2007–08 HNK Hajduk Split season

Hajduk Split

2007–08 season
Chairman	Branko Grgić (until 23 September 2007) Željko Jerkov (from 26 January to 10 March 2008)
Manager	Ivan Pudar (until 21 August 2007) Sergije Krešić (from 24 August to 26 October 2007) 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 vs Sampdoria (16 August 2007)
Lowest home attendance	1,500 (Five matches)
Average home league attendance	4,853
Home colours Away colours

The 2007–08 season was the 97th season in Hajduk Split’s history and their seventeenth in the Prva HNL. Their 2nd 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.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	CRO	Miro Varvodić
3	DF	CRO	Goran Jozinović
5	DF	CRO	Jurica Buljat
6	DF	CRO	Boris Živković
7	MF	CRO	Mladen Pelaić
8	MF	CRO	Siniša Linić
9	FW	CRO	Nikola Kalinić
10	MF	ROU	Florin Cernat (on loan from Dynamo Kyiv)
11	MF	CRO	Srđan Andrić
12	GK	CRO	Vladimir Balić
13	FW	CRO	Ante Rukavina
14	MF	CRO	Marin Ljubičić
15	MF	CRO	Drago Gabrić

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
16	FW	BIH	Mladen Bartolović
17	MF	CRO	Hrvoje Milić
18	MF	CRO	Ivan Ćurjurić
20	DF	CRO	Goran Sablić (on loan from Dynamo Kyiv)
21	FW	CRO	Duje Čop
22	DF	CRO	Mario Maloča
23	DF	CRO	Igor Tudor (captain)
25	GK	CRO	Vjekoslav Tomić
26	MF	CRO	Goran Rubil
27	GK	CRO	Božidar Radošević
28	DF	BIH	Boris Pandža
29	FW	LVA	Māris Verpakovskis (on loan from Dynamo Kyiv)
30	FW	CRO	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.	Pos.	Nation	Player
4	MF	BIH	Dario Damjanović (to Luch-Energiya)
13	FW	CRO	Branko Čubrilo (loaned to Solin)
18	MF	BIH	Mirko Hrgović (to JEF United)

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

Competitions

Overall record

Performance by competition

Competition	Starting round	Final position/round	First match	Last match
Prva HNL	—	5th	22 July 2007	10 May 2008
Croatian Football Cup	First round	Runners-up	26 September 2007	14 May 2008
UEFA Cup	First qualifying round	Second qualifying round	19 July 2007	30 August 2007

Statistics by competition

Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win%
Prva HNL	33	14	10	9	57	41	+16	042.42
Croatian Football Cup	8	5	2	1	22	6	+16	062.50
UEFA Cup	4	1	2	1	3	3	+0	025.00
Total	45	20	14	11	82	50	+32	044.44

Prva HNL

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	H	A	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	L	W	W	L	D	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

Updated to match(es) played on 10 May 2008. Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

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 Croatian First Football League article

Matches

Prva HNL

Main article: 2007–08 Croatian First Football League

Zadar v Hajduk Split

22 July 2007 1	Zadar	0–0	Hajduk Split	Zadar
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report		Stadium: Stadion Stanovi Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Ivo Krečak (Šibenik)

Hajduk Split v Inter Zaprešić

28 July 2007 2	Hajduk Split	7–1	Inter Zaprešić	Split
20:05 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Kalinić 15', 48' Rukavina 32' (pen.), 84', 86' Cernat 69', 72'	Report	Kukec 64'	Stadium: Stadion Poljud Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Damir Batinić (Osijek)

Cibalia v Hajduk Split

5 August 2007 3	Cibalia	0–0	Hajduk Split	Vinkovci
17:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report		Stadium: Stadion HNK Cibalia Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Ivan Bebek (Rijeka)

Hajduk Split v Osijek

11 August 2007 4	Hajduk Split	1–0	Osijek	Split
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Kalinić 9'	Report		Stadium: Stadion Poljud Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Vlado Svilokos (Sisak)

