2007–08 HNK Hajduk Split season

Hajduk Split

2007–08 season
Chairman	Branko Grgić Željko Jerkov
Manager	Ivan Pudar Sergije Krešić Robert Jarni
Prva HNL	5th
Croatian Cup	Runners-up
UEFA Cup	Second qualifying round
Top goalscorer	League: Nikola Kalinić (17) All: Nikola Kalinić (26)
Highest home attendance	35,000 v Sampdoria, 16 August 2007
Lowest home attendance	1,500 (Five matches)
Home colours Away colours
← 2006–07 2008–09 →

The 2007–08 season was the 97th season in Hajduk Split’s history and their seventeenth in the Prva HNL. Their 5th place finish in the 2006–07 season meant it was their 17th successive season playing in the Prva HNL.

First-team squad

Squad at end of season

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

No. Position Player 1 GK Miro Varvodić 3 DF Goran Jozinović 5 DF Jurica Buljat 6 DF Boris Živković 7 MF Mladen Pelaić 8 MF Siniša Linić 9 FW Nikola Kalinić 10 MF Florin Cernat (on loan from Dynamo Kyiv) 11 MF Srđan Andrić 12 GK Vladimir Balić 13 FW Ante Rukavina 14 MF Marin Ljubičić 15 MF Drago Gabrić

No. Position Player 16 FW Mladen Bartolović 17 MF Hrvoje Milić 18 MF Ivan Ćurjurić 20 DF Goran Sablić (on loan from Dynamo Kyiv) 21 FW Duje Čop 22 DF Mario Maloča 23 DF Igor Tudor (captain) 25 GK Vjekoslav Tomić 26 MF Goran Rubil 27 GK Božidar Radošević 28 DF Boris Pandža 29 FW Māris Verpakovskis (on loan from Dynamo Kyiv) 30 FW Tomislav Bušić

Left club during season

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

No. Position Player 4 MF Dario Damjanović (to Luch-Energiya) 13 FW Branko Čubrilo (loaned to Solin) 18 MF Mirko Hrgović (to JEF United)

No. Position Player 27 MF Niko Peraić (to Junak Sinj) 30 FW Krešimir Makarin (loaned to Šibenik) MF Mate Maleš (to Dinamo Zagreb)

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started round	Final result	First match	Last Match
2007–08 Prva HNL	–	5th	22 July	10 May
2007–08 Croatian Football Cup	First round	Runners-up	26 September	14 May
2007–08 UEFA Cup	QR1	QR2	19 July	30 August

Prva HNL

Classification

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Dinamo Zagreb (C)	33	26	4	3	91	34	+57	82	2008–09 UEFA Champions League First qualifying round
2	Slaven Belupo	33	16	6	11	45	29	+16	54	2008–09 UEFA Cup First qualifying round
3	Osijek	33	16	6	11	43	34	+9	54
4	Rijeka	33	14	11	8	53	41	+12	53	2008 UEFA Intertoto Cup First round
5	Hajduk Split	33	14	10	9	57	41	+16	52	2008–09 UEFA Cup First qualifying round 1
6	NK Zagreb	33	11	11	11	51	40	+11	44
7	Varteks	33	11	7	15	46	53	−7	40
8	Cibalia	33	11	7	15	40	48	−8	40
9	Zadar	33	11	7	15	49	61	−12	40
10	Šibenik	33	9	12	12	34	52	−18	39
11	Inter Zaprešić (O)	33	8	9	16	27	59	−32	33	0 Relegation play-off0
12	Međimurje (R)	33	3	6	24	37	81	−44	15	Relegation to 2008–09 Druga HNL

Source: Sportnet.hr
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored
For deciding champions, qualification to UEFA Cup and relegation: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head away goals scored
¹ via 2007–08 Croatian Cup
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
33	14	10	9	57	41	+16	52	10	4	3	42	20	+22	4	6	6	15	21	−6

