RNK Split is a Croatia

Croatia

Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...

n football

Football (soccer)

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...

 club based in the city of Split

Split (city)

Split is a Mediterranean city on the eastern shores of the Adriatic Sea, centered around the ancient Roman Palace of the Emperor Diocletian and its wide port bay. With a population of 178,192 citizens, and a metropolitan area numbering up to 467,899, Split is by far the largest Dalmatian city and...

.

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

Shipyard

Shipyards and dockyards are places which repair and build ships. These can be yachts, military vessels, cruise liners or other cargo or passenger ships. Dockyards are sometimes more associated with maintenance and basing activities than shipyards, which are sometimes associated more with initial...

. 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

Spanish Civil War

The Spanish Civil WarAlso known as The Crusade among Nationalists, the Fourth Carlist War among Carlists, and The Rebellion or Uprising among Republicans. was a major conflict fought in Spain from 17 July 1936 to 1 April 1939...

, RNK Split organized an unsuccessful expedition of his volunteers for the fight on the side of the anti-fascist coalition against Francisco Franco

Francisco Franco

Francisco Franco y Bahamonde was a Spanish general, dictator and head of state of Spain from October 1936 , and de facto regent of the nominally restored Kingdom of Spain from 1947 until his death in November, 1975...

's forces.

In World War II

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

, the club became well-known because 120 of its players were killed fighting on the side Josip Broz Tito

Josip Broz Tito

Marshal Josip Broz Tito – 4 May 1980) was a Yugoslav revolutionary and statesman. While his presidency has been criticized as authoritarian, Tito was a popular public figure both in Yugoslavia and abroad, viewed as a unifying symbol for the nations of the Yugoslav federation...

'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

HNK Hajduk Split

HNK Hajduk Split, commonly referred to as Hajduk Split or simply Hajduk, is a Croatian football club founded in 1911 and based in the city of Split. The club's home ground since 1979 is the 35,000-seater Poljud Stadium and the team's traditional home colours are white shirts with blue shorts and...

. 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

2011–12 UEFA Europa League

The 2011–12 UEFA Europa League is the third season of the competition since it was renamed from the UEFA Cup. It began on 30 June 2011 with the first legs of the first qualifying round, and will end on 9 May 2012 with the final to be held at Stadionul Național in Bucharest, Romania...

 second qualifying round were they met Slovenian

Slovenia

Slovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in Central and Southeastern Europe touching the Alps and bordering the Mediterranean. Slovenia borders Italy to the west, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north, and also has a small portion of...

 side NK Domžale

NK Domžale

NK Domžale is a Slovenian football club that plays in the town of Domžale. They have won the Slovenian League two times and both Slovenian Cup and Slovenian Supercup once.-History:...

. They won 5-2 on aggregate and in the third qualifying round they were drawn against Premier League side Fulham

Fulham F.C.

Fulham Football Club is a professional English Premier League club based in southwest London Fulham, in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham. Founded in 1879, they play in the Premier League, their 11th current season...

, 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

Social democracy

Social democracy is a political ideology of the center-left on the political spectrum. Social democracy is officially a form of evolutionary reformist socialism. It supports class collaboration as the course to achieve socialism...

 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

FK Vardar

FK Vardar Skopje is a Macedonian football club based in the capital city of Skopje. FK Vardar is currently a member of the 1-MFL. FK Vardar is the most popular and renowned Macedonian football club both domestically and abroad, having won 6 national championships and 6 national cups...

