Sports Mosaic

The football season has begun in the leagues in which clubs from Kula Municipality compete. Eight teams are spread across three competition tiers, with as many as five in the Sombor District League: Hajduk Junior, Polet from Sivac, Lipar, Mladost from Kruščić, and Rusin from Ruski Krstur. Two rounds of the season have been played at this level. Hajduk Junior made a powerful start to its points campaign, recording two wins in the first two rounds. First, in their opening match in Bačka Palanka, the team from Kula beat Stari Grad 2:0, then yesterday, in front of their home fans in Kula, defeated Krila Krajine from Bačka Palanka 2:0, and lead the table with six points. We were at the match, and here is what we noted....

Our other district-league teams did not get off to such a good start. Former Vojvodina League side Polet from Sivac drew 0:0 with Budućnost from Mladenovo at home in the first round, then lost 1:0 to Hercegovac in Gajdobra in the second round. Lipar beat ŽAK from Sombor 2:0 in their opening match in front of their home fans, but lost 4:0 to BSK in Bački Brestovac away in the previous round. Mladost from Kruščić drew 2:2 with BSK from Bački Brestovac at home in the first round, then lost 4:2 to Borac in a local derby in Bački Gračac. Rusin from Ruski Krstur made a poor start, losing 1:0 at home to Krila Krajine from Bačka Palanka in the first round, and 2:0 away to Slavija in Pivnice in the second.

After two rounds of the championship, “Hajduk Junior” lead the table with 6 points; “Lipar” are ninth with 3, “Polet” are eleventh, and “Mladost” are twelfth with one point each, while “Rusin” are bottom without a point. In the next round, “Hajduk Junior” will travel to “Terekveš” in Svilojevo, “Polet” will host “Stari Grad” from Bačka Palanka in Sivac, “Mladost” will host “Budućnost” from Mladenovo in Kruščić, “Lipar” will host “Borac” from Bački Gračac, and “Rusin” will host Sombor’s “ŽAK” in Ruski Krstur.

Two clubs from Kula Municipality compete in the Sombor Intermunicipal League – First Division: former top-flight side Crvenka and Kula. Both won their opening league matches. At Geder, Kula defeated Dunav from Bački Monoštor 1:0, with a goal that was Anđelković scored in the 90 minute. Crvenka’s footballers also won convincingly, beating Graničar 9:0 in Gakovo. Kula and Crvenka both have three points. In the next round, Crvenka host Aleksa Šantić, while Kula host Kordun from Kljajićevo.

Kuljski fudbalski klub “KFK” competes in the Sombor Intermunicipal League, Second Division. In the first round, the team from Kula played away in Bezdan, where they drew 1:1 with the “Sport” team, earning their first point. In the next round, “KFK” host the “Rastina” team in Kula.

Đ. Bojanić