HNK Šibenik

HNK Šibenik
Full name Hrvatski nogometni klub Šibenik
Nickname(s) Narančasti ("The Oranges")
Short name ŠIB
Founded 1 December 1932 (1932-12-01)
as RSD Šibenik
Ground Stadion Šubićevac
Ground Capacity 8,000
Chairman Novica Ljubičić
Manager Zoran Slavica
League Druga HNL
2016–17 Druga HNL, 7th
Website Club website

HNK Šibenik is a Croatian football club based in the city of Šibenik on the Croatian coast.

History

NK Železničar Maribor vs HNK Šibenik in 1969, Yugoslav Second League

The club was formed in 1932 under the name RSD Šibenik ("Workers' Sport Association Šibenik"). The first president, Dr Martin Čičin-Šain, was only appointed to this role during the first board meeting which was held in August 1933. They played in a stadium in the area of Crnica, next to the La Dalmatienne factory in Koprivnica. The playing field was officially opened on 31 May 1936. The first matches played were part of a 1936 tournament between Šibenik, Osvit, Split and AŠK. Around the same time the first registered football club in Šibenik was also formed. This club was called Osvit and it was responsible for the construction of Stadion Šubićevac.

The club played its first official league match in 1946 under the name FD Šibenik and the very next year it was crowned the champion of the Dalmatia region. The club's new home ground was opened on 1 May 1948 and bore the name of "the people's hero" Rade Končar. In 1950–51, Šibenik finished top of the Croatian Republic League and gained promotion to the Yugoslav Second League for the first time in their history. However, they were relegated immediately and it was not until 1954–55 that they returned to the second division. In 1957, the club made it to the semi-final of the Yugoslav Cup.

In 1983 Šibenik made it back to the Yugoslav Second League, where they played in the West Division, composed from 18 clubs from Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Vojvodina. In their first season (1983-4) they finished fourth, while in 1984-85 season they came close second, only three points behind the champion, Čelik Zenica, thus falling short of winning promotion to the Yugoslav First League. This was their best result in Yugoslav Second League ever. After holding the middle position of the table for the next couple of seasons, Šibenik finished fifth in 1987-88 season. They defended their fifth place in 1988-89 season, the first Yugoslav Second League season which featured a unified format instead of two divisions (West and East), as well as in 1989-90 season.

Šibenik played in the Croatian First League for 12 consecutive seasons, from 1992 until 2003. In 2006, the club finished first in the Croatian Second League's southern division and returned to the Croatian First League. In the 2009–10 season, Šibenik finished 4th in Prva HNL, which was their best result ever, and thus qualified for the 2010–11 Europa League for the first time in the club's history. They were eliminated in the second qualifying round by Anorthosis Famagusta FC 2–3 on aggregate.

In the 2011–12 Prva HNL season, the club finished 14th and were relegated to Druga HNL. In the following season, Šibenik finished 4th, but due to financial difficulties, they were once again relegated to Treća HNL. In the 2013–14 season, Šibenik finished in second place with their marksman Miro Slavica scoring 30 goals to take out the league's top goalscorer award, but failed to lead his side to promotion.

At the end of the 2014–15 season, Šibenik gained promotion to Druga HNL, topping the 3. HNL - Jug. Mirko Labrović took over as manager in 2015. They finished close second to Cibalia in 2015-6, failing to beat them in the last match of the season and thus failing to win direct promotion to First Croatian League by only one point. Šibenik played against Istra 1961 in relegation play-offs on May 29th and June 1st 2016. Both matches ended 1-1 and Šibenik lost the play-off after penalty shoot-out.

Stadium

HNK Šibenik plays on Stadion Šubićevac (Šubićevac Stadium).

Supporters

Šibenik's fans are called "Funcuti".

