Torcida Split
Croatian football supporters' group
Torcida is a HNK Hajduk Split supporters' group in Croatia with branches in other countries, mostly (but not exclusively) among Croat communities. Founded on 28 October 1950, Torcida is the oldest supporters group in Europe.
The group as a whole traditionally maintains good relations with the French Magic Fans of AS Saint-Étienne, the Czech Slavia Prague football club supporters, especially fan group Tribuna Sever, and Polish Torcida Górnik fan group from Górnik Zabrze. Torcida has a long friendship with the Portuguese fan group No Name Boys from Benfica.
01History
Torcida was founded in 1950 by a group of sailors from Korčula who had witnessed the passion of the crowd at the World Cup Final in Brazil. While their first official appearance at a game was on October 29, 1950 against Red Star Belgrade for the League of Yugoslavia title, the group started gathering and chanting more regularly in the center of the east stand in the early 1970s.
Hajduk Split supporters, Torcida, were formed on 28 October 1950 by a group of students in Zagreb, namely Ante Dorić, Vlado Mikulić, Šime Perković, Ante Ivanišević and Vjenceslav Žuvela. According to Dorić, the person who gave them the most incentive to form a group was the club legend Bernard Vukas. They took their name from the Brazilian fan group they idolized, which comes from the Portuguese torcer which means 'to cheer on'. "Hajduk lives forever" is their slogan.
During the late 1980s, Torcida's anthem was the song "Glasno, glasnije" ("Loud, Louder") by the Split hard rock band Osmi Putnik.
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- Torcida Logo.png by Unknown author, Fair use
- The Hajduk Split - Dinamo Zagreb derby.jpg by West Brom 4ever, Public domain
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