In May 1970 employees of the railway company Željezničar established a women's football club of the same name in Subotica, which became a member of the sports association Jovan Mikic Spartak.

ŽFK Željezničar won the first Yugoslavia women's football league in 1975.

[1] The team was later renamed Spartak, and following the break-up of Yugoslavia it played the Serbian League.

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In their first European season the team finished second and failed to qualify for the knock-out stage.