HNK Cibalia

Cibalia
Full name Hrvatski nogometni klub Cibalia
Nickname(s) Nebesko plavi (The Sky-blues)
Founded 1919 (as HGŽK Cibalia)
1945 (as Dinamo Vinkovci)
Ground Stadion HNK Cibalia
(Capacity: 10,000)
Chairman Vacant
Manager Samir Toplak
League 1. HNL
2010–11 4th
Website Club home page
Home colours
Away colours

HNK Cibalia, or just Cibalia, is a Croatian football club from the town of Vinkovci in eastern Croatia. Cibalia currently play in the Prva HNL, Croatia's top flight. Their stadium is located in the south part of their home town and can hold 12,000 spectators. The name Cibalia comes from the Roman settlement called Colonia Aurelia Cibalae which was the precursor of the present-day town of Vinkovci. In the period from 1945 to 1990 the club was called Dinamo Vinkovci.

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History

The club was founded in 1919 as HGŽK Cibalia Vinkovci. In 1925 the team merged with RŠK Sloga. During World War II the club ceased to exist. After the war a revived Sloga and OFD Graničar merged to form NK Dinamo Vinkovci. The club would see several humble decades before finally making it to the Yugoslav First League in 1982. They played in the top-tier league for five years until they were relegated to the second league once more in 1987.

In 1990 the team returned to its more traditional name which it currently holds. Cibalia spent much of the 1990s in the Prva HNL with its highest finish being fifth place. It remained in the Prva HNL until the 2003/2004 season when it was relegated to the Second League. The club was also penalized by FIFA the same season by six points (the equivalent of two victories) for failure to fulfill financial obligations in past player transfers. Nevertheless, in the 2004/2005 season, Cibalia outdid all of its opponents in the Second League by a large margin, won the promotion playoffs and returned to Prva HNL.

Cibalia also had some success playing in the Croatian Cup, where it reached the final (and lost to Osijek) in 1999 and semifinal in 2004.

The 2009–10 season was Cibalia's best ever season in the top division of Croatian football. They finished third after Dinamo and Hajduk, having spent most of the season at number two, and qualified for the second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League They lost to Cliftonville of Belfast.

Current squad

As of 23 October 2011

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 GK Mladen Matković
4 MF Marin Matoš
5 MF Tomislav Čuljak
6 DF Petar Tomić
7 FW Dino Kresinger
8 MF Stjepan Kvesić
9 FW Ivan Koledić
10 FW Tomislav Pavličić
11 FW Mladen Bartolović
12 GK Tomislav Vranjić
13 MF Dario Župarić
14 MF Tomislav Jonjić
15 DF Ninoslav Parmaković
No. Position Player
16 MF Tomislav Radotić
17 FW Vlatko Šimunac
18 MF Enor Pulić
19 FW Krešimir Prgomet
20 MF Ivan Grgić
21 MF Tomislav Jurić
22 MF Frane Vitaić
23 GK Mato Mašić
24 MF Dario Rugašević
28 MF Tomislav Mazalović
30 DF Mario Lučić
FW Luka Kujundžija

Recent seasons

Season League Cup Europe / Other Top league scorer(s)
Division P W D L F A Pts Pos Name Goals
1992 1. HNL 22 3 9 10 13 24 15  9th  DNQ
1992–93 1. HNL 30 11 9 10 31 30 31 5th R2
1993–94 1. HNL 34 11 13 10 37 27 35 7th R2
1994–95 1. HNL 30 9 10 11 26 33 37 10th QF
1995–96 1. HNL 32 9th R2
1996–97 1. HNL 30 11 0 19 35 56 33 13th R1
1997–98 2. HNL 30 22 5 3 80 19 71 1st R1
1998–99 1. HNL 32 10 7 15 34 44 26 9th RU Ivan Bošnjak 7
1999–2000 1. HNL 33 11 12 10 42 39 45 6th SF Ivan Bošnjak 14
2000–01 1. HNL 32 5 18 9 31 45 33 9th R2 Intertoto Cup R2 Mario Meštrović 7
2001–02 1. HNL 30 9 9 12 34 37 36 10th R1 Mladen Bartolović 6
2002–03 1. HNL 32 12 7 13 39 44 43 5th QF Mladen Bartolović 9
2003–04 1. HNL 32 8 7 17 39 53 31 11th SF Intertoto Cup SF Zoran Ratković 10
2004–05 2. HNL 32 21 8 3 65 23 65 1st R1 Danijel Kuzmanović 14
2005–06 1. HNL 32 9 10 13 33 47 37 9th R2 Mladen Križanović
Aleksandar Stojanovski
Ivan Žgela		 4
2006–07 1. HNL 33 9 5 19 33 53 32 10th QF Zoran Zekić 12
2007–08 1. HNL 33 11 7 15 40 48 40 8th QF Željko Malčić 12
2008–09 1. HNL 33 10 8 15 33 53 38 8th SF Željko Malčić 9
2009–10 1. HNL 30 16 9 5 46 20 57 3rd R1 Dino Kresinger 9
2010–11 1. HNL 30 12 8 10 33 24 44 4th SF Europa League QR2 Dino Kresinger 11

European record

Summary

Competition Pld W D L GF GA Last season played
UEFA Europa League 2 0 1 1 0 1 2010–11
UEFA Intertoto Cup 10 3 3 4 13 16 2003
Total 12 3 4 5 13 17

Source: uefa.com, Last updated on 10 September 2010
Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against. Defunct competitions indicated in italics.

By season

Season Competition Round Opponent Home Away Agg.
2000–01 Intertoto Cup R1 FK Obilić 3–1 1–1 3–1
R2 FC Tatabánya 0–0 2–3 2–3
2003–04 Intertoto Cup R2 FC Shakhtyor 4–2 1–1 5–3
R3 Tampere United 0–1 2–0 2–1
SF VfL Wolfsburg 1–4 0–4 1–8
2010–11 Europa League QR2 Cliftonville 0–0 0–1 0–1

Player records

All-time total in the Prva HNL

Points Games Wins Draws Losses GF GA
HNK Cibalia 515 438 129 128 181 470 587

Former players

List of former players of Cibalia's history:

before 1980

1980s:

1990s:

2000s

Former football coaches

 
  • Mile Petković
  • Stanko Mršić
  • Krasnodar Rora
  • Mijo Ručević
  • Davor Mladina
  • Srećko Lušić
    

Sources

  1. Nogomet 85, Slaven Zambata
  2. Nogomet 86, Slaven Zambata
  3. Nogometno YU prvenstvo 85
  4. Nogometni godišnjak Hrvatska 92
  5. Arena - "Hrvatska na Europskom prvenstvu" 1996.
  6. YU fudbal 87-88 VIII/88
  7. Nogomet - Croatian football news; number 17, May 1999, p58

References

  1. ^ a b "Cibalia profile". UEFA.com. http://www.uefa.com/teamsandplayers/teams/club=69081/profile/index.html. Retrieved 10 September 2010. 

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