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71-509: In the Kingdom of Serbia there had been many sports sections and societies, whose members were constantly increasing in number. So in the year of 1891 Belgrade gymnastics society "Soko" was established. One student, Andra Nikolić, became chairmen of the parliament, minister of education and foreign affairs, academic and writer (today in part of Belgrade called Senjak, there is a street named after him, Dr. Andra Nikolić"), together with Hugo Buli ,

142-599: A full 27 years, until the state expropriated it for railway needs. The stadium got an athletics track and a tribune for standing. Apart from many local games, the first international match in Serbia, between the national team of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia and national team of Romania was played on it, which ended with the victory of the later by 2:1. It was the third international match of the Yugoslavia national team and it

213-414: A major fall in their results during this period and failed to make any major results in the competition. At the end of the war, most of the major existing clubs were disbanded by the new authorities. BASK was no exception. New football collectives were founded, with new names that were more appropriate to new times and circumstances. In the parts of Belgrade, namely Senjak and Topčider hill, which were

284-402: A name.” Really, in very big exaltation the previous day they have completely forgotten about that “detail”. They have assembled again and then they have started making suggestion. People said that this debate had been very long and at some moments also very bitter, until Ljuba Jovanović, newly selected president, did not propose the name “Soko”. The others have all agreed, so on 18 April 1903. of

355-619: A number of artists showing their work as a part of the Serbian pavilion, including Marko Murat , Ivan Meštrović , Đorđe Jovanović and other artists. [REDACTED] Media related to Kingdom of Serbia at Wikimedia Commons 44°48′39″N 20°27′45″E  /  44.81083°N 20.46250°E  / 44.81083; 20.46250 Danilo Stojanovi%C4%87 Danilo Stojanović ( Serbian Cyrillic : Данило Стојановић , pronounced [danǐlo stojǎːnoʋitɕ] ; 14 September 1878 – 23 April 1967), commonly known as Čika Dača ,

426-528: A result of the Serbian revolution which lasted between 1804 and 1817. Despite brutal oppression and retaliation by the Ottoman authorities, the revolutionary leaders, first Karađorđe and then Miloš Obrenović , succeeded in their goal to liberate Serbia after centuries of Turkish rule. At first, the principality included only the territory of the former Pashaluk of Belgrade , but in 1831–1833 it expanded to

497-658: A result of the multi-ethnic composition of Kosovo, the new administrations provoked a mixed response from the local population. Serbs considered this a liberation. On November 29, 1913, the Drač County of the Kingdom of Serbia was established on the part of the territory of Albania taken from the Ottoman Empire during the First Balkan War. Serbian Drač County had four districts ( Serbian : срез ): Drač (Durrës), Lješ (Lezhë), Elbasan and Tirana . After

568-568: The Annexation crisis ) erupted into public view when on October 5, 1908, the Kingdom of Bulgaria declared its complete independence from Ottoman Empire and on October 6, 1908, when Austria-Hungary announced the annexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina , which was populated mainly by South Slavs . Austria-Hungary had ambitions of imperialistic expansion and saw the Balkans in the same way that other colonial powers saw Africa or Asia. This idea

639-526: The First Balkan War of 1912, territories of Kosovo and north-western Macedonia were internationally recognised as a part of Serbia and northern Metohija as a part of Montenegro at the Treaty of London of May 1913. In a report to Rome , Lazër Mjeda , Archbishop of Skopje, estimated that 25,000 Albanians were killed by Serbian forces during and after the conflict. The old disagreements regarding

710-787: The Great Exoduses of the Serbs , in 1690 and in 18th century, between 1718 and 1739, from various territories under the rule of the Ottoman Empire , particularly the Kosovo Vilayet, to the Kingdom of Hungary under the Habsburg monarchy . As a result, from 1830 to 1876, it has been estimated that up to 150,000 Albanians that lived in the territories of the Principality of Serbia emigrated or were expelled . In 1867

