ŽAK Subotica
ŽAK Subotica (Serbian Cyrillic: ЖАК Суботица) was a football club based in Subotica, Kingdom of Yugoslavia.[1]
The club was formed in 1921 and the name comes from the initials of Železničarski atletski klub derived from the fact that the club was backed by the Yugoslav Railways company.[2]
It played in the
With the start of the
After the end of the Second World War, the club made a tour throughout Serbia in order to prepare for competition, however the new socialist authorities demanded that most of the pre-1945 clubs to be disbanded and new clubs to be formed. ŽAK was dissolved in 1945 and its players made a meeting where they decided to join the newly founded FK Spartak Subotica which beside the players, the stadium, the colors and the fans, it also inherited the tradition of being backed by the railways.[5]
Notable players
Players with national team appearances:
For a list of former players with Wikipedia article, please see: Category:ŽAK Subotica players.
References
- ^ ŽAK Subotica at fkvojvodina.com
- ^ gradsubotica.co.rs (in Serbian)
- ^ Yugoslav First League tables and results at RSSSF
- ^ Szabadka, Szabadkai Vasutas AK at MagyarFutball.hu, Retrieved 5-10-2012 (in Hungarian)
- ^ gradsubotica.co.rs (in Serbian)