HNK Hajduk Split

croatian affiliation football club

football club
Hrvatski nogometni klub Hajduk Split, normally referred to as Hajduk Split ( croatian pronunciation : [ xǎjduːk splît ] ) or plainly Hajduk, is a croatian professional football club based in Split, that plays in the Croatian First League, the top tier in croatian football. Since 1979, the club ‘s home ground has been the 34,198-seat Stadion Poljud. The team ‘s traditional home colours are white shirts with blue shorts and blue socks.

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The idea to form a football clubhouse was started by group of Split students who were studying in Prague. After observing a game between Slavia and Sparta Prague, the group gathered at the U Fleků tavern and talked of creating a football baseball club at home. When they returned to Split, they put their design in motion and Hajduk was founded on 13 February 1911. Between the early 1920s and 1940, Hajduk regularly participated in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia home backing. Following World War II and the formation of the Yugoslav league arrangement in 1946, Hajduk went on to spend the entire SFR Yugoslavia time period at the top floor. Following the dissolution of Yugoslavia, the club joined the Croatian First League in its inauguration season in 1992, never having been relegated from its top grade. Hajduk is thus the alone ex-Yugoslav side to have never been relegated from the top flight since the foundation of the master Yugoslavia, though a total of ex-Yugoslav clubs have long spells in the clear fledge dating to the SFR Yugoslavia earned run average. They are one of the most successful teams in Croatia and ex-Yugoslavia, having won nine Yugoslav and six Croatian league championships, in addition to nine Yugoslav and five croatian cup titles, and five croatian supercup titles, without always being relegated from its state ‘s top football league. The club ‘s gold earned run average came in the 1970s, when they won four Yugoslav Leagues and five Yugoslav Cups. Hajduk is besides the merely club in Yugoslav football history that has won five-straight Yugoslav Cups ( between 1972 and 1977 ), and besides the entirely unbeaten champion ( season 1950 ). Hajduk ‘s biggest european achievements are appearances in three european Cup quarter-finals, one UEFA Cup semi-final and one Cup Winners ‘ Cup semi-final. The club ‘s main rivals are Dinamo Zagreb, with matches between the two referred to as the “ Eternal Derby “. Hajduk Split fans are called Torcida Split, who are the oldest organized firm in Europe, being founded in 1950. The divine guidance of the identify were the brazilian fans at the 1950 FIFA World Cup, which were called Torcida. As of 2008, the cabaret is a broth company, although not listed on the public lineage exchange, with majority of the stock owned by the City of Split. It is one of two fan-owned sports teams in Croatia, reaching over 43,000 members in 2016, [ 1 ] and over 31,000 members for current year. [ 2 ] There are besides over 50 Hajduk winnow clubs situated by and large across Croatia and Germany, but adenine far as United States, Ireland and Australia. [ 3 ]

history [edit ]

Origins [edit ]

