NK Istra 1961

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NK Istra 1961

Full name	Nogometni klub Istra 1961
Nickname(s)	Verudeži, Zeleno-žuti ("green-yellow")
Founded	1948
Ground	Stadion Veruda Pula, Croatia (Capacity: 3,500)
Chairman	Darko Jergović
Manager	Valdi Šumberac (caretaker)
League	Prva HNL
2008–09	Druga HNL, 1st (promoted)
Home colours Away colours

NK Istra 1961 is a football club from Pula, Croatia. It currently plays in the Croatian First Division, after winning the promotion from Second Division in 2008-09.

The football club NK Uljanik from which the club was made was founded in 1948. In 1961 it joins with another local club NK Pula into NK Istra, the same year is considered the club's founding year. The greatest club success was in the season 2002-2003 against Hajduk Split when it competed in the finals of the Croatian Cup. In the season 2004-2005 the club changes its name into NK Pula 1856, because in the year 1856, the Austro-Hungarian Empire made Pula the port of its arsenal, and the shipyard Uljanik was opened. It competes in the First Croatian League that year. In 2005 it was renamed again to NK Pula Staro Češko due to a sponsorship contract with the brewery Daruvarska pivovara - Staro Češko is a beer brand. A year later the name was once again changed to NK Pula. In summer 2007 the club changed its name once again, to NK Istra 1961, fifth year in a row. The change of name came after an ultimatium from the local fans Demons who said the club will have their support only if the club changes its name and club colors to colors of city of Pula (yellow and green).

Its crest features the city's Roman Arena, as well as the old team crest.

Pula play their home matches at Stadion Veruda which has a capacity of 3,000.

Contents 1 League and Cup results 2 Matches in Prva HNL 3 All-time total in the Prva HNL 4 Current squad 5 Honours 6 References 7 External links

[edit] League and Cup results

Season	League	Position	Pts	P	W	D	L	F	A	Cup	Name
1992/93	Amateur League									1/16 Finals	NK Uljanik
1993/94	Druga HNL South	14	21	30	7	7	16	21	43
1994/95	Druga HNL West	13	44	35	12	8	15	40	48
1995/96	Druga HNL1	5	62	34	18	8	8	58	36
1996/97	Druga HNL1	3	63	30	19	6	5	65	21
1997/98	Druga HNL	6	43	30	12	7	11	42	31
1998/99	Treća HNL	3	46	30	13	7	10	33	35
1999/2000	Treća HNL	3	57	30	17	6	7	56	30	1/16 Finals
2000/01	Treća HNL	1	62	30	17	11	2	73	23
2001/02	Druga HNL	2	59	30	17	8	5	57	26	Preliminary Round
2002/03	Druga HNL	2	67	32	20	7	5	63	31	Final
2003/04	Druga HNL	1 (promoted)	62	32	18	8	6	59	33	Quarterfinals	NK Pula 1856
2004/05	Prva HNL	10	35	32	7	14	11	28	31	Quarterfinals
2005/06	Prva HNL	7	45	32	13	6	13	44	36	1/16 Finals	NK Pula Staro Češko
2006/07	Prva HNL	11 (relegated)	29	33	6	11	16	28	40	1/16 Finals	NK Pula
2007/08	Druga HNL	3.	58	30	17	7	6	42	14	1/16 Finals	NK Istra 1961
2008-09	Druga HNL	1.	60	30	18	6	6	46	20	1/16 Finals
2009-10	Prva HNL

• ¹ In seasons 1995/96 and 1996/97 Druga HNL was the third highest league in Croatia

[edit] Matches in Prva HNL

Opponent	Pld	W	D	L	GD	Pld	W	D	L	GD	Pld	W	D	L	GD
HNK Cibalia	7	1	2	4	5:9	3	0	1	2	2:5	4	1	1	2	3:4
NK Dinamo	9	1	3	5	7:17	5	1	2	2	6:8	4	0	1	3	1:9
HNK Hajduk	7	2	3	2	5:5	3	1	1	1	2:1	4	1	2	1	3:4
NK Inter Zaprešić	6	3	2	1	10:5	3	2	1	0	6:2	3	1	1	1	4:3
NK Kamen Ingrad	9	2	3	4	7:8	5	2	2	1	5:3	4	0	1	3	2:5
NK Međimurje	11	4	2	5	11:9	5	4	1	0	10:1	6	0	1	5	1:8
NK Osijek	9	2	4	3	11:10	5	2	3	0	10:6	4	0	1	3	1:4
HNK Rijeka	7	1	4	2	9:9	3	1	1	1	5:3	4	0	3	1	4:6
NK Slaven Belupo	9	4	3	2	10:6	5	4	1	0	7:1	4	0	2	2	3:5
HNK Šibenik	3	0	1	2	1:3	1	0	1	0	1:1	2	0	0	2	0:2
NK Varteks	7	1	3	3	6:8	3	1	1	1	4:3	4	0	2	2	2:5
NK Zadar	4	2	0	2	6:6	2	2	0	0	5:1	2	0	0	2	1:5
NK Zagreb	9	3	1	5	12:12	5	2	1	2	9:7	4	1	0	3	3:5

Source^[1]

[edit] All-time total in the Prva HNL

	Points	Games	Wins	Draws	Losses	GF	GA
NK Istra 1961	109	97	26	31	40	100	107

[edit] Current squad

As of July 24, 2009

No. Position Player 1 GK Igor Lovrić 2 MF Robert Deak 3 DF Hasan Kacić 5 DF Andro Švrljuga 6 DF Dario Bodrušić 7 MF Mislav Anđelković 8 MF Paolo Grbac 9 FW Asim Šehić 10 MF Nikola Prelčec 13 DF Dalibor Božac 14 DF Dalibor Pauletić (captain)

No. Position Player 15 DF Goran Barišić 17 MF Dragan Župan 18 MF Armend Alimi 19 FW Marijan Nikolić 20 DF Marjan Marković 21 MF Mohamed Traoré 22 FW Ševko Okić 24 MF Dragan Tadić 30 FW Tonči Kukoč 31 GK Robert Lisjak

[edit] Honours

• Croatian Second Division:
  • Winners (2): 2003-04, 2008-09
• Croatian Third Division:
  • Winners (1): 2000-01
• Croatian Cup:
  • Runners up: 2002-03

[edit] References

[edit] External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: NK Istra 1961

• Official Website (Croatian)
• Istra 1961 at uefa.com
• Istra 1961 at Soccerway.com

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