NK Široki Brijeg

Nogometni klub Široki Brijeg () is a professional association football club from the city of Široki Brijeg, that is situated in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Currently, Široki Brijeg plays in the Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina and plays its home matches on Pecara Stadium which a capacity of 5,147 seats. The club also has a fully equipped sports and recreational center outside the town which is used as a training ground for the team.

History

thumb|200px|Široki Brijeg vs. [[FC Urartu on 9 July 2009]]

The club was founded in 1948 as Nogometni klub Borak and competed in local leagues. Until 1991, it competed in the Yugoslav league system under the name of NK Mladost Lištica.

The club was renamed several times until 1995 when it got its present-day name. Široki Brijeg experienced its greatest successes in the 1990s and onwards. The club has won the, now defunct, First League of Herzeg-Bosnia five times and is the most successful club of the competition. Since 2000, Široki Brijeg plays in the Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the country's top division, which they won two times, as well as three Bosnia and Herzegovina Football Cups.

Since 2002, the club has also, almost non stop been present in many UEFA competitions, most notably the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League. However, Široki Brijeg still hasn't competed in the group stages of both mentioned competitions.

Colours and badge

The club wears blue and white striped jerseys at home while away the team has a white kit. The club's crest features a football bordered by the club's name and topped with the Croatian chequy.

Fans

Škripari is the organisation of football supporters of the Croat-backed club NK Široki Brijeg. They also support Široki Brijeg's other sport clubs, primarily HKK Široki in basketball.

Some ultras espouse nationalist and right-wing sentiments.

Players

Current squad

Coaching staff

{| class="wikitable"

!width=180|Staff

!width=200|Job title

| Damir Milanović

| Manager

| Boris Pandža

| Assistant coach

| Wagner

| Assistant coach

| Vlado Hrkać

| Assistant coach

| Nenad Džidić

| Goalkeeping coach

| Mario Jurković

| Fitness coach

| Dragan Mijatović

| Physiotherapist

| Grgo Sesar

| Physiotherapist

| Alen Brekalo

| Doctor

| Zoran Bilać

| Gunsmith

| Igor Lončar

| Gunsmith

Honours

Široki Brijeg has so far won two Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina titles as well as five First League of Herzeg-Bosnia championships that served as the top football league for Croat clubs in Bosnia and Herzegovina until the merger into the Premier League in 2000. The club has also won three Bosnia and Herzegovina Football Cup titles, the most recent one being in the 2016–17 season.

Domestic

League

Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina:
Winners (2): 2003–04, 2005–06
Runners-up (5): 2001–02, 2007–08, 2009–10, 2011–12, 2013–14
First League of Herzeg-Bosnia:
Winners (5): 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98
Runners-up (1): 1998–99

Cups

Bosnia and Herzegovina Cup:
Winners (3): 2006–07, 2012–13, 2016–17
Runners-up (6): 2004–05, 2005–06, 2011–12, 2014–15, 2018–19, 2024–25
Herzeg-Bosnia Cup:
Runners-up (3): 1995–96, 1997–98, 1998–99

Club seasons

Source:

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"

!rowspan="2"|Season

!colspan="9"|League

!rowspan="2"|Cup

!rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="width:200px;"|European competitions

!Division

!width="20"|P

!width="20"|W

!width="20"|D

!width="20"|L

!width="20"|F

!width="20"|A

!width="20"|Pts

!Pos

!2000–01

|Premier League||42||18||11||13||72||43||65||7th||SF||||

!2001–02

|Premier League||30||14||9||7||43||24||51||bgcolor=Silver|2nd||1/8||||

!2002–03

|Premier League||38||21||5||12||69||45||68||4th||1/8||UEFA Cup||R1

!2003–04

|Premier League||30||19||4||7||58||32||61||bgcolor=Gold|1st||1/16||||

!2004–05

|Premier League||30||12||9||9||42||33||45||bgcolor=#cc9966|3rd||bgcolor=Silver|RU||Champions League||QR1

!2005–06

|Premier League||30||19||6||5||38||19||63||bgcolor=Gold|1st||bgcolor=Silver|RU||UEFA Cup||R1

!2006–07

|Premier League||30||13||6||11||39||32||45||4th||bgcolor=Gold|W||Champions League||QR2

!2007–08

|Premier League||30||17||3||10||44||29||54||bgcolor=Silver|2nd||QF||UEFA Cup||QR2

!2008–09

|Premier League||30||14||3||13||47||38||45||6th||SF||UEFA Cup||QR2

!2009–10

|Premier League||30||16||7||7||46||27||55||bgcolor=Silver|2nd||1/8||Europa League||QR2

!2010–11

|Premier League||30||16||2||12||59||45||50||4th||SF||Europa League||QR2

!2011–12

|Premier League||30||18||9||3||48||17||63||bgcolor=Silver|2nd||bgcolor=Silver|RU||Europa League||QR1

