Smederevo 1924

Fudbalski klub Smederevo 1924 (Serbian Cyrillic: Фудбалски клуб Смедерево 1924), commonly known as Smederevo, is a Serbian professional football club based in Smederevo.

During Yugoslavia the club mainly played in amateur ranks of competition.

Sartid Smederevo as the club was known in this era (Srpsko akcionarsko rudarsko topionicarsko industrijsko drustvo) managed to beat Crvena Zvezda 1–0 in the 2002–03 Serbia and Montenegro Cup final at Partizan Stadium, achieving the club's greatest success in its history. Marko Pantelic scoring the winning goal in the 110th minute of the game.

At the start of the year 2000 the club started to become significant within Serbian football and even managed to qualify for UEFA Cup where they had some memorable wins against the likes of Dundee FC, Bangor City, FK Sarajevo, UE Sant Julia. The club also played some big opposition been competitive but eventually losing ties to clubs such as 1860 Munchen, Ipswich Town and Slavia Praha.

The club's most famous European tie came against Ipswich Town FC in the 2002–03 UEFA Cup, following a favourable away result 1–1 in England, Sartid were favourites to go too the next round meaning they just needed to keep a clean sheet at home to progress. However, the combination of Marcus Bent converting an early 9th-minute penalty and Sartid failing to score for the remainder of the match spelled painful elimination.Even though the club was eliminated it was still a proud moment for its supporters coming up against an historic English club in Ipswich Town FC.

Key players during this successful era for the club were : Nenad Mirosavljevic, Vladimir Mudrinic, Goran Bogdanovic and Marko Pantelic.

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