Current squad

As of 20 April 2016.[1]

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

No. Position Player
1 Croatia GK Hrvoje Slavica
12 Nigeria GK David Nwolokor (on loan from Rijeka)
22 Croatia GK Paško Stanić
2 Croatia DF Matija Vidas
6 Croatia DF Zvonimir Milić (on loan from Hajduk Split)
17 Nigeria DF Jamilu Collins (on loan from Rijeka)
18 Croatia DF Martin Vukorepa
23 Croatia DF Mario Bartulović
24 Croatia DF Franko Vikario
26 Croatia DF Robert Pecolaj
28 Croatia DF Marko Jurić
No. Position Player
8 Croatia MF Luka Fuštin
10 Nigeria MF Aliyu Okechukwu (on loan from Rijeka)
16 Croatia MF Josip Maleš
20 Croatia MF Marko Pervan (on loan from RNK Split)
21 Croatia MF Grgo Živković
27 Croatia MF Luka Celić
11 Croatia FW Miro Slavica
19 Croatia FW Ante Živković
? Lithuania FW Simonas Stankevičius (on loan from FK Žalgiris)

Recent seasons

Season League Cup European competitions Top goalscorer
Division P W D L F A Pts Pos Player Goals
1992 1. HNL 22 2 7 13 18 41 11 12th Mile Petković, Dean Računica 4
1992–93 1. HNL 30 4 8 18 21 45 16 16th QF Ismet Mulavdžić 6
1993–94 1. HNL 34 12 8 14 36 42 32 13th R2 Ylli Shehu 7
1994–95 1. HNL 30 9 10 11 44 46 37 9th R2 Ylli Shehu 22
1995–96 1. A HNL 36 15 6 15 44 43 51 7th R2 Mate Baturina 11
1996–97 1. A HNL 30 11 8 11 35 30 41 7th R1 Robert Banđen, Ylli Shehu 6
1997–98 1. HNL 32 9 8 15 35 45 34 9th R1 Joško Popović 9
1998–99 1. HNL 32 12 5 15 48 59 41 8th R2 Joško Popović 21
1999–2000 1. HNL 33 8 10 15 33 50 34 9th R2 Klaudio Vuković 12
2000–01 1. HNL 32 12 7 13 40 40 43 7th R2 Paul Matas 12
2001–02 1. HNL 30 10 6 14 33 36 36 11th R2 Mate Dragičević 12
2002–03 1. HNL 32 8 7 17 37 53 31 12th ↓ R2 Ivan Bulat 9
2003–04 2. HNL South 32 15 4 13 45 42 49 4th R1
2004–05 2. HNL South 32 13 12 7 42 26 48(−3) 4th R1 Ivan Božić 12
2005–06 2. HNL South 32 21 6 5 71 38 69 1st ↑ R1 Ivan Božić 14
2006–07 1. HNL 33 14 7 12 50 47 49 4th R2 Marko Kartelo 10
2007–08 1. HNL 33 9 12 12 34 52 39 10th R2 Frane Vitaić, Ermin Zec 8
2008–09 1. HNL 33 13 7 13 44 35 46 6th R1 Ermin Zec 14
2009–10 1. HNL 30 14 8 8 34 37 50 4th RU Ermin Zec 11
2010–11 1. HNL 30 8 11 11 37 38 35 12th R2 Europa League QR2 Mehmed Alispahić 11
2011–12 1. HNL 30 6 9 15 27 40 27 14th ↓ R1 Stipe Bačelić-Grgić 4
2012–13 2. HNL 30 13 10 7 42 31 48 4th ↓ R1 Franjo Tepurić 12
2013–14 3. HNL South 34 21 8 5 73 27 71 2nd R1 Miro Slavica 30
2014–15 3. HNL South 34 23 5 6 78 25 74 1st ↑ R2 Igor Prijić 14
2015–16 2. HNL 33 20 9 4 54 21 69 2nd R2 Theophilus Solomon 11
2016–17 2. HNL 33 12 9 12 32 33 45 7th R2 Miro Slavica 9

Key

League: P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; Pts = Points won; Pos = Final position;
Cup: R1 = First round; R2 = Round of 16; QF = Quarter-final; SF = Semi-final; RU = Runner-up; W = Competition won;

European record

Summary

Competition Pld W D L GF GA Last season played
UEFA Europa League 4 2 1 1 5 3 2010–11
Total 4 2 1 1 5 3

Last updated on 10 September 2010.[2]
Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against

By season

Season Competition Round Opponent Home Away Agg.
2010–11 Europa League QR1 Malta Sliema Wanderers 0–0 3–0 3–0
QR2 Cyprus Anorthosis 0–3 (aet) 2–0 2–3

Notable players

The following NK Šibenik players have been capped at full international level. Years in brackets indicate their spells at the club.

 

Managerial history

References

  1. ↑ "First team squad". HNK Šibenik official website. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
  2. ↑ UEFA.com

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