Radnički nogometni klub Split () commonly known as RNK Split, is a Croatian football club based in the city of Split. The club currently play in the 2. ŽNL, Croatia's sixth level.

History The club had a strong fanbase in the Split's shipyard. The club was founded on 16 April 1912 as Anarch, but has had several names like Borac, Jug, HAŠK, Dalmatinac, and Arsenal since then.

During the Spanish Civil War, RNK Split organized an unsuccessful expedition of his volunteers for the fight on the side of the communist coalition against Francisco Franco's forces.

In World War II, the club became well known because 120 of its players were killed fighting on the side of Josip Broz Tito's Partisans, fighting against Axis forces.U NOB-u poginulo 120 splitovaca Slobodna Dalmacija

After achieving three consecutive promotions from 2008 to 2010, the club went from playing in Croatia's fourth tier to playing in the Croatian First League, Croatia's top division.

In the team's first season in the top flight in the 2010–11 season, they achieved a very respectable third spot. Because of its finish that season, they qualified to play for Europe for the first time in the club's existence and entered into the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League second qualifying round where they met Slovenian side Domžale. They won 5–2 on aggregate and in the third qualifying round they were drawn against Premier League side Fulham, whom they lost to 2–0 on aggregate.

In the 2014–15 season, the club managed to reach the Europa League playoff round after defeating Mika, Hapoel Be'er Sheva and Chornomorets Odesa, but lost 1–0 on aggregate to Italian Serie A side Torino.

Crest and colours Founded as HRŠD "Anarch", the club's first colors were black (the color of Anarchists). HRŠD stood for Hrvatsko radničko športsko društvo (Croatian Workingmen's Sports Society). In 1933, as influence of "red" (organized labour, Social democrat and Communist) youth grew stronger, the club changed its colors to all red and its name to Radnički nogometni klub Split (Workingmen's Football Club Split).

During SFR Yugoslavia RNK Split played in the top football division four times, but did not win a Championship or Cup title. The biggest success in the Yugoslav Cup was in the season of 1960–61, when they lost in the semi-finals against the Macedonian team Vardar in the game on Vardar's home stadium.

Honours

1. HNL Third place (1): 2010–11 Croatian Football Cup Runners-up (1): 2014–15 Yugoslav Second League Winner (2): 1956–57 (Zone I), 1959–60 (West) Croatian Republic Football League Winner (1): 1983–84 (South) 2. HNL Winner (3): 1996–97 (South), 1997–98 (South), 2009–10 3. HNL Winner (1): 2008–09 (South) 4. HNL Winner (1): 2007–08 (South)

Recent seasons SeasonDivisionPWDLFAPtsPosCupCompetitionRoundPlayerGoalsLeagueOther competitionsTop goalscorer19922. HNL South14 8 4 2 19 8 201992–932. HNL South30 17 10 3 58 15 44R11993–942. HNL South30 12 6 12 53 42 301994–952. HNL South32 15 10 7 51 34 55R21995–962. HNL South30 10 10 10 51 34 401996–972. HNL South36 25 5 6 73 25 801997–982. HNL South32 21 5 6 52 19 68R21998–992. HNL36 17 8 11 60 34 591999–002. HNL32 6 8 18 29 68 26 ↓R12000–013. HNL South28 10 5 13 28 37 352001–023. HNL South30 12 4 14 55 48 402002–033. HNL South28 7 9 12 30 44 30 ↓2003–041. ŽNL S-D26 13 3 10 46 31 422004–051. ŽNL S-D32 12 10 10 52 41 462005–061. ŽNL S-D36 15 9 12 52 40 542006–074. HNL South-A28 12 6 10 46 34 422007–084. HNL South-A30 21 4 5 87 25 67 ↑212008–093. HNL South34 23 8 3 79 20 77 ↑282009–102. HNL26 16 5 5 56 26 53 ↑R1122010–111. HNL30 16 5 9 38 22 5362011–121. HNL30 14 8 8 43 32 50R2Europa LeagueQR382012–131. HNL33 15 7 11 49 37 52R2102013–141. HNL36 14 10 12 41 41 5292014–151. HNL36 9 14 13 42 49 41RUEuropa LeaguePO102015–161. HNL36 10 16 10 28 29 4682016–171. HNL36 3 9 24 12 52 18 ↓↓SF32017–183. HNL South30 15 8 7 59 39 53R1, Marin Bakić112018–193. HNL South30 9 11 10 51 44 38R1252019–203. HNL South18 10 3 5 38 22 33R12020–213. HNL South32 14 9 9 51 40 51R1112021–223. HNL South34 15 7 12 52 40 52R1192022–233. NL South30 7 6 17 27 52 27R252023–243. NL South30 7 6 17 36 70 17(−10) ↓92024–251. ŽNL S-D26 4 3 19 28 72 1592025–261. ŽNL S-D26 0 2 24 15 119 –4(–6) ↓4

