NK Neretva

Association football club in Croatia

Football club

Neretva

Full name| Nogometni klub Neretva Metković
Nickname(s)| The Blue-Whites
Founded| 1919; 106 years ago (1919)
2017 (refounded)
Ground| Igralište iza Vage
Capacity| 3,000
President| Stanko Vidović
Head coach| Goran Galov
League| 3\. NL – South

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Nogometni klub Neretva Metković (English: Neretva Football Club), commonly referred to as NK Neretva or simply Neretva, is a Croatian professional football club based in the town of Metković, in the region of Dubrovnik-Neretva County. The club's first name was NK Narona. On 9 November 1945, in accordance with the state provision forbidding clubs from bearing foreign names, its name was changed to NK Neretva. Neretva reached the Croatian first league in the 1994–95 season.

The club's supporters are known as the Blue White Killers (BWK). NK Neretva plays its home matches at Igralište iza Vage, which has a capacity of 3,000. They were briefly dissolved in 2017 for financial reasons.[1] However, in July that year, a new club was re-formed under the same name.

## Derby

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Neretva contest the "El Clasico" with local rivals NK Neretvanac Opuzen.[2]

As of 2021  | GP | W | D | L

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All | 54 | 16 | 14 | 24

## Women's team

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As of 2017, Neretva fielded a women's team in the top flight of Croatian football, ŽNK Neretva.[3] They finished 5th in the 2. HNL (Second Division) in 2016.[4]

## Recent seasons

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Season  | League  | Cup

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Division  | P  | W  | D  | L  | F  | A  | Pts  | Pos
1992  | 2\. HNL South  | 14  | 4  | 5  | 5  | 14  | 11  | 13  | 4th  |
1992–93  | 2\. HNL South  | 30  | 12  | 11  | 7  | 41  | 28  | 35  | 4th  | R1
1993–94  | 2\. HNL South  | 30  | 22  | 7  | 0  | 60  | 15  | 51  | 1st ↑  |
1994–95  | 1\. HNL | 30  | 4  | 11  | 15  | 20  | 44  | 23  | 15th ↓  |
1995–96  | 1\. B HNL | 28  | 10  | 7  | 11  | 36  | 30  | 37  | 6th  | R2
1996–97  | 1\. B HNL | 30  | 9  | 6  | 15  | 25  | 50  | 33  | 14th  |
1997–98  | 2\. HNL South  | 32  | 13  | 4  | 15  | 42  | 34  | 43  | 8th  |
1998–99  | 3\. HNL South  | 34  | 13  | 7  | 14  | 44  | 47  | 46  | 11th  | PR
1999–2000  | 3\. HNL South  | 29  | 14  | 6  | 9  | 46  | 39  | 48  | 4th  | R2
2000–01  | 3\. HNL South  | 28  | 6  | 10  | 12  | 32  | 45  | 28  | 13th  |
2001–02  | 3\. HNL South  | 30  | 11  | 6  | 13  | 38  | 41  | 39  | 11th  |
2002–03  | 3\. HNL South  | 28  | 13  | 6  | 9  | 42  | 36  | 45  | 4th  |
2003–04  | 3\. HNL South  | 30  | 9  | 10  | 11  | 31  | 34  | 37  | 12th  | R2
2004–05  | 3\. HNL South  | 34  | 12  | 11  | 11  | 56  | 44  | 47  | 9th  |
2005–06  | 3\. HNL South  | 34  | 19  | 3  | 12  | 54  | 39  | 60  | 2nd  |
2006–07  | 3\. HNL South  | 34  | 16  | 3  | 15  | 48  | 54  | 51  | 6th  |
2007–08  | 3\. HNL South  | 34  | 13  | 4  | 17  | 36  | 59  | 43  | 10th  |
2008–09  | 3\. HNL South  | 34  | 9  | 11  | 14  | 39  | 54  | 38  | 14th  |
2009–10  | 3\. HNL South  | 32  | 9  | 11  | 12  | 37  | 52  | 38  | 14th  |
2010–11  | 3\. HNL South  | 34  | 13  | 6  | 15  | 37  | 53  | 45  | 13th  |
2011–12  | 3\. HNL South  | 34  | 14  | 5  | 15  | 58  | 64  | 47  | 10th  |
2012–13  | 3\. HNL South  | 34  | 12  | 7  | 11  | 48  | 37  | 43  | 12th  |
2013–14  | 3\. HNL South  | 34  | 11  | 12  | 11  | 29  | 29  | 45  | 6th  |
2014–15  | 3\. HNL South  | 34  | 12  | 10  | 12  | 53  | 57  | 46  | 7th  |
2015–16  | 3\. HNL South | 34  | 12  | 8  | 14  | 39  | 49  | 44  | 12th  |
2016–17  | 3\. HNL South | 34  | 11  | 5  | 18  | 36  | 57  | 38  | 15th ↓  |

## Honours

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### League

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* Croatian Second League:
* Winners (1): 1993–94 (south)

## See also

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* ŽNK Neretva

## References

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1. ^ https://www.dalmacijadanas.hr/nestanak-nk-neretve-klub-izbrisan-iz-registra-sportskih-udruga-uslijed-lokalnih-izbora[permanent dead link‍] Dalmacija danas
2. ^ "Danas neretvanski "El Clasico": U Metkoviću očekujemo dobar nogomet i pune tribine". 5 September 2014. Archived from the original on 28 December 2018. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
3. ^ "ŽNK Neretva uknjižila još jedan visoki poraz". Metkovic News. 13 May 2018.
4. ^ "Summary – First League Women". soccerway.com. Retrieved 20 November 2018.

## External links

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* NK Neretva on Facebook
* NK Neretva on Instagram