NK Hrvatski Dragovoljac

Hrvatski Dragovoljac

Full name	Nogometni klub Hrvatski Dragovoljac
Nickname(s)	The Blacks (Crni)
Founded	1975 (as NK Trnsko '75)
Ground	Stadion NŠC Stjepan Spajić
Capacity	5,000
Chairman	Ivica Perković
Manager	Alen Horvat
League	2. HNL
2014-2015	2. HNL, 10th
Website	Club home page
Home colours Away colours

NK Hrvatski dragovoljac is a Croatian football club based in the Novi Zagreb neighbourhood of the country's capital city of Zagreb. The team's fans are known as the "Black Warriors" (Croatian: Crni ratnici). The club's home ground is Stadion NŠC Stjepan Spajić, which has a capacity of 5,000.

History

The club was founded in 1975 as NK Trnsko 75, with its name being changed to ONK Novi Zagreb in 1976 and NK Novi Zagreb in 1990.

When the Croatian War of Independence began in 1991, many of the club's members volunteered to fight. In honour of those who fought and those who lost their lives in the war, the club was renamed Hrvatski dragovoljac (Croatian Volunteer) when they resumed play in 1994. They also adopted a new logo incorporating black as the team's colour.

In 1995, the club won promotion to the former Croatian First B-League, where they finished first and qualified for the championship play-off of the Prva HNL in 1996, finishing fifth in the end. In 1997, the club reached the third place in the Prva HNL and qualified for the UEFA Intertoto Cup, a success they repeated in the following two seasons with fourth and fifth-place finishes.

Name changes

• NK Trnsko '75 (1975–1976)
• ONK Novi Zagreb (1976–1990)
• NK Novi Zagreb (1990–1994)
• NK Hrvatski dragovoljac (1994–present)

Honours

• Croatian Second League (2): 1994-95 (West), 2012–13

Recent seasons

Season	League									Cup	Other Competitions		Top goalscorer
	Division	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Pos				Player	Goals
1992
1992–93
1993–94
1994–95	2. HNL West	36	30	5	1	83	12	95	1st
1995–96	1. HNL	28	14	5	9	38	34	47	5th	R1			Predrag Jurić	13
1996–97	1. A HNL	30	13	10	7	51	37	49	3rd	SF			Dragan Vukoja	19
1997–98	1. HNL	32	14	8	10	38	30	50	4th		UEFA Intertoto Cup	GS	Mario Bazina	12
1998–99	1. HNL	32	8	8	16	27	42	32	5th	R2	UEFA Intertoto Cup	R1	Mario Bazina	7
1999–2000	1. HNL	33	8	9	16	36	58	33	10th	R2	UEFA Intertoto Cup	R1	Vlatko Đolonga	10
2000–01	1. HNL	32	8	9	15	35	57	33	11th	QF			Marin Lalić	7
2001–02	1. HNL	30	9	7	14	34	45	34	13th	R2			Marin Lalić	13
2002–03	2. HNL South	32	10	4	18	44	63	34	6th	R1
2003–04	2. HNL South	32	11	9	12	36	35	42	8th	R1
2004–05	2. HNL South	32	17	8	7	62	39	59	2nd	R1			Srđan Lakić	24
2005–06	2. HNL South	32	13	9	10	48	39	48	8th	R2			Edo Flego	9
2006–07	2. HNL	30	18	4	8	60	25	58	4th	R2			Ivan Lišnić	13
2007–08	2. HNL	30	19	7	4	60	28	64	2nd				Mladen Križanović	11
2008–09	2. HNL	30	13	10	7	38	36	49	6th	R2			Niko Tokić, Danijel Zlatar	5
2009–10	2. HNL	26	11	9	6	33	21	42	3rd	PR			Ivan Begović	6
2010–11	1. HNL	30	5	8	17	24	55	33	16th	R1			Velimir Švarić	4
2011–12	2. HNL	28	10	10	8	36	37	40	8th	R1			Ivan Božić, Velimir Švarić	9
2012–13	2. HNL	30	16	5	9	39	25	53	1st				Josip Marošević	9
2013–14	1. HNL	36	7	9	20	41	61	30	10th				Stipe Bačelić-Grgić	10
2014–15	2. HNL	30	8	9	13	30	42	33	10th				Vice Kendeš	5

Key

1st	2nd	↑	↓
Champions	Runners-up	Promoted	Relegated

Top scorer shown in bold when he was also top scorer for the division.

P = Played W = Games won D = Games drawn L = Games lost F = Goals for A = Goals against Pts = Points Pos = Final position

1. HNL = Prva HNL 2. HNL = Druga HNL 3. HNL = Treća HNL

GS = Group Stage PR = Preliminary round R1 = Round 1 R2 = Round 2 QF = Quarter-finals SF = Semi-finals RU = Runners-up W = Winners

European record

Summary

Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Last season played
UEFA Intertoto Cup	8	4	0	4	10	13	1999
Total	8	4	0	4	10	13

Source: uefa.com, Last updated on 10 September 2010
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.
1997–98	Intertoto Cup	Group 2	Bastia	0–1	–	–
			Silkeborg	–	0–5	–
			Ebbw Vale	4–0	–	–
			GAK	–	3–1	–
1998–99	Intertoto Cup	R1	Lyngby Boldklub	1–4	1–0	2–4
1999–2000	Intertoto Cup	R1	Newry City F.C.	1–0	0–2	1–2

Player records

• Most appearances in UEFA club competitions: 8 appearances^[1]
  • Nikica Miletić
• Top scorers in UEFA club competitions: 2 goals^[1]
  • Mario Bazina
  • Neno Katulić

Notable coaches

Gordan Ciprić (2006–07) Stjepan Čordaš (July 1, 2007–July 30, 2007) Vjekoslav Lokica (July 1, 2007–May 15, 2008) Albert Pobor (Oct 22, 2008–Sept 14, 2009) Damir Mužek (Sept 17, 2009–March 3, 2010) Davor Mladina (March 4, 2010–Sept 19, 2010) Damir Biškup (interim) (Sept 19, 2010–Oct 3, 2010) Ivan Pudar (Oct 3, 2010–Nov 7, 2010) Davor Mladina (Nov 9, 2010–July 8, 2011) Damir Biškup (July 8, 2011–Aug 21, 2011)

Stjepan Čordaš (Aug 21, 2011–Sept 13, 2011) Zdenko Glumac (Sept 13, 2011–Nov 7, 2011) Dinko Vulelija (Nov 7, 2011–Dec 22, 2011) Krešimir Sunara (Dec 22, 2011–March 24, 2013) Krešimir Ganjto (March 24, 2013–Aug 26, 2013) Davor Mladina (Aug 27, 2013–Sept 22, 2014) Roy Ferenčina (Sept 22, 2014–May 4, 2015) Besnik Prenga (May 4, 2015–July 6, 2015) Iztok Kapušin (July 6, 2015–September 7, 2015)

References

1. "Hrvatski Dragovoljac profile". UEFA.com. Retrieved 10 September 2010.

External links

• Official website (Croatian)
• Hrvatski dragovoljac at Nogometni magazin (Croatian)