HNK Sibenik

Hrvatski nogometni klub Sibenik (English: Croatian Football Club Sibenik), better known as HNK Sibenik or simply Sibenik (pronounced [ʃibeniːk]), is a Croatian professional football club based in Sibenik. It competes in the Croatian First Football League, and plays their home matches at the Stadion Subicevac, which has a capacity of 3,412.

History

The club was formed in 1932 under the name Radnicko sportsko drustvo Sibenik (Workers' Sport Association Sibenik). The first president, Dr Martin Cicin-Sain, was only appointed to this role during the first board meeting, which was held in August 1933. They played in a stadium in the town area of Crnica, next to the La Dalmatienne factory. The playing field was officially opened on 31 May 1936. The first matches played were part of a 1936 tournament between Sibenik, Osvit, Split and ASK. Around the same time the first registered football club in Sibenik was also formed. This club was called Osvit and it was responsible for the construction of Subicevac Stadium.

The club played its first official league match in 1946 under the name FD Sibenik and the very next year it was crowned the champion of the Dalmatia region. The club's new home ground was opened on 1 May 1948 and bore the name of "the people's hero", Rade Koncar. In the 1950–51 season, Sibenik finished top of the Croatian Republic League and gained promotion to the Yugoslav Second League for the first time in its history. However, they were relegated immediately and it was not until 1954–55 that they returned to the second division. In 1957 the club made it to the semi-final of the Yugoslav Cup.

In 1983 Sibenik made it back to the Yugoslav Second League, where they played in the West Division, composed from 18 clubs from Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and SAP Vojvodina. In their first season (1983–84) they finished fourth, while in the 1984–85 season they came close second, only three points behind the champion Celik Zenica, thus falling short of winning promo

This page also has a version in other languages :  Шибеник (russian)