781-527: The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes . The new country continued to be ruled by the Serbian monarchy when in August 1921 Prince Alexandar I became king. In 1888 People's Radical Party led by Sava Grujić and Nikola Pašić came to power and a new constitution , based on the liberal Constitution of Belgium was introduced. The lost war and the Radical Party's total electoral victory were some of

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852-465: The Ottoman army garrisons retreated from the Principality, securing its de facto independence. Serbia expanded further to the south-east in 1878, when it won full international recognition at the Congress of Berlin . After the 1877–1878 expansion, in the new areas (present-day Jablanica , Toplica and parts of Nišava District ) an estimated 49,000–130,000 Albanians were expelled ( Expulsion of

923-591: The Republic of North Macedonia but land-locked Serbia was prevented from gaining access to the Adriatic Sea by the newly established Principality of Albania . As the result of these wars, Serbia's population increased from 2.9 million to 4.5 million and territory increased by 81%. The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria on 28 June 1914 in Sarajevo (then part of Austria-Hungary ) brought

994-620: The Second World War , the 1939–40 season, two separate qualifying leagues were formed, the Serbian Football League and the Croato-Slovenian League, with 10 clubs each. The final phase of the championship was held with 6 clubs, the 3 the best clubs from each league, however BASK did not get the standing required for the finals as they finished in 9th place in the 1939–40 Serbian League . During

1065-467: The goalkeeper , because initially most players avoided playing in that harsh position. Stojanović started a career as goalkeeper at the club he was president, Šumadija, where he played from 1903 until 1906. Then he moved to the capital where he actually played as left-winger while with SK Soko where he stayed until 1910. After spending over a year at the direction of BSK, he moved to SK Dušanovac where his presidential position did not prevent him from taking

1136-517: The home of BASK, a club named Senjak has been founded, and it competed in regional Belgrade leagues. In this environment was born the idea, that this club could take over the tradition of BASK of gathering young people from that part of the city, especially because the club had got the playfield on the edge of Topčider park, very close to former stadium of SK Soko, where it is today. The idea, nevertheless, could have not been realized immediately. No sooner than 1953, on 50-anniversary of Soko and BASK, on

1207-407: The next championship BASK archived 7th place, and in the season 1936–37 , it was 6th once again. Next season, 1937–38 , it accomplished the 4th place, and that was the highest achievement of the club, finishing behind the new champion HAŠK, BSK and Građanski. In the 1938–39 Yugoslav Football Championship the league grew to 12 clubs and BASK finished in 8th place. In the last championship, before

1278-633: The Albanians 1877–1878 ), settling mainly in Kosovo. These events marked the beginning of the Serbian-Albanian conflict . The Serbo-Bulgarian War erupted on November 14, 1885, and lasted until November 28 of the same year. The war ended in defeat for Serbia, as it had failed to capture the Slivnitsa region which it had set out to achieve. Bulgarians successfully repelled the Serbs after

1349-587: The Annual assembly, in the presence of many members of the pre-war club, FK Senjak took over the name BASK and all the traditions of this oldest football collective in former Kingdom of Serbia. Milovan Jakšić , "El Grande Milovan" was elected by the assembly as the president of the club. Since then, until 2005, the FK BASK has been competing mostly in the Serbian League Belgrade . In this period,

1420-539: The First League in 2010 after winning the 2009–10 Serbian League Belgrade. In their first season after the promotion, BASK archive major results, and finished the season as champion of the 2010–11 Serbian First League . This meant the direct promotion to the highest national level, the Serbian SuperLiga , however the club direction decided that they would not be able to guarantee the financial backing for

1491-662: The Obrenović family were shot as well. This act resulted in the extinction of the House of Obrenović , which had been ruling Serbia since 1817. After the May Coup the Serbian Skupština invited Peter Karađorđević to assume the Serbian crown as Peter I of Serbia . A constitutional monarchy was created with the military Black Hand society operating behind the scenes. The traditionally good relations with Austria-Hungary ended, as

