The interwar period, the first major step of the White
Not until 1923 that is held the first competition at the
national level. This year Hajduk is recognized as the best
team, the best club, as a single unit of 11 players in this
mach were all split, except in 1924 and only the goalkeeper
was not from Split but was Italian citizen. In 1926, was
held at the opening of a match, the opera "kraljica lopte"
composed by Ivo Tijardovic for the whites (nickname given
at the players from Hajduk, since playing in the white
shirt). Today, Hajduk is the only club in the world with its
Opera. In 1927, Hajduk won his first championship title
and Ljubomir Bencic with 9 goals became the first top
scorer, as will be won for the second time in 1929, The 30s
were mostly marked by displacements worldwide. In 1933
Kragic is voted best player by scoring 21 points on 41 at
the National Championship in 1935 will have to be elected
Leo Lemesic top scorer with 18 goals.
The Second World War, the ever present Hajduk
However, while World War II raged, Hajduk continues to
attract crowds at a match between a British and Hajduk
military composition, will have some 40,000 people
attending the game. This will be the most watched sporting
event during the war years. In 1941, must be added to the
shares already acquired Banovina even plain war, nothing
prevents the Hajduk play and elect its best shot as Ratko
Kacijan voted best shooter with 17 goals during the season.
honor of Free France, the medal will be awarded during a
game in Lebanon . The postwar years were marked by a
number of tours in Africa and the Middle East. 1945 will
be an important year for Hajduk, who won the first trophy
of the Federal State Champion Croatian. The year 1950 is a
special year too, for Hajduk because he will lose any match
during the championship; and another highlight is the
creation of the Torcida gathering oldest bear whites.
The Trophies room (a part)
The 70s and 80s, the best years
The seventies erase some of the problems that the club met
in previous years. During that decade Hajduk won four
national titles and five trophies consecutively. Score and
performance unmatched to this day. 1970 will be by far the
best decade for Hajduk. For the next 10 years, the Hajduk
continues to prove its superiority by winning the trophy
three times winner of the cup and also managed to rank in
the first place of all the rankings. In 1991, it is in a difficult
and tense political climate that Hajduk continues to be
talked about himself, even if the problems both economic
and financial begin to harm the club. Since the 2000s,
despite satisfactory results, Hajduk continued to lose
money and not be profitable to the point that in 2008 the
club is facing bankruptcy proceedings. Unable to let that
happen, a handful of businessmen and the city of Split
emerge club of this plight.
Médaille décernée par le Général de Gaulle en 1945
This medal is treasured as all other medals and trophies
that managed Hajduk in the large trophy room.
After the war, the beginning of the great moments
At the end of the Second World War, the club
administration refuses to become a military club and move
to Belgrade. This moral value, that of the "Freedom" will
be recognized in 1945, General de Gaulle recognized the
moral value of this club and Hajduk become the team
Today the financial position of the club is better, and
Hajduk continued to get noticed and always