Nogometni klub Krivaja Zavidovići ( en, Football Club Krivaja Zavidovići, short NK Krivaja) is a professional
football
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club based in
Zavidovići
Zavidovići ( sr-cyrl, Завидовићи) is a town and municipality located in Zenica-Doboj Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is situated in central Bosnia and Herzegovina, located be ...
,
Bosnia and Herzegovina
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that competes in the
.
History
The club was founded in 1919 and thus became the first sports club in the town of Zavidovići.
An urban legend states that the first club meeting was held in local resident Mamil Musafija's restaurant. In the pre-
Second World War
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period from the early 1930s until the invasion of the
Kingdom of Yugoslavia
The Kingdom of Yugoslavia ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Kraljevina Jugoslavija, Краљевина Југославија; sl, Kraljevina Jugoslavija) was a state in Southeast Europe, Southeast and Central Europe that existed from 1918 unt ...
, the club was considered among the best in Bosnia and Herzegovina. After the end of the Second World War the club was reestablished and took part in lower levels of the
Yugoslav league system. After the independence of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Krivaja has competed in the second and third-tier.
Krivaja is a regular member in the Second league of Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (third-tier).
See also
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Football in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Association football is the most popular sport in Bosnia and Herzegovina since after gaining independence from Yugoslavia in 1991, in 1995 they played their first international game against Albania, but they made the debut at the 2014 FIFA World C ...
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Football Federation 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 ...
References
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Association football clubs established in 1919
Football clubs in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Sport in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Football clubs in Yugoslavia