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1562-636: The SuperLiga and thus withdrew leaving their place for FK Novi Pazar which had finished third. Instead, BASK relegated themselves to the Serbian League Belgrade, finishing the 2011–12 season in 13th place. In 2022, BASK merged with FK TEK Sloga and renamed itself BASK TEK. For the list of all current and former players with Misplaced Pages article, please see: Category:FK BASK players . Kingdom of Serbia The Kingdom of Serbia ( Serbian : Краљевина Србија , Kraljevina Srbija )

1633-612: The Yugoslav championship, which was played in the begin of 1930s using a cup system. In the season 1932–33 , BASK was a member of the Yugoslav First League , which had double score system. In competition of 11 teams, BASK took the 5th place behind the champion– BSK , second-standing Hajduk Split , FK Jugoslavija and HAŠK , but in front of notable clubs such as Građanski Zagreb , Concordia , Primorje Ljubljana , Slavija Sarajevo , Slavija Osijek and FK Vojvodina . In

1704-674: The assassination, the conspirators were arrested in Bosnia-Herzegovina and tried in Sarajevo in October 1914. The political objective of the assassination was to break the southern Slav provinces off from the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand triggered a chain of international events that embroiled Russia and the major European powers in the conflict. On July 28, 1914, Austria-Hungary declared war against Serbia. In 1915 Serbia

1775-648: The beginning of the Second World War and the Axis invasion and partition of Yugoslavia, the German authorities created a puppet state in a reduced Serbia . The Serbian League which was organised by the Belgrade Football Subassociation and which was one of the two qualifying leagues for the Yugoslav championship until 1940, was now the national championship of the new puppet state. BASK had

1846-673: The biggest success had been the winning of the Cup of the Belgrade liberation in 1958, the victory in the Cup of Yugoslavia in territory of Belgrade football association, and in the same year, the defeat in the final game of Yugoslav Cup for the Serbian territory from FK Borac Čačak . After taking the first in the Belgrade First League in 1971 BASK was promoted to the Serbian League North where it played for most of

1917-582: The championships prior to the Second World War, BASK had brought out numerous notable players. In addition to the already mentioned Milovan Jakšić , dr Milutin Ivković and Branislav Hrnjiček , there were also Miodrag Ranojević , Stojan Popović , Miroslav Lukić , Đorđe Detlinger , Kolnago Ferante , Aleksandar Tomašević , Mladen Sarić and others. Among all these names, the name of Aleksandar Tomašević should be especially distinguished, because he

1988-405: The club changed its name to SK Jugoslavija as Velika Srbija meant Great Serbia , a name now obsolete as all the focus was going towards the new country. He was also the coach of Jugoslavija between 1923 and 1924. In 1926 he left Jugoslavija, however during the period he was at the club, Jugoslavija won two national championships and became one of the biggest clubs in the country. After leaving

2059-483: The club ended up in Rome . Soon, they agreed to renew their club while in the exile, so they joined Italian club Pro-Roma and, as a special section named Soko Pro-Roma , they started playing matches with other Italian clubs. During 1918, as the war drew to its end, Soko Pro-Roma played in the Cup of the city of Rome, and after they defeated all the rivals, many of them renowned Italian football clubs of that period, they won

2130-468: The collapse of Austria-Hungary , Serbia experienced a loss of 28 percent of its pre-war population and went through radical changes after the liberation, all within days. On November 28, 1918, it absorbed the Kingdom of Montenegro at the Podgorica Assembly . On December 1, 1918, Serbia united with the newly created State of Slovenes, Croats, and Serbs to form a new southern Slav state,

2201-415: The country, however by a decree he demanded that Soko societies to be exclusively dedicated to gymnastics. Thus, SK Soko as football club was forced to change their name, and in as assembly held on December 3, 1933, they decided to change their name to BASK, Beogradski amaterski sport klub (Belgrade amateur sport club). Almost simultaneously, the club ran into another, harder misfortune. Belgrade assembly for

