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Nogometni klub Čelik Zenica (English: Football Club Čelik Zenica) is a professional football club based in Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The name Čelik means Steel in Bosnian and it symbolizes the strength and power of the club in an industrial city well-known for steel production. Throughout its history, the club has been known for the excellent support of its fans at its Bilino Polje stadium which hosts the Bosnian national team.

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Čelik Zenica

Full name

Nogometni klub Čelik Zenica

Nickname(s)

Crno-crveni (The Black-Reds)
Starac (The Old Man)

Founded

16 June 1945; 77 years ago

Ground

Bilino Polje Stadium, Zenica

Capacity

15,293

Chairman

Denis Mušović

Manager

Armin Duvnjak

League

Second League of FBIH

2021–22

Second League of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, 3rd

Website

Club website

Home colours

Away colours

NK Čelik is one of the most prominent and successful football teams in Bosnia and Herzegovina being one of only two Bosnian clubs to win the national championship three times in a row – from 1994 to 1997. The club also won two national cups in a row – from 1995 to 1996. During the time of the former Yugoslavia, Čelik had played 17 seasons in the Yugoslav First League. Čelik won the Mitropa Cup two times, and was joint winner of the UEFA Intertoto Cup once.

In addition, Čelik is the only fan-owned football club in Bosnia & Herzegovina where club members democratically elect its leadership.[1]

Today, Čelik is active in the Second League of FBIH having previously played in the Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina before getting relegated in the 2019–20 Bosnian Premier League season to the First League of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.[2] In order to stabilise the club due to financial difficulties, its General Assembly voted to continue competing in the fourth tier-League of Zenica-Doboj Canton on 13 July 2020.[3] The club advanced from the Cantonal league to the Second league of FBiH for the 2021–22 season.

History

The club had been founded on 16 June 1945 by a group of World War II veterans. The name of the club had been proposed by one of the founders, Zdenko Mazanek, to symbolize the strength of the club and its link to the workers of the city's metallurgic industry.[4]

Club culture

Over the years, the club developed a strong identification with its hometown, Zenica, becoming one of its symbols. The club has produced many important international players including Elvir Bolić, Mirsad Hibić and Mladen Krstajić.

Grounds

Čelik plays their home games at the Bilino Polje stadium which is also the biggest stadium in the city. Over the years the club had changed four different stadiums settling at their current ground in 1972.

During the first few years of the club's existence, following World War II, Čelik's stadium was located roughly on the place of the current Bilino Polje stadium, close to the Bosna river. The ground was covered in clay, as was the practice of lower-level football grounds at the time. The stadium itself had one wooden stand which was built over time and the club often played in front of full capacity.

However, due to the increased popularity of the club and the need for a better surface, during the early 1950s the club moved to the nearby Stadion Blatuša which was located in the Blatuša neighborhood of Zenica. It was there that Čelik started its first run of successes when they had reached promotion to the Yugoslav First League in 1966 and won the Mitropa Cup in 1971 (the final was played on neutral ground in Gorizia, Italy[5]).

Shortly after the first Mitropa Cup victory, plans were made for a new, modern stadium, built in place of Čelik's first stadium. The construction took 8 months to complete and it was officially opened on 4 October 1972 for the second leg of the 1972 Mitropa Cup final against Fiorentina which Čelik won 1–0 to claim their second title in a row. The attendance record of 35,000 still stands today due to the introduction of seats on the stadium over the years. The stadium went through a number of renovations and reconstructions, the most recent being in 2012.

From July to August 2012, the stadium went through another renovation process where the pitch had been changed and under-soil heating installed beneath. During the reconstruction, Čelik played two Bosnian Premier League matches as well as one Bosnian Cup match on the Stadion Kamberovića Polje, winning all of them. In the second part of the same season, the club played one more game there which ended in a draw.

The youth squads of Čelik usually play their games at the smaller stadium Kamberovića Polje.

Supporters

The ultras supporter group of Čelik, established in 1988 in Zenica, is called Robijaši (The Convicts in English) because Zenica is famous for its prison. Widely known for their fanatic support, they have been fighting to preserve the club and support it through difficult financial times.[6]

Honours

Domestic

League

First League of Bosnia and Herzegovina:
- Winners (3): 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97
Yugoslav Second League:
- Winners (4): 1965–66 (west), 1978–79 (west), 1982–83 (west), 1984–85 (west)
League of Zenica-Doboj Canton:
- Winners (1): 2020–21

Cups

Bosnia and Herzegovina Cup:
- Winners (2): 1994–95, 1995–96
- Runners-up (2): 2010–11, 2013–14

European

UEFA Intertoto Cup:
- Winners (1): 1975 (Joint Winner)
Mitropa Cup:
- Winners (2): 1970–71, 1971–72
- Runners-up (2): 1972–73, 1979–80

Recent seasons

As of match played 5 June 2022.

