Fudbalski klub Olimpik Sarajevo ( en, Football Club Olimpik Sarajevo), commonly referred to as just Olimpik, was a professional
football
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club from
Sarajevo
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, based in the part of the city which is called
Otoka. Being one of the first teams to be formed in independent Bosnia and Herzegovina, they started off playing in the top tier right at the start of the club's formation in 1993. Having played in the
Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina
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in several swaths since 1994, after the
2016–17 season they were relegated into the
, the country's second-tier league, where they played until the
2019–20 season, before getting promoted back to the Premier League.
Olimpik's only prestigious trophy came in the
2014–15 season, when the club beat
Široki Brijeg
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to win the
Bosnian Cup
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.
History
Initial stages
Olimpik was formed amidst the
Bosnian War
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on 3 October 1993 in
Sarajevo
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.
It all started when a few people came to the idea of founding a
football club
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, not suspecting where it might end up, or in what direction it would go. Ramiz Krilašević, brothers Šefkija and Edhem Okerić, Mustafa Ruvić, Suad Osmanagić and Sakib Trtić were the people who were with the club from the very start and the ones who helped organized equipment and kits for training.
Everybody was aware of the fact that war was ongoing, and so it was very difficult to organize and begin "working". Work is within quotation marks simply because it was known that there were no fields to play upon, since half of the city was being showered in grenades daily, there were no competitions similar to the
Premier League
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the way it is today. Even then the team began their trainings under the leadership of manager Slobodan Rajević.
And at the time the following players played at Olimpik were: Kolar, Demirović, Subašić, Sužnjević, Ahmetagić, Muhović, Toromanović, Memišević, Tozo, Ćurt, Babić, Dogan, Salman, Smajović.
The team managed to win the
Asim Ferhatović "Hase" Memorial Cup in
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Futsal is played between two teams of five players ...
in 1993. That very same year the cantonal competitions for the filling in of teams into the future
Bosnian and Herzegovinian football leagues were played.
Olimpik participated in the
Sarajevo Canton
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, and managed to go on to the coming tier, after playing a total of 8 matches and scoring 28 goals while conceding only 1.
So the team left the following year to compete in the inter-cantonal competitions in the group of
Tuzla
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Tuzla is the economic, cultural, ed ...
where they met opponents such as
Sloboda
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(
Tuzla
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Tuzla is the economic, cultural, ed ...
),
Gradina (
Srebrenik
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),
Turbina
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Synopsis
The film takes pl ...
(
Jablanica), Natron (
Maglaj
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) and
Travnik
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(
Travnik
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).
In that competition they became runners-up and thereby guaranteed themselves a starting spot in the new Bosnian league that was to be formed and called the
First League of Bosnia and Herzegovina
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, which was organized under the frame of the
Football Association of Bosnia and Herzegovina
The Football Association of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Nogometni/Fudbalski Savez Bosne i Hercegovine (N/FSBiH); Ногометни/Фудбалски Савез Босне и Херцеговине (Н/ФСБиХ), (FSBiH); unified abbreviation N/FS ...
.
Another notable, contemporary achievement which should be mentioned is that the team participated in the war olympiad in Tuzla, and subsequently went on to win the whole tournament.
Post-war period
The
1995–96 season had the team play in the
First League of Bosnia and Herzegovina
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and unfortunately that very same year they were relegated from the top tier of Bosnian football. The team would regularly enter and fall out of that tier for the next couple of years. Those moments brought along a myriad of various scenes, everything from euphoria whenever the team returned to the top tier to despair whenever they fell back out again.
Those years the club was still in its infancy and was not yet ready to tackle the largest clubs in the country, the system was not put up yet with realistic grounds which would, throughout the following years, appear as a basic problem of the club. Many skilled, quality players who later participated both abroad and in the
Bosnia and Herzegovina national team, acquired their affirmation through Olimpik. Some of them were not able to reach success by means of realistic predispositions, and some reached their maximal ability.
