Football started in the region with the beginning of the mining activity in the Klenovnik in 1933.

At the end of the Second World War along with the creation of gymnastics society Rudar, the football section was formed as well.

The football club is the older, most popular and most successful section of the sports society Rudar.

It also participates in a number of international tournaments in Poland, Czechoslovakia and Austria.

The club has a renowned football school and a number of players have continued their careers in the domestic top league and abroad.