NK Dubrava
{{short description|Association football club in Croatia}}
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| clubname = NK Dubrava Tim Kabel
| image = NK Dubrava Zagreb Logo.svg
| fullname = NK Dubrava Tim Kabel
| nickname =
| founded = {{start date and age|1945}}
| ground = SRC Grana Klaka
| capacity = 1,000
| chairman = Roko Ivanović
| manager = Petra Mandić
| league = First League (II)
| season = 2022–23
| position = 9th
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NK Dubrava, known as Dubrava Tim Kabel for sponsorship reasons, or simply Dubrava, is a Croatian football club based in the Dubrava neighborhood in eastern Zagreb. Formed in 1945, the club spent its entire history in lower leagues. Its biggest success to date was spending a single season in Croatia's top level in the 1993–94 season.[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesk/kroa94.html ]
History
The club was founded in 1945 by members of HAŠK, Građanska and Concordija football clubs, playing entirely in the lower leagues and undergoing a series of name changes.{{cite web|url=https://www.dnevno.hr/vijesti/hrvatska/kako-su-branitelji-sprijecili-tajkuna-ivana-topcica-da-prigrabi-klub-i-src-grana-klaka-989476/|title=Kako su branitelji spriječili tajkuna Ivana Topčića da prigrabi klub i SRC Grana Klaka?!|date=10 November 2017|first=Dubravko|last=Ježić|publisher=Dnevno.hr}}
In 1992, NK Dubrava hosted the Albania national football team in what was the only second appearance of a national team in Croatia. The game finished 0–0.
After winning the 1993 second division title, NK Dubrava appeared in the 1993–94 Prva HNL, the top flight of Croat football, but were relegated after finishing 17th of 18 teams. They did manage to defeat Dinamo Zagreb 1–0.{{cite web|url=http://www.nogometplus.net/index.php/naslovna/izgubljeni-prvoligasi-nk-dubrava/|title=Izgubljeni prvoligaši – NK Dubrava|first=Igor|last=Žuraj|date=14 January 2016|publisher=Nogomet Plus}} The club was led by future Croatia national team coach Ante Čačić until 1993.
In 2013, Dubrava reorganised their board of directors. They are known for their youth programs and host a youth tournament every year.
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{Official website|http://www.nkdubrava.hr/}}
{{Prva NL teamlist}}
{{HNL}}
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Category:Football clubs in Croatia
Category:Association football clubs established in 1945
Category:Football clubs in Zagreb
Category:1945 establishments in Croatia
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