Fudbalski klub Mladost Doboj Kakanj, commonly referred to as simply Mladost (), is a professional
association football
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club from the village of
Doboj
Doboj ( sr-cyrl, Добој, ) is a city located in Republika Srpska, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is situated on the banks of Bosna river, in the northern region of the Republika Srpska. As of 2013, it has a population of 71,441 ...
near the town of
Kakanj that is situated in central
Bosnia and Herzegovina
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.
The club currently plays in the
and plays its home matches on the
MGM Farm Arena in Doboj (Kakanj), which has a capacity of 3,000 seats.
History
The club was founded in 1959, on the foundations of FK Doboj, which was founded in 1956 and played in the league of the labour sports games of
Kakanj.
In the 2009–10 season, the club was first in the League of the
Zenica-Doboj Canton
The Zenica-Doboj Canton (; hr, Zeničko-dobojska županija; sr, Зеничко-добојски кантон) is one of 10 cantons of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The cantonal seat is the City of Zenica ...
and was promoted to the
Second League of FBIH (Group Center), where they finished in 4th place in the first season. The club played in the first round of the
Bosnian Cup
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in the
2008–09 season. In 2013, Mladost finished in first place in the Second League of FBIH (Group Center) and were promoted to the
First League of FBiH.
In the
2014–15 season of the First League of FBIH, the club finished 1st and earned itself promotion to the
Bosnian Premier League
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.
Mladost's so far biggest ever success came in the 2016–17 season, when the club made it all the way to the
semi-final of the
2016–17 Bosnia and Herzegovina Football Cup. On their way to the semi-final, Mladost eliminated
Rudar Prijedor,
Slavija Sarajevo
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and Bosna Union (at that time still known as ''Bosna Sema''), before getting eliminated by
Sarajevo
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in the semi-final.
In the
2020–21 Premier League season, Mladost initially avoided relegation to the First League of FBiH, but were then relegated back to the league due to failing to obtain a license for the Premier League.
Honours
Domestic
League
*
:
**Winners (1):
2014–15
*
:
**Winners (1): 2012–13
*League of Zenica-Doboj Canton:
**Winners (1): 2009–10
Cups
*
Bosnia and Herzegovina Cup:
**Semi-finalists (1):
2016–17
Players
Current squad
Club officials
Coaching staff
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Eldin Čengić
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, Albin Mašić
, Physiotherapist
Other information
Managerial history
*
Elvedin Beganović (9 July 2013 – 17 April 2014)
* Nijaz Kapo (17 April 2014 – 14 June 2015)
*
Ibrahim Rahimić
Ibrahim "Ibro" Rahimić (born 17 April 1963) is a Bosnian professional football manager and former player. He played as a defender.
Playing career
Rahimić played for hometown club Velež Mostar on two occasions and also for Leotar. Thought t ...
(14 June 2015 – 26 September 2016)
*
Husref Musemić (27 September 2016 – 1 June 2017)
*
Edis Mulalić (11 June 2017 – 8 April 2018)
*
Nermin Šabić (11 April 2018 – 16 August 2018)
*
Adnan Zildžović (17 August 2018 – 8 April 2019)
*
Elvedin Beganović (8 April 2019
[Beganović served as caretaker manager until 6 June 2019, when he was hired on a permanent basis.] – 10 September 2019)
*
Ibrahim Rahimić
Ibrahim "Ibro" Rahimić (born 17 April 1963) is a Bosnian professional football manager and former player. He played as a defender.
Playing career
Rahimić played for hometown club Velež Mostar on two occasions and also for Leotar. Thought t ...
(10 September 2019 – 27 November 2019)
*
Fahrudin Šolbić (27 November 2019
[Šolbić served as caretaker manager until 17 December 2019, when he was hired on a permanent basis.] – 1 August 2020)
*
Elvedin Beganović ''(interim)'' (1 August 2020 – 24 August 2020)
*
Nemanja Miljanović (24 August 2020 – 30 June 2021)
* Dragan Radović (7 July 2021 – 21 November 2021)
*
Eldin Čengić (24 January 2022 – Present)
Notes
References
External links
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