The club was founded in the centuries-old public house U Fleků in Prague ( then besides part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire ), by a group of students from split : Fabjan Kaliterna, Lucijan Stella, Ivan Šakić and Vjekoslav Ivanišević. [ 4 ] They went to the public house following a match between AC Sparta and SK Slavia and decided it was time their own township founded a master cabaret. They all knew how democratic the sport was in their home city of Split, and how well their friends can play. The baseball club was officially registered with the authorities on 13 February 1911. [ 5 ] While trying to come up with a appoint for the golf club ( other options being “ Velebit ”, “ Uskok ”, “ Marjan ” … ), the students went to their honest-to-god teacher Josip Barač for advice and according to accounts, after enthusiastically storming into his agency, he told them to take the name “ Hajduk ” which symbolized “ that which is best in our people : courage, humanity, friendship, love of freedom, defiance to powers, and auspices of the watery. Be desirable of that great name ”. [ 6 ] Hajduks were romanticized bandits that fought the rule of the Ottoman Turks. It is speculated that celebrated hajduk Andrijica Šimić, who triumphantly arrived in Split in 1902 to cheering herd ( after a long least sandpiper in an austrian prison ), was possibly the inhalation for the name. [ 6 ] The founders subsequently designed the club ‘s emblem, and a group of Catholic nuns from a monastery in Split, created copies which were distributed to fans. [ 7 ] Both the name and the checkered display panel on the crest were found provocative by the Monarchy, but it finally allowed them having been convinced that a football club is a good way to train soldiers. [ 8 ] Hajduk gathered the pro-Croat party of citizens of Split, Croat unionists or puntari. That is why the club specifically has the name “ hrvatski nogometni klub ” ( “ Croatian football baseball club ” ) and has the croatian coat-of-arms in its peak. The club itself was against the Austrian-Hungarian government ‘s policy of not allowing the union of the croatian provinces and keeping them separated ( the politics and the emperor did not allow the reunion of Dalmatia with the stay of Croatia ). Hajduk ‘s first opposition were Calcio Spalato, the club of an autonomist party from in Split, and the match ended with a 9–0 ( 6–0 ) victory for Hajduk. The first to score for Hajduk was Šime Raunig, caption has it – with his knee. [ 9 ]
In 1912, Hajduk played their first catch in Zagreb against the HAŠK football club, and lost 3–2. The first international match against an eminent opposition was held in 1913 against Czech club Slavia Prague, [ 10 ] which at that prison term were one of the strongest squads in Europe. Hajduk ended up losing the match 1–13 ( 0–13 ). After the formation of the Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes, Hajduk first entered the Yugoslav league in 1923, losing their first and only match that temper against SAŠK. however, that same year while on tour in North Africa, Hajduk defeated Marseille 3–2 in their first external match, sparking mass celebrations in Split. The next year, the police squad was considered indeed strong that 10 out of the 11 players which played an international friendly for Yugoslavia against Czechoslovakia were contracted to Hajduk ( lone exception being the goalkeeper, as Hajduk had an italian goalkeeper at the time ). In 1926, in award of the cabaret ‘s fifteenth birthday, composer Ivo Tijardović dedicated an operetta “ Kraljica baluna “ to the clubhouse, making it the only football club in the global to have its own operetta. Apart from national championship, from 1920 to 1936 Hajduk endlessly competed in Dalmatian Championship, having won all but one of them. [ 11 ] Hajduk reached their first gear time period of aura in the recently 1920s, when they won their foremost two Yugoslav championships ( 1927 and 1929 ), which earned them a slot in the Central European Cup. [ 12 ] Some of the best players in that period were Leo Lemešić and Vladimir Kragić, with Ljubo Benčić managed to become the best goalscorer of the 1927 season. durable coach of the team was one of clubs greats, Luka Kaliterna. During the 6 January Dictatorship the adjective “ croatian ” in “ croatian football Club ” was forcibly replaced by the adjective “ Yugoslav ” to the discouragement of the team. furthermore, the 1930s proved black for Hajduk, as they won no tournaments or championships, recording only a few successes in international matches. [ 13 ] They did manage to win one entitle during the Banovina of Croatia era in 1940–41, with an impressive 14–3–1 record. As a croatian champion the baseball club was about the play the playoffs for Yugoslav backing, but with World War II issue, the championship was never finished. During this clock, Hajduk could have had a fantastic generation lead by young Frane Matošić, Ratko Kacijan, a well as outstanding Czech external Jiří Sobotka. [ 14 ]

World War II [edit ]

