NK SAŠK Napredak
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NK Famos-SAŠK Napredak is a football
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 from Sarajevo
Sarajevo
Sarajevo |Bosnia]], surrounded by the Dinaric Alps and situated along the Miljacka River in the heart of Southeastern Europe and the Balkans....

, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina , sometimes called Bosnia-Herzegovina or simply Bosnia, is a country in Southern Europe, on the Balkan Peninsula. Bordered by Croatia to the north, west and south, Serbia to the east, and Montenegro to the southeast, Bosnia and Herzegovina is almost landlocked, except for the...

. It came into existence in 2000 through the merger of SAŠK with NK Napredak .

SAŠK's history traces back to 1910 when Sarajevski amaterski športski klub (Sarajevo Amateur Sports Club) or SAŠK, was founded. After World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

 ended, SAŠK was banned by the authorities of Communist Yugoslavia because of its participation in the Croatian First League
Croatian First League
The Prva HNL , also known as 1. HNL or for sponsorship reasons the MAXtv Prva Liga, is the top Croatian football league competition, established in 1992. The winners qualify for the UEFA Champions League...

 during the war in what was then Axis-allied 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...

. SAŠK was re-founded in 1999.

NK Napredak was formed in 1994 by the Croat cultural society of the same name.

Two teams merged in 2000 to form the current club.

Since the 2000/2001 season, the club has been in the First League of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
First League of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
The First League of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina is a football league in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Together with the First League of the Republika Srpska, it forms the second level of football in Bosnia and Herzegovina.The league consists of 16 teams...

.

The club is part of HKD Napredak
HKD Napredak
HKD Napredak is a cultural society of Croats in Bosnia and Herzegovina...

 (Croatian Cultural Society 'Progress'). It organizes a futsal
Futsal
Futsal is a variant of association football that is played on a smaller pitch and mainly played indoors. Its name is a portmanteau of the Portuguese futebol de salão and the Spanish fútbol de salón , which can be translated as "hall football" or "indoor football"...


tournament around Christmas every year.
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