FK Javor Ivanjica


FK Javor Ivanjica is a professional football club based in Ivanjica, Serbia. They currently compete in the Serbian SuperLiga, the highest level of the national league system.
Traditionally one of the smaller clubs in the Serbian Super Liga, some famous players to have played for the club are Mihajlo Pjanović,Miroslav Vulićević,,Nemanja Supić who all represented their countries and Nikola Petković who became the first Javor player to be top scorer in the Serbian top flight.

History in Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes/Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and Serbia/Montenegro Period

In 1912, a student named Milan Radojević brought the first football ball to Ivanjica, which led to the formation of the club. The team mostly played friendly matches before the conclusion of World War II due to a lack of organized football competitions. Between 1958 and 1962, they were close to achieving promotion to the Yugoslav Second League. However, the club never reached higher than the third level until the 1990s.
In 1994, led by manager Slavenko Kuzeljević, the club earned promotion to the Second League of FR Yugoslavia after eliminating Zvezdara and Topličanin in the playoffs. They spent the following eight years in the second tier, having their best season in 1997–98, when they placed fourth in Group West.
In 2002, the club won the Second League and took promotion to the First League of FR Yugoslavia for the first time in history. They remained for just one season in the elite division, finishing bottom of the table. During this time, the club became recognizable for featuring a number of young African footballers, mainly from Nigeria and Zimbabwe. They earned another promotion to the top flight in 2005, but again suffered relegation in the same season.

History in Independent Serbia/Modern Times

After underperforming in the inaugural season of the Serbian First League, the second tier of the restructured national league system, the club managed to convincingly win first place in 2007–08. Moreover, manager Radovan Ćurčić led his team to an unbeaten record and promotion to the Serbian SuperLiga. They subsequently placed fourth in the top flight, their highest league position to date. In 2012, the club celebrated its 100th anniversary.
After a total of six consecutive seasons in the SuperLiga, the club suffered relegation in 2014. However, they instantly won promotion back in the next season. The club later made its greatest success by reaching the final of the 2015–16 Serbian Cup, losing 2–0 to Partizan at the Stadion Metalac.
In the 2019–20 Serbian SuperLiga, Javor striker Nikola Petković finished as top goal scorer with 16 goals, sharing the golden boot trophy with TSC Backa Topola strikers Nenad Lukic and Vladimir Siladi. Petkovic soon after moved to French Ligue 2 club FC Chambly.

Honours

Second League of FR Yugoslavia / Serbian First League
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Players

First-team squad

Out on loan

For recent transfers, see List of Serbian football transfers winter 2019–20.

Notable players

;National team players
For a list of all FK Javor Ivanjica players with a Wikipedia article, see :Category:FK Javor Ivanjica players.

Managerial history

PeriodName
2003–2006 Radovan Ćurčić
2006 Srđan Vasiljević
2006–2007 Goran Marić
2007–2010 Radovan Ćurčić
2010–2011 Zoran Njeguš
2011 Vladan Milojević
2011–2012 Aleksandar Janjić
2012–2013 Mladen Dodić
2013 Bogić Bogićević
2013–2014 Predrag Ristanović

PeriodName
2014–2015 Slavenko Kuzeljević
2015–2016 Aleksandar Janjić
2016 Mladen Dodić
2016 Miloš Veselinović
2016–2017 Srđan Blagojević
2017 Srđan Vasiljević
2017–2018 Vlado Jagodić
2018 Milovan Milović
2018–2019 Igor Tufegdžić
2019– Igor Bondžulić