NK GOŠK Gabela
Nogometni Klub GOŠK Gabela is a professional football club based in Gabela, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The name GOŠK in Croatian, is the abbreviation of "Gabeoski Omladinski Športski Klub". Currently, the club competes in the First League of the [Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina].
Their home ground is the Stadium Perica-Pero Pavlović in Gabela which can hold about 3,000 people. GNK Dinamo Zagreb donated 5,000 chairs to the club.
Their supporters are known as the Blue Lions. They were founded in 2001.
History
The first ball in Gabela was brought by Andrija Korda and Vidan Krvavac in 1919, from Mostar.1941–45 the club was dissolved because of World War II. In 1948 the club was formed again.
The club was named GOŠK after the recommendations of Milorad Mandrapa in 1958. Under the name GOŠK, the club achieved gradual improvement in competitive results. Gabela ranked among the most popular sports village in the former Yugoslavia.
In the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, GOŠK mostly played in the Fourth Unfederal League in the seasons and three times in the Third League.
In the 1990s, GOŠK played in the First League of Herzeg-Bosnia, between 2001 and 2003 in the Second League of FBiH, and between 2003 and 2011 in the First League of FBiH. In the 2010–11 [First League of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina|2010–11] season, GOŠK won 1st place in the First League of FBiH and got promoted to the Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the elite football league in the country. They managed to repeat that achievement in the 2016–17 season and played in the Bosnian Premier League until the 2018–19 [Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina|2018–19] season when the club finished last in 12th place and got relegated back to the First League of FBiH. GOŠK was promoted back to the Premier League in the 2022–23 First League of FBiH season.
Former names
- 1919–1926 – FK Zmaj
- 1926–1935 – FK Seljačka Sloga
- 1935–1941 – Seljački športski klub
- 1948–1949 – NK Zmaj
- 1949–1958 – NK Sloga
- 1958–present – '''GOŠK Gabela'''
Honours
Domestic
League
- First League of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina:
- *Winners : 2010–11, 2016–17, 2022–23
- *Runners-up : 2007–08, 2014–15, 2021–22
- Second League of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina:
- *Winners : 2002–03
Places in leagues and cups
In Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia:| Season | League | Place |
| 1966–67 | Yugoslav Third League | 12th ↓ |
| 1963–64 | Yugoslav Third League | 12th ↓ |
| 1961–62 | Yugoslav Third League | 11th ↓ |
In Bosnia and Herzegovina:
| Season | National Cup | Place |
| 2024–25 | Bosnian Cup | 1/8 final |
| 2023–24 | Bosnian Cup | 1/8 final |
| 2021–22 | Bosnian Cup | 1/16 final |
| 2020–21 | Bosnian Cup | 1/16 final |
| 2019–20 | Bosnian Cup | 1/2 final |
| 2018–19 | Bosnian Cup | 1/8 final |
| 2017–18 | Bosnian Cup | 1/8 final |
| 2016–17 | Bosnian Cup | 1/16 final |
| 2015–16 | Bosnian Cup | 1/8 final |
| 2012–13 | Bosnian Cup | 1/4 final |
| 2011–12 | Bosnian Cup | 1/8 final |
| 2010–11 | Bosnian Cup | 1/16 final |
| 2008–09 | Bosnian Cup | 1/8 final |
Youth categories
Cadets and juniors play in the Youth Premier League. Pioneers and prior to pioneers play in the Youth Leagues of the Herzegovina-Neretva Canton.Andrija Anković memorial tournament
Every year since 1986, GOŠK host a memorial tournament in the name of Andrija Anković, in which teams such as GNK Dinamo Zagreb, HNK Hajduk Split, NK Široki Brijeg and HŠK Zrinjski Mostar usually play in.Managerial history
- Ivan Katalinić
- Darko Dražić
- Milomir Odović
- Boris Gavran
- Slaven Musa
- Dario Zadro
- Ivan Katalinić
- Davor Mladina
- Tomislav Raguž
- Faruk Kulović
- Darko Vojvodić
- Faruk Kulović
- Tomislav Raguž
- Nedim Jusufbegović
- Zlatko Križanović
- Darko Vojvodić
- Slaven Musa
- Feđa Dudić
- Mato Neretljak
- Stanko Mršić
- Nenad Gagro
- Vule Trivunović
- Igor Pamić
- Ivan Bubalo
- Dženan Hošić
- Denis Ćorić
- Toni Karačić
- Admir Adžem
- Danijel Pranjić
- Damir Borovac
- Damir Obad
- Jure Obšivač