In April 1941, during World War II, Yugoslavia was invaded, occupied and carved-up by the Axis powers, with Split being annexed directly into Italy. Residents and players were both opposed to the assimilation to Italy, thus the clubhouse ceased to compete in defiance throughout the occupation of Split, declining an offer to join the Italian first division under the name “ AC Spalato ”. rather, Benito Mussolini founded Societa Calcio Spalato, and renamed the cabaret ‘s dwelling crunch after his son ‘s diagnose. [ 14 ] After the capitulation of Italy in 1943, the Partisans temporarily liberated Split and disarmed the italian garrison, but the german Army cursorily re-occupied the city and granted it to the Independent State of Croatia ( NDH ) they had installed in Zagreb back in 1941. The position of the club did not change when the NDH authorities attempted to include Hajduk in the Independent State of Croatia Cup, as NDH earned resentment in Split for allying and partitioning them to Italy. With the Allies invading southerly Italy and controlling the Mediterranean, the Adriatic islands became a seaport for the resistance, prompting Hajduk ‘s reincarnation on one of them in 1944. The club ‘s players then joined the Partisan general headquarters on the island of Vis in the Adriatic. On 7 May 1944, on the Feast of Saint Domnius, the patron enshrine of Split, in presence of Partisan drawing card Josip Broz Tito ‘s and british officers ( one of them being Randolph Churchill ) [ 15 ] Hajduk was formed again and began playing as the official football team of the Yugoslav resistor. They competed with Allied service football teams from across the Adriatic in Italy, where they famously played the british Army in a friendly match in Bari on 23 September, in front at least 40,000 spectators, losing 2–9. [ 16 ] [ 17 ] The equal is considered to be one of the most attend football games during the war years, with a replay in free Split few years after ( Hajduk won 1–0 ). At this time, the golf club leadership adopted the Partisans ‘ crimson star as the badge on the white-and-blue club dress. During 1945, Hajduk embarked on a tourney through Egypt, Palestine, Lebanon, Syria and Malta. Traveling roughly 30,000 kilometers, and playing over 90 matches, the club won 74 of them, while at the lapp time Allied airplanes dropped fliers all over Europe prompting other football clubs to follow Hajduk model. [ 18 ] While in Beirut, Charles de Gaulle gave Hajduk the deed of honorary team of free France, the trophy being treasured always since. With its proficiency and its “ singular dalmatian spirit ”, the clubhouse reportedly impress Tito, who frequently attended matches. After the war, he invited Hajduk to move to the Yugoslav capital Belgrade and become the official Yugoslav People ‘s Army ( JNA ) team, but the clubhouse refused, wanting to continue to play in their hometown of Split. [ 16 ] One of their biggest future rivals, FK Partizan, were founded alternatively. however, Hajduk continued to enjoy the repute of “ Tito ‘s front-runner ” long after the war, and it was because of the friendly kinship with the resistance, it became one of the few Yugoslav football clubs ( and the lone outstanding one ) not to be disbanded after the war by the communist government ( as was the case with a number of early clubs, particularly outstanding ones such as BSK, Građanski, Jugoslavija, Concordia, HAŠK and Slavija ) .

iconic 1950s [edit ]

Hajduk ‘s squad in 1955, wearing the loss star badge After World War II, Hajduk continued to play in the Yugoslav championship and its cup. In 1946, they won croatian backing and established the magazine Journal of Hajduk. In 1948–49, Hajduk visited Australia and became the first team from Yugoslavia to play on all continents. The club won the 1950 Yugoslav championship without a individual loss, [ 16 ] setting a record that no one managed to accomplish before the dissolution of Yugoslavia 40 years former. On 28 October 1950, a day before a decisive match against one of its biggest rivals Red Star Belgrade ( a 2–1 win ), the official fan organization Torcida was founded. [ 19 ] It was created by engineer student Vjenceslav Žuvela, who chose the identify after the enthusiastic brazilian fans, and Torcida become the inaugural organized group of supporters in Europe. [ 20 ] The follow class, reconstruction of “ Stari Plac “ stadium was finished, and it homed the baseball club for more than three decades. attendant seasons showed Hajduk ‘s domination, but besides the political manipulations to prevent them winning the championships. For one, Torcida was viewed as a hostile arrangement by the communist authorities, which posed a risk to the national consciousness of the new yugoslav department of state. [ 19 ] Hajduk ‘s leadership was sanctioned, the team ‘s captain expelled from the communist party, and Vjenceslav Žuvela imprisoned. [ 19 ] besides, during the winter dampen of the 1952–53 season, following an invitation from Juan Perón, Hajduk went on go to South America and finally extended their stay there. [ 21 ] This caused them to come home late, but rather of promise delay of games in the Championship, they faced frustration against BSK and a draw with Spartak Subotica as their youth team and couple of veteran players had to play them. [ 21 ] Although Hajduk by and by beat both Red Star ( 4–1 ) and Partizan ( 4–2 ) in Belgrade, Red Star became the champion by only a two-point margin. next season saw a alike happening, with players Vladimir Beara and Bernard Vukas arriving deep for national team education and receiving a month-long prohibition from football. Without these essential players, Hajduk lost significant matches and Dinamo Zagreb finished as champions. All this prompted club caption Frane Matošić to storm a meet of the Yugoslav Football Association and say, “ Have you at least a gram of integrity ? ” [ 22 ] On 3 April 1955 in Zagreb, Hajduk defeated Dinamo 6–0, recording its biggest acquire in the bowler hat between the two largest croatian club, and later won the championship. however, the Football Association of Yugoslavia qualified them to the European Mitropa Cup, while Partizan was chosen to participate in the inauguration european Cup. [ 22 ] During the early 1950s, the club had one of its most iconic generation of players, winning three Yugoslav championships. Two such players – goalkeeper Vladimir Beara and Zagreb-born midfielder Bernard Vukas ( called “ Bajdo ” ) – were called to represent Team Europe in friendly matches against Great Britain. In one of the matches, Vukas scored a hat-trick. apart from them, Frane Matošić scored his 729 goals in 739 official and unofficial games, setting a club record probable never to be broken. other celebrated players included Božo Broketa, Ljubomir Kokeza, Slavko Luštica and Lenko Grčić .

