Velež Mostar
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| FK Velež Mostar | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Fudbalski Klub Velež Mostar | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | Rođeni | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Founded | 1922 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ground | Vrapcici Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Capacity | 7.000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chairman |  Ahmed Džubur |
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| Manager | Milomir Šešlija |
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| League | Premier League of BiH | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2005-06 | First League of FBiH, 1st | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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FK Velež (Fudbalski Klub Velež), successor of RŠK Velež, is a football club from Bosnia and Herzegovina, from the city of Mostar.
The club is named after a nerby mountain Velez, which again is named after one of the old Slavic gods, Veles. (After the christianisation of the area church managed to confuse God Veles with Sveti Nikola/St. Nicholas)
FK Velež is a successful football team in Bosnia and Herzegovina. During the time of former Yugoslavia, Velež was always in the Yugoslav First League and the team often ended the season in the top ten. Velež was the most popular and most successful team from Herzegovina to play in the top Yugoslav League. The team was very popular in Herzegovina and had a mixture of fans from all three main ethnic peoples.
Today, Velež is in the Football Association of Bosnia and Herzegovina and is active in the Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The team was relegated to the First League of the Federation from the Premier League for the 2004/2005 season. However, after two seasons in the second best league, Velež was promoted to the top league in the country in 2006.
Nowadays, the supporters of Velež are mainly Bosniaks, but there are also Serbs and Croats(as the time passes, there are more and more none-Bosniaks players in Velež and members of its fan club) and the fan organization is called "Red Army". This is the case despite the fact that in former Yugoslavia, Velež was supported by all three ethnic peoples of Mostar and Herzegovina. The current political situation in Mostar is that the Croats claim the west side of the city (divided by the former front) and their new football club, while Bosniaks and others claim the east side and the football club Velež.
In summer of 2005 assembly of this club returned red star on their logo. Red star is symbol of this club since 1922.
[edit] Velez 67-74,The first golden era
For the season 67-68 Velez selected a new coach, the former Velez player Sulejman Sule Rebac. He was the second ever Mostar born coach of Velez. (Haldun Hrvic was the first coach between 61-64). The season before Velez had ended at 10th place. It was time for a new change. The team was getting old with players like Muhamed Mujic near the end of there playing carrier. Rebac decided to take young players from the Velez youth academy to the senior squad. The first one to be brought were Dusan Bajevic and Enver Maric. The season 67-68 was to became even more worse than the previous season with the team ending at 14th place.
For the season 68-69 Sule brought in Franjo Vladic, Marko Colic, Jadranko Topic and Vladimir Pecelj from Leotar Trebinje. The results were becoming better with Velez ending at 8th place in the league. The following season 69-70 became the breaktrough season for Velez with the team ending at third place. Dusan Bajevic became the best scorer in the league together with OFK:s Santrac scoring 20 goals. He also made his debut for the Yugoslav national team 1970.
For the season 70-71 Velez was determined to take the league home to Mostar. New players like Marjan Kvesic, Mirko Corluka, Dubravko Ledic, Boro Primorac and Aleksandar Ristic from FK Sarajevo were to help bringing home the league. They started the league good with after 4 matches 2 wins and 2 draws. But the next 10 following matches resulted with mixed results. The season ended with a big dissapointment with the team ending at 8th place. The season 71-72 became a bit better then the previous with the team ending at 6th place. The only positive thing that year was that the goalkeeper Enver Maric had became the first goalkeeper for the national team, and the young leftwinger Momcilo Vukoje from Leotar who had impressed together with Ahmed Glavovic. The team was very young at that time. The year average in the team was 23-24 years, so the best years were to come.
The season 72-73 was Velezs best ever with the team ending at 2th place. With two new players , center Vahid Halilodzic and back Dzemal Hadziabdic the team was complited. Big results were beginning to show. For instance the team trashed Vardar Skopje 4-0 and in the next following game the finished Radnicki Nis off with also a 4-0 win. By this time everybody knew how the team looked. Enver Maric as goalkeeper, in front of him Dzemal Hadziabdic and Aleksandar Ristic, in front off them two Velez had Boro Primorac, Vladimir Pecelj and Marko Colic. The five attacking players were from the right Jadranko Topic, the left Momcilo Vukoje, in the middle Franjo Vladic and Vahid Halilodzic and as the team leding goalscorer Dusan Bajevic.
In the season 73-74 Velez fought the entire season with Hajduk Split for the first place. There were many games to remember like for exemple the 31 October when Velez won 5-0 at home against OFK or 4-2 in March 74 at home against Crvena Zvezda (Red Star). For the last match of the season Velez had to play away against FK Sarajevo while Hajduk took on OFK at home. Both teams had 42 points( I think it was 42 points), but Hajduk had better goaldifference. Velez managed to defeate Sarajevo 3-1 but Hajduk won there game and became champions. After the season 73-74 Sulejman Rebac left the team as the coach after 8 seasons. For the FIFA World Cup 1974 in Germany Enver Maric, Dusan Bajevic and Franjo Vladic (The famous BMV) were selected in the Yugoslav squad and Rebac was one of Yugoslavias 5 coaches. Other players in Velez also played for the national team like for instance Boro Primorac who played 14 games, Vahid Halilodzic who played 15 and scored 7 goals and Dzemal Hadziabdic with 20 games.
