2021–22 NK Lokomotiva Zagreb season

The 2021–22 season is the 108th season in the existence of NK Lokomotiva Zagreb and the club's 13th consecutive season in the top flight of Croatian football. In addition to the domestic league, NK Lokomotiva Zagreb participated in this season's edition of the Croatian Cup.

Lokomotiva

2021–22 season
Chairman	Miroslav Gluhinić
Manager	Silvijo Čabraja
Stadium	Stadion Kranjčevićeva
Prva HNL	5th
Croatian Cup	Quarter-finals
Home colours Away colours
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Players

First-team squad

As of 20 April 2022^[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 Ivan Nevistić (on loan from Dinamo Zagreb) 4 MF  CRO Mate Maleš 5 DF  ALB Jon Mersinaj 6 DF  ALB Hajdin Salihu 7 FW  NGA Ibrahim Aliyu 8 MF  CRO Ivan Roca 10 FW  ALB Indrit Tuci 11 MF  CRO Lukas Kačavenda 13 DF  CRO Ivan Čeliković 14 MF  BIH Mateo Marić 15 DF  KOS Art Smakaj 16 DF  NED Justin de Haas 17 DF  BIH Ivan Milićević

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 MF  ALB Enis Çokaj 19 DF  CRO Josip Pivarić (Captain) 20 DF  CRO Nikola Soldo 22 MF  CRO Silvio Goričan 23 MF  CRO Luka Stojković 24 DF  BIH Branimir Cipetić 25 DF  BIH Kemal Osmanković 27 FW  CRO Marko Vranjković 29 FW  CRO Sandro Kulenović (on loan from Dinamo Zagreb) 30 MF  CRO Jakov-Anton Vasilj (on loan from Dinamo Zagreb) 32 GK  CRO Krševan Santini (Vice-captain) — GK  UKR Mykyta Turbayevskyi (on loan from Shakhtar Donetsk) — MF  UKR Illya Hulko (on loan from Shakhtar Donetsk)

Other players under contract

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  FRA Théo Barbet

No. Pos. Nation Player — FW  ALB Francesco Tahiraj

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 2 DF  ALB Albion Marku (at Partizani Tirana until 30 June 2022) 28 MF  CRO Luka Dajčer (at Jarun Zagreb until 30 June 2022) 59 FW  ALB Sherif Kallaku (at Partizani Tirana until 30 June 2022) — GK  CRO Luka Matasović (at Mladost Ždralovi until 30 June 2022) — GK  GER Marin Topić (at Jadran Luka Ploče until 30 June 2022) — GK  CRO Matija Jesenović (at Međimurje until 30 June 2022) — DF  ALB Keslin Shani (at Laçi until 30 June 2022)

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF  CRO Marko Šuto (at Croatia Zmijavci until 30 June 2022) — MF  CRO Dalibor Vrbanić (at Jarun Zagreb until 30 June 2022) — MF  CRO Gabriel Groznica (at Jarun Zagreb until 30 June 2022) — MF  CRO Lovro Dobrić (at Jarun Zagreb until 30 June 2022) — FW  ALB Arbër Mehmetllari (at Dinamo Tirana until 30 June 2022) — FW  CRO Bruno Zdunić (at Sesvete until 30 June 2022) — FW  AUT Raul Florucz (at Jarun Zagreb until 30 June 2022) — FW  CRO Vanja Pelko (at Zagorec until 30 June 2022)

Transfers

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Panathinaikos v Lokomotiva

6 August 2021 Friendly	Panathinaikos	2–2	Lokomotiva	Athens, Greece
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Chatzigiovanis 40' (pen.), 41'		Kačavenda 18' Artistico 87'	Stadium: Grigoris Lambrakis Stadium

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Prva HNL	17 July 2021	20 May 2022	Matchday 1	5th	36	12	13	11	55	50	+5	033.33
Croatian Cup	21 September 2021	30 November 2021	First round	Quarter-finals	3	1	1	1	7	9	−2	033.33
Total					39	13	14	12	62	59	+3	033.33