Olimpik can with pride mention the names of players who carried its jersey during the period after the war. Names such as
Almedin Hota
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International career
He made his debut for Bosnia and Herzegovina in a May 1998 friendly ...
,
Zajko Zeba,
Samir Muratović
Samir Muratović (born 25 February 1976) is a Bosnian retired professional footballer.
After finishing his playing career, Muratović spent more than two years as head scout of Austrian Bundesliga club Sturm Graz from July 2017 to September 201 ...
,
Munever Rizvić
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, Šopović, the brothers
Dalibor and
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,
Muamer Vukas,
Muamer Jahić
Muamer Jahić (born 1 December 1979) is a Bosnian retired football player.
Club career
He was part of the Željezničar Sarajevo squad during the 1995/96 season and he later won promotion to Bosnia's top tier with Olimpik.
International career ...
,
Sead Bučan
Sead Bučan (born 8 March 1981) is a Bosnian retired professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
Honours Player
Sarajevo
*Bosnian Premier League: 2006–07
Željezničar
*Bosnian Premier League
The m:tel Premier League of Bosnia and ...
,
Edin Đuderija,
Edis Čindrak and many more players who shared both good and bad moments with everybody in the club.
Olimpik in the merged league
During the seasons of
2000–01 and
2001–02 will remain in the history of the club as some of the most successful. The team managed in those two seasons, led by the trainers
Boris Bračulj and after him
Jusuf Čizmić, to carve out a spot in the newly merged league with the previous
First league of Herceg Bosna, in which the team competed with a force equal to many other clubs who competed with them there, and in the last round of the season
2000–01 with a win against
FK Sarajevo
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Founded on 24 October 1946, FK Sara ...
and the goals made by
Gredić and
Cerić, made sure they would remain in the elite for another year.
The team consisted of the following players at the time:
Alen Krak,
Dženan Uščuplić
Dženan Uščuplić (born 18 August 1975) is a Bosnian professional football manager and former player.
Playing career
As a player of Sarajevo on three occasions, Uščuplić won 3 Bosnian cup titles and one supercup with the club. He also play ...
,
Almir Seferović,
Nihad Suljević,
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* Nihad Hrustanbegovic, Bosnian-Dutch composer
* Ahmed Nihad
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,
Muamer Jahić
Muamer Jahić (born 1 December 1979) is a Bosnian retired football player.
Club career
He was part of the Željezničar Sarajevo squad during the 1995/96 season and he later won promotion to Bosnia's top tier with Olimpik.
International career ...
,
Samir Mekić
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,
Emir Obuća,
Almir Gredić,
Tarik Cerić
Tarik Cerić (born 28 January 1978) is a retired Bosnian footballer
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,
Aner Ljeljak,
Sead Bučan
Sead Bučan (born 8 March 1981) is a Bosnian retired professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
Honours Player
Sarajevo
*Bosnian Premier League: 2006–07
Željezničar
*Bosnian Premier League
The m:tel Premier League of Bosnia and ...
,
Zajko Zeba,
Elvir Ljubunčić,
Ahmed Hadžispahić, Hasanović and
Edis Čindrak.
After the successful run to remain in the league, the team was relegated the following year, and in that moment difficult times came upon the club. What was stated earlier was being iterated again, that the club did not have a strategy nor vision of development and even if it had a good quality at the time for competition in the Bosnian top league, simply experienced relegation.
On the edge of existence
Namely from the season of
2002–03 until the season of
2006–07 the club was being abandoned, almost to the point of being left to its own devices completely, and was at the brink of existence. The club kept falling all the further down so that at one point the survival of the club was being questioned. The club first fell into the
so that it would later fall into the
Second League of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina – Center.
Alongside the club remained only a handful of enthusiasts who would not allow the club to be shut down. Damir Hadžić as the district head of the municipality
Novi Grad helped the club as much as he possibly could as well as people like
Kolar
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History
The Weste ...
, Spahić, Trtić, and the occasional person who would show up every now and then to help the club within the limits of their ability.
