HŠK Građanski (Zemun)

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HŠK Građanski (Hrvatski športski klub "Građanski") was a football club from Zemun (nowadays Serbia). Local Croats from Zemun and other parts of Syrmia gathered around this club.

[edit] Name

Its name literally means Croatian Sports Club "Citizens' ".

[edit] History

This squad was founded before the Second World War.

It competed in the football championship of Independent State of Croatia.
After the end of Second World War, that circumstance was used as an excuse of anti-Croat circles in the Yugoslav communist leadership to ban the work of this football club and disband it, as it was the case with other clubs that competed in the championship of Independent State of Croatia.

In the championship of Croatia in 1942., club took the 4th place in the group C.

In the unfinished Croatian championship 1944., in the group stage, Građanski was the vicechampion of Zemun. In the play-offs, Građanski beat the group champion Zemun. In the provincial group, the competition format was cup-system. Građanski lost from Borovo in the semi-finals.