Last updated: 20 May 2022
Source: Soccerway

Prva HNL

Main article: 2021–22 Croatian First Football League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
3	Osijek	36	19	12	5	49	29	+20	69	Qualification to Europa Conference League second qualifying round
4	Rijeka	36	20	5	11	71	51	+20	65
5	Lokomotiva	36	12	13	11	55	50	+5	49
6	Gorica	36	12	9	15	43	50	−7	45
7	Slaven Belupo	36	9	9	18	35	54	−19	36

Source: PrvaHNL.hr
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored (at home if two teams tied); 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Play-off
(Note: Criteria 2-4 and 7 is only used if deciding champion, teams to international competition or teams for relegation and in that case criteria 6 will not be used).^[2]

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
3	2	1	0	7	5	+2	7	1	1	0	5	4	+1	1	0	0	2	1	+1

Last updated: 30 July 2021.
Source: Prva HNL

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	31	32	33	34	35	36
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H
Result	D	W	W	W	W	L	L	D	L	L	W	D	L	L	W	D	L	D	D	L	W	L	D	D	W	D	W	L	W	D	W	D	D	D	L	W
Position

Updated to match(es) played on 20 May 2022. Source: Prva HNL
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 8 June 2021.^[3]

Lokomotiva v Hajduk Split

17 July 2021 1	Lokomotiva	2–2	Hajduk Split	Zagreb
18:55 CEST (UTC+2)	Soldo 42' Dabro 47' Kačavenda  68' Marić  84'	Report	Mlakar 30', 55'	Stadium: Stadion Kranjčevićeva Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Tihomir Pejin

Slaven Belupo v Lokomotiva

24 July 2021 2	Slaven Belupo	1–2	Lokomotiva	Koprivnica
18:55 CEST (UTC+2)	Krstanović 66' (pen.)	Report	Çokaj 22' Pivarić 80'	Stadium: Gradski stadion Attendance: 513 Referee: Dario Bel

Lokomotiva v Hrvatski Dragovoljac

30 July 2021 3	Lokomotiva	3–2	Hrvatski Dragovoljac	Zagreb
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stadion Kranjčevićeva Attendance: 182 Referee: Dario Kulušić

Lokomotiva v Istra 1961

14 August 2021 5	Lokomotiva	4–0	Istra 1961	Zagreb
18:55 CEST (UTC+2)	Cipetić  6' Kačavenda  13' Dabro 20', 49',  20' Aliyu 31', 45' De Haas  65'	Report	Navarro  24' Blagojević  33' Daničić  68'	Stadium: Stadion Kranjčevićeva Attendance: 307 Referee: Tihomir Pejin

Dinamo Zagreb v Lokomotiva

21 August 2021 6	Dinamo Zagreb	1–0	Lokomotiva	Zagreb
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Oršić 77'	Report		Stadium: Stadion Maksimir Attendance: 1,190 Referee: Dario Kulušić

Lokomotiva v Gorica

28 August 2021 7	Lokomotiva	0–1	Gorica	Zagreb
18:55 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Çokaj  39' Aliyu  72'	Report	Lovrić 74' Kalik  78' Doka  82' Steenvoorden  88' Jovičić  89'	Stadium: Stadion Kranjčevićeva Attendance: 384 Referee: Duje Strukan

Lokomotiva v Osijek

12 September 2021 8	Lokomotiva	1–1	Osijek	Zagreb
19:05 CEST (UTC+2)	Nevistić  40' Kačavenda  62' Dabro 70'	Report	Miérez  35' Fiolić  36'  75' Topčagić  82', 90+2' Škorić  85' Nejašmić  86'	Stadium: Stadion Kranjčevićeva Attendance: 491 Referee: Mario Zebec

Hajduk Split v Lokomotiva

26 September 2021 10	Hajduk Split	1–0	Lokomotiva	Split
19:05 CEST (UTC+2)	Livaja  9', 80' Simić  41'	Report	Maleš  41' Kačavenda  56' Marić  63' Pivarić  70' De Haas  78' Cipetić  90+2'	Stadium: Stadion Poljud Attendance: 7,657 Referee: Ivan Bebek

