Nogometni Klub GOŠK Gabela 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 Gabela, near

Čapljina Čapljina ( sr-cyrl, Чапљина, ) is a city located in Herzegovina-Neretva Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is located on the border with Croatia a mere from the Adriatic Sea. The ...

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 name GOŠK in Croatian means Gabeoski Omladinski Športski Klub (Gabela Youth Sports Club). Currently, the club 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 Herz ...

, following promotion from the

First League of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina The m:tel First League of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, m:tel Prva liga Federacije Bosne i Hercegovine, м:тел Прва лига Федерације Босне и Херцеговине) is a football league in Bosn ...

. Their home ground is the

Stadium Perica-Pero Pavlović Stadium Perica-Pero Pavlović is a multi-use stadium in Gabela, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is the home ground of First League of FBiH club NK GOŠK Gabela Nogometni Klub GOŠK Gabela is a professional association football club based in Gabe ...

(until recently called "Podavala" – old name ''Erar'') in Gabela which can hold about 3,000 people.

GNK Dinamo Zagreb Građanski nogometni klub Dinamo Zagreb ( en, Dinamo Zagreb Citizens' Football Club, link=yes, italics=yes), commonly referred to as GNK Dinamo Zagreb or simply Dinamo Zagreb (), is a Croatian professional football club based in Zagreb. Dinamo ...

donated 5,000 chairs to the club. Their supporters are known as the Blue Lions (Plavi Lavovi). They were founded in 2001.

History

The first ball in Gabela was brought by Andrija Korda and Vidan Krvavac in 1919, from

Mostar Mostar (, ; sr-Cyrl, Мостар, ) is a city and the administrative center of Herzegovina-Neretva Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the historical capital of Herzegovina. Mostar is sit ...

. 1941–45 the club was dissolved because of

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

. In 1948 the club was formed again. The club was named GOŠK after the recommendations of Milorad Mandrapa in 1958. Under the name GOŠK, the club achieved gradual improvement in competitive results. Gabela ranked among the most popular sports village in the former

Yugoslavia Yugoslavia (; sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Jugoslavija, Југославија ; sl, Jugoslavija ; mk, Југославија ;; rup, Iugoslavia; hu, Jugoszlávia; rue, label=Pannonian Rusyn, Югославия, translit=Juhoslavija ...

. In the

Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, commonly referred to as SFR Yugoslavia or simply as Yugoslavia, was a country in Central and Southeast Europe. It emerged in 1945, following World War II, and lasted until 1992, with the breakup of Yug ...

, GOŠK mostly played in the Fourth Unfederal League (Mostar zone) in the seasons (1948–60, 1962–63, 1964–66, 1968–92) and three times in the Third League (1961–62, 1963–64, 1966–67). In the 1990s, GOŠK played in 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 ...

, between 2001 and 2003 in the Second League of FBiH, and between 2003 and 2011 in the First League of FBiH. In the 2010–11 season, GOŠK won 1st place in the First League of FBiH and got promoted to the

, the elite football league in the country. They managed to repeat that achievement in the 2016–17 season and played in the Bosnian Premier League until the 2018–19 season when the club finished last in 12th place and got relegated back to the First League of FBiH. GOŠK was promoted back to the Premier League in the 2022–23 First League of FBiH season. Former namesHistory of GOŠK part III
* 1919–1926 – FK Zmaj * 1926–1935 – FK Seljačka Sloga * 1935–1941 – Seljački športski klub ''(SŠK)'' * 1948–1949 – NK Zmaj * 1949–1958 – NK Sloga * 1958–present – GOŠK Gabela

Honours

Domestic

League

: **Winners (3): 2010–11, 2016–17,

2022–23 The dash is a punctuation mark consisting of a long horizontal line. It is similar in appearance to the hyphen but is longer and sometimes higher from the baseline. The most common versions are the endash , generally longer than the hyphen b ...

**Runners-up (3): 2007–08, 2014–15, 2021–22 *

Second League of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina The Second League of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina ( bs, Druga liga Federacije Bosne i Hercegovine / Друга лига Федерације Босне и Херцеговине) is a football league in Bosnia and Herzegovina. This lev ...

: **Winners (1): 2002–03

Players

Current squad

Places in Leagues and Cups

: In

Young categories

''Cadets'' and ''juniors'' play in the Youth Premier League. ''Pioneers'' and ''prior to pioneers'' play in the Youth Leagues of the

Herzegovina-Neretva Canton The Herzegovina-Neretva Canton ( hr, Hercegovačko-neretvanska županija; bs, Hercegovačko-neretvanski kanton) is one of 10 cantons of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The canton mainly comprises the Neretv ...

