FK Drina Zvornik
Fudbalski klub Drina Zvornik (Serbian Cyrillic: Фудбалски клуб Дрина Зворник) is a professional association football club from the city of Zvornik that is situated Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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| Full name | Fudbalski klub Drina Zvornik | ||
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| Founded | 1945 | ||
| Ground | Gradski Stadion, Zvornik | ||
| Capacity | 3,000 | ||
| Chairman | Miodrag Jeftić | ||
| Manager | Miroslav Milanović | ||
| League | First League of RS | ||
| 2019–20 | Second League of RS (East), 2nd (invited to join the First League of RS) | ||
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The club competes in the First League of the Republika Srpska[1] and plays its home matches on the Gradski Stadion (City Stadium) in Zvornik, which has a capacity of 3,000 seats.
History
Football was first played in Zvornik a little bit after World War I. The first football match was played in 1924 between a team from Zvornik against visitors from Srebrenica. The first football club was formed in 1933 and named Zmaj od Noćaja. It represented the Serb community of the town. A year later, a Bosniak club named Sloga was formed so the city of Zvornik had two football clubs split between ethnic lines during the period of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, in between the First World War and Second World War. Just before the start of the Second World War the two clubs were dismembered, and a new club named Omladinac was formed.
Just after the end of the Second World War a new club, during the period of SFR Yugoslavia, FK Drina was formed. The first club president was Mr. Nikola Mastilica. The first match recorded by the press and probably the first match in competition was played on May 17, 1946, in Tuzla against FK Sloboda Tuzla. During the period of SFR Yugoslavia the club played mostly in lower national leagues.
During the 1990s, another team from Živinice also represented Drina Zvornik, but played in the Prva Liga Federacije Bosne i Hercegovine. With the break-up of Yugoslavia, in 1992, the Football Association of Republika Srpska was formed. FK Drina Zvornik was a member of the first league season in 1995–96 to be organised by the FAoRS. The league was divided into two groups and the club played in the First League – East. In this first season, the club was relegated, but after only one season the club became champions of the Second League – group Bijeljina, and was promoted into the First League of Republika Srpska in the 1997–98 season. The club suffered a relegation once more but would return to the First League once again in the 2002–03 season, this time staying in the league all the way up until 2010.[2] In the 2009–10 season, the club was league champions, and now being the First League of Republika Srpska part of the Bosnia and Herzegovina league system, the club achieved its greatest result ever and earned a promotion to the Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina. But soon after, it was relegated again to the First League of Republika Srpska, after finishing last in the 2010-11 season.
In 2013–14 Drina Zvornik finished first in the First League of Republika Srpska and was then again promoted to the Premier League.
Club seasons
Honours
League
- First League of the Republika Srpska:
- Winners (2): 2009–10, 2013–14
Players
Current squad
- As of 23 May 2023[3]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Notable players
For the list of former and current players with Wikipedia article, please see Category:FK Drina Zvornik players.
Coaching staff
| Manager |  Miroslav Milanović |
| Assistant manager |  Goran Skiljević |
| Goalkeeper coach | Dragan Aleksić |
| Doctor | Dr. Predrag Nikolić |
| Physiotherapist | Anđelko Cvjetinović |
Club management
| President | Jelenko Vasić |
| Director | Dragan Marković |
| Sporting director | Milan Đokić |
| Secretary | Rade Vukić |
Historical list of coaches
- Darko Nestorović (2002–2003)
- Miroslav Milanović (2003–2004)
- Mladen Milinković (2004–2006)
- Mile Lazarević (2006–2007)
- Mladen Milinković (2007–2009)
- Milan Gutović (2009)
- Miodrag Radović (2010)
- Miroslav Milanović (Jul 2010 - Sep 2010)[4]
- Darko Vojvodić (September 20, 2010 – March 13, 2011)[5]
- Milenko Milošević & Svetozar Vukašinović (2011)[5]
- Dragan Mićić (March 25, 2011 – March 22, 2015)[5]
- Vladica Petrović (July 8, 2015 – October 2, 2015)[6]
- Cvijetin Blagojević (February 21, 2016 – May 17, 2016)[7]
- Mile Lazarević (June 1, 2016 – June 14, 2017)
- Veljko Cvijetinović (Jul 2017 – Sep 2018)
- Milenko Bošnjaković (December 13, 2018 – March 17, 2019)[8]
- Aleksandar Vasić (March 26, 2019 – June 30, 2019)
- Miroslav Milanović (Nov 2019 - Oct 2020)
- Bratislav Tešić (Aug 2020 - )
References
- Vladimir Grbić (3 July 2020). "Poznati svi učesnici Prve lige RS u fudbalu" (in Bosnian). nezavisne.com. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
- Istorija kluba Archived 2010-08-11 at the Wayback Machine at official site.
- "DRINA FUDBAL / MUŠKARCI". SportDC. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
- Milanović: Dobar bi bio i bod - SportSport (in Bosnian)
- Dragan Mićić novi trener Drine at SportSport.ba, 25-3-2011, retrieved 12-12-2014
- "Bosnian team sack manager on club's Facebook page". BBC Sport. BBC. 2 October 2015. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
- Trener koji je iznenadio Slobodu Cvijetin Blagojević dobio otkaz u Drini - Klix (in Bosnian)
- Milenko Bošnjaković novi trener FK Drina Zvornik - SportSport (in Bosnian)
External sources
- Official site (in Bosnian)
- Blog about the club.