miserable 1960s and another Golden generation [edit ]

Hajduk ‘s red asterisk logo from 1960 to 1990 generation of 1950s broke down after 1955 title, with Matošić retiring, Beara moving to Red Star Belgrade and Vukas to italian club Bologna. The 1960s were remembered as some of the hardest times in Hajduk ‘s history. In four seasons ( 1963 to 1966 ), the baseball club finished no better than tenth and no better than fourthly in the following half of the ten. In the 1965–66 season, ascribable to the “ Planinić matter ” accusing Hajduk of rigging matches during those abortive seasons, five points were deducted ( down from the initial penalty of delegating ), and Hajduk managed to stay in the top fledge with much thanks to Petar Nadoveza, who managed to become the league ‘s lead scorer with 21 goals. During this earned run average, the golf club won just one trophy – the 1967 cup, which was besides their first gear Yugoslav cup trophy and send the team to european Cup Winners ‘ Cup the following year, their first appearance under UEFA -organized external contest. [ 23 ] Prominent players of the time included Ante Žanetić ( penis of 1960 World Soccer Team of the year ), Ivica Hlevnjak, Vinko Cuzzi and Andrija Anković. From 1970 to 1980, Hajduk had achieved its most successful years in Yugoslavia. The new “ golden generation “ won five consecutive cups and four championships in the menstruation from 1972 to 1979, accompanied by luminary external achiever. [ 24 ] In 1971, and after a 16-year wait, Hajduk won the style after a memorable 4–3 off win over Partizan in a critical match Hajduk were at one clock time behind 0–3. This unexpected achiever was achieved with a team of youngsters, and Nadoveza as a league clear scorekeeper so far another meter. After winning their first out of five consecutive domestic cups in 1972, the team achieved first major external success, playing in the semi-finals of following year ‘s Cup Winners ‘ Cup against Leeds United. The team ‘s director at the meter was one of Croatia ‘s finest, Branko Zebec. After Zebec left the baseball club, he was replaced by the young and talented Tomislav Ivić, who would by and by become the club ‘s coaching caption and one of the most successful managers in Europe, winning eight league titles in seven unlike countries. [ 25 ] The first three years under Ivić saw Hajduk win two Yugoslav titles and three cups. In 1976, Hajduk could have won a third-straight Double after defeating the top league team Partizan 6–1 away. however, there was a scandal in the last equal of the temper when Partizan defeated Olimpija after scoring in the 95th hour of the match ( despite UEFA not yet introducing add time for another 20 years ) after numerous doubtful referee decisions during the match. With the temper finish, Ivić left Hajduk for Ajax, but would return two years subsequently lone to win another league title, the club ‘s death in the former Yugoslavia. During these years, Hajduk reached quarter-finals of both the european Cup and Cup Winners ‘ Cup, with luminary home wins against PSV ( 2–0 ), Arsenal ( 2–1 ) and Saint Etienne ( 4–1 ). noteworthy Hajduk and Yugoslav external players included goalkeepers Ivan Katalinić and Radomir Vukčević ; defenders Ivan Buljan ( 1975 Yugoslav Footballer of the class ), Zoran Vujović, Dragan Holcer, Vilson Džoni, Luka Peruzović and Vedran Rožić ; midfielders Jurica Jerković, Dražen Mužinić ( 1975 Yugoslav Footballer of the year ), Branko Oblak ( 1974 Ballon d’Or campaigner ) ; and strikers Ivica Šurjak ( 1976 Yugoslav Footballer of the year ) and Slaviša Žungul. The club ‘s respected president at the time was Tito Kirigin .

