NK Zrinski Osječko 1664

NK Zrinski Osječko 1664
Full nameNogometni Klub Zrinski Osječko 1664
Founded1937; 87 years ago (1937)
GroundGradski Vrt Stadium
Capacity18,856
ChairmanVedran Dervić
LeagueFirst League (II)
2023–242nd

Nogometni Klub Zrinski Osječko 1664 (until 2023 known as Nogometni klub Zrinski Jurjevac Punitovački) is a Croatian professional football club founded in Jurjevac Punitovački, a village in Osijek-Baranja County, near the city of Osijek.

History

Zrinski was established in 1937 and the owner of a local store, Adam Buček–Ribička, is considered the founder of the club. The club was initially called Sloga, but only four days later it was agreed to rename the club Zrinski after one of Croatia's greats. Officially NK Zrinski was founded on March 1, 1970, when it entered the Municipality of Đakovo register of social organizations.[1] The club's greatest successes before the Yugoslav Wars were playing in the then Intermunicipal League East (1984/85 season).

Since the establishment of the Republic of Croatia, Zrinski had been playing in the 3rd ŽNL Osijek-Baranja until the 2004/2005 season when they clinched promotion as league champions to the 2nd ŽNL. After three seasons, they became league champions of the 2nd ŽNL Osijek-Baranja in the 2008/2009 season and thus reached the 1st ŽNL Osijek-Baranja. In the 2011/2012 season, Zrinski became champions of the 1st ŽNL Osijek-Baranja and moved to the Inter-County League (4th tier) in which clubs from the Osijek-Baranja and Vukovar-Srijem counties compete, thus achieving the success earned by the generation from the 1984/85 season.

Stadium

After promotion to the 2. NL, NK Zrinski hosted domestic matches at in neighbouring Čepin which has a capacity of around 2,500. However, after their promotion to the second division before the 2023/24 season, they moved to Gradski vrt in Osijek.[2]

Recent seasons

Season Division P W D L F A Pts Pos Cup
League
2000–01 3. ŽNL Osječko-baranjska 26 7 5 14 35 48 26 10th
2001–02 3. ŽNL Osječko-baranjska
2002–03 3. ŽNL Osječko-baranjska 30 14 6 10 75 42 48 9th
2003–04 3. ŽNL Osječko-baranjska
2004–05 3. ŽNL Osječko-baranjska 1st
2005–06 2. ŽNL Osječko-baranjska 30 14 3 13 71 58 45 8th
2006–07 2. ŽNL Osječko-baranjska 30 17 4 9 70 41 55 4th
2007–08 2. ŽNL Osječko-baranjska 30 21 6 3 90 31 69 2nd
2008–09 2. ŽNL Osječko-baranjska 30 25 3 2 92 26 78 1st
2009–10 1. ŽNL Osječko-baranjska 30 15 7 8 65 35 52 4th
2010–11 1. ŽNL Osječko-baranjska 29 18 5 6 64 29 59 2nd
2011–12 1. ŽNL Osječko-baranjska 30 25 2 3 72 23 77 1st
2012–13 4. HNL 32 20 3 9 65 37 63 3rd
2013–14 4. HNL 29 18 5 6 77 30 59 1st
2014–15 3. NL East 30 10 5 15 40 52 35 13th R1
2015–16 3. NL East 30 17 7 6 65 27 58 3rd
2016–17 3. NL East 30 15 3 12 54 30 48 4th
2017–18 3. NL East 30 20 4 6 60 24 64 1st
2018–19 3. HNL East 30 11 8 11 35 35 41 8th
2019–20 3. HNL East 17 6 6 5 19 22 24 10th
2020–21 3. HNL East 34 14 7 13 48 47 49 8th
2021–22 3. HNL East 34 24 6 4 69 33 78 2nd
2022–23 2. NL 30 19 6 5 45 22 63 2nd
2023–24 1. NL 33 26 3 4 53 18 81 2nd

Current squad

As of 20 November 2023

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 Croatia CRO Karlo Čović
2 DF Croatia CRO Bruno Unušić
3 DF Croatia CRO Tin Kuprešak
4 MF Croatia CRO Matej Dabić
5 DF Croatia CRO Luka Ćubel
6 DF Croatia CRO Patrick Stanić
7 DF Croatia CRO Stjepan Salapić
8 MF Croatia CRO Miran Horvat
9 FW Croatia CRO Domagoj Stranput
10 MF Croatia CRO Patrick Pejić
11 FW Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH Sadik Škrijelj
13 DF Austria AUT Gabriel Eskinja (on loan from Slaven Belupo)
No. Pos. Nation Player
14 MF Croatia CRO Ivijan Svržnjak
16 MF Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH Amar Pekarić
17 MF Croatia CRO Petar Korov
19 MF Croatia CRO Ivan Jajalo
20 DF Croatia CRO Luka Posinković
21 FW Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH Ajdin Mujagić
23 FW Croatia CRO Domagoj Jelavić
24 GK Croatia CRO Marin Stanić
30 FW Croatia CRO Dominik Dogan
MF Serbia SRB Milan Marčić
DF Croatia CRO Marijan Oršolić
DF Croatia CRO Roko Čilaš

References

  1. ^ NK "ZRINSKI" JURJEVAC - Punitovci (in Croatian)
  2. ^ Alaupović, Ivan (29 August 2023). "Gradski vrt dobio novog stanovnika! Dojučerašnji trećeligaš je hit prvenstva, a sada seli u Osijek" (in Croatian). Jutarnji.