OFK Mladost APA

Mladost Apatin
Full nameOmladinski fudbalski klub Mladost APA
NicknamePivari (The Beer Men)
Founded1928 (1928)
2011 (2011) (refounded)
GroundSC Rade Svilar, Apatin
Capacity2,455
PresidentAleksandar Katalinić
LeagueVojvodina League North
2024-25Vojvodina League North, 11th of 16
Websiteofkmladostapa.rs

OFK Mladost APA (Serbian Cyrillic: ОФК Младост АПА) is a football club based in Apatin, Vojvodina, Serbia. They compete in the Vojvodina League North, the fourth tier of the national league system.

History

The original club was founded in 1928 as SK Tri zvezde.[1] They played qualifications for the Yugoslav Football Championship in 1933, losing to Split in a two-legged playoff tie (5–4 on aggregate).[2] The club would change its name several times during the late 1930s and early 1940s, competing as Apatinski SK, SK Apatin, and SU Apatin.

In 1951, the club became known as FK Mladost.[1] They competed in the Vojvodina League, the third tier of Yugoslav football, in two spells between 1969 and 1972,[3] and again from 1980 until 1988,[4] when the competition was demoted to become the fourth tier.[5]

After the breakup of Yugoslavia, the club earned promotion to the newly formed Serbian League Vojvodina in 1995.[6] They spent two seasons in the third tier, finishing as champions in 1996–97 to earn promotion to the Second League of FR Yugoslavia.[6] The club played in the second tier for four seasons until 2001, before winning first place in Group North and taking promotion to the First League of FR Yugoslavia for the first time in history.[7] They spent one season in the elite division, finishing second from the bottom.[7]

In 2006, the club earned promotion to the newly formed Serbian SuperLiga.[7] They finished in sixth place in their comeback appearance in the top flight, but were forced to withdraw from the league due to financial difficulties.[8] The club subsequently spent three seasons in the Serbian First League, before suffering relegation to the Serbian League Vojvodina in 2010.[9] They would suffer another relegation in the following 2010–11 season.[9]

In the summer of 2011, when the old club folded, a new club was formed and named OFK Mladost APA, starting off in the Sombor-Apatin-Kula-Odžaci Intermunicipal League, the sixth tier of Serbian football.[10] They would immediately gain promotion to the fifth tier in 2012 and later to the fourth tier in 2014.[11]

Honours

Recent league history

Season Division P W D L F A Pts Pos
2020–21 4 - Vojvodina League North 34 18 12 4 68 38 66 3rd
2021–22 4 - Vojvodina League North 30 12 4 14 50 48 39[a] 11th
2022–23 4 - Vojvodina League North 30 11 4 15 43 61 37 12th
2023–24 4 - Vojvodina League North 30 15 5 10 55 36 50 5th
2024–25 4 - Vojvodina League North 30 10 5 15 50 57 35 11th
  1. ^ The club was docked one point.

Notable players

This is a list of players who have played at full international level.[12]

For a list of all FK Mladost Apatin players with a Wikipedia article, see Category:FK Mladost Apatin players.

Historical list of coaches

References

  1. ^ a b "O klubu" (in Serbian). ofkmladostapa.rs. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
  2. ^ "SISTEM TAKMIČENJA U KRALJEVINI JUGOSLAVIJI" (in Serbian). fsgzrenjanin.com. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
  3. ^ "SISTEM TAKMIČENJA U JUGOSLAVIJI 1968.-1973" (in Serbian). fsgzrenjanin.com. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
  4. ^ "Period 1978. – 1983" (in Serbian). fsgzrenjanin.com. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
  5. ^ "Period 1983. – 1988" (in Serbian). fsgzrenjanin.com. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
  6. ^ a b "RAT, RASPAD SFR JUGOSLAVIJE, SANKCIJE" (in Serbian). fsgzrenjanin.com. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
  7. ^ a b c "SISTEM TAKMIČENJA 2000.-2006" (in Serbian). fsgzrenjanin.com. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
  8. ^ "Apatinci istupili iz Superlige" (in Serbian). sportskacentrala.com. 11 July 2007. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
  9. ^ a b "SISTEM TAKMIČENJA 2006.-2012" (in Serbian). fsgzrenjanin.com. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
  10. ^ "Nikad jača Međuopštinska" (in Serbian). soinfo.org. 3 August 2011. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
  11. ^ "I pored poraza OFK-ovci prvaci!" (in Serbian). ico.rs. 16 June 2014. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  12. ^ "Mladost Apatin". national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
  13. ^ "OFK "Mladost" katastrofalno poražena na svom terenu-Stamenić novi trener". Radio Apatin (in Serbian). 20 September 2016. Retrieved 10 January 2026.
  14. ^ Milojević, Čedomir (20 May 2018). "POBEDA KOJA VRAĆA NADU, BAČIĆ PREUZEO KORMILO DO KRAJA SEZONE". Radio Dunav (in Serbian). Retrieved 10 January 2026.
  15. ^ "ПРОМЕНА НА КЛУПИ "МЛАДОСТИ" НАКОН ПОРАЗА ОД "ФЕЊЕРАША"! ЖИГИЋ МЕЊА РАЈКОВИЋА". Radio Dunav (in Serbian). 21 October 2024. Retrieved 10 January 2026.
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