Međimurje v Hajduk Split

19 August 2007 5	Međimurje	1–1	Hajduk Split	Čakovec
17:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Šaranović 1' Bašić  84'	Report	Rubil 90'	Stadium: Stadion SRC Mladost Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Domagoj Vučkov (Rijeka)

Hajduk Split v NK Zagreb

25 August 2007 6	Hajduk Split	2–1	NK Zagreb	Split
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Bartolović 14' Kalinić 27'	Report	Lovrek 47'	Stadium: Stadion Poljud Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Ivo Krečak (Šibenik)

Slaven Belupo v Hajduk Split

2 September 2007 7	Slaven Belupo	2–2	Hajduk Split	Koprivnica
20:05 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Kristić 8' Vručina 40'	Report	Rukavina 5' Oremuš 78'	Stadium: Gradski stadion Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Ante Vučemilović-Šimunović (Osijek)

Hajduk Split v Varteks

15 September 2007 8	Hajduk Split	3–1	Varteks	Split
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Kalinić 4' (27), pen.' Cernat 89'	Report	Conjar 48'	Stadium: Stadion Poljud Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Bruno Marić (Daruvar)

Rijeka v Hajduk Split

22 September 2007 9	Rijeka	4–0	Hajduk Split	Rijeka
20:05 CEST (UTC+02:00)	An. Sharbini 24' Škoro 51' Ivanov 74' (pen.) Đalović 90+3'	Report		Stadium: Stadion Kantrida Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Zlatko Šimčić (Koprivnica)

Šibenik v Hajduk Split

29 September 2007 10	Šibenik	1–0	Hajduk Split	Šibenik
16:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Vitaić 74'	Report		Stadium: Stadion Šubićevac Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Marijo Strahonja (Zagreb)

Hajduk Split v Dinamo Zagreb

7 October 2007 11	Hajduk Split	1–2	Dinamo Zagreb	Split
20:05 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Kalinić 79'	Report	Modrić 11' Mandžukić 71'	Stadium: Stadion Poljud Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Ivan Bebek (Rijeka)

Hajduk Split v Zadar

20 October 2007 12	Hajduk Split	4–1	Zadar	Split
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Kalinić 17' 36', 53', 74' Linić 70'	Report	Terkeš 21'	Stadium: Stadion Poljud Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Marijo Strahonja (Zagreb)

Inter Zaprešić v Hajduk Split

27 October 2007 13	Inter Zaprešić	0–1	Hajduk Split	Zaprešić
17:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Kalinić 4'	Stadium: Stadion ŠRC Zaprešić Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Domagoj Ljubičić (Osijek)

Hajduk Split v Cibalia

31 October 2007 14	Hajduk Split	2–2	Cibalia	Split
17:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Rubil 8' Verpakovskis 83'	Report	Malčić 57', 76'	Stadium: Stadion Poljud Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Danijel Trampus (Osijek)

Osijek v Hajduk Split

3 November 2007 15	Osijek	0–1	Hajduk Split	Osijek
20:05 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report	Tudor 90+3'	Stadium: Stadion Gradski vrt Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Marijo Strahonja (Zagreb)

Hajduk Split v Međimurje

10 November 2007 16	Hajduk Split	3–3	Međimurje	Split
16:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Cernat 17' Kalinić 28' Verpakovskis 50' Buljat  59'  88'	Report	Darmopil 28' Piškor 54' Peraica 62'	Stadium: Stadion Poljud Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Bruno Marić (Daruvar)

NK Zagreb v Hajduk Split

24 November 2007 17	NK Zagreb	1–0	Hajduk Split	Zagreb
13:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Ibričić 15'	Report	Ljubičić  17' Tudor  45'	Stadium: Stadion Kranjčevićeva Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Vlado Svilokos (Sisak)

Hajduk Split v Slaven Belupo

1 December 2007 18	Hajduk Split	1–0	Slaven Belupo	Split
20:05 CET (UTC+01:00)	Kalinić 57' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Stadion Poljud Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Danijel Trampus (Osijek)

Varteks v Hajduk Split

8 December 2007 19	Varteks	1–3	Hajduk Split	Varaždin
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Lučić 62' (pen.)	Report	Linić 6' Hrgović 21' (pen.), 45'	Stadium: Stadion NK Varteks Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Bruno Marić (Daruvar)