Season	League									Cup	Europe
Season	Division	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Pos	Cup	Europe
1994–95	First League of Bosnia and Herzegovina Zenica Group	3	3	0	0	13	3	9	1st	Winners
1994–95	First League of Bosnia and Herzegovina Final Play-off	3	3	0	0	7	3	9	1st	Winners
1995–96	First League of Bosnia and Herzegovina	30	21	5	4	65	23	68	1st	Winners
1996–97	First League of Bosnia and Herzegovina	30	17	7	6	57	23	58	1st	SF
1997–98	First League of Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosniaks First League	30	16	8	6	48	30	53	2nd	R16
1997–98	First League of Bosnia and Herzegovina Play-off	2	0	0	2	2	7	0	6th	R16
1998–99	First League of Bosnia and Herzegovina	30	13	3	14	47	47	42	9th	R16
1999–2000	First League of Bosnia and Herzegovina	30	13	8	9	45	36	55	9th	QF
Current format of Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina
2000–01	Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina	42	21	10	11	75	40	73	4th	QF
2001–02	Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina	30	12	7	11	39	30	43	6th	SF	UEFA Intertoto Cup – R2
2002–03	Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina	38	16	10	12	61	33	58	5th	R32
2003–04	Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina	30	9	10	11	42	43	37	12th	R16
2004–05	Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina	30	13	2	15	29	37	41	13th	R16
2005–06	Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina	30	10	5	15	33	45	35	14th	R32
2006–07	Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina	30	12	3	15	29	35	39	14th	SF
2007–08	Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina	30	16	4	10	38	32	52	3rd	R16
2008–09	Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina	30	12	5	13	29	32	41	10th	R32	UEFA Intertoto Cup – R1
2009–10	Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina	30	10	5	10	33	36	50	13th	R16
2010–11	Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina	30	11	7	12	30	30	40	10th	Runners-up
2011–12	Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina	30	8	10	12	31	39	34	9th	QF
2012–13	Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina	30	14	9	7	44	30	51	4th	QF
2013–14	Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina	30	10	13	7	35	32	43	7th	Runners-up
2014–15	Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina	30	10	11	9	34	35	66	7th	R16
2015–16	Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina	30	12	10	8	35	28	46	6th	R16
2016–17	Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina	32	8	11	13	28	39	35	10th	R32
2017–18	Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina	32	8	4	20	30	61	28	11th	R16
2018–19	Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina	33	11	10	12	30	49	43	7th	R32
2019–20[nb 1]	Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina	22	5	5	12	17	33	17	11th ↓	R32
2020–21	League of Zenica-Doboj Canton[nb 2]	18	16	2	0	65	5	50	1st ↑
2021–22	Second League of FBIH - Center	30	21	6	3	79	21	66	3rd

European record

Competition	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
UEFA Intertoto Cup	6	4	0	2	11	9	+2
Total	6	4	0	2	11	9	+2

P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goals difference. Defunct competitions indicated in italics.

List of matches

Season	Competition	Round	Opponent	Home	Away	Agg.
2001	UEFA Intertoto Cup	1R	Denizlispor	1–0	5–3	6–3
2001	UEFA Intertoto Cup	2R	Gent	1–0	0–2	1–2
2008	UEFA Intertoto Cup	1R	Grbalj	3–2	1–2	4–4 (a)

Players

Current squad

As of 14 August 2021[9]

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
2	DF	BIH	Haris Šehić
3	DF	BIH	Davud Arnautović
4	DF	BIH	Harun Šabić
5	DF	BIH	Amar Muslić
7	MF	BIH	Sulejman Salkić
9	DF	BIH	Aladin Isaković
11	FW	BIH	Adnan Mašić
13	GK	KOS	Adis Nurković (player-coach)
15	MF	BIH	Sanjin Subotić
16	MF	BIH	Selim Žuna


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
17	MF	BIH	Imran Džaferović
18	FW	BIH	Besim Kolić
20	DF	BIH	Selmir Kovač
21	MF	BIH	Eldar Sivac
25	FW	BIH	Aidin Mahmutović (captain)
26	MF	BIH	Harun Vardo
31	MF	BIH	Edin Durmiš
89	GK	BIH	Adi Durmo
99	DF	BIH	Dženan Smajić

Players with multiple nationalities

Adis Nurković

Club officials

Position	Staff
Head coach	Armin Duvnjak
Goalkeeping coach	Adis Nurković
Physiotherapist	Dario Zrnić

Last updated: 16 July 2020
Source: NK Čelik Zenica at sportsport.ba

Other information

Chairman of the board	Denis Mušović
Sporting director	Husnija Arapović
Head coach	Pavle Skočibušić

Source: NK Čelik Zenica at sportsport.ba

Notable managers

Dates	Name	Honours
1970–1971	Dušan Varagić	1970–71 Mitropa Cup
1971–1972	Midhat Mujkić	1971–72 Mitropa Cup
1974–1975	Marcel Žigante	1975 Intertoto Cup (Joint Winner)
1992–1996	Nermin Hadžiahmetović	1994–95 Bosnian Championship, 1994–95 Bosnian Cup, 1995–96 Bosnian Championship, 1995–96 Bosnian Cup
1996–1997	Kemal Hafizović	1996–97 Bosnian Championship