Players who played for the club then were young men who were looking for affirmation or some old players who found their refuge in Olimpik. Timkov, Čakić, Močević, Kapetanović, Janjoš, Đuderija, Fatić,
Garčević, Dudo, Derviši, Murtić, Ortaš, Suković, Šabotić, Kaljanac, Dević, Šišić, Kaljić, Imširović are just some of the players who wore the jersey of Olimpik back then. Throughout this entire dark stage
Kolar
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History
The Weste ...
has been with the team as head of the coaching staff even if at times
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and
Samir Jahić would take the lead.
New horizons
The season of
2006–07 the trainer
Kolar
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History
The Weste ...
starts off with the junior team at the start of the season. In the 8th round in the position of the president of the club comes
Nijaz Gracić, a prominent businessman, and former president of
FK Sarajevo
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Founded on 24 October 1946, FK Sara ...
, who starts to organize the club with the clear goal of entrance into the
Premier League
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by his extended experience of organization from leading a company and the experience from
Koševo
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. Even if many at that moment pronounced him to be
Don Quixote
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in the struggle against windmills,
mr. Gracić rolled up his sleeves and started slowly sorting the mosaic tiles with his collaborators. The first thing that was important was that the club had huge debts to former and contemporary employees which they needed to solve, the club did not have a stadium neither for training nor for playing matches, and they did not even have kits; the club was unintelligibly "deep in the negative". Halfway into the season a few experienced players come in who made up the backbone of the team. Unfortunately due to the bad start of the team, with only 3 points away from the first place that year, the team does not manage to place themselves in the
, during which
Ozren leaves the club.
The players which were carriers of the game that year were: Bećirović, Žerić,
Garčević, Radonja,
Smječanin, Redžović, Makić, Toromanović, Kapetanović and Timkov.
At the end of the season, the team eventually takes second spot but the goal of the president and the employees of the club for the season of
2007–08 remains the same: a place in the
First League of Bosnia and Herzegovina
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. Led by Faik Kolar with players who were added and Haznadar, Hondo, Sikima, Bubalo, Mešetović, Majčić and Ferhatović already in the autumn half of the season almost ensured a place in the
FBiH. At the end of the season the team conquers a formidable first place with 17 points ahead of the second-placed team.
All club segments were lifted onto a higher level and the club has solved the question of training and playing matches, solved the concern about the kits, the players were now receiving their wages on a regular basis and in the season of
2008–09 went ahead to tackle the goal called: the Premier League.
Campaign for Europe
In the season of
2010–11
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, Olimpik barely missed the spot for the
qualifying phase of Europe League, finishing 5th place in the league. In the subsequent season of
2011–12 they didn't play up to par in their first two matches (they had one draw and one loss, although being candidates for one of the top places of the table) of the championship, resulting in a mutual agreement between the club and manager for a managerial change, with
Mehmed Janjoš
Mehmed Janjoš (born 5 August 1957) is a Bosnian professional football manager and former player who is currently working as an assistant coach of the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team.
Playing career
Born in Sarajevo, SR Bosnia and Herzegovi ...
being replaced by his assistant,
Nedim Jusufbegović
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Club career
Jusufbegović was born in Sarajevo, SFR Yugoslavia, present-d ...
. He continued to lead the team on to land on the same 5th place in the league as they did last year, but this time even closer to Europe than before, only two points away, and a goal difference far superior to 13 out of the other 15 clubs participating in the Premier League. The following year in
2012–13
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started out with two draws against two weaker teams, namely
OFK Gradina Srebrenik and
FK Rudar Prijedor
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Rudar plays in the First League ...
, as well as a bare victory against another weak team
GOSK Gabela, and a loss against
FK Sarajevo
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Founded on 24 October 1946, FK Sara ...
. Therefore,
Jusufbegović was replaced in September 2012
[Olimpik cancelled the collaboration with Jusufbegović (Bosnian)](_blank)
/ref> by Husref Musemić
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Club career
...