Hajduk Split v Rijeka

23 February 2008 20	Hajduk Split	1–1	Rijeka	Split
20:05 CET (UTC+01:00)	Rukavina 18' Verpakovskis 19'	Report	An. Sharbini 5' Čagalj  17'	Stadium: Stadion Poljud Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Igor Križarić (Čakovec)

Hajduk Split v Šibenik

1 March 2008 21	Hajduk Split	2–0	Šibenik	Split
17:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Živković 36' Verpakovskis 45'	Report		Stadium: Stadion Poljud Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Damir Batinić (Osijek)

Dinamo Zagreb v Hajduk Split

8 March 2008 22	Dinamo Zagreb	1–0	Hajduk Split	Zagreb
20:15 CET (UTC+01:00)	Vrdoljak 37'	Report		Stadium: Stadion Maksimir Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Ivan Bebek (Rijeka)

Hajduk Split v Šibenik

15 March 2008 23	Hajduk Split	4–1	Šibenik	Split
17:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Kalinić 17', 38' (pen.) Verpakovskis 50' Andrić 77'	Report	Gabriel 7' Vitaić 21'	Stadium: Stadion Poljud Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Andrej Burilo (Osijek)

Varteks v Hajduk Split

19 March 2008 24	Varteks	4–0	Hajduk Split	Varaždin
16:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Smrekar 5', 27' Mujanović 30', 35'	Report		Stadium: Stadion NK Varteks Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Domagoj Vučkov (Rijeka)

Hajduk Split v Inter Zaprešić

22 March 2008 25	Hajduk Split	7–2	Inter Zaprešić	Split
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Cernat 7', 28' Rukavina 11' Rubil 17' Andrić 52' Živković 63' Gabrić 90'	Report	Kukec 44', 82'	Stadium: Stadion Poljud Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Ante Vučemilović-Šimunović (Osijek)

Međimurje v Hajduk Split

29 March 2008 26	Međimurje	2–2	Hajduk Split	Čakovec
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Eliomar 65' Darmopil 68'	Report	Kalinić 13' Cernat 34'	Stadium: Stadion SRC Mladost Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Domagoj Ljubičić (Osijek)

Zadar v Hajduk Split

12 April 2008 28	Zadar	1–3	Hajduk Split	Zadar
16:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Mitrović 77' (pen.)	Report	Rukavina 19', 32' Cernat 49'	Stadium: Stadion Stanovi Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Hrvoje Kurtović (Osijek)

Hajduk Split v Slaven Belupo

16 April 2008 29	Hajduk Split	2–0	Slaven Belupo	Split
20:05 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Rukavina 42' Gabrić 90'	Report		Stadium: Stadion Poljud Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Ante Vučemilović-Šimunović (Osijek)

Hajduk Split v Cibalia

19 April 2008 30	Hajduk Split	1–2	Cibalia	Split
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Kalinić 31'	Report	Husić 4' Andričević  51' Bagarić 75'	Stadium: Stadion Poljud Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Marko Matoc (Zaprešić)

Rijeka v Hajduk Split

26 April 2008 31	Rijeka	1–1	Hajduk Split	Rijeka
20:05 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Vučko  35'  76' Čagalj  40'  90+5' An. Sharbini 90+1'	Report	Čop 5'	Stadium: Stadion Kantrida Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Marijo Strahonja (Zagreb)

Hajduk Split v Osijek

29 April 2008 27	Hajduk Split	0–2	Osijek	Split
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Cernat 64'	Report	Primorac 27', 47' Smoje  63'  90'	Stadium: Stadion Poljud Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Danijel Trampus (Osijek)

Hajduk Split v Dinamo Zagreb

3 May 2008 32	Hajduk Split	1–1	Dinamo Zagreb	Split
20:05 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Rukavina 35'	Report	Etto 79'	Stadium: Stadion Poljud Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Ante Vučemilović-Šimunović (Osijek)

