Novi Pazar U19

Sandžak clubs measure themselves against each other before anyone thinks about Belgrade, where Novi Pazar's under-19 side plays.

The under-19s carry no separate founding date of their own; they exist inside a club that traces back to 1928 under the name FK Sandžak, passed through a spell as FK Deževa, and settled on Novi Pazar in 1962 after merging with FK Ras. That history belongs to the first team. The academy's job is narrower.

Ivan Babić is remembered for scoring the club's first-ever goal in the Serbian SuperLiga, in 2011. Adem Ljajić came back to the city later in his career, though he was shaped by Partizan's academy, not this one. The under-19 side itself has not returned a trophy in its own competition.

What has changed is the standard the academy now feeds into.