37 Facts About FK Sarajevo

Today, FK Sarajevo is one of the most prominent members of the Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina, where it has won five Bosnian championships, seven Bosnian Cups and one Bosnian Supercup.

FK Sarajevo is the most popular football club in the country, along with FK Zeljeznicar, with whom it shares a strong rivalry that manifests itself in the Sarajevo derby, known as the Eternal derby.

FK Sarajevo was the only major football club founded by the post-war Yugoslav authorities in the city of Sarajevo.

FK Sarajevo was established on 24 October 1946 as the result of a merger between local Sarajevo football clubs Udarnik and Sloboda.

In September 1948 FD FK Sarajevo was joined by Yugoslav footballing legend Miroslav Brozovic, who brought in a largely needed level of experience to the new team.

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FK Sarajevo first entered the top-flight Yugoslav First League after eliminating Belgrade club Sloga.

FK Sarajevo started the historic season with Brozovic at the helm of the coaching staff.

Hard earned wins against HNK Rijeka and Crvena Zvezda followed, and by the winter break FK Sarajevo had won 14 out of their first 20 league fixtures, finishing the year at pole position.

FK Sarajevo was knocked out in the first round by German powerhouse Hamburger SV, that won 7:5 on aggregate.

FK Sarajevo reached the Yugoslav Cup final that season, losing 3:2 to Dinamo Zagreb in Belgrade.

Three games until the finish Hajduk secured a comfortable route over Rijeka, while FK Sarajevo had a much more difficult time in Novi Sad against Vojvodina; the hosts broke the deadlock after just two minutes of play.

FK Sarajevo entered a turbulent period after clinching its second Yugoslav league title.

Bosnian War in the early 1990s shut down competitive football in the territory, and as a result FK Sarajevo became a touring club in 1993, under manager Fuad Muzurovic, featuring players such as Elvir Baljic, Almir Turkovic, Senad Repuh and Mirza Varesanovic, all future national team players for Bosnia and Herzegovina.

FK Sarajevo came first in their six-team league in Jablanica, and came runners-up in the final league stage in Zenica, behind local club Celik.

FK Sarajevo have been a regular in Europa League qualification in the 21st century, but are yet to make the group stages.

Under the deal, Cardiff will cooperate with FK Sarajevo, exchanging players and taking part in a football academy, yet to be established, which Tan has said would lure new talents.

On 5 August 2014, FK Sarajevo signed a cooperation agreement with third-tier Bosnian club NK Bosna Visoko, by which FK Sarajevo will loan its talented youngsters to the Visoko-based side and will have first-buy rights on all of Bosna players.

On 24 February 2015, FK Sarajevo signed a three and a half-year general sponsorship agreement with Turkish Airlines which has been labeled the most lucrative in Bosnian professional sports history.

Since March 2019, FK Sarajevo is run by Vietnamese businessman Nguyen Hoai Nam and the PVF Investment and Trading, JSC.

FK Sarajevo's nickname is based on club colours, which have become a major pop culture reference in the city.

In 1984, the stadium was reconstructed for the 1984 Winter Olympics that were held in FK Sarajevo, and is therefore often unofficially called The Olympic Stadium.

The main artificial turf pitch is named after club legend Zelimir Vidovic, who was killed during the Siege of FK Sarajevo while transporting wounded citizens to a nearby hospital.

FK Sarajevo is a registered Private company limited by guarantee and corporate personhood that, unlike football clubs that are registered as limited companies, does not issue shares by which individuals or corporations can buy majority or minority ownership.

FK Sarajevo appointed two of his Malaysian business associates, Ken Choo i Lim Meng Kwong, members of the board alongside three local members.

An annual arts competition is organized by the club in which primary school children in the FK Sarajevo Canton are asked to draw or paint a mascot for the team.

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FK Sarajevo has a signed partnership with one of the leading Bosnian charity and youth development agencies, Pomozi.

FK Sarajevo is one of the eight core members of the 2nd Chance Group CIC-led project "Give Football A Chance", the others being Altinordu, Athletic Bilbao, Atromitos, Hammarby, Schalke 04, Sheffield United and Vitesse.

In January 2016 FK Sarajevo hosted Syrian refugee children, in cooperation with UNICEF and the Red Cross.

FK Sarajevo played 646 games for the maroon-whites between 1951 and 1967.

Over 50 FK Sarajevo players were capped for the Yugoslav and Bosnian national teams.

FK Sarajevo was the most successful club from Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Yugoslav First League, winning two titles and finishing runners-up on two other occasions.

FK Sarajevo is the record-holder for number of Bosnian Cup triumphs.

FK Sarajevo is Bosnia and Herzegovina's best rated representative in European competitions.

FK Sarajevo is one of the two most popular clubs in Bosnia and Herzegovina, having a large fanbase across the country, the Sandzak region of Serbia and Montenegro and the Bosnian diaspora, especially in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Scandinavia, Canada, Australia and the United States.

FK Sarajevo fans have been historically called Pitari while an individual was, and is still known as a Pitar.

The FK Sarajevo derby is particularly noted for the passion of both supporters groups.

Furthermore, since its formation, FK Sarajevo has always been closely tied to the political and financial elites of Bosnia and Herzegovina, both in socialist Yugoslavia and since the country's independence, while FK Zeljeznicar seldom had such influential support and has been considered a club of common folk, even though this notion can be disputed.