HNK Brotnjo (Croatian: Hrvatski nogometni klub Brotnjo-Čitluk, lit. 'Croatian Football Club Brotnjo-Čitluk') is a football club based in Čitluk, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The club plays in Second League of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Brotnjo plays out of Bare Stadium, which has a capacity of 8,000.
The biggest success came in 2000, when they won the Bosnian-Herzegovinian play-off competition. That's the club's only championship title which secured them presence in the Champions League first qualifying round. Club lost first match 4:0 against Fbk Kaunas. In second game Brotnjo won 3:0. A year later, they also played in UEFA Cup qualifying round.
Logos The club's crest features the Coat of Arms of Croatia. The name 'Brotnjo' comes from the historical name of the region of Čitluk.
European record
Season Competition Round Club Home Away2000–01UEFA Champions League1QFBK Kaunas3–00–42001–02UEFA CupQRViking FK1–10–12002UEFA Intertoto Cup1RFC Zürich2–10–7
Club seasons SeasonLeagueCupEuropeDivisionPWDLFAPtsPos1997–98First League of Herzeg-Bosnia3016866429564thFinal1998–99First League of Herzeg-Bosnia2614575326474th1999–00First League of Bosnia and Herzegovina2618356321571stCurrent format of Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina2000–01Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina42266108325842nd2001–02Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina30145114527473rd2002–03Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina381571647555213th2003–04Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina30471929591916th ↓2004–05First League of FBiH301151436493812th2005–06First League of FBiH30153125833483rd2006–07First League of FBiH301321535434111th2007–08First League of FBiH30821931622616th ↓2008–092009–102010–112011–122012–132013–142014–152015–162016–17Second League of FBiH – South28921736552613th2017–18Second League of FBiH – South28153105930484th2018–19Second League of FBiH – South2611783742406th2019–20Second League of FBiH – South1442817251411th2020–21Second League of FBiH – South24561326442110th
Honours
Domestic
League First League / Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina: Winners (1): 1999–2000 Runners-up (1): 2000–01
Cups Supercup of Bosnia and Herzegovina: Runners-up (1): 2000 Herzeg-Bosnia Cup: Winners (1): 1998–99
Notable players For the list of former and current players with Wikipedia article, please see :Category:HNK Brotnjo players. Had senior international caps for their respective countries. Players whose name is listed in bold represented their countries while playing for Brotnjo.
Dragan Blatnjak Mateo Sušić Enes Mešanović Dalibor Šilić Igor Jančevski Zajko Zeba Miro Klaić Miro Katić Danijel Krivić Mario Ivanković Nikola Juričić Darko Cvijanović Nenad Džidić Jovan "Jovo" Sikima Robert Miloš Miroslav Lauš Danijel Bajkuša Zoran Prusina
Historical list of coaches
Srećko Lušić Blaž Slišković (1999–2000) Ivo Ištuk (2000–2001) Marijo Tot (2003–2004) Ratko Ninković (2006–2007) Davor Juričić-Šojka (2009–2010) Romeo Šapina (2014–2017)Šapina: Ove sezone želimo afirmisati mlade igrače – SportSport Nikola Juričić (2016–2018)Nikola Juričić napustio klupu Brotnja, naslijedio ga brat Davor – Brotnjo-Sport Davor Juričić-Šojka (2018-)
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