FK Kabel () is a football club based in Novi Sad, Vojvodina, Serbia. They compete in the Serbian First League, the second tier of the national league system.
History The club was founded by workers of a local cable factory in 1932. They competed in the local leagues of Novi Sad over the next few years. In 1945, following the end of World War II, the club was refounded by the factory's workers and given its original name. The name was briefly changed to Metalac in 1947, but reverted after only a few months.
In 1975, the club reached the Vojvodina League for the first time ever. They remained in the third tier of Yugoslav football for two seasons. The club would return to the Vojvodina League on two more occasions in 1978 and 1983. They eventually finished as champions of the third tier in 1986–87 to reach the Yugoslav Second League (Group West). However, the club suffered relegation after just one year and continued competing in the newly formed Yugoslav Inter-Republic League (Group North).
Following the breakup of Yugoslavia, the club placed third in the NATO bombing-suspended 1998–99 Serbian League Vojvodina and gained promotion to the Second League of FR Yugoslavia (Group North). They spent three consecutive seasons in the second tier before being relegated in 2002. Subsequently, the club competed in the Serbian League Vojvodina for two years before dropping 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 next 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. The club remained in the second tier for three years until relegation in 2022.
Honours Vojvodina League / Serbian League Vojvodina (Tier 3) 1986–87, 2018–19 Novi Sad-Srem Zone League / Vojvodina League West / Vojvodina League South (Tier 4) 1973–74, 1974–75, 1977–78, 1982–83, 1995–96, 2017–18
Seasons SeasonLeagueCupDivision1995–964 – Vojvodina West3422578325711st—1996–973 – Vojvodina34128145745449th—1997–983 – Vojvodina34175125831564th—1998–993 – Vojvodina17–––––303rd—1999–20002 – North341241840544015th—2000–012 – North341251737464113th—2001–022 – North34672132712516th—2002–033 – Vojvodina34146145846486th—2003–043 – Vojvodina34662239762416th—2004–054 – Vojvodina West3017494538554th—2005–064 – Vojvodina West30681623322515th—2008–095 – Novi Sad3215986237544th—2009–105 – Novi Sad30125134749418th—2010–115 – Novi Sad3018755026612nd—2011–125 – Novi Sad28153105134483rd—2012–135 – Novi Sad3014885329502nd—2013–145 – Novi Sad3021546324682nd—2014–154 – Novi Sad-Srem301161339323911th—2015–164 – Novi Sad-Srem30111095043437th—2016–174 – Vojvodina South3018665428602nd—2017–184 – Vojvodina South3021635827691st—2018–193 – Vojvodina3225257723771st—2019–20230141063120427th—2020–21234181154118653rdRound of 322021–22237272815891316thPreliminary round2022–233 – Vojvodina28114133535377thRound of 322023–243 – Vojvodina30111184637448th—2024–253 – Vojvodina3016866019561st—
Current squad
Coaching staff Position NameManager Miroslav SmajićAssistant manager Marko PetrovićFitness coach Vladimir ŠipkaGoalkeeping coach Boško KneževićAnalyst coach Ljubomir RistovskiPhysiotherapist Milan GrubovićDoctor Bratoljub BrkljačaGeneral secretary Milan ŽivkovićSecurity commissioner Vladimir Milutinović
Notable players This is a list of players who have played at full international level. Željko Brkić Dimitrije Injac Marko Klisura Igor Bogdanović For a list of all FK Kabel players with a Wikipedia article, see :Category:FK Kabel players.
Historical list of coaches
Dragan Krsmanović Vladimir Savić (1999–2000) Miodrag Stančetić Budimir Pajić Dragan Krsmanović (2002–2003) Spasoje Jelačić Miroslav Ćurčić Dragan Krsmanović Zoran Grujić Saša Milanović Stevan Vukomanović (2017–2018) Milan Belić (2018–2019) Zoran Vasiljević (2019–2021) Milan Belić (2021–2022) Nemanja Krtolica (2022–2023) Miloš Penić (2023–2024) Savo Pavićević (2024) Stevan Vukomanović (2024) Dušan Bajić (2025) Bojan Puzigaća (2026)
References
External links Club page at Srbijasport