NK Zadar

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NK Zadar
NK Zadar logo.png
Full nameNogometni klub Zadar
Founded1945;80 years ago (1945) as FD Zadar
Dissolved20 July 2020;4 years ago (2020-07-20)
Ground Stadion Stanovi
Capacity5,860
2019–20 Treća HNL – South, 11th (relegated)

Nogometni klub Zadar (English: Football Club Zadar), commonly referred to as NK Zadar or simply Zadar, was a Croatian football club based in Zadar, a city on the Adriatic coast, best known for playing in the top flight of Croatian football for almost twenty years. [1]

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History

The first football club in Zadar was established in 1876 and was named AC Dalmazia. The club played mostly in Italian leagues until the city annexation to Yugoslavia in 1945. On 26 April 1945, a new club named Fiskulturno društvo Zadar was founded, with departments of football, basketball and athletics. On 9 February 1949, the football department was spun off as NK Zadar. [2]

Zadar played in the Yugoslav Second League on a number of occasions, most recently in 1986.

In 1992, as Zadarkomerc the club was a founding member of the Croatian First League. Since 2001, the club has officially been called NK Zadar.

The club's greatest success in the Croatian Football Cup was achieved in season 1995–96, when they lost in the semi-final against Croatia Zagreb. [3]

NK Zadar played in the top tier from 1992 to 1999, from 2001 to 2005, and from 2007 to 2015. Most recently, the club has been experiencing financial difficulties, and after two seasons spent in the Croatian Third League – South (2016–17, 2017–18), the club was promoted to the Croatian Second League. After a mid-table finish in 2018–19, Zadar were administratively relegated to the Third League. As of June 2019, the club had hired an attorney to appeal against their relegation. [4]

On 20 July 2020 it was announced that NK Zadar had dissolved because of bankruptcy. A new team, HNK Zadar, was announced as its formal successor.

Stadium

NK Zadar's home stadium is the Stanovi with a capacity of 3,858 persons. [5]

Supporters

The club's supporters are known as the Tornado Zadar.

Honours

Seasons

Club's logo until 2014 NK Zadar.svg
Club's logo until 2014
SeasonLeague Cup Top goalscorer
DivisionPWDLFAPtsPosPlayerGoals
1992 1. HNL 22451320491310th Mate Šestan 6
1992–93 1. HNL 30971430482512th SF Đovani Roso 9
1993–94 1. HNL 34817924363311th R2 Josip Butić, Anđelko Kvesić5
1994–95 1. HNL 307101333473113th ↓ R2 Hari Vukas 6
1995–96 1. B HNL 3016774630552nd ↑ SF Zoran Vujčić 8
1996–97 1. A HNL 301171239454010th R1 Saša Bjelanović, Joško Španjić 6
1997–98 1. HNL 32105173650356th R2 Jakov Surać 8
1998–99 1. HNL 32971640543411th ↓ R2 Jakša Krstulović10
1999–2000 2. HNL 3219584725623rd R1 Miroslav Vukić14
2000–01 2. HNL 3418794030614th ↑ R2
2001–02 1. HNL 3099124347369th R2 Zoran Zekić 14
2002–03 1. HNL 32961736713310th R2 Dragan Blatnjak 8
2003–04 1. HNL 32711144671326th R2 Mate Brajković 12
2004–05 1. HNL 321022036703212th ↓ R1 Leonardo Barnjak 11
2005–06 2. HNL South 32156115234517th R1 Želimir Terkeš 11
2006–07 2. HNL 3020555525652nd ↑ R1 Goran Burčul10
2007–08 1. HNL 33117154961409th R1 Želimir Terkeš 21
2008–09 1. HNL 33781828492911th R2 Želimir Terkeš 7
2009–10 1. HNL 30971427413412th Antonio Mršić, Ivan Santini 6
2010–11 1. HNL 301151431343810th Ivan Santini 10
2011–12 1. HNL 301171229444010th R1 Ivan Santini 10
2012–13 1. HNL 3398153759359th QF Stipe Perica 8
2013–14 1. HNL 36105213567357th QF Josip Ivančić 8
2014–15 1. HNL 36882037753210th ↓ QF Ivan Krstanović 6
2015–16 2. HNL 33582030732312th ↓ R2 Vlatko Blažević 10
2016–17 3. HNL South 341310115040497th R1 Vlatko Blažević 25
2017–18 3. HNL South3016687437543rd ↑ R2 Karlo Torbarina16
2018–19 2. HNL 2697103640348th ↓ R2 Antonio Repić12
2019–20 3. HNL South187652925276th ↓↓ R2 Josip Anić5

Key

1st2nd
ChampionsRunners-up Promoted Relegated

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

Notable players

To appear in this section a player must have:

Years in brackets indicate their spells at the club.

Note: For a complete list of NK Zadar players, see Category:NK Zadar players.

Managerial history

References

  1. "Organizacija – NK ZADAR". Archived from the original on 12 February 2018.
  2. "History of the club on the official website". Archived from the original on 24 July 2012. Retrieved 17 June 2014.
  3. RSSSF.com
  4. "NK Zadar angažirao odvjetnika i uložio žalbu na odluku HNS-a o izbacivanju iz Druge lige". Antena Zadar. 6 June 2019.
  5. "Stadion". NK Zadar.
  6. "Jakov Surać CFS Profile". Croatian Football Statistics. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
  7. "Fahrudin Šehić CFS Profile". Croatian Football Statistics. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
  8. "Zvonimir Jurić CFS Profile". Croatian Football Statistics. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
  9. "Dalibor Zebić CFS Profile". Croatian Football Statistics. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
  10. "Josip Bilaver CFS Profile". Croatian Football Statistics. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
  11. "Želimir Terkeš CFS Profile". Croatian Football Statistics. Retrieved 7 December 2014.