NK Varaždin (1931–2015)

This article is about the dissolved association football club. For the currently active club, see NK Varaždin (founded 2012).

VŠNK Varaždin

Club crest
Full name	Varaždinski športski nogometni klub Varaždin
Nickname(s)	Krojači (Tailors) Bumbari (Bumblebees)
Founded	3 June 1931 (3 June 1931) as NK Slavija
Dissolved	2015
Ground	Stadion Anđelko Herjavec
Capacity	10,800
2014–15	Croatian Third Football League East, 11th
Home colours Away colours

Varaždinski športski nogometni klub Varaždin (Template:Lang-en), commonly referred to as VŠNK Varaždin or simply Varaždin, was a Croatian football club based in the city of Varaždin in the north of the country. They play their home matches at the Stadion Anđelko Herjavec, which has an all-seating capacity of 10,800. Organised supporters of the team were known as the White Stones before they unsatisfied with club leadership founded their own club. The club was formerly known as Varteks from 1958 to 2010.

History

The club was founded on 3 June 1931 under the name of NK Slavija and existed under this name until 1941. During World War II, the club temporarily ceased to exist and was then reorganised under the name of NK Tekstilac in 1945. The name Varteks was given to the club in 1958 and remained until 21 June 2010, when the club changed its name to Varaždin due to constant lack of sponsorship income from its principal sponsor.

The club's first success happened back in 1938, when they qualified to participate in the premier league of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. In SFR Yugoslavia, their biggest success was the advancement to the final of the Yugoslav Cup in 1961, but they lost the final game to Vardar Skopje from Macedonia.

Varaždin has been a member of the Croatian First Football League since its foundation in 1991. They have not managed to win any national titles so far, but are regularly placed near the top of the table and were also the runners-up in the Croatian Football Cup five times. In the spring of 1999, they had a significant international success when they managed to advance to the quarterfinals of the now defunct UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, but were then defeated by Real Mallorca with 3–1 in the second-leg away match after playing a goalless draw at home in the first leg. They also attracted some attention at the international level back in 2001, when they eliminated Aston Villa from the UEFA Cup on away goals.

Serious financial troubles forced NK Varaždin into bankruptcy which eventually led to suspension of the club by Croatian Football Federation. After failing to play two league games during 2011–12 season because of suspension, according to rulebook of Croatian Football Federation Varaždin was relegated to the lowest football level possible, the second county league (seventh tier). The suspension was lifted in August 2013 and club continued to participate in Croatian Third Football League, Croatian third tier.

In 2015, the club was going to bankruptcy and was changed the name to VŠNK Varaždin, which is a Varaždin ŠN changed the name to NK Varaždin.

Seasons

Logo as NK Varteks

Season	League									Cup	European competitions		Top league scorer
	Division	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Pos				Player	Goals
1992	1. HNL	22	7	6	9	32	25	20	8th	DNQ			Igor Cvitanović	9
1992–93	1. HNL	30	10	9	11	38	47	29	7th	QF			Mirza Golubica	8
1993–94	1. HNL	34	16	9	9	51	31	41	5th	QF			Davor Vugrinec	17
1994–95	1. HNL	30	11	10	9	35	27	43	6th	SF			Davor Vugrinec	8
1995–96	1. HNL	32	18	7	7	44	26	61	3rd	RU			Davor Vugrinec	17
1996–97	1. HNL	30	12	6	12	34	35	42	6th	QF	Cup Winners' Cup	R1	Davor Vugrinec	13
1997–98	1. HNL	32	10	8	14	34	44	38	10th	RU			Marko Topić	7
1998–99	1. HNL	32	12	4	16	55	57	40	5th	QF	Cup Winners' Cup	QF	Miljenko Mumlek	13
1999–2000	1. HNL	33	10	10	13	32	44	40	7th	QF	Intertoto Cup	R3	Damir Mužek, Vioresin Sinani	5
2000–01	1. HNL	32	12	9	11	56	56	45	4th	QF			Saša Bjelanović, Veldin Karić	12
2001–02	1. HNL	30	17	6	7	58	40	57	4th	RU	UEFA Cup	R2	Saša Bjelanović	17
2002–03	1. HNL	32	18	3	11	52	38	57	3rd	SF	UEFA Cup	R1	Veldin Karić	10
2003–04	1. HNL	32	9	11	12	33	42	38	5th	RU	UEFA Cup	R1	Nikola Šafarić	7
2004–05	1. HNL	32	14	3	15	53	50	45	5th	SF			Nedim Halilović	9
2005–06	1. HNL	32	15	2	15	51	48	47	3rd	RU	Intertoto Cup	R3	Leon Benko	14
2006–07	1. HNL	33	12	6	15	49	62	42	8th	R1	UEFA Cup	QR1	Enes Novinić	15
2007–08	1. HNL	33	11	7	15	46	53	40	7th	SF			Miljenko Mumlek	9
2008–09	1. HNL	33	10	5	18	41	55	35	10th	R2			Goran Mujanović	11
2009–10	1. HNL	30	9	9	12	36	43	36	10th	SF			Miljenko Mumlek	11
2010–11	1. HNL	30	9	9	12	32	38	36	11th	RU			Filip Škvorc	7
2011–12	1. HNL	24	2	3	19	16	52	8	16th	R2	Europa League	QR3	Dominik Glavina	5
2012–13	Club was suspended by Croatian Football Federation
2013–14	3. HNL North	30	15	5	10	66	32	49	7th	PR			Marko Rog	17
2014–15	3. HNL East	30	10	9	11	42	39	39	11th	R2			Luka Ivanović	11

