FK Velež Mostar
Association football club in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Association football club in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Fudbalski klub Velež Mostar (Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic: Фудбалски клуб Beлеж Мостар; English: Football club Velež Mostar) is a professional football club based in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Founded in 1922, the club is one of the most successful clubs from Bosnia and Herzegovina. The club currently plays at Rođeni Stadium (7,000 capacity), but its historic stadium is the Bijeli Brijeg (9,000 capacity). Due to the divisions between Bosniak and Croat territories, Velež lost its previous home ground of Bijeli Brijeg in 1992. That stadium was largely used by Velež during the glory days of the club, when they triumphed in the 1981 and 1986 Yugoslav Cups. The club also reached the quarter-final stage of the 1974–75 UEFA Cup. Velež have a bitter rivalry with city neighbours, HŠK Zrinjski Mostar. The club is named after a nearby mountain Velež, which in itself is named after one of the old Slavic gods, Veles. The club's motto is Mostar u srcu, Velež do groba! (Mostar in my heart, Velež till...
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