Full name | Gabeoski Omladinski Športski Klub (Gabela's Youth Sports Club) |
---|---|
Nickname(s) | Plavi Lavovi (Blue Lions) |
Founded | 1919 |
Ground | Podavala |
Capacity | 3,000 |
Chairman | Zlatko Kojić |
Manager | Nedim Jusufbašić |
League | First League of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina |
2012–13 | Premijer Liga BiH, 15th |
Website | nkgoskgabela |
GOŠK Gabela is a football team based in Gabela, Čapljina in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The name GOŠK in Croatian means Gabeoski Omladinski Športski Klub (Gabela Youth Sports Club). In season 2010–11, GOŠK won 1st place in First League of FBiH and it promoted to Premier League of BiH, elite football league in BiH.
Their home ground is Podavala (old name Erar) in Gabela which holds about 3,000 people. GNK Dinamo Zagreb donated 5,000 chairs to club.
Their supporters are known as the Blue Lions (Plavi Lavovi). They were founded 2001.
President of club is Pero Pavlović and sports director is Lujo Ilić.
The first ball in Gabela was brought by Andrija Korda and Vidan Krvavac in 1919, from Mostar.
1941–45 the club was dissolved because of World War II. In the 1948. the club is formed again. Club named GOŠK after the recommendations of Milorad Mandrapa in 1958. Under the name GOŠK achieved all the more important results which are competitive Gabela ranked among the most popular sports village in the former Yugoslavia. In Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia GOŠK mostly played in Fourth Unfederal League (Mostar zone) in the seasons (1948–60, 1962–63, 1964–66, 1968–92) and three times in Third League (1961–62, 1963–64, 1966–67).
In 1990s club played in First League of Herzeg-Bosnia, of 2001–03 in Second League of FBiH, 2003–11 First League of FBiH and now in Premier League of BiH.