NK Croatia Sesvete

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Croatia Sesvete
Croatia Sesvete09.png
Full nameNogometni klub Croatia Sesvete
Founded1957 (as NK Sljeme)
Dissolved2012
Ground Stadion ŠRC Sesvete
Capacity3,500
2011–12 2. HNL, 15th (relegated)

NK Croatia Sesvete was a Croatian football club based in the Sesvete district of the City of Zagreb.

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Previous club names: NK Sljeme (1957–1988), NK Sesvete (1988–1996), NK Badel Sesvete (1996–1997), NK Sesvete (1997–1998).

The club was dissolved in 2012 due to financial irregularities. Newly formed NK Croatia Prigorje is seen as club's spiritual successor.

2010 Match fixing scandal

In June 2010 Croatian Police started making arrests connected to match fixing in the Croatian League. 20 players in total, including 9 players from Croatia Sesvete were arrested. The nine were: Miljenko Bošnjak, Goran Jerković, Saša Mus, Ante Pokrajčić, Mario Čižmek, Marko Guja, Ivan Banović and Dario Šušak. [1] [2] It was also claimed by the police that 7 of Sesvete's 8 last matches in the league were fixed. The players received up to 40 thousand euros for the match-fixing. In some cases, players even made "safe" bets on their own games. [3]

Honours

Recent seasons

SeasonLeague Cup Top goalscorer
DivisionPWDLFAPtsPosPlayerGoals
1992
1992–93
1993–94
1994–952. HNL West3620977738693rd
1995–962. HNL West341241846644012th
1996–972. HNL Centre3019385332602nd
1997–982. HNL Centre3220666628665th QF
1998–99 2. HNL 361461652564812th
1999–2000 2. HNL 32971638483412th
2000–01 2. HNL 3418794030613rd PR
2001–02 2. HNL South 30136113329457th R1
2002–03 2. HNL South 32128124352444th R1
2003–04 2. HNL South 32118134047419th R2
2004–05 2. HNL South 32108144147389thJure Guvo8
2005–06 2. HNL South 3218596142592nd Zdravko Popović 21
2006–07 2. HNL 3018576738593rd R1 Zdravko Popović 30
2007–08 2. HNL 3020646725661st ↑ R2 Ivica Karabogdan, Vladimir Petrović 11
2008–09 1. HNL 33681931662512th Vladimir Petrović 5
2009–10 1. HNL 30352230811416th ↓ R1 Ante Pokrajčić6
2010–11 2. HNL 301241437414011th Tomi Jurić 12
2011–12 2. HNL 28442023521515th ↓ Franjo Tepurić 6

Key

1st2nd
ChampionsRunners-up Promoted Relegated

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

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