Last updated: 10 May 2008.
Source: Sportnet.hr

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A
Result	D	W	D	W	D	W	D	W	L	L	L	W	W	D	W	D	L	W	W	D	W	L	W	L	W	D	W	W	L	D	L	D	L
Position	6	4	5	4	4	4	5	4	5	5	6	5	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	4	3	2	2	2	4	5

Last updated: 10 May 2008.
Source: Competitive matches
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Results by opponent

Team	Results			Points
	1	2	3
Cibalia	0–0	2–2	1–2	2
Dinamo Zagreb	1–2	0–1	1–1	1
Inter Zaprešić	7–1	1–0	7–2	9
Međimurje	1–1	3–3	2–2	3
Osijek	1–0	1–0	0–2	6
Rijeka	0–4	1–1	1–1	2
Slaven Belupo	2–2	1–0	2–0	7
Šibenik	0–1	2–0	4–1	6
Varteks	3–1	3–1	0–4	6
Zadar	0–0	4–1	3–1	7
NK Zagreb	2–1	0–1	1–2	3

Source: 2007–08 Prva HNL article

Matches

Prva HNL

Round	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Attendance	Hajduk Scorers	Report
1	22 Jul	A	Zadar	0 – 0	10,000		Sportnet.hr
2	28 Jul	H	Inter Zaprešić	7 – 1	6,000	Kalinić (2), Rukavina (3), Cernat (2)	Sportnet.hr
3	5 Aug	A	Cibalia	0 – 0	5,000		Sportnet.hr
4	11 Aug	H	Osijek	1 – 0	10,000	Kalinić	Sportnet.hr
5	19 Aug	A	Međimurje	1 – 1	5,000	Rubil	Sportnet.hr
6	25 Aug	H	NK Zagreb	2 – 1	5,000	Bartolović, Kalinić	Sportnet.hr
7	2 Sep	A	Slaven Belupo	2 – 2	4,000	Rukavina, Oremuš	Sportnet.hr
8	15 Sep	H	Varteks	3 – 1	4,000	Kalinić (2), Cernat	Sportnet.hr
9	22 Sep	A	Rijeka	0 – 4	8,000		Sportnet.hr
10	29 Sep	A	Šibenik	0 – 1	5,000		Sportnet.hr
11	7 Oct	H	Dinamo Zagreb	1 – 2	18,000	Kalinić	Sportnet.hr
12	20 Oct	H	Zadar	4 – 1	2,000	Kalinić (3), Linić	Sportnet.hr
13	27 Oct	A	Inter Zaprešić	1 – 0	4,000	Kalinić	Sportnet.hr
14	31 Oct	H	Cibalia	2 – 2	1,500	Rubil, Verpakovskis	Sportnet.hr
15	3 Nov	A	Osijek	1 – 0	5,000	Tudor	Sportnet.hr
16	10 Nov	H	Međimurje	3 – 3	2,500	Cernat, Kalinić, Verpakovskis	Sportnet.hr
17	24 Nov	A	NK Zagreb	0 – 1	3,000		Sportnet.hr
18	1 Dec	H	Slaven Belupo	1 – 0	1,500	Kalinić	Sportnet.hr
19	8 Dec	A	Varteks	3 – 1	3,500	Linić, Hrgović (2)	Sportnet.hr
20	23 Feb	H	Rijeka	1 – 1	8,000	Verpakovskis	Sportnet.hr
21	1 Mar	H	Šibenik	2 – 0	2,500	Živković, Verpakovskis	Sportnet.hr
22	8 Mar	A	Dinamo Zagreb	0 – 1	13,500		Sportnet.hr
23	15 Mar	H	Šibenik	4 – 1	3,000	Kalinić (2), Verpakovskis, Andrić	Sportnet.hr
24	19 Mar	A	Varteks	0 – 4	4,000		Sportnet.hr
25	22 Mar	H	Inter Zaprešić	7 – 2	1,500	Cernat (2), Rukavina, Rubil, Andrić, Živković, Gabrić	Sportnet.hr
26	29 Mar	A	Međimurje	2 – 2	1,700	Kalinić, Cernat	Sportnet.hr
28	12 Apr	A	Zadar	3 – 1	4,500	Rukavina (2), Cernat	Sportnet.hr
27	16 Apr	H	Slaven Belupo	2 – 0	3,000	Rukavina, Gabrić	Sportnet.hr
29	19 Apr	H	Cibalia	1 – 2	2,500	Kalinić	Sportnet.hr
30	26 Apr	A	Rijeka	1 – 1	4,000	Čop	Sportnet.hr
31	29 Apr	H	Osijek	0 – 2	1,500		Sportnet.hr
32	3 May	H	Dinamo Zagreb	1 – 1	10,000	Rukavina	Sportnet.hr
33	10 May	A	NK Zagreb	1 – 2	1,800	Linić	Sportnet.hr