Poljud hex [edit ]

In 1979, Hajduk moved to the newly designed stadium at Poljud, built to host the 1979 Mediterranean Games. however, the 1980s were perceptibly less successful, as the club won only three Yugoslav cups before SFR Yugoslavia fell aside in 1991. The club ‘s struggles were frequently linked to their new home stadium, which had athletic running track around the lurch, as opposed to Stari Plac, where supporters could cheer much closer to their team. The clubhouse ‘s Inaugural season at Poljud saw Hajduk ‘s most iconic official external peer : the 1979–80 european Cup quarter-finals against eventual finalists Hamburger SV, and a 3–2 home win after losing 0–1 away. Later years saw Hajduk achieve memorable home wins against Valencia ( 4–1 ), Bordeaux ( 4–1 ), Marseille ( 2–0 ), Universitatea Craiova ( 1–0 ), Tottenham Hotspur ( 2–1 ) and a friendly succeed against Manchester United ( 6–0 ), considered to be United ‘s biggest passing external England. Hajduk besides eliminated clubs such as Metz ( 5–1, 2–2 ), VfB Stuttgart ( 3–1, 2–2 ), Torino ( 3–1, 1–1 ), Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk ( 2–0, 1–0 ), Universitatea Craiova ( 0–1, 1–0, 3–1pen ) and Sparta Prague ( 2–0, 0–1 ), reaching UEFA Cup semi-final in 1984 and quarter-final in 1986. In 1988, during a Cup Winners ‘ Cup home match with Marseille, crowd trouble caused the plot to be canceled at 2–0 for Hajduk to award Marseille a default 0–3 victory ; Hajduk was besides banned from all UEFA competitions for the next two years. [ 26 ] apart from international achiever, domestic results were not as impressive. Although Hajduk spent the entire decade near the top of the league table, competing with Dinamo Zagreb, Partizan and Red Star Belgrade to form what was known as the “ Great Yugoslav Four ”, the clubhouse won no championship before Croatia became mugwump. big players of the fourth dimension included goalkeepers Ivan Pudar and Zoran Simović ( 1983 Yugoslav Footballer of the Year ) ; defenders Boro Primorac, Branko Miljuš and Jerko Tipurić ; midfielders Blaž Slišković ( 1985 Yugoslav Footballer of the year ), Ivan Gudelj ( 1982 Yugoslav Footballer of the class ), Zoran Vulić, Aljoša Asanović, Stipe Andrijašević, Dragutin Čelić ; and striker Zlatko Vujović ( 1981 Ballon d’Or campaigner ). [ 27 ] By the end of the Yugoslav earned run average, a young genesis of future 1998 FIFA World Cup bronze medalists began playing for the cabaret. These included Igor Štimac, Robert Jarni, Alen Bokšić, Nikola Jerkan and Slaven Bilić. In the wake up of national tensions which would finally lead to Yugoslav Wars, during a go in Australia, Hajduk restored its traditional emblem with the croatian checkerboard, omitting the red star and sparking a massive crowd celebrations upon return. In September of that same year, a home match against Partizan would be cancelled in the 73rd minute due to the crowd entering the pitch and burning the Yugoslav pin. Later, on 8 May 1991, Hajduk won the last retain Yugoslav Cup final, defeating that year ‘s european champions Red Star in Belgrade with a finish scored by Bokšić. Tito ‘s trophy for Yugoslav Cup winners was consequently awarded to Hajduk to stay in the cabaret ‘s permanent monomania. [ 28 ]

Champions League and fiscal breakdown [edit ]

