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46-523: Founded in 1937, the club was accepted into the Belgrade Football Subassociation in 1940. They were reestablished after World War II in 1947 as Motor, before being renamed to Rakovica in 1948. In 1954, the club became known as IM Rakovica (IMR), backed by the manufacturing factory of the same name . With the beginning of the new millennium, the club competed in the 2000–01 Second League of FR Yugoslavia , finishing bottom of

92-424: A humid subtropical climate bordering very closely on a humid continental climate ( Köppen climate classification : Dfb ) as well as an oceanic climate ( Köppen climate classification : Cfb ). The following table gives a preview of total number of registered people employed in legal entities per their core activity (as of 2018): Ten Roman emperors were born in the city and its environs: The last emperor of

138-459: A marginal students leisure activity to become the most popular sports activity in the country. The press passed from an attitude of total ignorance towards full coverage, and most important, it became subject of interest from the lowest working and peasantry classes, to the Belgrade high society, with the royal family itself frequently attending the most important matches. However at beginning it

184-467: A new administration was elected with Danilo Stojanović , popularly named as Čika Dača (Unckle Dacha) as its president. As one of the pioneers of football in Serbia and the founder of a number of clubs, he was highly regarded for that position. However, in the fourth general assembly held on 31 December 1922 the administration headed by Janko Šafarik is elected with him becoming the new president. The BLP

230-426: A number of willingfull and passionate people who will improve the management and organisation of football in Serbia, turning it into a more developed and professionalised activity. This greatly contributed for the mass popularisation of football and the quality gap that existed in comparison to other footballistically more developed countries started to be diminish. In a relatively brief period, football went from being

276-592: A subject of a dispute between the Byzantine Empire and the Kingdom of Hungary , until 1180 when the Byzantine Empire gave up Sirmium, surrendering it to the Kingdom of Hungary. In the 11th century, a Byzantine province named Theme of Sirmium had its capital in this city. Emperor Basil II (976–1025) created administrative system in which Sirmium was a seat of strategos Serbias . For a while, about 1451,

322-580: Is Sremska Mitrovica ( Serbian : Сремска Митровица ). The Hungarian name was Szávaszentdemeter while in Croatian it is referred to as Srijemska Mitrovica . Mitrovica stems from Saint Demetrius or "Sveti Dimitrije" in Serbian. Sremska Mitrovica means Mitrovica of Syrmia with Sremska distinguishing it from Kosovska Mitrovica . The name of the city during the reign of the Roman Empire

368-796: Is a city in Serbia . It is situated on the left bank of the Sava river . As of 2022 , the city has a total population of 40,144 inhabitants, while its administrative area has a population of 72,580 inhabitants. As Sirmium , it was a capital of the Roman Empire during the Tetrarchy of 4th century CE. Ten Roman emperors were born in or near this city, Emperors Herennius Etruscus (251), Hostilian (251), Decius Traian (249–251), Claudius Gothicus (268–270), Quintillus (270), Aurelian (270–275), Probus (276–282), Maximian (285–310), Constantius II (337–361) and Gratian (367–383). The modern town name

414-706: Is in the urban area of the city. The ethnic composition of the city: In 2002, the population of city of Sremska Mitrovica included 76,290 Orthodox Christians , 3,935 Roman Catholics , 252 Protestants and 106 Muslims . Orthodox Christians in Sremska Mitrovica are belonging to the Eparchy of Syrmia of the Serbian Orthodox Church . Catholics belong to the Diocese of Syrmia , which has its seat in Sremska Mitrovica. Sremska Mitrovica has

460-718: The Axis invasion of Yugoslavia in 1941 and the creation by the occupying German authorities of the puppet Serbian state the Serbian League will become the top-level league during the Second World War in Serbia, having its last edition in 1944. The Serbian League was organised by the Belgrade Football Subassociation. This period was marked by the fierce rivalry between the two most ambitious clubs, BSK and Jugoslavija, respectively named

506-777: The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (renamed to Yugoslavia in 1929). Between 1918 and 1922, Sremska Mitrovica was part of the Syrmia County, between 1922 and 1929 part of the Syrmia Oblast, between 1929 and 1931 part of the Drina Banovina , and, between 1931 and 1941, part of the Danube Banovina . During World War II , the city was occupied by Axis troops and was attached to the Independent State of Croatia . During that time its name

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552-483: The Yugoslav Championship , but since that year, the second placed teams of the leagues of Belgrade and Zagreb also get a chance to play on the national highest level by participating in one elimination round. By the mid 1930s the league system suffered numerous alterations, often on a year-to-year basis, however since then the subassociation leagues became a way for clubs to qualify to a group phase which

