HŠK Posušje 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 based in
Posušje
Posušje ( cyrl, Посушје, ) is a town and municipality in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is located in the West Herzegovina Canton, a federal unit of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Name
The name Posušje is derived from ''suša'' ...
that is situated in
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sh, / , ), abbreviated BiH () or B&H, sometimes called Bosnia–Herzegovina and often known informally as Bosnia, is a country at the crossroads of south and southeast Europe, located in the Balkans. Bosnia and H ...
. The club is best known for winning the
First League of Herzeg-Bosnia The First League of Herzeg-Bosnia served as the top football league in Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia during the Bosnian War and post-war periods of the 1990s. During these years, football was divided along ethnic lines, with the Croat, Bosniak ...
in 1999 and 2000, the top flight ethnic Croat league in Bosnia and Herzegovina at the time.
Currently, Posušje competes in 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 He ...
and plays its home matches at the
Mokri Dolac Stadium
Mokri Dolac Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Posušje, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of HŠK Posušje
HŠK Posušje is a professional association football club based in P ...
, which has a capacity of 8,000 seats. The club played in the
until the
2020–21 First League of FBiH season, after which it gained promotion to the Bosnian Premier League.
Previously, Posušje won the southern group of the
Second League of FBiH in the 2017–18 season, going 12 rounds undefeated to start the season. However, the club did not gain promotion after losing to
Goražde in the play-offs.
Previous names of the club have included NK Zidar (from 1950) and NK Boksit (from 1963), with the current name being adopted in the early 1990s. Posušje's fans are now known as the Poskoci (''Horned Vipers''), but were previously known as
Torcida. The stadium's name, "Mokri Dolac", means 'Wet Valley'.
Honours
Domestic
League
*
:
::Winners (1):
2020–21
*
:
::Winners (2): 2017–18 , 2019–20
*
First League of Herzeg-Bosnia The First League of Herzeg-Bosnia served as the top football league in Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia during the Bosnian War and post-war periods of the 1990s. During these years, football was divided along ethnic lines, with the Croat, Bosniak ...
:
**Winners (2): 1998–99, 1999–2000
Cups
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Bosnia and Herzegovina Cup:
**Semi-finalists (2):
2000–01,
2007–08
Players
Current squad
Players with multiple nationalities
* Boris Baćak
* Arijan Brković
* Tomislav Dadić
* Josip Katavić
*
Dario Krišto
* Luka Kukić
*
Luka Lučić
* Frane Maglica
* Luka Marković
* Dario Pavković
* Vinko Rozić
Managerial history
*
Albert Pobor
*
Stjepan Čordaš
Stjepan Čordaš (born 18 November 1951) is a Croatian footballer and later football manager.
Playing career
Čordaš is the record holder for the number of competitive years he spent with Osijek, playing 13 seasons with the club and captaining ...
*
Stanko Mršić (1999)
*
Vjeran Simunić
Vjeran Simunić (born 26 April 1953) is Croatian professional football manager and former player who is the manager of Treća HNL club NK Vodice. He holds the Croatian record for number of managed teams. Vodice is Simunić's 37th club.
Playing ...
(2000)
*
Ivica Kalinić
Ivica Kalinić (born 26 March 1956) is a Croatian former professional football manager and player. He is currently the sporting director of the club NK Prugovo.
He has played for Hajduk Split, Maribor, Osijek, Tirol Innsbruck and Grazer ...
(2000–2001)
* Mario Ćutuk (July 1, 2002 – June 30, 2004)
*
Dragan Jović
Dragan Jović (born 19 July 1963) is a Bosnian professional football manager. He is regarded as one of the most successful Bosnian football managers.
Managerial career Early career
In his early career, Jović managed Travnik and Posušje. He r ...
(September 4, 2006 – October 7, 2007)
*
Ivan Katalinić
Ivan Katalinić (born 17 May 1951) is a former Croatian footballer and former manager who had a successful playing career with Hajduk Split and Southampton in the 1970s and 1980s. As a member of Hajduk's famous "golden generation" of the 1970s ...
(June 1, 2008 – December 31, 2008)
* Boris Gavran (June 24, 2008 – March 10, 2009)
*
Darko Dražić (March 19, 2009 – May 11, 2009)
* Mario Knezović (June 1, 2015 – September 21, 2015)
* Damir Ramljak (October 14, 2015 – February 1, 2016)
* Leo Slišković (February 4, 2016 – June 1, 2020)
* Denis Ćorić (June 12, 2020 – September 12, 2021)
*
Stipe Balajić (September 16, 2021 – March 22, 2022)
*
Toni Karačić (March 23, 2022 – June 5, 2022)
*
Ferdo Milin (June 14, 2022 – September 19, 2022)
*
Goran Granić (September 29, 2022 – March 22, 2023)
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Branko Karačić
Branko Karačić (born 24 September 1960) is a Croatian professional football manager and former player who was most recently the manager of Croatian First Football League club Varaždin.
Playing career Club
Karačić turned professional in 19 ...
(March 23, 2023 – present)
References
External links
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HŠK Posušje
Association football clubs established in 1950
Football clubs in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Croatian football clubs in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Posušje
1950 establishments in Bosnia and Herzegovina
2009 disestablishments in Bosnia and Herzegovina