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'''Fudbalski klub Radnik Bijeljina''' ({{lang-sr-cyr|Фудбалски клуб Радник Бијељина}}) is a professional [[association football]] club based in the city of [[Bijeljina]] that is situated in northeast [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]]. The club plays its home matches on the [[Gradski stadion (Bijeljina)|Bijeljina City Stadium]], which has a capacity of 6,000 seats. They compete in the [[Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina]]. The name ''Radnik'' means worker.

Radnik won its first [[First League of the Republika Srpska]] title in the 1998–99 season, and the second in the 2004–05 season, after which the club got promoted to the Bosnian Premier League. The club was relegated from the Bosnian Premier League in the [[2006–07 Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina|2006–07]] season.

In the [[2011–12 First League of the Republika Srpska|2011–12]] season, Radnik once again won the title in the First League of RS and won a second promotion to the Premier League, where they played until the [[2021–22 Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina|2021–22]] season.

In the [[2015–16 Bosnia and Herzegovina Football Cup|2015–16]] season, Radnik had, so far, their biggest success, winning its first national trophy, the [[Bosnia and Herzegovina Football Cup]], after they beat [[FK Sloboda Tuzla]] in the two-legged cup [[2015–16 Bosnia and Herzegovina Football Cup#Final|final]] (1–1 in Bijeljina and 0–3 in [[Tuzla]]). Winning the cup, the club qualified to the [[2016–17 UEFA Europa League#Qualifying rounds|2016–17 UEFA Europa League qualifying rounds]], its first [[UEFA competitions|UEFA competition]].

==History==
The first football was brought to [[Bijeljina]] in 1916. The first football club was [[FK Podrinje Janja|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. The clubs from this entire region of Posavlje and Podrinje played in the provincial leagues of the [[Belgrade Football Subassociation]].<ref>[http://www.ofkbeograd.net/index.php?id=199 Milorad Sijić: "Football in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120512115722/http://www.ofkbeograd.net/index.php?id=199 |date=2012-05-12 }}, pags. 138 {{in lang|sr}}</ref> After the end of [[World War II]], FK Radnik was formed.

===1945–1990===
FK Radnik Bijeljina was founded on 14 June 1945. It didn't take long for Radnik to win their first trophy. In 1948 they became champions of the [[Tuzla]] District beating [[FK Sloboda Tuzla]] in the final. A year later, the club reached the 1/16 round of the [[Yugoslav Cup]]. In 1957, Radnik entered into the [[Novi Sad]]/[[Srem]] zone (regional league). In season 1971–72, 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]]. The club played FK Sloga from Vukovar in the playoff where it won both matches, 4–0 in Bijeljina and 8–0 in [[Vukovar]]. It 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.<ref name="oklubu">{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20150208050712/http://www.fkradnik.net/?page_id=132 O klubu]}} at FK Radnik Bijeljina official website, retrieved 8 February 2015 {{in lang|sr}}</ref>

Another great achievement of FK Radnik Bijeljina was when the junior team won the Bosnia and Herzegovina Cup in 1987. In the semi-final, they beat [[FK Velež Mostar]] in [[Mostar]] by 5–2. In the final, Radnik beat [[FK Polet Bosanski Brod]] in the penalties to win the trophy.

===1990s===
From 1995 to 1997, the club was called FK Panteri Bijeljina and played under that name in the first two seasons of the [[First League of the Republika Srpska]].<ref name="oklubu"/> In the 1998–99 season, Radnik Bijeljina won their first First League of RS title, an achievement reached again in the 2004–05 season.<ref name="oklubu"/>

===2000s===
In the season 2004–05, Radnik won their second Republika Srpska title which got them a place in the [[Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina|Bosnian Premier League]] for the [[2005–06 Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina|2005–06]] season. In the 2005–06 season, Radnik finished 13th.<ref name="oklubu"/> A year earlier it had reached the 1/4 finals of the Bosnian Cup.<ref name="oklubu"/>  

In the [[Republika Srpska Cup]], after being twice a losing finalist in the 2005–06 and 2008–09 editions, it finally won the Cup in the 2009–10 cup season.<ref name="oklubu"/>

