FK Trayal Kruševac

Fudbalski klub Trayal (Serbian Cyrillic: Фудбалски клуб Трајал, lit: Fudbalski klub Trajal) is a professional football club from Kruševac, Serbia. They currently compete in the Serbian League East, the third tier of the national league system.

Trayal
Full nameFudbalski klub Trayal
Nickname(s)Gumari
Founded1933 (1933)
GroundStadion FK Trayal
Capacity1,500
PresidentVladan Gašić
Head coachNenad Sakić
LeagueSerbian League East
2021-22 Serbian League East2nd

History

The football club was formed in 1933 as a part of the "Obilićevo" sports association. It was named after the local gunpowder company "Obilićevo". They played the first match in November 1933 and beat Trgovački, also from Kruševac, with 6–0.[1]

After World War II the gunpowder company changed name to "Miloje Zakić" and by mid-70s developed into what is today a tire manufacturer Trayal Corporation.[2] The football club changed its name accordingly to Trayal.

The club remained in local and regional leagues for most of its history until after the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia. At the time, Trayal was playing in Serbian League Timok which was a 3rd tier of competition in FR Yugoslavia. The next 1999–2000 season saw the expansion of the Second League and Trayal gained promotion to the national level for the first time. Playing in the Second League group East, they finished mid-table in their first season.

Trayal remained in the Second League East for three consecutive seasons until they were relegated in 2001–02 season due to the reduction of the number of participating teams. The Trayal Corporation was privatized a few years later and the club fell back to obscurity.

Trayal's current rise started in 2016 when the club was taken over by Vladan Gašić, the son of the former Minister of Defence and the current director of the Security Intelligence Agency, Bratislav Gašić.[3] The club took on from the half-season when they were near the bottom of the First Rasina District League (5th tier) with 18 points less than the first-ranked team Šanac. In the second part of the championship they recorded all 15 victories and in the end finished first with 3 points more than the closest competition. Between 2016 and 2018 they had three successive promotions and went from the 5th tier to the 2nd tier again.

They compete in the 2nd tier since 2018–19 Serbian First League.

Honours

Serbian League East (III)

  • 2017–18

Zone League West (IV)

  • 2016–17

First Rasina District League (V)

  • 2012–13, 2015–16[4]

Seasons
Season League Cup
Division P W D L F A Pts Pos
2015–16 5 – First Rasina District League 30200108342601st —
2016–17 4 – Zone League West 3024339621751st —
2017–18 3 – Serbian League East 3019925319661st —
2018–19 2 – Serbian First League 37157153840329th Preliminary round
2019–20 2 – Serbian First League 307101321303113th Round of 32

Players

Current squad
As of 3 January 2021[5]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  MNE Mirko Drašković
3 DF  SRB Dušan Mijić
4 DF  SRB Milan Gašić (Captain)
5 DF  SRB Filip Sredojević
7 MF  SRB Uroš Stepanović
8 MF  SRB Nemanja Milisavljević
9 FW  SRB Stefan Golubović
10 MF  SRB Veljko Jovković
11 MF  SRB Aleksandar Dimitrijević
12 GK  SRB Aleksa Todorović
13 MF  SRB Zlatko Liščević
14 MF  SRB Marko Kilibarda
17 FW  SRB Ivica Jovanović
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 FW  SRB Matija Nikolić
21 MF  SRB Filip Gogić
22 GK  SRB Matija Grujičić
26 DF  SRB Radosav Aleksić
27 MF  SRB Nikola Milošević
30 FW  SRB Filip Đurović
31 DF  SRB Dušan Punoševac
32 DF  SRB Igor Petrović
66 MF  SRB Aleksa Petrović
70 FW  SRB Ilija Matejević
77 MF  SRB Predrag Pavlović
80 MF  GAM Ousman Joof

*For recent transfers, see List of Serbian football transfers winter 2019–20.

Team management
Executive Board
President Vladan Gašić
Vice-President Milan Jevtić
General Manager Nebojša Popović
Player/Director of Football Milan Gašić
Economic Radoslav Jeftović
First Team Staff
Head coach Nenad Sakić
Assistant coach Bojan Marjanović
Goalkeepers coach Saša Bakuš
Physiotherapist Miloš Mihajlović
Kit Caretaker Milovan Janjić
Youth Teams & Academy Coaching Staff
U-19 Head coach Dragan Tadić
U-19 Assistant coach Goran Rakić
U-17 Head coach Vladimir Miljković
U-17 Assistant coach Nikola Pantelić
U-15 head coach Stefan Stojčić

Managerial history

References
  1. FK „Trajal“ obeležio 85 godina postojanja at krusevacgrad.rs (in Serbian) 8-4-2018.
  2. https://trayal.rs/en/history/
  3. GAŠIĆI RUŠE MIŠKOVIĆA Sin bivšeg ministra preuzeo FK "Trajal" at blic.rs (in Serbian) 17-8-2016.
  4. FK Trajal results at srbijasport.net (in Serbian).
  5. "Team roster". Serbian PrvaLiga official website. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
  • at srbijasport.net
  • at srbijafudbal.com
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