NK Marsonia 1909 is a

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n professional

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club based in the city of

Slavonski Brod Slavonski Brod (, ), commonly shortened to simply Brod, is a city in eastern Croatia, near the border with Bosnia and Herzegovina. Being one of the principal cities in the historical regions of Slavonia and Posavina, Slavonski Brod is the 7th lar ...

. Before merger with

NK Marsonia NK Marsonia is a Croatian football club based in the city of Slavonski Brod. They currently play in the third division Treća HNL. NK Marsonia was founded in 1909. From 1945 to 1962 the club was called ''NK Radnički Brod'', and then ''BSK'' fro ...

in August 2011, the club was known under the name MV Croatia.

History

MV Croatia years

MV Croatia was founded in 1976 under the name Croatia Slavonski Brod. The club added the initials "MV" after the

Croatian War of Independence The Croatian War of Independence) and (rarely) "War in Krajina" ( sr-Cyrl-Latn, Рат у Крајини, Rat u Krajini) are used. was an armed conflict fought in Croatia from 1991 to 1995 between Croats, Croat forces loyal to the Governmen ...

to honor its two members Miroslav Marić and Ante Vrbat who lost their lives fighting the Serbian forces that tried to occupy the city of

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Formation of Marsonia 1909

On August 1, 2011, agreement was made of merging MV Croatia and

into one club that will take over the tradition of most successful and most beloved city's club (Marsonia) and will compete in Croatian second division according to MV Croatia's results. NK Marsonia will still continue to exist under the same name and it will serve as a reserve team of NK Marsonia 1909.

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