NK Špansko is a Croatia

Croatia

Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...

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Football (soccer)

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...

 club based in the city of Zagreb

Zagreb

Zagreb is the capital and the largest city of the Republic of Croatia. It is in the northwest of the country, along the Sava river, at the southern slopes of the Medvednica mountain. Zagreb lies at an elevation of approximately above sea level. According to the last official census, Zagreb's city...

, founded on 16 February 1958. It used to be one of the strongest second division teams in Croatia. Nowadays (2009), NK Špansko is playing in the third Croatian league.

Colors and club badge

NK Špansko colors are red and white. Red uniforms are usually for home matches.

Trivia

It's interesting that Branko Strupar

Branko Strupar

Branko Strupar is a former Croatian-Belgian football striker. In 1999, he became a naturalised Belgian by marriage. He consequently played for the Belgium national football team with whom he played 17 matches and scored 5 times....

, a Belgian international and a well known Premiership player, started his career at NK Špansko. In those years Špansko were a strong second division club and Strupar a neighbourhood hero. From ŠRC Špansko Strupar moved to the Belgian side K.R.C. Genk.

It is also interesting to know that Strupar is a native of the Prečko, a rival neighbourhood. Prečko is located on the south of Špansko, directly next to it.

Former notable players

  Branko Strupar

Branko Strupar

Branko Strupar is a former Croatian-Belgian football striker. In 1999, he became a naturalised Belgian by marriage. He consequently played for the Belgium national football team with whom he played 17 matches and scored 5 times....

  Tomislav Skara Mario Šitum

Mario Šitum

Mario Šitum, is a Croatian footballer who plays as a forward for Dinamo Zagreb in Prva HNL, as well as for the Croatia national under-18 football team, for whom he has made two appearances....

External links

• NK Špansko at Nogometni magazin
  Nogometni Magazin
  Nogometni Magazin is a news organization that focusses on Croatian football news. It was launched in March of 2002. The site's editor-in-chief is Vladimir Benić and it is based out of Zagreb....