FK Car Konstantin
ClubnameCar Konstantin
FullnameFudbalski Klub Car Konstantin
Founded24 August 1932 (age 94)
GroundCar Konstantin Ground, Niš
Capacity8,000
ChairmanMiroslav Milivojević
ManagerDobrivoje Đurđević
LeagueZone League Centre
Season2024-25
PositionZone League Centre, 2nd
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FK Car Konstantin (Serbian Cyrillic: ФК Цар Константин) is a football club based in Niš, Serbia.

The clubs competes in the 2025–26 season in the Zone League Centre, 4th national tier.

History

Name origin

The name comes in honour of the Roman Emperor Constantine the Great that was born precisely in Niš, then called Naisus. He was the first Roman Emperor to accept Christianity initiating the expansion of the faith throughout the "civilized world".

The neighbouring areas of Bubanj, Ledena stena and the Rail station were formed mostly by the railway workers. From 1860 on the railway workers chosen as the traditional Serbian slava (the celebration of a patron Saint) the St. Emperor Constantin and Empress Helena and celebrated on 3 June each year. The club was formed following the tradition of the Railway workers musical and singing society "Konstantin" formed in 1893.

Club formation

The club was officially formed on 24 August 1932 in the hotel "Atina" in the proximity of the railway station. After Sinđelić, Pobeda, Železničar, Građanski and Jugoslavija, Car Konstantin becomes the 6th football club in the city of Niš. The club founders were the population of the suburban area of Bubanj and Ledena stena, and the employees and workers of the railway station, "Car Konstantin" typography and the commercial cooperative society "Eparhija Niška" located in Niš since 1925.

SK Car Konstantin (1932–1944)

The club soon begins playing matches against other city clubs and other clubs from Serbia. The club in this period won twice the Niš subassociation championship. The main player was Dimitrije "Mita" Belić.[1]

Recent league history

SeasonDivisionPWDLFAPtsPos
2020–21style="text-align:center;rowspan="3"|Serbian League East381841682595811th
2021–22style="text-align:center;rowspan="3"|Zone League Centre3027218825831st
2022–23style="text-align:center;rowspan="3"|Serbian League East3011282283416th
2023–24style="text-align:center;rowspan="3"|Zone League Centre30135129085449th
2024–25style="text-align:center;rowspan="3"|Zone League Centre2212555629412nd

Players

For the list of former and current players with Wikipedia article, please see: Category:FK Car Konstantin players.

References

  1. ^ Istorija Archived 11 June 2010 at the Wayback Machine from official club website.