Rijeka v Lokomotiva

20 October 2021 4	Rijeka	1–2	Lokomotiva	Rijeka
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Escoval  26' Obregón  64' Jurišić  67' Drmić 82'	Report	Milićević 15' Dabro  28', 58' Çokaj  36' Cipetić  88'	Stadium: Rujevica Attendance: 2,361 Referee: Dario Kulušić

Lokomotiva v Rijeka

24 October 2021 13	Lokomotiva	0–2	Rijeka	Zagreb
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Kačavenda  70'	Report	Issah  41' Murić 45+1' Gnezda Čerin  51' Drmić 64', 81' Smolčić  73'	Stadium: Kranjčevićeva Attendance: 571 Referee: Dario Bel

Istra 1961 v Lokomotiva

1 November 2021 14	Istra 1961	2–1	Lokomotiva	Pula
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Nevistić 8' (o.g.) Bandé  20' Marin  38' Galilea  38' Beljo 54' (pen.) Serderov  90+2'	Report	Dabro 15' Mersinaj  33' Cipetić  45' Florucz  84'	Stadium: Stadion Aldo Drosina Attendance: 261 Referee: Igor Pajač

Lokomotiva v Dinamo Zagreb

7 November 2021 15	Lokomotiva	1–0	Dinamo Zagreb	Zagreb
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Marić 8',  22' De Haas  27' Soldo  90+7' Goričan  90+7' Santini  90+8'	Report	Théophile-Catherine  35' Petković 38',  90+6'	Stadium: Stadion Kranjčevićeva Attendance: 2,027 Referee: Igor Pajač

Gorica v Lokomotiva

21 November 2021 16	Gorica	2–2	Lokomotiva	Velika Gorica
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Fruk 3' Pršir 24' Jovičić  43' Stojanovski  56'	Report	Aliyu 34' Cipetić  50' Kačavenda  53' Pivarić 60'	Stadium: Stadion Radnik Attendance: 350 Referee: Dario Bel

Osijek v Lokomotiva

26 November 2021 17	Osijek	3–1	Lokomotiva	Osijek
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Bartolec  39' Nejašmić 40' Fiolić  51', 90+6' Jugović  57' Miérez  70' Bočkaj  76' Daku 86'	Report	Kulenović 9' Aliyu  12'  72' Marić  37' Çokaj  58'  90+3' Soldo  76'	Stadium: Stadion Gradski vrt Attendance: 1,083 Referee: Igor Pajač

Lokomotiva v Hajduk Split

11 December 2021 19	Lokomotiva	3–3	Hajduk Split	Zagreb
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Elez 11' (o.g.) Mersinaj  48' Marić 63',  69' Kačavenda  83' Katić 86' (o.g.)	Report	Livaja 34' Mlakar 77', 81' Katić  78'	Stadium: Stadion Kranjčevićeva Attendance: 2,776 Referee: Tihomir Pejin

Rijeka v Lokomotiva

5 February 2022 22	Rijeka	3–2	Lokomotiva	Rijeka
17:30 CET (UTC+1)	Murić 25', 39' Solano  37' Vučkić 60' Čestić  85' Vuk  90+3'	Report	Çokaj  45' Mersinaj  56' Dabro 58' Kačavenda  68' Kulenović 79',  90'	Stadium: Rujevica Attendance: 2,855 Referee: Duje Strukan

Lokomotiva v Istra 1961

12 February 2022 23	Lokomotiva	1–1	Istra 1961	Zagreb
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Salihu  8'  43' Kulenović 80' Çokaj  90' Aliyu  90+2'	Report	Galilea  50' Beljo 54' Mahmoud  56' Perera  59' Perković  75'	Stadium: Stadion Kranjčevićeva Attendance: 326 Referee: Tihomir Pejin