A Hajduk v Dinamo couple in Split In the first four years of the HNL ( the Croatian football league ), Hajduk became far more successful than rivals Dinamo from Zagreb, winning three league titles, two domestic cups and two supercups, with the 1994–95 season still standing as the most successful since playing in mugwump Croatia. Hajduk entered that class ‘s UEFA Champions League with a desegregate of young approaching stars Milan Rapaić, Ivica Mornar, Tomislav Erceg, Goran Vučević and experienced players such as Igor Štimac, Zoran Vulić, Aljoša Asanović and Tonči Gabrić returning to assist them. After entering the group stage, Hajduk finished second behind Benfica, ahead of Steaua București and Anderlecht, before losing in the quarter-finals to eventual champions Ajax ( 0–0, 0–3 ). Domestically, the club won its first gear and ( as of yet ) concluding double over crown. however, evening though the team was performing well, the club was financially ill managed, accumulating a massive fiscal personnel casualty that led to blocking of club ‘s score. For the following five years, Hajduk stood in the shadow of wealthier and politically inside rivals Dinamo Zagreb, and the Champions League was no longer realistically within strive. between 1995 and 2000, the clubhouse won zero trophies. After continuous domestic and european failures, Hajduk fans began to seek the dismissal of administration officials and circulated the history about the possible denationalization of the baseball club, which at that time did not happen. While arch-rivals Dinamo ( then called “ Croatia Zagreb ” ) won titles, Hajduk had problems with the registration of players for the league. dissatisfaction among the fans grew so much that some broke into the club premises, causing a exchange in leadership and promises of modern beginnings. After the death of the first Croatian president Franjo Tuđman, whom many saw as heavily preferring and financing Croatia Zagreb, 2001 saw Hajduk become champions once more after a memorable 4–2 winnings against Varteks in Varaždin, a match attended by far more Hajduk fans than locals. unfortunately, fiscal conditions in the baseball club were however dire, and the club was often on the precipice of bankruptcy and crack up. And yet, even if engage with obstruct bill, president Branko Grgić boosted with promises of attractive signings and trophies. Although Hajduk did manage to win Cup in 2003 and league titles in 2004 and 2005, vitamin a well as sign Dinamo ‘s predict young master Niko Kranjčar and their fabled director Miroslav Blažević, when finances and politically drive leadership finally broke polish, then did the golf club ‘s results. Hajduk spent rest of the decade finishing behind its equal, with numerous coaching and management changes and reorganizations, players of doubtful quality and average international performances, worst of which came after being eliminated by Shelbourne and 0–5 family passing to Debrecen. The election of newfangled president Mate Peroš in June 2008, upon which he changed the stallion professional staff and reorganized the presidency, brought only irregular relief. Hajduk achieved first gear off win against Dinamo after five-and-a-half years ( 2–0 ), but again finished behind their arch-rivals, and reached croatian Cup finals lone to lose to Dinamo once again in a two-game thriller which saw two 3–0 wins by both teams, before Dinamo won 4–3 in penalty gunfight. More importantly, the club ‘s finances did not radically change until future season, when Hajduk became joint stock company owned by the City of Split. evening if financially secure, newly appointed chair Joško Svaguša continued the policy of expensive signings and unsustainable expenses to regain the club ‘s former glory. In 2010, Hajduk won the croatian Cup, its beginning trophy in five years, and later managed to qualify for the group stage of 2010–11 UEFA Europa League which was the first time since 1994 cabaret secured a identify in the group stages of UEFA competitions. Home wins against Dinamo București ( 3–0 ), Unirea Urziceni ( 4–1 ) and Anderlecht ( 1–0 ) were, however, precisely a impermanent reminiscence of former successes. noteworthy players of 1990 ‘s and 2000 ‘s include goalkeepers Stipe Pletikosa, Danijel Subašić and Tonči Gabrić ; defenders Igor Štimac, Igor Tudor and Darijo Srna ; midfielders Milan Rapaić, Nenad Pralija, Dean Računica, Niko Kranjčar, Josip Skoko, Ivan Leko, Srđan Andrić and Senijad Ibričić ; and strikers Ardian Kozniku, Nikola Kalinić and Tomislav Erceg. On 13 February 2011, Hajduk commemorated its hundredth anniversary with a massive celebration in Split and all of Croatia, with both Hajduk players and fans honouring the club. The integral city was decorated with Hajduk banners, flags, posters and gear, and there was a spectacular firework express over Split. Hajduk played a friendly game with Slavia Prague to honour Hajduk ‘s Czech origins, losing 0–2. [ 29 ]

Naš Hajduk [edit ]