Notes

2019–20 Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina suspended in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Bosnia and Herzegovina; season curtailed and final standings (including Sarajevo as champions) declared by a points-per-game ratio on 1 June 2020.[7]
Čelik were initially relegated to the Prva Liga FBiH, but were then excluded from the league on 13 July 2020.[8]

References

https://www.aa.com.tr/ba/sport/usvojen-novi-statut-nk-%C4%8Delik-na-principu-jedan-%C4%8Dlan-jedan-glas/721257
F.Z. (1 June 2020). "Zvanično! Sarajevo prvak BiH drugu godinu zaredom, Čelik i Zvijezda ispadaju" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
E.M. (13 July 2020). "Čelik takmičenje nastavlja u Kantonalnoj ligi, izabrana i nova uprava kluba" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
"Historija".
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F.Z. (1 June 2020). "Zvanično! Sarajevo prvak BiH drugu godinu zaredom, Čelik i Zvijezda ispadaju" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
E.M. (13 July 2020). "Čelik takmičenje nastavlja u Kantonalnoj ligi, izabrana i nova uprava kluba" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
"Igrači" [Players] (in Bosnian). NK Čelik Zenica. Retrieved 14 August 2021.

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Supporters	Robijaši
Other sports	KK Čelik RK Čelik (rugby) RK Čelik (handball)
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v t e NK Čelik Zenica – current squad
2 Šehić 3 Arnautović 4 Šabić 5 Muslić 7 Salkić 9 Isaković 11 Mašić 13 Nurković 15 Subotić 16 Žuna 17 Džaferović 18 Kolić 20 Kovač 21 Sivac 25 Mahmutović (c) 26 Vardo 31 Durmiš 89 Durmo 99 Smajić Manager: Skočibušić

NK Čelik Zenica – managers

Dubac (1958)
Konjevod (1959–60)
Varagić (1968–69)
Konjevod (1969–70)
Varagić (1970–71)
Mujkić (1971–72)
Varagić (1973)
Milošević (1973–74)
Žigante (1974–75)
Renić (1975–78)
Radičević (1978)
Šestić (1978)
Ribar (1983–84)
Spasojević (1984)
Višnjevac (1985)
Mušović (1985–86)
Skoblar (1988)
Bloudek (1988–89)
Jusufi (1989)
Hafizović (1989–92)
Hadžiahmetović (1992–96)
Hafizović (1996–97)
Hajduk (1997)
Katalinski (1998)
Arapović (1998–99)
Kopić (1999–00)
Hadžiahmetović (2000–01)
Hafizović (2001)
Đurbuzović (2001–03)
Handžić (2003)
Kopić^c (2003)
Hafizović (2003–04)
Arapović (2004)
Čolak^c (2004)
Musemić (2004)
Đurbuzović (2004–05)
Hadžiabdić (2005)
Bajrić (2005)
Kopić (2005)
Mourão (2005)
Hadžiabdić (2006)
Hafizović (2006)
Simunić (2006)
Gavran (2006–07)
Ištuk (2007–08)
Bloudek (2008–09)
Ištuk (2009)
Kopić (2009–10)
Ibraković (2010–11)
Gavran (2011)
Beganović (2011–12)
Japaur^c (2012)
Glavaš (2012)
Jagodić (2012–13)
Hukić (2013–14)
Odović (2014–15)
Pavić (2015)
Beganović (2015–16)
Alispahić (2016)
Ištuk (2016)
Jusufbegović (2016–17)
Pavić (2017)
Hafizović (2017)
Beganović (2017)
Divković (2017)
Musa (2018)
Prljača (2018)
Örnek (2018–19)
Arslan (2019)
Özer (2019)
Seferović^c (2019)
Babić (2019)
Božičić (2019)
Jović^c (2019)
Özat (2019–20)
Skočibušić (2020–)

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На других языках

[de] NK Čelik Zenica

NK Čelik Zenica ist ein bosnisch-herzegowinischer Fußballklub aus Zenica. Der Verein, spielt aktuell in der zweiten Fußballliga der Föderation Bosnien-Herzegowina (Druga Liga FBiH).

- [en] NK Čelik Zenica

[es] NK Čelik Zenica

El NK Čelik (serbio: НК Челик) es un club de fútbol bosnio de la ciudad de Zenica y fundado en 1945. El equipo disputa sus partidos como local en el Bilino Polje y juega en la Premijer Liga. El club es uno de los más importantes de Bosnia y los Balcanes, pues llegó a disputar 17 temporadas en la Primera Liga de Yugoslavia. El Čelik pasó a la historia por hacerse con los tres primeros campeonatos de la Primera Liga de Bosnia y Herzegovina disputados únicamente por clubs bosníacos.

[ru] Челик (футбольный клуб, Зеница)

«Челик» (от тур. Çelik, сталь) ― футбольный клуб из Боснии и Герцеговины, базируется в городе Зеница. Клуб был основан в 1945 году. В высшем дивизионе чемпионата Боснии и Герцеговины играл в 1994—2020 годах. Домашний стадион — «Билино Поле», вмещает 18 000 зрителей.

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