2011–12 NK Varaždin season

NK Varaždin

2011–12 season
Chairman	Zlatko Horvat (until 29 February 2012) Boris Solomun (from 29 February 2012)
Manager	Samir Toplak (until 29 August 2011) Tomica Kocijan (from 30 August 2011 until 15 October 2011) Branko Janžek (from 15 October 2011)
Prva HNL	16th
Croatian Cup	Second round
UEFA Europa League	Third qualifying round
Top goalscorer	League: Dominik Glavina (5) All: Dominik Glavina, Davor Vugrinec (6)
Home colours Away colours

The 2011–12 season was the 80th season in NK Varaždin’s history and their twenty-first in the Prva HNL. Their 11th place finish in the 2010–11 season means it was their 21st successive season playing in the Prva HNL.

First-team squad

As of 6 March 2012

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Ante Mrmić 2 DF Ante Režić 3 DF Matija Katanec 4 DF Antonio Mamić 5 MF Luka Jagačić 6 MF Gordan Golik 7 FW Matias Zubak 8 MF Dejan Komljenović 9 FW Mario Sačer 10 MF Dominik Glavina 11 FW Marko Trojak 12 GK Marko Sušac 13 MF Kenan Karađuz 15 DF Danijel Rašić

No. Position Player 16 MF Jurica Grgec 17 MF Marko Pajač 18 FW Ivan Antolek 19 FW Niko Tokić 20 DF Mirko Plantić 21 GK Dean Šafarić 23 DF Ante Aračić 25 DF Filip Kurtović 26 DF Mario Lončar 27 DF Ivan Conjar 28 MF Leon Kukec 29 MF Domagoj Kuran 30 DF Denis Glavina

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started round	Final result	First match	Last Match
2011–12 Prva HNL	–	16th	24 July	31 March
2011–12 Croatian Cup	First round	Second round	20 September	25 October
2011–12 UEFA Europa League	QR1	QR3	30 June	4 August

Prva HNL

Classification

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
8	Osijek	30	11	10	9	45	38	+7	43	2012–13 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round ^3
9	Istra 1961	30	11	9	10	35	33	+2	42
10	Zadar	30	11	7	12	29	44	−15	40
11	Inter Zaprešić	30	11	5	14	33	33	0	38
12	Rijeka	30	9	11	10	29	29	0	38	Relegation to 2012–13 Druga HNL ^4
13	Lučko (R)	30	6	13	11	29	36	−7	31
14	Šibenik (R)	30	6	9	15	27	40	−13	27
15	Karlovac (R)	30	6	7	17	25	53	−28	024^1
16	Varaždin (R)	24	2	3	19	16	52	−36	08^2

Updated to games played on 12 May 2012.
Source: Prva-HNL.hr UEFA.com
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored
For deciding champions, qualification to UEFA Europa League and relegation: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head away goals scored
¹Karlovac were deducted 1 point after they failed to appear on the match against Rijeka
²Varaždin were deducted 1 point after they failed to play the match against Rijeka due to suspension
³Since 2011–12 Croatian Cup winners Dinamo Zagreb qualified for the 2012–13 UEFA Champions League, so cup runners-up Osijek qualified for the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League first qualifying round. Moreover, Slaven Belupo were moved up a round as the cup winner spot was not used.
⁴After Varaždin failed to play two matches due to suspension, according to the competition rulebook they were considered to withdrawn from the competition and since they have played more than a half of matches in the second part of the season, those matches were considered valid and all further matches were awarded as 3–0 forfeit wins to their opponents. Also according to the rulebook, since Varaždin left the competition after the 24th round, the number of matches they have played will stay at 24 in the league table.^[1][2]
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

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
30	2	3	25	16	70	−54	9	2	1	12	11	34	−23	0	2	13	5	36	−31

Last updated: 12 May 2012.
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
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	L	L	L	D	L	L	L	L	L	L	D	L	L	W	L	W	L	L	L	L	D	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L
Position	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16

Last updated: 12 May 2012.
Source: Competitive matches
Notes: Round 18 was played between rounds 22 and 23, on 20–21 March 2012.
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

Pre-season

Match	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Attendance	Varaždin Scorers	Report
1	17 Jun	A	Strmec Bedenica	3 – 1		Hojski (2), Vuk	Sportnet.hr
2	18 Jun	H	Zorya Luhansk	2 – 2		Vugrinec, Šafarić	Sportnet.hr
3	22 Jun	A	Lučko	3 – 0	300	Šafarić, Brlečić, F. Škvorc	Sportnet.hr
4	25 Jun	H	Karlovac	4 – 1		Vugrinec (2), Glavica, F. Škvorc	Sportnet.hr
5	3 Jul	H	Śląsk Wrocław	0 – 1			Sportnet.hr
6	17 Jul	H	Middlesbrough	2 – 3	2,000	Vugrinec, Trojak	Sportnet.hr