All this time supporters led by Torcida led a conflict to end what they considered to be politically drive management of the cabaret, and install experts to save Hajduk. In 2009, they started an first step called “ Dite puka ” ( People ‘s Child ) that should have prompted fans to buy up the club ‘s shares and gain control of the club, which at the time did n’t happen. however, in July 2011, inspired by examples in Germany and Sweden and organized under the association “ Naš Hajduk ” ( Our Hajduk ), fans managed to gain rights of organizing elections for members of the club ‘s supervisory board, making Hajduk only fan-owned football club in Croatian First League, and one of merely two in former Yugoslavia ( the early being nearby HNK Trogir ).

stadium [edit ]

Hajduk ‘s home land is the Stadion Poljud. It has 34,198 seats and is one of the two largest stadiums in Croatia, designed by architect Boris Magaš, choose among 20 early projects in a 1975 competition. The stadium was built for the 1979 Mediterranean Games, but was besides a venue for the 1990 european Athletics Championships and the 2010 IAAF Continental Cup. The stadium is dearly known to the locals as the Poljudska ljepotica ( “ Poljud Beauty ” ). The largest herd recorded was in 1980 at a equal against Hamburger SV – 52,000 spectators. Two years late, after the stadium was fully completed, its capacity was increased to 62,000 for a bowler hat against Dinamo Zagreb. From 1911 to 1979, Hajduk played on a stadium called Kod gaze Plinare, used nowadays by RK Nada rugby cabaret. The stadium ‘s first name was Krajeva njiva, but after cabaret moved to Poljud, the old flat coat has become known in Split as the Stari Plac or Staro Hajdukovo ( “ Old Hajduk ‘s position ” ). During this prison term, the stadium hosted a match between Yugoslavia and the Netherlands in the UEFA Euro 1972 qualifying tournament. Hajduk supporters who would belated reestablish the once forbid name of Torcida, were situated in the east stands. 3,148 games were played on it, with 9,542 goals scored, 11 championships and six cups have been won .

Crest and colours [edit ]

Colours [edit ]

Hajduk ‘s original home colours Hajduk played its first game in a strip with crimson and white vertical stripes, which symbolized the croatian coat of arms. The early Austrian City Council did not want to be seen as enthusiast and would not allow club colors to be made up from the emergent croatian tricolor. Hajduk changed its kit out invention to red and blue vertical stripes with ashen “ Hajduk ” written in the middle. 1914 saw the club choose a white shirt, blue shorts and socks ; a combination that symbolizes white sails on a aristocratic sea. The color white has since then become a symbol for the club, along with the dub ‘Bili ‘ ( ‘Whites ‘ ). Its away strip consists of red and amobarbital sodium shirts with upright stripes ( sometimes narrow-minded, sometimes wide-eyed ), blue shorts and socks, to symbolize the croatian sag. From 2008 to 2011, the stripes were made horizontal. Although UEFA has not introduced compulsory registration of the third base fit of colours, one hypothesis was shirts of erect red and egg white stripes, but were not adopted due to the resemblance of baseball club colours of Red Star Belgrade. Third fix of colors was consequently often a combination of first base two ( most frequently wholly ashen outfit ), until a new grey design, composed of small trilateral fan flags was introduced in 2015. At one time the independent colours were to be a combination of navy blue, white with blue horizontal stripes, but this kit was only sporadically worn by goalkeepers Stipe Pletikosa and Danijel Subašić .

crest [edit ]

Hajduk ‘s crest consists of the croatian checkerboard with 25 red and white checkers bordered by a traffic circle of blue ribbon, with two white erect lines on each side. The words Hajduk and Split are written above and below the checkerboard respectively. The symbolism of the whiten vertical lines is calm under discussion, with theories such as being a symbol of the four founders, the equals sign or citation marks. The mod crown is about identical to the one created in 1911. The original was designed by one of club ‘s founders Vjekoslav Ivanišević. It was then taken to Ana, the baby of the Kaliterna brothers who took a draw of the crest to a convent where conical buoy created 20–30 pieces by hand. The crest first appeared in public in 1926 during a performance of the Tijardović opera “ Kraljica baluna “ as separate of the scenery. however, Hajduk did not wear the original cap before World War II as it was not obligatory at the prison term. After the club ‘s conversion following the end of WWII the new crest became fair a red star topology – a symbol of anti-fascism which Hajduk stood up for during the war. In 1960, a new crest was made, exchangeable to the old one but with the bolshevik headliner in the in-between alternatively of the erstwhile crimson and flannel traditional checkerboard. In 1990, while on tour in Australia, the original crest was returned and has been used ever since .

