2020–21 HNK Gorica season

HNK Gorica
2020–21 season
Chairman	Nenad Črnko
Manager	Valdas Dambrauskas
Stadium	Stadion Radnik
Prva HNL	2nd
Croatian Cup	Pre-season
Top goalscorer	League: Ognjen Mudrinski (5); All: Ognjen Mudrinski (5)
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The 2020–21 HNK Gorica season is the club's 12th season in existence and the third consecutive season in the top flight of Croatian football. In addition to the domestic league, Gorica will participate in this season's edition of the Croatian Cup. The season covers the period from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.

Players

First-team squad

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	Kristijan Kahlina (Captain)
2	DF	NGA	Musa Muhammed
3	DF	BIH	Aleksandar Jovičić (3rd Captain)
4	DF	NED	Matthew Steenvoorden
6	DF	GHA	Nasiru Moro
7	MF	IRQ	Jiloan Hamad
8	MF	NED	Joey Suk
9	FW	SRB	Ognjen Mudrinski (on loan from Jagiellonia Bialystok)
10	FW	CRO	Matija Dvorneković (2rd Captain)
11	FW	CRO	Dario Špikić
14	FW	CRO	Josip Mitrović
17	DF	ALB	Albi Doka


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
19	DF	CRO	Marijan Čabraja
20	MF	CRO	Hrvoje Babec
21	MF	LTU	Paulius Golubickas
22	MF	CRO	Gojko Gadže
23	MF	AUS	Anthony Kalik
25	DF	CRO	Krešimir Krizmanić
31	GK	CRO	Ivan Banić
33	DF	CRO	Juraj Spudić
44	MF	CRO	Kristijan Lovrić
50	GK	CRO	Leon Išek
77	MF	CRO	Dario Čanađija
99	FW	SEN	Cherif Ndiaye
—	FW	SEN	Matar Dieye

Transfers

In

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
15			TBD		1 July 2020

Out

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
15			TBD		1 July 2020

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
HT Prva liga	14 August 2020	15 May 2021	Matchday 1	8	5	1	2	19	13	+6	062.50
Croatian Cup	7 October 2020		First round	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Total				8	5	1	2	19	13	+6	062.50

Last updated: 17 October 2020
Source: Soccerway

HT Prva liga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
3	Rijeka	36	18	7	11	51	46	+5	61	Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round
4	Hajduk Split	36	18	6	12	48	37	+11	60
5	Gorica	36	17	8	11	60	47	+13	59
6	Šibenik	36	9	8	19	32	47	−15	35
7	Slaven Belupo	36	7	13	16	36	53	−17	34

Source: PrvaHNL.hr
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored (at home if two teams tied); 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Play-off
(Note: Criteria 2-4 and 7 is only used if deciding champion, teams to international competition or teams for relegation and in that case criteria 6 will not be used).^[1]

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
16	9	3	4	35	24	+11	30	4	2	2	15	12	+3	5	1	2	20	12	+8

Last updated: 19 January 2021.
Source: Prva HNL

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Ground	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	W	W	W	D	L	W	L		W	L	W	D	D	W	W	L
Position	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3		3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3

Updated to match(es) played on 19 January 2021. Source: Prva HNL
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 29 July 2020.^[2]

14 August 2020 1	Varaždin	1–5	Gorica	Varaždin
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Đurasek 62'	Report	Muhammed 10' Kalik 22' Ndiaye 28' Špikić 38' Steenvoorden 64' Mudrinski 81', 90+4' Doka 90' Čanađija 90+1'	Stadium: Stadion Varteks Attendance: 0 Referee: Duje Strukan

22 August 2020 2	Slaven Belupo	1–2	Gorica	Koprivnica
17:55 CEST (UTC+2)	Glavčić 45+1'	Report	Kalik 81' Mudrinski 86', 90+2'	Stadium: Gradski stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Marin Vidulin

28 August 2020 3	Gorica	3–2	Šibenik	Velika Gorica
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Mudrinski 3' Lovrić 65' Babec 75' Doka 80'	Report	Pandža 57' Rak 87' Anočić 90+3'	Stadium: Stadion Radnik Attendance: 0 Referee: Ivan Vučković

13 September 2020 4	Lokomotiva	1–2	Gorica	Zagreb
19:05 CEST (UTC+2)	Kovačić 62' Karačić 89'	Report	Čabraja 18' Lovrić 32', 85' Dvorneković 66'	Stadium: Kranjčevićeva Attendance: 0 Referee: Dario Kulušić

19 September 2020 5	Gorica	2–2	Istra 1961	Velika Gorica
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Špikić 11', 29' Lovrić 56' Steenvoorden 73' Delfi 89', 90+4'	Report	Gržan 7', 76' (pen.) Vuk 11' Galilea 30' Tomašević 41'	Stadium: Stadion Radnik Attendance: 837 Referee: Dario Bel

26 September 2020 6	Osijek	2–1	Gorica	Osijek
19:05 CEST (UTC+2)	Miérez 45+2' (pen.) Grgić 90+7' Ndockyt 90+10'	Report	Babec 16' Doka 45+2' 72' Lovrić 84'	Stadium: Gradski Vrt Stadium Attendance: 1,970 Referee: Marin Vidulin

3 October 2020 7	Gorica	2–1	Hajduk Split	Velika Gorica
19:05 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadion Radnik

17 October 2020 8	Dinamo Zagreb	3–2	Gorica	Zagreb
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Gavranović 32', 36', 66' Majer 56' Leovac 56' Petković 88'	Report	Čabraja 11' Suk 27' Mudrinski 46' Hamad 50' Kalik 68'	Stadium: Stadion Maksimir Attendance: 815 Referee: Ivan Bebek