[Husref Musemić is the new trainer of Olimpik (Bosnian)](_blank)
/ref> who led the team throughout a successful campaign helping the team insure a confident third place right up until after the winter break when FK Sarajevo
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Founded on 24 October 1946, FK Sara ...
placed an offer on the table for the manager, and so Denis Sadiković
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* Denis, son of Ampud (died 1236), baron in the Kingdom of Hungary
* Denis the Carthusian (1402– ...
was appointed in February as manager,[Denis Sadiković takes over Olimpik (Bosnian)](_blank)
/ref> whose start was somewhat better than Jusufbegović's, but after a series of unsuccessful games and the team's slow demise, he was replaced with Nedim Jusufbegović
Nedim Jusufbegović (born 30 September 1974) is a Bosnian professional football manager and former player who is the manager of Bosnian Premier League club Velež Mostar.
Club career
Jusufbegović was born in Sarajevo, SFR Yugoslavia, present-d ...
.[Jusufbegović on the bench of Olimpik again (Bosnian)](_blank)
/ref>
The third time the coach returned to the team he is currently coaching, he was a mere victory away from landing the team a spot for European competition, but fell in the very last match, and stuck to a well-deserved finish at the by-now traditional 5th position on the table for Olimpik. Part of what caused the club not to do better than they did last year could be blamed on one of the matches against FK Velež Mostar
Fudbalski klub Velež Mostar ( sh-Cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Beлеж Мостар; English: Football club Velež Mostar) is a professional football club based in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The club has a history of being one of the ...
which resulted in a 1–1 draw, where the referee Eldis Prošić's decisions were questionable, and caused a lot of irritation among Olimpik's players, the manager as well as the fans. However this was not the first time Olimpik has been dealt with unfairly, within the first half of the season of 2012–13, there were complaints about at least another four games where allegedly it has been suspected that the team was being intentionally given incorrect refereeing decisions. Due to this, the team has been on the verge to opt out of the league altogether, much like FK Borac Banja Luka
Fudbalski klub Borac Banja Luka (Serbian Cyrillic: Фудбалски клуб Бopaц Бања Лука, ) is a Bosnian professional association football club, based in the city of Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and is the major part of th ...
's own situation at the end of the season where complaints came aimed at the national association from several clubs. The teams between third and eighth position were all refused an UEFA license for participation in Europa League 2013–14, save for NK Široki Brijeg
Nogometni klub Široki Brijeg ( en, Široki Brijeg Football Club) 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 ...
, and in the end HŠK Zrinjski Mostar
HŠK Zrinjski Mostar ( hr, Hrvatski športski klub Zrinjski Mostar, lit=Croat Sports Club Zrinjski Mostar) is a professional football club, based in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The club plays in the Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina, ...
were the ones to receive the final spot for the competition.
Colours and badge
FK Olimpik Sarajevo's colours are a dark shade of green coupled with white, although the jerseys which the players have are sometimes made in a third color, namely gold.
The badge is composed of two shapes merged; the top is similar to the top of a diamond, while the bottom is a circle, and the first is put on top of the second to form the shape of the badge. There are four vertical white stripes on the badge, and between them are three stripes of everglade green. Amidst the three middle stripes, at the round bottom section of the shape of the badge is a football, and across it is the text "''Olimpik''" beneath which is a smaller text spelling out "''Sarajevo''". Underneath the ball, between the edge of it and the edge of the shape is the number ''1993'' (the year the club was founded). The numbers and the letters in the badge are all in everglade green like the middle stripes, but with a white border. Above the ball and the text are two shapes of a wolf howling.
Name
The idea to name the club Olimpik came from the fact that city of Sarajevo
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was the host city to the 1984 Winter Olympics
The 1984 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XIV Olympic Winter Games (Serbo-Croatian and Slovene: ''XIV. Zimske olimpijske igre''; Cyrillic: XIV Зимске олимпијске игре; mk, XIV Зимски олимписки игр ...
. Olimpik's nickname ''The Wolves'' is also linked to the 1984 Winter Olympics by way of the Olympics' mascot ''Vučko'' (''Wolfie''; pronounced in bs, "vooch-ko").