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2272-738: The crisis to an end. The crisis permanently damaged relations between Austria-Hungary on the one hand and Russia and Serbia on the other. The annexation and reactions to the annexation were some of the contributing causes of World War I. In 1890, it was divided into 15 districts ( okruzi ) which were further divided into counties ( srezovi ). Cities of Belgrade and Niš had special administrative status. The districts were: Valjevo , Vranje , Kragujevac , Krajina , Kruševac , Morava , Pirot , Podrinje , Podunavlje , Požarevac , Rudnik , Timok , Toplica , Užice and Crna Reka . In 1912 and 1913 Serbia enlarged its territory after victorious First Balkan War . In August 1913, 11 new districts were formed in

2343-492: The crown prince himself, George Karađorđević , was also present. For the history of Serbian football, it is very important to mention that these were the first matches played between two domestic clubs. This tradition of the rival matches between FK BASK (former SOKO) and FK Šumadija is held, since 1993, every year on St. George's Day, on May 6, and on Krstovdan, on September 14, when they celebrate their respective holiday Slava ´s. It would be in 1911 and 1912 that Soko would gain

2414-580: The decisive victory at the Battle of Slivnitsa and advanced into Serbian territory taking Pirot and clearing the way to Niš . When Austria-Hungary declared that it would join the war on the side of Serbia, Bulgaria withdrew from Serbia leaving the Serbo-Bulgarian border precisely where it had been prior to the war. The peace treaty was signed on February 19, 1886, in Bucharest . As a result of

2485-462: The direction board of Jugoslavija, he did not abandon football, but instead he was a directing member of many sports organizations staying attached to his passion, football, throughout the rest of his life. In 1951 he published a book Čika Dačine uspomene (Čika Dača's Memories). Despite mostly known as the founder of some of the major Serbian clubs in that period, he also had an active playing career as well. Initially teams in Serbia had one weak spot,

2556-529: The east, south, and west. In the first decades of the principality, the population was about 85% Serb and 15% non-Serb. Of those, most were Vlachs, and there were some Turkicized Muslim Albanians, which were the overwhelming majority of the Muslims that lived in Smederevo , Kladovo and Ćuprija . The new state aimed to homogenize its population, especially after two Great Migrations of the Serbs also known as

2627-584: The end of World War I in 1918 it united with Vojvodina and the Kingdom of Montenegro , and in December 1918 it merged with the newly created State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs to form the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (later known as Kingdom of Yugoslavia ) under the continued rule of the Karađorđević dynasty . The Principality of Serbia was a state in the Balkans that came into existence as

2698-569: The end of the second decade of the 20th century, the club was neck to neck with the best Belgrade clubs, BSK and SK Jugoslavija , and in 1929 Soko made started their first triumphs. In the same year, they also successfully played against other Yugoslav First League clubs from Zagreb ( Građanski , HAŠK , Concordia ) and in Split, in the same year, they defeated Hajduk as well. It was the first defeat of Hajduk on its own playing field and in front of its own public by another club from Yugoslavia. For

2769-525: The first World Championship in Montevideo, in 1930, SOKO had three of its players in the Yugoslavia national team: Milovan Jakšić , goalkeeper, who with great displays in Uruguay deserved the nickname "El grande Milovan", Milutin Ivković , captain and the best player of the team, and Branislav Hrnjiček , as a reserve player. In 1931 the king Alexander I started promoting Soko societies throughout

2840-499: The first place and the first international trophy of Serbian football. The final was played on June 16, 1918, on Piazza Dissiena, and after the triumph of Soko's players, the flag of the Kingdom of Serbia flew high on the mast. Some of the players of that team were Dušan Elezović, Pavle Bajić, Brana Veljković, Jug Nikašinović, Miloš Simović, Milan Miodragović, Svetozar Popović - Kika, Denić, Pavle Lukićević and Živojin Simonović. After

2911-464: The football club Šumadija so Soko got their first domestic rival. Nevertheless, two years have passed until the match between two oldest clubs in the Kingdom of Serbia took place. On July 20, 1906, Šumadija and Soko met in Kragujevac , and Soko won by 6:1. In the rematch, on August 27, 1906, Soko won again, but this time more convincingly, with the score of 9:0. Unknown chronicle registered that

