FK Šumadija 1903
| Full name | FK Šumadija 1903 |
|---|---|
| Founded | 14 September 1903 |
| Ground | Bubanj |
| Capacity | 1,000 |
| Chairman |  |
| Manager | |
| League | Serbian League West |
| 2015/2016 | Serbian League West, 5th |
FK Šumadija 1903 (Serbian Cyrillic: Фудбалски клуб Шумадија 1903) is a football club in Kragujevac, Serbia. In 2009 was briefly merged with FK Radnički from Kragujevac and formed a new club named FK Šumadija Radnički 1923, but continued with the competition since 2010. The club currently competes in the Morava Zone League (Fourth tier).
Šumadija Football Club was formed on September 14, 1903 in Kragujevac. The club was formed by Danilo Stojanović, who was known as "Čika Dača". He was born in the nearby town of Lapovo in 1877. He loved football and had played it in Germany. When he moved to Kragujevac he worked in a school. He brought with him a football and taught the students how to play. He quickly formed two teams and the Šumadija Sports club. Training started in the local park but they needed their own training ground and a stadium. The answer lay adjacent to the park where there was a playing field which would be perfect for the newly formed club. On April 23, 1904, Šumadija played their first official match in front of a large crowd. The match was between Šumadija's first and second teams. The first team won 1:0.
Belgrade club SK Soko played their first game on the same day. The first match between these two clubs took place on July 10, 1905, in Kragujevac. Šumadija won the match 9:0, but the Belgrade side had their revenge when they were victorious 6:1 in Belgrade. Šumadija competed in red jerseys in their first competitive match. This was against Bačka who were from Subotica which was then under Austro-Hungarian rule. It was held in Belgrade and Šumadija won 10:3. On June 15, 1911, Bačka contacted Šumadija to arrange a friendly match in Subotica. The home team won 5:1. On November 13, 1911, BSK defeated Šumadija 8:1. This defeat was so demoralising that the club came very close to folding, but it was the words of "Čika Dača" that held everything together.
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