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| Full name | Fudbalski klub Inđija | ||
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| Nickname | Zelena armija (The Green Army) | ||
| Founded | 1933; 92 years ago (1933) | ||
| Ground | TOYO Tires Arena | ||
| Capacity | 4,000 | ||
| Chairman | Dragan Pilipović | ||
| Manager | Miroslav Blanuša | ||
| League | Serbian League Vojvodina | ||
| 2024–25 | Serbian First League, 15th of 16 (relegated) | ||
Fudbalski klub Inđija (Serbian Cyrillic:Фудбалски клуб Инђија), currently known asInđija Toyo Tires for sponsorship reasons, is afootball club based in the city ofInđija,Serbia. They compete in theSerbian League Vojvodina, the third tier of thenational league system.
During Yugoslavia the club mainly participated in the amateur ranks of competition.
The club's biggest success were two promotions to theSerbian SuperLiga for 2010–11 and 2019–20 seasons.
FK Inđija was established in 1933 as aYugoslav Railways employees club, initially namedŽAK Inđija and laterFK Železničar Inđija. In 1969, Železničar was renamed toFK PIK Inđija. In 1975 the name changed, this time toFK Agrounija after the club's sponsor at that time. In 1994, the name becomeFK Inđija and it lasts until nowadays, exception was the period between 2001 and 2003 when for sponsorship reasons the clubs was known asFK Brazda Coop.
In 1941, they won theNovi Sad Football Subassociation First League.[1] Later during the SFR Yugoslavia period, the club competed mostly in the third national level. On several occasions they played the qualifiers for theYugoslav Second League, until they finally achieved promotion to it in 1992. The next notable achievement was in2005–06 season when they reached the quarter-finals of theSerbia and Montenegro Cup, and also won theSerbian League Vojvodina and got promoted to theSerbian First League (second level).
In 2010, FK Inđija finished first in theSerbian First League and was promoted to theSerbian SuperLiga, Serbia's highest professional football league, an achievement they would repeat in 2019.
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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Dragoljub Pejović was one of the most successful players of the club and later in his career his he played forFK Vojvodina andFK Hajduk Kula. Other players areBojan Banjac who after playing with FK Inđija played forLille in France,Ratko Vukčević who played forFK Obilić andLjubiša Kekić. Altogether there have been 35 players from FK Inđija that played in top leagues, not only in Serbia but in other European leagues as well.
Players that played in the club and that have national team appearances areBojan Neziri (Serbia),Jovan Tanasijević andNikola Vukčević (Montenegro),Zoran Janković (Bulgaria),Yaw Antwi (Ghana),Diego Bardanca (Philippines) andBadara Badji (Senegal).[3]
Stadion FK Inđija is astadium among longestsport tradition inSrem andVojvodina, it is located in near center of the town, nearrailroad station and mainrailroad directionBelgrade-Subotica-Budapest. It is built on a place where locomotive depot was at. For decades it is a center of main football and other sports in town.
At the time when FK Železničar was founded to today, FK Inđija, the pitch was made and with it wooden stands with a roof 600 was the capacity. Changing rooms were made in 1962. In 1970, the stands went under renovation because the wood started to fall apart. In 2006, the stadium got its today look When first built the stadium could hold up to 4,000 to 5,000 people. Over the years the capacity dropped due to safety precautions, the capacity fell to 3,500.
In 2006, FK Inđija has revealed plans for a new stadium, the capacity is going to be 10,000. When finished it will fulfill the club's ambitions. The club's president has stated that FK Inđija goals are to be a standard club in theSerbian SuperLiga and to play in theUEFA Europa League. The new stadium is expected to fulfill UEFA's criteria for playing games in theUEFA Europa League, and is expected to be finished in 2012.
