NK Osijek

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NK Osijek

Full name	Nogometni klub Osijek
Nickname(s)	Bijelo-plavi (The White-blues)
Founded	1947
Ground	Stadion Gradski vrt (Capacity: 19,800)
Chairman	Mile Dumančić
Manager	Tomislav Steinbrückner
League	Prva HNL
2008–09	Prva HNL, 7th
Home colours Away colours

NK Osijek is a Croatian football club, from Osijek in eastern Croatia.

Contents 1 History 2 Honours 3 Current squad 4 Notable players 5 Former managers 6 Seasons 7 European competitions 7.1 Summary 7.2 By Season 8 Trivia 9 External links

[edit] History

NK Osijek's early roots are found in club called NK Udarnik that was formed in 1945 under FPR Yugoslavia's new communist authorities on the ashes of dissolved HŠK Slavija. Slavija was founded in 1916 and competed in the Narodna liga of Kingdom of Yugoslavia (country's top division) from 1923 until 1940.

In 1946 NK Udarnik and another local club NK Jedinstvo merged together to form a new entity - NK Slavonija. The very next year, NK Slavonija merged with NK Bratstvo thus again creating a new club - NK Proleter. This took place on February 2, 1947, a date that present day NK Osijek considers to be its birthday.

On September 1, 1962 NK Proleter joined with the Boxing and Athletic club Mladost and formed a multi-sport Sportsko društvo Slavonija (Slavonija Sporting Society). The football club thus again started competing under the name NK Slavonija.

Finally on April 3, 1967, SD Slavonija's football section announced its separation from the sporting society and started competing under the name NK Osijek. At the time, the club colors were red and blue, but sometime in the 1970s they were changed to blue and white.

Since the late 1970s the club has almost exclusively played in the top division of SFR Yugoslavia. The club entered the Yugoslav First League in 1977 and remained there until its dissolution in 1991 (with the exception of the 1980/81 season). Osijek was one of the founding members of the Prva HNL in 1991 and has played there ever since.

It has seen moderate success in the Prva HNL, achieving a UEFA Cup spot in 1998-99 and winning the Croatian Cup in 1999.

The club's most famous former player is Davor Šuker, who went on to be the most successful Croatian striker and Golden Boot winner at World Cup 1998.

NK Osijek host domestic fixtures at Stadion Gradski vrt which has a capacity of 19,800. The team's fans are known as Kohorta.

[edit] Honours

• Croatian Cup: 1
  

1999

[edit] Current squad

As of December 23, 2009

No. Position Player 1 GK Ivan Pavić 2 DF Dino Gavrić 3 DF Jurica Pranjić 5 DF Domagoj Pušić 6 DF Mario Đikić 7 FW Vedran Nikšić 8 FW Mile Škorić 9 FW Karlo Primorac (captain) 10 MF Josip Knežević 11 FW Antonio Hrnčević 12 GK Ivan Kardum 13 DF Slobodan Stranatić 14 DF Andrej Čaušić

No. Position Player 15 MF Ivan Ibriks 16 MF Goran Todorčev 17 MF Vedran Jugović 18 MF Toni Kaćunić 19 DF Domagoj Vida 20 FW Josip Barišić 21 FW Milan Pavličić 22 FW Tomislav Šorša 23 MF Srđan Vidaković 24 FW Anton Maglica 25 GK Ivan Vargić 26 FW Ivan Miličević 30 FW Hrvoje Kurtović

[edit] Notable players

Goran Alar Marko Babić Davor Bajsić Josip Balatinac Vladimir Balić Bakir Beširević Miroslav Bićanić Nenad Bjelica Krešimir Brkić Igor Cvitanović Stjepan Čordaš Ernest Dubac Ratomir Dujković Mile Dumančić Dionizije Dvornić Jasmin Džeko Mario Galinović Ivica Grnja Krešo Guzmirtl Mustafa Hukić Srećko Huljić Slobodan Janković Ivica Kalinić

Branko Karačić Vlado Kasalo Siniša Končalović Petar Krpan Dražen Kukurić Antun Labak Gustav Lechner Ivan Lukačević Mirko Lulić Danijel Ljuboja Goran Ljubojević Franjo Majer Čedo Maras Slobodan Marović Aliaksandr Metlitskiy Tomislav Mikulić Ivica Miljković Dumitru Mitu Mato Neretljak Ilica Perić Igor Pamić Alen Petrović Ljupko Petrović

Danijel Popović Danijel Pranjić Ante Rakela Tomislav Rukavina Franjo Rupnik Tomislav Steinbrückner Ivan Šmudla Robert Špehar Davor Šuker Josip Tadić Almir Turković Goran Vlaović Jurica Vranješ Dragan Vukoja Branko Žeravica Miroslav Žitnjak

[edit] Former managers

since 1978

• Miljenko Mihić, 1978/79, 1979/80
• Andrija Vekić, 1981
• Josip Duvančić, 1982
• Ljupko Petrović, 1987
• Stjepan Čordaš, 1989, 1992/93, 2004/05
• Tonko Vukušić, 1990
• Šaban Jasenica, 1990
• Ivica Grnja, 1991, 1993/94
• Vlado Bilić, 1992/93, 2000/01, 2001/02
• Ivo Šušak, 1993/94, 1994/95, 2005/06, 2006/07
• Ivica Matković, 1995/96
• Ante Čačić, 1995/96
• Ivan Katalinić, 1995/96
• Goran Popović, 1996/97
• Luka Bonačić, 1996/97
• Milan Đuričić, 1996/97, 1997/98,1998/99, 2002/03
• Stanko Poklepović, 1998/99, 1999/00, 2002/03
• Pavo Strugačevac, 1999/00
• Stanko Mršić, 1999/00, 2000/01
• Vjekoslav Lokica, 2001/02
• Miroslav Blažević, 2001/02
• Nenad Gračan, 2002/03
• Branko Karačić, 2003/04
• Miroslav Žitnjak, 2006/07

