FK Kozara Gradiška

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Kozara Gradiška

Full name	Fudbalski klub Kozara Gradiška
Nickname	Crveno-bijeli (The Red-Whites)
Founded	1 June 1945; 80 years ago (1945-06-01)
Ground	Gradski stadion Velimir Sombolac
Capacity	5,000
Chairman	Zoran Adžić
Manager	Vlado Jagodić
League	First League of RS
2023–24	First League of RS, 7th
Website	fkkozara.com

Fudbalski klub Kozara Gradiška (Serbian Cyrillic: Фудбалски клуб Koзapa Градишка) is a professional football club from the town of Gradiška, in northern Bosnia and Herzegovina. The club played in the Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina in the 2002–03 season. However, they ended up being relegated to the First League of the Republika Srpska after their first season in the country's top league. The club played from 2003 to 2011 in the second level of Bosnia and Herzegovina. After the season 2010–11, the team's promoted again to the Premier League. At the end of the 2011–12 season, they finished on 16th position and were relegated again to the lower tier.

Honours

Domestic

League

First League of the Republika Srpska:
- Winners (1): 2010–11
Yugoslav Second League:
- Third place (1): 1973–74
Bosnia and Herzegovina Republic League:
- Winners (1): 1980–81

Cups

Republika Srpska Cup:
- Winners (3): 1993–94, 1999–00, 2000–01

Club seasons

Sources:^[1]^[2]

Season	League									Cup	Europe
Season	Division	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Pos	Cup	Europe
1995–96	First League of the Republika Srpska	20	8	6	6	37	20	30	3rd
1996–97	First League of the Republika Srpska	22	10	3	9	26	26	33	7th
1997–98	First League of the Republika Srpska	34	15	3	16	47	41	48	10th
1998–99	First League of the Republika Srpska	34	17	8	9	58	36	59	4th
1999–00	First League of the Republika Srpska	38	17	6	15	51	40	57	9th
Current format of Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina
2000–01	First League of the Republika Srpska	30	14	1	15	48	46	43	9th
2001–02	First League of the Republika Srpska	30	17	5	8	58	35	56	2nd ↑
2002–03	Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina	38	15	6	17	55	62	51	15th ↓
2003–04	First League of the Republika Srpska	30	12	5	13	26	31	41	10th
2004–05	First League of the Republika Srpska	30	16	3	11	40	28	51	3rd
2005–06	First League of the Republika Srpska	30	14	5	11	37	33	47	4th
2006–07	First League of the Republika Srpska	30	13	4	13	41	38	43	7th
2007–08	First League of the Republika Srpska	30	14	10	6	44	25	52	3rd
2008–09	First League of the Republika Srpska	30	17	6	7	54	25	57	2nd
2009–10	First League of the Republika Srpska	26	9	9	8	36	23	36	5th
2010–11	First League of the Republika Srpska	26	18	4	4	46	12	58	1st ↑
2011–12	Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina	30	4	7	19	19	45	19	16th ↓
2012–13	First League of the Republika Srpska	26	13	4	9	42	39	43	3rd
2013–14	First League of the Republika Srpska	26	11	9	6	32	26	42	4th
2014–15	First League of the Republika Srpska	26	12	5	9	44	31	41	3rd
2015–16	First League of the Republika Srpska	22	9	6	7	29	17	33	5th
2016–17	First League of the Republika Srpska	22	8	8	8	30	27	30	6th
2017–18	First League of the Republika Srpska	22	3	9	10	16	36	18	10th
2018–19	First League of the Republika Srpska	22	8	5	9	23	25	29	5th
2019–20	First League of the Republika Srpska	14	6	4	4	15	16	22	3rd
2020–21	First League of the Republika Srpska	30	11	9	10	34	28	42	8th
2021–22	First League of the Republika Srpska	30	8	5	17	36	47	29	13th
2022–23	First League of the Republika Srpska	34	12	7	15	48	56	43	9th
2023–24	First League of the Republika Srpska	34	13	8	13	52	52	47	7th
2024–25	First League of the Republika Srpska	34	11	9	14	38	47	42	12th

Players

Current squad

As of 27 September 2025

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	BIH	Luka Kačavenda (vice-captain)
2	DF	BIH	Dušan Utješanović
3	DF	BIH	Savo Veljkić
4	MF	BIH	Aljoša Blagojević
5	DF	BIH	Marko Blanuša
6	DF	BIH	Stefan Josipović
7	MF	BIH	Sergej Govedarica
8	MF	BIH	Bane Matić
9	FW	BIH	Ahmed Goletić
10	FW	BIH	Andrej Bosnić
11	MF	BIH	Srboljub Jandrić (captain)
13	GK	BIH	Blagoje Đuraš
14	FW	BIH	Lazar Aleksić
15	DF	BIH	Đorđe Burnjaković


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
16	FW	BIH	Slaven Kovljen
18	FW	BIH	Đorđe Veljkić
20	MF	BIH	Petar Samardžija
23	DF	BIH	Ognjen Pljevaljčić
24	DF	BIH	Duško Pepić
27	MF	BIH	Alex Vujmilović
29	FW	BIH	Veljko Pavlović
32	MF	BIH	Marko Bundalo
72	FW	BIH	Vukašin Daničić
77	MF	BIH	Elvis Turanović
88	MF	BIH	Danilo Ilić
95	MF	BIH	Dejan Maksimović
99	FW	BIH	Ognjen Klenpić

Players with multiple nationalities

Former players

For a list of players with Wikipedia article, please see Category:FK Kozara Gradiška players.

