| Full name | Fudbalski klub Sutjeska Foča | ||
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| Founded | 23 February 1946; 79 years ago (1946-02-23) | ||
| Ground | Gradski stadion,Foča | ||
| Capacity | 4,000 | ||
| Chairman | Radenko Vasiljević | ||
| Manager | Duško Rašević | ||
| League | First League of RS | ||
| 2023–24 | First League of RS, 10th | ||
Fudbalski klub Sutjeska Foča (Serbian Cyrillic:Фудбалски клуб Cутjecкa Фoчa) is a professionalassociation football club based in the town ofFoča that is situated in southernBosnia and Herzegovina.
Sutjeska currently plays in theFirst League of the Republika Srpska.[1] The club plays its home matches at the Foča City Stadium, which has a capacity of 4,000 seats.
The first football clubs in Foča wereGraničar andSloga founded in 1920. In 1925 Sloga was merged into Graničar. In 1927 a club namedJugović was formed and in 1930 it will also be merged into Graničar. Graničar will become one of the most active clubs inPodrinje region.[2] The stadium of Graničar was located in the same place were the current Gradski Stadion is located.
In 1946, after the end of the Second World War, FK Sutjeska is founded, and it is named after theBattle of Sutjeska in which numerous players of Graničar lost their lives fighting against the Axis forces.[2] The club will play in regional levels all the way until the late 1970s, when coached by Maglalija, they will be promoted to the Bosnia and Herzegovina Republic League (one of Yugoslav third levels at the time) for the season 1979–80. However in their first season they will be relegated and will stay in regional leagues all the way until the start of theYugoslav Wars in the early 1990s.[2]
Numerous club players had spells in major Yugoslav and foreign clubs:Miroslav Visočki,Refik Muftić,Stole Blagojević,Ekrem Maglalija,Faruk Hadžimešić,Rasim Ahmetović,Miloš Nedić andPredrag Koprivica all played inFK Sarajevo, while in their city rivalsFK Željezničar Sarajevo playedDragan Popadić,Josip Šimović,Rade Paprica,Duško Ivanović,Zoran Paprica andRadmilo Mihajlović; in Belgrade'sFK Partizan playedMladen Furtula andRešad Kunovac; inNK Čelik Zenica played Vušković, Mojović and Živković; while inHNK Hajduk Split playedRanko Sekulić. Radmilo Mihajlović later played in Germany withSchalke 04 andBayern Munich, Refik Muftić in AustrianSturm Graz, andMladen Furtula andRade Paprica in GreekPAOK.[2]
The war in Bosnia started in 1992 and all football competitions were abandoned. However by mid-1993 a group of enthusiasts led by Rada Šobota organised the first football cup in entireRepublika Srpska and it was played in the stadium of Sutjeska. Among other local teams,FK Sutjeska Nikšić from the neighbouringFR Yugoslavia also participated, being that considered the first international visit in the Republika Srpska after the start of the war.[2]
In the season 1995–96 Sutjeska played in theSecond League of the Republika Srpska and by finishing second it qualified for theFirst League of the Republika Srpska play-offs. There, they meat FK Željezničar fromIstočno Sarajevo and after losing 3–1 away, Sutjeska won in Foča by 7–3 thus grabbing a spot in the next RS first league season. However, they will only play one season in the top tier of RS, as they ended up relegated at the end of the season.[2]
In the season2006–07 Sutjeska returned to theFirst League of the Republika Srpska, now being a second tier of Bosnia and Herzegovina football league system, where it consistently played during the following seasons. It wasn't until the2018–19 season in which Sutjeske got relegated back to the Second League of RS.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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