Supporters [edit ]

Hajduk Split supporters, Torcida, were formed on 28 October 1950 by a group of students in Zagreb, namely Ante Dorić, Ante Ivanišević and Vjenceslav Žuvela, and are the oldest organize supporters group in Europe. They took their name from the brazilian fan group they idolized, which comes from the portuguese ‘torcer ‘ which means ‘to cheerfulness on ‘. “ Hajduk lives constantly ” is their motto. Torcida members and other fervent fans gather in the north stand at the Poljud stadium from where they support their baseball club. The ‘ Heart of Hajduk ‘ ( croatian : Hajdučko srce ) is an annual football prize which was established in 1994 and is formally awarded by the Hajduk Split supporters ‘ to the team ‘s best perform actor during the season. It is awarded during the annual futsal rival Torcida Cup. in-between clubs Hajduk developed affinity with SK Slavia Prague .

Rivalries [edit ]

enthusiastic fans set of flares at Poljud during the Eternal Derby match today, Hajduk ‘s biggest rivals are Dinamo Zagreb, as the matches between the two teams are referred to as “ Eternal Derby “. Former major rivalries used to include serbian clubs Red Star and Partizan who along with Hajduk and Dinamo were contribution of the alleged Yugoslav Big Four, the biggest and most successful clubs in the former Yugoslavia .

Players [edit ]

For a number of all former and current Hajduk Split players, see class : HNK Hajduk Split players croatian teams are restricted to fielding at most six alien players in the first football team during the domestic league and cup matches. [ 35 ] The squad list includes only the principal nationality of each musician ; players who besides hold croatian citizenship are specifically noted .

current team [edit ]

As of 23 September 2021[36]

note : Flags indicate home team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality .

Out on loanword [edit ]

As of 31 August 2021

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

other players under contract [edit ]

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

retire numbers [edit ]

12 – The 12th man ( reserved for the club supporters )

Reserves [edit ]

coach [edit ]

technical staff [edit ]

As of 25 June 2021[37][38]

Club statistics and records [edit ]

Vedran Rožić holds the club ‘s overall official games appearance record by playing in 390 matches over the course of 12 seasons from 1972 to 1984. Hajduk ‘s all-time leading scorekeeper in all competitions is Frane Matošić, scoring 211 official goals for the club, while Zlatko Vujović is all-time leading goalscorer in european competition with 19 goals. Hajduk ‘s record home plate attendance is 62,000 during a Yugoslav Championship pit against Dinamo Zagreb on 28 February 1982. The record modern ( all-seated ) attendance is 38,000 for a meet against Dinamo Zagreb on 22 February 2009. Hajduk ‘s first competitive game was a 9–0 victory against Calcio Spalato. 14–0 succeed over Slavija Sarajevo in 1934 was their largest league win during Yugoslav era. In Prva HNL clubhouse ‘s largest league succeed was 10–0 against Radnik in 1994, while their biggest frustration was against Varteks in 2001, losing 1–5. Hajduk ‘s biggest victory in european competitions was 8–0 against Gøtu Ítróttarfelag in 2002, while their heaviest get the better of, 0–6, came against Ajax in 1993. [ 39 ]

UEFA golf club coefficient ranking [edit ]

As of 10 December 2020 [ 40 ]

Honours [edit ]

Hajduk won two Kingdom of Yugoslavia championships, seven Yugoslav championships, [ 41 ] six croatian championships, [ 42 ] angstrom well as nine Yugoslav Cup titles, [ 43 ] four croatian Cup titles [ 44 ] and five croatian Super Cup titles. [ 45 ] Abroad, the clubhouse has reached five european quarterfinals : three times in european Cup ( now UEFA Champions League ), once in UEFA Cup and once in Cup Winners ‘ Cup, arsenic well as two european semi-finals : Cup Winners ‘ Cup in 1973, and UEFA Cup in 1984. [ 46 ]