HK Spartak is an ice hockey

Ice hockey

Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...

 club from Subotica

Subotica

Subotica is a city and municipality in northern Serbia, in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina...

, Serbia

Serbia

Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...

. It has a few tiers - juniors and adults.

Hockey in Subotica was played before World War II. Back then it was played on the nearby Palić Lake

Palic Lake

The Palić lake is a lake situated from Subotica, near the town of Palić, in Serbia. It covers an area of . The average depth of the lake is .-History and development:...

when it was frozen in winter. The club itself was organized in 1945. The first official game was played in 1947. The construction of artificial ice, since 1969 has helped development of the club. The club has played in the Yugoslav Hockey League, and afterwards in the Serbian Hockey League. However, it has not play in every season due to various difficulties - number of players and finances for example.