The Roma football club “Veternica” from Leskovac is the oldest active Roma football club in the Balkans. It was formed back in 1926 in Leskovac and was founded by Leskovac manufacturer Dimitrije Nikolić, for his workers, Roma spinners from the outskirts of the city in the Roma settlement “Podvorce”.

• Najstariji romski fudbalski klub na Balkanu je iz Srbije: Zovu ih i “Leskovačke Karioke” zbog ovoga. In: Telegraf. 17.12.2023. https://www.telegraf.rs/vesti/srbija/3802273-najstariji-romski-fudbalski-klub-na-balkanu-je-iz-srbije