Kozara technical staff

**Current staff**
Head coach: Vlado Jagodić Assistant coach: Branko Tomić Goalkeeping coach: Zoran Kozlina Goalkeeping coach: Marko Reljić Fitness coach: Sveto Erceg Doctor: Ognjen Desančić Physiotherapist: Željko Todorović Secretary of the coaching staff: Srećko Gajić

Historical list of managers

Velimir Sombolac
Ilija Miljuš
Dragan Vukša
Cvijetin Blagojević
Borče Sredojević (2003–04)
Miloš Pojić (2004 – June 2009)
Ile Perišić (July 2009 – June 2010)
Vinko Marinović (July 2010 – Sept 2011)
Vlado Jagodić (Sept 2011 – April 2012)
Siniša Đurić (caretaker) (May 2012)
Miloš Pojić (May 2012 – April 2013)
Igor Janković (April 2013 – March 2015)
Saša Krupljanin (March 2015 – Oct 2015)
Stojan Timarac (caretaker) (Oct 2015)
Velimir Stojnić (Oct 2015 – June 2017)^[3]
Borče Sredojević (June 2017 – Sept 2017)^[4]
Predrag Tomaš (caretaker) (Sept 2017)
Siniša Đurić (Oct 2017 – Dec 2017)^[5]
Vule Trivunović (Dec 2017 – Dec 2018)^[6]
Igor Janković (Dec 2018 – June 2019)^[7]
Nedžad Žerić (July 2019 – June 2022)^[8]
Saša Krupljanin (June 2022 – Jan 2023)^[9]
Alen Medović (Jan 2023 – May 2025)^[10]
Srboljub Jandrić (player-caretaker) (May 2025)^[11]
Darko Maletić (July 2025 – Sept 2025)^[12]
Vlado Jagodić (Sept 2025 – present)^[13]

Club management

**Current board**
President: Zoran Adžić Director: Sandro Zeničanin General secretary: Ružica Bakal Board members: Zoran Adžić Ognjen Žmirić Milenko Pavlović Sandro Zeničanin Muhamed Biščević Siniša Adžić Siniša Đurić Žarko Ilić Dragutin Kovačević Branislav Banjac Alessandro Pozzo

References

↑ Seasons - SportDC
↑ Bosnia-Hercegovina 1995/96 Archived 2023-01-02 at the Wayback Machine - RSSSF
↑ Velimir Stojnić na klupi Kozare - Gradiska (in Bosnian)
↑ Borče Sredojević novi trener Kozare Archived 2021-07-31 at the Wayback Machine - SportSport (in Bosnian)
↑ Siniša Đurić novi trener Kozare Archived 2021-07-31 at the Wayback Machine - SportSport (in Bosnian)
↑ Trivunović i službeno na klupi Kozare Archived 2021-07-31 at the Wayback Machine - SportSport (in Bosnian)
↑ Igor Janković novi trener FK Kozara Archived 2021-07-31 at the Wayback Machine - SportSport (in Bosnian)
↑ Nedžad Žerić preuzima Kozaru iz Gradiške Archived 2021-06-29 at the Wayback Machine - SportSport (in Bosnian)
↑ Kozara počela pripreme Archived 2022-06-25 at the Wayback Machine - FK Kozara (in Bosnian)
↑ Kozara počela pripreme - FK Kozara (in Bosnian)
↑ Ален Медовић више није тренер “Козаре“ - RTV Gradiška (in Bosnian)
↑ FK Kozara predstavlja novog šefa stručnog štaba – Darko Maletić - FK Kozara (in Bosnian)
↑ Vlado Jagodić novi trener FK Kozara - RTV Gradiška (in Bosnian)

External links

Official website (in Bosnian)
Club statistics at FSRS

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Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina

2025–26 teams

Former teams

Associated competitions

National Cup
Second level
- First League of FBiH
- First League of RS

Seasons

First League	1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000
Premier League	2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25 2025–26

Football in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Football Association of Bosnia and Herzegovina

National teams

Men:	Bosnia and Herzegovina U-21 U-19 U-17 U-15
Women:	Bosnia and Herzegovina U-19 U-17

League system

Men:	Premier League First League FBiH RS Second League FBiH RS
Women:	Premier League

Domestic cups

Men:	National Cup FBiH RS Supercup
Women:	National Cup