FK Radnik
| Full name | Fudbalski klub Radnik Bijeljina |
|---|---|
| Founded | 14 June 1945 |
| Ground | Gradski Stadion, Bijeljina |
| Capacity | 6,000 |
| Chairman | Mladen Krstajić |
| Manager | Mladen Žižović |
| League | Premier League BH |
| 2016–17 | Premier League BH, 6th |
| Website | Club website |
Fudbalski klub Radnik Bijeljina (Serbian Cyrillic: Фудбалски клуб Радник Бијељина) is a football club based in the city of Bijeljina in northeast Bosnia and Herzegovina. The club won its first First League of the Republika Srpska title in 1998–99, and the second in 2004–05, after which the club was promoted to the newly formed Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The club was relegated from the Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina in the 2006–07 season. Under the leadership of manager Darko Nestorović, in the 2011–12 season the club once again won the title in the First League of the Republika Srpska and won a second promotion to Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The name Radnik means worker.
The first football was brought to Bijeljina in 1916. The first football club was FK Podrinje which was formed in 1919. Later other clubs were formed such as FK Zora in 1920, FK Građanski in 1923, and FK Semberija in 1935. After the end of World War II, FK Radnik was formed.
FK Radnik was founded on 14 June 1945. It didn't take long for FK Radnik Bijeljina to win their first trophy. In 1948 they became champions of Tuzla District beating FK Sloboda Tuzla in the final. A year later, FK Radnik reached the 1/16 round of the Yugoslav Cup. In 1957 FK Radnik entered into the Novi Sad/Srem zone (regional league). In 1971/72, FK Radnik became champions of the regional Republic League of Bosnia and Herzegovina and they entered a playoff for a place in the Yugoslav Second League. FK Radnik played FK Sloga from Vukovar in the playoff where FK Radnik won both matches, 4–0 in Bijeljina and 8–0 in Vukovar. FK Radnik entered the 2nd League of Yugoslavia playing against clubs such as FK Proleter Zrenjanin and FK Bečej. They stayed in the Yugoslav Second League for six seasons being its best classification in the season 1977–78 when they finished 10th.
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