Sloga KraljevoСлога Краљево

Fudbalski klub Sloga Kraljevo (Serbian Cyrillic: Фудбалски клуб Слога Краљево) is a football club based in Kraljevo, in Serbia.

History

In 1909 former cavalry captain Mr. Delic came to Kraljevo from Sibenik and brought the first ball which he bought in Zemun. He ran away from the Austro-Hungarian army to Belgrade, and shortly afterwards he moved to Kraljevo.

1919–1945

The club's first games were played in Divlje Polje, the playground was across the street of an old train station. Zica was the first football club in Kraljevo and was founded in 1919. Its first matches were played against Viktorija from Cacak and the soldier academy. In both games Zica suffered heavy defeats. Three years later the club changed its name to Ibar and competed in the Kragujevac League. The club existed till 1941. After the war ended a group of sport enthusiasts in April 1945 founded a football club by the name of Sloboda.

The first president of the club was Mile Mitrovic. The staff was composed of Mile Pribakovic, Desanka Vitorovic, Stanko Lekic, Milja Tanasijevic, Ratko Stojic, Nikola Naumovic, Mijo Kostic, Hrane Strijelic and others. The games were played in the town centre, at the place where today lies a swimming pool.

Sloboda

The first game played by Sloboda was against Streljacki bataljon (Firing squad) which was based in Kraljevo. Their jerseys were red and white and they were made from parachutes. The result was a 10:1 win for Sloga. The qualifier game for the First League was against Borac in Cacak. Sloboda led 2:0 at halftime. Borac scored a goal that should have been ruled offside at the start of the second half. A few minutes later Borac scores another goal and another one 10 minutes before the final whistle. After the match a fight broke out between the players and soon the fans got involved. The club was suspended because of this incident. A few months later Lokomotiva and Sloboda merged into one club called S

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