Radnički nogometni klub Split ("Workers' Football Club of Split") commonly known as RNK Split, is a Croatian professional
football
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club based in the city of
Split
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Places
* Split, Croatia, the largest coastal city in Croatia
* Split Island, Canada, an island in the Hudson Bay
* Split Island, Falkland Islands
* Split Island, Fiji, better known as Hạfliua
Arts, enter ...
.
History
The club had a strong fanbase in the Split's
shipyard
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. The club was founded on 16 April 1912 as Anarch, but has had several names like Borac, Jug, HAŠK, Dalmatinac, and Arsenal since then.
During the
Spanish Civil War
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, RNK Split organized an unsuccessful expedition of his volunteers for the fight on the side of the anti-fascist coalition against
Francisco Franco
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's forces.
In
World War II
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, the club became well known because 120 of its players were killed fighting on the side of
Josip Broz Tito
Josip Broz ( sh-Cyrl, Јосип Броз, ; 7 May 1892 – 4 May 1980), commonly known as Tito ( ; , ), was a Yugoslavia, Yugoslav communist revolutionary and politician who served in various positions of national leadership from 1943 unti ...
's
Partisans
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** Francs-tireurs et partisans, communist-led French anti-fascist resistance against Nazi Germany during WWII
** Itali ...
, fighting against Axis forces.
After achieving three consecutive promotions from 2008 to 2010, the club went from playing in Croatia's fourth tier to playing in the
Croatian First League
The Hrvatska nogometna liga (; ), abbreviated as HNL and also known for sponsorship reasons as the SuperSport HNL, is a professional association football league in Croatia and the highest level of the Croatian football league system. Establish ...
, Croatia's top division.
In the team's first season in the top flight in the 2010–11 season, they achieved a very respectable third spot. Because of its finish that season, they qualified to play for Europe for the first time in the club's existence and entered into the
2011–12 UEFA Europa League
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second qualifying round where they met
Slovenia
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n side
Domžale
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. They won 5–2 on aggregate and in the third qualifying round they were drawn against
Premier League
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side
Fulham
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, whom they lost to 2–0 on aggregate.
In the 2014–15 season, the club managed to reach the Europa League playoff round after defeating
Mika
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* Mika (singer) (born 1983), Lebanese-born British singer-songwriter Michael Penniman, Jr.
* Mika (footba ...
,
Hapoel Be'er Sheva
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and
Chornomorets Odesa
FC Chornomorets Odesa ( ) is a Ukrainian professional football club based in Odesa, Ukraine.
According to the club's website, it was formed in 1936 as ''Dynamo'', but until 2002 it carried a logo with 1958 and 1959Italian Serie A side
Torino
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.
Crest and colours
Founded as ''HRŠD "Anarch"'', the club's first colors were black (the color of
Anarchists
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). HRŠD stood for ''Hrvatsko radničko športsko društvo'' (''Croatian Workingmen's Sports Society''). In 1933, as influence of "red" (
organized labour
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,
Social democrat
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and
Communist
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) youth grew stronger, the club changed its colors to all red and its name to ''Radnički nogometni klub Split'' (''Workingmen's Football Club Split'').
During
SFR Yugoslavia
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RNK Split played in the top football division four times, but did not win a Championship or Cup title. The biggest success in the Yugoslav Cup was in the season of 1960–61, when they lost in the semi-finals against the Macedonian team
Vardar
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Croatian Football Cup
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Runners-up (1):
**2014–15
*
Yugoslav Second League
Yugoslav Second League ( Bosnian: ''Druga savezna liga,'' Croatian: ''Druga savezna liga'', Serbian: ''Друга савезна лига'', Slovenian: ''Druga zvezna liga'', Macedonian: ''Втора сојузна лига'', ''Vtora sojuzna l ...
Croatian Republic Football League
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*P = Played
*W = Games won
*D = Games drawn
*L = Games lost
*F = Goals for
*A = Goals against
*Pts = Points
*Pos = Final position
*1. HNL =
Croatian First League
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Split-Dalmatia
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Split-Dalmatia ...
Source uefa.com Last updated on 28 August 2014 Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against
By result
By season
Historical list of managers
*
Luka Kaliterna
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See also
* Fabj ...
Luka Kaliterna
Luka Kaliterna (13 October 1893 – 25 February 1984) was a Croatian football player and manager who played as a goalkeeper. Born in Split, he spent vast majority of his career with Split clubs Hajduk Split and RNK Split.
See also
* Fabj ...
Luka Kaliterna
Luka Kaliterna (13 October 1893 – 25 February 1984) was a Croatian football player and manager who played as a goalkeeper. Born in Split, he spent vast majority of his career with Split clubs Hajduk Split and RNK Split.
See also
* Fabj ...
(1966–67)
*
Tomislav Ivić
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(1967–68)
*
Ljubomir Kokeza
Ljubomir "Ljubo" Kokeza (15 May 1920 in Split, Croatia, Split – 22 August 1992) was a Croatian Association football, football player who played for Hajduk Split and Yugoslavia in the 1940s and 1950s.
Playing career Club
Ljubomir Kokeza was no ...
(1968)
*
Stanko Poklepović
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Poklepović managed a number of teams over 46 years, ...
(1969)
*
Ljubomir Kokeza
Ljubomir "Ljubo" Kokeza (15 May 1920 in Split, Croatia, Split – 22 August 1992) was a Croatian Association football, football player who played for Hajduk Split and Yugoslavia in the 1940s and 1950s.
Playing career Club
Ljubomir Kokeza was no ...
(1970–71)
*
Stanko Poklepović
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Poklepović managed a number of teams over 46 years, ...
Zlatko Papec
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Club career
He began his career playing as a left winger at Zagreb's Lokomotiva, at the time when the club was a regular member of the Yugoslav First League, and w ...
(1978–80)
*
Vladimir Beara
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(1980–81)
*
Zlatko Papec
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Club career
He began his career playing as a left winger at Zagreb's Lokomotiva, at the time when the club was a regular member of the Yugoslav First League, and w ...
(1981–82)
*
Vinko Begović
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Managerial career
He has previously served as head coach of several clubs namely Foolad F.C., Foolad, Persepolis F.C., Persepolis and P ...
Vjeran Simunić
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Playing career
Simunić started his playing career in Hajduk Split in the ...
Tonči Bašić
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(2009–10)
*
Ivan Katalinić
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(2010–11)
*
Tonči Bašić
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(2011–12)
*
Zoran Vulić
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(2012–13)
*
Goran Sablić
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He spent most of his career in Croatia, playing for Hajduk Split and has also play ...
''(interim)'' (2013)
*
Stanko Mršić
Stanko Mršić (born 12 September 1955) is a Croatian professional football manager and former player.
Managerial career
Mršić began his managerial career at Cibalia in 1993 and since then he also has managed other 1. HNL clubs, among them Z ...
(2013–14)
*
Ivan Matić
Ivan Matić (born 30 April 1971) is a retired Croatian professional footballer and manager, who last managed NK Solin.
Club career
Matić began his career in the Yugoslav First League with Hajduk Split. He had a spell with Chaves in the Portug ...
(2014)
*
Zoran Vulić
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(2014–15)
*
Goran Sablić
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He spent most of his career in Croatia, playing for Hajduk Split and has also play ...
Bruno Akrapović
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Club career
Starting his career in his native Bosnia and Herzegovina, at the time part of Yugoslavia, Akrapović spent the majority of his c ...
UEFA.com
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