Football club "Shiroki Brijeg"

"Shiroki Brijeg" is a football club,based in Bosnia and Herzegovina. He is one of the best in the country, but in the international arena has not yet been able to achieve special success. "Shiroki Brijeg" currently occupies the third line in the championship of his country and can compete for the championship.

What was the first?

It should be noted right away that the team "Shiroki Brijeg"It did not exist as such until 1991. The fact that it was called "Mladost Lishtitsa" and belonged to the Yugoslav League, while there was such a country as Yugoslavia. And only in 1991 the club was renamed, and the countdown of its modern history began, which will be discussed in this article.

You will find out what successes Shiroki Brijeg achieved,when he was in the First League of the Republika Srpska, and also that he was able to show when the independence of Bosnia and Herzegovina was finally established and the team began to perform in the modern league that exists to this day.

First successes

Naturally, when Yugoslavia broke up, manyforgot about football. "Shiroki Brijeg" was no exception, but when everyone again started the game, the club began to quickly gain positions and demonstrate good results. In 1994, the first historical event happened. It was then that the team won its first championship, which was then the First League of Republika Srpska.

Five years in a row the club became the strongest inIts region, gaining respect from opponents even abroad. And only in 2000 FC "Shiroki Brijeg" was able to participate in the full-fledged championship of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It's time to look at what successes he managed to achieve there.

Club achievements in the present

Unfortunately, such an amazing successplayers could not repeat. The fact is that the championship has become more organized, it has a large number of strong opponents, so the competition has escalated. As a result, the club managed to win its first trophy only in 2004. Then he won the Bosnia and Herzegovina Championship, but did not stop there.

In 2006, he repeated the past success, but, toUnfortunately, this was the last time the team managed to get on the first line of the standings. After this, the club finished four times second and one time third, but never received the coveted trophy.

However, there is another tournament, whichbe sure to pay attention - this is an internal Cup of the country. His club won for the first time in 2007, that is, one year after the last victory in the championship. Six years after that, the club remained without trophies at all, until he could win the Cup of Bosnia and Herzegovina again. Well, the last team won its trophy quite recently, this year. In addition, during these 17 years the team still managed to reach the final four times, but lost there.

Speeches in the European arena

Twice in its history the club was able to reachthe final stage of the European tournament. In 2002, he was selected in a match with the Slovak club "Senec", but was knocked out in the first round of the UEFA Cup by the Czech "Sparta". In 2005, he defeated the Albanian Teuta and Zetu from Serbia and Montenegro in the qualifying rounds, but in the first round the playoffs lost to the Swiss Basel. Naturally, these were not all attempts. These two cases are outstanding, as the club was able to reach the final stage of the European tournament.

But in fact for 17 years the team participated 13 times inqualifying rounds to various European tournaments. In 2004 and 2006 it was even the Champions League, but in the first case the club lost to Neftchi from Baku, while in the second it beat Soligorsk Shakhtar, but lost to Heart of Midlothian from Edinburgh. In general, the European history of the club is quite rich and rich, and in the future it will try to move beyond the first round of the playoffs.

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