FK Javor Ivanjica

History

In 1912, a student named Milan Radojević brought the first football ball to Ivanjica, which led to the formation of the club. The team mostly played friendly matches before the conclusion of World War II due to a lack of organized football competitions. Between 1958 and 1962, they were close to achieving promotion to the Yugoslav Second League. However, the club never reached higher than the third level until the 1990s.

In 1994, led by manager Slavenko Kuzeljević, the club earned promotion to the Second League of FR Yugoslavia after eliminating Zvezdara and Topličanin in the playoffs. They spent the next eight years in the second tier, having their best season in 1997–98, when they placed fourth in Group West.

In 2002, the club won the Second League (Group West) and took promotion to the First League of FR Yugoslavia for the first time in history. They remained for just one season in the elite division, finishing bottom of the table. During this time, the club became recognizable for featuring a number of young African footballers, mainly from Nigeria and Zimbabwe. They earned another promotion to the top flight in 2005, but again suffered relegation in the same season.

After underperforming in the 2006–07 Serbian First League, the second tier of the restructured national league system, the club managed to convincingly win first place in the 2007–08 season. Moreover, manager Radovan Ćurčić led his team to an unbeaten record and promotion to the Serbian SuperLiga.

After a total of six consecutive seasons in the SuperLiga, the club suffered relegation in 2014. However, they won promotion back in the next season. The club subsequently made its greatest success by reaching the final of the 2015–16 Serbian Cup, losing 2–0 to Partizan at the Stadion Metalac.

Honours

• Second League of FR Yugoslavia / Serbian First League (Tier 2)
  • Champions (2): 2001–02 (Group West), 2007–08

Seasons

Players

First-team squad

Out on loan

Coaching staff

Notable players

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

• ANG Alexander Christovão
• BIH Nemanja Supić
• CMR Ibrahim Walidjo
• CAN Derek Cornelius
• JAM Norman Campbell
• JAM Trivante Stewart
• MNE Boris Kopitović
• MNE Aleksandar Šofranac
• MKD Filip Ivanovski
• SRB Jovan Đokić
• SRB Marko Gajić
• SRB Marko Jevremović
• SRB Damir Kahriman
• SRB Nemanja Miletić
• SRB Milovan Milović
• SRB Miljan Mutavdžić
• SRB Miroslav Vulićević
• SCG Mihajlo Pjanović
• UZB Husniddin Gafurov
• YUG Petar Krivokuća
• YUG Srboljub Krivokuća
• ZIM Blessing Makunike
• ZIM Mike Temwanjera
• ZIM Leonard Tsipa For a list of all FK Javor Ivanjica players with a Wikipedia article, see :Category:FK Javor Ivanjica players.

Coaching history

• SCG Slavko Vojičić
• SCG Slavenko Kuzeljević (1993–1995)
• SCG Slavko Vojičić
• SCG Boris Bunjak (1997–1998)
• SCG Slavko Vojičić
• SCG Radovan Ćurčić (2003–2006)
• SRB Srđan Vasiljević (2006)
• SRB Goran Marić (2006)
• SRB Radovan Ćurčić (2007–2010)
• SRB Zoran Njeguš (2010–2011)
• SRB Vladan Milojević (2011)
• SRB Goran Marić (2011)
• SRB Aleksandar Janjić (2011–2012)
• SRB Mladen Dodić (2012–2013)
• SRB Bogić Bogićević (2013)
• SRB Predrag Ristanović (2013–2014)
• SRB Slavenko Kuzeljević (10 Mar 2014– Apr 15)
• SRB Aleksandar Janjić (27 Apr 2015–7 Jan 16)
• SRB Mladen Dodić (9 Jan 2016-23 May 16)
• SRB Miloš Veselinović (5 Jun 2016-22 Dec 16)
• SRB Srđan Blagojević (25 Dec 2016–Apr 17)
• SRB Srđan Vasiljević (12 Apr 2017-Sep 17)
• BIH Vlado Jagodić (21 Sep 2017–18)
• SRB Milovan Milović (caretaker) (2018)
• SRB Igor Tufegdžić (2018–2019)
• SRB Igor Bondžulić (4 Jun 2019–Jun 21)
• SRB Milovan Milović (11 Jun 2021–14 Mar 22)
• SRB Igor Bondžulić (14 Mar 2022-Oct 22)
• SRB Mladen Dodić (4 Oct 2022–2023)
• SRB Milovan Milović (caretaker) (2023)
• SRB Radovan Ćurčić (5 Jun 2023-)

References

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