===2010s===
Radnik won its first national trophy in 2016, winning the [[Bosnia and Herzegovina Football Cup|Bosnian Cup]] in the [[2015–16 Bosnia and Herzegovina Football Cup|2015–16]] season, beating [[FK Sloboda Tuzla|Sloboda Tuzla]] in the final (agg. 4–1).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.klix.ba/sport/nogomet/historijski-dan-za-bijeljinu-fudbaleri-radnika-savladali-slobodu-3-0-i-osvojili-kup-bih/160518107|title=Historijski dan za Bijeljinu: Fudbaleri Radnika savladali Slobodu 3:0 i osvojili Kup BiH|date=18 May 2016|access-date=18 May 2016|language=bs|author=E.B.|publisher=Klix.ba|archive-date=24 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190424190149/https://www.klix.ba/sport/nogomet/historijski-dan-za-bijeljinu-fudbaleri-radnika-savladali-slobodu-3-0-i-osvojili-kup-bih/160518107|url-status=live}}</ref> This way Radnik won a spot in the [[2016–17 UEFA Europa League#Qualifying rounds|2016–17 UEFA Europa League qualifying rounds]]. Even though they put up a good fight, Radnik got eliminated in the [[2016–17 UEFA Europa League#First qualifying round|first qualifying round]] by [[First Professional Football League (Bulgaria)|Bulgarian First League]] club [[PFC Beroe Stara Zagora]] (agg. 2–0).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.klix.ba/sport/nogomet/radnik-izvukao-remi-u-gostima-protiv-beroea-u-1-pretkolu-evropske-lige/160630158|title=Radnik izvukao remi u gostima protiv Beroea u 1. pretkolu Evropske lige|date=30 June 2016|access-date=30 June 2016|language=bs|author=O.T.|publisher=Klix.ba|archive-date=2 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230602200819/https://www.klix.ba/sport/nogomet/radnik-izvukao-remi-u-gostima-protiv-beroea-u-1-pretkolu-evropske-lige/160630158|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.klix.ba/sport/nogomet/beroe-u-finisu-meca-srusio-radnik-i-eliminisao-ga-iz-evropske-lige/160707134|title=Beroe u finišu meča srušio Radnik i eliminisao ga iz Evropske lige|date=7 July 2016|access-date=7 July 2016|language=bs|author=O.T.|publisher=Klix.ba|archive-date=2 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230602200816/https://www.klix.ba/sport/nogomet/beroe-u-finisu-meca-srusio-radnik-i-eliminisao-ga-iz-evropske-lige/160707134|url-status=live}}</ref>

In the [[2018–19 Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina|2018–19 Bosnian Premier League]] season, Radnik finished on 5th place, but as 4th placed [[FK Željezničar Sarajevo]] didn't get an UEFA license to compete in that season's league, Radnik got qualified by default to the [[2019–20 UEFA Europa League#Qualifying rounds|2019–20 UEFA Europa League qualifying rounds]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.klix.ba/sport/nogomet/zeljeznicar-ostao-bez-licence-radnik-iz-bijeljine-naredne-sezone-igra-evropsku-ligu/190527152|title=Željezničar ostao bez licence, Radnik iz Bijeljine naredne sezone igra Evropsku ligu|date=27 May 2019|access-date=27 May 2019|language=bs|publisher=Klix.ba|archive-date=2 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230602231920/https://www.klix.ba/sport/nogomet/zeljeznicar-ostao-bez-licence-radnik-iz-bijeljine-naredne-sezone-igra-evropsku-ligu/190527152|url-status=live}}</ref> The club got eliminated by [[FC Spartak Trnava]] in the [[2019–20 UEFA Europa League#First qualifying round|first qualifying round]], after beating Spartak in the first match in [[Banja Luka]] 2–0, but it got eliminetd by Spartak in [[Trnava]] in the second match after penalties (2–3 on penalties for Spartak), since the Slovak side defeated Radnik 2–0 in regular time as well.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.klix.ba/sport/nogomet/sjajni-rezultati-bh-klubova-zrinjski-i-radnik-ostvarili-velike-pobjede-u-evropskoj-ligi/190711150|title=Sjajni rezultati bh. klubova: Zrinjski i Radnik ostvarili velike pobjede u Evropskoj ligi|date=11 July 2019|access-date=11 July 2019|language=bs|author=K.H.|publisher=Klix.ba|archive-date=12 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190712042429/https://www.klix.ba/sport/nogomet/sjajni-rezultati-bh-klubova-zrinjski-i-radnik-ostvarili-velike-pobjede-u-evropskoj-ligi/190711150|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.klix.ba/sport/nogomet/radnik-nakon-penala-ispao-od-spartaka-iz-evropske-lige/190718147|title=Radnik nakon penala ispao od Spartaka iz Evropske lige|date=18 July 2019|access-date=18 July 2019|language=bs|author=E.B.|publisher=Klix.ba|archive-date=18 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190718220721/https://www.klix.ba/sport/nogomet/radnik-nakon-penala-ispao-od-spartaka-iz-evropske-lige/190718147|url-status=live}}</ref>

