„JADRANOVI“ SIMBOLI: SPORTSKA I KULTURNA BAŠTINA GRADA SPLITA I REPUBLIKE HRVATSKE
JADRAN SPLIT SPORTING CLUB INSIGNIA – CULTURAL HERITAGE OF SPLIT AND THE REPUBLIC OF CROATIA

Summary/Abstract: In Croatia, at present, there is a very small number of natural and even juridicial persons who are more than one hundred years old. Among legal entities, it is the sports association Jadran Split. The association was founded on September 23, 1920 under the name Maritime Sports Association Baluni. It changed its name several times in history. After extensive research, the authors have found that the first name change occurred in 1923 and not in 1924 as has been so far reported in a number of sources. On September 21, 1923, the club changed its name into the Yugoslav Sports Club Baluni. Then, soon, another change of name occured: since 1924 the club had been known as the Yugoslav Sports Club Jadran. The third change of the name is viewed as significant since, so far, it has been insufficiently researched and highlighted in publications. After the establishment of the Banovina of Croatia – an autonomous province within the Kingdom of Yugoslavia at the end of August 1939, another changed of the name occurred. Since September 20, 1939 and under the chairmanship of Josip Čulić, the club had been known as the Croatian Swimming Club Jadran. At that time, Jadran was the first sports club in both Split and Dalmatia with the prefix Croatian in its name. The greatest value of the club insignia lies in the fact that in its long history they have never contained the ideological features of the specific period. In this respect, Jadran stands out from other clubs in Split. The third club symbol is the flag. The original Baluni flag was blue (the color of the sea) with a red circle in the middle (the sun), and today it is the same shape and color as the sign. Other significant club symbols are the greeting and the anthem. The original club greeting was Alon čin, čin, alon, čin, čin, bum, bum, a, a. Since the Baluni days it has been slightly modified and at present it is Alon čin, čin alon, čin, čin, oe, oe, oe, oe. The anthem Naš Jadran je šampion (Our Jadran is a champion) was composed by Zdenko Runjić, Eva Silas and Remi Kazinoti at the time of the greatest successes of water polo players who became European champions in 1992. It was the first European title of a Croatian club in the internationally recognized Republic of Croatia.

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