Key

P = Played W = Games won D = Games drawn L = Games lost F = Goals for A = Goals against Pts = Points Pos = Final position 1. HNL = Croatian First League 2. HNL = Croatian Second League 3. HNL = Croatian Third League 4. HNL = Croatian Fourth League 1. ŽNL = First County League S-D = Split-Dalmatia R1 = Round 1 R2 = Round 2 QF = Quarter-finals SF = Semi-finals RU = Runners-up W = Winners

European record

Summary CompetitionPldWDLGFGALast season played Europa League 12 5 5 2 12 7 2014–15Total12552127

Source: uefa.com, Last updated on 28 August 2014Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against

By result OverallPldWDLGFGAGD Home 6 4 2 0 9 2 +7 Away 6 1 3 2 3 5 −2Total12552127 +5

By season SeasonCompetitionRoundOpponentHomeAwayAgg 2011–12 UEFA Europa League QR2 Domžale 3–1 2–1 5–2 QR3 Fulham 0–0 0–2 0–2 2014–15 UEFA Europa League QR1 Mika 2–0 1–1 3–1 QR2 Hapoel Be'er Sheva 2–1 0–0 2–1 QR3 Chornomorets Odesa 2–0 0–0 2–0 PO Torino 0–0 0–1 0–1

Historical list of managers

Luka Kaliterna (1940–41), (1946–47), (1954–58) Frane Matošić (1959–61) Luka Kaliterna (1961–62) Frane Matošić (1963–64) Ivo Radovniković (1963–64) Ozren Nedoklan (1965–66) Luka Kaliterna (1966–67) Tomislav Ivić (1967–68) Ljubomir Kokeza (1968) Stanko Poklepović (1969) Ljubomir Kokeza (1970–71) Stanko Poklepović (1971–72) Lenko Grčić (1972–73) Zlatomir Obradov (1975) Zlatko Papec (1978–80) Vladimir Beara (1980–81) Zlatko Papec (1981–82) Vinko Begović (1986–87) Mićun Jovanić (1991) Vjeran Simunić (1999–00) Stipe Milardović (2007–08) Milo Nižetić (2008–09) Tonči Bašić (2009–10) Ivan Katalinić (2010–11) Tonči Bašić (2011–12) Zoran Vulić (2012–13) Goran Sablić (interim) (2013) Stanko Mršić (2013–14) Ivan Matić (2014) Zoran Vulić (2014–15) Goran Sablić (2015–16) Vjekoslav Lokica (2016–17) Bruno Akrapović (2017) Ivan Pudar (2017–2018) Armando Marenzi (2018–2020) Ivan Radeljić (2020–2022) Ivan Tomičić (Mar 2022-Sep 22)Nova smjena trenera u 3.NL: Split raskinuo s Tomičićem - Dalmatinski Nogomet Damir Vučić (Sepp 2022-Feb 23)Trener Ljubuškog Damir Vučić preuzeo RNK Split - Radio Ljubuški Ivan Čaić (Feb 2023-)Split raskinuo s trenerom - Dalmatinski Nogomet

References

External links

RNK Split profile at UEFA.com RNK Split at Soccerway Slaven Žužul blog