Hajduk Split
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Hajduk is the one of two largest Croatian football clubs based in Split.
It was founded in famous U Fleků pub in Prague (then also a part of Austro-Hungarian Empire) by a group of students from Split (Fabijan Kaliterna, Lucijan Stella, Ivan Šakić and Vjekoslav Ivanišević). They went to the pub right after the match between Sparta and Slavia and liked the sport so much that they decided to bring the game to their Croatian hometown. The club was officially registered with the authorities on February 13, 1911. The name originates from the hajduks, romantic bandits that fought the Ottoman Turks.
Hajduk gathered the pro-Croat party of citizens of Split, Croat unionists or puntari. That's why the club specifically has the name "hrvatski nogometni klub" (Croat football club) and has Croat coat-of-arms in its logo. The club itself was a protest against Austro-Hungarian' government's policy of not allowing the unification of Croatian provinces and keeping them separated (the government and the emperor didn't allow reunion of Dalmatia with the rest of Croatia).
Hajduk kit is white shirt and blue shorts.
Hajduk won two Yugoslav (kingdom) championships, nine Yugoslav (socialist federal republic) championships, seven Croatian championships, as well as eight Yugoslav Cup titles , four Croatian Cups and six super cups.
Abroad, it played in the quarterfinals of the Champions Cup (now UEFA Champions League) three times, reached late stages of the Cup Winners' Cup twice, as well as twice in the UEFA Cup.
Hajduk's stadium is Poljud since 1979. Before that, Hajduk played its games on the stadium Kod stare plinare, "Stari plac", "Staro Hajdukovo". Before establishing that area for stadium, the area was known as "Kra'jeva njiva" and it was a part of the military camp.
The fans are called Torcida(since 1950) as they took their name after their idolized Brazilian fan groups, which are named torcidas, from the portuguese 'torcer', to cheer on. Supporters popularly call players of Hajduk bili (plural form of white in local dialect of Croat language) and are the oldest organized supporters' group in Europe. Hajduk is by far the most popular sport team in Dalmatia and an important part of the region' s identity, and there are also many Hajduk supporters throughout Croatia and the rest of the world. It is said that Hajduk has never played a single game anywhere in the world without at least a small group of Torcida in the stands.
Honours
- Championship:
- Croatia: 2004/05, 2003/04, 2000/01, 1994/95, 1993/94, 1991/92, 1946, 1940/41
- Yugoslavia: 1978/79, 1974/75, 1973/74, 1970/71, 1954/55, 1952, 1950, 1929, 1927
- Croatia: 2004/05, 2003/04, 2000/01, 1994/95, 1993/94, 1991/92, 1946, 1940/41
- Cup:
- Croatia: 2002/03, 1999/00, 1994/95, 1992/93,
- Yugoslavia: 1990/91, 1986/87, 1983/84, 1976/77, 1975/76, 1974, 1972/73, 1971/72, 1966/67
- Croatia: 2002/03, 1999/00, 1994/95, 1992/93,
- Super Cup:
- Croatia: 2005, 2004, 1995, 1994, 1993, 1992,
Season 2006/07
- Coach: Zoran Vulić
- President: Branko Grgić
- Chairman: Fredi Fiorentini
- Manager: Tomislav Erceg
Goalkeepers
- Vladimir Balić
- Darko Franić
- Zlatko Runje
Defenders
- Luka Vučko
- Vlatko Đolonga
- Igor Gal
- Igor Kralevski
- Darko Miladin
- Tonči Žilić
Midfielders
- Josip Balatinac
- Dario Damjanović
- Mirko Hrgović
- Niko Kranjčar
- Krešimir Makarin
- Filip Marčić
- Mate Selak
- Igor Musa
- Miklos Gaal
Forwards
- Dragan Blatnjak
- Tomislav Bušić
- Nikica Jelavić
- Nikola Kalinić
- Pablo Munhoz
External links
- [HNK Hajduk - Split -- Official Page] (Croatian)
- [Torcida Fan Site] (Croatian)
- [HNK Hajduk Unofficial Webpage] (English)
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