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Dinamo Zagreb
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{{Football club infobox |
clubname = NK Dinamo |
image =
Image:Dinamo_Zagreb_Logo.gif 100px|Dinamo's Logo |
fullname = Nogometni Klub Dinamo |
nickname = ''Modri'' |
founded =
April 26 1911 |
ground =
Maksimir stadium,
Zagreb,
Croatia |
capacity = 40,000 |
chairman = {{flagicon|Croatia}}
Mirko Barišić |
manager = {{flagicon|Croatia}}
Josip Kuže |
league =
Croatian First League First League |
season = 2004-05 |
position =
Croatian First League First League, '''7th''' |
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Image:Maksimir 5.jpg thumb|222px|right|[[Maksimir stadium rendering]]
'''Dinamo''' is a
football (soccer) football club from
Zagreb, the capital city of
Croatia. Its colour is
blue, therefore the teams nicknames are ''Plavi'' or ''Modri'', both meaning ''The Blues''.
History
After
World War II WW2 following the rise to power of the
Communist Party of Yugoslavia, every famous
Zagreb football club was disbanded overnight, and a municipal club was formed on
June 9 1945. Like many other football clubs in
Eastern Europe, it was also called '''Dinamo''', and all the best and prospective
Građanski Zagreb Građanski players immediately joined the newly formed club.
It is often wrongly associated with
HAÅ K (''Hrvatski akademski Å¡portski klub'', Translated: ''Croatian Academic Sports Club''), formed on
November 6 1903 as a student's club.
The Građanski manager
Martin Bukovi continued to work in Dinamo, together with masseur
Franjo Žlof, also a former Građanski player. Of the HAŠK players that transferred to Dinamo, the regulars in the first team were
Ratko Kacian,
Željko Čajkovski,
Svetozar PeriÄ?ić and
Dragutin Lojen. Only ÄŒajkovski remained in
Maksimir for a longer period, a total 11 years. This newly formed club, Dinamo, also took Građanski's blue colours and from
1969 onwards, the club's emblem was very similar to that of Građanski.
The club changed name to HAŠK-Građanski in 1991, followed by another change, this time to
Croatia from
1993 until
2000. This name change was widely seen as a political move by Croatia's new leadership with the end of distancing the club and the entire country from it's communist history. However, 7 years later, on
February 14 2000, the name Dinamo that never left the Bad Blue Boys' banners officially returned to
Maksimir.
Titles
Domestic titles
* 4 times
SFRY Yugoslav champion (
1948,
1952,
1958,
1982)
* 7 times winner of the
Yugoslavian Cup (
1951,
1960,
1963,
1965,
1969,
1980,
1983)
* 7 times
Croatia Croatian champion (
1993,
1996,
1997,
1998,
1999,
2000,
2003)
* 5 times winner of the
Croatian Cup (
1994,
1996,
1997,
1998,
2001,
2002)
International titles
* 1 time winner of the
Fairs Cup (forerunner of today's
UEFA Cup) (
1967)
* 1 time finalist of the
Fairs Cup (forerunner of today's
UEFA Cup) (
1968)
* 1
Balkans Cup (
1977)
Stadium
{{main|Maksimir Stadium}}
Dinamo's home ground is
Maksimir Stadium, which is situated in the northeast borough of the city of
Zagreb called
Maksimir next to the famous Maksimir Park (forest) and Zagreb Zoo. Currently, the stadium has 40.000 seats and it is being expanded.
The Fans - Bad Blue Boys
Although throughout its history, Dinamo has had a large army of followers, the first organized group of followers emerged in
1986. The most hardcore and faithful followers, copying the similar groups abroad, formed the '''Bad Blue Boys'''. As legend has it, the name was inspired by then very popular 1983 film ''
Bad Boys (1983 film) Bad Boys'' starring
Sean Penn.
Throughout the
Zagreb boroughs, BBB chapters emerged, and at the matches one could see banners from various parts of the city (
Maksimir,
Travno,
Dugave). At the beginning, the supporters privately organized visits to the games in former
Yugoslavia. They were present at Dinamo's matches in
Belgrade,
Sarajevo,
Ljubljana,
Niš,
Titograd,
Skopje. They were more recently involved in a mass brawl in
Milan with police before Dinamo's, then Croatia's
Champion's League match against
AC Milan
At the beginning of the
1990's, the first organized BBB Fan-club was established and quickly became extremely popular despite various problems.
The unity of the club seemingly culminated on May 13, 1990 during a match with was
Red Star Belgrade. The stands were filled to capacity and provocation from the visiting fans, the
Delije, had begun before the game even started. When
Belgrade fans broke the fences on the southern stands and started a fight with a smaller group of fans, the northern stands that seated the majority of the Bad Blue Boys lost control and the situation deteriorated quickly. The fence was down in seconds and Dinamo fans started towards the South. During the following riot, police officials tried to establish control of the pitch and prevent Dinamo's followers from reaching the southern stands, but this exercise of control quickly turned into a display of police brutality.
Zvonimir Boban, at that time the Dinamo's captain, also came in defence of the supporters. This match is often considered as one of the moments that simbolised the destruction of the former
Yugoslavia
Dinamo youth school - ONS ''Hitrec - Kacian''
Dinamo's football school ''Hitrec - Kacian'' is named after two football greats from
Zagreb.
