Full name | Nogometni klub Zagreb | ||
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Nickname(s) | Pjesnici (The Poets) | ||
Founded | 1903 (as PNIŠK) |
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Ground | Stadion u Kranjčevićevoj ulici (Capacity: 8,850) |
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Chairman | Dražen Medić | ||
Manager | Gordan Ciprić | ||
League | Prva HNL | ||
2010–11 | Prva HNL, 13th | ||
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NK Zagreb is a Croatian football club, from the Croatian capital of Zagreb.
NK Zagreb's home is the Stadion Kranjčevićeva with capacity of 8,850. The club's fans are known as the White Angels (Bijeli Anđeli in Croatian). They are known for their somewhat unique views in the Croatian football supporters scene in that they are strictly opposed to all forms of discrimination (whether it's religious, national, or any other kind), and have a strong anti-hooliganism standpoint.
The nickname of the club is "The Poets" (Pjesnici in Croatian; first mentioned by a radioreporter Ivo Tomić). Kranjčevićeva street, where their stadium is located, is named after Croatian poet Silvije Strahimir Kranjčević.
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The club was founded in 1903 as PNIŠK (Prvi nogometni i športski klub, translated First Football and Sports Club), being one of the first to be formed in Croatia. First secretary was Dragutin Baki, the president was Vilhelm Witte, and the captain of the team and instructor was Chech Jan Todl.
Since there weren't any clubs to play with, the first official match was played between the club's players divided into two groups in 1904. Ticket income from the match was 3 krune and 3 filirs.
The first international match was played in 1905. against Magyar champion FTC on Magyar Athleticai Club's pitch. Home team won with a high 11:1 score. The players who played for Zagreb were: Filipčić, Schwarz, Todl, Mutefelija, Slavnič, Ugrinić, Polivka, Uhrl, Višinger, Koruna, and Torbić.
However, after World War II, NK Zagreb has been overshadowed by several larger, more successful clubs, especially their local rival NK Dinamo Zagreb.
One of the most notable matches Zagreb played was on 19 July 1973 when "Great drama in Maksimir" took place - a match between N.K. Zagreb and N.K. Osijek on a stadium in Maksimir. It was a second of two qualifying matches for entering the first league; the first one in Osijek ended 0:0 with attendance of 25.000. The second match was played in Maksimir because of great demand for tickets - the attendance was 64138 which broke the stadium record and stands to this day. Zagreb won the match after penalty kicks (4:3).
Lineup for this team was: Horvat, Gašparini, Tucak, Antolić, Ivanišević, Lipovac, Markulin, Čopor (Hušidić), Močibob, Rukljač, Smolek (Bakota).
Among NK Zagreb's more notable players was Ivica Olić who led the club to its first championship of the Prva HNL in 2002. Also worth mentioning here is Joško Popović, (who played in the 1990s, and was still active in 2005) 2nd top-goalscorer ever in Prva HNL.
In the championship of 2002., N.K. Zagreb broke the duopoly of N.K. Dinamo and N.K. Hajduk for the first (and until today the only) time - and it was well deserved. N.K. Zagreb had the best coach of the season, the best player, the best assistant, the best scorer. They've won most points, the least losses, the most wins, scored more goals and received the least continually being the top team and in one moment had 11 points more than second best team.
Standard lineup for the champion team was: Vasilj, Stavrevski, Pirić, Ješe, Bulat, Poldrugač, Duro, Hasančić, Franja, Lovrek, Olić.
There are two other football competitions being played in Croatia - cup and winter indoor championship. While N.K. Zagreb never won the cup, it is two time winner of winter indoor championship which was played only two times.