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; Group = Group stage; 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 Cup UEFA Europa League	22	10	5	7	48	34	2011–12
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	10	6	1	3	15	10	1998–99
UEFA Intertoto Cup	12	5	3	4	22	21	2005
Total	44	21	9	14	85	65

Source: uefa.com, Last updated on 4 August 2011
Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against. Defunct competitions indicated in italics.

By season

Season	Competition	Round	Opponent	Home	Away	Agg.
1996–97	Cup Winners' Cup	QR	Union Luxembourg	2–1	3–0	5–1
		R1	Lokomotiv Moscow	2–1	0–1	2–2 (a)
1998–99	Cup Winners' Cup	R1	Rudar Velenje	1–0	1–0	2–0
		R2	Heerenveen	4–2 (aet)	1–2	5–4
		QF	Mallorca	0–0	1–3	1–3
1999–2000	Intertoto Cup	R1	Lokomotiv-96 Vitebsk	2–2	2–1	4–3
		R2	Brann	3–0	0–3	3–3 (5–4 p)
		R3	Rostselmash	1–2	1–0	2–2 (a)
2001–02	UEFA Cup	QR	Vaduz	6–1	3–3	9–4
		R1	Aston Villa	0–1	3–2	3–3 (a)
		R2	Brondby	3–1	0–5	3–6
2002–03	UEFA Cup	QR	Dundalk	5–0	4–0	9–0
		R1	Midtjylland	1–1	0–1	1–2
2003–04	UEFA Cup	QR	Levadia Tallinn	3–2	3–1	6–3
		R1	Debrecen	1–3	2–3	3–6
2005–06	Intertoto Cup	R1	Dinamo Tirana	4–1	1–2	5–3
		R2	Inter Turku	4–3	2–2	6–5
		R3	Lens	1–1	1–4	2–5
2006–07	UEFA Cup	QR1	KF Tirana	1–1	0–2	1–3
2011–12	Europa League	QR1	Lusitanos	5–1	1–0	6–1
		QR2	Iskra-Stal	3–1	1–1	4–2
		QR3	Dinamo Bucureşti	1–2	2–2	3–4

Honours

Croatian Football Cup:

• Runners-up (6): 1995–96, 1997–98, 2001–02, 2003–04, 2005–06, 2010–11

Yugoslav Cup:

• Runners up (1): 1960–61

Player records

• Most appearances in UEFA club competitions: 27 appearances
  • Miljenko Mumlek
• Top scorers in UEFA club competitions: 17 goals
  • Miljenko Mumlek

Notable players

To appear in this section a player must have:

• Played at least 150 league games for the club;
• Scored at least 50 league goals for the club; or
• Played at least one international match for their national team while playing for NK Varaždin.

Years in brackets indicate their spells at the club.

Samir Toplak (1988–1998, 2002–2005) Andrija Balajić (1992–1996, 1997–2000, 2001–2002, 2007–2010) Zlatko Dalić (1992–1996, 1998–2000) Krunoslav Gregorić (1992–1999, 2002–2003) Dražen Madunović (1992, 1993–2001) Miljenko Mumlek (1992–1999, 2000–2003, 2007–2010) Mladen Posavec (1992–2000) Robert Težački (1992–1998, 1999–2001)

Davor Vugrinec (1992–1997, 2010–2012) Danijel Hrman (1997–2003, 2006–2007, 2007–2008) Veldin Karić (1997–2004) Nikola Šafarić (1998–2007, 2010–2011) Zoran Kastel (1998–2005) Vioresin Sinani (1999–2001) Nedim Halilović (2001–2006) Leon Benko (2003–2006) Silvester Sabolčki (1998–2003) Ivan Režić (1997–1998, 1999–2004) Marijan Mrmić (1993–1996, 1998–1999, 2000) Marko Topić (1997–1998) Devi Muka (2000–2002) Vladimir Vasilj (2004)

Managerial history

Branko Ivanković (July 1991 – June 1995) Luka Bonačić (1995–1996) Dražen Besek (1998–1999) Luka Bonačić (December 1999 – April 2000) Branko Janžek (April 2000 – May 2000) Ivan Katalinić (May 2000 – April 2001) Branko Janžek (April 2001 – May 2002) Dražen Besek (May 2002 – September 2003) Miroslav Blažević (September 2003 – May 2005)

Zlatko Dalić (May 2005 – May 2007) Josip Kuže (June 2007 – August 2007) Dražen Besek (August 2007 – December 2009) Damir Jagačić (January 2010 – March 2010) Samir Toplak (March 2010 – August 2011) Tomica Kocijan (August 2011 – October 2011) Branko Janžek (October 2011 – July 2012) Ivica Solomun (July 2012 – January 2015)

External links

• NK Varaždin at UEFA.com