NK Vinogradar

During the 1960s, people in Jastrebarsko and surrounding villages began to play football more seriously and form the first football clubs. At the beginning of the 1970s, neighborhoods of Jastrebarsko as well the nearby villages began to play football tournaments. After one such tournament the idea was born of establishing NK Vinogradar (English: FC Winemaker). The idea was started by Mladen Božičević, and supported by Francis Fabijanić and Željko Jambrović. The first meeting was held in the spring of 1973 in the premises of the fire brigade in Zdihovo, a village near Jastrebarsko. The club played in the local city league for most of its existence, taking two years off in 1992 and 1993 for the Croatian War of Independence. Around 1997, Ivan Rubinić, the owner of a successful carpentry company, began financing the club. Under Rubinić the club rose from the county leagues to the Croatian second division where they played an important role between 2007 and 2013. In six seasons in the second division, the club only finished below mid-table once. During its rise, Vinogradar won the county cup in 2003, the year it was promoted to the fourth division. In June 2013, the club assembly decided to withdraw from Croatian second division due to increased financial requirements and the probable withdrawal of main club sponsor DIR. As a result, the club was relegated to the fifth division. However, the club achieved back-to-back promotions and for the 2015–16 season again played in the…

Treća HNL – West: Winners (4): 2006–07, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19