From September 2010, until December 2016, the official name of the club was Olimpic, with the letter C instead of the letter K.
Stadium
Olimpik play their home games at Stadion Otoka
Otoka Stadium (''Stadion Otoka'' / Стадион Отока) is a football (soccer), football stadium in Otoka, Sarajevo, Otoka neighborhood of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It was the home ground to FK Olimpik from 1993 to 2021. The stadium c ...
, a 3,000-seat venue located in the Otoka neighborhood of Sarajevo.
For the 2009–10 season, Olimpik planned to host home games at the Asim Ferhatović Hase Stadium Asim or ASIM may refer to:
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while their home ground went through a $5 million modernization which would satisfy UEFA
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regulations and increase the capacity from 3,000 to 9,000 seats. Moreover, three tiers were planned to provide the area for the 9,000 seats, and artificial grass was planned as well. However, Olimpik played their home games at Stadion Grbavica
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instead.
Ultimately the big 2010 renovation never happened, except the one in 2011, when the stands and the pitch were renovated. Since then, the stadium has stayed in that condition ever since, with minor renovations just to meet the Football Association of Bosnia and Herzegovina
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standards.
Kit manufacturers
Club seasons
Key
: League: P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; Pts = Points won; Pos = Final position;
: Cup: QF = Quarter-final; SF = Semi-final; RU = Runner-up; W = Competition won;
*1993–94: Shortly after the club was founded in 1993, each canton formed their own league, and played their very first season after which the champion of each canton would go on to play in the regional FBiH leagues in 1994–95 where there were four regional leagues. FK Olimpik Sarajevo was to compete in the regional group of Tuzla.
*1994–95: This season was played in the initial stage of the FBiH which consisted of four groups based on regions. FK Olimpik Sarajevo was in the group known as group Tuzla where they achieved the results in the table, and fell just underneath the line of qualification for the play-offs to the final play-offs where four teams played in a lesser league against one another in pursuit of winning the league as a whole.
*2019–20: First League of FBiH season suspended in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Bosnia and Herzegovina
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; season curtailed and final standings (including Olimpik as champions) declared by a points-per-game ratio on 26 May 2020.
Honours
Domestic
League
*
**Winners (3): 1996–97 , 2008–09, 2019–20
**''Runners-up'' (3): 2002–03, 2017–18, 2018–19
*
**Winners (2): 2004–05 , 2007–08
Cups
* Bosnia and Herzegovina Cup:
**Winners (1): 2014–15
Recognitions
* Award for Best Organized Club in Bosnia and Herzegovina
**Winners (1): 2010
European record
P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goals difference. Defunct competitions indicated in italics.
List of matches
Records
*Biggest Bosnian league victory: Olimpik – Đerzelez Zenica ''(in Zenica
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)'': 10:0 ( 2000–01 Bosnian Premier league season, Round 39; 27 May 2001)
Managerial history
* Slobodan Rajović (October 1993 – 1995)
* Senad Kreso
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(1995–1996)
* Mensur Dogan (1999–2000)
* Boris Bračulj (2000–2001)
* Jusuf Čizmić (2001–2002)
* Asim Saračević Asim or ASIM may refer to:
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(2002–2003)
* Fuad Švrakić
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Its root word is the Arabic verb ' ...
(2003)
* Samir Jahić (2004)
* Mensur Dogan (2004–2005)
* Muamer Vukas (2005–2006)
* Nermin Hadžiahmetović
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He led NK Čelik Zenica, Čelik Zenica to the first ever Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnian league title in the 1 ...
(1 July 2006 – 30 June 2008)
* Husref Musemić
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...
(4 October 2008 – 26 August 2009)
* Faik Kolar ''(interim)'' (27 August 2009 – 30 August 2009)
* Vlatko Glavaš
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Glavaš is a former professional football manager and retired player.
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Glavaš ...
