2008–09 NK Osijek season

NK Osijek entered the into 2008-09 Season defending third position, which is equal to their best position in Prva HNL won six times since Croatian independence. The team decided not to participate in the UEFA Intertoto Cup which would make preparations for the new season harder than usual, as happened two years ago.

To prepare for the Season, NK Osijek played a few friendly matches against 1. FC Kaiserslautern and FC Fehérvár to name a few. The new season will start with the same manager as last year, and with just Milan Pavličić sold from last years starting eleven. As the club's youth academy is one of the best in this part of Europe, several young players are drafted into the first team squad.

Fans and board of directors are hoping that this season can repeat last one, to put NK Osijek into UEFA cups next season.

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Supplier: Legea
Sponsor(s): Croatia Osiguranje

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Player statistics

Shirt No. Player Apps (Subs) Goals YC RC
1 Croatia Marin Skender 6 0 0 0
2 Croatia Dino Gavrić 4 (2) 0 2 0
3 Croatia Jurica Pranjić 0 0 0 0
4 Croatia Damir Vuica 0 0 0 0
5 Croatia Matej Vlaović 0 0 0 0
6 Croatia Tomislav Višević 5 0 3 0
7 Croatia Vedran Nikšić 0 0 0 0
8 Bosnia and Herzegovina Aleksandar Šolić 4 (2) 0 0 0
9 Croatia Karlo Primorac 6 2 0 0
10 Croatia Josip Knežević 2 (3) 1 1 0
11 Croatia Antonio Hrnčević 3 (4) 0 1 0
12 Croatia Filip Šušnjara 0 0 0 0
13 Croatia Slobodan Stranatić 6 0 1 0
14 Croatia Ivica Lončarević 0 0 0 0
15 Croatia Marko Prskalo 0 0 0 0
16 Republic of Macedonia Goran Todorčev 1 (1) 0 1 0
17 Croatia Vedran Jugović 5 0 2 0
18 Croatia Tomislav Šorša 1 0 0 0
19 Croatia Domagoj Vida 6 0 2 0
20 Paraguay Diego Barrios 0 0 0 0
21 Croatia Igor Prijić 0 (2) 1 1 0
22 Croatia Valentin Babić 6 3 3 0
23 Croatia Srđan Vidaković 0 0 0 0
24 Croatia Ivo Smoje 6 0 2 0
25 Croatia Davor Pajić 0 0 0 0
26 Croatia Ivan Miličević 3 (3) 2 1 0
27 Brazil Andre Luiz 0 0 0 0
28 Croatia Domagoj Pušić 0 (1) 0 0 0
29 Croatia Josip Barišić 0 0 0 0
30 Croatia Ivan Kardum 0 0 0 0
31 Croatia Ivan Vargić 0 0 0 0
Croatia Mile Škorić 2 (2) 0 1 0

Matches

27 July 2008
20:00
Croatia Sesvete 11 NK Osijek
Petrović  71'(p) Babić  90'
Stadion Kamen Ingrad, Velika
Attendance: 1000
Referee: Edi Šunjić

3 August 2008
20:00
NK Osijek 20 HNK Cibalia
Miličević  37'
Babić  80'(p)
Stadion Gradski vrt, Osijek
Attendance: 3500
Referee: Bruno Marić

10 August 2008
20:00
NK Zadar 22 NK Osijek
Smoje  58'(og)
Tomasov  70'
Primorac  37'
Babić  51'
Stadion Šubićevac, Šibenik
Attendance: 1000
Referee: Igor Križarić

17 August 2008
20:00
NK Osijek 21 Varteks
Prijić  81'
Miličević  88'
Mujanović  41'
Stadion Gradski vrt, Osijek
Attendance: 2500
Referee: Igor Pristovnik

24 August 2008
20:00
NK Zagreb 21 NK Osijek
Čutura  71'
Vugrinec  88'
Knežević  53'
Stadion Kranjčevićeva, Zagreb
Attendance: 2500
Referee: Vlado Svilokos

31 August 2008
20:00
NK Osijek 12 Hajduk Split
Primorac  63' Kalinić  39'
Gabrić  52'
Stadion Gradski vrt, Osijek
Attendance: 6000
Referee: Zlatko Šimičić

Standings

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Dinamo Zagreb 6 6 0 0 17 4+13 18 2009–10 UEFA Champions League First qualifying round
2 Rijeka 6 3 1 2 8 6+2 10 2009–10 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round
3 NK Zagreb 6 3 1 2 8 6+2 10 2009–10 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round
4 Slaven Belupo 6 3 1 2 8 80 10
5 Hajduk Split 6 3 1 2 8 91 10
6 Osijek 6 2 2 2 9 8+1 8
7 Cibalia 6 2 2 2 7 125 8
8 Inter Zaprešić 6 2 1 3 14 151 7
9 Varteks 6 2 1 3 9 101 7
10 Šibenik 6 2 1 3 6 82 7
11 Croatia Sesvete 6 1 2 3 5 72 5 Qualification to Relegation play-offs
12 Zadar 6 0 1 5 6 126 1 Relegation to Druga HNL 2009-10

Updated to games played on 31 August 2008.
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Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
Winners of Croatian Cup 2008-09 qualify for the 3rd qualifying round of the UEFA 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.