| Full name | Gabeoski Omladinski Športski Klub (Gabela's Youth Sports Club) | ||
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| Nickname | Plavi lavovi (The Blue Lions) | ||
| Short name | GOŠK | ||
| Founded | 1919; 107 years ago (1919) | ||
| Ground | Stadium Perica-Pero Pavlović[1] | ||
| Capacity | 3,000 | ||
| Chairman | Lujo Ilić | ||
| Manager | Jure Obšivač | ||
| League | First League of FBiH | ||
| 2024–25 | Premier League BH, 11th of 12 (relegated) | ||
| Website | www | ||
Nogometni Klub GOŠK Gabela is a professionalfootball club based inGabela,Bosnia and Herzegovina. The name GOŠK inCroatian, is the abbreviation of "Gabeoski Omladinski Športski Klub" (lit. 'Gabela Youth Sports Club'). Currently, the club competes in theFirst League of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Their home ground is theStadium Perica-Pero Pavlović (earlier called "Podavala" andErar) in Gabela which can hold about 3,000 people.GNK Dinamo Zagreb donated 5,000 chairs to the club.
Their supporters are known as the Blue Lions (Plavi lavovi). They were founded in 2001.
The first ball inGabela was brought by Andrija Korda and Vidan Krvavac in 1919, fromMostar.[2]
1941–45 the club was dissolved because ofWorld 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 gradual improvement in competitive results. Gabela ranked among the most popular sports village in the formerYugoslavia.In theSocialist 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).[3]
In the 1990s, GOŠK played in theFirst League of Herzeg-Bosnia, between 2001 and 2003 in theSecond League of FBiH, and between 2003 and 2011 in theFirst League of FBiH. In the2010–11 season, GOŠK won 1st place in the First League of FBiH and got promoted to thePremier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the elite football league in the country. They managed to repeat that achievement in the2016–17 season and played in the Bosnian Premier League until the2018–19 season when the club finished last in 12th place and got relegated back to the First League of FBiH.[4] GOŠK was promoted back to the Premier League in the2022–23 First League of FBiH season.[5]
Former names[6]
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InSocialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia:
| Season | League | Place |
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| 1966–67 | Yugoslav Third League (Dubrovnik zone)[8] | 12th ↓ |
| 1963–64 | Yugoslav Third League (Mostar zone)[9] | 12th ↓ |
| 1961–62 | Yugoslav Third League (Mostar zone)[10] | 11th ↓ |
| Season | National Cup | Place |
|---|---|---|
| 2024–25 | Bosnian Cup | 1/8 final |
| 2023–24 | Bosnian Cup | 1/8 final |
| 2021–22 | Bosnian Cup | 1/16 final |
| 2020–21 | Bosnian Cup | 1/16 final |
| 2019–20 | Bosnian Cup | 1/2 final |
| 2018–19 | Bosnian Cup | 1/8 final |
| 2017–18 | Bosnian Cup | 1/8 final |
| 2016–17 | Bosnian Cup | 1/16 final |
| 2015–16 | Bosnian Cup | 1/8 final |
| 2012–13 | Bosnian Cup | 1/4 final |
| 2011–12 | Bosnian Cup | 1/8 final |
| 2010–11 | Bosnian Cup | 1/16 final |
| 2008–09 | Bosnian Cup | 1/8 final |
Cadets andjuniors play in the Youth Premier League.Pioneers andprior to pioneers play in the Youth Leagues of theHerzegovina-Neretva Canton.
Every year since 1986, GOŠK host a memorial tournament in the name of Andrija Anković, in which teams such asGNK Dinamo Zagreb,HNK Hajduk Split,NK Široki Brijeg andHŠK Zrinjski Mostar usually play in.