!2012–13

|Premier League||30||13||6||11||48||31||45||6th||bgcolor=Gold|W||Europa League||QR2

!2013–14

|Premier League||30||17||8||5||66||23||59||bgcolor=Silver|2nd||SF||Europa League||QR3

!2014–15

|Premier League||30||15||11||4||46||23||56||4th||bgcolor=Silver|RU||Europa League||QR2

!2015–16

|Premier League||30||18||7||5||56||21||61||bgcolor=#cc9966|3rd||SF||||

!2016–17

|Premier League||32||9||10||13||34||35||37||7th||bgcolor=Gold|W||Europa League||QR1

!2017–18

|Premier League||32||16||8||8||52||28||56||4th||QF||Europa League||QR2

!2018–19

|Premier League||33||13||15||5||37||23||54||bgcolor=#cc9966|3rd||bgcolor=Silver|RU||Europa League||QR1

!2019–20

|Premier League||22||8||8||6||31||26||32||7th||SF||Europa League||QR1

!2020–21

|Premier League||33||17||8||8||47||30||59||4th||QF||||

!2021–22

|Premier League||33||8||15||10||31||35||39||7th||QF||Europa League||QR1

!2022–23

|Premier League||33||13||9||11||38||36||48||5th||1/8||||

!2023–24

|Premier League||33||11||6||16||37||45||39||8th||SF||||

!2024–25

|Premier League||33||13||7||13||43||46||46||5th||bgcolor=Silver|RU||||

European record

Summary

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; text-align: center;"

! width="170"|Competition

! width="30"|Pld

! width="30"|W

! width="30"|D

! width="30"|L

! width="30"|GF

! width="30"|GA

! width="120"|Last season played

| Champions League

| 6

| 3

| 1

| 2

| 4

| 5

| 2006–07

| UEFA Cup / Europa League

| 48

| 15

| 10

| 23

| 57

| 74

| 2019–20

| 2

| 1

| 0

| 1

| 3

| 4

| 2021–22

!Total

!56

!19

!13

!26

!64

!83

!—

Source:, Last updated on 15 July 2021. Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against

By result

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; text-align: center;"

! width="120"|Overall

! width="30"|Pld

! width="30"|W

! width="30"|D

! width="30"|L

! width="30"|GF

! width="30"|GA

! width="30"|GD

| Home

| 28

| 11

| 7

| 10

| 37

| 30

| +7

| Away

| 28

| 8

| 4

| 16

| 27

| 53

| −26

|-bgcolor=#EEEEEE

|Total

|55

|20

|11

|25

|64

|83

| −19

Last updated: 15 July 2021.

By season

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; text-align: center;"

! width="60"|Season

! width="150"|Competition

! width="30"|Round

! width="150"|Opponent

! width="60"|Home

! width="60"|Away

! width="75"|Agg.

