Škripari is the name of the
football
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supporters of
Bosnian club
NK Široki Brijeg
Nogometni klub Široki Brijeg () is a professional association football club from the city of Široki Brijeg, that is situated in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Currently, Široki Brijeg plays in the Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina and plays ...
. They also support
Široki Brijeg
Široki Brijeg () is a city and the regional capital of West Herzegovina Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. the town itself had a population of 6,149 and the municipality of 28,929.
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's other sport clubs, primarily
HKK Široki
Hrvatski košarkaški klub Široki (), commonly referred to as HKK Široki or simply Široki, is a men's professional basketball club based in Široki Brijeg, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The team currently competes in the Basketball Championship of B ...
in
basketball
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.
History
The fan club as it exists today was named on 9 September 1996. At that time (from the season 1993–1994 onwards, reaching a peak in 1998), Škripari were the only real supporters in Herzegovina, aside from a small fraction of supporters in
Ljubuški
Ljubuški is a city in the West Herzegovina Canton, a federal unit of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The Kravica (waterfall), Kravica cascades lie within the city, near the settlement of Studenci, ...
, as well as Torcida Kiseljak and Torcida Mostar who were only really active in home matches of the teams that they supported.
Although from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Škripari support the
Croatia national football team
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primarily, as well as other Croatian national teams.
Croatian nationalism
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is still present among the fans of the club, being the incidents such as occurred on December 1, 2019, in a 19th-round game of
Bosnian Premier League
The Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina (; ; sr-Cyrl, Премијер лига Босне и Херцеговине), officially known as the Wwin League of Bosnia and Herzegovina for sponsorship purposes, is the top tier football leagu ...
against
Bosnian Serb
The Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sr-Cyrl, Срби Босне и Херцеговине, Srbi Bosne i Hercegovine), often referred to as Bosnian Serbs ( sr-cyrl, босански Срби, bosanski Srbi) or Herzegovinian Serbs ( sr-cyrl, ...
team,
FK Zvijezda 09, which was taken as an opportunity by Škripari to glorify
Slobodan Praljak, Croatian general accused for war crimes by the Hague Tribunal, as a clear provocation toward the opposing team.
Controversy and violence
Škripari is one of the supporters' groups responsible for the brunt of the football-related violence in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It has also been included amongst the groups considered to be "essentially paramilitary branches of certain political parties," and has been described as one of the most prominent among such groups.
In 2009,
a riot between Škripari and
Horde Zla, an
FK Sarajevo
Fudbalski klub Sarajevo ( sh-Cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Сарајево; , English language, English: Sarajevo Football Club), is a professional Association football, football Sports club, club based in Sarajevo, the capital city of Bosn ...
supporters group, in
Široki Brijeg
Široki Brijeg () is a city and the regional capital of West Herzegovina Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. the town itself had a population of 6,149 and the municipality of 28,929.
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led to the death of Horde Zla member Vedran Puljić.
In 2010, Škripari were involved in an incident involving a display of a flag with a
swastika
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on it. This was widely criticized by the football governing bodies.
References
External links
NK Široki Brijeg official websiteHKK Široki Brijeg official website
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Bosnia and Herzegovina football supporters' associations
NK Široki Brijeg
Ultras groups