NK GOŠK Gabela
Nogometni Klub GOŠK Gabela is a professional association football club based in Gabela, Čapljina that is situated in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The name GOŠK in Croatian means Gabeoski Omladinski Športski Klub (Gabela Youth Sports Club).
| Full name | Gabeoski Omladinski Športski Klub (Gabela's Youth Sports Club) | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Plavi Lavovi (Blue Lions) | ||
| Founded | 1919 | ||
| Ground | Stadium Perica-Pero Pavlović[1] | ||
| Capacity | 3,000 | ||
| Chairman | Lujo Ilić | ||
| Manager | Vule Trivunović | ||
| League | First League of FBiH | ||
| 2019–20 | First League of FBiH, 4th | ||
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In the season 2010–11, GOŠK won 1st place in the First League of FBiH and got promoted to the Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the elite football league in Bosnia and Herzegovina. They managed to repeat that achievement in the 2016–17 season and played in the Bosnian Premier League until the 2018–19 season when the club finished last on 12th place and got relegated back to the First League of FBiH.[2]
Their home ground is the Stadium Perica-Pero Pavlović (until recently called "Podavala" – old name Erar) in Gabela which can hold about 3,000 people. GNK Dinamo Zagreb donated 5,000 chairs to club.
Their supporters are known as the Blue Lions (Plavi Lavovi). They were founded in 2001.
History
The first ball in Gabela was brought by Andrija Korda and Vidan Krvavac in 1919, from Mostar.[3]
1941–45 the club was dissolved because of World War II. In 1948 the club was formed again. The club was named GOŠK after the recommendations of Milorad Mandrapa in 1958. Under the name GOŠK, the club achieved more and more better and important competitive results. Gabela ranked among the most popular sports village in the former Yugoslavia. In the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, GOŠK mostly played in the Fourth Unfederal League (Mostar zone) in the seasons (1948–60, 1962–63, 1964–66, 1968–92) and three times in the Third League (1961–62, 1963–64, 1966–67).[4]
In the 1990s, the club played in the First League of Herzeg-Bosnia, between 2001 and 2003 in the Second League of FBiH, between 2003 and 2011 in the First League of FBiH, 2011–13 Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2013–17 First League of FBiH, 2017–19 Bosnian Premier League and currently, since 2019, the First League of FBiH.
Former names[5]
- 1919–26 – FK Zmaj
- 1926–35 – FK Seljačka Sloga
- 1935–41 – Seljački športski klub (ŠSK)
- 1948–49 – NK Zmaj
- 1949–58 – NK Sloga
- 1958–today – GOŠK Gabela
Honours
Domestic
League
- First League of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina:
- Second League of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina:
- Winners (1): 2002–03 (south)
Players
Current squad
- As of 3 August 2020
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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From youth team
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Places in Leagues and Cups
In Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia:
| Season | League | Place |
| 1966–67 | Yugoslav Third League (Dubrovnik zone)[6] | 12th ↓ |
| 1963–64 | Yugoslav Third League (Mostar zone)[7] | 12th ↓ |
| 1961–62 | Yugoslav Third League (Mostar zone)[8] | 11th ↓ |
| Season | National Cup | Place |
| 2019–20 | Bosnia and Herzegovina Football Cup | 1/2 final |
| 2018–19 | Bosnia and Herzegovina Football Cup | 1/8 final |
| 2017–18 | Bosnia and Herzegovina Football Cup | 1/8 final |
| 2016–17 | Bosnia and Herzegovina Football Cup | 1/16 final |
| 2015–16 | Bosnia and Herzegovina Football Cup | 1/8 final |
| 2012–13 | Bosnia and Herzegovina Football Cup | 1/4 final |
| 2011–12 | Bosnia and Herzegovina Football Cup | 1/8 final |
| 2010–11 | Bosnia and Herzegovina Football Cup | 1/16 final |
| 2008–09 | Bosnia and Herzegovina Football Cup | 1/8 final |
Young categories
Cadets and juniors play in the Youth Premier League. Pioneers and prior to pioneers play in the Youth Leagues of the Herzegovina-Neretva Canton.
Andrija Anković Memorial Tournament
Every year since 1986, in Gabela, GOŠK host a memorial tournament in the name of Andrija Anković in which teams such as GNK Dinamo Zagreb, HNK Hajduk Split, NK Široki Brijeg and HŠK Zrinjski Mostar usually play in.
Managerial history
References
- Stadion u Gabeli dobija ime po Peri Pavloviću at sportsport.ba, 12 December 2016
- A. Čaušević (27 April 2019). "Zeničani i dalje sanjaju Evropu: Čelik upisao važnu pobjedu protiv GOŠK-a" (in Bosnian). sportsport.ba. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
- History of GOŠK part I Archived 2012-08-29 at the Wayback Machine
- History of GOŠK part II Archived 2012-08-29 at the Wayback Machine
- History of GOŠK part III Archived 2012-08-29 at the Wayback Machine
- Yugoslav leagues Archived 2009-02-09 at the Wayback Machine
- Yugoslav leagues Archived 2009-02-09 at the Wayback Machine
- Yugoslav leagues Archived 2009-02-09 at the Wayback Machine
External links
- NK GOŠK Gabela at Soccerway