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The President of the Republic of Croatia Zoran Milanovi\u0107 today received the players of the Croatian National School Football Team, who won the world title at the World School Football Championship in the People\u2019s Republic of China. This historic achievement by the young footballers came on 25 October in the Chinese city of Suzhou, where the championship was organised by the International School Sport Federation (ISF).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The President was briefed on the distinctive nature of the ISF competition, which has been held since 1972 and in which countries are represented not by professional clubs, but exclusively by students enrolled in regular secondary school programmes. The Second Gymnasium Vara\u017edin (Druga gimnazija Vara\u017edin) played a key role as the project lead, taking responsibility for the entire organisation of the team and the process of bringing the national squad together. For the school, this latest success builds on a series of outstanding international results, following a third-place finish in Morocco in 2023 and a fifth-place finish in China in 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The meeting also highlighted the fact that this outstanding sporting achievement coincides with an important milestone: the 20th<\/sup> anniversary of the founding of the Second Gymnasium Vara\u017edin. As the first sports-oriented secondary school in Vara\u017edin County, it successfully enables students to combine high-performance sport with their education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The meeting at the Office of the President of the Republic was attended by members of the Croatian National School Football Team: Captain Stjepan Habek, David Cigula, Mate Tkal\u010dec, Fran Suhodol\u010dan, Matej Vugrin, David Krobot, Leo Habek, Niko Ga\u0161pari\u0107, Dani Pintari\u0107, Teo Benko, Lovro Mikul\u010di\u0107, Rok Hudek, Roko Valentak, Ivano Vidi\u0107, Jan Mari\u0107, David Grahovac-Fede\u0161in, Ivan Posavec and Josip Ere\u0161. They were accompanied by their coaches Goran Laba\u0161, Igor Kranjec, Sr\u0111an Bajus, and team manager Dario Kos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also accompanying the young footballers were representatives of the Croatian School Sports Federation: President Prof. Zlatko Kraljevi\u0107, Ph. D.; Secretary General Ivan Duji\u0107, Ph. D.; and Marketing Manager Sara \u010ce\u0161lja\u0161. The delegation also included Miroslav Hu\u0111ek, Head of the Administrative Department for Education, Culture and Sport of Vara\u017edin County, and Nikola Slunjski, a teacher at the Second Gymnasium Vara\u017edin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

President Milanovi\u0107 was accompanied by the Commissioner of the President of the Republic for Sports Tomislav Pa\u0161kvalin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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PHOTO: Office of the President of the Republic of Croatia \/ Marko Beljan<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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