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2982-644: The formal independence of the Principality of Serbia , and in its composition Nišava , Pirot , Toplica and Vranje districts entered the South part of Serbia . In 1882, Serbia was elevated to the status of a kingdom, maintaining a foreign policy friendly to Austria-Hungary . Between 1912 and 1913, Serbia greatly enlarged its territory through engagement in the First and Second Balkan Wars – Sandžak-Raška , Kosovo Vilayet and Vardar Macedonia were annexed. At

3053-507: The honour of the celebration of the centenary of the First Serbian uprising . In that match (the score is unknown) following players participated: Stevan Stefanović, Milan Bajić, Vladimir Skobla, Dimitrije Đorđević Piperski, Dimitrije Stamenković, Nikola Spasić, Hugo Buli, Vlada Krstić among others. Six months after the club's foundation, Serbian football and engineering pioneer, Danilo Stojanović –Čika Dača, on 14 September 1903, founded

3124-529: The later period. After the break-up of SFR Yugoslavia , BASK has been competing mostly in the second and third national levels. At the beginning of the new millennium BASK was playing in the Serbian League Belgrade . In the season 2000–2001 BASK won the Belgrade Cup. In the championship game BASK-Komgrap 1–0 at Radnicki Jugopetrol stadium. As the winner, BASK qualified in Yugoslavia Cup, where it

3195-399: The main city railway station. However, they could not stay there because the river Sava had risen up, flooded and destroy the playfield. Finally, an adequate playground was found in part of Topčider near of Košutnjak ’s forest, in the place of current Range station Topčider. Although the playground was quite far from the city center at that time, "Soko" arranged it well and stayed there for

3266-450: The necessities of the railway took away from BASK the playfield in Topčider, so, for some time, the club had no field of their own. Later, BASK got the playing field behind Belgrade electrical plant, which was attributed to Radnički after the Second World War . The resolute management and great team nothing could put out of track. BASK had even struggled for permanent place in competition for

3337-726: The new dynasty relied on the support of the Russian Empire and closer cooperation with Kingdom of Bulgaria . In April 1904 the Friendship treaty and in June 1905 the customs union with Bulgaria were signed. In response Austria-Hungary imposed a Tariff War ( Pig war ) of 1906–1909. After the 1906 elections the People's Radical Party came to power. In 1908 Austria-Hungary annexed Bosnia, where Serbia had hoped to expand its territory. The Bosnian Crisis of 1908–1909 (also referred to as

3408-486: The newly liberated areas: Bitola , Debar , Kavadarci , Novi Pazar , Kumanovo , Pljevlja , Prizren , Priština , Skopje , Tetovo and Štip . During its existence, the Kingdom was ruled by two competing dynasties: the House of Obrenović and the House of Karađorđević . King Milan Obrenović ruled from 6 March 1882 to 6 March 1889, when he abdicated the throne. He was succeeded by his son, Aleksandar Obrenović , who ruled from 6 March 1889 to 11 June 1903, when he

3479-565: The obligation to sign commercial contracts was imposed on Serbia, as well as a claim to carry out regulation works in Đerdap . Serbian Government approved this treaty by adopting the Law on Proclamation of the convention. Consequently, Serbian Railways were formed in 1881. The regular traffic on the railway line Belgrade–Niš started in 1884. The Kingdom of Serbia participated in the International Exhibition of Art of 1911 , with

3550-499: The old calendar, the first football club in Kingdom of Serbia appeared ( Bačka from Subotica had been founded in 1901, two years before Soko, but on territory of Austro-Hungary in that time). The first and foremost problem of newly founded club was a playfield. The field in Jugovićeva Street was too tight for the playground so another suitable place in the area known as Bara Venecija was found, between current Belgrade Fair and

3621-550: The reasons why King Milan I abdicated in 1889. His son Alexander I assumed the throne in 1893 and in 1894 dismissed the constitution. Jews from modern-day North Macedonia got their citizen rights after the region became a part of Kingdom of Serbia. King Alexander I of Serbia and his unpopular wife Queen Draga were assassinated inside the Royal Palace in Belgrade on the night of 28–29 May 1903. Other representatives of

