NK SAŠK Napredak is a
football club from
Sarajevo
Sarajevo ( ; cyrl, Сарајево, ; ''see names in other languages'') is the capital and largest city of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with a population of 275,524 in its administrative limits. The Sarajevo metropolitan area including Sarajevo ...
,
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sh, / , ), abbreviated BiH () or B&H, sometimes called Bosnia–Herzegovina and often known informally as Bosnia, is a country at the crossroads of south and southeast Europe, located in the Balkans. Bosnia and H ...
. It came into existence in 2000 through the merger of SAŠK with NK Napredak.
SAŠK
SAŠK's history traces back to 1910 when it was founded as Hrvatski ŠK.
[Fudbal u Kraljevini Jugoslaviji, by Milorad Sijić, pag. 168] In 1919 it was renamed to Sarajevski amaterski športski klub (''Sarajevo Amateur Sports Club'') or SAŠK.
Along with
FK Slavija
Fudbalski klub Slavija Sarajevo (Serbian Cyrillic: Фудбалски клуб Славија Сарајево) is a professional association football club from the city of Istočno Sarajevo, Republika Srpska that is situated in Bosnia and Herze ...
, it is the club from Bosnia with most participations in the
Yugoslav First League
The Yugoslav First Federal Football League ( Serbian: Прва савезна лига у фудбалу / ''Prva savezna liga u fudbalu'', hr, Prva savezna liga u nogometu, sl, Prva zvezna nogometna liga, mk, Прва сојузна лига, ...
in the period before the star of Second World War. Its coaches in this period were Gal, Bevanda, Giljaković, Kražić, Ferigec, Koželuh and Ivan Kezić.
After
World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing ...
ended, SAŠK was banned by the authorities of
Communist Yugoslavia
The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, commonly referred to as SFR Yugoslavia or simply as Yugoslavia, was a country in Central and Southeast Europe. It emerged in 1945, following World War II, and lasted until 1992, with the breakup of Yugo ...
because of its participation in the
Croatian First League
The Hrvatska nogometna liga () ( en, Croatian football league), also known as HNL or for sponsorship reasons the SuperSport HNL, is the top Croatian professional football (soccer), football league competition, established in 1992. Previously, i ...
during the war in what was then
Axis-allied Croatia. SAŠK was re-founded in 1999.
Napredak
NK Napredak was formed in 1994 by the Croat cultural society of the same name.
Merge
Two teams merged in 2000 to form the current club.
Since the 2000/2001 season, the club has been in the
.
The club is part of
HKD Napredak
HKD Napredak ( hr, Hrvatsko kulturno društvo Napredak, meaning "Croat Cultural Society Napredak") is a cultural society of Croats of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
History
Napredak was formed as the "Croatian aid society for the needs of students in mi ...
(Croatian Cultural Society 'Progress'). It organizes a
futsal Futsal is a football-based game played on a hard court smaller than a football pitch, and mainly indoors. It has similarities to five-a-side football and indoor football.
Futsal is played between two teams of five players each, one of whom is ...
tournament around Christmas every year.
References
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SAŠK Napredak
Sport in Sarajevo
Association football clubs established in 1910
Croatian football clubs in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Football clubs in Bosnia and Herzegovina