598-399: The republics , one of six federal units, associations, although same as before, all of them were under the national Yugoslav Football Association (FSJ). Numerous clubs were disbanded, mostly the ones which had a monarchic or bourgeois connotations, among them Jugoslavija and BSK. SK Jugoslavija was completely disbanded with most of its property and players, including the field, handed over to

644-814: The 1765 data, the population of the city numbered 809 people, of whom 514 were Serbs and 290 Catholics. Sremska Mitrovica was part of the Habsburg Military Frontier ( Slavonian Krajina ). In 1848–49, it was part of the Serbian Voivodship , a Serb autonomous region within Austrian Empire, but in 1849, it was returned under administration of the Military Frontier. With the abolition of the Slavonian Military Frontier in 1881, Sremska Mitrovica

690-691: The 4th century, the city was an important Christian centre, and was a seat of the Episcopate of Sirmium. Four Christian councils were held in Sirmium. At the end of the 4th century, Sirmium was brought under the sway of the Goths , and later, was again annexed to the Eastern Roman Empire. In 441, Sirmium was conquered by the Huns , and after this conquest, it remained for more than a century in

736-536: The 6th century was excavated in the vicinity. For the next two centuries Sirmium was a place of little importance. At the end of the 8th century, Sirmium belonged to the Frankish State. The historical role of Sirmium increased again in the 9th century, when it was part of the Bulgarian Empire . Pope Adrian II gave St Methodius the title of Archbishop of Sirmium. After having adopted Christianity,

782-654: The Austro-Hungarian monarchy collapsed and the Syrmia region first became a part of the newly formed State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs , and then, on 24 November 1918, the assembly of Syrmia in Ruma decided most of Syrmia (including Mitrovica) would join the Kingdom of Serbia . Subsequently, on 1 December 1918, Kingdom of Serbia united with the Kingdom of Montenegro and the State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs to form

828-652: The Blues and the Reds. At the time the press referred to their matches as the Eternal derby . During most of the period when the football season was divided into two halves, the first one being played on subassociation level and the second half at the national one, the BLP League usually served for BSK and Jugoslavija to measure strength between them, although the derby matches would repeat themselves as both usually took place at

874-665: The Bulgarians restored in Sirmium the Christian Episcopate, having in mind old Christian traditions and the reputation this city had in the ancient world. In the 11th century, Sirmium was a residence of Sermon , a duke of Syrmia , who was a vassal of the Bulgarian Samuil . After 1018, the city was again included into the Byzantine Empire , and since the end of the 11th century, Sirmium was

920-476: The capital city of the latter. In 296, Diocletian implemented a new territorial division of Pannonia. Instead of previous two provinces, there were four new provinces established in former territory of original Pannonia: Pannonia Prima , Pannonia Valeria , Pannonia Savia and Pannonia Secunda . Capital city of Pannonia Secunda was Sirmium. In 293, with the establishment of tetrarchy , the Roman Empire

966-535: The city in the 1st century BC, Sirmium already was a settlement with a long tradition. In the 1st century, Sirmium gained a status of a colony of the citizens of Rome , and became a very important military and strategic location in Pannonia province. The war expeditions of Roman emperors Trajan , Marcus Aurelius , and Claudius II , were prepared in Sirmium. In 103, Pannonia was split into two provinces: Pannonia Superior and Pannonia Inferior , and Sirmium became

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1012-524: The city was in possession of the Serbian despot Đurađ Branković . In 1521 the city came into Ottoman hands and it remained under the Ottoman rule for almost two centuries. According to Ottoman traveler Evliya Çelebi , Mitrovica had been conquered by the Bosnian sanjak bey Husrev-bey . It was renamed as "Dimitrofça". The name of the mayor of the city was Dimitar and since the middle of the 16th century,

1058-466: The city was mostly populated with Muslims . According to the 1566/69 data, the population of the city was composed of 592 Muslim and 30 Christian houses, while according to the 1572 data, it was composed of 598 Muslim and 18 Christian houses. According to the 1573 data, the city had 17 mosques and no Christian church. During the Ottoman rule, Sremska Mitrovica was the largest settlement in Syrmia , and

1104-632: The destruction of 83% of Serbian Jewry . In the Yugoslav wars in Sremska Mitrovica Prison , some Croatian prisoners of war were kept in this prison. The main prison facility; the largest known in Serbia, was open from November 1991 to August 1992 and was a scene where many prisoners were killed, tortured , abused and raped . Beginning in 1944, the town was part of the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina within

