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| Full name | FK Bežanija | ||
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| Nickname | Lavovi (The Lions) | ||
| Founded | 1921; 104 years ago (1921) | ||
| Ground | Stadion FK Bežanija | ||
| Capacity | 2,500[1] | ||
| President | Jovan Rusić | ||
| League | Belgrade Zone League | ||
| 2023–24 | Belgrade First League – Group A, 1st of 14 (promoted) | ||
| Website | fcbezanija | ||
FK Bežanija (Serbian Cyrillic:ФК Бежанија) is afootball club based inBežanija,Belgrade,Serbia. They compete in theBelgrade Zone League, the fourth tier of thenational league system.
Founded in 1921, the club changed its name several times in its early stages, being known as Soko, BSK and finally HŠK (during theAxis occupation of Yugoslavia).[2] They adopted the new name Jedinstvo following the end ofWorld War II in 1946, becoming a member of the Novi Sad Football Association.[2] After competing in the Srem League for six years, the club joined the Belgrade Football Association in 1952.[2] They would change their name to Bežanija ahead of the 1955–56 season.[2]
Following thebreakup of Yugoslavia, the club won theSerbian League Belgrade in 2000 and took promotion to theSecond League of FR Yugoslavia, reaching the second tier for the first time ever. They competed in Group North for two seasons, finishing bottom of the table in2002.[3] However, the club instantly won the Serbian League Belgrade to earn promotion back to the second tier in 2003.[3]
In the2005–06 campaign, the club finished asSerbian First League champions and earned promotion to the newly formedSerbian SuperLiga. They became the biggest surprise of the competition's inaugural2006–07 season (despite playing their home games atŽeleznik), placing fourth and securing a spot in the2007–08 UEFA Cup. However, the club was eliminated in the first qualifying round by Albanian sideBesa Kavajë on theaway goals rule (2–2 on aggregate),[4] without losing a game.[5]
After suffering relegation in the2007–08 Serbian SuperLiga, the club went on to spend 11 consecutive seasons in theSerbian First League, finishing in fourth place on three occasions during this time. They were forced to withdraw from the league due to financial difficulties following the conclusion of the2018–19 season,[6] finding themselves in the Belgrade Intermunicipal League, the sixth tier of Serbian football. In June 2021, the club marked its 100th anniversary.[7]
Serbian First League (Tier 2)
Serbian League Belgrade (Tier 3)
Belgrade First League (Tier 5)
| Season | League | Cup | Continental | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | Pos | |||
 Serbia and Montenegro | |||||||||||
| 1998–99 | 3 – Belgrade | 17[a] | – | – | – | – | – | 19 | 11th | — | — |
| 1999–2000 | 3 – Belgrade | 34 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 68 | 28 | 77 | 1st | — | |
| 2000–01 | 2 – North | 34 | 13 | 4 | 17 | 45 | 58 | 43 | 10th | — | |
| 2001–02 | 2 – North | 34 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 24 | 76 | 18 | 18th | — | |
| 2002–03 | 3 – Belgrade | 34 | 22 | 6 | 6 | 65 | 28 | 72 | 1st | — | |
| 2003–04 | 2 – North | 36 | 21 | 5 | 10 | 72 | 49 | 68 | 4th | — | |
| 2004–05 | 2 – Serbia | 38 | 17 | 7 | 14 | 59 | 53 | 58 | 5th | — | |
| 2005–06 | 2 – Serbia | 38 | 25 | 7 | 6 | 70 | 25 | 82 | 1st | — | |
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| 2006–07 | 1 | 32 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 36 | 31 | 48 | 4th | Quarter-finals | — |
| 2007–08 | 1 | 33 | 5 | 4 | 24 | 31 | 58 | 17[b] | 12th | Round of 16 | UEFA Cup – First qualifying round |
| 2008–09 | 2 | 34 | 8 | 13 | 13 | 34 | 40 | 37 | 15th | Round of 16 | — |
| 2009–10 | 2 | 34 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 34 | 28 | 53 | 4th | Round of 32 | |
| 2010–11 | 2 | 34 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 26 | 28 | 40 | 12th | Round of 32 | |
| 2011–12 | 2 | 34 | 11 | 19 | 4 | 33 | 15 | 52 | 4th | Preliminary round | |
| 2012–13 | 2 | 34 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 41 | 32 | 44 | 8th | Round of 32 | |
| 2013–14 | 2 | 30 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 34 | 26 | 45 | 4th | Round of 32 | |
| 2014–15 | 2 | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 25 | 27 | 40 | 9th | Round of 32 | |
| 2015–16 | 2 | 30 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 35 | 27 | 43 | 5th | Round of 16 | |
| 2016–17 | 2 | 30 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 36 | 22 | 47[c] | 5th | Round of 32 | |
| 2017–18 | 2 | 30 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 35 | 32 | 44 | 7th | Round of 32 | |
| 2018–19 | 2 | 37 | 15 | 5 | 17 | 48 | 50 | 28 | 7th[d] | Round of 32 | |
| Season | Competition | Round | Opponent | Score | Aggregate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007–08 | UEFA Cup | First qualifying round |  Besa Kavajë | 2–2 (H), 0–0 (A) | 2–2 |
This is a list of players who have played at full international level.[8]
Samir Memišević
Ibrahim Somé Salombo
Viktor Kelm
Darko BožovićĐorđije ĆetkovićDejan DamjanovićMilan PurovićMarko Simić
Hong Yong-jo
Mario ĐurovskiNikola GligorovBojan MarkoskiPerica StančeskiMilan BiševacAleksandar BusnićNenad LukićFilip ManojlovićMarko MijailovićMilovan MilovićAntonio RukavinaBojan ŠaranovLazar TufegdžićIvan DudićMiloš KolakovićFor a list of all FK Bežanija players with a Wikipedia article, seeCategory:FK Bežanija players.
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