NK Zagreb v Hajduk Split

10 May 2008 33	NK Zagreb	2–1	Hajduk Split	Zagreb
16:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Jurendić 57' Ibričić 62' (pen.)	Report	Linić 76'	Stadium: Stadion Kranjčevićeva Attendance: 1,800 Referee: Zlatko Šimčić (Koprivnica)

Source: HRnogomet.com

Croatian Football Cup

Main article: 2007–08 Croatian Football Cup

Mladost Molve v Hajduk Split

25 September 2007 R1	Mladost Molve	1–9	Hajduk Split	Molve
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Mlakar 66'	Report	Kalinić 10', 12', 31', 41' Makarin 27', 44', 56', 80' Rukavina 51'	Stadium: Stadion Petar Focić u Krbuljinu Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Ante Vučemilović-Šimunović (Osijek)

Hajduk Split v Croatia Sesvete

23 October 2007 R2	Hajduk Split	2–0	Croatia Sesvete	Split
16:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Sablić 52' Kalinić 86'	Report	Barišić  40'  83'	Stadium: Stadion Poljud Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Domagoj Vučkov (Rijeka)

Hajduk Split v Inter Zaprešić

7 November 2007 QF	Hajduk Split	2–1	Inter Zaprešić	Split
17:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Kalinić 3' (pen.) Pelaić 42'	Report	Sivonjić 71'	Stadium: Stadion Poljud Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Danijel Trampus (Osijek)

Inter Zaprešić v Hajduk Split

28 November 2007 QF	Inter Zaprešić	0–4 (1–6 agg.)	Hajduk Split	Zaprešić
17:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Starčević  70'  78'	Report	Kalinić 14' (pen.) Cernat 29' Hrgović 86'	Stadium: Stadion ŠRC Zaprešić Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Vlado Svilokos (Sisak)

Varteks v Hajduk Split

9 April 2008 SF	Varteks	1–1	Hajduk Split	Varaždin
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Novinić 26'	Report	Pelaić  38'  48' Maloča 66'	Stadium: Stadion NK Varteks Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Damir Batinić (Osijek)

Hajduk Split v Varteks

23 April 2008 SF	Hajduk Split	4–0 (5–1 agg.)	Varteks	Split
17:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Cernat 15' Rukavina 32', 60' Kalinić 45' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Stadion Poljud Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Vlado Svilokos (Sisak)

Dinamo Zagreb v Hajduk Split

7 May 2008 Final	Dinamo Zagreb	3–0	Hajduk Split	Zagreb
17:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Tadić 8' Mandžukić 20', 88'	Report		Stadium: Stadion Maksimir Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Domagoj Ljubičić (Osijek)

Hajduk Split v Dinamo Zagreb

14 May 2008 Final	Hajduk Split	0–0 (0–3 agg.)	Dinamo Zagreb	Split
17:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Balić  19'	Report	Čale  19' Mandžukić  45'  69'	Stadium: Stadion Poljud Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Ivan Bebek (Rijeka)

Source: HRnogomet.com

UEFA Cup

Main article: 2007–08 UEFA Cup

Budućnost Podgorica v Hajduk Split

19 July 2007 QR1	Budućnost Podgorica	1–1	Hajduk Split	Podgorica, Montenegro
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Šćepanović 59'	Report	Hrgović 28'	Stadium: Podgorica City Stadium Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Asaf Kenan (Israel)

Hajduk Split v Budućnost Podgorica

2 August 2007 QR1	Hajduk Split	1–0 (2–1 agg.)	Budućnost Podgorica	Split, Croatia
20:15 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Damjanović 46'	Report		Stadium: Stadion Poljud Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Christoforos Zografos (Greece)

Hajduk Split v Sampdoria

16 August 2007 QR2	Hajduk Split	0–1	Sampdoria	Split, Croatia
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Campagnaro 44'	Stadium: Stadion Poljud Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Bruno Paixão (Portugal)

Sampdoria v Hajduk Split

30 August 2007 QR2	Sampdoria	1–1 (2–1 agg.)	Hajduk Split	Genoa, Italy
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Montella 34' (pen.)	Report	Hrgović 83'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 21,367 Referee: Pavel Královec (Czech Republic)

Source: uefa.com

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 Croatian First Football League
• 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