HŠK Dunav Zemun
Encyclopedia
HŠK Dunav was a football club from Zemun
(nowadays Serbia
). Local Croats
from Zemun and other parts of Syrmia
gathered around this club.
It competed in the football championship of Independent State of Croatia
. After the end of Second World War, that circumstance was used to ban the work of this football club and disband it, as it was the case with other clubs that competed in the championship of Independent State of Croatia.
In the unfinished Croatian championship 1944, in the group stage, Dunav was the champion of Zemun. In the play-offs, Dunav lost to second in the group and city rival Građanski.
Zemun
Zemun is a historical town and one of the 17 municipalities which constitute the City of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia...
(nowadays Serbia
Serbia
Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...
). Local Croats
Croats
Croats are a South Slavic ethnic group mostly living in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and nearby countries. There are around 4 million Croats living inside Croatia and up to 4.5 million throughout the rest of the world. Responding to political, social and economic pressure, many Croats have...
from Zemun and other parts of Syrmia
Syrmia
Syrmia is a fertile region of the Pannonian Plain in Europe, between the Danube and Sava rivers. It is divided between Serbia in the east and Croatia in the west....
gathered around this club.
History
This squad was founded before the Second World War.It competed in the football championship of Independent State of Croatia
Independent State of Croatia
The Independent State of Croatia was a World War II puppet state of Nazi Germany, established on a part of Axis-occupied Yugoslavia. The NDH was founded on 10 April 1941, after the invasion of Yugoslavia by the Axis powers. All of Bosnia and Herzegovina was annexed to NDH, together with some parts...
. After the end of Second World War, that circumstance was used to ban the work of this football club and disband it, as it was the case with other clubs that competed in the championship of Independent State of Croatia.
In the unfinished Croatian championship 1944, in the group stage, Dunav was the champion of Zemun. In the play-offs, Dunav lost to second in the group and city rival Građanski.