FK Radnički Niš

Beginnings (1923–1945)

The club was founded on April 24, 1923, in the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes. One of its founders was the communist activist Miloš Marković (who also founded Sloboda Užice in 1925). In the same year, the club played its first unofficial matches. Two years later, in the 1925–26 season, the club became part of the professional league of the Morava Banovina, and won the championship on two occasions, in the 1924–25 and 1927–28 seasons. Following the proclamation of the royal dictatorship in 1929, the government began to persecute leftist activists, and Radnički changed its name to Građanski. As Građanski Niš, the club played in the 1935–36 Yugoslav Football Championship which was played in a straight-knockout competition format, and was eliminated in the round of sixteen by Građanski Skoplje. At the end of that season the club reinstated its original name, and played until 1941, when, because of the war, the club ceased its activities and its members and players joined the resistance. At the beginning of World War II in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia in 1941, the club terminated the activities, which were renewed in 1945, one year after the liberation from the occupation of Nazi Germany.

The rise and stabilization (1962–1975)

In 1962, Radnički Niš were promoted to the Yugoslav First League for the first time in the club's history. On 23 September 1962, Radnički fans displayed their first big choreography on the first league match…

Domestic

National Championships

Serbian SuperLiga Runners-up (1): 2018–19 Yugoslav Second League Winner (1): 1985–86 Serbian First League Winner (2): 2001–02, 2011–12 Serbian League East Winner (2): 2008–09, 2010–11 Niš Subassociation League Winner (3): 1933, 1934, 1936 (all as Građanski Niš)

International

UEFA Cup: Semi-Finalist (1): 1981–82 Balkans Cup: Winners (1): 1975 Runners-up (1): 1988–89

Individual awards

Serbian First League top scorers

Serbian SuperLiga top scorers

Radnički Niš totals by league rank and highest achievements