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| Full name | Fudbalski klub Sarajevo | |||
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| Nickname(s) | Bordo-bijeli (The Maroon-Whites) Divovi (The Giants) Age Sarajlije (Sarajevan Aghas) | |||
| Short name | FKS, SAR | |||
| Founded | 24 October 1946 as FD Torpedo | |||
| Ground | Koševo City Stadium | |||
| Capacity | 34,500 | |||
| Owner | Vincent Tan (49.13%) Ismir Mirvić (49.13%) Other (1.74%) | |||
| President | Ismir Mirvić | |||
| Manager | Zoran Zekić | |||
| League | Premier League BH | |||
| 2023–24 | Premier League BH, 4th of 12 | |||
| Website | http://fksarajevo.ba | |||
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Fudbalski klub Sarajevo (Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic: Фудбалски клуб Сарајево; IPA: [fûdbalskiː klûːb ˈsarajɛvo], English: Sarajevo Football Club), is a professional football club based in Sarajevo, the capital city of Bosnia and Herzegovina and is one of the most successful clubs in the country.
Founded on 24 October 1946, FK Sarajevo was the most successful club from SR Bosnia and Herzegovina in the former SFR Yugoslavia, winning two Yugoslav First League titles, finishing runners-up on two other occasions, reaching the Yugoslav Cup final twice and placing 6th in the Yugoslav First League all-time table.[1]
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. Furthermore, the club finished runners-up in the national championship another seven times. It is ranked first in the Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina all-time table and is the country's most prominent representative in European competitions. FK Sarajevo is the most popular football club in the country, along with FK Željezničar, with whom it shares a strong rivalry that manifests itself in the Sarajevo derby, also known as the Eternal derby (Bosnian: Vječiti derbi).
The club plays its home matches at the Asim Ferhatović Hase Stadium, named after legendary club striker Asim Ferhatović. The stadium has a capacity of 34,500, and is the largest in the country.[2] The traditional colours of the club are maroon and white.
- ^ "Večna lista fudbalskih prvenstava SFR Jugoslavije". Strategija.org. Archived from the original on 23 February 2014. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
- ^ "World Stadiums – Stadiums in Bosnia & Herzegovina". worldstadiums.com. Archived from the original on 1 May 2017. Retrieved 27 March 2017.