NK Hrvatski Dragovoljac

Nogometni klub Hrvatski dragovoljac (English: Football Club Hrvatski dragovoljac), commonly referred to as NK Hrvatski dragovoljac or simply 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.

Hrvatski dragovoljac

Full name	Nogometni klub Hrvatski dragovoljac
Nickname(s)	Crni (The Blacks)
Founded	1975; 45 years ago (as NK Trnsko '75)
Ground	Stadion NŠC Stjepan Spajić
Capacity	5,000 5,350
Chairman	Marinko Perić
Manager	Krešimir Sunara
League	First League (II)
Website	https://nk-hrvatskidragovoljac.hr/
Home colours Away colours
Current season

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
  • Champions (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
1992–93	RNL NSZR								1st ↑
1993–94	3. HNL Centre	30	15	9	6	56	28	39	4th ↑
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
2015–16	2. HNL	33	11	7	15	29	39	40	10th				Vice Kendeš, Niko Tokić	6
2016–17	2. HNL	33	9	9	15	30	39	36	10th				Valentino Majstorović	5
2017–18	2. HNL	33	8	10	15	37	48	34	11th				Valentino Majstorović	11
2018–19	2. HNL	26	7	6	13	23	29	27	12th				Valentino Majstorović	7
2019–20	2. HNL	19	7	5	7	21	26	26	9th				Vinko Petković	7
2020–21	2. HNL	34	16	11	7	49	39	59	1st ↑				Valentino Majstorović	7
2021–22	1. HNL	36	4	7	25	31	75	19	10th ↓				Valentino Majstorović	6
2022–23	1.NL	33	4	10	19	32	59	22	12th ↓				Toni Vinogradac	7

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

Players

Current squad

As of 23 April 2023^[1]

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 Mario Marić (captain) 2 DF  CRO Bartul Markovina 3 DF  SRB Adnan Islamović 4 MF  CRO Luka Išlić (on loan from Lokomotiva Zagreb) 5 DF  CRO Fran Kobetić 6 MF  SRB Vanja Marković 9 FW  CRO Toni Vinogradac 12 GK  CRO Jan Paolo Debijađi 13 FW  GHA Seth Amoateng 15 DF  CRO Kristijan Čabrajić (on loan from Lokomotiva Zagreb) 16 DF  CHN Luo Hanbowen 17 FW  CRO Ivan Lendrić 18 DF  CRO Uwem Alexander (on loan from Osijek)

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 DF  CRO Josip Filipović 20 DF  CRO Ivan Žutić 21 MF  BRA Marcello Pistelli 22 DF  CRO Dominik Braun (on loan from Dinamo Zagreb) 23 MF  CRO Filip Pobi 24 FW  CRO Bruno Zdunić (on loan from Lokomotiva Zagreb) 26 MF  CRO Mihovil Šutalo 27 DF  BIH Ivan Marić 28 FW  CRO Mario Veljača (on loan from Lokomotiva Zagreb) 29 MF  CRO Branimir Ćavar 30 MF  CRO Ive Bilić 35 MF  CRO Antonio Perić 97 GK  CRO Antonio Tuta

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF  CRO Stipe Vulikić (at Perugia until 30 June 2023)

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

Notable coaches

• Branko Tucak (1998–1999)
• Milivoj Bračun (2000)
• Gordan Ciprić (2006–07)
• Stjepan Čordaš (2007)
• Vjekoslav Lokica (2007–2008)
• Albert Pobor (2008–2009)
• Damir Mužek (2009–2010)
• Davor Mladina (2010)
• Damir Biškup (interim) (2010)
• Ivan Pudar (2010)
• Davor Mladina (2010–2011)
• Damir Biškup (2011)
• Stjepan Čordaš (2011)
• Zdenko Glumac (2011)
• Dinko Vulelija (2011)
• Krešimir Sunara (2011–2013)
• Krešimir Ganjto (2013)
• Davor Mladina (2013–2014)
• Roy Ferenčina (2014–2015)
• Besnik Prenga (2015)
• Iztok Kapušin (2015)
• Dean Klafurić (2019)

References

1. "Momčad" [Team] (in Croatian). NK Hrvatski Dragovoljac. 6 August 2021.
2. "Hrvatski Dragovoljac profile". UEFA.com. Retrieved 10 September 2010.

External links

• Official website (in Croatian) (archived 27 September 2013)
• Hrvatski Dragovoljac at Nogometni magazin (in Croatian)