{{Short description|Serbian football club}} {{Infobox football club | clubname = Timok | image = FK Timok Zajecar.png | image_size = 190px | fullname = Fudbalski Klub Timok 1919 | nickname = ''Beli labudovi'' (The White Swans) | founded = {{Start date and age|1919}} | ground = Kraljevica Stadium, Zaječar | capacity = 8,168 | chrtitle = President | chairman = Milorad Vučković | mgrtitle = Head coach | manager = Milan Ćirić | league = Serbian League East | season = 2024–25 | position = Serbian League East, 7th | website = | kit_alt1 = | pattern_la1 = | pattern_b1 = | pattern_ra1 = | pattern_sh1 = | pattern_so1 = | leftarm1 = FFFFFF | body1 = FFFFFF | rightarm1 = FFFFFF | shorts1 = FFFFFF | socks1 = FFFFFF | kit_alt2 = | pattern_la2 = | pattern_b2 = | pattern_ra2 = | pattern_sh2 = | pattern_so2 = | leftarm2 = 1C39BB | body2 = 1C39BB | rightarm2 = 1C39BB | shorts2 = 1C39BB | socks2 = 1C39BB }} '''FK Timok 1919''' ({{Lang-sr-Cyrl|ФК Тимок 1919}}) is a football club based in Zaječar, Serbia. They compete in the Serbian League East, the third tier of the national league system.
==History== Founded in 1919, the club participated in the regional leagues during its early stages. They achieved their first notable success by defeating Dinamo Zagreb 3–1 in the first round of the 1973 Yugoslav Cup. The club also competed in the Yugoslav Second League for three seasons between 1981 and 1984.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.fsgzrenjanin.com/Period%201978-1983.html | title=Period 1978. – 1983. | language=sr | publisher=fsgzrenjanin.com | access-date=4 June 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.fsgzrenjanin.com/Period%201983-1988.html | title=Period 1983. – 1988. | language=sr | publisher=fsgzrenjanin.com | access-date=4 June 2022}}</ref>
After the dissolution of SFR Yugoslavia, the club reached the second tier for the second time, but finished bottom of the table in the 1992–93 Second League of FR Yugoslavia. They would later spend two seasons in the Second League of Serbia and Montenegro from 2002 to 2004, when they were relegated to the Serbian League East.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.fsgzrenjanin.com/Period%202000-2006.html | title=SISTEM TAKMIČENJA 2000.-2006. | language=sr | publisher=fsgzrenjanin.com | access-date=25 January 2015}}</ref>
On 26 October 2005, the club made one of its greatest achievements in its history by eliminating Partizan away in the 2005–06 Serbia and Montenegro Cup round of 16. They won 5–4 on penalties after a 1–1 draw in regular time.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.sportskacentrala.com/2005/10/26/14895/ | title=Novi šok u Humskoj | language=sr | publisher=sportskacentrala.com | date=26 October 2005 | access-date=25 January 2015}}</ref> The club was eventually knocked out of the competition in the quarter-final after losing 2–0 away to Radnički Niš.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.sportskacentrala.com/2005/12/07/16350/ | title=Bez iznenađenja u četvrtfinalu Kupa | language=sr | publisher=sportskacentrala.com | date=7 December 2005 | access-date=25 January 2015}}</ref>
