FK Železničar Pančevo

Železničar Pančevo
Full nameFudbalski Klub Železničar Pančevo
NicknameDizelka (The Diesel Locomotive)
Founded1947 (1947)
GroundSC Mladost Stadium
Capacity2,300
PresidentZoran Naunković
Head coachRadomir Koković
LeagueSerbian SuperLiga
2024–25Serbian SuperLiga, 10th of 16
Websitefkzeleznicar.rs

FK Železničar Pančevo (Serbian Cyrillic: ФК Железничар Панчево) is a professional football club based in Pančevo, Vojvodina, Serbia. They compete in the Serbian SuperLiga, the top tier of the national league system.

The club rose to prominence in early 2020s winning back-to-back promotions and reaching Serbian SuperLiga in 2022, replacing now defunct FK Dinamo Pančevo as Pančevo's principal football club.

History

The club won the Banat Zone League in the 2014–15 season and took promotion to the Serbian League Vojvodina, spending the next five years in the third tier. They ended in first place in the COVID-19-interrupted 2019–20 season and were promoted to the Serbian First League.[1] After three seasons in the second tier, the club finished as runners-up in 2022–23 and earned promotion to the Serbian SuperLiga.

Honours

Seasons

Season League Cup
Division Pld W D L GF GA Pts Pos
2014–15 4 – Banat 30 17 6 7 67 31 57 1st
2015–16 3 – Vojvodina 30 13 4 13 40 42 43 7th
2016–17 3 – Vojvodina 28 9 9 10 36 34 36 8th
2017–18 3 – Vojvodina 30 11 6 13 33 30 39 9th
2018–19 3 – Vojvodina 32 13 7 12 31 30 46 6th
2019–20 3 – Vojvodina 17[a] 15 2 0 37 8 47 1st
2020–21 2 34 13 5 16 38 43 44 10th
2021–22 2 37 20 8 9 54 36 68 3rd Round of 32
2022–23 2 37 20 8 9 63 35 68 2nd Round of 16
2023–24 1 37 10 9 8 47 65 39 14th
2024–25 1 37 13 8 6 36 47 47 10th
  1. ^ The season was cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Serbia.

Players

First-team squad

As of 1 February 2025[2][3]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  SRB Zoran Popović (captain)
3 DF  SRB Marko Konatar
4 DF  SRB Nikola Zečević (on loan from Häcken)
5 DF  SRB Nemanja Vidojević
6 DF  MNE Mirko Milikić
7 MF  SRB Marko Ćurić
9 FW  SRB Dušan Jovanović
10 FW  ANG Simão Pedro
12 DF  GHA Abdul Yusif
13 FW  SRB Aleksa Kuljanin
14 MF  SRB Davorin Tošić
15 DF  SRB Miloš Kosanović
16 DF  CIV Abdoul Rahim Sawadogo (on loan from FC Mouna)
17 DF  SRB Nikola Jovanović
18 FW  SRB Stefan Pirgić
19 DF  SRB Uroš Tegeltija
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 MF  SRB Janko Jevremović
21 MF  SRB Branislav Knežević
24 FW  SRB Đorđe Glavinić
27 FW  BUL Sylvester Jasper
30 MF  FRA Vladimir Karajčić
32 MF  SRB Luka Vidić
33 DF  SRB Nikola Đuričić
53 GK  SRB Leon Borković
66 FW  GHA Sumaila Wasiu
70 FW  GHA Kwaku Karikari (on loan from Horsens)
77 MF  SUI Kristian Šekularac
80 MF  SRB Stefan Mitrović
88 MF  FRA Clément Lhernault
99 GK  SRB Mirko Stevanović
GK  BIH Nikola Milićević

On dual registration

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
5 DF  SRB Nemanja Vidojević (with Smederevo until the end of the 2025–26 season)
24 FW  SRB Đorđe Glavinić (with Smederevo until the end of the 2025–26 season)
No. Pos. Nation Player
30 MF  FRA Vladimir Karajčić (with Smederevo until the end of the 2025–26 season)
32 MF  SRB Luka Vidić (with Smederevo until the end of the 2025–26 season)

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
GK  SRB Ognjen Lukić (at Smederevo until the end of the season)
DF  SRB Božidar Blagojević (at Smederevo until the end of the season)
DF  SRB Bojan Balaž (at Smederevo until the end of the season)
MF  NGA Timileyin Joseph (at Smederevo until the end of the season)
No. Pos. Nation Player
FW  SRB Mihajlo Spasojević (at Smederevo until the end of the season)
FW  MNE Petar Barac (at OFK Vršac until the end of the season)
FW  SRB David Ivić (at Trayal until the end of the season)
FW  SRB Jovan Bradić (at Brodarac until the end of the season)

Coaching staff

Position Name
Manager Radomir Koković
Assistant manager Đorđe Čotra
Blažo Bulatović
Trainer analyst Dragan Žarković
Mihailo Đokić
Goalkeeping coach Darko Božović
Physiotherapist Marko Petrović
Aleksandar Tasković
Miloš Cvetanović
Fitness trainer Filip Stojanović
Medical escort Miodrag Ciculj
Economist Damir Stanimirović

Club management

Position Name
President Zoran Naunković
General director Bojan Šaranov

Notable players

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

For a list of all FK Železničar Pančevo players with a Wikipedia article, see Category:FK Železničar Pančevo players.

Managerial history

Period Name
2015–2016 Aleksandar Stevanović
2017 Nenad Stojičić
2018–2019 Goran Mrđa
2019 Nebojša Petrović
2019–2020 Dušan Jevrić
2020 Marko Perović
2020 Marko Andrejić
2020 Goran Mrđa
2021–2022 Dragan Aničić
2022 Dragan Perišić
2022 Igor Savić
2022–2023 Tomislav Sivić
2023 Vladimir Gaćinović
2023 Predrag Rogan
2023 Aleksandar Linta
2023–2024 Nenad Mijailović
2024 Siniša Dobrašinović
2024 Tomislav Sivić
2024 Marko Savić
2024–2025 Branko Mirjačić
2025– Radomir Koković

References

  1. ^ "PANČEVO: FK Železničar je u Prvoj ligi Srbije!" (in Serbian). 013info.rs. 6 May 2020. Retrieved 29 May 2023.
  2. ^ "Naš tim" (in Serbian). fkzeleznicar.rs. Retrieved 4 July 2025.
  3. ^ "Tim" (in Serbian). superliga.rs. Retrieved 11 August 2024.