NK Dinamo Zagreb

Nogometni Klub Dinamo Zagreb is a Croatian football club, based at Maksimir Stadium in Maksimir, Zagreb, and currently the most successful club in Croatian football history and the founding member of the ECA. It is the most popular club in the country where between 33% and 36% of the population support it.

The club has won 11 Prva HNL titles, and are currently the reigning Croatian champions, winning their fourth consecutive domestic league title in the 2008?09 season. The club was founded in 1945 and has spent its entire existence playing in the top flight (from 1946 to 1991 in the Yugoslav First League and from 1992 onwards in the Prva HNL). In Prva HNL, Dinamo have finished outside the top three only on two occasions (in 1992 and 2005). In 18 seasons since the independence of the Croatian Football Federation Dinamo were the Croatian Cup finalists 14 times and winners on 10 occasions, the latest being in 2009 when they defeated their biggest rivals Hajduk Split after a penalty shootout. The club has also won three Croatian Supercups.

Dinamo is the only Croatian football club that has ever won a European competition, defeating Leeds in the 1967 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup final. They had also reached the final of the same competition in 1963 when they lost to Valencia.

The current manager of the club is Krunoslav Jurcic, replacing Marijan Vlak on March 5th, 2009. The captain of the club is Igor Biscan since the former captain Luka Modric was transferred to Tottenham in 2008.

Honours

Domestic
Croatian Champions: 11
1992/93, 1995/96, 1996/97, 1997/98, 1998/99, 1999/2000, 2002/03, 2005/06, 2006/07, 2007/08, 2008/09
Yugoslav Champions: 4
1947/48, 1953/54, 1957/58, 1981/82
Croatian Cup: 10
1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009
Yugoslav Cup: 7
1951, 1960, 1963, 1965, 1969, 1980, 1983
Croatian Supercup: 3
2002, 2003, 2006
European
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup: 1
Winners 1966/67
Runners-up 1962/63
Balkans Cup: 1
1976


Stadium

Dinamo\'s home ground is Maksimir Stadium, which is situated in the northeast borough of the city of Zagreb (called Maksimir) next to the famous Maksimir Park (forest) and the Zagreb Zoo. The stadium\'s current capacity is 38,923 and it\'s set to be rebuilt and renovated in the near future.

Supporters

Although Dinamo has had a large army of followers throughout its history, its first organized group of followers emerged in 1986. The most hardcore and faithful followers, formed the Bad Blue Boys.

Throughout the Zagreb boroughs, BBB chapters emerged, and at the matches one could see banners from various parts of the city (like Maksimir, Tresnjevka, and Dubrava). At first, the supporters privately organized visits to the games in former Yugoslavia. They were present at Dinamo\'s matches in Belgrade, Sarajevo, Ljubljana, Ni, Podgorica, Split and Skopje.
At the start of the 1990s, the first organized BBB Fan Club was established and quickly became popular.

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yes. i had never heard of NK Dinamo Zagreb before. so good to know new clubs and their football. will look forward to the next club profile.

they are defending croatian champions. are they playing at champions league? 11 league title is not bad enough, if they are in european competitions would like to watch them play.

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Looks interesting
but haven't heard of this team

did eduardo from arsenal played in this club?