On 9 November 1945, in accordance with the state provision forbidding clubs from bearing foreign names, its name was changed to NK Neretva.

Neretva reached the Croatian first league in the 1994–95 season.

The club's supporters are known as the Blue White Killers (BWK).

NK Neretva plays its home matches at Igralište iza Vage, which has a capacity of 3,000.

Neretva contest the "El Clasico" with local rivals NK Neretvanac Opuzen.