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3692-604: The reputation of the strongest club in Serbia and included players such as Čedomir Nedić, Đoka Ilić, Mata Miodragović, Žika Popović, Jovan Viktorović, Elezović, Paja Vukićević and others, which formed the core of the group of the pioneer Serbian football stars. With the beginning of the First World War most of the footballers replaced the ball with a rifle. In concurrence of events, after the Serbian Army retreat through Albania, very large group of players that formed

3763-533: The start of the Balkan War he joined the Serbian Army and was relocated to Kragujevac . At the end of the war he returned to Belgrade and he formed, along with a group of dissidents from BSK, the SK Velika Srbija on 1 August 1913. The First World War begin in 1914 and after the end, in 1918, the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes was formed, which was colloquially known as Yugoslavia , so

3834-484: The tensions between Austria-Hungary and Serbia to a head. Behind the assassination in Sarajevo was the secret Serbian officers organization Black Hand . The assassins were supported by an "underground railroad" of Serbian civilians and military officers that provided transportation and hid them; members of the Serbian military that trained them, encouraged them, and provided weapons, maps, and other information. After

3905-544: The territory of Macedonia among the members of the Balkan League and primarily Serbia and Bulgaria, led to the Second Balkan War . Here, Serbia, Greece, Romania, the Ottoman Empire, and Montenegro fought against Bulgaria in 1913. The final borders were ratified at the Treaty of Bucharest of 1913 . Serbia came to control the land which became known as Vardar Macedonia , and today stands independent as

3976-470: The usual training, under the open sky on their field, they have founded their club. Among others, unavoidable Hugo Buli, Steva Stefanović, Milan Bajić, Ljuba Jovanović, Mita Đorđević, Mita Stamenković, Boba Marković, Momir Korunović, M.Milosavljević and others were present. Inaugural meeting was held on 18 April 1903, under the clear sky, on unoccupied lot in Braće Jugovića Street, where in that time

4047-553: The war started, Serbia, together with Montenegro, conquered Pristina and Novi Pazar . At the Battle of Kumanovo Serbs defeated the Ottoman army and proceeded to conquer Skopje and the whole of Kosovo vilayet . The region of Metohija was taken by Montenegro. At Bitola and Ohrid Serbian army units established contact with the Greek army. Populations of ethnic Serbs and Albanians tended to shift following territorial conquests. As

4118-430: The war the club was immediately re-established and continued with work, but the results of the team were alarmingly bad. At beginning, the club was suffering heavy defeats, but this did not discourage the management and players. Their coach until 1926 was Austrian Otto Necas . A major contribution to the team was the arrival of Czech playmaker Alois Machek from SK Jugoslavija in 1927. In constant struggle with problems, at

4189-406: The war, European powers acknowledged the act of Unification of Bulgaria which happened on September 6, 1885. Negotiations between Russia, Serbia and Bulgaria led to the Serbian-Bulgarian Treaty of Alliance of March 1912, which aimed to conquer and to divide the Ottoman held Macedonia. In May, a Serbian-Greek alliance was reached and in October 1912, a Serbia-Montenegro alliance was signed. After

4260-479: Was a country located in the Balkans which was created when the ruler of the Principality of Serbia , Milan I , was proclaimed king in 1882. Since 1817, the Principality was ruled by the Obrenović dynasty (replaced by the Karađorđević dynasty for a short time). The Principality, under the suzerainty of the Ottoman Empire , de facto achieved full independence when the very last Ottoman troops left Belgrade in 1867. The Congress of Berlin in 1878 recognized

4331-804: Was also the initiator of foundation "The first Serbian association for games with ball", on 1 May 1899. This association for games with ball is considered also the first Serbian football club on territory of ex Yugoslavia and Serbia. Unfortunately, this club had been closed very soon and it disappeared. Nevertheless, it succeeded in organizing one real contest on the new football field built in Guberevac. Members of Gymnastics association SK Soko continued with ball games, and their enthusiasm had not diminished. They have been gathering on one meadow in Jugovićeva Street. The new younger members had constantly joined them, and then started generation replacement. These lovers of ball decided finally to organize again and once more to establish their own club. On member's gathering, after

