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| Full name | Nogometni klub Neretva Metković | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nickname(s) | The Blue-Whites | |||
| Founded | 1919; 106 years ago (1919) 2017 (refounded) | |||
| Ground | Igralište iza Vage | |||
| Capacity | 3,000 | |||
| President | Stanko Vidović | |||
| Head coach | Goran Galov | |||
| League | 3. NL – South | |||
Nogometni klub Neretva Metković (English:Neretva Football Club), commonly referred to asNK Neretva or simplyNeretva, is aCroatian professionalfootball club based in the town ofMetković, in the region ofDubrovnik-Neretva County. The club's first name wasNK Narona. On 9 November 1945, in accordance with the state provision forbidding clubs from bearing foreign names, its name was changed to NK Neretva. Neretva reached theCroatian first league in the1994–95 season.
The club's supporters are known as theBlue White Killers (BWK). NK Neretva plays its home matches atIgralište iza Vage, which has a capacity of 3,000. They were briefly dissolved in 2017 for financial reasons.[1] However, in July that year, a new club was re-formed under the same name.
Neretva contest the "El Clasico" with local rivalsNK Neretvanac Opuzen.[2]
| As of 2021 | GP | W | D | L |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All | 54 | 16 | 14 | 24 |
As of 2017, Neretva fielded a women's team in the top flight of Croatian football,ŽNK Neretva.[3] They finished 5th in the 2. HNL (Second Division) in 2016.[4]
| Season | League | Cup | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | Pos | ||
| 1992 | 2. HNL South | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 4th | |
| 1992–93 | 2. HNL South | 30 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 41 | 28 | 35 | 4th | R1 |
| 1993–94 | 2. HNL South | 30 | 22 | 7 | 0 | 60 | 15 | 51 | 1st ↑ | |
| 1994–95 | 1. HNL | 30 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 20 | 44 | 23 | 15th ↓ | |
| 1995–96 | 1. B HNL | 28 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 36 | 30 | 37 | 6th | R2 |
| 1996–97 | 1. B HNL | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 25 | 50 | 33 | 14th | |
| 1997–98 | 2. HNL South | 32 | 13 | 4 | 15 | 42 | 34 | 43 | 8th | |
| 1998–99 | 3. HNL South | 34 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 44 | 47 | 46 | 11th | PR |
| 1999–2000 | 3. HNL South | 29 | 14 | 6 | 9 | 46 | 39 | 48 | 4th | R2 |
| 2000–01 | 3. HNL South | 28 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 32 | 45 | 28 | 13th | |
| 2001–02 | 3. HNL South | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 38 | 41 | 39 | 11th | |
| 2002–03 | 3. HNL South | 28 | 13 | 6 | 9 | 42 | 36 | 45 | 4th | |
| 2003–04 | 3. HNL South | 30 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 31 | 34 | 37 | 12th | R2 |
| 2004–05 | 3. HNL South | 34 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 56 | 44 | 47 | 9th | |
| 2005–06 | 3. HNL South | 34 | 19 | 3 | 12 | 54 | 39 | 60 | 2nd | |
| 2006–07 | 3. HNL South | 34 | 16 | 3 | 15 | 48 | 54 | 51 | 6th | |
| 2007–08 | 3. HNL South | 34 | 13 | 4 | 17 | 36 | 59 | 43 | 10th | |
| 2008–09 | 3. HNL South | 34 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 39 | 54 | 38 | 14th | |
| 2009–10 | 3. HNL South | 32 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 37 | 52 | 38 | 14th | |
| 2010–11 | 3. HNL South | 34 | 13 | 6 | 15 | 37 | 53 | 45 | 13th | |
| 2011–12 | 3. HNL South | 34 | 14 | 5 | 15 | 58 | 64 | 47 | 10th | |
| 2012–13 | 3. HNL South | 34 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 48 | 37 | 43 | 12th | |
| 2013–14 | 3. HNL South | 34 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 29 | 29 | 45 | 6th | |
| 2014–15 | 3. HNL South | 34 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 53 | 57 | 46 | 7th | |
| 2015–16 | 3. HNL South | 34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 39 | 49 | 44 | 12th | |
| 2016–17 | 3. HNL South | 34 | 11 | 5 | 18 | 36 | 57 | 38 | 15th ↓ | |
