L GF GA Pts Pos
  Serbia
2010–11 4 – Drina 30 11 6 13 42 39 39 12th
2011–12 4 – Drina 30 8 8 14 24 38 32 14th
2012–13 5 – Zlatibor 28 16 4 8 65 30 52 4th
2013–14 5 – Zlatibor 26 25 1 0 128 6 76 1st
2014–15 4 – Drina 28 13 11 4 35 20 50 2nd
2015–16 4 – Drina 30 20 8 2 54 21 68 1st
2016–17 3 – West 30 10 12 8 30 28 42 5th
2017–18 3 – West 34 25 5 4 67 25 80 1st Round of 16
2018–19 2 37 18 3 16 48 42 32 6th
2019–20 2 30[a] 14 12 4 33 18 54 1st Round of 32
2020–21 1 38 7 8 23 28 64 29 18th Round of 32
2021–22 2 37 12 11 14 38 44 47 12th Round of 32
2022–23 2 37 7 12 18 36 54 33 15th Round of 32
2023–24 3 – West 30 12 6 12 34 30 42 8th Preliminary round
  1. ^ The season was shortened due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Serbia.

Notable players

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This is a list of players who have played at full international level.[7]

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

Managerial history

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Period Name
2013–2016   Milan Čančarević
2016–2017   Vladimir Mudrinić
2018–2020   Predrag Ristanović
2020–2021   Zoran Njeguš
2021   Ljubomir Ristovski
2021   Predrag Ristanović
2021–2022   Žarko Jovanović
2022–2023   Predrag Ristanović
2023   Slaviša Kovačević
2024   Ivica Cvetanovski
2024   Slaviša Božičić

References

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  1. ^ "Interviju sa predsednikom FK Zlatibor, Veljkom Radulovićem" (in Serbian). zlatibor.tv. 3 July 2014. Retrieved 5 August 2017.
  2. ^ "Čančarević uveo Zlatibor u Srpsku ligu" (in Serbian). zlatibor.tv. 10 June 2016. Retrieved 5 August 2017.
  3. ^ "Fudbaleri Zlatibora u Prvoj ligi Srbije" (in Serbian). radioluna.info. 14 June 2018. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
  4. ^ "Kup: Poker Mihajlovića, Mladost sigurna" (in Serbian). b92.net. 25 October 2017. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
  5. ^ "FK Zlatibor se plasirao u Superligu Srbije" (in Serbian). radioluna.info. 22 June 2020. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
  6. ^ "Serbia 2020/21". rsssf.org. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
  7. ^ "Zlatibor Čajetina". national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 30 May 2023.
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