FK Modriča

Football club infobox
clubname = Modriča


fullname = FK Modriča Maxima
nickname =
founded = 1922
ground = Stadium "dr Milan Jelić", Modriča
capacity = 4,000
chairman = Marijan Jelić
manager = Slaviša Božičić
league = Premijer Liga
season = 2007-08
position = 1st
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FK Modriča Maxima is a Bosnian football club playing in the town of Modriča, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The club was founded in 1922 and it is currently active in the Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Modriča Maxima won the first place in 1. liga Republika Srpske in 2002-03 season which secured them a place in the top level. The club plays at the FK Modriča Maxima Stadium (capacity 4.000) and is sponsored by an oil refinery from the same city.

The club's biggest success came in 2003-04 season when it won the national cup. Due to this victory, Modriča qualified for the following season's UEFA Cup tournament. It played against FC Santa Coloma of Andorra and won both games, but was later knocked out by Bulgarian side Levski Sofia.

Modriča's fans are nicknamed Epidemija ("epidemics").

The origins of Modriča's history of professional sports are connected to football and they date back to 1921.

The first football was brought from Prague by a student Djoka Petrovic. A football club was then founded in Modriča in 1922. The club was originally named “Rogulj”, but it soon changed its name to “Zora”. In the first years of development of the sport there were no official competitions - only friendly games played between teams from neighbouring locations, and the players purchased sports equipment for themselves alone. The first official match Zora played was against the neighbouring team of “Bosanac” from Bosanski Samac in the year 1923, which resulted in a 2-2 draw. Zora existed up until the year 1927, when the authorities forbade its operation. Soon after, however, another club was founded under the name “Olimpija”, which existed under this name until 1938 when it changed its name to “Football Club Dobor”. After the war broke out all sports activities ceased, and only when the war was over, in August 1945, was a new football club founded, named “Sloga”. The club later changed its name to “Napredak” until it finally got the name “Modriča”.

The biggest successes of the club during the years of the former-Yugoslavia were in the season 1968-69, when it won first place and the title of amateur champion of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the second place in the competition for amateur champion of Yugoslavia.

The shirt of FK Modriča Maxima has been worn, among others, by: Nikola Nikic, Goran Peles, Slavko Cvijic, Dragan Vockic, Rade Radulovic, Slavko Mamuzic and Mustafa Coralic.

The 2003-2004 season saw Modriča's first participation in the Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The same season saw Modriča lift the Cup of Bosnia and Herzegovina on 26 May, 2004 which ranks as possible the biggest success in the long history of the club.

FC "Santa Coloma" vs FK "Modrica Maxima" - 0 :1, 2nd match FK "Modrica Maxima" vs FC "Santa Coloma" 3:0. 12.08.2004. in Sofija (BUL) is playing football match between FC "Levski" vs FK "Modrica Maxima" - 5 : 0

tadium

The stadium was built and opened in 1962. It was used in Bosnia and Herzegovinas first match, a friendly played against Slovenia in 2004 with the final result being a 1-0. FK Modrica was formed in 1922 as a club and played its home games at Vranjak. At the time, the stadium was mainly built with wooden stands and could have an attendance of 3,000 spectators. Modrica, being an industrial city and having the oil refinary as the main provider for most of the population of the city, needed to provide some kind of job offer for its hard workers. Now, the decision was made to built a larger stadium since FK Modrica was taking part in the PLBIH. The stadium "Dr. Milan Jelic" was named after the former president of Republika Srpska. Modrca has one of the most beautiful stadiums in the country. After Dr. Milan Jelic’s death on 30 of September in 2007 the club decided to change the name of their stadium to his name. The stadium has changing rooms, offices for the hosts, chairs for its main stand, the capacity all together is around 6.000.

Achievements

Republika Srpska Cup: (1)
*Winners 2007

National Cup: (1)
*Winners 2004

First League of the Republika Srpska: (1)
*Champions 2003

*Bosnian-Herzegovinian Premier League: (1)
**2007/2008"'

Current squad

Extended Links

* [http://www.fkmodricamaxima.com/ Official Website] en icon
* [http://www.modricaoil.com/English/FKE.htm Information on FK Modrica Maxima] en icon
* [http://www.djavoli-modrica.org/ FK Modrica Maxima Official Fan Website] sr icon