 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

Recent seasons

Season	League									Cup Croatian Cup The Croatian Cup is an annually held football tournament for Croatian football clubs and is the second most important competition in Croatian football after the Prva HNL league championship. It is governed by the Croatian Football Federation and usually runs from late August to May...	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 1998–99 Druga HNL The 1998–99 Druga HNL was the 8th season of Druga HNL, the second level league in Croatian football.The format of the league was changed and the five regional subdivisions which composed the Druga HNL in the 1997–98 season were merged into a single nationwide format for the 1998–99 season...	36	17	8	11	60	34	59	5th
1999–2000	2. HNL 1999–2000 Druga HNL The 1999–2000 Druga HNL was the 9th season of Druga HNL, the second level league in Croatian football.The format of the league was unchanged from the 1998–99 season...	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 2009–10 RNK Split season The 2009–10 was the 98th season in RNK Split’s history. After winning Treća HNL South in the previous season, they earned promotion to Druga HNL. RNK Split finished the season in 1st place in the Druga HNL and earned promotion to 2010–11 Prva HNL....	2. HNL 2009–10 Druga HNL The 2009–10 Druga HNL was the 19th season of Croatia's second level football competition since its establishment in 1992. Istra 1961 were league champions and were promoted to Prva HNL at the end of the previous season....	26	16	5	5	56	26	53	1st ↑	R1 2009–10 Croatian Cup The 2009–10 Croatian Cup was the nineteenth season of Croatia's football knockout competition.The defending champions were Dinamo Zagreb since they won the previous year's cup by defeating Hajduk Split on penalties after the result was tied 3–3 on aggregate....	Split-Dalmatia County Cup	RU	Ante Žužul	12
2010–11 2010–11 RNK Split season The 2010–11 season was the 99th season in RNK Split’s history, their first in the Prva HNL and 20th in the league system of Croatian football. Their 1st place finish in the 2009–10 season marked their return to top flight after 49 years, having been relegated from the 1960–61 Yugoslav First League...	1. HNL 2010–11 Prva HNL The 2010–11 Prva HNL season was the twentieth season of the Prva HNL since its establishment in 1992. It began on 23 July 2010 and ended on 21 May 2011...	30	16	5	9	38	22	53	3rd		Split-Dalmatia County Cup	W	Bojan Golubović Bojan Golubović Bojan Golubović is a Bosnian footballer. He plays as a forward for RNK Split in the Croatian Prva HNL....	6

Key

1st	2nd	↑	↓
Champions	Runners-up	Promoted Promotion and relegation In many sports leagues around the world, promotion and relegation is a process that takes place at the end of each season. Through it, teams are transferred between divisions based on their performance that season...	Relegated Promotion and relegation In many sports leagues around the world, promotion and relegation is a process that takes place at the end of each season. Through it, teams are transferred between divisions based on their performance that season...

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
  Treća HNL
  The Croatian Third Football League is the third tier of the football league system in Croatia. The league was established in 1991 following the dissolution of the Yugoslav League. It is operated by the Croatian Football Federation.-Subdivisions:...
  
  
• 4. HNL = Četvrta HNL
• 1. ŽNL = Prva županijska liga
• S-D = Split-Dalmatia
  Split-Dalmatia County
  Split-Dalmatia County is the central-southern Dalmatian county in Croatia. The administrative center is Split. The population of the county is 455,242...
  
  

• 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 2011–12 UEFA Europa League The 2011–12 UEFA Europa League is the third season of the competition since it was renamed from the UEFA Cup. It began on 30 June 2011 with the first legs of the first qualifying round, and will end on 9 May 2012 with the final to be held at Stadionul Național in Bucharest, Romania...	QR2	Domžale NK Domžale NK Domžale is a Slovenian football club that plays in the town of Domžale. They have won the Slovenian League two times and both Slovenian Cup and Slovenian Supercup once.-History:...	3–1	2–1	5–2
		QR3	Fulham Fulham F.C. Fulham Football Club is a professional English Premier League club based in southwest London Fulham, in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham. Founded in 1879, they play in the Premier League, their 11th current season...	0–0	0–2	0–2

Notable players

Tonći Gulin Aljoša Asanović

Aljoša Asanovic

Aljoša Asanović is a retired Croatian soccer player best known from his performances in the mid-to-late 90's when he played for Derby County and for Croatia during Euro 96 and World Cup 98...

 Janko Janković

Janko Janković

Janko Janković ia a retired Croatian footballer who played as a forward.-Football career:After playing in his country with NK Solin, HNK Hajduk Split , RNK Split and NK Rijeka, 25-year old Janković moved to Spain, where he would remain for nearly one full decade until his retirement.He started at...

 Jurica Jerković

Jurica Jerkovic

Jurica "Jure" Jerković is a former Croatian footballer.During his club career he played for Hajduk Split, FC Zürich and FC Lugano...

 Tonči Gabrić

Tonci Gabric

Tonči Gabrić is a former Croatian football player in goalkeeper role.He played before 1991 in Yugoslav teams NK Čelik Zenica and NK Rijeka. After Yugoslavia dissolution, he played for two years in Greece with PAOK Thessaloniki FC , and in Croatia with NK Pazinka , and Hajduk Split...

 Ivica Vastić

Ivica Vastic

Ivica Vastić is a retired Croatian-born Austrian football midfielder, formerly a striker, who last played for LASK Linz and the Austria national football team and works now as Head Coach of FK Austria Wien Amateure.- Club career :Born in Split, Vastić started to play for local clubs Jugovinil and...

 Nenad Pralija

Nenad Pralija

Nenad Pralija, , is a former Croatian footballer.-Club career:Pralija started his career at his hometown club RNK Split where he spent three years before moving to the local powerhouse Hajduk Split...

