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|chairman = [[Petar Jelić]]
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|season   = [[2023–24 First League of the Republika Srpska|2023–24]]
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'''Fudbalski klub Modriča''' ([[Serbian Cyrillic alphabet|Serbian Cyrillic]]: Фудбалски клуб Модрича), known as '''Alfa Modriča''' for sponsorship reasons, is a professional [[association football|football]] club based in [[Modriča]] that is situated in [[Republika Srpska]], [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]].

The club was founded in 1922 and it is currently active in the [[Second League of the Republika Srpska]]. The club plays its home matches at the [[Stadion Dr. Milan Jelić|Dr. Milan Jelić Stadium]], which has a capacity of 6,000 seats.

Modriča became champions in the First League of RS in the [[2002–03 First League of the Republika Srpska|2002–03 season]], which secured them a place in the [[Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina]]. The club's big success came in the [[2003–04 Bosnia and Herzegovina Football Cup|2003–04 season]] when it won the [[Bosnia and Herzegovina Football Cup|national cup]]. Due to this victory, Modriča qualified for the following season's [[UEFA Cup]] tournament. It played against [[FC Santa Coloma]] of [[Andorra]] and won both games, but was later knocked out by Bulgarian side [[PFC Levski Sofia]].

However, its biggest success was when it won the [[2007–08 Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina|2007–08 Bosnian Premier League]] and qualified for the [[2008–09 UEFA Champions League#Qualifying rounds|2008–09 UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds]] where they played against [[FK Dinamo Tirana]] and [[Aalborg Boldspilklub|Aalborg BK]].

The club is sponsored by Meridianbet.<ref>{{cite web | title= Regionalni lider u razvoju sporta: Kompanija Meridianbet najveći sponzor klubova i Saveza!| website=Novosti| date=4 February 2024 | url=https://www.novosti.rs/sport/fudbal/1329145/regionalni-lider-razvoju-sporta-kompanija-meridianbet-najveci-sponzor-klubova-saveza| access-date=29 May 2024}}</ref>

== History ==
The origins of Modriča's history of professional sports are connected to [[association football|football]], and they date back to 1921.

The first football was brought from [[Prague]] by a student Đoka Petrović. The first football club was founded in Modriča in 1922.
The club was originally named '''Rogulj''', but it soon changed its name to '''Zora'''. In the first years of development of the sport, there were no official competitions&nbsp;– only friendly matches played between teams from neighbouring locations, and the players purchased sports equipment for themselves alone. The first official match Zora played was against the neighbouring team of "Bosanac" from [[Bosanski Šamac]] in 1923, which resulted in a 2–2 draw.

Zora existed up until 1927, when the authorities forbade its operation. Soon after, however, another club was founded under the name '''Olimpija''', which existed under this name until 1938, when it changed its name to '''FK Dobor'''. After the beginning of [[World War II]], all sports activities ceased, and only when the war was over, in August 1945, a new football club was founded, named '''Sloga'''. The club later changed its name to '''Napredak''' until it finally got the name '''Modriča'''. For sponsoring reasons, Modriča later received for a long time the surname '''Maxima'''. What was later changed again in summer 2017 because of sponsor change to '''Alfa'''.

The biggest successes of the club during the years of the former [[Yugoslavia]] were in the season 1968/69, when it won first place and the title of amateur champion of [[SR Bosnia and Herzegovina]], and the second place in the competition for amateur champion of Yugoslavia.

The shirt of FK Modriča Maxima has been worn, among others, by: [[Nikola Nikić]], [[Goran Peleš]], [[Džemal Đedović]], [[Slavko Cvijić]], [[Dragan Voćkić]], [[Rade Radulović]], [[Slavko Mamuzić]] and [[Mustafa Čoralić]]. Coaches FK Modriča Maxima [[Dušan Radoja]], [[Mitar Lukić]], [[Slaviša Božičić]], [[Zoran Ćurguz]], [[Nikola Nikić]], [[Marko Stojić]].

The [[2003–04 Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina|2003–04 season]] saw Modriča's first participation in the [[Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina]]. The same season saw Modriča lift the [[Bosnia and Herzegovina Football Cup]] on 26 May 2004.

In the [[2007–08 Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina|2007–08 season]], Modriča won its first and so far only league title, which ranks as the biggest success in the long history of the club.

== Stadium ==

The stadium was built and opened in 1962. FK Modriča was formed in 1922 as a club and played its home games at Vranjak.

At the time, the stadium was mainly built with wooden stands and could have an attendance of 3,000 spectators. Modriča, being an industrial city and having the oil refinery as the main provider for most of the population of the city, needed to provide some kind of job offer for its hard workers.