(31 August 2009 – 10 November 2009)
* Edin Prljača
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(11 November 2009 – 17 October 2010)
* Mehmed Janjoš
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(18 October 2010 – 15 August 2011)
* Nedim Jusufbegović
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(15 August 2011 – 19 September 2012)
* Fahrudin Zejnilović
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Zejnilović played with Borac Banja Luka in the 1977–78 Yugoslav First League before moving to Slovenia and ...
(''interim'') (19 September 2012 – 20 September 2012)
* Husref Musemić
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(20 September 2012 – 10 February 2013)
* Denis Sadiković
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* Saint Denis of Paris, 3rd-century Christian martyr and first bishop of Paris
* Denis the Areopagite, Biblical figure
* Denis, son of Ampud (died 1236), baron in the Kingdom of Hungary
* Denis the Carthusian (1402– ...
(10 February 2013 – 11 April 2013)
* Nedim Jusufbegović
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Club career
Jusufbegović was born in Sarajevo, SFR Yugoslavia, present-d ...
(11 April 2013 – 3 October 2013)
* Faik Kolar (3 October 2013 – 4 May 2014)
* Mirza Varešanović (4 May 2014 – 21 November 2015)
* Edin Prljača
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(23 November 2015 – 29 February 2016)
* Milomir Odović
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As a player, Odov ...
(2 March 2016 – 18 April 2016)
* Faik Kolar (18 April 2016 – 27 August 2016)
* Dragan Radović
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Radović began his career in the Second League of FR Yugoslavia in 1998 w ...
(27 August 2016 – 1 November 2016)
* Asim Saračević Asim or ASIM may refer to:
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*Aseem, a male given name of Indian origin, often spelled ''Asim''
*Asem, a male given name of Arabic origin, sometim ...
(''interim'') (2 November 2016 – 8 November 2016)
* Darko Dražić
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Club career
Dražić was born in Novi Travnik. He played for So ...
(9 November 2016 – 27 December 2016)
* Faruk Kulović
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(27 December 2016 – 3 March 2017)
* Dragan Radović
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Radović began his career in the Second League of FR Yugoslavia in 1998 w ...
(3 March 2017 – 8 June 2017)
* Mirza Varešanović (8 June 2017 – 23 November 2017)
* Dino Đurbuzović
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Born in Sarajevo, SFR Yugoslavia, present day Bosnia and Herzegovina on 14 August 1956, Đurbuzović started playing ...
(24 November 2017 – 2 April 2018)
* Dragan Radović
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Radović began his career in the Second League of FR Yugoslavia in 1998 w ...
(3 April 2018 – 13 September 2018)
* Esad Selimović (13 September 2018 – 11 December 2019)
* Darko Vojvodić
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Vojvodić played with Radnički Kragujevac in the 1995–9 ...
(13 December 2019 – 5 September 2020)
* Esad Selimović (5 September 2020 – 16 November 2020)
* Dževad Šarić (''interim'') (16 November 2020 – 12 December 2020)
* Slavko Petrović
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Petrović was a goalkeeper at Red Star ...
(12 December 2020 – 30 June 2021)
Chairmen
* Ramiz Krilašević Ramiz, Rameez or Rhomeez / ( ar, رامز ) is an Arabic masculine given name meaning "one who communicates well", "wise", "noble", or "intelligent".{{cite book, title=A Dictionary of Muslim Names, author= S. A. Rahman, publisher=Goodword Books ...
(October 1993 – 2000)
* Šefkija Okerić (October 1993 – 2000)
* Suad Osmanagić (October 1993 – 2000)
* Edhem Okerić Edhem is a Bosnian given name for males, spelled Adham in Arabic. It has also been used as a surname. Notable people named Edhem include:
Given name
* Edhem Bičakčić (1884–1941), Bosnian politician, mayor of Sarajevo
* Edhem Mulabdić (1862– ...
(October 1993 – 2000)
* Salem Hadžiahmetović (2000–2002)
* Samir Jahić (2002–2006)
* Nijaz Gracić (June 9, 2006 – May 27, 2016)
* Faruk Hadžović
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(May 27, 2016 – December 14, 2016)
* Damir Dizdar (December 14, 2016 – 2021)
References
External links
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