Full name | Fudbalski klub Železnik |
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Nickname(s) | Lavovi (The Lions) |
Founded | 1930 |
Dissolved | 2015 |
Ground | Stadion Jusa Bulić |
Capacity | 6,900 |
2014–15 | Serbian League Belgrade, 8th |
Fudbalski klub Železnik (Serbian Cyrillic: Фудбалски клуб Железник) is a defunct football club based in Železnik, Belgrade, Serbia.
Founded on 28 May 1930, under the name of Železnički SK, the club became more organized during the 1950s. Subsequently, in 1961, they changed their name to FK Železnik, following a merger with FK Napredak, which was originally created by the Ivo Lola Ribar Institute. Between 1963 and 1967, the club competed in the Serbian Republic League (Group North), the third tier of Yugoslav football. In 1965, they lost to Sloboda Užice in the promotion playoffs to the Yugoslav Second League.
The club continued to participate in the regional leagues without much success until 1992, when Jusuf "Jusa" Bulić, together with his associates, took over the club. In the 1994–95 season, Železnik won the Serbian League (Group North), thus gaining promotion to the Second League of FR Yugoslavia. In the 1995–96 season, the club was promoted to the First League of FR Yugoslavia (IB League). They finished second in the IB League in the 1996–97 season, which gave them a spot in the IA League in the 1997–98 season.