NK Čepin are a

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team from

Čepin Čepin (; ; sr-Cyrl, Чепин) is a village and a municipality in Osijek-Baranja County, Croatia. It is located in northeast Slavonia, 10 kilometers southwest of Osijek. Čepin, with its 11,599 inhabitants at the 2011 census, is now included in ...

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currently playing in the

Treća HNL The Croatian Second Football League (), commonly Druga NL or 2. NL, is the third tier of the Croatian football league system. The league was established in 1991, following the dissolution of the Yugoslav League. It is operated by the Croatian F ...

, the third division of Croatian football.

History

The club was founded in 1928 as ŠK Slavonac and then was renamed NK Jedinstvo after the second world war. They would later be renamed NK Čepin after their main sponsor, the local oil company. NK Čepin played in the Croatian

2. HNL The Prva nogometna liga (), commonly Prva NL or 1. NL, is the second tier of the Croatian football league system, football league system in Croatia. The league was formed in 1991 with the breakup of Yugoslavia and the dissolution of the Yugoslav ...

for several years in the mid-1990s. They won the 2017 fourth division local league and as of 2019 play in the third division. The club was recognised in 2018 for having a number of players with or studying for master's degrees. The club also celebrated its 90th anniversary that year with a match against

NK Osijek Nogometni klub Osijek (), commonly referred to as NK Osijek (), is a Croatian professional association football, football sports club, club from Osijek. Founded in 1947, it was the club from Slavonia with the most seasons in the Yugoslav First Le ...

Supporters

NK Čepin has one supporters group called the Sioux, named after the Native American tribe, founded in 1994. They are known for bringing a larger average attendance to NK Čepin matches.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Čepin, NK Football clubs in Croatia Association football clubs established in 1928 1928 establishments in Croatia