Danijal Brkovic at FK Radnik Bijeljina (Bosnia & Herzegovina)

bshredder · Oct 23, 2014

Bicewanger said: ↑

We don't have such a big fanbase, our average attendance is 200 per match realistically, but as of now, mathematically it is somewhere around 600(due to two large derbies where the stadium is usually filled, bringing two matches of about 2 500-3 000 viewers to add to the quota, one was already played at the start of the season, next one is in the next half of the season). Attendance figures in Bosnia in general are catastrophic, especially nowadays that the league's quality has stagnated over the years to this level. The highest attendance average is about 2 300 - 3 000 from clubs like Zeljeznicar, Sarajevo and Sloboda, but even they have days where only a few hundred show up. As opposed to the, say, Conference National in England(5th division, amateur league) where you've got clubs like Wrexham and Aldershot Town whose cities/towns have some 30-40 000 inhabitants(Sarajevo, the bigest city in Bosnia, has about 600 000-800 000 inhabitants, and obviously 4 major clubs; Olimpic, Zeljeznicar, Sarajevo and Slavija), who muster an average of 3-4 000 per match, not to mention leagues and their respective clubs above that league have huge attendance figures on a regular basis, so Bosnia is doing horribly when it comes to that.

Some people complain that the ticket prices are too high(5-15 KM usually, approx 2.5-7.5 €), the wages are low in the country so it is understandable, though Olimpic offered for some period of time a price of 1 KM(half a euro, less than a buck) for tickets, while retired people, kids under 12, and women can go in for free. But this didn't bring many people to the stands, so it isn't all about the prices, it isn't in the culture and tradition to go to matches and in England people bring their entire families so the attendances are huge when they cultivate the tradition like that - not in Bosnia though. In the English leagues, they pay way more for their matches, and still go to most, if not all of the matches.

As for stats; the FA documents the attendances, line-ups, goals, cards, subs etc.

Here you can see a list of all the matches, you click on whichever match you want to see the statistics etc.
Last match we had an attendance of 350, which is quite good considering that the opponent was weak.
Next match is possibly the most prestigious in this half of the season, the current table leader is coming to Otoka(our home), we're third on the table, they've scored 24 goals so far and we've scored 23 so far i.e. we're the two teams having scored the most goals.

Anyhow, about Brkovic; he's doing very well with us, had a cold during the match against Drina Zvornik so he didn't play, but he played in the 2nd leg of the cup during the 1-0 loss. The team played with the reserves and some juniors because we won the first leg 4-0 at home, and the coach Mirza Varesanovic said he was saving the key players for the match against Siroki. I don't know if Brkovic will be playing though, it has been snowing and all of the terrains in Bosnia are soaked or packed with snow. Not an ideal situation for somebody who just recovered from a cold.

2nd leg in the cup vs. Celik Zenica, Brkovic in the back

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This is a terrific post. Thank you

Bicewanger · Jan 31, 2015

5 goals in the league so far, 3 already in 2 matches during the preparations for the rest of the season. Things are looking up!

bshredder · Feb 12, 2015

Dani is part of a new feature on Americans in Europe

Soccer in Eastern Europe Lures Adventurous Yanks

Testudo · May 1, 2015

bshredder · May 2, 2015

Scored today

Gorky · May 2, 2015

Apropos of nothing, I just noticed that Olympic Sarajevo is in the Cup final this season. They won the semifinal on penalties on Wednesday.

They will play Siroki Brijeg in the 2-legged final on May 20 and 27

Testudo · May 6, 2015

bshredder said: ↑

Scored today
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... vs. Celik at 0:22-

bshredder · May 27, 2015

Won the Bosnian Cup today which qualifies for Europa league qualifiers

Gorky · Jun 22, 2015

Drawn against FC Spartak Trnava (SVK)in the 1st qualifying round.

Sudžuka · Jul 2, 2015

Gorky said: ↑

Drawn against FC Spartak Trnava (SVK)in the 1st qualifying round.
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First leg finished 1-1, Dani got an assist

Gorky · Jul 9, 2015

Starting in the return leg.

bshredder · Jul 9, 2015

Olimpic Sarajevo draw 0-0 but lose on away goals.

So they're out of the Europa.

Sudžuka · Dec 5, 2015

Hattrick today

keller4president · Dec 22, 2015

Olimpic is in 11th place.

http://us.soccerway.com/players/danijel-brkovi/165449/

BostonRed · Jul 31, 2016

In Bosnia's Premier League Celik Zenica visited Radnik Bijeljina and came away with a 2 - 3 win. Danijal Brkovic Scored Celik Zenica's 3rd and winning goal in ET (90+1), that's 2 goals in 2 games for his new team

http://ussocceracrossthepond.blogsp...-wrap-sunday-731-features-goals.html?spref=tw

BostonRed · Nov 7, 2016

Danijal Brkovic (F) – NK Čelik Zenica – started and and scored a goal in 3-0 win v Olimpic Sarajevo
He takes down a long ball cooly off his chest (and maybe his arm) before hammering it past the keeper.

https://samsminiarmy.wordpress.com/2016/11/07/yanks-in-europe-11-06-16-week-in-review/

autobus39 · Dec 17, 2016

Has 3 goals in 18 games (16 starts) as the Bosnian Premier Liga is currently taking its winter break. Celik currently sit second from the bottom.

Gorky · Jul 3, 2017

He ended up scoring 5 goals in 27 games. Celik survived relegation by 3 pts.

DC_Dave · Jul 19, 2017

Danijal Brkovic was released by Celik Zenica today, and is now a free agent

bshredder · Jun 22, 2018

Brkovic announced today that he signed with FK Radnik Bijeljina - which finished 5th in Bosnia

TheFalseNine · Jun 22, 2018

Thread title updated to reflect new club.

Balerion · Apr 6, 2019

As of February, he's with IFK Åmål in Sweden's fourth tier.

Dave Marino-Nachison · Jan 13, 2021

He seems to have subsequently moved to SG Westend Frankfurt.