 Ivica Križanac

Ivica Križanac

Ivica Križanac is a Croatian football defender who currently plays for RNK Split.He previously played for Górnik Zabrze of Poland where he became one of Polish league's best players. Since joining FC Zenit Saint Petersburg Ivica has been a major player. He is a consistent player...

Players that later became famous as coaches: Tomislav Ivić

Tomislav Ivic

Tomislav Ivić was a Croatian football player and manager.Often described as a brilliant strategist, Ivić is credited with helping develop the modern style of the game...

 Stanko Poklepović

Stanko Poklepovic

Stanko "Špaco" Poklepović is a Croatian football coach.-References:...

 Ante Mladinić

Ante Mladinic

Ante "Biće" Mladinić was a Croatian football manager.The Croat had a modest playing career turning out for Hajduk Split and Lokomotiva Zagreb. Later as coach he had spells at NK Zagreb, Hajduk, FK Partizan, and the Yugoslavia national football team in the mid-1970s...

Notable coaches

Franjo Glaser

Franjo Glaser

Franjo Glaser was a Croatian football goalkeeper and football manager...

 (1947) Nikola Gazdić Leo Lemešić

Leo Lemešić

Leo Lemešić was a Croatian football striker and later a football manager.On the national level he played for Yugoslavia national team and spent his entire club career with Hajduk Split....

 (1933–1936) Luka Kaliterna

Luka Kaliterna

"Barba" Luka Kaliterna was a Croatian football player and later manager. Born in Split, he played on the position of the goalkeeper.-External links:* at HNK Hajduk Split officia website...

 (1940–1941, 1946–1947, 1954–1958, 1962, 1966–1967) Ivo Radovniković

Ivo Radovniković

Ivo "Ive" Radovniković was a Croatian football player and manager.A native of Split, Radovniković joined local powerhouse Hajduk Split in 1930 at the age of 12, and debuted professionally for the club six years later in a match against SK Bata Borovo...

 (1963–1964) Ozren Nedoklan

Ozren Nedoklan

-External links:* at Hajduk Split***...

 (1965–1966) Tomislav Ivić

Tomislav Ivic

Tomislav Ivić was a Croatian football player and manager.Often described as a brilliant strategist, Ivić is credited with helping develop the modern style of the game...

 (1967–1968) Stanko Poklepović

Stanko Poklepovic

Stanko "Špaco" Poklepović is a Croatian football coach.-References:...

 (1969, 1971–1972) Jozo Matošić Frane Matošić

Frane Matošic

Frane Matošić was a Croatian football player and coach. Born in Split, he played on the position of the striker.He was the best goalscorer of HNK Hajduk Split of all times and its biggest football player legend....

 Lenko Grčić

Lenko Grčić

Lenko Grčić is a Croatian former football player and coach.-Career:Born in Split, Grčić began his football career in 1940 with the juniors of RNK Split, where he continued to play until 1946. In 1946 he joined the Army and for three years was a regular for JRV Naša Krila based in Zemun, playing...

 (1972–1973) Ljubomir Kokeza

Ljubomir Kokeza

Ljubomir "Ljubo" Kokeza was Croatian football player that played for both Hajduk Split and Yugoslavia in the 40s and 50s....

 Zlatko Papec

Zlatko Papec

Zlatko Papec is a former Croatian footballer.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 was part of the greatest attacking lineup in the history of the club, alongside Josip Odžak, Vladimir...

 Vladimir Beara

Vladimir Beara

Vladimir Beara is a retired Croatian-born Serb football player, as goalkeeper, and also football manager.-Early life:...

 (1980–1981) Mićun Jovanić

Mićun Jovanić

Mićun Jovanić was a Croatian footballer best known for his 12-year spell with Hajduk Split, where he played between 1969 and 1981...

 (1991) Ivan Katalinić

Ivan Katalinic

Ivan Katalinić is a Croatian football manager and former Hajduk Split and Southampton goalkeeper. As a member of Hajduk's famous "golden generation" of the seventies, he won four Yugoslav championships and five consecutive cups.At the beginning of 1980 came a move to Southampton where he stayed...

 (2010–2011)

External links

• RNK Split at nogometni-magazin 
• Article about club's history in Slobodna Dalmacija
  Slobodna Dalmacija
  Slobodna Dalmacija is a Croatian daily newspaper published in Split.The first issue of Slobodna Dalmacija was published on June 17, 1943 by Tito's Partisans in a cave on Mosor, a mountain near Split, which was occupied by the Italian army during that time. The paper was later published in various...