TSC Backa Topola

FK TSC Backa Topola (Serbian Cyrillic: ФК ТСЦ Бачка Топола, Hungarian: Topolyai Sport Club), commonly known as TSC, is a Serbian professional football club based in Backa Topola and currently the second oldest football club in the Serbian SuperLiga.

History

The first football club formed in Backa Topola in 1912, the club officially exists since 1913 and was founded by Istvan Benis who was the first president of the club. It was named Topolyai Sport Club. The town belonged back then to the Austro-Hungarian Empire. The first club sponsor was Karoly Beer who also brought the first football to the town. Soon the First World War started and after the war the region of Backa would become part of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, renamed into Yugoslavia in 1929. In 1930, the club changed its name into Jugoslovenski Atletski Klub. In the early 1930s, the stadium where the club still plays nowadays was built. In the Second World War the club competes in the Hungarian Second League, finishing in second place in 1942.

After the war the region returned to Yugoslavia, and the club was renamed Egyseg, and counted with Hungarian international Jeno Kalmar among its strongest reinforcements. In 1951, the club changes its name again into Topola. The club played in the Subotica regional league and later achieved promotion to the Serbian League (3rd Yugoslav tier).

In 1974, the club change its name into FK AIK Backa Topola. In 1980, AIK was promoted to the Yugoslav Second League, and in the next 6 years competed 5 seasons in the second highest division. In the Yugoslavian Cup competition of the season 1992–93 they entered the 1/8 finals after a win against the First League club Napredak Krusevac 2–1.

In 2003, the club under financial difficulties ceases to compete, and maintains only the youth levels. In 2005, the club is merged with FK Bajsa and starts competing again under a new name, FK Backa Topola. The club was the champion of