HAJDUK SPLIT
1950-1955
Beara - Vukas - F. Matošić Era
Frane Matošić, Vladimir Beara, Ljubomir Kokeza, Stane Krstulović, Branko Viđak, Krešimir Arapović, Slavko Luštica, Božo Broketa, Ervin Katnić, Bernard Vukas and Ivo Radovniković
Honours:
• Yugoslav First League
Champions (3): 1950, 1952, 1955
Runners-up (1): 1953
Third place (1): 1951
• Yugoslav Cup
Runners-up (2): 1953, 1955
COACHES:
Luka KALITERNA
Jozo MATOŠIĆ
GOALKEEPERS:
1 Vladimir BEARA Ante VULIĆDEFENDERS:
2 Ljubomir KOKEZA 3 Božo BROKETA Lenko GRČIĆ Davor GRČIĆ Svemir DELIĆ
Nikola RADOVIĆMIDFIELDERS:
4 Slavko LUŠTICA
5 Ervin KATNIĆ 6 Ivo RADOVNIKOVIĆ Ivo MRČIĆ Božidar SENČAR Ante MLADINIĆFORWARDS:
7 Krešimir ARAPOVIĆ 8 Frane MATOŠIĆ 9 Stane KRSTULOVIĆ 10 Bernard VUKAS 11 Branko VIĐAK Dragutin DRVODELIĆ Vladimir ŠENAUER Joško VIDOŠEVIĆ Sulejman REBACFORMATION:
--------------------------BEARA----------------------------
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-------KOKEZA--------KATNIĆ----------BROKETA-------
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--------RADOVNIKOVIĆ-------LUŠTICA------------------
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--------------MATOŠIĆ-------------VUKAS----------------
------------(VIDOŠEVIĆ)------------------------------------
--ARAPOVIĆ---------KRSTULOVIĆ-----------VIĐAK----
-------------------------(MATOŠIĆ)-------------------------
INFO:
The club won the 1950 Yugoslav championship without a single loss, where it set a record that no one had yet accomplished. On 28 October 1950, a day before the decisive match against Red Star (a 2–1 win), the official fan organization Torcida was founded, It was created by engineering student Vjenceslav Žuvela, who chose the name after the enthusiastic Brazilian fans, and Torcida become the first organized group of supporters in Europe. The following year, the "Stari Plac" stadium was reconstructed.
Consequent seasons showed Hajduk's supremacy, but also the political manipulations to prevent them winning the championships. For one, Torcida was viewed as a hostile club by the communist authorities, which posed a risk to the national consciousness of the new Yugoslavian state. Hajduk's leadership was sanctioned, the team's captain expelled from the communist party, and Vjenceslav Žuvela was imprisoned. Also, in the winter break of the 1952–53 season, Hajduk went on tour to South America; following an invitation from Juan Perón, they extended their stay there. This caused them to come home late, but instead of a "delay of game" in the championship, they faced defeats against BSK and Spartak Subotica as their youth team played those games. Although Hajduk later beat Red Star in Belgrade 4–1, Red Star became the champions. Next season saw a similar occurrence with players Vladimir Beara and Bernard Vukas arriving late for national team training and receiving a month-long ban from the game. Without these essential players Hajduk lost important matches, and Dinamo won the championship. All this prompted the club legend Frane Matošić to storm a meeting of the Yugoslav Football Association quipping, "Do you at least have a gram of integrity?". On 3 April 1955 in Zagreb, Hajduk defeated Dinamo 6–0, which is the biggest win in the derby between the two largest Croatian clubs. In 1955, Hajduk won the championship, the Football Association of Yugoslavia sent Hajduk as the champions to the Mitropa Cup, while Partizan was chosen to participate in the inaugural European Cup.
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