[edit] Seasons

Season	League									Cup	European competitions		Top goalscorer
	Division	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Pos				Player	Goals
1992	1.HNL	22	12	3	7	33	28	27	3rd	QF			Robert Špehar	9
1992–93	1.HNL	30	11	7	12	40	42	29	6th	QF
1993–94	1.HNL	34	12	11	11	56	58	35	8th	R2
1994–95	1.HNL	30	16	11	3	65	30	59	3rd	SF
1995–96	1.HNL	32	16	4	12	51	32		4th	QF	UEFA Cup	QR
1996–97	1.HNL	30	12	5	13	40	38	41	8th	SF
1997–98	1.HNL	32	14	6	12	42	38		3rd	R1
1998–99	1.HNL	32	14	6	12	51	39		4th	W	UEFA Cup	QR2	Stanko Bubalo	10
1999–2000	1.HNL	33	15	8	10	55	49	53	3rd	QF	UEFA Cup	R1	Stanko Bubalo	13
2000–01	1.HNL	32	17	6	9	61	47	57	3rd	SF	UEFA Cup	R3	Nenad Bjelica Marijan Vuka	9
2001–02	1.HNL	30	11	4	15	45	48	37	8th	SF	UEFA Cup	R2	Milan Pavličić	9
2002–03	1.HNL	32	10	9	13	32	51	39	8th	QF			Milan Pavličić	11
2003–04	1.HNL	32	11	6	15	50	57	39	4th	QF			Robert Špehar	18
2004–05	1.HNL	32	9	14	9	41	45	41	8th	SF			Karlo Primorac	11
2005–06	1.HNL	32	13	5	14	31	48	44	4th	QF			Josip Balatinac	6
2006–07	1.HNL	33	11	10	12	42	45	43	6th	R2	Intertoto Cup	R2	Stjepan Jukić	9
2007–08	1.HNL	33	16	6	11	43	34	54	3rd	R2			Vedran Nikšić	8
2008–09	1.HNL	33	10	11	12	40	41	41	7th	R1			Josip Barišić	8

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 / Europe: PR = Preliminary round; QR = Qualifying round; R1 = First round; R2 = Second round; QF = Quarter-final; SF = Semi-final; RU = Runner-up; W = Competition won;

[edit] European competitions

[edit] Summary

Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Years
UEFA Cup	18	8	1	9	21	30	1995–96, 1998–99, 1999–00, 2000–01, 2001–02
Intertoto Cup	2	0	2	0	2	2	2006
Total	20	8	3	9	23	32

Source: uefa.com, Last updated on 6 December 2008
Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against

[edit] By Season

Year / Competition	Round	Opponent	Home	Away	Agg
1995–96 UEFA Cup	QR	Slovan Bratislava	0–2	0–4	0–6
1998–99 UEFA Cup	QR2	Anderlecht	3–1	0–2	3–3
1999–00 UEFA Cup	R1	West Ham	1–3	0–3	1–6
2000–01 UEFA Cup	R1	Brøndby	0–0	2–1	2–1
	R2	Rapid Wien	2–1	2–0	4–1
	R3	Slavia Prague	2–0	1–5	3–5
2001–02 UEFA Cup	QR	Dinaburg	1–0	1–2	2–2
	R1	ND Gorica	1–0	2–1	3–1
	R2	AEK	1–2	2–3	3–5
2006 Intertoto Cup	R2	Ethnikos Achna	2–2	0–0	2–2

Last updated on 8 July 2006

[edit] Trivia

• NK Osijek U18 team is Croatian U18 champion for season 2005/06.
• NK Osijek played home match against AC Milan at Gradski Vrt stadium in (former competition) Mid-European Cup at season 1981/82. Match ended 1-1.
• NK Osijek also played home friendly match against Nottingham Forest in 1977, just year before Nottingham Forest won Champions League
• Andriy Shevchenko was once offered to NK Osijek while teenager. NK Osijek had tight relations with Ukraine and Belarus teams and player managers at start of the 90's. Aleksandar Metlickiy and Alexey Shalimo played for the team.
• Davor Šuker playing for NK Osijek in season 1988/89 was top scorer of Yugoslav Premier Division with 17 goals.
• Highest attendance at Gradski Vrt stadium is 42 000 spectators from a game against Dinamo Zagreb in 1982.
• Maksimir stadium attendance record (over 70 000 spectators) is from 1973, when NK Osijek played Yugoslav Premier division promotion play-off with NK Zagreb on neutral ground. It was in time when Maksimir stadium was not all seater.
• NK Osijek U18 team won Yugoslav youth cup in 1988.
• Jasmin Džeko is only player to won caps for former Yugoslav national team. Džeko played 2 times for national team and scored 1 goal in his debut against Romania in 1983. Second cap Džeko won in away game against France.

[edit] External links

• Official website (Croatian)
• Osijek at uefa.com
• Unoffical Website(bijelo-plavi) (Croatian)
• "Kohorta" Fan Website (Croatian)
• "Nenad Bjelica Tribute" Fan Website (Croatian)
• Cronogomet.net - nogometne vijesti, forum (Croatian)

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