OK Napredak Odžak (also known as ''HOK Napredak'') is a
volleyball
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ...
club from
Odžak
Odžak ( sr-cyrl, Оџак) is a town and municipality located in Posavina Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is situated in the northern part of Bosnia and Herzegovina, near the river Sav ...
,
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 ...
. It currently competes in the Superleague of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the second tier volleyball league of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
History
The modern club was reestablished by
Bosnian Croats
The Croats of Bosnia and Herzegovina (), often referred to as Bosnian Croats () or Herzegovinian Croats () are the third most populous ethnic group in the country after Bosniaks and Serbs, and are one of the constitutive nations of Bosnia and ...
after
the nation's war in 1997 and played in the Croatian
Herzeg-Bosnia First League of Volleyball
The Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia ( hr, Hrvatska Republika Herceg-Bosna) was an unrecognized geopolitical entity and quasi-state in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It was proclaimed on 18 November 1991 under the name Croatian Community of Herzeg-Bo ...
. By 2000, they became league champions.
In 2001, the club joined the
Volleyball Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and began to play in the new national league. In its first season competing, 2001-02, Napredak was national champion and has been one of the top clubs since, as champions again in 2006-07 and finishing third in 2007-08 and second in 2008-09 and 2009-10.
[ Sports123.com Volleyball, Men: Bosnia & Herzegovina: Championship, accessed 20 December 2010]
Napredak's fans are known as ''Uragan''. The team used play its matches near
Modriča
Modriča ( sr-cyrl, Модрича) is a town and municipality located in Republika Srpska, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. As of 2013 census, the town has a population of 10,137 inhabitants, while the municipality has a population of 25,72 ...
while an arena was being built in Odžak itself.
Honours
*
Bosnia and Herzegovina Championship:
** Winners (2): 2002, 2007
** Runner-up (2): 2009, 2010
*
Herzeg-Bosnia Championship:
**Winners (1): 2000
Recent seasons
The recent season-by-season performance of the club:
;Key
Notable players
*
Almir Aganović
Almir Aganović is a Bosnian volleyball player at the highest national level.
Almir Aganović has played for most of his career with OK Kakanj, Bosnia's most successful professional volleyball club.
References
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Volleyball clubs established in 1973
Bosnia and Herzegovina volleyball clubs
Croatian sports clubs outside Croatia
Odžak