Now, the decision was made to build a larger stadium since FK Modriča was taking part in the country's top league.
The stadium "Dr. Milan Jelić" was named after the former president of [[Republika Srpska]]. After Dr. [[Milan Jelić]]'s death on 30 September 2007, the club decided to change the name of their stadium in his honour. The stadium has changing rooms, offices for the hosts, chairs for its main stand, and the capacity altogether is 6,000.
[[Image:Stadion-modrica.jpg|thumb|Stadion "Dr. Milan Jelić"]]

==Honours==

===Domestic===

====League====
*'''[[Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina]]: '''
**'''Winners (1):''' [[2007–08 Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina|2007–08]]
*'''[[First League of the Republika Srpska]]:'''
**'''Winners (1):''' [[2002–03 First League of the Republika Srpska|2002–03]]
*'''[[Second League of the Republika Srpska]]:'''
**'''Winners (1):''' 2017–18 {{small|''(west)''}}

====Cups====
*'''[[Bosnia and Herzegovina Football Cup|Bosnia and Herzegovina Cup]]:'''
**'''Winners (1):''' [[2003–04 Bosnia and Herzegovina Football Cup|2003–04]]
*'''[[Republika Srpska Cup]]:'''
**'''Winners (1):''' 2006–07
**Runners-up (2): 2002–03, 2003–04

==European record==
:''{{as of|2008|8|6}}''

{| class="wikitable"
! Season
! Competition
! Round
!
! Club
! Home
! Away
|-
|[[2004–05 UEFA Cup|2004–05]]
|[[UEFA Cup]]
|1QR
|{{flagicon|Andorra}}
|[[FC Santa Coloma]]
|3–0
|1–0
|-
|
|
|2QR
|{{flagicon|Bulgaria}}
|[[Levski Sofia]]
|0–3
|0–5
|-
|[[2008–09 UEFA Champions League|2008–09]]
|[[UEFA Champions League]]
|1QR
|{{flagicon|Albania}}
|[[Dinamo Tirana]]
|2–1
|2–0
|-
|
|
|2QR
|{{flagicon|Denmark}}
|[[AaB Fodbold|Aalborg BK]]
|1–2
|0–5
|-
|}

==Players==
===Current squad===
{{updated|23 May 2023}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sportdc.net/club/5875-modrica/card|title=MODRICA FUDBAL / MUŠKARCI|website=SportDC|access-date=2021-04-17}}</ref>
{{Fs start}}
{{Fs player|no= 1|nat=BIH|name=Josip Dizdar|pos=GK}}
{{Fs player|no= 2|nat=SRB|name=Ivan Živković|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no= 3|nat=JPN|name=Hyugo Tosaka|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no= 4|nat=BIH|name=Stefan Pljevaljčić|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no= 6|nat=BRA|name=Iury De Carvalho Lima|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no= 7|nat=BIH|name=Rado Radić|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no= 8|nat=BIH|name=Draško Kuljanin|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no= 9|nat=MAS|name=Adam Bin Hamid|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=10|nat=BIH|name=Stefan Janković|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=11|nat=BIH|name=Sergej Marinković|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=12|nat=BIH|name=Marko Đurić|pos=GK}}
{{Fs player|no=13|nat=BIH|name=Obrad Simić|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=14|nat=BIH|name=Dejan Limić|pos=MF}}
{{Fs mid}}
{{Fs player|no=15|nat=BIH|name=Perica Guskić|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=16|nat=BIH|name=Dragan Radić|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=18|nat=BIH|name=Ranko Janković|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=19|nat=BIH|name=Nemanja Kojić|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=20|nat=NED|name=Fortunato Da Silva|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=22|nat=BRA|name=Bruno Marques|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=JPN|name=Yuta Nishizaki|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=BEL|name=Bilal Akodad|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=BIH|name=Jovan Nikić|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=BIH|name=Mahir Omerhodzić|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=BIH|name=Belmin Halilović|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=IRN|name=Mohammad Alizadeh|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=IRN|name=Radin Sayyar|pos=MF}}
{{Fs end}}

==Historical list of managers==
*{{flagicon|BIH}} [[Nikola Nikić]]
*{{flagicon|BIH}} [[Mitar Lukić]]
*{{flagicon|SRB}} [[Slaviša Božičić]]
*{{flagicon|BIH}} [[Dario Purić]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080310233359/http://www.fkmodricamaxima.com/ Official website] (archived)
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20071203012856/http://www.djavoli-modrica.org/ FK Modriča Maxima official fan website] {{in lang|sr}} (archived)
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20051022082001/http://www.uefa.com/footballEurope/Club=77882/domestic.html FK Modriča] at UEFA.com
*[http://www.eufo.de/football/bih/fk_mrica.htm FK Modriča] at EUFO.de
*[http://www.weltfussball.de/teams/modrica-maksima/ FK Modriča] at Weltfussball.de
*[http://www.football-lineups.com/team/FK_Modrica/ FK Modriča] at Football-Lineups.com

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