[edit] 10 Best players of all time
10. Sead Kajtaz, a rightwinger who played for Velez between 1983-1990. A good player who quite didn´t manage to show how really good he was. Played also 1 game for Yugoslavia.
9. Momcilo Vukoje, a leftwinger who also played in the golden generation. A fantastic dribbler who played more than 200 games for Velez.
8. Dzemal Hadziabdic, a rightback who played in the golden generation in the 70s. He played for Velez until 1980 before going of to Wales. Managed to play 20 games for the Yugoslav A-National Team. Was famous because of his stamina.
7. Blaz Sliskovic, a midfielder who played during the late 70s and early 80s for Velez. Won the Kup Marsala in 1981. Went on then to play for Hajduk Split, Marseille and Pescara. Was recently the coach for the Bosnian A-national team. Played in his carrier 26 games for Yugoslavia.
6. Vahid Halilodzic, a forward who had a massive powerful shoot. Played for Velez during the late 70s and early 80s before going off to France. Won the Kup Marsala in 1981 where he scored 2 goals in the final game against Zeljeznicar Sarajevo. Was twice the top scorer in the French League and also won the league in 1983 with his club Nantes. Played for Yugoslavia in the 1982 FIFA World Cup. Played a total of 15 games for Yugoslavia where he scored 7 goals.
5. Muhamed Mujic was the first Velez player ever to play for Yugoslavia. He played 32 games and where he scored 17 goals! Played also in the FIFA World Cup 1962 where after breaking a leg to a Soviet player became suspended playing for the national team. Played for Velez during the 1950s and 60s. Played also for Dinamo Zagreb.
4. Semir Tuce, the best player for Velez in the 80s. A fantastic leftwinger who dribbled like no one other. Played for Velez between 1982-1989. Later he would go on to play in Switzerland before ending his carrier in 1994. Played also 7 games for Yugoslavia and scored 1 goal.
3. Enver Maric, Velezs best goalkeeper all times. One of the three famous "BMV" players. He has played more games for Velez than nobody else, exactly 451 games. Played in the 70s and 80s. Was the goalkeeper for Yugoslavia in the 1974 FIFA World Cup. Totally he played 32 games for Yugoslavia. Later went on to play also with Schalke 04. Is today goaltrainer for Hertha Berlin.
2. Franjo Vladic, also on of the famous three "BMV"s. After Enver Maric Vladic has played the most of games for Velez. Was also a member of the Yugoslav squad in the 1974 FIFA World Cup. Was famous for his leftfoot and his passings.
1. Dusan Bajevic is without no doubt the best ever player that has played for Velez. He is a symbol of Velez. Is the third member of the famous "BMV". Was a centerforward who scored 170 goals in 370 games! Played in the 1974 FIFA World Cup where he scored a hattrick against Zaire. Was also coach for Velez in the 80s where he won the Kup Marsala Tite in 1986. Played also in Greece where his status is huge. Is today the coach for Crvena Zvezda.
- Founded: June 26, 1922 in Mostar, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (present day Bosnia-Herzegovina)
- Home stadium: "Vrapčići" (7.000), Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Primary color: Red
- Reserve color: White
- Address: Maršala Tita bb, Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Champions: - - - -
- Vice-champions: 1973, 1974, 1986
- Cup Winners: 1981, 1986
- Supporters: "Red Army" Mostar
- Founded: 01.04.1981.
Former Velez player
- Leo Hrvic
- Vlado Zelenika
- Franjo Vladic
- Vladimir Pecelj
- Muhamed Mujic
- Ivan Curkovic
- Vahid Halilodzic
- Momcilo Vukoje
- Kruno Radiljevic
- Milorad Lazovic
- Aleksandar Ristic
- Blaz Sliskovic
- Zejnil Selimotic
- Salem Halilodzic
- Dzemal Hadziabdic
- Vladimir Skocajic
- Sulejman Rebac
- Enver Maric
- Muhamed Glavovic
- Adnan Mededovic
- Josip Jule Musa
- Dusan Bajevic
- Dragan Okuka
- Vladimir Matijevic
- Sead Kajtaz
- Vladimir Gudelj
- Samir Cemalovic
- Boro Primorac
- Avdo Kalajdzic
- Nikola Jokisic
- Nedzad Bijedic
- Ivica Barbaric
- Veselin Durasovic
- Sergej Barbarez
- Goran Juric
- Miomir Meter
- Predrag Juric
- Bakir Besirevic
- Drazenko Prskalo
- Ahmed Glavovic
- Semir Tuce
- Velibor Pudar
- Ivo Prskalo
- Ibro Rahimic
- Meho Kodro
- Vukasin Petranovic
- Ibrahim Jakirovic
- Emir Tufek
[edit] External links
- FK Velez Official Website (Bosnian)
- FK Velez Unofficial Website (Bosnian)
- FK Velez Supporters R.A Mostar Site (Bosnian)
- FK Velez Supporters R.A Ilidza Website (Bosnian)
