 In 1914, a group of Novi Sad Orthodox High School Serbs founded Football Club Vojvodina. Unfortunately, when the First World War begun, the club discontinued its existence. In that time a lot of Serbs did their studies in Budapest, Vienna or Prague. Among the others, there were some Vojvodina players at University of Prague who met some of the Slavia Prague FC players. When they came back to Novi Sad, these young people revive FC Vojvodina and brought new football shirts for their club: half red - half white shirts (instead of the original, sky-blue shirts).
FC Vojvodina had its first international match in 1921 vs. team of English marines. Red and whites won 5:2. After that, FC Vojvodina kept playing similar international matches with opponents from Romania, Hungary, Austria, Czechoslovakia, Greece and other neighboring countries.
In 1924, a new stadium, named after legendary Serbian hero "Karadjordje" (Black George) was build, and since then, FC Vojvodina played its home matches there. By the start of the Second World War, FC Vojvodina was already very popular and well-organized club.
In the years following the end of the war, national football association was reorganized by Communist Party. Along with putting the football organization back on tracks, communist establishment founded two new Belgrade football teams, Red Star and Partizan, as well as two major Croatian clubs, Dinamo Zagreb and Hajduk Split (formed much before the war, but became active again along with other three clubs). As expected, those teams were all favored by the Communist Party of Yugoslavia.
In 1950’s, people wanted entertainment and football was the leisure escape of the masses. FC Vojvodina was among the elite of Yugoslav first league clubs. That was a memorable time for FC Vojvodina! In 1955, FC Vojvodina played its first mid-European cup game(at that time, very popular and respected competition). On the field, FC Vojvodina experienced a taste of the brilliant form. In the first round, FC Vojvodina beat AS Roma 4:1 in front of packed stadium. After beating Italians in Roma too, players, filled by self-confidence, hosted the next rival from Bratislava. The sold out ground saw the goalless draw match vs. Slovan FC. Vojvodina lost away match and ended its first official international competition.
Two years later the same teams met again. This time FC Vojvodina trashed, then very popular, Czechoslovakian team 6:0, which was enough to get through to the next round where it faced Rapid Vienna. After loosing 3:0 away in Vienna no one believed that FC Vojvodina could make the result which would have led the team into the cap finals. But in the amazing match red and whites won 4:1 in Novi Sad, which secured them the third match (there was no away goal rule then). Rapid players didn't show up, so FC Vojvodina was automatically into the cup finals. The next opponent, Vasas FC was one of the best Hungarian and European clubs in 1950’s, so success was only to meet them. Vasas won in Budapest 4-1. The second leg match in Novi Sad was the one our elders will never forget. FC Vojvodina was the only team playing on the pitch, but victory of 2:1 was not enough to win the first international trophy.
 The biggest success FC Vojvodina reached in the 1965/66 season when FC Vojvodina won the national championship. Later that year the club played European Champions Cup where the first opponent was Austrian team Admira FC. Away match was 1:0,victory, so the goalless draw in Novi Sad led FC Vojvodina into the next round. Spanish champion Atletico De Madrid was the next rival. The home match was one of the best games ever played in Novi Sad. Full packed stadium created brilliant atmosphere and FC Vojvodina made good result of 3:1, before the second leg in the capitol of Spain. The special charter flight was booked for Vojvodina fans. FC Vojvodina lost the second match in Madrid by 2:0 so the third match was supposed to be played at neutral ground in Rotterdam. Yet, in order to save huge expenses for both teams, Atletico proposed to FC Vojvodina to play it in Madrid in just two days, which FC Vojvodina accepted. The crucial match ended 2:2, and FC Vojvodina scored the winning goal in extra time thanks to Silvester Takac, one of the best European players at that time.
Draw for the quarter-finals of the strongest European competition brought mighty Celtic FC to Novi Sad on the 1st of march, 1967. Of course, a huge crowd was expected. But the numbers surpassed even the most optimistic predictions. The official attendance of the ground was about 25.000, but probably more than 30.000 packed to see their favorite club. Roofs and balconies of the houses and flats around the stadium were also filled by fans who could not get in. In a meantime, during the winter break, Silvester Takac left FC Vojvodina, but our team overplayed Celts and won the first leg 1:0. That was the first late evening match in Novi Sad ever.
Celtic FC won the match in Glasgow by 2:0 thanks to very late goal. After few months, Scottish team became the first British team that won the trophy beating Inter Milan 2:1 in the final match. The only defeat in their European winning run Celtic players experienced in Novi Sad.
In 1968, FC Vojvodina reached the quarter-final of European fair's cup. In the 1974/75 season FC Vojvodina missed to win the league again, but two seasons later, the first European trophy came to Novi Sad. The oldest mid-European cup that season was the league competition where FC Vojvodina met Fiorentina, Vasas and Sparta Prague.
 In the early 1980’s FC Vojvodina fought the battle for the first league status. After couple of years when FC Vojvodina managed to stay up, in the 1985/86 season, club relegated for the first and only time in its long history into the second league. It motivated some very skillful and successful people who were true red and whites fans. FC Vojvodina got promotion next season and in only two years managed to get from the second league to the second national champions title!
In the early 90's the heart of the old Yugoslav federation was torn apart by Europe's most brutal conflict since 1945, and football, like so many other aspects of life, suffered and would never be the same again. Croatian and Slovenian clubs had pulled out of the Yugoslav league at the end of 1990/91 season, the Bosnians and Macedonians just a year later. Yet, for FC Vojvodina, nothing has changed. Four clubs, so called "Big Four" were still privileged by Serbian and Croatian politicians and Governments. For all of them FC Vojvodina was and always will be a small club from province. In those years, FC Vojvodina was always third in the national championship, after Red Star and Partizan, and it had one cup final.
In 1998, FC Vojvodina reached the Intertoto cup finals, where Werder Bremen was better and luckier team who won the trophy (1:0 in Germany, 1:1 in Novi Sad). Before the final match Vojvodina beat Stabek from Norway, Orebro (Sweden), Russian team Baltika and French side Bastia FC.
Today's results can't satisfy anyone, as the club is just above the relegation zone in the very low quality league. FC Vojvodina needs a lot of hard work and investments, especially into the junior team, which was always the strongest link of the club.
Honours
1951. Yugoslav cup runners-up
1957. First league runners-up and mid-European cup runners-up
1959. Semifinalists of mid-European and Yugoslav cups
1962. First league runners-up and quarterfinalists of European fair's cup
1966. Champions
1967. Quarterfinalists of European cup
1968. Quarterfinalists of European fair's cup and semifinalists of Yugoslav cup
1975. First league runners-up
1977. Mid-European cup winners
1989. Champions
1997. Yugoslav cup runners-up
1998. European Intertoto cup runners-up
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