NK Široki Brijeg

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Široki Brijeg
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Full nameNogometni klub Široki Brijeg
Nickname(s)Plavi (The Blues)
Founded1948; 73 years ago (1948)
GroundPecara Stadium,
Široki Brijeg
Capacity7,000
ChairmanMiro Kraljević
ManagerJure Ivanković
LeaguePremier League BH
2020–21Premier League BH, 4th
WebsiteClub website

Nogometni klub Široki Brijeg (English: Široki Brijeg Football Club) is a professional association football club from the city of Široki Brijeg, that is situated in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Currently, Široki Brijeg plays in the Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina and plays its home matches on Pecara Stadium which 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[]

Široki Brijeg vs. FC Urartu on 9 July 2009

The club was founded in 1948 as Nogometni klub Borak and competed in local leagues. Until 1991, it competed in the Yugoslav league system under the name of NK Mladost Lištica.[1]

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, now defunct, 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.[2]

Since 2002, the club has also, almost non stop been present in many UEFA competitions, most notably the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League. However, Široki Brijeg still hasn't competed in the group stages of both mentioned competitions.[3]

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[]

Main article: Škripari

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.

Some ultras espouse nationalist and right-wing sentiments.[4][5]

Players[]

Current squad[]

As of 28 August 2021[6]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
2 DF Croatia CRO Marko Ravlija
3 MF Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH Kristijan Medić
4 DF Croatia CRO Jure Obšivač
5 DF Croatia CRO Tomislav Čuljak
6 MF Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH Ivan Grgić
7 MF Croatia CRO Nicholas Llanos
8 DF Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH Ilija Mašić
9 MF Croatia CRO Tonći Mujan
10 MF Croatia CRO Mijo Šabić
11 FW Croatia CRO Toni Kolega
12 GK Croatia CRO Dario Miškić
15 MF Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH Mato Stanić (Vice-captain)
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 DF Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH Teo Herceg
17 DF Croatia CRO Filip Brekalo
19 MF Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH Bože Vukoja
21 FW Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH Daniel Lukić
22 MF Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH Zvonimir Begić
23 GK Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH Josip Pehar
24 DF Croatia CRO Marko Jurić
26 DF Croatia CRO Božo Musa (Captain)
29 MF Croatia CRO Ivan Ikić
33 FW Germany GER Valentino Vujinović
42 MF Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH Marijan Ćavar

Players with multiple nationalities[]

Coaching staff[]

Staff Job title
Bosnia and Herzegovina Jure Ivanković Manager
Croatia Stanko Bubalo Assistant coach
Bosnia and Herzegovina Vlado Hrkać Assistant coach
Bosnia and Herzegovina Nenad Džidić Goalkeeping coach
Vacant Fitness coach
Bosnia and Herzegovina Dragan Mijatović Physiotherapist
Bosnia and Herzegovina Grgo Sesar Physiotherapist
Bosnia and Herzegovina Alen Brekalo Doctor
Bosnia and Herzegovina Zoran Bilać Gunsmith
Bosnia and Herzegovina Igor Lončar Gunsmith

Honours[]

Široki Brijeg has so far won two Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina titles 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 the merger into the Premier League in 2000. The club has also won three Bosnia and Herzegovina Football Cup titles, the most recent one being in the 2016–17 season.

Domestic[]

League[]

Cups[]

European record[]

Summary[]

Competition Pld W D L GF GA Last season played
Champions League 6 3 1 2 4 5 2006–07
UEFA Cup / Europa League 48 15 10 23 57 74 2019–20
UEFA Europa Conference League 2 1 0 1 3 4 2021–22
Total 56 19 13 26 64 83 —

Source:,[7] Last updated on 15 July 2021.
Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against

By result[]

Overall Pld W D L GF GA GD
Home 28 11 7 10 37 30 +7
Away 28 8 4 16 27 53 −26
Total 55 20 11 25 64 83 −19

Last updated: 15 July 2021.