Andrija Anković Memorial Tournament

Every year since 1986, in Gabela, GOŠK host a memorial tournament in the name of Andrija Anković in which teams such as

HNK Hajduk Split Hrvatski nogometni klub Hajduk Split, commonly referred to as Hajduk Split () or simply Hajduk, is a Croatian professional football club based in Split, that competes in the Croatian First League, the top tier in Croatian football. Since 1979, t ...

NK Široki Brijeg Nogometni klub Široki Brijeg ( en, Široki Brijeg Football Club) is a professional association football club from the city of Široki Brijeg, that is situated in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Currently, Široki Brijeg plays in the Premier League of ...

and

HŠK Zrinjski Mostar HŠK Zrinjski Mostar ( hr, Hrvatski športski klub Zrinjski Mostar, lit=Croat Sports Club Zrinjski Mostar) is a professional football club, based in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The club plays in the Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina, ...

usually play in.

Managerial history

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 ...

(1 July 2007 – 30 June 2008) *

Darko Dražić Darko Dražić (born 17 January 1963) is a Bosnian Croat football manager and former professional player who was most recently the manager of Azadegan League club Mes Rafsanjan. Club career Dražić was born in Novi Travnik. He played for So ...

(15 June 2011 – 5 September 2011) *

Milomir Odović Milomir Odović (26 March 1955 – 14 December 2020) was a Bosnian professional football manager and player, best known for his playing and managing days at Bosnian Premier League club Željezničar, where he is a club legend. As a player, Odov ...

(8 September 2011 – 27 January 2012) * Boris Gavran (30 January 2012 – 24 June 2012) *

Slaven Musa Slaven Musa (born 21 June 1971) is a Bosnian professional football manager and former player. He is mostly known for playing for Zrinjski Mostar, spending 6 years in total at the club, from 1992 to 1993 and from 1997 to 2002. Playing career Born ...

(27 June 2012 – 13 August 2012) * Dario Zadro (13 August 2012 – 12 October 2012) *

(5 September 2012 – 10 January 2013) *

Davor Mladina Davor Mladina (born 26 November 1959) is a Croatian professional Association football, football Manager (association football), manager. He is the current manager of First Football League (Croatia), First League (II) NK Dugopolje, Dugopolje Man ...

(10 January 2013 – 20 June 2013) * Tomislav Raguž (1 July 2013 – 13 September 2013) * Faruk Kulović (16 September 2013 – 30 June 2014) *

Darko Vojvodić Darko Vojvodić (born 8 May 1970) is a Bosnian Serb professional football manager and former player who is the most manager of First League of RS club Famos Vojkovići. Playing career Vojvodić played with Radnički Kragujevac in the 1995–9 ...

(17 October 2014 – 30 June 2015) * Faruk Kulović (1 July 2015 – 12 October 2015) * Tomislav Raguž (19 January 2016 – 30 June 2016) *

Nedim Jusufbegović Nedim Jusufbegović (born 30 September 1974) is a Bosnian professional football manager and former player who is the manager of Bosnian Premier League club Velež Mostar. Club career Jusufbegović was born in Sarajevo, SFR Yugoslavia, present-d ...

(1 July 2016 – 18 September 2016) * Zlatko Križanović (caretaker) (23 September 2016 – 6 December 2016) *

(7 January 2017 – 6 June 2017) *

(12 June 2017 – 26 November 2017) *

Feđa Dudić Feđa Dudić (born 1 February 1983) is a Bosnian professional football manager and former player who is the manager of Serbian SuperLiga club Radnički 1923. Born in Sarajevo, Dudić played for both hometown clubs FK Sarajevo and Željezniča ...

(27 November 2017 – 28 September 2018) *

Mato Neretljak Mato Neretljak (born 3 June 1979) is a Croatian professional football manager and former professional player who played as a defender. He was most recently the manager of Croatian club NK Rudeš. Club career He started his professional career in ...

(28 September 2018 – 12 March 2019) * Stanko Mršić (12 March 2019 – 1 June 2019) *

Nenad Gagro Nenad Gagro (born 27 September 1975) is a Bosnian professional football manager and former player who is currently working as an assistant coach of the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team. Managerial statistics Honours Player Široki Brije ...

(25 June 2019 – 28 October 2019) *

Vule Trivunović Vukašin "Vule" Trivunović (; born 13 March 1983) is a Bosnian professional football manager and former player. Club career As a player, Trivunović played for Sarajevo and Borac Banja Luka in the Bosnian Premier League, as well as numerous sti ...

(28 October 2019 – 22 August 2020) *

Igor Pamić Igor Pamić (born 19 November 1969) is a Croatian former professional footballer and current manager. He made five appearances for the Croatia national team during his playing career. Playing career Club He was born in the village of Žminj ...

(27 August 2020 – 26 October 2020) * Ivan Bubalo (5 January 2021 – 27 March 2022) * Dženan Hošić (28 March 2022 – 3 May 2022) * Denis Ćorić (4 May 2022 – present)

References

External links

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