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| Ultras Zrinjski Mostar | |
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| Abbreviation | UZM |
| Founded | 10 April 1994 |
| Type | Supporter's group, Ultras group |
| Club | HŠK Zrinjski Mostar |
| Location | Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Arenas | Stadion HŠK Zrinjski Bijeli Brijeg Hall |
| Stand | East (Tribina Stajanje) (1994–2023) West (Sector A) |
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Ultras Mostar is HŠK Zrinjski Mostar supporters' group in Bosnia and Herzegovina[1] Officially, the Ultras-Zrinjski Fan Club was founded in March 1994, when the Citizens' Associations Act entered into the Registry of Citizens' Associations in the Herzegovina-Neretva Canton, and exist as an unregistered supporter group.[2] They promoted for all sections of the sports club Zrinjski, but they mostly follow its football department. They got their name in 1996, 6 years after Zrinjski was restored. They took the name of the fan-based Ultras Movement in European football. The official song of the UZM is “Gori brate”. They used to support HŠK Zrinjski Mostar from the grandstand - Stajanje, but after its last game in use vs Sarajevo in the 23/24 it was demolished for building a new stand. Colours used by Ultras on tifo's, banners, flags and graffiti are black, white and red. They temporarily stopped using the name "Ultras" after 8.4.2024 when rival group "Red Army" took 8 banners after a match. Ultras spent that period of time with a banner "Ljudi od puta" (People of the road). 4.5.2024 Ultras retaliated on their rivals and stole ~70 banners, drums, shirts and everything Red Army hooligans had. Red Army have since stopped using the name, only using a new banner that says "Prestati Nećemo Nikada" (We will never stop). Ultras have gone back to using their group name after a successful retaliation.
History
[edit]1992
[edit]At the beginning of 1992, the work of HŠK Zrinjski Mostar was restored in Međugorje, and with its renewal, support in the town of Neretva slowly arises and is organized.[3] As early as 1993, the idea of launching a fan group was created in the fans' minds, which would have the goal of organizing cheering at the matches of Zrinjski. In the course of that year, an idea arose, that those fiercest fans of Zrinjski are called Ultras, modeled on fan groups across Europe.[4]
1994
[edit]In April 1994, the Initiative Committee of the Fan Club Zrinjski, Ultras, was created, which was aimed at organizing a Fan Assembly within two years. However, because of the war circumstances, what could have been done within two years wasn't done. They played for the matches, and Zrinjski played very friendly games in Imotski and Široki Brijeg.
In 1994, in Mostar, the final match for the champion of the then Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia in Zrinjski was played at the stadium Zrinjski against the team Mladost Dubint from Široki Brijeg (today's NK Široki Brijeg). In quite an interesting game, fans failed to see a single goal, and the result remained 0:0. At that match, about 5,000 spectators were gathered, and there were around 300 - 400 of the most fervent ones, which were placed on the central western table of the HŠK Zrinjski stadium. In this game, for the first time, a transparency with the Ultras label was placed. This match has remained memorable after the first organized gathering of Ultras at the matches of its beloved club. This game has written a new history of organized cheering in the city of Neretva. A year later, the Ultras are gathering in basketball matches in Zrinjski, and there are frequent departures on the visiting courts also.
1997 and 1998
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In 1997, in the Croatian Lodge "Herceg Stjepan Kosača", the first Assembly of the Fan Club was held in Mostar, where more than 400 members of this support group gathered. After that meeting, one of the ultras podium groups was a fan club named Zrinjevci, which was common in all games played by Zrinjski. During this period there are numerous guest appearances throughout Herzegovina, and go to Busovača, Kiseljak, Vitez, Prozor-Rama, Orašje and other cities where the First League of Herzeg-Bosnia was played.[5]
One year later, Zrinjski competed for the Euro Cups for the first time in the playoffs for the champions of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The nuns were in the group together with the glorious Željezničar and Bosnia from Visoko, and all the matches were played at the Koševo Olympic Stadium in Sarajevo. It can besaid that Ultras were the ones who first crossed the then war line with the features and came to Sarajevo. Approximately 10,000 spectators gathered in the Koševo Stadium, about 50 Ultras but neither their cheering helped Zrinjski to score a victory. Zrinjski was defeated with 2:1, and at that time Zrinjski was played by Blaž Slišković.
2023
[edit]On December 18th 2023 the UZM gathered at the Tribina Stajanje for the final time before it got demolished for a new stand. From that point onwards they support Zrinjski from the West Stand, on the Sector A.
Subgroups and branches
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Subgroups[edit]
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- Ultras Ortiješ
References
[edit]- ↑ "Ultrasi osvjetlili grad bakljama za svoj 25. rođendan". bljesak.info (in Croatian). Retrieved 23 August 2021.
- ↑ "Preliminarni spisak Udruga-Udruženja period 2003-2009". arhiv.vlada-hnz-k.ba (in Croatian). Vlada Hercegovačko neretvanske županije. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
- ↑ "Povijest Hrvatskog športskog kluba Zrinjski". hskzrinjski.ba (in Croatian). HŠK Zrinjski. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
- ↑ "Povijest". ultras-zrinjski.net (in Croatian). Retrieved 23 August 2021.
- ↑ "Prije 23 godine krenula prva sezona Lige Herceg-Bosne u kojoj je Mladost Dubint osvojila titulu prvaka". jabuka.tv (in Croatian). Retrieved 23 August 2021.
External links
[edit]- HŠK Zrinjski Mostar Official website (in Croatian)
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