GOSK Gabela
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Nogometni Klub GOŠK Gabela is a professional association football club based in Gabela, near Čapljina, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The name GOŠK in Croatian, is the abbreviation of "Gabeoski Omladinski Športski Klub" (lit. 'Gabela Youth Sports Club'). Currently, the club competes in the Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina, following promotion from the First League of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Their home ground is the Stadium Perica-Pero Pavlović (until recently called "Podavala" – old name Erar) in Gabela which can hold about 3,000 people. GNK Dinamo Zagreb donated 5,000 chairs to the club.
Their supporters are known as the Blue Lions (Plavi Lavovi). They were founded in 2001.
History
The first ball in Gabela was brought by Andrija Korda and Vidan Krvavac in 1919, from Mostar.
1941–45 the club was dissolved because of World War II. In 1948 the club was formed again. The club was named GOŠK after the recommendations of Milorad Mandrapa in 1958. Under the name GOŠK, the club achieved gradual improvement in competitive results. Gabela ranked among the most popular sports village in the former Yugoslavia. In the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, GOŠK mostly played in the Fourth Unfederal League (Mostar zone) in the seasons (1948–60, 1962–63, 1964–66, 1968–92) and three times in the Third League (1961–62, 1963–64, 1966–67).
In the 1990s, GOŠK played in the First League of Herzeg-Bosnia, between 2001 and 2003 in the Second League of FBiH, and between 2003 and 2011 in the First League of FBiH. In the 2010–11 season, GOŠK won 1st place in the First League of FBiH and got promoted to the Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the elite football league in the country. They managed to repeat that achievement in the 2016–17 season and played in the Bosnian Premier League until the 2018–19 season when the club finished last in 12th place and got relegated back to the First League of FBiH. GOŠK was promoted back to the Premier League in the 2022–23 First League of FBiH season.
Former names
- 1919–1926 – FK Zmaj
- 1926–1935 – FK Seljačka Sloga
- 1935–1941 – Seljački športski klub (SŠK)
- 1948–1949 – NK Zmaj
- 1949–1958 – NK Sloga
- 1958–present – GOŠK Gabela
GOSK Gabela je bosniansky futbalový klub so sídlom v meste Gabela. Bol založený v roku 1919 a je jedným z najstarších klubov v krajine.
**Domáce úspechy:**
* **Majster Bosny a Hercegoviny:** 1993/94, 1997/98
* **Víťaz Pohára Bosny a Hercegoviny:** 1994/95
GOSK Gabela je známy svojím silným mládežníckym programom, ktorý vyprodukoval mnohých talentovaných hráčov. Klub hrá svoje domáce zápasy na Štadióne Pecara, ktorý má kapacitu 5 000 divákov.
**Európske súťaže:**
GOSK Gabela sa niekoľkokrát zúčastnil európskych súťaží:
* **Pohár majstrov:** 1994/95 (1. kolo)
* **Pohár UEFA:** 1997/98 (predkolo)
* **Intertoto pohár:** 1999 (1. kolo)
V posledných rokoch klub čelil finančným ťažkostiam, ale zostáva dôležitou súčasťou bosnianskej a hercegovinskej futbalovej komunity. GOSK Gabela je známy svojou vášnivou fanúšikovskou základňou a zostáva silným symbolom futbalovej tradície v krajine.