NK Široki Brijeg

Široki Brijeg

Full name	Nogometni klub Široki Brijeg
Nickname(s)	Plavi (The Blues)
Founded	1948
Ground	Pecara Stadium Široki Brijeg
Ground Capacity	5628
Chairman	Zlatan Mijo Jelić
Manager	Goran Sablić
League	Premier League BH
2016–17	Premier League BH, 7th
Home colours Away colours

Široki Brijeg vs. FC Banants on 9 July 2009

Nogometni klub Široki Brijeg (English: Football Club Široki Brijeg) is a professional football club, based in Široki Brijeg, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The club was founded in 1948 as Nogometni klub Borak and competed in local leagues. The club was renamed several times until 1995 when it got its present-day name. Široki Brijeg experienced its greatest successes in the 1990s and onwards. The club has won the First League of Herzeg-Bosnia five times and is the most successful club of the competition. Since 2000, Široki Brijeg plays in the Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the country's top division, which they won two times, as well as three Bosnia and Herzegovina Football Cups. They play on the Pecara Stadium with a capacity of 7,000 seats. The club also has a fully equipped sports and recreational center outside the town which is used as training grounds for the team.

History

Until 1991 the club competed in the Yugoslav league system under the name of NK Mladost Lištica.^[1]

Colours and badge

The club wears blue and white striped jerseys at home while away the team has a white kit. The club's crest features a football bordered by the club's name and topped with the Croatian chequy.

Fans

Škripari is the organisation of football supporters of the Croat-backed club NK Široki Brijeg. They also support Široki Brijeg's other sport clubs, primarily HKK Široki in basketball.

Current squad

As of 6 July 2017^[2]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Luka Bilobrk 4 MF Danijel Kožul 5 DF Bernardo Matić (on loan from HNK Rijeka) 6 DF Josip Barišić 7 DF Dino Ćorić 9 FW Dejan Čabraja 10 MF Jure Ivanković 11 MF Ivan Baraban 12 GK Nikola Marić 14 MF Mateo Marić 15 MF Wagner (Captain) 16 MF Josip Ćorluka

No. Position Player 17 MF Luka Menalo 18 DF Ivan Miličević 20 MF Luka Grubišić 21 FW Stipe Jurić 22 MF Josip Ćorić (on loan from NK Lokomotiva) 23 GK Martin Zlomislić 24 MF Stjepan Lončar 27 MF Luka Begonja (on loan from NK Lokomotiva) 28 DF Slavko Bralić 29 FW Ivan Krstanović 32 DF Toni Nikić 33 DF Stipo Marković

Coaching staff

Staff	Job title
Goran Sablić	Manager
Mario Bazina	Assistant Manager
Nikola Marić	Goalkeeping Coach
Damir Crnjac	Condition coach
Dalibor Šilić	Sports director
Damir Kutle	Technical director
Dragan Mijatović	Physiotherapist
Zoran Bilać	Gunsmith
Vlatko Krešić	Doctor

Honours

Široki won two Bosnia and Herzegovina championships as well as five First League of Herzeg-Bosnia championships that served as the top football league for Croat clubs in Bosnia and Herzegovina until merger into Premier League in 2000. The club also won one Bosnia and Herzegovina Football Cup title in 2007. In the following table defunct competitions are indicated in italics.

Domestic

League

• Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina:
  • Winners (2): 2003–04, 2005–06
  • Runners-up (5): 2001–02, 2007–08, 2009–10, 2011–12, 2013–14
• First League of Herzeg-Bosnia:
  • Winners (5): 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98
  • Runners-up (1): 1998-99

Cups

• Bosnia and Herzegovina Cup:
  • Winners (3): 2006-07, 2012-13, 2016-17
  • Runners-up (4): 2004-05, 2005-06, 2011-12, 2014-15
• Herzeg-Bosnia Cup:
  • Runners-up (3): 1995-96, 1997-98, 1998-99

European record

Summary

Source: uefa.com, Last updated on 20 July 2017.
Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against

By result

Last updated: 20 July 2017.

By season

Season	Competition	Round	Opponent	Home	Away	Agg.
2002–03	UEFA Cup	QR	Senec	3–0	2–1	5–1
		R1	Sparta Prague	0–1	0–3	0–4
2004–05	UEFA Champions League	QR1	Neftchi Baku	2–1	0–1	2–2 (a)
2005–06	UEFA Cup	QR1	Teuta	3–0	1–3	4–3
		QR2	Zeta	4–2	1–0	5–2
		R1	Basel	0–1	0–5	0–6
2006–07	UEFA Champions League	QR1	Shakhtyor	1–0	1–0	2–0
		QR2	Hearts	0–0	0–3	0–3
2007–08	UEFA Cup	QR1	Koper	3–1	3–2	6–3
		QR2	Hapoel Tel Aviv	0–3	0–3	0–6
2008–09	UEFA Cup	QR1	Partizani Tirana	0–0	3–1	3–1
		QR2	Beşiktaş	1–2	0–4	1–6
2009–10	UEFA Europa League	QR1	Banants	0–1	2–0	2–1
		QR2	Sturm Graz	1–1	1–2	2–3
2010–11	UEFA Europa League	QR1	Olimpija Ljubljana	3–0	2–0	5–0
		QR2	Austria Wien	0–1	2–2	2–3
2011–12	UEFA Europa League	QR1	Olimpija Ljubljana	0–0	0–3	0–3
2012–13	UEFA Europa League	QR2	St Patrick's Athletic	1–1	1–2 (aet)	2–3
2013–14	UEFA Europa League	QR2	Irtysh Pavlodar	2–0	2–3	4–3
		QR3	Udinese	1–3	0–4	1–7
2014–15	UEFA Europa League	QR1	Gabala	3–0	2–0	5–0
		QR2	Mladá Boleslav	0–4	1–2	1–6
2016–17	UEFA Europa League	QR1	Birkirkara	1–1	0–2	1–3
2017–18	UEFA Europa League	QR1	Ordabasy	2–0	0–0	2–0
		QR2	Aberdeen	0–2	1–1	1–3

UEFA Team Ranking 2015/2016

Rank	Team	Points
312	Irtysh Pavlodar	3.825
313	Tobol	3.825
314	Breiðablik	3.750
315	Široki Brijeg	3.675
316	Beroe Stara Zagora	3.625
317	Domžale	3.625
318	Lokomotiv Sofia	3.625

As of 6 Juny 2016. Source

Managers

• Zoran Bubalo (July 1, 2005 – June 30, 2006)
• Miroslav Buljan
• Ivica Kalinić (2006–2007)
• Toni Karačić (Aug 27, 2007 – June 30, 2009)
• Mario Ćutuk (Sept 4, 2007 – May 13, 2008)
• Ivan Katalinić (July 1, 2008 – June 1, 2009)
• Ivica Barbarić (June 4, 2009 – Aug 29, 2009)
• Toni Karačić (Aug 30, 2009 – May 26, 2010)
• Ivo Ištuk (May 27, 2010 – March 13, 2011)
• Blaž Slišković (March 24, 2011 – June 4, 2011)
• Mario Ćutuk (June 4, 2011 – July 9, 2011)
• Branko Karačić (July 9, 2011 – March 19, 2012)
• Marijan Bloudek (March 20, 2012 – Aug 6, 2012)
• Anto Kokić (interim) (Aug 6, 2012 – Aug 13, 2012)
• Davor Mladina
• Slaven Musa (Aug 13, 2012 – April 19, 2015)

References

External links

• Official website (in Croatian)
• NK Široki Brijeg at UEFA