NK Kustošija Zagreb

The club was founded on 15 July 1929 in Zagreb, at Ilica 55, under the name Sportski klub Metalac. It had 18 members and consisted of football, swimming and chess sections. The initiative to establish the club came from members of the Metal Workers’ Union, Ivan Slugić and Ivan Korošec, who became the club’s first president. The club was a workers’ club for metal industry employees. It was not permitted to operate publicly until its statutes were officially approved in June 1930. The club statutes from 1930 list it under the name Športski klub Metalac. The football section of Metalac played its first official match on 14 September 1930 at the Tipografija ground against Esperant (1–2). Metalac initially did not have its own ground and played its home matches at the Grafičar ground, a workers’ club which allowed Metalac to use the pitch free of charge. The club premises were located at Haulikova Street 10/IV, which from 1933 also served as the headquarters of the “Association of Third-Class Clubs”. In 1932, the club colours were red and black. During the interwar period, Metalac was associated with the activities of the illegal Communist Party. The club was dissolved on 15 May 1941 during the period of the Independent State of Croatia, along with other workers’ clubs. During World War II, almost all members of Metalac’s various sections participated in the Yugoslav Partisan movement. A total of 41 members were killed, seven of whom were proclaimed People’s Heroes of Yugoslavia:…

Croatian football league system Druga NL (tier 3) Second place (2): 2016–17; 2023–24 MŽNL - Center (tier 4) Winners (1): 2015–16 1. ŽNL Zagreb (tier 5) Winners (1): 2006–07 Yugoslav football league system Croatian Republic Football League Winners (1): 1946–47 Podsavezna liga Zagreb Winners (1): 1952 Nogometno prvenstvo Jugoslavije – Hrvatsko-slovenska Winners (1): 1953–54 Zagrebačka zona Winners (3): 1959–60; 1965–66; 1967–68