NK Dugopolje is a professional

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club based in the town of

Dugopolje Dugopolje is a municipality in Croatia in the Split-Dalmatia County. The name ''Dugopolje'' literally translates as 'long field'. The town has a population of over 3469, 99.5% which are Croats. Noted in Dugopolje is Vranjača cave. Dugopolje ...

on the outskirts of Split, a city on the

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coast. They were founded in 1952, and they currently play in the Prva nogometna liga (English: First football league), commonly Prva NL or 1. NL, is the second tier of the

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History

The club was founded in 1952 as NK Proleter. The 2009–10 season was a successful one for Dugopolje as they finished top of the 3. HNL South and were promoted to the Croatian Second Football League. In their first season in the second division of Croatian football, Dugopolje finished eighth out of a total of 16 teams. In the following season, Dugopolje finished first, qualifying for promotion to the

Prva HNL The Hrvatska nogometna liga () ( en, Croatian football league), also known as HNL or for sponsorship reasons the SuperSport HNL, is the top Croatian professional football league competition, established in 1992. Previously, it was called Prva H ...

, the first division of football in Croatia, but were denied a licence for the top division due to numerous issues and remained in the second league. The 2012–13 season witnessed a large restructuring of football in Croatia during which 7 out of 16 teams were to be relegated to accommodate for a reduction in the number of contestants in the 1st division from 16 to 12. Dugopolje prevailed, finishing 8th, two places clear of relegation. In the 2013–14 season, with a reduced number of teams in the top and second division, the competition was much stronger than previously and Dugopolje struggled and barely avoided relegation. Dugopolje fell into financial trouble in 2018 due to lower funding from the municipality. A Brazilian business consortium offered an investment, but was rejected by the club's board.

Stadium

Since 2009, Dugopolje host their home matches at the newly built ''

Stadion Hrvatski vitezovi Stadion Hrvatski vitezovi (English language, English: ''Croatian Knights Stadium'') is a association football, football stadium in Dugopolje, near the city of Split (city), Split in southern Croatia. The stadium has a capacity of 5,200 and is hom ...

'' ( en, Croatian Knights Stadium), with a capacity of 5,200. The stadium meets strict UEFA standards and holds a licence for

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competitions.

Recent seasons

Current squad

References

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