In the 2008–09 season, the club finished second in the Serbian League East, subsequently losing 5–4 on penalties to Teleoptik (after two 1–1 draws) in the promotion play-offs.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://mondo.rs/Sport/Fudbal/a138887/Teleoptik-prvoligas-posle-drame.html | title=Teleoptik prvoligaš posle drame | language=sr | publisher=mondo.rs | date=11 June 2009 | access-date=4 June 2022}}</ref> They were finally promoted to the Serbian First League after winning the 2011–12 Serbian League East title.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.srbijasport.net/vest/6563/ | title=Fudbaleri "Timoka" plasirali se u Prvu ligu Srbije | language=sr | publisher=srbijasport.net | date=9 June 2012 | access-date=25 January 2015}}</ref> The club spent two seasons in the second tier of Serbian football, before being relegated back to the Serbian League East in 2014.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.srbijasport.net/vest/17197/ | title=Inđija i naredne sezone u Prvoj ligi Srbije | language=sr | publisher=srbijasport.net | date=28 May 2014 | access-date=25 January 2015}}</ref>
After finishing second from the bottom in the 2017–18 Serbian League East, the club got relegated to the fourth tier and was supposed to play in the Zone League East.<ref name=glas>{{Cite web | url=https://www.glas-zajecara.com/u-zonu-istok-sa-novim-imenom-radnicki-iz-lubnice-postao-je-fk-timok-1919-iz-zajecara/ | title=U Zonu "Istok" sa novim imenom: "Radnički" iz Lubnice postao je FK "Timok 1919" iz Zaječara! | language=sr | publisher=glas-zajecara.com | date=22 July 2018 | access-date=14 July 2021}}</ref> However, they were unable to compete due to financial reasons, causing them to go inactive.<ref name=online>{{Cite web | url=https://zajecaronline.com/odrzana-tribina-fk-timok-nakon-jednog-stoleca-u-omladinskom-centru/ | title=Gde je FK Timok nakon jednog stoleća | language=sr | publisher=zajecaronline.com | date=27 December 2019 | access-date=14 July 2021}}</ref> Simultaneously, the Zaječar District League champions and the Zone League East newcomers, FK Radnički Lubnica was relocated to Zaječar and renamed to FK Timok 1919, becoming FK Timok's de facto successor.<ref name=glas/><ref name=online/>
==Honours== '''Serbian League Timok''' / '''Serbian League East''' (Tier 3) * 2001–02 / 2011–12, 2020–21 '''Zone League East''' (Tier 4) * 2023–24
==Seasons== {| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center" |- !rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="9"|League !rowspan="2" width="100"|Cup |- !Division !width="20"|{{Abbr|Pld|Played}} !width="20"|{{Abbr|W|Won}} !width="20"|{{Abbr|D|Drawn}} !width="20"|{{Abbr|L|Lost}} !width="20"|{{Abbr|GF|Goals for}} !width="20"|{{Abbr|GA|Goals against}} !width="20"|{{Abbr|Pts|Points}} !width="20"|{{Abbr|Pos|Position}} |- !colspan="11"|{{SCG}} |- |1995–96 |3 – Timok |34||16||0||18||72||65||48||6th |— |- |1996–97 |3 – Timok |34||16||5||13||73||42||53||4th |— |- |1997–98 |3 – Timok |34||15||6||13||71||40||51||5th |— |- |1998–99 |3 – Timok |17{{Efn|The season was cut short due to the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia.}}||–||–||–||–||–||23||11th |— |- |1999–2000 |3 – Timok |38||17||6||15||67||49||57||6th |— |- |2000–01 |3 – Timok |34||25||3||6||62||23||78||2nd |— |- |2001–02 |3 – Timok |34||23||2||9||105||34||71||style="background-color:#DFD"|1st |— |- |2002–03 |2 – East |33||13||11||9||45||29||50||3rd |— |- |2003–04 |2 – East |36||13||6||17||43||52||45||style="background-color:#FCC"|9th |— |- |2004–05 |3 – East |34||15||7||12||68||46||52||8th |— |- |2005–06 |3 – East |34||15||6||13||50||38||51||7th |Quarter-finals |- !colspan="11"|{{SRB}} |- |2006–07 |3 – East |34||13||11||10||52||32||50||9th |Round of 32 |- |2007–08 |3 – East |30||12||7||11||45||36||43||6th |— |- |2008–09 |3 – East |28||17||6||5||44||14||57||2nd |— |- |2009–10 |3 – East |30||22||5||3||58||20||71||2nd |— |- |2010–11 |3 – East |30||12||6||12||39||34||42||12th |— |- |2011–12 |3 – East |30||19||6||5||43||18||63||style="background-color:#DFD"|1st |— |- |2012–13 |2 |34||11||10||13||37||48||43||11th |Round of 32 |- |2013–14 |2 |30||8||10||12||26||35||34||style="background-color:#FCC"|13th |Preliminary round |- |2014–15 |3 – East |30||14||6||10||36||27||48||5th |Preliminary round |- |2015–16 |3 – East |30||9||10||11||39||42||37||11th |— |- |2016–17 |3 – East |30||11||10||9||28||21||36{{Efn|The club was docked seven points.