Fudbalski klub Drina Zvornik (Serbian Cyrillic: Фудбалски клуб Дрина Зворник) is a professional association football club from the city of Zvornik that is situated Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Drina Zvornik
Full nameFudbalski klub Drina Zvornik
Founded1945
GroundGradski Stadion, Zvornik
Capacity3,000
ChairmanJelenko Vasić
ManagerMile Lazarević
LeagueFirst League of RS
2019–20Second League of RS (East), 2nd (invited to join the First League of RS)

The club competes in the First League of the Republika Srpska[1] and plays its home matches on the Gradski Stadion (City Stadium) in Zvornik, which has a capacity of 3,000 seats.

History edit

 
FK Drina Zvornik stadium

Football was first played in Zvornik a little bit after World War I. The first football match was played in 1924 between a team from Zvornik against visitors from Srebrenica. The first football club was formed in 1933 and named Zmaj od Noćaja. It represented the Serb community of the town. A year later, a Bosniak club named Sloga was formed so the city of Zvornik had two football clubs split between ethnic lines during the period of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, in between the First World War and Second World War. Just before the start of the Second World War the two clubs were dismembered, and a new club named Omladinac was formed.

Just after the end of the Second World War a new club, during the period of SFR Yugoslavia, FK Drina was formed. The first club president was Mr. Nikola Mastilica. The first match recorded by the press and probably the first match in competition was played on 17 May 1946, in Tuzla against FK Sloboda Tuzla. During the period of SFR Yugoslavia the club played mostly in lower national leagues.

During the 1990s, another team from Živinice also represented Drina Zvornik, but played in the Prva Liga Federacije Bosne i Hercegovine. With the break-up of Yugoslavia, in 1992, the Football Association of Republika Srpska was formed. FK Drina Zvornik was a member of the first league season in 1995–96 to be organised by the FAoRS. The league was divided into two groups and the club played in the First League – East. In this first season, the club was relegated, but after only one season the club became champions of the Second League – group Bijeljina, and was promoted into the First League of Republika Srpska in the 1997–98 season. The club suffered a relegation once more but would return to the First League once again in the 2002–03 season, this time staying in the league all the way up until 2010.[2] In the 2009–10 season, the club was league champions, and now being the First League of Republika Srpska part of the Bosnia and Herzegovina league system, the club achieved its greatest result ever and earned a promotion to the Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina. But soon after, it was relegated again to the First League of Republika Srpska, after finishing last in the 2010-11 season.[citation needed]

In 2013–14 Drina Zvornik finished first in the First League of Republika Srpska and was then again promoted to the Premier League.[citation needed]

Club seasons edit

Season League Cup Europe
Division P W D L F A Pts Pos
1997–1998 First League of the Republika Srpska 34 15 6 13 60 48 51 6th
1998–1999 First League of the Republika Srpska 34 15 5 14 57 49 50 7th
1999–2000 First League of the Republika Srpska 38 16 6 16 50 43 54 14th ↓
Current format of Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina
2000–01 First League of FBiH 15 2 3 10 12 38 9 withdrew
2002–03 First League of the Republika Srpska 28 8 5 15 29 46 29 13th
2003–04 First League of the Republika Srpska 30 11 8 11 40 42 41 8th
2004–05 First League of the Republika Srpska 30 13 6 11 41 32 45 7th
2005–06 First League of the Republika Srpska 30 15 5 10 39 28 50 3rd
2006–07 First League of the Republika Srpska 30 13 7 10 41 21 40 12th
2007–08 First League of the Republika Srpska 30 12 9 9 43 32 45 8th
2008–09 First League of the Republika Srpska 30 11 6 13 39 36 39 8th
2009–10 First League of the Republika Srpska 26 12 11 3 39 18 47 1st ↑
2010–11 Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina 30 7 2 21 18 53 23 16th ↓
2011–12 First League of the Republika Srpska 26 9 6 11 24 23 33 9th
2012–13 First League of the Republika Srpska 26 9 8 9 39 38 35 10th
2013–14 First League of the Republika Srpska 26 15 8 3 38 16 53 1st ↑
2014–15 Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina 30 6 9 15 26 40 27 13th
2015–16 Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina 30 7 1 22 25 67 22 15th ↓
2016–17 First League of the Republika Srpska 22 9 6 7 23 21 33 4th
2017–18 First League of the Republika Srpska 22 10 8 4 28 18 38 3rd
2018–19 First League of the Republika Srpska 22 5 7 10 21 28 22 10th
2019–20 First League of the Republika Srpska 16 10 4 2 38 12 34 2nd
2020–21 First League of the Republika Srpska 30 10 8 12 39 50 38 13th

Honours edit

Domestic edit

League edit

Players edit

Current squad edit

As of 14 October 2023[3]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   BIH Branislav Ružić
2 DF   BIH Savo Veljkić
3 DF   SRB Pavle Lazić
4 DF   BIH Filip Blagojević
5 DF   BIH Boris Andrić
6 MF   SRB Filip Kojić
7 MF   BIH Pavle Sušić
8 MF   BIH Radovan Vasić
9 MF   MKD Hristijan Denkovski
10 DF   BIH Sasa Perić
11 FW   SRB Drago Maksimović
No. Pos. Nation Player
12 GK   BIH Nebojša Gajić
13 MF   SRB Luka Samardzija
14 MF   BIH Danijel Culum
14 MF   BIH Aleksa Marić
15 MF   BIH Nikola Stanišić
16 DF   BIH Ibrahim Hidić
18 MF   BIH Jovan Novak
20 DF   CAN Taha Ilyass
GK   BIH David Jevtić
MF   BIH Vladan Jezdić
FW   SRB Jovo Beatović

Notable players edit

For the list of former and current players with Wikipedia article, please see Category:FK Drina Zvornik players.

Coaching staff edit

Manager   Miroslav Milanović
Assistant manager   Goran Skiljević
Goalkeeper coach   Dragan Aleksić
Doctor   Dr. Predrag Nikolić
Physiotherapist   Anđelko Cvjetinović

Club management edit

President   Jelenko Vasić
Director   Dragan Marković
Sporting director   Milan Đokić
Secretary   Rade Vukić

Historical list of coaches edit

References edit

  1. ^ Vladimir Grbić (3 July 2020). "Poznati svi učesnici Prve lige RS u fudbalu" (in Bosnian). nezavisne.com. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  2. ^ Istorija kluba Archived 2010-08-11 at the Wayback Machine at official site.
  3. ^ "DRINA FUDBAL / MUŠKARCI". SportDC. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
  4. ^ Milanović: Dobar bi bio i bod - SportSport (in Bosnian)
  5. ^ a b c Dragan Mićić novi trener Drine at SportSport.ba, 25-3-2011, retrieved 12-12-2014
  6. ^ "Bosnian team sack manager on club's Facebook page". BBC Sport. BBC. 2 October 2015. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
  7. ^ Trener koji je iznenadio Slobodu Cvijetin Blagojević dobio otkaz u Drini - Klix (in Bosnian)
  8. ^ Milenko Bošnjaković novi trener FK Drina Zvornik - SportSport (in Bosnian)

External sources edit