The club was founded on 27 June 1947 by the merger of three local rivals. Their first notable result was reaching the quarter-finals of the
1951 Yugoslav Cup, where they were heavily defeated by
Dinamo Zagreb (8–0). They promptly returned to the league in 1961, In
1966–67, the club finished as champions and earned promotion to the
Yugoslav First League for the first time ever. In 1973, the club returned to the
Yugoslav First League. They spent two seasons in the top flight, but suffered relegation in
1974–75. They ended their
comeback season in fourth place, their highest ever league finish. They placed fifth in the
1996–97 season, qualifying for the
UEFA Intertoto Cup. They were soon relegated to the
Serbian League Vojvodina in
2002. ==Honours==