HŠK Građanski Zagreb

The golden era

In 1911, when Croatia was still part of Austria-Hungary, Građanski was founded in Zagreb by Andrija Mutafelija and a few of his friends in response to rumors that a football club that was meant to play in the Hungarian football league (as opposed to the Croatian Sports Union) was about to be established in the city. Građanski was therefore founded as a multi-sports club with a distinctly Croatian identity intended to cater to the public of Zagreb, with sections dedicated to football, handball, and cycling. At first the club used grounds in Zagreb's neighbourhoods of Tuškanac, Martinovka and Kanal, until they built their permanent ground Stadion Koturaška, which was officially opened in 1924 by Stjepan Radić, a prominent Croatian politician. Although Građanski lost their first ever game to city rivals HAŠK 1–5, the club soon became popular and widely supported by Zagreb's working class, in contrast to HAŠK, which was an academic sports club affiliated with the University of Zagreb and its students who came to the city from all over the country, and which was more supported by middle class fans. In the following years, a healthy rivalry developed between the two city clubs. After the Yugoslav championship was launched on a national level in 1923, Građanski's greatest rivals outside of Zagreb soon became BSK Belgrade, SK Jugoslavija, and Hajduk Split. During the 1920s and 1930s Građanski became the most popular club in Zagreb and one of the strongest…

Domestic competitions

Yugoslav football league system Yugoslav First League Winners (5): 1923, 1926, 1928, 1936–37, 1939–40 Yugoslav Cup Winners (1): 1938 Croatian football league system Croatian First League: Winners (2): 1941, 1943 Croatian Pokal: Winners (1): 1941

Regional competitions

Banovina of Croatia Championship: Winners (1): 1939–40 Zagreb Subassociation Championship: Winners (8): 1920, 1922–23, 1923–24, 1924–25, 1925–26, 1927–28, 1942–43, 1943–1944 Zagreb Subassociation Cup: Winners (6): 1922–23, 1926–27, 1927–28, 1933–34, 1934–35, 1935–36

European competitions

Mitropa Cup/Central European Cup: Semi-finals (1): 1940