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Football in Leskovac, Serbia, among the Leskovac Roma, began to be played between the two world wars, and their first official match was recorded on July 26, 1926 in the then city weekly “Leskovački dnevnik”.

But the idea of ​​forming a Roma football club began a year earlier, on St. George’s Day in that distant year 1925, in a smoky tavern on the edge of this popular Roma neighbourhood.

Now the club apparently closed …

• UGAŠEN ROMSKI FUDBALSKI KLUB „VETERNICA“KOJI BI OVE GODINE OBELEŽIO STO GODINA OD OSNIVANJA. In: Rom Info Media. 06.05.2025. https://rominfomedia.rs/2025/05/06/ugasen-romski-fudbalski-klub-veternicakoji-bi-ove-godine-obelezio-sto-godina-od-osnivanja/

The associations “Roma Cloud of Imagination” and “Ki Rota” organized a football tournament in Kikinda, Serbia , on the occasion of World Roma Day celebrated every year on April 8. This day aims to promote equality, human rights and social inclusion, as well as to highlight the importance of integrating the Roma into all spheres of society.

“The city administration has initiated several important measures to improve the living standards of the Roma. Among these measures is the provision of school supplies for every child from the first to the eighth grade, while last year high school graduates were allowed to use the restroom during the graduation ceremony, and this practice will continue this year. Although it is clear that the Roma face numerous challenges and that the process of their integration and inclusion requires time and effort, the goal of the city administration is to lay a solid foundation for future generations and to do everything in their power to improve the position of the Roma community,” said Željko Radu, member of the City Council responsible for social policy, demographic changes, vulnerable groups and human rights.

• Udruženja „Romski oblak mašte” i „Ki Rota” organizovali fudbalski turnir povodom Svetskog dana Roma. In: Vijvodjanski. 28.04.2025. https://vojvodjanski.com/tvkikinda/drustvo/2025/04/28/383896-udruzenja-romski-oblak-maste-i-ki-rota-organizovali-fudbalski-turnir-povodom-svetskog-dana-roma