HŠK Concordia was a
Croatia
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n football club formed in
Zagreb
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. The club was founded as
the Srednjoškolski športski klub in 1906.
By the end of the
First World War
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the club had played many matches with both domestic and foreign clubs. After the war, the prewar members along with the members of HŠK Viktorija re-formed the club as Concordia-Viktorija (quickly renamed Concordia).
One of the most importants acts by the club was the building of a stadium on Tratinska cesta (today's
Stadion u Kranjčevićevoj), then the biggest in Zagreb. It was finished in 1921. The
Yugoslavia national football team
The Yugoslavia national football team; ; ; represented Yugoslavia in international association football.
Although the team mainly represented the pre-war Kingdom of Yugoslavia and the post-war SFR Yugoslavia, various iterations of the state ...
played eleven matches at the club's grounds.
Apart from football, the club also competed in athletics, skiing, field hockey and table tennis. The club's most famous footballers were: Pavelić, Babić,
Ivan Belošević,
Jazbec,
Monsider, Pavletić,
Aleksandar Živković,
Kodrnja and
Karlo Muradori. The club played in both the
Yugoslav and Croatian leagues. In 1945 it was renamed ''Zeleni 1906''.
NK Zagreb
Nogometni klub Zagreb (''Zagreb Football Club''), commonly known as NK Zagreb or simply Zagreb (), is a Croatian football club based in the capital city of Zagreb. It currently competes in the fifth tier league competition of Croatian footbal ...
's third jersey is green in honour of Concordia, whose old stadium is now their own.
Accomplishments
*
Kingdom of Yugoslavia Championship
**
1930
Events
January
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,
1932
Events January
* January 4 – The British authorities in India arrest and intern Mahatma Gandhi and Vallabhbhai Patel.
* January 9 – Sakuradamon Incident (1932), Sakuradamon Incident: Korean nationalist Lee Bong-chang fails in his effort ...
*
Croatian First League
The Hrvatska nogometna liga (; ), abbreviated as HNL and also known for sponsorship reasons as the SuperSport HNL, is a professional association football league in Croatia and the highest level of the Croatian football league system. Establish ...
** 1942
*
Croatian Cup
** Finalist: 1941
Club presidents
*Ervin Rosmanith (1906–11)
*J. Reberski (1912–22)
*Roman Rosmanith (1923)
*M. Pajnić (1924)
*M. Bosnić (1925–32)
*L. Thaller (1933–40)
References
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Football clubs in Zagreb
Association football clubs established in 1906
Association football clubs disestablished in 1945
Defunct football clubs in Croatia
1906 establishments in Croatia
1945 disestablishments in Croatia