By season[]

Season Competition Round Opponent Home Away Agg.
2002–03 UEFA Cup QR Slovakia Senec 3–0 2–1 5–1
R1 Czech Republic Sparta Prague 0–1 0–3 0–4
2004–05 Champions League QR1 Azerbaijan Neftçi 2–1 0–1 2–2 (a)
2005–06 UEFA Cup QR1 Albania Teuta 3–0 1–3 4–3
QR2 Serbia and Montenegro Zeta 4–2 1–0 5–2
R1 Switzerland Basel 0–1 0–5 0–6
2006–07 Champions League QR1 Belarus Shakhtyor Soligorsk 1–0 1–0 2–0
QR2 Scotland Heart of Midlothian 0–0 0–3 0–3
2007–08 UEFA Cup QR1 Slovenia Koper 3–1 3–2 6–3
QR2 Israel Hapoel Tel Aviv 0–3 0–3 0–6
2008–09 UEFA Cup QR1 Albania Partizani 0–0 3–1 3–1
QR2 Turkey Beşiktaş 1–2 0–4 1–6
2009–10 Europa League QR1 Armenia Urartu 0–1 2–0 2–1
QR2 Austria Sturm Graz 1–1 1–2 2–3
2010–11 Europa League QR1 Slovenia Olimpija Ljubljana 3–0 2–0 5–0
QR2 Austria Austria Wien 0–1 2–2 2–3
2011–12 Europa League QR1 Slovenia Olimpija Ljubljana 0–0 0–3 0–3
2012–13 Europa League QR2 Republic of Ireland St Patrick's Athletic 1–1 1–2 (a.e.t.) 2–3
2013–14 Europa League QR2 Kazakhstan Irtysh Pavlodar 2–0 2–3 4–3
QR3 Italy Udinese 1–3 0–4 1–7
2014–15 Europa League QR1 Azerbaijan Gabala 3–0 2–0 5–0
QR2 Czech Republic Mladá Boleslav 0–4 1–2 1–6
2016–17 Europa League QR1 Malta Birkirkara 1–1 0–2 1–3
2017–18 Europa League QR1 Kazakhstan Ordabasy 2–0 0–0 2–0
QR2 Scotland Aberdeen 0–2 1–1 1–3
2018–19 Europa League QR1 Slovenia Domžale 2−2 1–1 3–3 (a)
2019–20 Europa League QR1 Kazakhstan Kairat 1–2 1–2 2–4
2021–22 Conference League QR1 Albania Vllaznia 3–1 0–3 3–4

Club ranking[]

UEFA coefficient[]

2020–21 season[]

Rank Team Points
340 Northern Ireland Coleraine 2.750
341 San Marino Tre Penne 2.750
342 Estonia Levadia Tallinn 2.750
343 Bosnia and Herzegovina Široki Brijeg 2.750
344 Faroe Islands Víkingur Gøta 2.750
345 Slovakia Žilina 2.725
346 Slovakia Spartak Myjava 2.725

As of 17 December 2020. Source

Notable managers[]

Main article: List of NK Široki Brijeg managers
Slaven Musa won the 2012–13 Bosnian Cup with Široki Brijeg.
Dates Name Honours
2002–2004 Bosnia and Herzegovina Ivo Ištuk 2003–04 Bosnian Championship
2004–2006 Croatia Ivica Barbarić 2005–06 Bosnian Championship
2006–2007 Croatia Ivica Kalinić 2006−07 Bosnian Cup
2012–2015 Bosnia and Herzegovina Slaven Musa 2012–13 Bosnian Cup
2017–2018 Croatia Goran Sablić 2016–17 Bosnian Cup

References[]

  1. ^ Book: "Rođeni – Prvoligaške generacije 1952 – 1991" by Zoran Mrđenović, pag. 27
  2. ^ "Široki Brijeg storm to title". uefa.com. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
  3. ^ Krvavac, Fuad. "Siroki Brijeg set the standard". uefa.com. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
  4. ^ Dautbegović, M. (8 November 2010). "Nacizam ne smijemo tolerisati" [We must not tolerate Nazism]. BH FUDBAL (in Bosnian). Archived from the original on 11 November 2010.
  5. ^ FOTO/ Zbog neprimjerenog materijala na tribinama stadiona privremeno prekinut današnji prvenstveni susret osamnaestog kola Premijer lige BiH između Širokog Brijega i Zvijezde 09 Brgule, gostujući igrači se povukli u svlačionice! at sportskevijesti.com, 12-1-2019, retrieved 24-1-2021
  6. ^ "Prvi tim". nk-sirokibrijeg.com (in Croatian). Retrieved 28 August 2021.
  7. ^ uefa.com

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