NK Zagreb
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| Full name | Nogometni Klub Zagreb | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | Pjesnici (The Poets) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Founded | 1903 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ground | Stadium Kranjčevićeva, Zagreb, Croatia |
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| Capacity | 12,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chairman |  Dražen Medić |
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| Manager | Miroslav Blažević |
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| League | First Division | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2004-05 | First Division, 3rd | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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NK Zagreb is a Croatian football club, from the Croatian capital of Zagreb.
The club was founded in 1903 as PNIŠK (Prvi Nogometni I Športski Klub, translated First Football And Sports Club), being one of the first to be formed in Croatia. However, since World War II, NK Zagreb has been overshadowed by several larger, more successful clubs, especially its local rival NK Dinamo Zagreb.
Among NK Zagreb's more notable players has been Ivica Olić who led the club to its first championship of the Croatian First League in 2002. Also worth of mentioning here is Joško Popović, ( who played in 1990's, and is still in 2005. active ) 2nd top-goalscorer ever in Croatian First League.
NK Zagreb plays out of Stadion Kranjčevićeva (Kranjčević Stadium), which has a capacity of 12,000. The club's fans are known as the White Angels ( Bijeli Anđeli in Croatian).
The nickname of the club is "the poets" ( pjesnici in Croatian). Kranjčevićeva street, where theirs stadium is located, is named after Croatian poet Silvije Strahimir Kranjčević.
[edit] External links
- NK Zagreb Official Site (Croatian)
- White Angels supporters club (Croatian)
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