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Bosna Visoko

Full name	Nogometni Klub Bosna Visoko
Nickname(s)	Faraoni (The Pharaohs)
Founded	1953; 71 years ago (1953), after merging Jadran (1923) and Radnički (1934)
Ground	Stadion Luke, Visoko
Capacity	5,200
Chairman	Nihad Smailagić
Manager	Faruk Dedić
League	Second League of FBiH – Center
2018–19	First League of FBiH, 16th (relegated)
Home colours Away colours

Nogometni Klub Bosna Visoko (Template:Lang-en) is a professional association football club from the city of Visoko that is situated in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Currently, Bosna plays in the Second League of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina – Center and plays its home matches on Stadion Luke which has a capacity of 5,200 seats.

The club's greatest success was in the late 1990s. Guided by manager Ivo Ištuk, Bosna won the Bosnian Cup, Bosnian Supercup and made great results in the First League of Bosnia and Herzegovina, even almost winning it in the 1997–98 season.

History

Foundation

NK Bosna was founded in 1953 in the city of Visoko with the merging of local sides NK Jadran (1923) and NK Radnički (1934) into a single club. After spending a decade in the third-tier, the club got promoted to the Yugoslav Second League in 1963, which was the club's biggest achievement in the former Yugoslavia. Bosna again got promoted to the second league in 1978 after winning the Bosnia and Herzegovina Republic League. The club stayed in the league for three years, before being relegated in the 1980–81 season.

Success and downfall

In the 1995–96 (north) Second League of Bosnia and Herzegovina season, Bosna finished on 1st place and got promoted to the First League of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The club had its biggest success in the late 1990s under the guidance of current manager Ivo Ištuk. In the 1997–98 First League of Bosnia and Herzegovina season, the club finished the first round on 1st place, but did not win the whole league as it succumbed in the group stage play-offs. The next season, Bosna had great success, as it won the 1998–99 Bosnia and Herzegovina Football Cup, the first trophy in the club's history and the next season, won the Bosnian Supercup in 1999.

After years of playing in the First League of Bosnia and Herzegovina, in the 1999–00 league season, Bosna got relegated to the First League of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

In the 2000–01 season, alongside HNK Grude, Bosna got promoted back to the Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina. After two seasons of Premier League football, in the 2002–03 season, Bosna finished on last place and got relegated once again to the First League of FBiH.

Present

Since getting relegated from the top tier of Bosnian football again in May 2003, Bosna mostly played in the First League of FBiH, with three seasons of them also playing in the Second League of FBiH (center) (2011–12, 2013–14 and 2014–15) and the fourth (2019–20) season to be played.

For a short period, from January to May 2013, 17 years after leaving Bosna, Ivo Ištuk, the club's most successful manager in history came back to the club and managed the club in that period.

On 5 August 2014, Bosna and FK Sarajevo signed a cooperation agreement by which Sarajevo will loan its talented youngsters to the Visoko-based side and will have first-buy rights on all NK Bosna players. By signing this agreement, Bosna de facto became Sarajevo's farm team. The agreement was signed by Adis Hajlovac and Mirza Laletović on behalf of Bosna, and Abdulah Ibraković on behalf of Sarajevo.

In the 2016–17 First League of FBiH season, Bosna throughout the whole season held 1st place and were really close to coming back to the Bosnian Premier League, but at the end of the season they failed to finish 1st as bad results costed them the promotion. At the end they finished 2nd, six points off champions NK GOŠK Gabela and only two points more than 3rd place FK Tuzla City, at that time still known as FK Sloga Simin Han.

On 5 April 2017, almost four years after leaving the club, Ivo Ištuk once again came back to Bosna and became the new manager. In July 2019, he left the club after over two years as its manager.

In the 2018–19 First League of FBiH season, Bosna for a third time in the club's history got relegated to the Second League of FBiH (center).

Club seasons

Honours

Domestic

League

• First League of Bosnia and Herzegovina:
  • Winners (1): 1997–98 (First Round)
• First League of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina:
  • Winners (1): 1995–96 (north)
  • Runners-up (1): 2016–17
• Second League of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina:
  • Winners (2): 2011–12 (center), 2014–15 (center)
• Bosnia and Herzegovina Republic League:
  • Winners (1): 1977–78

Cups

• Bosnia and Herzegovina Football Cup:
  • Winners (1): 1998–99
  • Runners-up (1): 1999–2000
• Supercup of Bosnia and Herzegovina:
  • Winners (1): 1999

Players

Current squad

As of 19 July 2019

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  BIH Amar Sujić 2 DF  BIH Kerim Tutundžić 3 DF  BIH Adnan Alić 5 FW  BIH Vedad Džafić 7 MF  BIH Edis Tahmaz 8 MF  BIH Senad Selimović 9 MF  BIH Armin Šehić 10 MF  BIH Mak Muharemović 11 MF  BIH Dražen Dubačkić 12 GK  BIH Nino Abadžija 14 MF  BIH Adin Civa

No. Pos. Nation Player 15 MF  BIH Adnan Pandžić 17 MF  BIH Harun Agić 20 DF  BIH Mahir Čosić 23 DF  BIH Armin Cibra 25 MF  BIH Ismar Čomaga – MF  BIH Vlatko Premceski – FW  BIH Nihad Mujić – DF  BIH Vahidin Čaluk – DF  BIH Riad Hečo – DF  SRB Milan Popović – MF  BIH Edo-Aramis Mašić

Players with multiple nationalities

• Vlatko Premceski

Club officials

Coaching staff

Name Role Faruk Dedić Head coach Mirsad Džafić Goalkeeping coach Other information Chairman Nihad Smailagić Head coach Faruk Dedić Ground (capacity and dimensions) Stadion Luke (5,200 / 105x96 m) Updated to match played 3 July 2019 Source: Bosna Visoko and Stadion Luke

Notable players

• Ibrahim Sirčo
• Slaviša Vukičević
• Faruk Ihtijarević
• Almedin Hota
• Elvir Rahimić
• Mirsad Bešlija
• Esmir Džafić
• Adnan Džafić
• Kenan Hasagić

Notable managers

• Ivo Ištuk
• Faruk Dedić
• Nermin Bukva

See also

• Football Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
• FK Sarajevo

References

1. "Ozvaničena saradnja između FK Sarajevo i NK Bosna Visoko" (in Bosnian). fksarajevo.ba. 5 August 2014. Retrieved 5 August 2014.
2. S. Mlaćo (27 May 2017). "GOŠK kolo prije kraja osigurao povratak u Premijer ligu BiH" (in Bosnian). sportsport.ba. Retrieved 27 May 2017.
3. A. Pašić (5 April 2017). "Ivo Ištuk preuzeo Bosnu iz Visokog" (in Bosnian). sportsport.ba. Retrieved 5 April 2017.
4. A. Pašić (3 July 2019). "Bosna iz Visokog imenovala novog trenera" (in Bosnian). sportsport.ba. Retrieved 3 July 2019.
5. "2018/19 First League of FBiH season". Soccerway (in Bosnian). Retrieved 1 June 2019.

External links

• NK Bosna Visoko at Facebook

• NK Bosna Visoko
• Association football clubs established in 1953
• Football clubs in Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Sport in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Football clubs in Yugoslavia
• 1953 establishments in Bosnia and Herzegovina