NK Zadar is a Croatian football club based in Zadar, a city on the Adriatic coast. They currently play in the Prva HNL.
History
Towards the end of World War II the club was founded on 26 April 1945 as the Fiskulturno društvo Zadar with the departments of football, basketball and athletics. On 9 February 1949, the football department was spun off as NK Zadar.[1]
In 1992 as Zadarkomerc the club was founding member of the Prva HNL. Since then, the club has always played up to five seasons in the first division of Croatia. Since 2001, the club is officially named NK Zadar.
Their greatest success in the Croatian Cup was achieved in the 1995–96 season when they reached the semi-finals.[2]
In 2001, the club was returned to Prva HNL, where he spent four consecutive seasons, but was again relegated after he was heavily defeated by Dinamo Zagreb at Maksimir (7-0), which the match ended at 62 minutes after the Zadar remained with too small number of players due to red cards and injuries of players.
After two seasons the Zadar has returned to Prva HNL on 30 May 2007 after beating NK Pula in the promotion playoff, 6-2 on aggregate.
Stadium
NK Zadar's home stadium is the Stanovi with a capacity of 5,860.
Supporters
The club's supporters are known as the Tornado Zadar, but currently do not support because not satisfied with the management of the club.
Honours
Prva B HNL:
Druga HNL:
Current squad
- As of 22 January 2014
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Seasons
Key
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
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- PR = Preliminary round
- R1 = Round 1
- R2 = Round 2
- QF = Quarter-finals
- SF = Semi-finals
- RU = Runners-up
- W = Winners
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Notable players
Former logo of club
For the list of current and former Zadar footballers with Wikipedia article, please see Category:NK Zadar players.
- To appear in this section a player must have either:
- Played at least 100 games in Croatian top league.
- Played at least 80 games for the club.
- Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club.
- Played at least one international match for their national team at any time.
Below are the notable former and current players who have represented Zadar in domestic and international competitions since the club's foundation in 1945.
Managers
References
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