| rowspan=2|

| rowspan=2|UEFA Cup

| QR

| align="left" | Senec

| bgcolor="#ddffdd"|3–0

| bgcolor="#ddffdd"|2–1

| 5–1

| R1

| align="left" | Sparta Prague

| bgcolor="#ffdddd"|0–1

| bgcolor="#ffdddd"|0–3

| 0–4

|-bgcolor=#EEEEEE

| 2004–05

| Champions League

| QR1

| align="left" | Neftçi

| bgcolor="#ddffdd"|2–1

| bgcolor="#ffdddd"|0–1

| rowspan=3|2005–06

| rowspan=3|UEFA Cup

| QR1

| align="left" | Teuta

| bgcolor="#ddffdd"|3–0

| bgcolor="#ffdddd"|1–3

| 4–3

| QR2

| align="left" | Zeta

| bgcolor="#ddffdd"|4–2

| bgcolor="#ddffdd"|1–0

| 5–2

| R1

| align="left" | Basel

| bgcolor="#ffdddd"|0–1

| bgcolor="#ffdddd"|0–5

| 0–6

|-bgcolor=#EEEEEE

| rowspan=2|2006–07

| rowspan=2|Champions League

| QR1

| align="left" |

| bgcolor="#ddffdd"|1–0

| 2–0

|-bgcolor=#EEEEEE

| QR2

| align="left" | Heart of Midlothian

| bgcolor="#ffffdd"|0–0

| bgcolor="#ffdddd"|0–3

| 0–3

| rowspan=2|2007–08

| rowspan=2|UEFA Cup

| QR1

| align="left" | Koper

| bgcolor="#ddffdd"|3–1

| bgcolor="#ddffdd"|3–2

| 6–3

| QR2

| align="left" | Hapoel Tel Aviv

| bgcolor="#ffdddd"|0–3

| 0–6

|-bgcolor=#EEEEEE

| rowspan=2|2008–09

| rowspan=2|UEFA Cup

| QR1

| align="left" | Partizani

| bgcolor="#ffffdd"|0–0

| bgcolor="#ddffdd"|3–1

| 3–1

|-bgcolor=#EEEEEE

| QR2

| align="left" | Beşiktaş

| bgcolor="#ffdddd"|1–2

| bgcolor="#ffdddd"|0–4

| 1–6

| rowspan=2|2009–10

| rowspan=2|Europa League

| QR1

| align="left" | Urartu

| bgcolor="#ffdddd"|0–1

| bgcolor="#ddffdd"|2–0

| 2–1

| QR2

| align="left" | Sturm Graz

| bgcolor="#ffffdd"|1–1

| bgcolor="#ffdddd"|1–2

| 2–3

|-bgcolor=#EEEEEE

| rowspan=2|2010–11

| rowspan=2|Europa League

| QR1

| align="left" | Olimpija Ljubljana

| bgcolor="#ddffdd"|3–0

| bgcolor="#ddffdd"|2–0

| 5–0

|-bgcolor=#EEEEEE

| QR2

| align="left" | Austria Wien

| bgcolor="#ffdddd"|0–1

| bgcolor="#ffffdd"|2–2

| 2–3

| 2011–12

| Europa League

| QR1

| align="left" | Olimpija Ljubljana

| bgcolor="#ffffdd"|0–0

| bgcolor="#ffdddd"|0–3

| 0–3

|-bgcolor=#EEEEEE

| 2012–13

| Europa League

| QR2

| align="left" | St Patrick's Athletic

| bgcolor="#ffffdd"|1–1

| bgcolor="#ffdddd"|

| 2–3

| rowspan=2|2013–14

| rowspan=2|Europa League

| QR2

| align="left" | Irtysh Pavlodar

| bgcolor="#ddffdd"|2–0

| bgcolor="#ffdddd"|2–3

| 4–3

| QR3

| align="left" | Udinese

| bgcolor="#ffdddd"|1–3

| bgcolor="#ffdddd"|0–4

| 1–7

|-bgcolor=#EEEEEE

| rowspan=2|2014–15

| rowspan=2|Europa League

| QR1

| align="left" | Gabala

| bgcolor="#ddffdd"|3–0

| bgcolor="#ddffdd"|2–0

| 5–0

|-bgcolor=#EEEEEE

| QR2

| align="left" | Mladá Boleslav

| bgcolor="#ffdddd"|0–4

| bgcolor="#ffdddd"|1–2

| 1–6

| 2016–17

| Europa League

| QR1

| align="left" | Birkirkara

| bgcolor="#ffffdd"|1–1

| bgcolor="#ffdddd"|0–2

| 1–3

|-bgcolor=#EEEEEE

| rowspan=2|2017–18

| rowspan=2|Europa League

| QR1

| align="left" | Ordabasy

| bgcolor="#ddffdd"|2–0

| bgcolor="#ffffdd"|0–0

| 2–0

|-bgcolor=#EEEEEE

| QR2

| align="left" | Aberdeen

| bgcolor="#ffdddd"|0–2

| bgcolor="#ffffdd"|1–1

| 1–3

| 2018–19

| Europa League

| QR1

| align="left" | Domžale

| bgcolor="#ffffdd"|2−2

| bgcolor="#ffffdd"|1–1

| 3–3 (a)

|-bgcolor=#EEEEEE

| 2019–20

| Europa League

| QR1

| align="left" | Kairat

| bgcolor="#ffdddd"|1–2

| 2–4

| 2021–22

| QR1

| align="left" | Vllaznia

| bgcolor="#ddffdd"|3–1

| bgcolor="#ffdddd"|0–3

| 3–4

Club ranking

UEFA coefficient

2020–21 season

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"

! Rank !! Team !! Points

|340||align=left| Coleraine||2.750

|341||align=left| Tre Penne||2.750

|342||align=left| Levadia Tallinn||2.750

|-bgcolor="#ddffdd"

|343||align=left| Široki Brijeg||2.750

|344||align=left| Víkingur Gøta||2.750

|345||align=left| Žilina||2.725

|346||align=left| Spartak Myjava||2.725

As of 17 December 2020. Source

Notable managers

120px|thumb|right|[[Slaven Musa won the 2012–13 Bosnian Cup with Široki Brijeg.]]

{| class="wikitable"

!Dates

!Name

!Honours

|2002–2004

| Ivo Ištuk

|2003–04 Bosnian Championship

|2004–2006

| Ivica Barbarić

|2005–06 Bosnian Championship

|2006–2007

| Ivica Kalinić

|2006−07 Bosnian Cup

|2012–2015

| Slaven Musa

|2012–13 Bosnian Cup

|2017–2018

| Goran Sablić

|2016–17 Bosnian Cup

NK Široki Brijeg

History

Colours and badge

Fans

Players

Current squad

Coaching staff

Honours

Domestic

League

Cups

Club seasons

European record

Summary

By result

By season

Club ranking

UEFA coefficient

2020–21 season

Notable managers

References

External links