NK Karlovac 1919 is a

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club based in the town of

Karlovac Karlovac () is a city in central Croatia. According to the 2011 census, its population was 55,705. Karlovac is the administrative centre of Karlovac County. The city is located on the Zagreb- Rijeka highway and railway line, south-west of Zagre ...

. Karlovac plays their home matches at

Stadion Branko Čavlović-Čavlek Stadion Branko Čavlović-Čavlek is a football stadium in Karlovac, Croatia. It serves as home stadium for the NK Karlovac 1919 football club. The stadium was built in 1975 and has a capacity of 12,000 seats. Following NK Karlovac's promotion to ...

History

Traditionally lower-level minnows, the club's most successful period in the Yugoslav football league system was in the 1970s when they competed in the

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. After the

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and the formation of the

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in 1992 Karlovac spent most of the time playing in

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and

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, second and third levels. Led by manager

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, Karlovac won consecutive promotions in the 2007–08 and 2008–09 seasons, which saw them join the top level for the first time in their history. After a sixth-place finish in debut season in 1. HNL and equally good second season, financial troubles during 2011–12 season hit Karlovac hard. They faced relegation to second division but due to financial irregularities, Karlovac was suspended by

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. In summer of 2012, NK Karlovac 1919 was founded as a successor club but the two clubs' track records and honors are kept separate by the Croatian Football Federation.

Former names

Founded in 1919 as ''NK Borac'', they changed their name in 1920 to ''NŠK Karlovac''. This lasted until 1941 when they merged with several local sides to form ŠK Velebit. Following

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Velebit was disbanded and re-established as FD Udarnik, which was then renamed in 1948 SD Slavija before adopting their current name NK Karlovac in 1954. *''Borac'' (1919–1920) *''NŠK Karlovac'' (1920–1941) *''HŠK Velebit'' (1941–1945) *''Udarnik'' (1945–1948) *''Slavija'' (1948–1954) *''Karlovac'' (1954–1958) *''KSD'' (1958–1960) *''Karlovac'' (1960–2012)

Honours

**Runners-up (1): 2008–09 *

– Center: **Winners (1): 2004–05 *

– West: **Winners (1): 2007–08

Recent seasons

Key

Top scorer shown in bold when he was also top scorer for the division. *P = Played *W = Games won *D = Games drawn *L = Games lost *F = Goals for *A = Goals against *Pts = Points *Pos = Final position *1. HNL =

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*2. HNL =

*3. HNL =

*PR = Preliminary round *R1 = Round 1 *R2 = Round 2 *QF = Quarter-finals *SF = Semi-finals *RU = Runners-up *W = Winners

Managers

(2007–2011) * Srećko Lušić (Mar 2011 – Sept 2011) *

Damir Petravić Damir Petravić (born 17 July 1963) is a Croatian professional football manager and former player who is currently the manager of Zagorec Krapina. Playing career During his career, he played for NK Zagreb, Šibenik and Istra Pula. Petravić gra ...

(Sep 2011 – Dec 2011) * Krešimir Ganjto (Jan 2012 – Mar 2012) * Sanjin Lucijanić (Mar 2012 – May 2012)

References

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