1150-514: The development and expansion of football, its proliferation into provincial areas, the increase of competitions and the growing number of new clubs, a number of new subassociations was created within the initial territory of the Belgrade Football Subassociation. The first edition was played in 1920 and the first two editions were colloquially known as the Serbian Championship's. Until 1927 the champion gets automatically qualified to

1196-549: The districts of Kolubara, Braničevo, Podunavlje and Jasenica-Kosmaj. Its main role was to organise and control the league competition which consisted in interconnected leagues in a hierarchical format with promotion and relegation between leagues at different levels. At the top of the hierarchy was the First Division of the BLP (1. razred BLP / 1. разред БПЛ), often known simply as Belgrade Football Subassociation League and

1242-524: The hands of various Germanic tribes, such were Eastern Goths and Gepids . For a short time, Sirmium was the center of the Gepide State and the king Cunimund minted golden coins in it. After 567, Sirmium was again incorporated into Eastern Roman Empire . The city was conquered and destroyed by Avars in 582. This event marked the end of the period of late Antiquity in the history of Sirmium. 11 luxurious golden belts of Avar handicraft dating to

1288-518: The national level. There they would face another aspect of Yugoslav football of the era, the equally fierce rivalry between the Belgrade teams and those from Zagreb. Those were usually the championship deciding matches. At the end of the Second World War the monarchy was abolished and the country became a federal people's republic, FPRY . The entire football system was restructured. The sub-associations ceased to exist and they gave place to

1334-579: The new Socialist Yugoslavia and, from 1945, within the Socialist Republic of Serbia. From 1992 to 2003 it was part of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia , which was then transformed into the state union of Serbia and Montenegro . Since the 2006 independence of Montenegro , Sremska Mitrovica is part of an independent Serbia . The city of Sremska Mitrovica includes the town of Mačvanska Mitrovica , and several villages. Villages on

1380-584: The newly formed Red Star Belgrade , while BSK, although initially also disbanded, it ended being restored as OFK Beograd , a medium-small size club with obviously lower ambitions than BSK, and even so their right to assume and claim the continuity was only accepted after the socialist regime ended. The BSK vs Jugoslavija derby was succeeded by an equally intense Partizan vs Red Star Eternal derby . Sremska Mitrovica Sremska Mitrovica ( Serbian pronunciation: [srêːmskaː mîtroʋitsa] ; Serbian Cyrillic : Сремска Митровица , Latin : Sirmium )

1426-448: The northern bank of the river Sava , in the region of Syrmia : Villages on the southern bank of the river Sava , in the region of Mačva : According to the 2011 census results, the city administrative area has a population of 79,940 inhabitants. Most of the settlements in the city have an ethnic Serb majority. Stara Bingula is an ethnically mixed settlement with a relative Serbian majority. The main concentration of ethnic minorities

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1472-489: The support for the seat of the Football Association of Yugoslavia to be moved from Zagreb to Belgrade. In 1926 Zarija Marković was elected president and will stay until 1929 when Svetislav Živković replaced him. Milan Bogdanović would be elected in 1931 and a year later Dimitrije Bojić will take his place. In 1933 Milan Bogdanović retook his position, and in 1934 Bojić succeeded him once again. This period

1518-428: The table in 2016–17. In 2017, the club reverted its name to Rakovica. Belgrade First League (Tier 5) For a list of all FK Rakovica players with a Misplaced Pages article, see Category:FK Rakovica players . Belgrade Football Subassociation The Belgrade Football Subassociation , commonly known by its initials, BLP ( Serbo-Croato-Slovenian : Beogradski loptački podsavez / Београдски лоптачки подсавез - БЛП)

1564-606: The table in Group North. They subsequently suffered consecutive relegations, finding themselves in the fifth tier by the 2003–04 season. After winning the Belgrade First League in the 2011–12 season, the club finished as runners-up of the 2012–13 Belgrade Zone League and earned promotion to the Serbian League Belgrade . They spent four seasons in the third tier, before finishing bottom of

1610-476: The third general assembly hold that year, it was decided that Politika would become the official media of the BLP. The conference from 15 January 1922 was marked by the decision to strengthen the relations with the peripheral provincial clubs, and the territory was divided among Župa's, administrative units corresponding in English language to parishes or districts. In the general assembly held on 2 July 1922,

1656-471: The winner had direct access to the Yugoslav Championship while the second placed had to play a qualifying round. The Second and Third Divisions were divided in groups. Before the formation of the BLP, football clubs in Serbia lacked an organised competition and limited to play friendly or exhibition matches. Occasionally, tournaments were organised in major urban centers. Football was characterised as an amateur leisure activity. The formation of BLP joined

