Nogometni klub Hrvatski dragovoljac ( en, Football Club Hrvatski dragovoljac), commonly referred to as NK Hrvatski dragovoljac or simply Hrvatski dragovoljac, is a Croatian

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...

club based in the

Novi Zagreb Novi Zagreb () is the part of the City of Zagreb located south of the Sava, Sava river. Novi Zagreb forms a distinct whole because it is separated from the northern part of the city both by the river and by the levees around Sava. At the same time ...

neighbourhood of the country's capital city of

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. The team's fans are known as the "Black Warriors" ( hr, Crni ratnici). The club's home ground is

Stadion NŠC Stjepan Spajić Stadion NŠC Stjepan Spajić is a football stadium in the ''Siget'' neighborhood of Zagreb, Croatia. It was built in 2000 and serves as home stadium for the NK Hrvatski Dragovoljac Nogometni klub Hrvatski dragovoljac ( en, Football Club Hrva ...

, 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 The Croatian War of Independence was fought from 1991 to 1995 between Croat forces loyal to the Government of Croatia—which had declared independence from the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRY)—and the Serb-controlled Yugosl ...

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 The Hrvatska nogometna liga () ( en, Croatian football league), also known as HNL or for sponsorship reasons the SuperSport HNL, is the top Croatian professional football league competition, established in 1992. Previously, it was called Prva H ...

in 1996, finishing fifth in the end. In 1997, the club reached the third place in the Prva HNL and qualified for the

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, 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 The Prva nogometna liga ( en, First football league), commonly Prva NL or 1. NL, is the second tier of the football league system in Croatia. The league was formed in 1991 with the breakup of Yugoslavia and the dissolution of the Yugoslav Secon ...

**Champions (2): 1994–95 (West), 2012–13

Recent seasons

Key

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 =

*2. HNL =

Druga HNL The Prva nogometna liga ( en, First football league), commonly Prva NL or 1. NL, is the second tier of the football league system in Croatia. The league was formed in 1991 with the breakup of Yugoslavia and the dissolution of the Yugoslav Second ...

*3. HNL =

Treća HNL The Druga nogometna liga ( eng, Second football league), commonly Druga NL or 2. NL) is the third tier of the football league system. The league was established in 1991 following the dissolution of the Yugoslav League. It is operated by the Cro ...

*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

Out on loan

European record

Summary

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

Player records

*Most appearances in UEFA club competitions: 8 appearances ** Nikica Miletić *Top scorers in UEFA club competitions: 2 goals ** Mario Bazina ** Neno Katulić

Notable coaches

Branko Tucak Branko Tucak (born 19 June 1952) is a Croatian former professional football player who last coached the Rwandan national team. Career Club career Tucak played for NK Zagreb, Dinamo Zagreb, Metz, AS Nancy, Angers, Kortrijk and Thionville ...

(1998–1999) *

Milivoj Bračun Milivoj Bračun (born 22 April 1958) is a Croatian football manager and former player who was most recently the manager of Slovenian First League side FC Koper. Born in Zagreb, SR Croatia, back then within Yugoslavia, Bračun played for Dinam ...

(2000) * Gordan Ciprić (2006–07) *

Stjepan Čordaš Stjepan Čordaš (born 18 November 1951) is a Croatian footballer and later football manager. Playing career Čordaš is the record holder for the number of competitive years he spent with Osijek, playing 13 seasons with the club and captaining ...

(2007) * Vjekoslav Lokica (2007–2008) *

Albert Pobor Albert Pobor (29 May 1956 – 3 March 2022) was a Croatian football manager. He died on 3 March 2022, at the age of 65. As a player, he won the 1988 Marshal Tito Cup with Borac Banja Luka. He worked as a scout and youth coach at Dinamo Zagr ...

(2008–2009) * Damir Mužek (2009–2010) *

Davor Mladina Davor Mladina (born 26 November 1959) is a Croatian professional Association football, football Manager (association football), manager. He is the current manager of First Football League (Croatia), First League (II) NK Dugopolje, Dugopolje Man ...

(2010) * Damir Biškup ''(interim)'' (2010) * Ivan Pudar (2010) *

(2010–2011) * Damir Biškup (2011) *

(2011) * Zdenko Glumac (2011) * Dinko Vulelija (2011) * Krešimir Sunara (2011–2013) *

Krešimir Ganjto Krešimir Ganjto (born 7 November 1955) is a Croatian football manager. He took charge at Odra in January 2023, after working for Trnje, Trešnjevka, Karlovac, Vrbovec, Hrvatski Dragovoljac, Segesta and Lučko. He has also worked as a scout for ...

(2013) *

(2013–2014) * Roy Ferenčina (2014–2015) * Besnik Prenga (2015) * Iztok Kapušin (2015) *

Dean Klafurić Dean Klafurić (born 26 July 1972) is a Croatian professional football manager, currently serving as head coach for Budapest Honvéd FC of the Hungarian first division. Manager career Klafuric started to work as a coach in NK Udarnik in 20 ...

(2019)

References

External links

Official website

Hrvatski Dragovoljac
at ''Nogometni magazin'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Hrvatski Dragovoljac Football clubs in Croatia Association football clubs established in 1975

Hrvatski Dragovoljac Nogometni klub Hrvatski dragovoljac ( en, 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 c ...

1975 establishments in Croatia