Prva HNL

Round	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Attendance	Varaždin Scorers	Report
1	24 Jul	H	Lokomotiva	0 – 2	975		Sportnet.hr
2	31 Jul	A	Šibenik	0 – 1	2,000		Sportnet.hr
3	7 Aug	H	Zadar	1 – 2	517	Vugrinec	Sportnet.hr
4	13 Aug	A	Rijeka	0 – 2	3,000		Sportnet.hr
5	20 Aug	H	Istra 1961	2 – 2	514	Golubar, Do. Glavina	Sportnet.hr
6	26 Aug	A	NK Zagreb	0 – 1	500		Sportnet.hr
7	10 Sep	H	RNK Split	1 – 2	1,000	Tokić	Sportnet.hr
8	17 Sep	A	Dinamo Zagreb	0 – 7	5,500		Sportnet.hr
9	24 Sep	H	Cibalia	0 – 1	486		Sportnet.hr
10	1 Oct	A	Slaven Belupo	0 – 1	1257		Sportnet.hr
11	15 Oct	H	Karlovac	0 – 1	312		Sportnet.hr
12	22 Oct	A	Osijek	2 – 2	500	Golubar, Antolek	Sportnet.hr
13	29 Oct	H	Lučko	0 – 2	500		Sportnet.hr
14	5 Nov	A	Hajduk Split	0 – 3	5,000		Sportnet.hr
15	19 Nov	H	Inter Zaprešić	3 – 2	300	Tokić, Golubar, Do. Glavina	Sportnet.hr
16	25 Nov	A	Lokomotiva	0 – 1	110		Sportnet.hr
17	3 Dec	H	Šibenik	2 – 1	500	Vugrinec, Sačer	Sportnet.hr
19	24 Feb	H	Rijeka	0 – 3^*	–		Sportnet.hr
20	3 Mar	A	Istra 1961	1 – 2	1,200	Do. Glavina	Sportnet.hr
21	10 Mar	H	NK Zagreb	2 – 3	500	Do. Glavina, Brlenić	Sportnet.hr
22	17 Mar	A	RNK Split	2 – 2	400	Do. Glavina, Antolek	Sportnet.hr
18	21 Mar	A	Zadar	0 – 2	1,000		Sportnet.hr
23	24 Mar	H	Dinamo Zagreb	0 – 4	2,500		Sportnet.hr
24	31 Mar	A	Cibalia	0 – 3^*	–
25	7 Apr	H	Slaven Belupo	0 – 3^†	–
26	14 Apr	A	Karlovac	0 – 3^†	–
27	21 Apr	H	Osijek	0 – 3^†	–
28	28 Apr	A	Lučko	0 – 3^†	–
29	5 May	H	Hajduk Split	0 – 3^†	–
30	12 May	A	Inter Zaprešić	0 – 3^†	–

^* Varaždin was suspended and thus unable to play the match so the game was awarded 3–0

^† After failing to play two matches in Prva HNL, Varaždin was expelled and all their remaining matches were awarded as a 3–0 forfeit win to opponents

Europa League

Round	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Attendance	Varaždin Scorers	Report
QR1	30 Jun	H	Lusitanos	5 – 1	2,000	Šafarić (2), Glavica, Do. Glavina, Vugrinec	Sportnet.hr
QR1	7 Jul	A	Lusitanos	1 – 0	400	Brlečić	Sportnet.hr
QR2	14 Jul	A	Iskra-Stal	1 – 1	1,000	Tkalčić	Sportnet.hr
QR2	21 Jul	H	Iskra-Stal	3 – 1	3,000	Vugrinec (2), Glavica	Sportnet.hr
QR3	28 Jul	A	Dinamo Bucureşti	2 – 2	4,000	Sačer, Vugrinec	Sportnet.hr
QR3	4 Aug	H	Dinamo Bucureşti	1 – 2	4,793	Golubar	Sportnet.hr

Croatian Cup

Round	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Attendance	Varaždin Scorers	Report
R1	20 Sep	A	Podravac Virje	0 – 0 (4 – 2 p)	300		Sportnet.hr
R2	25 Oct	H	Istra 1961	0 – 1 (a.e.t.)	500		Sportnet.hr

Player seasonal records

Competitive matches only. Updated to games played 24 March 2012.

Top scorers

Rank	Name	League	Europe	Cup	Total
1	Dominik Glavina	5	1	–	6
	Davor Vugrinec	2	4	–	6
3	Josip Golubar	3	1	–	4
4	Ivan Antolek	2	–	–	2
	Dejan Glavica	–	2	–	2
	Mario Sačer	1	1	–	2
	Nikola Šafarić	–	2	–	2
	Niko Tokić	2	–	–	2
9	Luka Brlenić	1	–	–	1
	Mario Brlečić	–	1	–	1
	Nikola Tkalčić	–	1	–	1
	TOTALS	16	13	–	29

Source: Competitive matches

Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches. Players with 1 card or more included only.

