HNK Brotnjo

HNK Brotnjo
NK Brotnjo logo
Full nameHrvatski Nogometni Klub Brotnjo Čitluk
Founded1955 (1955)
GroundBare Stadium, Čitluk
Capacity8,000
ChairmanZoran Bubalo
ManagerTihomir Miloš
LeagueSecond League of FBiH
2020–2110th

HNK Brotnjo (Croatian: Hrvatski nogometni klub Brotnjo-Čitluk, lit. 'Croatian Football Club Brotnjo-Čitluk') is a football club based in Čitluk, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The club plays in Second League of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Brotnjo plays out of Bare Stadium, which has a capacity of 8,000.

The biggest success came in 2000, when they won the Bosnian-Herzegovinian play-off competition. That's the club's only championship title which secured them presence in the Champions League first qualifying round. Club lost first match 4:0 against Fbk Kaunas. In second game Brotnjo won 3:0. A year later, they also played in UEFA Cup qualifying round.

Logos

The club's crest features the Coat of Arms of Croatia. The name 'Brotnjo' comes from the historical name of the region of Čitluk.

European record

Season Competition Round Club Home Away
2000–01 UEFA Champions League 1Q Lithuania FBK Kaunas 3–0 0–4
2001–02 UEFA Cup QR Norway Viking FK 1–1 0–1
2002 UEFA Intertoto Cup 1R Switzerland FC Zürich 2–1 0–7

Club seasons

Season League Cup Europe
Division P W D L F A Pts Pos
1997–98 First League of Herzeg-Bosnia 30 16 8 6 64 29 56 4th Final
1998–99 First League of Herzeg-Bosnia 26 14 5 7 53 26 47 4th
1999–00 First League of Bosnia and Herzegovina 26 18 3 5 63 21 57 1st
Current format of Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina
2000–01 Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina 42 26 6 10 83 25 84 2nd
2001–02 Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina 30 14 5 11 45 27 47 3rd
2002–03 Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina 38 15 7 16 47 55 52 13th
2003–04 Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina 30 4 7 19 29 59 19 16th ↓
2004–05 First League of FBiH 30 11 5 14 36 49 38 12th
2005–06 First League of FBiH 30 15 3 12 58 33 48 3rd
2006–07 First League of FBiH 30 13 2 15 35 43 41 11th
2007–08 First League of FBiH 30 8 2 19 31 62 26 16th ↓
2008–09
2009–10
2010–11
2011–12
2012–13
2013–14
2014–15
2015–16
2016–17 Second League of FBiH – South 28 9 2 17 36 55 26 13th
2017–18 Second League of FBiH – South 28 15 3 10 59 30 48 4th
2018–19 Second League of FBiH – South 26 11 7 8 37 42 40 6th
2019–20 Second League of FBiH – South 14 4 2 8 17 25 14 11th
2020–21 Second League of FBiH – South 24 5 6 13 26 44 21 10th

Honours

Domestic

League

Cups

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

Notable players

For the list of former and current players with Wikipedia article, please see Category:HNK Brotnjo players.
Had senior international caps for their respective countries. Players whose name is listed in bold represented their countries while playing for Brotnjo.

  • Bosnia and Herzegovina Dragan Blatnjak
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina Mateo Sušić
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina Enes Mešanović
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina Dalibor Šilić
  • North Macedonia Igor Jančevski
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina Zajko Zeba
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina Miro Klaić
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina Miro Katić
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina Danijel Krivić
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina Croatia Mario Ivanković
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina Nikola Juričić
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina Darko Cvijanović
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina Nenad Džidić
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina Jovan "Jovo" Sikima
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina Robert Miloš
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina Miroslav Lauš
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina Danijel Bajkuša
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina Zoran Prusina

Historical list of coaches

  • Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Bosnia and Herzegovina Srećko Lušić
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina Blaž Slišković (1999–2000)
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina Ivo Ištuk (2000–2001)
  • Croatia Marijo Tot (2003–2004)
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina Ratko Ninković (2006–2007)
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina Davor Juričić-Šojka (2009–2010)
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina Romeo Šapina (2014–2017)[1]
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina Nikola Juričić (2016–2018)[2]
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina Davor Juričić-Šojka (2018-)

References