FK Trayal Kruševac

Fudbalski klub Trayal (Serbian Cyrillic: Фудбалски клуб Трајал) 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 (Tiremen)
Founded1933 (1933)
GroundMladost Stadium
Capacity10,331
PresidentVladan Gašić
Head coachIvica Momčilović
LeagueSerbian League East
2022–23Serbian First League, 14th (relegated)

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 its 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 the 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

Rasina District First League (V)

  • 2012–13, 2015–16[4]

Seasons
Season League Cup
Division P W D L F A Pts Pos
2015–16 5 – Rasina District First 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 30[lower-alpha 1]7101321303113th Round of 32
2020–21 2 – Serbian First League 34981731443515th Round of 32
2021–22 3 – Serbian League East 282080429681st Round of 32
2022–23 2 – Serbian First League 30981342293713th —
2023–24 3 – Serbian League East —
Notes
  1. The season was shortened due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Serbia.

Players

Current squad
As of 25 June 2023[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 Serbia SRB Aleksa Jordanov (on loan from Napredak Kruševac)
4 DF Serbia SRB Milan Gašić
5 DF Serbia SRB Njegoš Janjušević
7 MF Serbia SRB Uros Sević
8 MF Serbia SRB Ognjen Jović
9 FW Serbia SRB Stefan Golubović
10 MF Serbia SRB Nemanja Milisavljević
11 FW Serbia SRB Mitar Radivojević
12 GK Serbia SRB Bogdan Jovanović
13 GK Serbia SRB Strahinja Savić
15 DF Serbia SRB Marko Anđelković
19 MF Serbia SRB Ilija Stojanović
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 MF Serbia SRB Filip Krstić
22 DF Serbia SRB Bojan Mijailović
23 MF Serbia SRB Igor Savić
26 DF Serbia SRB Radosav Aleksić
27 MF Serbia SRB Nikola Milošević
31 DF Serbia SRB Dušan Punoševac
32 DF Serbia SRB Igor Petrović
33 DF Serbia SRB Filip Sredojević
77 MF Serbia SRB Predrag Pavlović (Captain)
80 MF The Gambia GAM Ousman Joof
87 FW Serbia SRB Bratislav Punoševac
90 FW Nigeria NGA Victor Amos

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

Team management
Executive Board
President Serbia Vladan Gašić
Vice-President Serbia Milan Jevtić
General Manager Serbia Nebojša Popović
Player/Director of Football Serbia Milan Gašić
Economic Serbia Radoslav Jeftović
First Team Staff
Head coach Serbia Miljojko Gošić
Assistant coach Serbia Ivan Radivojević
Goalkeepers coach Serbia Saša Bakuš
Physiotherapist Serbia Miloš Mihajlović
Kit Caretaker Serbia Milovan Janjić

Managerial history
Coach from until
Serbia Miljojko Gošić 1 July 20174 September 2018
Serbia Goran Lazarević 4 September 201810 September 2019
Serbia Predrag Pešić 11 September 201924 October 2019
Serbia Nenad Sakić 1 November 201930 June 2020
Serbia Dragan Tadić (interim) 1 July 202014 August 2020
Serbia Goran Lazarević 14 August 202030 June 2021
Serbia Miljojko Gošić 21 July 2021Present

References
  1. FK „Trajal“ obeležio 85 godina postojanja at krusevacgrad.rs (in Serbian) 8-4-2018.
  2. "Trayal corporation". trayal.rs. Archived from the original on 2017-12-01.
  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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