Сараевоның "Олимпик" футбол клубы тарихы

Former football club in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Fudbalski klub Olimpik Sarajevo , commonly referred to as just Olimpik, was a professional football club from Sarajevo, based in the part of the city which is called Otoka. Being one of the first teams to be formed in independent Bosnia and Herzegovina, they started off playing in the top tier right at the start of the club's formation in 1993. Having played in the Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina in several swaths since 1994, after the 2016–17 season they were relegated into the First League of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the country's second tier league, where they played until the 2019–20 season, before getting promoted back to the Premier League. Olimpik's only prestigious trophy came in the 2014–15 season, when the club beat Široki Brijeg to win the Bosnian Cup.

Olimpik was formed amidst the Bosnian War on 3 October 1993 in Sarajevo. It all started when a few people came to the idea of founding a football club, not suspecting where it might end up, or in what direction it would go. Ramiz Krilašević, brothers Šefkija and Edhem Okerić, Mustafa Ruvić, Suad Osmanagić and Sakib Trtić were the people who were with the club from the very start and the ones who helped organized equipment and kits for training. He continued to lead the team on to land on the same 5th place in the league as they did last year, but this time even closer to Europe than before, only two points away, and a goal difference far superior to 13 out of the other 15 clubs participating in the Premier League. The following year in 2012–13 started out with two draws against two weaker teams, namely OFK Gradina Srebrenik and FK Rudar Prijedor, as well as a bare victory against another weak team GOSK Gabela, and a loss against FK Sarajevo. Therefore, Jusufbegović was replaced in September 2012 by Husref Musemić who led the team throughout a successful campaign helping the team insure a confident third place right up until after the winter break when FK Sarajevo placed an offer on the table for the manager, and so Denis Sadiković was appointed in February as manager, whose start was somewhat better than Jusufbegović's, but after a series of unsuccessful games and the team's slow demise, he was replaced with Nedim Jusufbegović. The third time the coach returned to the team he is currently coaching, he was a mere victory away from landing the team a spot for European competition, but fell in the very last match, and stuck to a well deserved finish at the by now traditional 5th position on the table for Olimpik. Part of what caused the club not to do better than they did last year could be blamed on one of the matches against FK Velež Mostar which resulted in a 1–1 draw, where the referee Eldis Prošić's decisions were questionable, and caused a lot of irritation among Olimpik's players, the manager as well as the fans. However this was not the first time Olimpik has been dealt with unfairly, within the first half of the season of 2012–13, there were complaints about at least another four games where allegedly it has been suspected that the team was being intentionally given incorrect refereeing decisions. Due to this, the team has been on the verge to opt out of the league altogether, much like FK Borac Banja Luka's own situation at the end of the season where complaints came aimed at the national association from several clubs. The teams between third and eighth position were all refused an UEFA license for participation in Europa League 2013–14, save for NK Široki Brijeg, and in the end HŠK Zrinjski Mostar were the ones to receive the final spot for the competition.

FK Olimpik Sarajevo's colours are a dark shade of green coupled with white, although the jerseys which the players have are sometimes made in a third color, namely gold. The badge is composed of two shapes merged; the top is similar to the top of a diamond, while the bottom is a circle, and the first is put on top of the second to form the shape of the badge. There are four vertical white stripes on the badge, and between them are three stripes of everglade green. Amidst the three middle stripes, at the round bottom section of the shape of the badge is a football, and across it is the text "Olimpik" beneath which is a smaller text spelling out "Sarajevo". Underneath the ball, between the edge of it and the edge of the shape is the number 1993 (the year the club was founded). The numbers and the letters in the badge are all in everglade green like the middle stripes, but with a white border. Above the ball and the text are two shapes of a wolf howling.

The idea to name the club Olimpik came from the fact that city of Sarajevo was the host city to the 1984 Winter Olympics. Olimpik's nickname The Wolves is also linked to the 1984 Winter Olympics by way of the Olympics' mascot Vučko (Wolfie; pronounced in ). From September 2010, until December 2016, the official name of the club was Olimpic, with the letter C instead of the letter K.

Olimpik play their home games at Stadion Otoka, a 3,000 seat venue located in the Otoka neighborhood of Sarajevo. For the 2009–10 season, Olimpik planned to host home games at the Asim Ferhatović Hase Stadium while their home ground went through a $5 million modernization which would satisfy UEFA regulations and increase the capacity from 3,000 to 9,000 seats. Moreover, three tiers were planned to provide the area for the 9,000 seats, and artificial grass was planned as well. However, Olimpik played their home games at Stadion Grbavica instead. Ultimately the big 2010 renovation never happened, except the one in 2011, when the stands and the pitch were renovated. Since then, the stadium has stayed in that condition ever since, with minor renovations just to meet the Football Association of Bosnia and Herzegovina standards.

Season Competition Round Opponent Home Away Agg. 2015–16 UEFA Europa League 1Q Spartak Trnava 1–1 0–0 1–1 (a)