RNK Split

RNK Split

Full name	Radnički nogometni klub Split
Nickname(s)	crveni (The Reds)
Founded	16 April 1912
Ground	Park Mladeži Stadium (Capacity: 4,075 seated[1])
Chairman	Slaven Žužul
Manager	Tonći Bašić
League	Prva HNL
2010–11	1. HNL, 3rd
Home colours Away colours
Current season

RNK Split (Radnički nogometni klub "Split") is a Croatian football club based in the city of Split.

History

Radnički nogometni klub means "Workers' football club".

The club was known as workers' club. The club had a strong fanbase in the Split's shipyard. The club was found 16 April 1912 as Anarch, but has had several names Borac, Jug, HAŠK, Dalmatinac, and Arsenal.

During the Spanish Civil War, RNK Split organized an unsuccessful expedition of his volunteers for the fight on the side of the anti-fascist coalition against Francisco Franco's forces.

In World War II, the club became well-known because 120 of its players were killed fighting on the side Josip Broz Tito's Partisans, fighting against Axis forces.

After achieving four consecutive promotions, the club went from playing in Croatia's fourth tier to playing in the Prva HNL, 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, just two points behind powerhouses and local rivals HNK Hajduk Split. Because of its finish that season, they qualified to play for Europe for the first time in the club's existence and entered directly into the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League second qualifying round were they met Slovenian side NK Domžale. They won 5-2 on aggregate and in the third qualifying round they were drawn against Premier League side Fulham, whom they lost to 2-0 on aggregate.

Logo and colours

Found as HRŠD "Anarch" first colors were black (the color of Anarchists), HRŠD stands for Hrvatsko radničko športsko društvo, "Croatian Workmens' Sport Society". As influence of "red" (organized labour, Social democrat and Communist) youth got stronger in 1933 the club has changed its colors to all red and its name to RNK Split, Radnički nogometni klub, "Workmens' Football Club". During SFR Yugoslavia RNK Split played four times in the top football division, without winning a Championship or Cup title. The biggest success in ex-Yugoslav Cup was in the season of 1960–61, when they lost in the semifinals against Macedonian squad Vardar in the game on Vardar's home stadium.

Club honours

• 2. HNL: Champions 2010
• 3. HNL South: Champions 2009
• 4. HNL South: Champions 2008

Current squad

As of 5 November 2011

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Andrija Vuković 2 DF Goran Radnić 4 MF Igor Budiša 5 DF Velimir Vidić 6 MF Predrag Šimić 8 MF Ante Vitaić 9 FW Ivan Baraban 10 MF Ante Žužul 11 FW Ante Rebić 12 GK Danijel Zagorac 13 DF Damir Rašić 14 DF Goran Milović 17 FW Mate Pehar

No. Position Player 18 MF Josip Serdarušić 21 FW Romano Obilinović 22 FW Ante Ćapin 24 MF Ante Erceg 25 DF Filip Marčić 26 MF Nino Galović 27 MF Frane Lojić 29 MF Marko Tešija 30 GK Tomislav Duka 32 FW Bojan Golubović 33 MF Mirko Hrgović 44 DF Ivica Križanac 90 FW Duje Čop

Recent seasons

Season	League									Cup	Other Competitions		Top goalscorer
	Division	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Pos				Player	Goals
1992	2. HNL S-D	14	8	4	2	19	8	20	3rd
1992–93	2. HNL South	30	17	10	3	58	15	44	2nd	R1
1993–94	2. HNL South	30	12	6	12	53	42	30	6th
1994–95	2. HNL South	32	15	10	7	51	34	55	4th	R2
1995–96	2. HNL South	30	10	10	10	51	34	40	7th
1996–97	2. HNL South	36	25	5	6	73	25	80	1st
1997–98	2. HNL South	32	21	5	6	52	19	68	1st	R2
1998–99	2. HNL	36	17	8	11	60	34	59	5th
1999–2000	2. HNL	32	6	8	18	29	68	26	15th ↓	R1
2000–01	3. HNL South	28	10	5	13	28	37	35	10th
2001–02	3. HNL South	30	12	4	14	55	48	40	9th
2002–03	3. HNL South	28	7	9	12	30	44	30	15th ↓
2003–04	1. ŽNL S-D	26	13	3	10	46	31	42	5th
2004–05	1. ŽNL S-D	32	12	10	10	52	41	46	7th
2005–06	1. ŽNL S-D	36	15	9	12	52	40	54	9th
2006–07	4. HNL South-A	28	12	6	10	46	34	42	2nd
2007–08	4. HNL South-A	30	21	4	5	87	25	67	1st ↑		Split-Dalmatia County Cup	SF	Antonio Milardović	21
2008–09	3. HNL South	34	23	8	3	79	20	77	1st ↑		Split-Dalmatia County Cup	W	Ante Žužul	28
2009–10	2. HNL	26	16	5	5	56	26	53	1st ↑	R1	Split-Dalmatia County Cup	RU	Ante Žužul	12
2010–11	1. HNL	30	16	5	9	38	22	53	3rd		Split-Dalmatia County Cup	W	Bojan Golubović	6

Key

1st	2nd	↑	↓
Champions	Runners-up	Promoted	Relegated

Top scorer shown in bold when he was also top scorer for the division.

P = Played W = Games won D = Games drawn L = Games lost F = Goals for A = Goals against Pts = Points Pos = Final position

1. HNL = Prva HNL 2. HNL = Druga HNL 3. HNL = Treća HNL 4. HNL = Četvrta HNL 1. ŽNL = Prva županijska liga S-D = Split-Dalmatia

R1 = Round 1 R2 = Round 2 QF = Quarter-finals SF = Semi-finals RU = Runners-up W = Winners

European record

Season	Competition	Round	Opponent	Home	Away	Agg.
2011–12	Europa League	QR2	Domžale	3–1	2–1	5–2
		QR3	Fulham	0–0	0–2	0–2

Notable players

• Tonći Gulin
• Aljoša Asanović
• Janko Janković
• Jurica Jerković
• Tonči Gabrić
• Ivica Vastić
• Nenad Pralija
• Ivica Križanac

Players that later became famous as coaches:

• Tomislav Ivić
• Stanko Poklepović
• Ante Mladinić

Notable coaches

• Franjo Glaser (1947)
• Nikola Gazdić
• Leo Lemešić (1933–1936)
• Luka Kaliterna (1940–1941, 1946–1947, 1954–1958, 1962, 1966–1967)
• Ivo Radovniković (1963–1964)
• Ozren Nedoklan (1965–1966)
• Tomislav Ivić (1967–1968)
• Stanko Poklepović (1969, 1971–1972)
• Jozo Matošić
• Frane Matošić
• Lenko Grčić (1972–1973)
• Ljubomir Kokeza
• Zlatko Papec
• Vladimir Beara (1980–1981)
• Mićun Jovanić (1991)
• Ivan Katalinić (2010–2011)

References

1. ^ Vulas, Frane (24 August 2010). "Cijeli će Split stati u Park mladeži" (in Croatian). Slobodna Dalmacija. http://www.slobodnadalmacija.hr/Nogomet/tabid/84/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/113438/Default.aspx. Retrieved 1 May 2011. 

External links

• Official website (Croatian)
• RNK Split at nogometni-magazin (Croatian)
• Article about club's history in Slobodna Dalmacija (Croatian)