FK Sloboda Tuzla

Foundation FK Sloboda Tuzla was founded in 1919, as a part of the Labour Sport Society Gorki, named after the great socialist Russian poet Maxim Gorky. The football club and the labour society was popular in a wide part of the sporting public in Tuzla and beyond. The club was formed on the initiative of the Tuzla branch of the newly formed Communist party of Yugoslavia, under the influence of the ideas of the October Revolution of 1917 and revolutionary movements in Yugoslavia and Bosnia and Herzegovina as its integral part. After the initial congress of unification and the creation of the Socialist Labour Party (Communists) in Yugoslavia that took place in Vukovar, Croatia in 1919, the first conference of the Tuzla municipal organisation of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia took place on 17 October 1919 in Tuzla. The elected party council decided on the same day to start with the formation of a worker's sporting society. The official founding of the club took place in the end of October 1919, and gathering was led by Jovo Sretenović, Mato Vidović, Safet Hadžiefendić, Ljubko Simić, Niko Trifković and Petar Dugonjić. The men elected into the first Board of directors of the club were: Leonard Bancher, Mato Vidović, Niko Trifković, Stjepan Brkljačić and Alfred Puhta, Mijo Cuvaj and Ahmed Mandžić, Franto Bauzek (locksmith), Emil Kranjčec, Jakov Čurić and Petar Dugonjić, Franjo Miškovski, Safet Hadžiefendić, August Mot and Karlo Schwartz. The origin of the original name of the sporting society, Gorki, was explained by Petar Dugonjić: When the final preparations for the organising meeting were being dealt with, it was suggested that the club be named Sokolović'', after Mićo Sokolović, a known worker's rights activist. Then noticed: "People, few will know that we named the Club after our Mića. Most will think of Mehmed-paša Sokolović". The practical Franjo Rezač insisted we go to the meeting with a concrete name suggestion. Mitar Trifunović then said: "If no one objects, I would suggest the club bears the name of Maxim Gorky". I remember it well. Afterwards the name was accepted with enthusiasm at the meeting.'' On 29 March 2019, the club chairman, Senad Mujkanović left Sloboda and, Sead Kozlić was named for the new club's chairman. Not even seven months after Kozlić was named as the new chairman, on 15 October 2019, Kozlić decided to step down from the position, while on the next day, 16 October, Elmir Šećerbegović became the new FK Sloboda Tuzla club chairman. On 18 December 2024, the club chairman, Azmir Husić, offered mutual termination to all players and the coaching staff mid-season due to unsatisfactory performance. After 17 matches, Sloboda was at the bottom of the league table with only 2 points and 5 goals scored. ==Supporters==

Home team supporters occupy the north stand of Stadion Tušanj, and are known as Fukare Tuzla. The group was officially established in 1987. The initial name of the supporters group was Red-Black Killers in the early 1970s. ==Rivalry==

Sloboda's main rival is Tuzla City, the other team from the city of Tuzla. The first match was played on 11 August 2018, when Tuzla City was the host. Sloboda won that game 1–0. Tuzla City's first derby win came on 31 August 2019, which finished 2–1 in favor of the younger Tuzla club. ==Honours==

Domestic League • Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina: • Runners-up (1): 2015–16 • First League of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina: • Winners (2): 2013–14, 2023–24 • Yugoslav First League: • Third place (1): 1976–77 • Yugoslav Second League: • Winners (1): 1958–59 Cups • Bosnia and Herzegovina Cup: • Runners-up (7): 1994–95, 1995–96, 1997–98, 1999–2000, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2015–16 • Yugoslav Cup: • Runners-up (1): 1970–71 • Yugoslav League Cup (shared record): • Winners (1): 1971–72 • Runners-up (1): 1972–73 European • UEFA Intertoto Cup: • Winners (1): 1983 (Joint Winner) ==European record==

Legend: GF = Goals For. GA = Goals Against. GD = Goal Difference. List of matches ==Players==

Current squad ==Managerial history==

• Bela Palfi (1959–1963) • Josip Takač (1962–1963) • Đorđe Bjelogrlić (1967–1969) • Dušan Varagić (1969–1970) • Munib Saračević (1970) • Josip Duvančić (1970–1976) • Đorđe Gerum (1976–1978) • Branimir Bevanda (1978–1979) • Đorđe Gerum (1979–1981) • Faruk Pašić (1981–1983) • Omer Jusić (1983–1984) • Fahrudin Avdičević (1984–1985) • Faruk Pašić (1985–1987) • Radomir Jovičić (1987) • Đorđe Gerum (1987–1988) • Josip Duvančić (1988) • Radomir Jovičić (1988–1990) • Rizah Mešković (1990) • Mesud Nalić (1991) • Mustafa Hukić (1 June 1994 – 30 June 1996) • Nedžad Verlašević (1 July 1996 – 30 June 1998) • Mustafa Hukić (1 July 1998 – 7 August 1999) • Abdulah Ibraković (1 September 2002 – 31 May 2003) • Sakib Malkočević (1 July 2008 – 24 July 2009) • Nermin Hadžiahmetović (5 September 2009 – 5 November 2009) • Adnan Osmanhodžić (interim) (9 November 2009 – 8 December 2009) • Sakib Malkočević (interim) (9 December 2009 – 25 December 2009) • Vlatko Glavaš (7 January 2010 – 27 October 2010) • Denis Sadiković (27 October 2010 – 8 March 2011) • Ibrahim Crnkić (9 March 2011 – 25 September 2011) • Darko Vojvodić (5 October 2011 – 30 April 2012) • Vedran Kovačević (interim) (30 April 2012 – 3 May 2012) • Abdulah Ibraković (3 May 2012 – 18 September 2012) • Denis Sadiković (20 September 2012 – 9 February 2013) • Smajil Karić (16 February 2013 – 11 January 2014) • Miroslav Blažević (17 January 2014 – 3 June 2014) • Denis Sadiković (1 July 2014 – 27 September 2014) • Acácio Casimiro (30 September 2014 – 15 January 2015) • Husref Musemić (15 January 2015 – 11 September 2016) • Amir Spahić (interim) (11 September 2016 – 11 October 2016) • Vlado Jagodić (11 October 2016 – 10 September 2017) • Slavko Petrović (11 September 2017 – 8 June 2018) • Milenko Bošnjaković (8 June 2018 – 31 July 2018) • Zlatan Nalić (31 July 2018 – 3 June 2019) • Mile Lazarević (18 June 2019 – 28 September 2019) • Gradimir Crnogorac (interim) (1 October 2019 – 7 October 2019) • Marijan Bloudek (7 October 2019 – 18 October 2019) • Milenko Bošnjaković (18 October 2019 – 13 December 2019) • Gradimir Crnogorac (18 December 2019 – 9 March 2021) • Mladen Žižović (15 March 2021 – 24 March 2022) • Amir Spahić (interim) (24 March 2022 – 23 June 2022) • Adnan Jahić (23 June 2022 – 14 March 2023) • Danijel Pranjić (22 March 2023 – 12 June 2023) • Zlatan Nalić (24 July 2023 – 25 July 2024) • Marko Maksimović (26 July 2024 – 28 September 2024) • Zlatan Nalić (16 October 2024 – 17 December 2024) • Igor Janković (9 January 2025 – 11 October 2025) • Denis Karić (14 October 2025 – 16 March 2026) • Adnan Hodžić (19 March 2026 – present) ==Presidents==

• Ante Raos • Salko Bukvarević • Enver Bijedić • Salih Šabović • Davud Zahirović • Mersad Kovačević • Azmir Husić • Senad Mujkanović • Sead Kozlić • Elmir Šećerbegović ==References==