NK SAŠK Napredak is a

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club from

Sarajevo Sarajevo ( ), ; ''see Names of European cities in different languages (Q–T)#S, names in other languages'' is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Bosnia and Herzegovina, largest city of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with a population of 2 ...

Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina, sometimes known as Bosnia-Herzegovina and informally as Bosnia, is a country in Southeast Europe. Situated on the Balkans, Balkan Peninsula, it borders Serbia to the east, Montenegro to the southeast, and Croatia to th ...

. It came into existence in 2000 through the merger of SAŠK with NK Napredak.

SAŠK

SAŠK's history traces back to 1910 when it was founded as Hrvatski ŠK.Fudbal u Kraljevini Jugoslaviji, by Milorad Sijić, pag. 168 In 1919 it was renamed to Sarajevski amaterski športski klub (''Sarajevo Amateur Sports Club'') or SAŠK. Along with FK Slavija, it is the club from Bosnia with most participations in the

Yugoslav First League The Yugoslav First League ( Bosnian: Prva savezna liga u fudbalu, sr-Cyrl-Latn, Прва савезна лига у фудбалу, Prva savezna liga u fudbalu, , , , , ) was the premier football league in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1918–1941) ...

in the period before the star of Second World War. Its coaches in this period were Gal, Bevanda, Giljaković, Kražić, Ferigec, Koželuh and Ivan Kezić. After

World War II World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...

ended, SAŠK was banned by the authorities of Communist Yugoslavia because of its participation in the Croatian First League during the war in what was then Axis-allied Croatia. SAŠK was re-founded in 1999.

Napredak

NK Napredak was formed in 1994 by the Croat cultural society of the same name.

Merge

Two teams merged in 2000 to form the current club. Since the 2000–01 season, the club has been in the First League of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The club is part of

HKD Napredak HKD Napredak (, meaning "Croat Cultural Society 'Progress'") is a cultural society of Croats of Bosnia and Herzegovina. History The "Croatian aid society for the needs of students in middle and higher schools from Bosnia and Herzegovina" () was f ...

(Croatian Cultural Society 'Progress'). It organizes a

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tournament around Christmas every year.

References

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