Fudbalski klub Drina Zvornik (

Serbian Cyrillic The Serbian Cyrillic alphabet ( sr, / , ) is a variation of the Cyrillic script used to write the Serbian language, updated in 1818 by Serbian linguist Vuk Karadžić. It is one of the two alphabets used to write standard modern Serbian, th ...

: Фудбалски клуб Дрина Зворник) is a professional

association football Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

club from the city of

Zvornik Zvornik ( sr-cyrl, Зворник, ) is a city in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is located in Republika Srpska, on the left bank of the Drina river. In 2013, it had a population of 58,856 inhabitants. The town of Mali Zvornik ("Little Zvornik") lies ...

that is situated

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. The club competes in the

First League of the Republika Srpska The First League of the Republika Srpska ( sh, Prva liga Republike Srpske / ) is a second level Association football, football competition in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The league champion is promoted to the Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina ...

and plays its home matches on the Gradski Stadion (''City Stadium'') in Zvornik, which has a capacity of 3,000 seats.

History

Football first begin being played in Zvornik soon after World War I. The first football match was played in 1924 between a team from Zvornik against visitors from

Srebrenica Srebrenica ( sr-cyrl, Сребреница, ) is a town and municipality located in the easternmost part of Republika Srpska, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is a small mountain town, with its main industry being Salt mine, salt mining a ...

. The first football club was formed in 1933 and named Zmaj od Noćaja. It represented the

Serb The Serbs ( sr-Cyr, Срби, Srbi, ) are the most numerous South Slavic ethnic group native to the Balkans in Southeastern Europe, who share a common Serbian ancestry, culture, history and language. The majority of Serbs live in their na ...

community of the town. A year later

Bosniak The Bosniaks ( bs, Bošnjaci, Cyrillic: Бошњаци, ; , ) are a South Slavic ethnic group native to the Southeast European historical region of Bosnia, which is today part of Bosnia and Herzegovina, who share a common Bosnian ancestry, cu ...

club named Sloga was formed so the city of Zvornik had two football clubs in the period between the two world wars. Just before the start of the Second World War the two clubs are dismembered and a new club named Omladinac is formed. Just after the end of the war a new club, FK Drina was formed. The first club president was Mr. Nikola Mastilica. The first match recorded by the press and probably the first match in competition was played on May 17, 1946, in

Tuzla Tuzla (, ) is the third-largest city of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the administrative center of Tuzla Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. As of 2013, it has a population of 110,979 inhabitants. Tuzla is the economic, cultural, ed ...

against

FK Sloboda Tuzla Fudbalski klub Sloboda Tuzla ( sh-Cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Слободa Tyзла; English: Football Club Sloboda Tuzla) is a Bosnian professional football club based in Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The English translation of the tea ...

. During the period within

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the club played mostly in lower national leagues. During the 1990s, another team from

Živinice Živinice ( sr-cyrl, Живинице) is a city located in Tuzla Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is located in northeastern Bosnia and Herzegovina, south of Tuzla. As of 2013, it has a ...

also represented Drina Zvornik, but played at Bosniaks Football League. With the break-up of Yugoslavia, in 1992, the

Football Association of Republika Srpska The Football Association of Republika Srpska ( sr, Фудбалски савез Републике Српске, ФСРС / ''Fudbalski savez Republike Srpske'', ''FSRS'') is the official football association of the Republika Srpska entity of B ...

is formed. Drina Zvornik was a member of the first league season in 1995–96 to be organised by the FAoRS. The league was divided into two groups and the club played in the First League – East. In this first season the club ended up relegated but after only one season the club as champion of the Second League – group Bijeljina was promoted and played in the First League in the season 1997–98. The club suffered relegation once more but would return to the First League in the season 2002–03, this time staying in the league all the way until 2010. In the session 2009–10, the club was the league champion, and now being the First League of Republika Srpska part of the Bosnia and Herzegovina league system, the club achieved its greatest result ever and earned a promotion to the

Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina The m:tel Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina ( bs, m:tel Premijer liga Bosne i Hercegovine / м:тел Премијер лига Босне и Херцеговине), also known as Liga 12, is the top tier football league in Bosnia and Herz ...

. But it was relegated again to the lower tier, after finishing last in its first season (2010–11) after promotion to the Premier League. In 2013–14 Drina Zvornik finished first in the First League of Republika Srpska and was again promoted to the Premier League.

Club seasons

Honours

Domestic

League

: **Winners (2): 2009–10, 2013–14

Players

Current squad

Notable players

''For the list of former and current players with Wikipedia article, please see :FK Drina Zvornik players.

Coaching staff

Club management

Historical list of coaches

* Darko Nestorović (2002–2003) * Miroslav Milanović (2003–2004) * Mladen Milinković (2004–2006) * Mile Lazarević (2006–2007) * Mladen Milinković (2007–2009) * Milan Gutović (2009) *

Miodrag Radović Miodrag Radović (Serbian Cyrillic: Миодраг Радовић; born 18 December 1957) is a former Yugoslav and Serbian footballer who played as a defender. Career Radović spent the majority of his career at his parent club Partizan. He mad ...

(2010) * Miroslav Milanović (Jul 2010 - Sep 2010) * Darko Vojvodić (September 20, 2010 – March 13, 2011)Dragan Mićić novi trener Drine
at SportSport.ba, 25-3-2011, retrieved 12-12-2014 * Milenko Milošević & Svetozar Vukašinović (2011) *

Dragan Mićić Dragan Mićić (, born 20 June 1969) is a Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnian Serb professional Manager (association football), football manager and former Football player, player who is the manager of FK Loznica, Loznica. Playing career Bo ...

(March 25, 2011 – March 22, 2015) * Vladica Petrović (July 8, 2015 – October 2, 2015) *

Cvijetin Blagojević Cvijetin Blagojević (; born April 10, 1955) is a Bosnian Serb football manager and former player. Playing career Born in Lopare,

(February 21, 2016 – May 17, 2016) * Mile Lazarević (June 1, 2016 – June 14, 2017) * Veljko Cvijetinović (Jul 2017 – Sep 2018) *

Milenko Bošnjaković Milenko Bošnjaković (born 4 March 1968) is a Bosnian professional football manager. He is the current manager of Bosnian Premier League club Tuzla City Fudbalski klub Tuzla City ( en, Football Club Tuzla City), formerly known as Fudbalski klu ...

(December 13, 2018 – March 17, 2019)Milenko Bošnjaković novi trener FK Drina Zvornik
- SportSport * Aleksandar Vasić (March 26, 2019 – June 30, 2019) * Miroslav Milanović (Nov 2019 - Oct 2020) * Bratislav Tešić (Aug 2020 - )

References

External sources

Official site

Blog
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