Civil association „Kohorta“ Osijek is registered with the Croatia
non-governmental organization registerunder the number 14001240.
It is headquartered in
Osijek - the administrative center of
Osijek-Baranja county
Osijek-Baranja County (, hr, Osječko-baranjska županija, hu, Eszék-Baranya megye) is a county in Croatia, located in northeastern Slavonia and Baranja. Its center is Osijek. Other towns include Đakovo, Našice, Valpovo, Belišće, and B ...
, Croatia.
Kohorta Osijek is a group of supporters of Croatian soccer club
NK Osijek
Nogometni klub Osijek ( en, Osijek Football Club), commonly referred to as NK Osijek or simply Osijek (), is a Croatian professional football club from Osijek. Founded in 1947, it was the club from Slavonia with the most seasons in the Yugoslav ...
. During the soccer match it is located on the southeast and east stands of the
Gradski vrt stadium in
Osijek.
History
Activities
Like any other formally organized group of Football supporters, its main task is to be present on every game of the NK Osijek, no matter where the game is played, to cheer for the NK Osijek during the game, to publish press releases stating their supports or condemns about the actions of the NK Osijek players or that of the Steering Committee of the NK Osijek. They are proactive in monitoring every facet of soccer and everything connected to it. Their voice was heard when the Osijek Town Hall made an announcement of proposing to name
Davor Šuker
Davor Šuker (; born 1 January 1968) is a Croatian football administrator and former footballer who played as a striker. He served as president of the Croatian Football Federation from 2012 to 2021. He began his footballing career in his hometo ...
as an honor citizen of Osijek. Kohorta was strongly against such a proposal.
Every year Kohorta celebrates anniversary of its existence, but the 20th anniversary of the association, that took place in 2008, was very special. The Kohorta association made a film in their own production, about the association, its members – old and young and about cheering for their team. The film was screened in th
Urania cinema The film is titled: “20 years of pride”. The celebration lasted for a few days, with the grand finale on a soccer match NK Osijek – NK Rijeka.
Later on the film was published on the
YouTube
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, and can be found there under the entry: “Kohorta Osijek 20 godina ponosa (cijeli film)“. The language of the film is Croatian.
For their 22nd anniversary, the members of the Kohorta made and recorded a song titled: “I give life of mine for Osijek”. The original title is:”Dajem život svoj za Osijek”. The song found its place on the Kohorta’s new CD of cheering songs.
Kohorta was the first soccer supporter group that paid a visit to the pitch in Serbia, after the
Croatian War of Independence. They visited town
Subotica, to watch and cheer for their team.
[Article about the Kohorta visit to Subotica. Link: http://www.sib.hr/sport/nogomet/2802-foto-nk-osijek-i-kohorta-gostovali-u-srbiji-.html]
References
External links
Official site
{{Commons category, Kohorta Osijek
NK Osijek
Ultras groups
Sport in Osijek
1988 establishments in Croatia
Croatian football supporters' associations