FK Radnički Pirot () is a football club based in Pirot, Serbia. They compete in the Serbian League East, the third tier of the national league system.
History The club was founded immediately after World War II in 1945. They made their Yugoslav Second League debut in the 1969–70 campaign. Over the next 12 seasons, the club competed in the second tier of Yugoslav football, before being relegated in 1981. They were promoted back the following year and played another six seasons in the Second League (1982–1988), before the competition was reorganized. In the 1975–76 Yugoslav Cup, the club made one of the greatest accomplishments in its history by eliminating Red Star Belgrade to reach the quarter-finals, eventually losing to Dinamo Zagreb.
Following the dissolution of SFR Yugoslavia, the club competed in the newly formed Second League of FR Yugoslavia in the 1992–93 season, but failed to avoid relegation. They returned to the second tier three years later and subsequently placed third in Group East in their comeback appearance. However, the club suffered relegation to the third tier in 1998.
In the new millennium, the club surprisingly reached the quarter-finals of the 2004–05 Serbia and Montenegro Cup, being eliminated by Rad after losing 1–0 at home. They also earned promotion to the Serbian First League in the same season by winning the Serbian League East. The club spent the next three seasons in the second tier of Serbian football, before being relegated back to the Serbian League East in 2008. In the meantime, they achieved another success in the national cup by reaching the 2006–07 Serbian Cup quarter-finals, but lost 2–1 to Vojvodina at home.
After spending eight consecutive seasons in the Serbian League East, the club was promoted as champions to the Serbian First League in 2016. They were relegated back to the third tier in 2018, only to return to the second tier in 2019.
Honours Serbian League Timok / Serbian League Niš / Serbian League East (Tier 3) Champions (5): 1995–96, 2000–01, 2004–05, 2015–16, 2018–19
Seasons SeasonLeagueCupDivision1992–932381342141743018th—1993–943 – East34161267045444th—1994–953 – East3420598337652nd—1995–963 – Timok34272510023831st—1996–972 – East34171165641623rd—1997–982 – East341631545595113th—1998–993 – Niš17–––––295th—1999–20003 – Niš381971210559643rd—2000–013 – Niš3317978345601st—2001–022 – East34167116345556th—2002–032 – East33136145257458thRound of 162003–042 – East36166145445548th—2004–053 – East34236511433751stQuarter-finals2005–062 – Serbia381371850524613th—2006–07238178135236596thQuarter-finals2007–0823416271655918thRound of 322008–093 – East28951422303210thPreliminary round2009–103 – East30134135340434th—2010–113 – East30164105134522nd—2011–123 – East3010101034304010th—2012–133 – East3019474614613rd—2013–143 – East30153124432484th—2014–153 – East3018576825592nd—2015–163 – East3019925420661st—2016–17230127113031436th—2017–18230871528393113thRound of 162018–193 – East3427439619851stRound of 322019–20230127113433436th—2020–212341091532463911thRound of 322021–223 – East2814596231474thPreliminary round2022–233 – East3021456627672nd—2023–243 – East30162126143504th—2024–253 – East3017765631582nd—2025–263 – East30136115950457th—2026–273 – East —
Supporters The club's main supporters' group is known as Pirgosi. They were founded in the summer of 1990. The group is traditionally situated in the east stand of the stadium.
Notable players This is a list of players who have played at full international level. Nikola Đurđić Andrija Kaluđerović Ivan Gvozdenović Nenad Jestrović Mateja Kežman Radivoje Manić Zoran Ranković Jovan Stanković Jovan Anđelković For a list of all FK Radnički Pirot players with a Wikipedia article, see :Category:FK Radnički Pirot players.
Historical list of coaches
PeriodName2005 Čeda Matić2005–2006 Marjan Živković2006 Vladimir Jocić2006–2007 Nebojša Vignjević2007 Cvijetin Blagojević2007 Zoran Nikolić2007 Miloš Joksić2008 Čeda Matić2008 Ljubomir Veljković2009 Goran Cvetković PeriodName2009 Slobodan Đošev2009 Marjan Živković2010 Slobodan Đošev2010–2011 Vojkan Aleksić2011–2012 Radivoje Manić2012 Milan Stojanoski2012–2013 Mile Tomić2013–2014 Aleksandar Kuzmanović2014–2015 Vojkan Aleksić2015–2017 Marjan Živković PeriodName2017 Dražen Dukić2017–2018 Goran Lazarević2018 Aleksandar Kuzmanović2018–2019 Marko Vidojević2019–2020 Dejan Čelar2020–2021 Nikola Puača2021 Dragan Perišić2021–2022 Marko Vidojević2022–2024 Goran Lazarević2024–2025 Boban Stanković PeriodName2026– Ivica Momčilović
References
External links FK Radnički Pirot at Srbijasport FK Radnički Pirot at National-football-teams