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| Full name | RFK Novi Sad 1921 | ||
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| Nickname | Kanarinci (The Canaries) | ||
| Founded | 1921 | ||
| Ground | Stadion Detelinara | ||
| Capacity | 3,000 | ||
| President | Aleksandar Važić | ||
| Head coach | Dušan Mitić | ||
| 2024–25 | Serbian League Vojvodina, 10th of 16 | ||
| Website | rfkns | ||
RFK Novi Sad 1921 (Serbian Cyrillic : РФК Нови Сад 1921) is a professional football club based in Novi Sad, Vojvodina, Serbia. As of the 2025-26 season, the club competes in the Serbian League Vojvodina, the 3rd tier of Serbian football.
Founded in 1921 as NTK, the club was refounded in 1948 as FK Trgovački. They changed their name to FK Novi Sad in 1954. The club subsequently acquired the assets of NSK (formerly FK Eđšeg) through a merger in 1956. [1]
In 1958, the club became part of newly formed Yugoslav Second League. [2] Led by technical director Hugo Ruševljanin, they competed in Group East for three seasons, finishing as champions in 1960–61 to reach the Yugoslav First League for the first time ever. [2] The club remained in the top flight of Yugoslav football until 1964. [3] They subsequently spent two seasons in the Second League, finishing bottom of the table in 1965–66. [3]
In 1966, the club merged with FK Radnički to form RFK Novi Sad. They finished as Serbian League North runners-up in 1966–67 before winning the title in 1967–68 to return to the Yugoslav Second League. The club spent the next 12 seasons in the second tier, including six seasons in Group North (1968–1974) and six seasons in Group West (1974–1980). [4] [5] [6] They also reached the Yugoslav Cup semi-finals in 1976–77, losing to the eventual winners Hajduk Split. [7] Later on, the club returned to the Second League after winning the Vojvodina League in 1982, remaining in the second tier until 1988. [8]
After the breakup of Yugoslavia, the club advanced to the FR Yugoslavia Cup semi-finals in 1995–96. [9] They also spent 14 consecutive seasons in the Second League of FR Yugoslavia/Serbia and Montenegro until 2006. [10] [11] The club promptly won the Serbian League Vojvodina in 2006–07 and took promotion to the Serbian First League. [12] They competed in the second tier of Serbian football until 2013. [13]
In 2014, the club was reformed as RFK Novi Sad 1921. They reached the Vojvodina League South in 2020. After winning the title in 2022, the club merged with FK Proleter Novi Sad, taking its Serbian First League spot. [14]
| Season | Division | P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | Pos |
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| 2020–21 | 4 - Vojvodina League South | 34 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 60 | 33 | 70 | 3rd |
| 2021–22 | 4 - Vojvodina League South | 30 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 52 | 23 | 64 | 1st [a] |
| 2022–23 | 2 - Serbian First League | 37 | 14 | 8 | 15 | 44 | 51 | 50 | 7th |
| 2023–24 | 2 - Serbian First League | 37 | 8 | 7 | 22 | 37 | 62 | 31 | 15th |
| 2024–25 | 3 - Serbian League Vojvodina | 30 | 14 | 3 | 13 | 58 | 44 | 45 | 10th |
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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This is a list of players who have played at full international level. [16]
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For a list of all RFK Novi Sad 1921 players with a Wikipedia article, see Category:RFK Novi Sad 1921 players .
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Aleksandar Petrović Hugo Ruševljanin (1958) Franjo Pazmanj Krešimir Arapović Ferenc Arok (1961-1962) Josip Pirmajer Milan Živadinović (1983–1984) Abdulah Gegić (1984–1985) Đorđe Milić (1985–1986) Miroslav Vukašinović (1986–1988) Ilija Tojagić
Dragoljub Bekvalac (1992-1993) Josif Ilić Petar Kurćubić 
Momčilo Raičević (2006–2008) Milan Kosanović (2008–2009)
Dragan Radojičić (2009–2010) Zoran Govedarica (2010–2011) Josif Ilić (2011–2012) Bogdan Korak (2012–2013)
Zoran Janković (2013) Mirko Babić (2013–2014) Ljubomir Kasalović (2014–2015) Mladen Jović Petar Bočković Dejan Vuletić (2018–2019) Mirko Babić (2019–2020) Zoran Janković (2020) Goran Raičević (2020) Zoran Šaraba (2020) Petar Kurćubić (2021) Miroslav Gordanić (2021) Vladimir Šponja (2021–2022) Aleksandar Radunović (2022) Branko Žigić (Aug 2022–2023) [17] Nebojša Nešković (Aug 2023-Oct 23) [18] Vidak Bratić (Oct 2023–2024) [19] Darko Tešović (Mar 2024–2025) [20] Dušan Mitić (2025-) [21] 
