Facts & History
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Club Overview
Club History
Today’s Dinamo is continuing the tradition of the celebrated teams Hašk, Građanski, Dinamo and Croatia. The oldest was Hašk founded on 6th November, 1903., as a student’s club, while Građanski was founded as the club of all social classes on 26th April, 1911. Both clubs were banned overnight by the communist régime after the war, and the new club was formed according to the model of the similar communist clubs from Eastern Europe. The club was named Dinamo on 9th June, 1945.
The newly formed club was immediately joined by the best players of Građanski: Urch, Woelfl, Kokotović, Lešnik, Cimermančić, Pleše, Antolković, Belošević, Jazbinšek, Reiss as well as its Juniors: Bučar, Ferković, Martinec, Kukec, Gereš, Čonč i Režek.
Martin Bukovi, the coach of Građanski, went on with the training of Dinamo as well as Franjo Žlof, the masseur. The players of Hašk who continued their careers in Dinamo were: Ratko Kacian, Željko Čajkovski, Svetozar Peričić and Drago Lojen. Only Čajkovski remained in Maximir for a long time – almost for eleven years. The newly formed club took over the blue colour from Građanski. The coat of arms of Dinamo was also very similar to Građanski’s.
Croatia, as a club, united the continuity and the tradition of the former Croatian clubs: Hašk, whose players established modern football in the capital of Croatia, Građanski as the most successful and the most popular pre-war club, and Dinamo as the symbol of Croatian Nation in the dark era of communism.
Club Rivalries
Stars of the Current Squad
Club Legends
Most Appearances
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Most Goals
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Player Recognition & Awards
Team Honours
Dinamo from Zagreb was the only Croatian club that won the European Championship. After they had lost the finals Vs Valentia (1:2 and 0:2), the players: Škorić, Belin, Braun, Bišćan, Marković, Perušić, Kobešćak, Zambata, Knez, Matuž, Lamza with the coaches Branko Zebec and Ivica Horvat played their “rhapsody in blue” and won The Major Cities Championship on 6th September, 1967./ also known as Uefa Cup from 1971.)
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