| Clubname: | GOŠK Gabela |
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| Fullname: | Gabeoski Omladinski Športski Klub (Gabela's Youth Sports Club) |
| Nickname: | Plavi Lavovi (Blue Lions) |
| Ground: | Stadium Perica-Pero Pavlović[1] |
| Capacity: | 3,000 |
| Chairman: | Lujo Ilić |
| Manager: | Danijel Pranjić |
| League: | Premier League BH |
| Season: | 2023–24 |
| Position: | Premier League BH, 9th of 12 |
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Nogometni Klub GOŠK Gabela is a professional association football club based in Gabela, near Čapljina, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The name GOŠK in Croatian, is the abbreviation of "Gabeoski Omladinski Športski Klub" . Currently, the club competes in the Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Their home ground is the Stadium Perica-Pero Pavlović (until recently called "Podavala" – old name Erar) in Gabela which can hold about 3,000 people. GNK Dinamo Zagreb donated 5,000 chairs to the club.
Their supporters are known as the Blue Lions (Plavi Lavovi). They were founded in 2001.
The first ball in Gabela was brought by Andrija Korda and Vidan Krvavac in 1919, from Mostar.[2]
1941–45 the club was dissolved because of World War II. In 1948 the club was formed again.The club was named GOŠK after the recommendations of Milorad Mandrapa in 1958. Under the name GOŠK, the club achieved gradual improvement in competitive results. Gabela ranked among the most popular sports village in the former Yugoslavia.In the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, GOŠK mostly played in the Fourth Unfederal League (Mostar zone) in the seasons (1948–60, 1962–63, 1964–66, 1968–92) and three times in the Third League (1961–62, 1963–64, 1966–67).[3]
In the 1990s, GOŠK played in the First League of Herzeg-Bosnia, between 2001 and 2003 in the Second League of FBiH, and between 2003 and 2011 in the First League of FBiH. In the 2010–11 season, GOŠK won 1st place in the First League of FBiH and got promoted to the Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the elite football league in the country. They managed to repeat that achievement in the 2016–17 season and played in the Bosnian Premier League until the 2018–19 season when the club finished last in 12th place and got relegated back to the First League of FBiH.[4] GOŠK was promoted back to the Premier League in the 2022–23 First League of FBiH season.[5]
Former names[6]
In Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia:
| Season | League | Place | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1966–67 | Yugoslav Third League (Dubrovnik zone)[7] | 12th ↓ | |
| 1963–64 | Yugoslav Third League (Mostar zone)[8] | 12th ↓ | |
| 1961–62 | Yugoslav Third League (Mostar zone)[9] | 11th ↓ |
| Season | National Cup | Place | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021–22 | Bosnia and Herzegovina Football Cup | 1/16 final | |
| 2020–21 | Bosnia and Herzegovina Football Cup | 1/16 final | |
| 2019–20 | Bosnia and Herzegovina Football Cup | 1/2 final | |
| 2018–19 | Bosnia and Herzegovina Football Cup | 1/8 final | |
| 2017–18 | Bosnia and Herzegovina Football Cup | 1/8 final | |
| 2016–17 | Bosnia and Herzegovina Football Cup | 1/16 final | |
| 2015–16 | Bosnia and Herzegovina Football Cup | 1/8 final | |
| 2012–13 | Bosnia and Herzegovina Football Cup | 1/4 final | |
| 2011–12 | Bosnia and Herzegovina Football Cup | 1/8 final | |
| 2010–11 | Bosnia and Herzegovina Football Cup | 1/16 final | |
| 2008–09 | Bosnia and Herzegovina Football Cup | 1/8 final |
Cadets and juniors play in the Youth Premier League. Pioneers and prior to pioneers play in the Youth Leagues of the Herzegovina-Neretva Canton.
Every year since 1986, in Gabela, GOŠK host a memorial tournament in the name of Andrija Anković in which teams such as GNK Dinamo Zagreb, HNK Hajduk Split, NK Široki Brijeg and HŠK Zrinjski Mostar usually play in.
Darko Dražić (15 June 2011 – 5 September 2011) Milomir Odović (8 September 2011 – 27 January 2012) Boris Gavran (30 January 2012 – 24 June 2012) Slaven Musa (27 June 2012 – 13 August 2012) Faruk Kulović (16 September 2013 – 30 June 2014) Darko Vojvodić (17 October 2014 – 30 June 2015) Faruk Kulović (1 July 2015 – 12 October 2015) Nedim Jusufbegović (1 July 2016 – 18 September 2016) Zlatko Križanović (caretaker) (23 September 2016 – 6 December 2016) Darko Vojvodić (7 January 2017 – 6 June 2017) Slaven Musa (12 June 2017 – 26 November 2017) Feđa Dudić (27 November 2017 – 28 September 2018) Nenad Gagro (25 June 2019 – 28 October 2019) Vule Trivunović (28 October 2019 – 22 August 2020) Ivan Bubalo (5 January 2021 – 27 March 2022) Dženan Hošić (28 March 2022 – 3 May 2022) Denis Ćorić (4 May 2022 – 6 November 2023) Toni Karačić (8 November 2023 – 12 February 2024) Admir Adžem (13 February 2024 – 12 August 2024)