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Season | League | Cup | European competitions | Top goalscorer | ||||||||||
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Division | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | Pos | Player | Goals | ||||
1992 | 1. HNL | 22 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 34 | 9 | 33 | 2nd | DNQ | Renato Jurčec | 8 | ||
1992–93 | 1. HNL | 30 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 50 | 27 | 40 | 3rd | R2 | Joško Popović Robert Špehar |
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1993–94 | 1. HNL | 34 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 58 | 30 | 49 | 2nd | SF | Robert Špehar | 19 | ||
1994–95 | 1. HNL | 30 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 41 | 26 | 53 | 4th | QF | Joško Popović | 9 | ||
1995–96 | 1. HNL | 32 | 8 | 9 | 15 | 31 | 50 | 6th | SF | Intertoto Cup | GS | Joško Popović | 10 | |
1996–97 | 1. HNL | 30 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 43 | 39 | 45 | 5th | RU | Vjekoslav Škrinjar | 5 | ||
1997–98 | 1. HNL | 32 | 5th | SF | Cup Winners' Cup | R1 | Mate Baturina | 18 | ||||||
1998–99 | 1. HNL | 32 | 10th | R1 | Nino Bule | 13 | ||||||||
1999–2000 | 1. HNL | 33 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 42 | 49 | 39 | 8th | SF | Nino Bule | 9 | ||
2000–01 | 1. HNL | 32 | 11 | 5 | 16 | 51 | 58 | 38 | 6th | SF | Krunoslav Lovrek | 11 | ||
2001–02 | 1. HNL | 30 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 71 | 24 | 67 | 1st | QF | Intertoto Cup | R1 | Ivica Olić | 21 |
2002–03 | 1. HNL | 32 | 9 | 9 | 14 | 40 | 52 | 36 | 6th | QF | Champions League | QR2 | Radomir Đalović | 8 |
2003–04 | 1. HNL | 32 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 33 | 41 | 36 | 10th | R2 | Intertoto Cup | R1 | Radomir Đalović | 9 |
2004–05 | 1. HNL | 32 | 15 | 5 | 12 | 50 | 42 | 50 | 3rd | QF | Mladen Bartolović | 9 | ||
2005–06 | 1. HNL | 32 | 11 | 4 | 17 | 26 | 43 | 37 | 10th | R1 | Mladen Pelaić | 5 | ||
2006–07 | 1. HNL | 33 | 18 | 4 | 11 | 57 | 40 | 58 | 3rd | QF | Krunoslav Lovrek | 18 | ||
2007–08 | 1. HNL | 33 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 51 | 40 | 44 | 6th | SF | Intertoto Cup | R1 | Krunoslav Lovrek | 14 |
2008–09 | 1. HNL | 33 | 13 | 8 | 12 | 38 | 39 | 47 | 5th | SF | Davor Vugrinec | 11 | ||
2009–10 | 1. HNL | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 43 | 49 | 33 | 14th | QF | Davor Vugrinec | 18 | ||
2010–11 | 1. HNL | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 32 | 39 | 35 | 13th | QF | Ivan Krstanović | 19 |
Competition | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Last season played |
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UEFA Champions League | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2002–03 |
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 1997–98 |
UEFA Intertoto Cup | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 2007 |
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 13 | 1969–70 |
Total | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 35 | 32 |
Source: uefa.com, Last updated on 9 January 2010
Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against. Defunct competitions indicated in italics.
Note: This summary includes matches played in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, which was not endorsed by UEFA and is not counted in UEFA's official European statistics.
Season | Competition | Round | Opponent | Home | Away | Agg. |
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1964–65 | Inter-Cities Fairs Cup | R1 | GAK | 3–2 | 6–0 | 9–2 |
R2 | Roma | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | ||
1965–66 | Inter-Cities Fairs Cup | R1 | RFC Liège | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 |
R2 | Steagul Roşu Braşov | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–3 | ||
1969–70 | Inter-Cities Fairs Cup | R1 | Charleroi | 1–3 | 1–2 | 2–5 |
1995–96 | Intertoto Cup | Group 6 |
LASK Linz | 0–0 | – | – |
Keflavík | – | 0–0 | – | |||
Metz | 0–1 | – | – | |||
Partick Thistle | – | 2–1 | – | |||
1997–98 | Cup Winners' Cup | QR | Sloga Jugomagnat | 2–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 |
R1 | Tromsø | 3–2 | 2–4 | 5–6 | ||
2001–02 | Intertoto Cup | R1 | Pobeda | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–3 |
2002–03 | Champions League | QR2 | Zalaegerszeg | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 (a) |
2003–04 | Intertoto Cup | R1 | Koper | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–3 |
2007–08 | Intertoto Cup | R1 | Vllaznia Shkodër | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 (a) |
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