1702-512: Was Sirmium . Beginning in 1180 AD the name changed from "Civitas Sancti Demetrii" to "Dmitrovica", "Mitrovica", and finally to the present form - "Sremska Mitrovica". Sremska Mitrovica is one of the oldest cities in Europe. Archaeologists have found a trace of organized human life dating from 5000 BC onwards. Ionian jewellery dating to 500BC was excavated in the city. When the Romans conquered

1748-654: Was changed to Hrvatska Mitrovica (meaning Croatian Mitrovica ). One of the largest Nazi concentration/death camps in the Independent State of Croatia existed in Sremska Mitrovica and as many as 10,000 victims (Serbs, Jews, and antifascists) were killed here. The Serbian Jewish population was to be interned in a concentration camp built first in Jarak and then at Zasavica. However, both locations proved to be too flooded for construction. The Germans had to abandon these locations and use Sajmište , which resulted in

1794-671: Was included into Syrmia County , which was part of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia within Austria-Hungary . According to the 1910 census, the population of the city numbered 12,909 people, of which 8,793 spoke the Serbo-Croatian language (4,878 of those spoke Serbian and 3,915 spoke Croatian) and 2,341 German. The administrative area of the city (which did not included the city itself) had 32,012 inhabitants, of which 28,093 spoke Serbo-Croatian (27,022 of those spoke Serbian and 1,071 spoke Croatian) and 2,324 German. In 1918,

1840-487: Was marked by the leadership of people well familiarised with the needs and problems of the organisation, so it is not unusual to see presidents being reelected or returning to the leadership position, as happened with Svetislav Živković who was president between 1929 and 1931 and was elected again in 1936. Jovan Spasojević, a physician by profession, took control in July 1937, and he was re-elected twice, in 1938 and 1940. With

1886-562: Was one of the regional football governing bodies under the tutorial of the Football Association of Yugoslavia . It was formed on 12 March 1920, and included the clubs from the geographical territories of Vojvodina, Central Serbia, Old Serbia (Kosovo) and South Serbia (Macedonia). The increase of number of clubs made that progressively other subassociations become formed by separating them from Belgrade's one. By 1932 its territory included beside Belgrade metropolitan area only

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1932-455: Was split into four parts; Sirmium became one of the four capital cities of the Empire, the other three being Augusta Treverorum , Mediolanum , and Nicomedia (modern Trier , Milan and Izmit ). During the tetrarchy, Sirmium was the capital of emperor Galerius . With the establishment of praetorian prefectures in 318, the capital of the prefecture of Illyricum was Sirmium. Beginning in

1978-538: Was steadily growing and in 1923 it counted two main leagues, the First League of BLP ( 1. razred BLP ) and Second League of BLP ( 2. razred BLP ), and the leagues of the districts (župa's) which were 12, some counting 2 levels, a and b : Belgrade, Banat (a and b), Posavina, Bosnia, Kolubara, Šumadija, Krajina, Jelica, Morava and Skoplje. In 1925, Mata Miodragović was elected president in a general assembly held on 17 August 1925. The assembly unilaterally declared

2024-598: Was the administrative center of the Ottoman Sanjak of Syrmia . It was temporarily occupied by Austrian troops between 1688 and 1690. They finally took it in 1717 and took possession of it after signing Treaty of Passarowitz in 1718. With the establishment of the Habsburg administration in 1718, the Muslim population fled from the city and was replaced with Serbian , Croatian , and German settlers. According to

2070-1393: Was the individuals with their own initiative and good-will that mostly contributed to the development of the clubs and the competition. The first president of the BLP was Dragutin Kostić. In 1921 he is replaced by Žika Simonović. That year the subassociation counted with only 66 clubs, 19 of which in the city of Belgrade itself, 9 in the district (župa - administrative unit) of Banat, 3 in Brčko , 4 in Bijeljina , 4 in Leskovac , 3 in Vranje , 2 in Skoplje , 3 in Zemun , 1 in Šabac , 2 in Sremska Mitrovica , 2 in Užice , 1 in Požega , 1 in Jagodina , 2 in Čačak , 1 in Ruma , 1 in Negotin , 1 in Kruševac and 1 in Veles . In

2116-545: Was the intermediate level to reach the national top level, although the BLP and Zagreb champions still qualified directly. By the late 1930s the clubs playing in the Yugoslav Championship did not play any more in the Subassociation leagues. In 1939 the league system is modified in a way that it is introduced the Serbian League, an intermediate level between the BLP and the Yugoslav Championship. After

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