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4402-437: Was by the coup d'état . However, he finally did accept and was the Kingdom's sovereign from 15 June 1903 to 1 December 1918, the day that the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes was proclaimed. The largest cities in the Kingdom of Serbia were (with population figures from c. 1910–1912): Serbia was geographically located in the path of several trade routes linking Western and Central Europe with Middle East. Morava Valley

4473-431: Was eliminated in the second round (last 32) against Mladenovac after penalty shootout. In 2005 it will gain promotion to the Second League of Serbia and Montenegro . BASK will finish the season in 11th place, and in the end of the season and with the independence of Montenegro, the league will be renamed into the Serbian First League . BASK finished the 2006–07 season in 18th place and will be relegated again, returning to

4544-500: Was in the strategically important terrestrial route that linked Central Europe with Greece and Constantinople. During the 19th century major efforts were made to improve the transport in this connections. At the Congress of Berlin in 1878, Austria-Hungary helped Serbia to gain new territories, conditioning Serbia, however, to sign a new convention. The convention obliged Serbia to construct the railway line from Belgrade to Vranje and Turkish and Bulgarian borders in three years. In addition,

4615-399: Was killed by a group of officers. The slaughter of the royal couple (the king and Queen Draga ) by the Black Hand shocked Europe. This opened the way for the descendants of Karađorđe (Karageorge), regarded by Serbs throughout the Balkans as the man who threw off the Turkish yoke, to return to the throne. Petar Karađorđević was initially reluctant to accept the crown, disgusted as he

4686-406: Was occupied by foreign troops after a combined invasion by Austro-Hungarian , German , and Bulgarian troops. The 135,000 soldiers of the Serbian Army retreated through Albania and were evacuated to the Greek island of Corfu , and in spring, 1916, they became part of a newly formed Salonika front . In 1916, the Kingdom of Montenegro was conquered by Austria-Hungary. At the end of the war and

4757-477: Was one of the football pioneers in the Kingdom of Serbia . On 14 September 1903, he formed the first football club in the Kingdom of Serbia (which then excluded Vojvodina), the FK Šumadija becoming its president until 1906, when he moved to Belgrade . In 1911 he was a founding member of BSK where he became vice-president. However, a year later, after disagreements with the direction, he left BSK and became president of another Belgrade club, SK Dušanovac . With

4828-422: Was one of the main top scorers in the third decade, and in that regard also and the biggest rival of the famous Blagoje "Moša" Marjanović . Tomašević left a deep mark in Yugoslav football as a coach as well in the period after the war. He was the main coach of the three most successful Yugoslav clubs after the war: Partizan , Crvena Zvezda , Hajduk Split , and he was also the founder of Radnički Belgrade . With

4899-458: Was played on 8 May 1922, in the honour of the wedding of King Alexander and Romanian Princes Maria , was attended by over 1,500 spectators, which was remarkable for that time. In that period the club had difficulties in finding opponents as there were not many existing clubs to play against, so one of the first and the biggest public matches at that period was played among two teams of SK Soko on "St. George´s Day" ( Đurđevdan ), on May 6, 1904, in

4970-411: Was severely opposed by the Serbian public and intelligentsia , mainly gathered around Serbian Literary Herald ( Srpski književni glasnik ). Russia , the Ottoman Empire , Britain, the Kingdom of Italy , Serbia, the Principality of Montenegro , German Empire and France took an interest in these events. In April 1909, the 1878 Treaty of Berlin was amended to accept the new status quo and bringing

5041-434: Was summer playfield Belgrade's gymnastics association Soko. Assembly's Participants had by acclamation elected Ljubomir Jovanović, who later became minister in governments of Kingdom of Serbia and president of national assembly, and satisfied with the work done, went home. When had met the following day on the playfield, somebody said: “Oh, my God, people, we have founded a club, and nobody had remembered that we should give it

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