NK Maksimir is a

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n football club founded in 1924 and based in the

Maksimir Maksimir () is one of the districts of Zagreb, Croatia, population 48,902 (2011 census). Maksimir stadium and Maksimir Park are located in it. It was named for Bishop Maksimilijan Vrhovac. The urban center of the Maksimir district is located aro ...

district of

Zagreb Zagreb ( , , , ) is the capital and largest city of Croatia. It is in the northwest of the country, along the Sava river, at the southern slopes of the Medvednica mountain. Zagreb stands near the international border between Croatia and Slov ...

. They currently play in 3.HNL, third level league of Croatian football. The HNL 3 is currently known as the developmental league for HNL 1 and top European leagues and clubs.

Stadion Oboj

Stadion Oboj is a small football stadium in

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. It is located on the corner of Oboj and Prilesje streets in the

district and serves as home of NK Maksimir football club. Pitch dimensions are 102 x 64 metres and it has a capacity of 247 seats. NK Maksimir didn't have their own ground before

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, and they used various grounds around the city, such as

HAŠK HAŠK ''(full name Hrvatski akademski športski klub, en, Croatian Academic Sports Club)'' was a Croatian football club established in Zagreb in 1903 which ceased operating in 1945. The club was one of the most successful sides in Zagreb and th ...

's training ground at Bukovačka street. All of Maksimir's competitive matches in the period from 1924 to 1940 were hosted at one of the only four grounds in Zagreb at the time: ''Koturaška Road'' (owned by Građanski), ''

Maksimir Stadium Maksimir Stadium ( hr, Stadion Maksimir, ) is a multi-use stadium in Zagreb, Croatia. It takes its name from the surrounding neighbourhood of Maksimir. The venue is primarily the home of Dinamo Zagreb, the top club of the country with 23 league ...

'' (owned by HAŠK), '' Tratinska Road'' (owned by Concordia) and ''Miramarska Road'' (used by Viktorija and Željezničar football clubs). In the early 1950s NK Maksimir mainly used the ground adjacent to Maksimir Stadium (which is today

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 ...

's training ground called ''Hitrec-Kacian''), before permanently settling at Oboj in 1956.

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