NK Brotnjo
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NK Brotnjo is a football
Football (soccer)
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 club was founded in 1955 and based out of Čitluk
Citluk
Čitluk is a town and municipality located in Herzegovina, in southern Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is a municipality of the Herzegovina-Neretva Canton in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina....

, Bosnia and Herzegovina
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. The club is in the First League of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
First League of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
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. NK Brotnjo plays out of Bare Stadium which has a capacity of 8,000.

The club's crest features the Coat of Arms of
Coat of arms of Croatia
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 Croatia
Croatia
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. The name 'Brotnjo' comes from the historical name of the region of Čitluk.

The biggest success came in 2000. when they have managed to win the Bosnian play-off competition. That's the club's only championship title which secured them presence in the Champions League
UEFA Champions League
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 first qualifying round. A year later, they also played in UEFA Cup
UEFA Cup
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 qualifying round.

Achievements

  • Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina
    Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina
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    : 1
2000
  • Herzeg-Bosnia Cup: 1
1999

European record

Season Competition Round Club Home Away
2000/01 UEFA Champions League
UEFA Champions League
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1Q  Lithuania FBK Kaunas
FBK Kaunas
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3-0 0-4
2001/02 UEFA Cup
UEFA Cup
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QUAL  Norway Viking FK 1-1 0-1
2002 UEFA Intertoto Cup
UEFA Intertoto Cup
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1R  Switzerland FC Zürich 2-1 0-7

First team squad

Notable Players

Had international caps for their respective countries. Players whose name is listed in bold represented their countries while playing for Brotnjo.
Dragan Blatnjak
Dragan Blatnjak
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Enes Mešanović
Enes Mešanovic
Enes Mešanović is a retired Bosnian international footballer who played for FK Sloboda Tuzla in Bosnia, NK Dinamo Zagreb and NK Osijek in Croatia and had a brief spell with Erzurumspor in the Turkish Super Lig....

Dalibor Šilić
Dalibor Šilic
Dalibor Šilić is a Bosnia and Herzegovina footballer currently playing for NK Široki Brijeg. He has played for the Bosnia and Herzegovina national football team.-External links:**...

Mario Čižmek
Mario Cižmek
Mario Čižmek is a Croatian footballer who is currently a free agent.-Club career:Čižmek previously played for NK Zagreb, NK Kamen Ingrad and NK Inter Zaprešić in the Croatian First League. He also had a spell in the Israeli Premier League with Hapoel Petah Tikva during the 2001-02...

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