NK Troglav 1918 Livno

NK Troglav 1918 Livno
Full name Nogometni klub Troglav 1918 Livno
Founded 1918
refounded on 17 September 2014
Ground Zgona, Livno
Ground Capacity 2,000
Chairman Borislav Kovač
Manager Zlatko Čondić
League Second league of the FBiH
(third level)

NK Troglav 1918 is a football club from Livno, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is a member of the Second League of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina – group South, third level of football in the country.

The club was founded in 1921, as part of previously founded Sports Club Troglav (Športski Klub Troglav), that was founded in 1918. After club went bankrupt in 2014, it was refounded and now is known as Troglav 1918.

Troglav (1918–2014)

Foundation and early years

Sports club Troglav was founded in 1918. Its football section started to play three years later, in 1921.

In the start, it only played friendlies against clubs from cities surrounding Livno: Bugojno, Glamoč, Mostar, and from Dalmatia.

In Yugoslavia

After World War II and the creation of Yugoslavia, club started to play in Yugoslavian league system. In 1947 it was renamed to SD Vojin Zirojević, after a local war hero. Next year Troglav saw another name change – now it was FD Cincar, after mountain that rises north of Livno. It only lasted until 1949 when the old name was taken back.

During the period of Yugoslavia club played in lower leagues, ranging from sixth to third level. Biggest success came in 1971–72 season. Troglav won its group and got promoted to Yugoslavia Second League – group South. Immediately, Troglav got relegated and never returned again. To make things worse, next season it got relegated again, now from third to fourth level.

In Bosnia and Herzegovina

After the Yugoslav Wars in the first part of the nineties and breakup of Yugoslavia, Troglav started to play in Bosnia and Herzegovina football leagues. For start, it played seven seasons in Herzeg-Bosnia's First League with biggest success came in 1997 when it won Herzeg-Bosnia Football Cup. Best league result was second-place finish the same season.

After ninth place in 1999–00 season, Troglav earned a spot in 2000–01 edition of nation's top flight newly created Premier League. After 10th place in debut season it finished 13th out of 16 clubs next year and got relegated to First League of the FBiH. Most notable performance in those two season happened on 18 April 2001 when Troglav defeated Sarajevo at Koševo stadium. It was 1–3 with all three goals from Robert Regvar. In first season in First League of the FBiH Troglav got relegated to the Second League of the FBiH for 2003–04 season. In 2004–05 season it was promoted back to Federation's first division, but again it got relegated after four seasons. Last success came in 2011–12 season when club won the title in its group of Second League and got promoted to the First League. In 2012–13 the club managed to stay in the league after promoted team opted not to take part in 2013–14 season, but that season meant Troglav's end. After 18 games, due to many problems, club pulled out of competition and later that year it was liquidated.

Season by season

Season League Level Position G W D L G+ G- Notes
1994 1st League of Herzeg-Bosnia – South 1 4/8
1994–95 1st League of Herzeg-Bosnia – Herzegovina 1 6/11 20 6 6 8 19 32
1995–96 1st League of Herzeg-Bosnia – Herzeg-Bosnia, West 1 7/8 14 3 2 9 10 21
1996–97 1st League of Herzeg-Bosnia 1 2/16 30 17 5 8 51 22
1997–98 1st League of Herzeg-Bosnia 1 5/16 30 16 4 10 50 26
1998–99 1st League of Herzeg-Bosnia 1 6/14 26 12 1 13 36 31
1999-00 1st League of Herzeg-Bosnia 1 9/14 26 10 1 15 27 40
2000–01 Premier League of BiH 1 10/22 42 19 8 15 59 57
2001–02 Premier League of BiH 1 13/16 30 8 8 14 33 49 relegated
2002–03 1st League of the FBiH 2 15/19 36 12 7 17 45 52 relegated
2003–04 2nd League of the FBiH – Center II 3 3/13 24 14 4 6 47 26
2004–05 2nd League of the FBiH – South 3 1/16 30 22 1 7 91 26 promoted
2005–06 1st League of the FBiH 2 6/16 30 13 8 9 45 42
2006–07 1st League of the FBiH 2 5/16 30 14 5 11 44 33
2007–08 1st League of the FBiH 2 7/16 30 13 5 12 36 31
2008–09 1st League of the FBiH 2 12/16 30 12 2 16 36 52 relegated
2009–10 2nd League of the FBiH – South 3 3/16
2010–11 2nd League of the FBiH – South 3 5/15 28 14 3 11 64 34
2011–12 2nd League of the FBiH – South 3 1/16 30 23 4 3 97 19 promoted
2012–13 1st League of the FBiH 2 12/16 28 9 7 12 30 37
2013–14 1st League of the FBiH 2 16/16 30 1 2 27 8 98 relegated1

1 In 2013–14 season Troglav pulled out of competition after 18 games. All remaining fixtures were cancelled and Troglav was assigned 0–3 loss for each of those.

Honours

Second League of the FBiH – group South

Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia Football Cup

Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia Football League

Troglav 1918 (2014–)

On 17 September 2014 it was announced that new club was founded in Livno. It will play at same stadium, will use same logo and same colors but its name will be slightly different as it will contain year that the extinct club was founded in – 1918. It started to play official games same Fall in lowest level in its region – fourth level, Intercantonal league of Herzeg-Bosnia and West Herzegovina cantons. Youth categories, four of them, continued to play in same leagues they played before.

In its first season club easily won the title with 34 out of 36 possible points and gained promotion to the Second League of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Season by season

Season League Level Position G W D L G+ G- Notes
2014–15 Intercantonal League of HBŽ/ZHŽ 4 1/4 12 11 1 0 22 3 promoted
2015–16 2nd League of the FBiH – South 3 5/16 15 7 2 6 27 21 in progress;
winter break

Honours

Intercantonal League of HBŽ/ZHŽ

Facilities

Troglav 1918 play its home games at the local stadium named Zgona. Stadium was built in 1960s and never later reconstructed. In 2015 reconstruction started with plans to refurbish the only stand with new concrete layer and 1000 seats to fulfill criteria for playing in higher levels.

Beside football pitch, there is also another pitch used for trainings only. Around main pitch there is gravel running track. Clubhouse contains locker rooms, club offices, gym and caffe bar.

Notable people

Throughout its history, Troglav was managed by famous coaches as well as was a club to notable players.

Coaches

Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Croatia Vladimir Beara
Mladen Matijanić

Players

Mladen Matijanić
Žarko Mandić
Boško Peraica
Ivan Jolić
Danijel Krivić
Croatia Robert Regvar (2000–01)
Croatia Darko Butorović (2000–01)

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