FK TSC

against Spartak in Yugoslav third league in 1978 The first football club in Bačka Topola formed in 1912, but TSC officially exists since 1913, and was founded by István Benis, who was the first president. Back then, the club was named Topolyai Sport Club. In 1951, the club changes its name again into Topola. The club played in the Subotica regional league and later achieved promotion to the Serbian League (3rd Yugoslav tier). In 1974, the club changed its name to FK AIK Bačka Topola. In 2013, the official name was changed to FK TSC Bačka Topola. On 15 October 2013, the club's anniversary, TSC played against FK Partizan (1–4). The club finished the season 2013–14 in second place, and lost the promotion play-off game for the Third League after a penalty shootout (2–2, 2–2) against FK Cement Beočin. In 2014–2015, TSC won the Bačka League, and returned to the Serbian League Vojvodina, national third tier. The club finished the 2016–17 Serbian League Vojvodina in third place, but got promoted to the Serbian First League. From the Serbian second tier, they were for the first time ever promoted to the Serbian SuperLiga for the 2019–20 season. There in their first ever top flight match away to FK Voždovac in Belgrade, playing at the modern shopping centre stadium, TSC won 1–2, marking a fine debut and the brightest moment in the club's history. Under manager Zoltan Sabo, the club finished 4th in their first season in the SuperLiga and qualified for the Europa League first qualifying round. Throughout the club's debut season strikers Nenad Lukić and Vladimir Silađi were impressive, finishing the season as triple joint top scorers. Other impressive players in the season for TSC were Janko Tumbasević, Goran Antonić, Saša Tomanović, Srđan Grabež and Đuro Zec. In the 2022–23 season, the club finished second in the league to qualify to the Champions League third qualifying round for the first time in their history. TSC lost 7–1 on aggregate to S.C. Braga, but were nonetheless assured a spot in the Europa League group stage. == Name changes ==

• 1913–1930: Topolyai Sport Club • 1930–1942: JAK Bačka Topola • 1942–1945: Topolyai SE • 1945–1951: FK Egység • 1951–1974: FK Topola • 1974–2003: FK AIK Bačka Topola • 2005–2013: FK Bačka Topola • 2013–present: FK TSC == Club colours and crest ==

The club's original colours were green and white, but later replaced by blue. The lion on the crest is the coat of arms of Bačka Topola, which comes from the coat of arms of Pál Kray who was a nobleman in the town in 18th century. == Stadium ==

The home ground of TSC was the City Stadium, which held 4,000 people. Construction of the stadium was finished in the 1930s. In 2017, TSC announced its intentions to build a new 4,500-seat stadium. From the 2018–19 to the 2021–22 season, because of the construction of the new stadium, the club's home games were played in City Stadium in Senta. On 3 September 2021 the TSC Arena was opened by the match against Ferencváros. ==Supporters==

The official supporters group of the club are the Blue Betyárs. The club is supported by the local ethnic Hungarians and receives considerable support from both Hungary and its diaspora elsewhere. ==Funding==

The club's owner and main sponsor is the Hungarian multinational oil and gas public company MOL. Janos Zsemberi became the club's main investor in 2013 which changed the club's fortunes. Viktor Orbán has also taken an interest in supporting the club financially. == Honours ==

• Serbian SuperLiga • Runners-up (1): 2022–23 • Serbian First League • Champions (1): 2018–19 • Serbian League Vojvodina • Runners-up (1): 2015–16 • Vojvodina League • Winners (2): 1979–80, 1984–85 • Runners-up (3): 1977–78, 1986–87, 1987–88 ==Players==

Current squad Out on loan ==European record==

and TSC line up before their Europa League match at the London Stadium ==Club officials==

The following players played for national teams: • Slobodan Batričević • Ifet Đakovac • Nikica Klinčarski • Zlatko Krmpotić • Andrija Kaluđerović • Nenad Lukić • Dušan Tadić • Nikola Žigić • Petar Ratkov • Savo Pavićević • Janko Tumbasević • Martin Mirčevski • Jenő Kalmár • Norbert Könyves Other professional footballers: • Dragoljub Bekvalac • Ištvan Dudaš • Viktor Orsag • Čedomir Pavičević • Mitar Peković • Vladimir Silađi • Zvezdan Terzić • Nenad Todorović • Tamás Takács For the list of current and former players with Wikipedia article, please see: :Category:FK TSC players. ==References==