NK Pomorac Kostrena

NK Pomorac
Full name Nogometni klub Pomorac Kostrena
Founded 1912
Ground Stadion Žuknica
(Capacity: 3,500)
Chairman Miroslav Uljan
Manager Predrag Stilinović
League 2. HNL
2009–10 2nd
Home colours
Away colours

NK Pomorac is a Croatian football club based in Kostrena, a suburb of Rijeka, a port city lying on the Adriatic Sea. Kostrena is known for its maritime tradition, which is reflected in the club's name, as the word "pomorac" means "mariner" or "seaman" in English.

Founded in 1912, NK Pomorac is one of the oldest football clubs in Croatia. They currently compete in the 2. HNL, Croatian second division. Pomorac had finished the 2009–10 season in second place, but they declined promotion as they were unable to gain a licence required to compete in top level.

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History

Since the independence of Croatia in 1992 NK Pomorac played in Croatian Third Football League until the 1995-86 season, when it became champion of the Croatian Third Football League and was promoted to the Croatian Second Football League. In 1995-96 NK Pomorac won the Regional Cup of Croatia and qualified for 1/16 final of Croatian Cup where it played against one of the greatest Croatian clubs, HNK Hajduk Split. In the first match in Kostrena HNK Hajduk Split won 2-0 against NK Pomorac, and on the second match in Split, NK Pomorac has played to a tie against the favorite HNK Hajduk Split 1-1. According to Croatian press reports the level of NK Pomorac's play was equal to that of Hajduk Split.

NK Pomorac played on the Croatian Second Football League from 1996-97 to 2000-01, when it was promoted to the Croatian First Football League (1. HNL). It stayed two seasons on the Croatian First Football League: - 2001-02 and 2002-03. Since 2003 NK Pomorac has played in the Croatian Second Football League and hopes to return again to the Croatian First Football League.

The president of NK Pomorac is Miroslav Uljan who is also the mayor of the town of Kostrena and vice-president of the Croatian Football Federation.

Current squad

As of 14 September 2010

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
GK Davor Burcsa
GK David Šegota
DF Naum Batkoski
DF Željko Pinjuh
DF Stipe Režić
DF Josip Rudan
DF Nikica Švrljuga
DF Mario Tadejević
DF Vedran Turkalj
MF Luka Jagačić
MF Roni Kert
No. Position Player
MF Luka Marić
MF Alen Orlović
MF Anto Pejić
MF Marin Prpić
MF Domagoj Prtenjača
MF Dario Tomić
MF Diego Živulić
FW Tomislav Ivičić
FW Luka Kujundžija
FW Marin Perić
FW Martin Šaban

Recent seasons

Season League Cup Top goalscorer
Division P W D L F A Pts Pos Player Goals
1992
1992–93
1993–94
1994–95
1995–96 R1
1996–97 2. HNL West 30 22 3 5 63 16 69 2nd
1997–98 2. HNL West 30 19 5 6 70 17 62 4th
1998–99 3. HNL West 30 23 4 3 65 15 73 1st ↑
1999–2000 2. HNL 32 17 9 6 49 26 60 4th PR
2000–01 2. HNL 34 21 7 6 80 30 70 2nd ↑
2001–02 1. HNL 30 12 4 14 36 41 40 7th SF
2002–03 1. HNL 32 7 11 14 42 52 32 11th ↓ QF
2003–04 2. HNL South 32 16 10 6 55 39 58 2nd R1
2004–05 2. HNL South 32 13 7 12 37 36 46 7th R2
2005–06 2. HNL South 32 15 13 4 65 31 58 3rd R1
2006–07 2. HNL 30 11 9 10 53 51 42 8th R1
2007–08 2. HNL 30 14 7 9 42 28 49 4th R2 David Dujanić 7
2008–09 2. HNL 30 9 5 16 29 45 32 13th QF Edi Petrović 6
2009–10 2. HNL 26 14 5 7 39 22 47 2nd QF Ivor Weitzer 8
2010–11 2. HNL 30 16 8 6 50 23 56 3rd R2 Tomislav Ivičić, Martin Šaban 10

Key

1st 2nd ↑ ↓
Champions Runners-up Promoted Relegated

Top scorer shown in bold when he was also top scorer for the division.

  • P = Played
  • W = Games won
  • D = Games drawn
  • L = Games lost
  • F = Goals for
  • A = Goals against
  • Pts = Points
  • Pos = Final position
  • PR = Preliminary round
  • R1 = Round 1
  • R2 = Round 2
  • QF = Quarter-finals
  • SF = Semi-finals
  • RU = Runners-up
  • W = Winners

External links

2011–12 teams
Seasons
1992 · 1992–93 · 1993–94 · 1994–95 · 1995–96 · 1996–97 · 1997–98 · 1998–99 · 1999–2000 · 2000–01 · 2001–02 · 2002–03 · 2003–04 · 2004–05 · 2005–06 · 2006–07 · 2007–08 · 2008–09 · 2009–10 · 2010–11 · 2011–12