RNK Split
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| RNK Split | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Full name | RNK Split | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nickname(s) | reds | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Founded | 1912 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ground | Park Mladeži (Capacity 10,000) |
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| Chairman | ? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Manager | Stipe Milardović | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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RNK Split (Radnički nogometni klub "Split") is a Croatian football club based in the city of Split.
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[edit] Name
Radnički nogometni klub means "Workers' football club".
The club was known as workers' club. The club had a strong fanbase in the Split's shipyard. Club was found 16.04.1912. as Anarch , but has several names too: Borac, Jug, HAŠK, Dalmatinac, Arsenal
During Spanish Civil War, RNK Split organized an unsuccessful expedition of his volunteers for the fight on the side of the anti-fascist coalition against Franco's forces.
In WW2, the club became known, because of fact that 120 of players of this club were killed fighiting on the side Tito's partisans, fighting against Axis forces.
[edit] Logo and colours
Found as "Anarch" first colors were black, but as influence of "red" youth got stronger in 1933 the club has changed its colors to all red and its name to RNK Split. During SFR Yugoslavia RNK Split played 4 times in the top football division, without winning a Championship or Cup title.
[edit] Famous players
Tonči Gulin- Aljoša Asanović
- Tonči Gabrić
Sergej Jakirović
Players that became famous as coaches:
[edit] External links
- (Croatian) Article in Slobodna Dalmacija U NOB-u poginulo 120 splitovaca