'''Ico Hitrec''', centre-forward from HAÅ K is widely considered as the greatest
Croatian player before the
World War II WW2. He became a legend after scoring twice against then famous
Spain Spanish keeper
Ricardo Zamora during the first night game in the capital of
Croatia between HAÅ K Zagreb and
Real Madrid in
1913. As on of the first Croatian international players, he went on to play for
Grasshopper-Club Zürich of
Switzerland, and ''
Kicker'', at the time the foremost sports journal in
Europe, chose him as a member of the European elite 11. He was also the first technical officer and in his office in
Zagreb power-works in Gundulićeva Street, the best players from Građanski met and discussed forming a new club with blue shirts
'''Ratko Kacian''' played with Hitrec and won the title with HAÅ K in
1938. Ten years later, he was a member of the team that won Dinamo its first Championship title.
The director of the school is
Božidar Šikić.
Dinamo's famous players
*
August Lešnik
*
Ico Hitrec
*
Ratko Kacian
*
Franjo Glaser
*
Franjo Wölfl
*
Ivica Horvat
*
Željko Čajkovski
*
Aleksandar Benko
*
Drago Vabec
*
Slaven Zambata
*
Rudolf Belin
*
Stjepan Lamza
*
Dražan Jerković
*
Mladen Ramljak
*
Krasnodar Rora
*
Snješko Cerin
*
Marijan Vlak
*
Marko Mlinarić
*
Stjepan Deverić
*
Borislav Cvetković
*
Zvjezdan Cvetković
*
Eddie KrnÄ?ević
*
Velimir Zajec
*
Srećko Bogdan
*
Zlatko KranjÄ?ar
*
Goran Vlaović
*
Davor Å uker
*
Zvonimir Boban
*
Dražen Ladić
*
Igor Cvitanović
*
Mario Stanic Mario Stanić
*
Zvonimir Soldo (present
VfB Stuttgart)
*
Mark Viduka (present
Middlesborough F.C. Middlesborough)
*
Stjepan Tomas (present
Galatasaray)
*
Dario Šimić (present
A.C. Milan)
*
Silvio Marić (came back to Dinamo after
Panathinaikos)
*
Igor Bišćan (
UEFA Champions League winner with
Liverpool F.C. and present
Panathinaikos)
*
Tomo Å okota (present
FC Porto)
*
Robert ProsineÄ?ki
*
Goce Sedloski (present
Diyarbakir)
*
Mario Tokić (present
Austria Vienna)
*
Ardian Kozniku
*
Tomislav Butina (present
Club Brugge)
*
Mario Bazina (present
SK Rapid Wien)
*
Edin MujÄ?in
*
Krunoslav JurÄ?ić
*
Niko KranjÄ?ar (present
Hajduk)
Dinamo's legendary coaches
*
Artur Gaskel
*
Marton Bukovi
*
Milan Antolković
*
Branko Zebec
*
Vlatko Marković (present chairman of
Croatian Football Federation)
*
Miroslav Blažević (present
Neuchatel Xamax)
*
Otto Barić
*
Velimir Zajec (present
Portsmouth F.C.)
*
Zlatko KranjÄ?ar (present
Croatia national football team)
*
Josip Kuže
*
Marijan Vlak (present
Žilina)
Dinamo's 2005/06 players and staff
Goalkeepers
*{{flagicon|Croatia}}
Ivan Turina
*{{flagicon|Croatia}}
Marko Å arlija
Defenders
*{{flagicon|Croatia}}
Dino Drpić
*{{flagicon|Croatia}}
Hrvoje ÄŒale
*{{flagicon|Croatia}}
Marijan Buljat
*{{flagicon|Croatia}}
Mario LuÄ?ić
*{{flagicon|Croatia}}
Vedran Ćorluka
*{{flagicon|Brazil}}
Carlos Santos de Jesus
Midfielders
*{{flagicon|Croatia}}
Ante Tomić (football player) Ante Tomić
*{{flagicon|Croatia}}
Luka Modrić
*{{flagicon|Croatia}}
Zoran Mamić
*{{flagicon|Brazil}}
Oelington Araujo dos Santos "Etto"
*{{flagicon|Croatia}}
Ognjen Vukojević
Attacking midfielders
*{{flagicon|Cameroon}}
Mathias Chago
*{{flagicon|Croatia}}
Silvio Marić
*{{flagicon|Croatia}}
Ivan Bošnjak
*{{flagicon|Brazil}}
Vitor Silva Assis de Oliveira "Júnior"
*{{flagicon|Croatia}}
Miroslav Šarić
Forwards
*{{flagicon|Croatia}}
Dario Zahora
*{{flagicon|Croatia}}
Eduardo da Silva
*{{flagicon|Brazil}}
Costa Anderson
Coach
*{{flagicon|Croatia}}
Josip Kuže
External links
-
Dinamo - Zagreb
-
Bad Blue Boys
-
Dinamo Zagreb Online (English)
-
Unofficial web site
-
Dinamo - Zagreb
-
Zagreb's Blues
-
Dinamo FORUM
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