The first team was formed by young players Vlada Krstić, Mika Mitić, Mileta Jovanović, Jovan Ružić and Milorad Ilić, plus older and experienced Josip Furjanović, Milivoje Ivanović and Eduard Mifek.

The club president Danilo Stojanović, who was also the goalkeeper, also recruited FK Šumadija Kragujevac players Petar Radojković, Mikan Pavlović, Dragoljub Veljković, Milorad Jovanović, Milanče Stefanović, as well as Venčel Petrovický from Bohemia.

[6] He gained major popularity, and is considered by sports journalist Srbislav Todorović as the sole individual responsible for laying the foundation for modern football in Serbia.

[7] In 1914, in addition to being a coach/player of Velika Srbija, he took charge as coach of another Belgrade club, SK Srpski mač,[8] which became the unofficial champions of Serbia that year.

Machek, along with his compatriots Mifek and Petrovický, were taken by Velika Srbija president Danilo Stojanović to play in Kragujevac with Šumadija, which was another club that Stojadinović had founded earlier.