===2020s===
On 28 March 2020, five years after becoming club chairman of the board, [[Mladen Krstajić]] decided to leave Radnik, with Predrag Perković becoming the new club chairman.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sportsport.ba/fudbal/krstajic-i-zvanicno-bivsi-radnik-ima-novog-predsjednika/356540|title=Krstajić i zvanično bivši, Radnik ima novog predsjednika|date=28 March 2020|access-date=28 March 2020|language=bs|author=S. Mlaćo|publisher=sportsport.ba|archive-date=2 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230602200818/https://sportsport.ba/fudbal/krstajic-i-zvanicno-bivsi-radnik-ima-novog-predsjednika/356540|url-status=live}}</ref>

In September 2022, fans waved a flag of the [[Totenkopf Division]] which is widely viewed as a hate symbol.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://mapiranjemrznje.detektor.ba/articles/incident/84-nacisti%C4%8Dki-simbol-na-utakmici-radnika|title=Nacistički simbol na utakmici radnika|date=6 September 2022|access-date=6 September 2022|language=bs|author=BIRN|publisher=mapiranjemrznje.detektor.ba|archive-date=31 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220831112339/https://mapiranjemrznje.detektor.ba/articles/incident/84-nacisti%C4%8Dki-simbol-na-utakmici-radnika|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Honours==
===Domestic===
====League====
*'''[[First League of Republika Srpska]]:'''
**''' Winners (4):''' 1998–99, 2004–05, [[2011–12 First League of the Republika Srpska|2011–12]], [[2023–24 First League of the Republika Srpska|2023–24]]
*'''[[Bosnia and Herzegovina Republic League]]:''' {{small|''(Yugoslav third level)''}}
**'''Winners (2):''' 1948–49, 1971–72

====Cups====
*'''[[Bosnia and Herzegovina Football Cup|Bosnia and Herzegovina Cup]]:'''
**''' Winners (1):''' [[2015–16 Bosnia and Herzegovina Football Cup|2015–16]]
*'''[[Republika Srpska Cup]]:'''
**''' Winners (7):''' 2009–10, [[2012–13 Republika Srpska Cup|2012–13]], [[2013–14 Republika Srpska Cup|2013–14]], 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19 '''(record)'''
** Runners-up (3): 2006–07, 2008–09, 2010–11

==European record==
{{updated|18 July 2019}}

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!Competition!!P!!W!!D!!L!!GF!!GA!!GD
|-
|[[UEFA Europa League]]
|4||1||1||2||2||4||−2
|-
!'''Total'''
!'''4'''
!'''1'''
!'''1'''
!'''2'''
!'''2'''
!'''4'''
!'''–2'''
|-
|}
<small>'''P''' = Matches played; '''W''' = Matches won; '''D''' = Matches drawn; '''L''' = Matches lost; '''GF''' = Goals for; '''GA''' = Goals against; '''GD''' = Goals difference. Defunct competitions indicated in italics.</small>

===List of matches===
{| class="wikitable"
! Season
! Competition
! Round
! Opponent
! Home
! Away
! [[Two-legged tie|Agg.]]
|-
|[[2016–17 UEFA Europa League|2016–17]]
|[[UEFA Europa League]]
|[[2016–17 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round#First qualifying round|1Q]]
|{{flagicon|BUL}} [[PFC Beroe Stara Zagora|Beroe Stara Zagora]]
|bgcolor="#ffdddd"|0–2
|bgcolor="#ffffdd"|0–0
|'''0–2''' 
|- bgcolor=#EEEEEE
|[[2019–20 UEFA Europa League|2019–20]]
|[[UEFA Europa League]]
|[[2019–20 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round#First qualifying round|1Q]]
|{{flagicon|SVK}} [[FC Spartak Trnava|Spartak Trnava]]
|bgcolor="#ddffdd"|2–0
|bgcolor="#ffdddd"|0–2 ([[Overtime (sports)|a.e.t]])
|'''2–2 (2–3 [[penalty shoot-out (association football)|p]])'''
|}