}}||10th |— |- |2017–18 |3 – East |30||5||4||21||33||58||19||style="background-color:#FCC"|15th |— |- |2018–19 |4 – East |30||22||5||3||62||28||71||2nd |— |- |2019–20 |4 – East |17{{Efn|The season was cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Serbia.}}||12||3||2||36||13||39||style="background-color:#DFD"|2nd |— |- |2020–21 |3 – East |38||26||5||7||73||26||83||style="background-color:#DFD"|1st |— |- |2021–22 |2 |37||11||7||19||38||44||40||style="background-color:#FCC"|14th |— |- |2022–23 |3 – East |30||6||6||18||24||59||24||style="background-color:#FCC"|15th |Preliminary round |- |2023–24 |4 – East |28||25||2||1||84||11||77||style="background-color:#DFD"|1st |— |- |2024–25 Serbian League East|2024–25 |3 – East |30||13||6||11||39||37||45||7th |— |- |2025–26 |3 – East | || || || || || || || |— |} {{Notelist}}
==Supporters== 300px|right|thumb|Otrovi celebrating their 10-year anniversary in 2008 The club's main supporters group is known as ''Otrovi'' (The Poisons).<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://arhiva.glas-javnosti.rs/arhiva/2005/10/28/srpski/S05102706.shtml | title=Sledeća je Zvezda! | language=sr | publisher=glas-javnosti.rs | date=28 October 2005 | access-date=4 June 2022}}</ref> They were founded in 1998, celebrating their 10-year anniversary in a Serbian League East fixture with Župa Aleksandrovac on 15 November 2008. The group is traditionally situated in the east stand of the stadium.
==Notable players== ''This is a list of players who have played at full international level''.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/club/7522/1981_1/Timok_Zajecar.html | title=Timok Zaječar | publisher=national-football-teams.com | access-date=20 June 2017}}</ref> * {{Flagicon|GHA}} Yaw Antwi * {{Flagicon|MNE}} Darko Božović * {{Flagicon|SRB}} Aleksandar Andrejević * {{Flagicon|SRB}} Miloš Simonović * {{Flagicon|YUG}} Milorad Janković * {{Flagicon|YUG}} Živan Ljukovčan * {{Flagicon|YUG}} Dragan Pantelić ''For a list of all FK Timok players with a Wikipedia article, see :Category:FK Timok players''.
==Historical list of coaches== {{Incomplete list|date=March 2026}} {{div col|colwidth=35em|small=yes}} *{{Flagicon|SCG}} Zoran Đorđević (2000-2001) *{{Flagicon|SCG}} Ljubiša Stamenković (2002-2003) *{{Flagicon|SCG}} Dragutin Ivković *{{Flagicon|SRB}} Dragoslav Đokić *{{Flagicon|SRB}} Nebojša Vučićević (2009) *{{Flagicon|SRB}} Milan Dimoski (2009) *{{Flagicon|SRB}} Miljojko Gošić (2010) *{{Flagicon|SRB}} Žarko Soldo (2011) *{{Flagicon|SRB}} Momčilo Raičević (2011–2013) *{{Flagicon|SRB}} Dragutin Ivković (2013) *{{Flagicon|SRB}} Dragan Antić (2013) *{{Flagicon|SRB}} Nenad Grozdić (2013) *{{Flagicon|SRB}} Nebojša Vučićević (2014) *{{Flagicon|SRB}} Dragutin Ivković (2014) *{{Flagicon|SRB}} Vladimir Sandulović (2014–2017) *{{Flagicon|SRB}} Goran Stanković (2017) *{{Flagicon|SRB}} Konstantin Đurić (2018)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://zamedia.rs/2018/02/06/stranice-vesti-sport-6785-pocele-pripreme-fk-timok-sa-novim-trenerom-konstantinom-duricem-video/|title=Počele pripreme FK Timok sa novim trenerom Konstantinom Đurićem|website=ZA Media|language=sr|date=6 February 2018|access-date=15 March 2026}}</ref> *{{Flagicon|SRB}} Zaviša Milosavljević (2018) *{{Flagicon|SRB}} Miroslav Trujkić (2018) *{{Flagicon|SRB}} Predrag Živković (2019)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://temporadio.rs/miodrag-zivkovic-novi-je-trener-fk-timoka/|title=Predrag Živković, novi je trener FK Timoka|website=Tempo Radio|language=sr|first=Zoran|last=Nikolić|date=13 February 2019|access-date=15 March 2026}}</ref> *{{Flagicon|SRB}} Miroslav Nikolić (2019)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://radiomagnum.rs/timok-1919-smenio-dosadasnjeg-trenera-iz-beograda-novi-kormilar-sinki-nikolic/|title=TIMOK 1919 SMENIO DOSADAŠNJEG TRENERA IZ BEOGRADA, NOVI KORMILAR ŠINKI NIKOLIĆ|website=Radio Magnum|language=sr|first=Novica|last=Petković Skela|date=10 October 2019|access-date=15 March 2026}}</ref> *{{Flagicon|SRB}} Vojkan Rajčić (2020–2021) *{{Flagicon|GER}} Thomas Vasov (2021) *{{Flagicon|SRB}} Srđan Stojčevski (2021–2022) *{{Flagicon|SRB}} Jovan Dabić (2022)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://radiomagnum.rs/jovan-dabic-novi-kormilar-labudova/|title=Jovan Dabić, novi trener Timoka 1919|website=Radio Magnum|language=sr|first=A.N.|last=Petković|date=5 July 2022|access-date=15 March 2026}}</ref> *{{Flagicon|SRB}} Miroslav Trujkić (2022) *{{Flagicon|BIH}} Slobodan Halilović (2022)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://temporadio.rs/slobodan-halilovic-novi-trener-timoka-1919/|title=Slobodan Halilović novi trener Timoka 1919|website=Tempo Radio|language=sr|first=Zoran|last=Nikolić|date=5 September 2022|access-date=15 March 2026}}</ref> *{{Flagicon|SRB}} Vojkan Rajčić (2022–2023) *{{Flagicon|SRB}} Miroslav Nikolić (2023–2024) *{{Flagicon|SRB}} Žarko Jovanović (2024)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://t1.rs/2024/07/31/zarko-jovanovic-novi-trener-timoka/|title=Žarko Jovanović novi trener Timoka!|website=T1|language=sr|date=31 July 2024|access-date=15 March 2026}}</ref> *{{Flagicon|SRB}} Denis Jovan (2024-2025)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://radiomagnum.rs/promena-na-klupi-srpskoligasa-timoka-1919-denis-jovan-novi-trener-labudova/|title=Promena na klupi srpskoligaškog Timoka 1919: DENIS JOVAN NOVI TRENER „LABUDOVA“|website=Radio Magnum|language=sr|first=A.N.|last=Petković|date=13 September 2024|access-date=15 March 2026}}</ref> *{{Flagicon|SRB}} Vojkan Rajčić (2025)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.glas-zajecara.com/sport/vojkan-rajcic-ponovo-na-klupi-timoka-1919-3655|title=Vojkan Rajčić ponovo na klupi Timoka 1919|website=Glas Zaječara|language=sr|first=Anđela|last=Risantijević|date=11 February 2025|access-date=15 March 2026}}</ref> *{{Flagicon|SRB}} Nebojša Maksimović (2025)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.srbijasport.net/n/88856/nebojsa-maksimovic-je-novi-trener-zajecarskog-timoka-1919|title=Nebojša Maksimović je novi trener zaječarskog Timoka 1919|website=Srbija Sport|language=sr|date=31 July 2025|access-date=15 March 2026}}</ref> *{{Flagicon|SRB}} Milan Ćirić (2025-)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.glas-zajecara.com/sport/pirocanac-milan-ciric-novi-sef-strucnog-staba-fudbalskog-kluba-timok-520|title=Piroćanac Milan Ćirić novi šef stručnog štaba Fudbalskog kluba Timok|website=Glas Zaječara|language=sr|first=Anđela|last=Risantijević|date=17 September 2025|access-date=15 March 2026}}</ref> {{div col end}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * [https://www.srbijasport.net/club/60-timok/card Club page] at Srbijasport
{{Serbian League East}} {{Serbian First League}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Timok}} Category:FK Timok Category:1919 establishments in Serbia Category:Association football clubs established in 1919 Category:Football clubs in Yugoslavia Category:Football clubs in Serbia Category:Sport in Zaječar