Nogometni klub Neretva Metković (), commonly referred to as NK Neretva or simply Neretva, is a

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club based in the town of

Metković Metković () is a town in the Dubrovnik-Neretva County of Croatia, located in the southeast of the country, on the banks of the river Neretva and on the border with Bosnia and Herzegovina. Climate Since records began in 1997, the highest temper ...

, in the region of

Dubrovnik-Neretva County The Dubrovnik-Neretva County (; , ) is the southernmost county of Croatia. The county seat is Dubrovnik and other large towns are Korčula, Metković, Opuzen and Ploče. The Municipality of Neum, which belongs to neighbouring Bosnia and Herz ...

. The club's first name was NK Narona. On 9 November 1945, in accordance with the state provision forbidding clubs from bearing foreign names, its name was changed to NK Neretva. Neretva reached the Croatian first league in the 1994–95 season. The club's supporters are known as the ''Blue White Killers (BWK)''. NK Neretva plays its home matches at ''Igralište iza Vage'', which has a capacity of 3,000. They were briefly dissolved in 2017 for financial reasons. However, in July that year, a new club was re-formed under the same name.

Derby

Neretva contest the "El Clasico" with local rivals NK Neretvanac Opuzen.

Women's team

As of 2017, Neretva fielded a women's team in the top flight of Croatian football, ŽNK Neretva. They finished 5th in the 2. HNL (Second Division) in 2016.

Recent seasons

Honours

League

* Croatian Second League **Winners (1): 1993–94

References

Football clubs in Croatia Football clubs in Dubrovnik-Neretva County Sport in Metković Association football clubs established in 1919 1919 establishments in Croatia

External links

* * {{Instagram, neretva_official