Source: hajduk.hr

Croatian Football Cup

Round	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Attendance	Hajduk Scorers	Report
R1	25 Sep	A	Mladost Molve	9 – 1	1,200	Kalinić (4), Makarin (4), Rukavina	Sportnet.hr
R2	23 Oct	H	Croatia Sesvete	2 – 0	2,000	Sablić, Kalinić	Sportnet.hr
QF	7 Nov	H	Inter Zaprešić	2 – 1	1,500	Kalinić, Pelaić	Sportnet.hr
QF	28 Nov	A	Inter Zaprešić	4 – 0	1,000	Kalinić (2), Cernat, Hrgović	Sportnet.hr
SF	9 Apr	A	Varteks	1 – 1	3,500	Maloča	Sportnet.hr
SF	23 Apr	H	Varteks	4 – 0	10,000	Cernat, Rukavina (2), Kalinić	Sportnet.hr
Final	7 May	A	Dinamo Zagreb	0 – 3	16,000		Sportnet.hr
Final	14 May	H	Dinamo Zagreb	0 – 0	6,000		Sportnet.hr

Source: hajduk.hr

UEFA Cup

Round	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Attendance	Hajduk Scorers	Report
QR1	19 Jul	A	Budućnost	1 – 1	13,000	Hrgović	Sportnet.hr
QR1	2 Aug	H	Budućnost	1 – 0	30,000	Damjanović	Sportnet.hr
OR2	16 Aug	H	Sampdoria	0 – 1	35,000		Sportnet.hr
QR2	30 Aug	A	Sampdoria	1 – 1	21,367	Hrgović	Sportnet.hr

Source: hajduk.hr

Player seasonal records

Top scorers

Rank	Name	League	Europe	Cup	Total
1	Nikola Kalinić	17	–	9	26
2	Ante Rukavina	9	–	3	12
3	Florin Cernat	8	–	2	10
4	Mirko Hrgović	2	2	1	5
	Māris Verpakovskis	5	–	–	5
6	Krešimir Makarin	–	–	4	4
7	Goran Rubil	3	–	–	3
	Siniša Linić	3	–	–	3
9	Srđan Andrić	2	–	–	2
	Drago Gabrić	2	–	–	2
	Boris Živković	2	–	–	2
12	Mladen Bartolović	1	–	–	1
	Duje Čop	1	–	–	1
	Dario Damjanović	–	1	–	1
	Mario Maloča	–	–	1	1
	Mirko Oremuš	1	–	–	1
	Mladen Pelaić	–	–	1	1
	Goran Sablić	–	–	1	1
	Igor Tudor	1	–	–	1
	TOTALS	57	3	22	82

Source: Competitive matches

See also

• 2007–08 Prva HNL
• 2007–08 Croatian Football Cup

External sources

• 2007–08 Prva HNL at HRnogomet.com
• 2007–08 Croatian Cup at HRnogomet.com
• 2007–08 UEFA Cup at rsssf.com

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