Serbia Prva Liga | 02/15 16:00 | 21 | Radnicki Sremska Mitrovica vs Smederevo | - | View | |
Serbia Prva Liga | 02/22 16:00 | 22 | Smederevo vs FK Vozdovac | - | View | |
Serbia Prva Liga | 02/26 16:00 | 23 | FK Zemun vs Smederevo | - | View | |
Serbia Prva Liga | 03/02 16:00 | 24 | Smederevo vs Javor Ivanjica | - | View | |
Serbia Prva Liga | 03/08 16:00 | 25 | FK Indjija vs Smederevo | - | View | |
Serbia Prva Liga | 03/12 16:00 | 26 | Smederevo vs FK Mladost Gat Novi Sad | - | View |
Europe Friendlies | 01/22 11:00 | - | Smederevo v OFK Vrsac | W | 2-1 | |
Serbia Prva Liga | 12/14 12:00 | 20 | [10] Smederevo v FK Graficar Beograd [8] | D | 1-1 | |
Serbia Prva Liga | 12/08 12:00 | 19 | Borac Cacak v Smederevo | L | 4-0 | |
Serbia Prva Liga | 12/01 12:00 | 18 | [9] Smederevo v FK Radnik Surdulica [5] | L | 0-2 | |
Serbia Prva Liga | 11/25 15:00 | 17 | [2] FK Macva Sabac v Smederevo [9] | L | 1-0 | |
Serbia Prva Liga | 11/16 12:00 | 16 | [6] OFK Vrsac v Smederevo [9] | L | 2-0 | |
Serbia Prva Liga | 11/11 12:00 | 15 | [15] FK Dubocica v Smederevo [9] | W | 1-2 | |
Serbia Prva Liga | 11/03 12:00 | 14 | [10] Smederevo v Sloven Ruma [16] | W | 2-1 | |
Serbia Cup | 10/30 12:00 | 5 | Smederevo v FK Novi Pazar | L | 1-3 | |
Serbia Prva Liga | 10/26 12:00 | 13 | [14] FK Trayal Krusevac v Smederevo [9] | L | 3-0 | |
Serbia Prva Liga | 10/20 12:00 | 12 | [11] Smederevo v Sloboda Uzice [14] | W | 2-0 | |
Serbia Prva Liga | 10/15 13:00 | 11 | [2] FK Mladost Novi Sad v Smederevo [11] | L | 1-0 |
Total | Home | Away | |
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Matches played | 45 | 25 | 20 |
Wins | 16 | 9 | 7 |
Draws | 11 | 9 | 2 |
Losses | 18 | 7 | 11 |
Goals for | 48 | 30 | 18 |
Goals against | 52 | 24 | 28 |
Clean sheets | 16 | 10 | 6 |
Failed to score | 16 | 7 | 9 |
Fudbalski klub Smederevo 1924 (Serbian Cyrillic: Фудбалски клуб Смедерево 1924), commonly known as Smederevo, is a Serbian professional football club based in Smederevo.
At the beginning of the 2000s, the club (then known as Sartid Smederevo) became one of the most successful clubs in the country and took part in European competitions in five consecutive seasons, with some memorable matches against the likes of TSV 1860 Munich and Ipswich Town. The club achieved its greatest success by defeating Red Star Belgrade 1–0 in the 2002–03 Serbia and Montenegro Cup final.
Acting on suggestion from chief engineer Ernest Radlinski, the club was first founded on 6 May 1924 by SARTID (Srpsko akcionarsko rudarsko topioničarsko industrijsko društvo) as FK Sartid. At the beginning, FK Sartid's roster was mostly filled with professional players from Hungary, Austria and Germany and the club failed to make much noise in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia's football scene. Then in 1944, it was essentially disbanded by Yugoslavia's new communist authorities following the end of World War II, along with the entire Sartid factory whose property was nationalized.
Though it is not certain if what followed can be viewed in continuity with FK Sartid, many fans consider it to be a part of club's history, so depending on one's opinion, either a new club appeared or the name was simply changed to FK Metalac in 1944.
The following period was marked by numerous name changes. Two years later in 1946 the name was switched to FK Jedinstvo, and it lasted only three years until 1949 when it was changed to FK Smederevo.
In 1958, FK Smederevo merged with FK Metalac to form OFK Budućnost, the name that stuck around until 1962 when it was switched back to FK Smederevo. That setup lasted until 1967, when the club became FK Metalurg.
In 1976, the name was switched to FK Smederevo for the third time, lasting until the breakup of Yugoslavia in 1992.
All throughout this 48-year period, the club toiled in lower leagues (Serbian regional league, etc.).
FK Sartid was reborn in 1992 when Sartid metallurgical concern took over the club's ownership and sponsorship, and promptly switched to its original name. The renaissance commenced immediately as the club went from Smederevo Zone League to Yugoslav First League in six seasons. The 1998–99 campaign will go down in history as the club's first in top flight. The club's success in this period was tied to their main board president Dušan Matković. In addition to his position at FK Sartid, Matković was also a high-ranking official of Slobodan Milošević's party SPS as well as Minister of Industry in the government of Mirko Marjanović. The allegations that the club was involved in various illegal and irregular activities, and also protected from persecution because of their powerful benefactor, during this period are numerous.
After losing the national cup final to Crvena Zvezda in 2002, the club won the competition against the same opponent in 2003. In the summer of 2004, the club changed its name back to FK Smederevo.
The most noted player is former team captain Goran Bogdanović. He retired after the 2003–04 season.
In summer 2014, FK Smederevo merged with FK Seljak from Mihajlovac to form FK Semendrija 1924. In January 2015, the club changed its name to FK Smederevo 1924. They finished 7th in the 2014–15 Serbian League West.
In the 2018–19 season FK Smederevo 1924 finished first in the Serbian League West and were promoted to the Serbian First League.
In the 2022–23 season FK Smederevo 1924 won the Serbian League West and were promoted to the Serbian First League again.
Year | Club |
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1924–1944 | FK Sartid Smederevo |
1944–1946 | FK Metalac Smederevo |
1946–1949 | FD Jedinstvo Smederevo |
1949–1952 | ŽSD Smederevo |
1952–1958 | FK Smederevo |
1958–1962 | OFK Budućnost Smederevo – fusion FK Smederevo and FK Metalac |
1962–1967 | FK Smederevo |
1967–1976 | FK Metalurg Smederevo |
1976–1992 | FK Smederevo |
1992–2004 | FK Sartid Smederevo |
2004–2014 | FK Smederevo |
2014–2015 | FK Semendrija 1924 Smederevo – fusion FK Smederevo and FK Seljak Mihajlovac |
2015– | FK Smederevo 1924 |