25 October 2020 9	Gorica	P–P	Rijeka	Velika Gorica
17:05 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stadion Radnik

20 November 2020 12	Šibenik	1–3	HNK Gorica	Šibenik
19:05 CET (UTC+1)	Prince Obeng Ampem 7'	Report	Čabraja 62' Suk 82' Lovrić 90+3'	Stadium: Stadion Šubićevac Attendance: 0 Referee: Dario Bel
Note: Played Behind Closed Doors

23 November 2020 10	HNK Gorica	1–0	Varaždin	Velika Gorica
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Lovrić 20' (pen.) Kalik 37' Jiloan Hamad 57'	Report	Milić 61' Đurasek 81'	Stadium: Stadion ŠRC Velika Gorica Attendance: 0 Referee: Dario Kulušić
Note: Played Behind Closed Doors

28 November 2020 13	HNK Gorica	1–1	Lokomotiva Zagreb	Velika Gorica
17:05 CET (UTC+1)	Kalik 11' Lovrić 13' (pen.) Josip Mitrović 37' Steenvoorden 54' Suk 73'	Report	Denis Kolinger 47' Tuci 50'	Stadium: Stadion ŠRC Velika Gorica Attendance: 0 Referee: Zdenko Lovrić
Note: Played Behind Closed Doors

2 December 2020 11	HNK Gorica	0–1	Slaven Koprivnica	Velika Gorica
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Steenvoorden 54' Jovičić 90+2'	Report	Soldo 54'	Stadium: Stadion ŠRC Velika Gorica Attendance: 0 Referee: Ivan Bebek
Note: Played Behind Closed Doors

12 December 2020 15	HNK Gorica	4–1	Osijek	Velika Gorica
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Dieye 13' Lovrić 26' Dario Špikić 39' Moro 46' Kalik 54' 65' Josip Mitrović 78'	Report	Miérez 49' Majstorović 87'	Stadium: Stadion ŠRC Velika Gorica Attendance: 0 Referee: Fran Jović
Note: Played Behind Closed Doors

20 December 2020 16	Hajduk Split	2–4	HNK Gorica	Split
17:05 CET (UTC+1)	Atanasov 24' Diamantakos 63' Dimitrov 79'	Report	Dieye 6' Lovrić 54' (pen.) 76' (pen.) Moro 89'	Stadium: Stadion Poljud Attendance: 0 Referee: Ivan Bebek
Note: Played Behind Closed Doors

19 January 2021 14	Istra 1961	1–1	HNK Gorica	Pula
16:00 CET (UTC+1)	Špoljarić 52' Vuk 57' Einar Galilea 90'	Report	Golubickas 9' Jovičić 68'	Stadium: Stadion Aldo Drosina Attendance: 0 Referee: Ivan Vučković
Note: Played Behind Closed Doors

23 January 2021 17	HNK Gorica	v	Dinamo Zagreb	Velika Gorica
17:05 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stadion ŠRC Velika Gorica Attendance: 0
Note: Played Behind Closed Doors

Croatian Football Cup

9 September 2020 Preliminary Round	HNK Gorica	1 - 0	Belišće	Velika Gorica
18:00 CET		Report		Stadium: Gradski stadion Velika Gorica

7 October 2020 First Round	Sesvete	3 - 4	HNK Gorica	Sesvete
15:00 CET	Majić 17' Kožić 35' Geljić 37' 59' (pen.) Malekinušić 76'	Report	Jiloan Hamad 3' Josip Mitrović 4' 28' Sabljo 21' (o.g.) Kalik 32' Suk 34' Jovičić 42' Čabraja 54'	Stadium: Stadion ŠRC Sesvete Attendance: 0 Referee: Ivana Martinčić
Note: Played Behind Closed Doors

7 December 2020 Second Round	HNK Gorica	3 - 1	Lokomotiva Zagreb	Velika Gorica
17:00 CET	Josip Mitrović 29' Jovičić 60' Lovrić 72' Jiloan Hamad 74' Dieye 77' Krešimir Krizmanić 82' Hrvoje Babec 89'	Report	Ibrahim Aliyu 50'	Stadium: Gradski stadion Velika Gorica Attendance: 0 Referee: Ivan Bebek
Note: Played Behind Closed Doors

2 March 2021 Quarter Finals	HNK Gorica	v	Zagreb / Hajduk Split	Velika Gorica
				Stadium: Gradski stadion Velika Gorica

Statistics

Goalscorers

As of 28 August 2020

Rank	No.	Pos	Name	HT Prva liga	Total
1	9	FW	Ognjen Mudrinski	5	5
2	17	DF	Albi Doka	1	1
	20	MF	Hrvoje Babec	1	1
	44	MF	Kristijan Lovrić	1	1
	77	MF	Dario Čanađija	1	1
	11	FW	Dario Špikić	1	1
Totals				10	10

References

^ "Propozicije natjecanja za prvenstvo Hrvatski Telekom Prve lige za natjecateljsku godinu 2020/2021" (PDF). hns-cff.hr (in Croatian). 12 August 2020. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 September 2020. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
^ "Poznat raspored nove sezone Prve HNL".

External links

Official website

[1] "Propozicije natjecanja za prvenstvo Hrvatski Telekom Prve lige za natjecateljsku godinu 2020/2021" (PDF). hns-cff.hr (in Croatian). 12 August 2020. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 September 2020. Retrieved 12 August 2020.

[2] "Poznat raspored nove sezone Prve HNL".

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