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Football club Graničar Laze
Club history
The Graničar Laze football club was founded in 1928.
It successfully competed in the regional league in the 1960s and early 1970s, with teams from Novska, Požega and today's Brod-Posavina County. In more recent history, it convincingly won the 2nd ŽNL Zapad championship in 2004 and entered the 1st ŽNL-BPZ where it competed until 2013, when it joined the 2nd ŽNL.
The club achieved its greatest success in 2011 when it became the winner of the NS Nova Gradiška Cup, the winner of the County Football Association of Brod-Posavina County Cup, and with a victory against NK Strmec in Bedenica (Zagreb County), it entered the round of 32 of the Croatian Football Cup, where it was defeated in Laze by the renowned first league team Slaven Belupo.
Club today:
The Graničar Laze football club competes in the 3rd County Football League West, where they are currently fighting for the title. They play matches on weekends.
Match against GNK Dinamo Zagreb
On the occasion of the Sokoli Memorial in 2007, GNK Dinamo Zagreb arrived in Laze and performed with its full squad.
The following players played at the Laze polo ground: Lončarić, Ćorluka, Drpić, Schildenfeld, Čale, Vukojević, Sammir, Pokrivač, Modrić, Eduardo, Šokota, Turina, Buljat, Jertec, Etto, Tomic, Tadic, Kovačević, Mikić, Guela. The result was 11-2 for Dinamo.
In Laze, they were welcomed by 4,000 people. The entire team was taken on a carriage ride through the crowded village, and it was certainly one of the most memorable events in the village's recent history.
Watch a short video from the match and a move made by the next door neighbor to our property, Lazanac, Ivica Riso Babić.