Number	Position	Name	1. HNL		Europa League		Croatian Cup		Total
2	DF	Jhonnes	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
4	MF	Goran Barišić	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1
5	MF	Luka Jagačić	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
5	MF	Mario Brlečić	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0
6	DF	Gordan Golik	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
8	FW	Danko Cerovečki	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
9	FW	Mario Sačer	5	1	1	0	1	0	7	1
10	FW	Dominik Glavina	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
10	MF	Nikola Šafarić	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
12	GK	Denis Krklec	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
13	MF	Marko Pajač	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
14	DF	Karlo Šimek	5	0	1	0	0	0	6	0
15	MF	Danijel Rašić	3	0	0	0	1	0	4	0
15	DF	Nikola Tkalčić	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
16	MF	Jurica Grgec	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
18	DF	Adam Sušac	2	0	1	0	0	0	3	0
20	MF	Josip Golubar	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1
21	GK	Saša Dreven	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
26	MF	Mario Lončar	4	0	0	0	1	0	5	0
27	DF	Ivan Conjar	4	0	3	0	1	0	8	0
30	DF	Denis Glavina	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
30	FW	Davor Vugrinec	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
		TOTALS	42	2	9	2	4	1	55	5

Sources: Prva-HNL.hr, UEFA.com

Appearances and goals

Number	Position	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
			Total		1. HNL		Europa League		Croatian Cup
1	GK	Mrmić, AnteAnte Mrmić	5	0	4+0	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
2	DF	Jhonnes, Jhonnes	9	0	8+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
3	DF	Katanec, MatijaMatija Katanec	2	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
4	DF	Mamić, AntonioAntonio Mamić	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
4	MF	Barišić, GoranGoran Barišić	8	0	7+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
5	MF	Jagačić, LukaLuka Jagačić	5	0	5+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
5	MF	BrleczicMario Brlečić	8	1	3+0	0	5+0	1	0+0	0
6	DF	Golik, GordanGordan Golik	9	0	9+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
6	MF	Punčec, RobertoRoberto Punčec	3	0	1+0	0	2+0	0	0+0	0
7	FW	Zubak, MatiasMatias Zubak	2	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
7	MF	Aganović, AdnanAdnan Aganović	8	0	3+0	0	4+1	0	0+0	0
8	FW	Cerovečki, DankoDanko Cerovečki	17	0	5+10	0	0+0	0	1+1	0
8	MF	Brlenić, LukaLuka Brlenić	3	1	0+3	1	0+0	0	0+0	0
8	MF	Glavica, DejanDejan Glavica	6	2	2+0	0	4+0	2	0+0	0
9	FW	Sačer, MarioMario Sačer	25	2	14+6	1	4+0	1	1+0	0
10	FW	Glavina, DominikDominik Glavina	28	6	18+2	5	6+0	1	2+0	0
10	MF	SzafaricNikola Šafarić	6	2	3+0	0	3+0	2	0+0	0
11	MF	Trojak, MarkoMarko Trojak	8	0	3+3	0	0+2	0	0+0	0
12	GK	Sušac, MarkoMarko Sušac	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
12	GK	Krklec, DenisDenis Krklec	13	0	7+0	0	6+0	0	0+0	0
13	MF	Pajač, MarkoMarko Pajač	12	0	4+6	0	0+1	0	0+1	0
14	DF	SzimekKarlo Šimek	23	0	15+0	0	6+0	0	2+0	0
15	MF	Rašić, DanijelDanijel Rašić	16	0	13+2	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
15	DF	Tkalčić, NikolaNikola Tkalčić	9	1	3+0	0	6+0	1	0+0	0
16	MF	Grgec, JuricaJurica Grgec	20	0	11+2	0	1+4	0	2+0	0
18	FW	Antolek, IvanIvan Antolek	10	2	3+6	2	0+0	0	0+1	0
18	DF	Sušac, AdamAdam Sušac	10	0	3+2	0	4+0	0	1+0	0
19	FW	Tokić, NikoNiko Tokić	17	2	10+5	2	0+0	0	1+1	0
20	MF	Plantić, MirkoMirko Plantić	2	0	0+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
20	MF	Golubar, JosipJosip Golubar	19	4	13+0	3	2+2	1	2+0	0
21	GK	SzafaricDean Šafarić	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
21	GK	Dreven, SašaSaša Dreven	11	0	9+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
23	DF	Aračić, AnteAnte Aračić	4	0	4+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
23	DF	Antolić, NikolaNikola Antolić	6	0	2+1	0	0+2	0	0+1	0
25	FW	Kaniški, DenisDenis Kaniški	3	0	0+3	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
26	MF	Lončar, MarioMario Lončar	18	0	12+4	0	0+1	0	1+0	0
27	DF	Conjar, IvanIvan Conjar	27	0	17+3	0	5+0	0	2+0	0
29	DF	Gluhak, AlenAlen Gluhak	12	0	6+1	0	2+2	0	1+0	0
30	DF	Glavina, DenisDenis Glavina	3	0	3+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
30	FW	Vugrinec, DavorDavor Vugrinec	22	6	14+2	2	5+0	4	1+0	0
N/A	MF	Komljenović, DejanDejan Komljenović	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0

Sources: Prva-HNL.hr, UEFA.com

References

1. Strahija, Ivana (1 April 2012). "Varaždin iznevjerili svi". Sportnet.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 17 May 2012.
2. Strahija, Ivana (23 April 2012). "Proljetno pospremanje u HNS-u". Sportnet.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 17 May 2012.