==Players==
===Current squad===
{{updated|21 June 2025}}
{{Fs start}}
{{Fs player|no=1|nat=SRB|name=Filip Samurović|pos=GK}}
{{Fs player|no=4|nat=BIH|name=Stefan Josipović|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=6|nat=BIH|name=Jovan Pavlović|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=7|nat=BIH|name=Leonardo Petrović|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=8|nat=SRB|name=[[Damjan Krajišnik]]|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=9|nat=BIH|name=Aleksandar Vasić|pos=DF|other=[[Captain (association football)|captain]]}}
{{Fs player|no=10|nat=BRA|name=[[Nathan (footballer, born May 1999)|Nathan]]|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=11|nat=BIH|name=[[Đorđe Pantelić]]|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=15|nat=SRB|name=[[Srđan Grabež]]|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=16|nat=BIH|name=Eldar Sivac|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=17|nat=SRB|name=[[Nebojša Gavrić]]|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=19|nat=BIH|name=Milorad Albijanić|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=20|nat=BIH|name=Amar Pekarić|pos=FW}}
{{fs mid}}
{{Fs player|no=21|nat=BIH|name=[[Marko Perišić]]|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=22|nat=BIH|name=[[Nemanja Anđušić]]|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=23|nat=SVN|name=Žan Flis|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=23|nat=BIH|name=Andrija Lošić|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=24|nat=BIH|name=Stefan Santrač|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=25|nat=BIH|name=Ognjen Ristanović|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=27|nat=BIH|name=Nikola Lakić|pos=GK}}
{{Fs player|no=29|nat=BIH|name=Danilo Teodorović|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=32|nat=BIH|name=Faruk Gogić|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=77|nat=MNE|name=[[Stefan Denković]]|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=80|nat=BIH|name=Dalibor Mitrović|pos=GK}}
{{Fs player|no=88|nat=SRB|name=[[Miroslav Maričić]]|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=92|nat=FRA|name=Joel Da Silva|pos=FW}}
{{Fs end}}

==Club officials==
===Technical staff===
{| class="toccolours" style="border:blue solid 1px; background:#fff; font-size:88%;"
|+ style="background:#273be2; color:#fff; font-size:120%;"| '''Current technical staff'''
|
* '''Manager''': {{flagicon|BIH}} Duško Vranešević
* Assistant coach: {{flagicon|BIH}} Jovo Borković
* Goalkeeping coach: {{flagicon|BIH}} Zoran Sofrenić
* Fitness coach: {{flagicon|SRB}} Vladan Popović
* Physiotherapist: {{flagicon|BIH}} Nikola Savić
* Kit manager: {{flagicon|BIH}} Žiko Stokanović
* Doctor: {{flagicon|BIH}} Đoko Novaković
|}

===Club management===
{| class="toccolours" style="border:blue solid 1px; background:#fff; font-size:88%;"
|+ style="background:#273be2; color:#fff; font-size:120%;"| '''Current management'''
|
* '''Chairman of the Board''': {{flagicon|BIH}} Nedeljko Ćorić
* General secretary: {{flagicon|BIH}} Slobodan Đorđić
|}

==Managerial history==
*{{Flagicon|Bosnia and Herzegovina}} Ivan Mioč
*{{Flagicon|Bosnia and Herzegovina}} Radomir Jovičić
*{{Flagicon|Bosnia and Herzegovina}} Živorad Miražić
*{{Flagicon|Bosnia and Herzegovina}} Zoran Jagodić
*{{Flagicon|Serbia}} Miroslav Milanović
*{{Flagicon|Serbia}} Dušan Jevrić
*{{Flagicon|Bosnia and Herzegovina}} Nikola Bala
*{{Flagicon|Bosnia and Herzegovina}} Dragan Radović
*{{Flagicon|Bosnia and Herzegovina}} [[Darko Nestorović]] (1 July 2011 – 27 August 2012)
*{{flagicon|Bosnia and Herzegovina}} Srđan Bajić (1 September 2012 – 3 September 2014)
*{{flagicon|Serbia}} [[Slavko Petrović]] (5 September 2014 – 23 August 2016)
*{{Flagicon|Serbia}} [[Nebojša Milošević]] (24 August 2016 – 9 May 2017)
*{{flagicon|Bosnia and Herzegovina}} [[Mladen Žižović]] (9 May 2017<ref group="nb">Žižović served as [[caretaker manager]] until 26 May 2017, when he was hired on a permanent basis.</ref> – 11 November 2019)
*{{flagicon|Bosnia and Herzegovina}} [[Slobodan Starčević]] (11 November 2019 – 13 January 2020)
*{{flagicon|Serbia}} [[Slavko Petrović]] (13 January 2020 – 16 November 2020)
*{{flagicon|Bosnia and Herzegovina}} [[Darko Nestorović]] (24 November 2020 – 16 April 2021)
*{{flagicon|Bosnia and Herzegovina}} [[Vlado Jagodić]] (21 April 2021 – 25 October 2021)
*{{flagicon|Bosnia and Herzegovina}} [[Velibor Đurić]] (25 October 2021 – 1 April 2025)
*{{flagicon|Bosnia and Herzegovina}} Duško Vranešević (2 April 2025 – present)

==Notes==
{{Reflist|group="nb"}}

==References==
{{Reflist|2}}

==External links==
{{Commonscat}}
*[https://int.soccerway.com/teams/bosnia-herzegovina/fk-radnik-bijeljina/3188/ Team profile] at Soccerway

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