NK Jarun Zagreb

NK Jarun Zagreb
Short nameJarun
Founded1921
GroundJarkas
Capacity300
ManagerJerko Leko
LeagueFirst League (II)
2022–235th

NK Jarun Zagreb are a football team from Jarun neighborhood of Zagreb, Croatia, currently playing in the 2. HNL, the Croatian second division. They play their home games at the Jarkas pitch on Ogulinska Street.

Jarun was a neighborhood club for many years but achieved a double promotion to begin playing in the third division for the 2018–19 season. Many of the club's players graduated from the Jarun football school.[1]

The HDZ, one of Croatia's major political parties, was founded at the club's sporting grounds in 1989, with Franjo Tuđman elected party president.[2][3]

  1. ^ Pofuk, Branimir (11 June 2018). "Ovo je navijački tekst za pravi nogomet koji se igra pod mojim prozorom, na terenu NK Jaruna". Večernji List.
  2. ^ "NK Jarun". Mapiranje Trešnjevke. 30 October 2013.
  3. ^ "ANDREJ PLENKOVIĆ 'Odnosi s predsjednicom su odlični, o svemu ćemo razgovarati idući tjedan'". Jutarnji List. 17 June 2018.