FK Balkan Mirijevo

Balkan Mirijevo
Full nameOmladinski Fudbalski Klub Balkan Mirijevo
Founded1926 (1926)
Ground, Belgrade
Capacity1,000
LeagueBelgrade First League Group A
2024–25Belgrade First League, 2nd

OFK Balkan Mirijevo is a Serbian football club. The club currently competes in the Belgrade First League, in the 5th tier of Serbian football.

History

In the seasons 1941–42 and 1942–43 Balkan played in the Serbian League which was the top national tier of the German-occupied Serbia during World War Two, finishing 10th[1] and 8th[2] respectively. Their main players in this period were former BSK Belgrade players Dragutin Najdanović, Rajko Pašanski and Miloš Šijačić.[3]

Recent league history

Season Division P W D L F A Pts Pos
2020–21 5 - Belgrade First League Group A 3012612443742 7th
2021–22 5 - Belgrade First League Group A 2613103512249 3rd
2022–23 5 - Belgrade First League Group A 261871561861 2nd
2023–24 4 - Belgrade Zone League 3012810474138[a] 10th
2024–25 5 - Belgrade First League Group A 262024642162 2nd
  1. ↑ The club was docked six points.

Fans

Fans of the club are nicknamed Šumari (Serbian Cyrillic: Шумари, lit. 'The Forest Guard').

Notable players

For the list of former and current players with Wikipedia article, please see: Category:FK Balkan Mirijevo players.

References

  1. ↑ S.K. 1913 osvojio pehar - Takmičenje iznenađenja završeno (SK 1913 won the trophy - Championship full of surprises is finished a text by Ljubomir Vukadinović at trstenicani.com, retrieved 14-12-2013 (in Serbian)
  2. ↑ Miroslav Milovanović: "Naš Plavi Bukvar" Archived 12 May 2012 at the Wayback Machine, pag. 85
  3. ↑ Beogradski sokolovi, page 96