NK Zagreb

Zagreb
Full name Nogometni klub Zagreb
Nickname(s) Pjesnici (The Poets)
Founded 1903
(as PNIŠK)
Ground Stadion u Kranjčevićevoj ulici
(Capacity: 8,850)
Chairman Dražen Medić
Manager Gordan Ciprić
League Prva HNL
2010–11 Prva HNL, 13th
Home colours
Away colours

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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History

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.

Honours

Current squad

As of 31 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
5 DF Mladen Pelaić
7 MF Josip Jurendić
8 MF Igor Jugović
9 FW Nikola Frljužec
10 MF Damir Šovšić
11 DF Mateo Pavlović
12 GK Igor Vidaković
13 MF Marin Oršulić
14 DF Dino Bevab
15 GK Jakša Herceg
16 MF Besart Abdurahimi
17 MF Mate Maleš
18 DF Stipe Lapić
No. Position Player
19 FW Krešimir Trepšić
21 DF Ivica Džolan
22 MF Dino Štiglec
23 MF Vedran Celiščak
24 MF Hrvoje Cindrić
25 FW Sven Dedić
26 MF Hrvoje Štrok
27 FW Ante Mitrović
28 FW Lovro Medić
30 FW Vedran Nikšić
DF Ahmed Guilouzi
MF Miran Kraljević
MF Valentino Novosel

Notable players

   

Managerial history

 

Results by season

Season League Cup European competitions Top goalscorer
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		 9
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

European record

Summary

Competition Pld W D L GF GA Last season played
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.

By season

Season Competition Round Opponent Home Away Agg.
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)

Player Records

References

  1. ^ a b "Zagreb profile". UEFA.com. http://www.uefa.com/teamsandplayers/teams/club=57468/profile/index.html. Retrieved 13 April 2010. 

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