Dinamo Zagreb v Lokomotiva

20 February 2022 24	Dinamo Zagreb	0–0	Lokomotiva	Zagreb
17:05 CET (UTC+1)	Lauritsen  2' Štefulj  90+3'	Report	Mersinaj  17' Marić  74' Dabro  77' Kačavenda  83'	Stadium: Stadion Maksimir Attendance: 1,886 Referee: Igor Pajač

Lokomotiva v Gorica

26 February 2022 25	Lokomotiva	2–0	Gorica	Zagreb
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Kulenović 18' Smakaj  39' Dabro 71'	Report	Kotarski  59' Atiemwen  61'	Stadium: Stadion Kranjčevićeva Attendance: 319 Referee: Dario Kulušić

Lokomotiva v Osijek

4 March 2022 26	Lokomotiva	0–0	Osijek	Zagreb
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Mersinaj  85'	Report	Škorić  31'	Stadium: Stadion Kranjčevićeva Attendance: 884 Referee: Mario Zebec

Hajduk Split v Lokomotiva

19 March 2022 28	Hajduk Split	4–0	Lokomotiva	Split
17:05 CET (UTC+1)	Kalinić 22' Krovinović 43' Melnjak 54' Sahiti 62' Lovrencsics  79' Ljubičić  90'	Report	Pivarić  33' Maleš  45+2' Dabro  56' Mersinaj  90+1'	Stadium: Stadion Poljud Attendance: 11,873 Referee: Igor Pajač

Lokomotiva v Rijeka

16 April 2022 31	Lokomotiva	2–1	Rijeka	Zagreb
19:10 CEST (UTC+2)	Milićević  11' Stojković 38' Kačavenda 46' Cipetić  77' Salihu  87'	Report	Drmić 90+2'	Stadium: Kranjčevićeva Attendance: 885 Referee: Dario Bel

Istra 1961 v Lokomotiva

23 April 2022 32	Istra 1961	2–2	Lokomotiva	Pula
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Beljo 16' Perera  37' Cáseres 68' Perković  85'	Report	Marić 27' Mersinaj  47' Kulenović 90+5'	Stadium: Stadion Aldo Drosina Attendance: 500 Referee: Dario Bel

Lokomotiva v Dinamo Zagreb

1 May 2022 33	Lokomotiva	1–1	Dinamo Zagreb	Zagreb
19:05 CEST (UTC+2)	Kulenović 30' (pen.) Mersinaj  82' Marić  88'	Report	Soldo 50' (o.g.)	Stadium: Stadion Kranjčevićeva Attendance: 3,857 Referee: Ivan Bebek

Gorica v Lokomotiva

7 May 2022 34	Gorica	3–3	Lokomotiva	Velika Gorica
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Pršir  13' Atiemwen 24' Keita  30'  43' Kalik 40', 90' (pen.),  82' Jovičić  43' Mitrović  44'	Report	Çokaj  35' Pivarić  38'  67', 42' Aliyu 63' Kulenović 85'	Stadium: Stadion Radnik Attendance: 723 Referee: Tihomir Pejin

Osijek v Lokomotiva

15 May 2022 35	Osijek	1–0	Lokomotiva	Osijek
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Žaper 25' Brlek  42' Jurčević  53' Bralić  90+3'	Report	Çokaj  48' Kulenović  52' Kačavenda  78' Vranjković  78' Soldo  87'	Stadium: Stadion Gradski vrt Attendance: 2,638 Referee: Duje Strukan

Croatian Cup

Main article: 2021–22 Croatian Football Cup

References

1. "1. momčad – igrači" [First squad – players] (in Croatian). NK Lokomotiva Zagreb. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
2. "Propozicije natjecanja za prvenstvo Hrvatski Telekom Prve lige za natjecateljsku godinu 2021/2022" (PDF). hns-cff.hr (in Croatian). 28 June 2021. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
3. "Poznat raspored Prve HNL za sljedeću sezonu, Rijeka otvara s Goricom na Rujevici". Novi list. 8 June 2021.