2020–21 NK Istra 1961 season

NK Istra 1961

2020–21 season
Owner	Baskonia - Alavés Group
Manager	Ivan Prelec (until 15 August 2020) Fausto Budicin (26 August 2020 - 11 February 2021) Danijel Jumić (since 11 February 2021)
Stadium	Stadion Aldo Drosina
Prva HNL	9th
Croatian Cup	Runners-up
Top goalscorer	League: Matej Vuk (6) All: Taichi Hara (8)
Highest home attendance	761 v Šibenik (26 September 2020)
Lowest home attendance	761 v Šibenik (26 September 2020)
Average home league attendance	42[1]
Home colours

The 2020–21 NK Istra 1961 season was the club's 60th season in existence and the 12th consecutive season in the top flight of Croatian football.

First-team squad

As of 23 February 2021^[2]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  AUT Ivan Lučić 2 DF  CRO Luka Hujber 3 DF  ESP Sergi González (on loan from Deportivo Alavés) 4 DF  ESP Rafael Páez (on loan from Deportivo Alavés) 6 DF  CRO Petar Bosančić 7 FW  CRO Šime Gržan 8 MF  ESP Einar Galilea (on loan from Deportivo Alavés) 9 FW  JPN Taichi Hara 10 FW  BIH Gedeon Guzina 11 FW  CRO Josip Špoljarić (on loan from NK Osijek) 12 DF  ESP Rafa Navarro (on loan from Deportivo Alavés) 14 MF  ESP Antonio Perera (on loan from Deportivo Alavés) 16 GK  CMR Fabrice Ondoa (on loan from Deportivo Alavés) 17 MF  SEN Arona Sané 18 FW  BFA Hassane Bandé (on loan from Ajax)

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 MF  CRO Antonio Ivančić 21 GK  CRO Lovro Majkić 22 MF  CRO Matej Vuk (on loan from Rijeka) 23 MF  MNE Stefan Lončar 24 MF  CRO Dino Halilović 27 DF  CRO Josip Tomašević 28 FW  CRO Leon Šipoš (on loan from Spartaks Jūrmala) 30 DF  AUT Mario Lovre Vojković 31 DF  CRO Toni Burić 34 MF  CRO Mateo Lisica 36 FW  CRO Marko Bibić 37 DF  CRO Josip Šutalo (on loan from Dinamo Zagreb) 39 DF  CRO Mauro Perković 42 GK  CRO Jan Paus-Kunšt 44 DF  POR João Silva 63 MF  WAL Dylan Levitt (on loan from Manchester United) 77 MF  CRO Slavko Blagojević 96 GK  CRO Lovro Juric

Transfers

In

Pos	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
MF	Antonio Perera	Deportivo Alavés	Loan	26 August 2020	[3]
DF	Luka Hujber	Lokomotiva	Free	4 September 2020	[4]
MF	Dino Halilović	Lokomotiva	Undisclosed	4 September 2020	[5]
GK	Lovro Juric	Dinamo Zagreb II	Free	11 September 2020	[4]
DF	Mario Lovre Vojković	SV Ried	Free	14 September 2020	[4]
MF	Matej Vuk	Rijeka	Loan	15 September 2020	[6]
FW	Josip Špoljarić	Osijek	Loan	28 September 2020	[7]
DF	Kim Hyun-woo	Dinamo Zagreb II	Loan	29 September 2020	[7]
MF	Kim Gyu-hyeong	Dinamo Zagreb II	Loan	29 September 2020	[7]
DF	Rafa Navarro	Deportivo Alavés	Loan	5 October 2020	[8]
GK	Ivan Lučić	No team	Free	23 November 2020	[9]
DF	Josip Šutalo	Dinamo Zagreb	Loan	18 January 2021	[10]
DF	João Silva	Sporting CP	Free	2 February 2021	[11]
FW	Leon Šipoš	Spartaks Jūrmala	Loan	2 February 2021	[12]
FW	Hassane Bandé	Ajax	Loan	9 February 2021	[13]
FW	Taichi Hara	Tokyo	Free	10 February 2021	[14]
GK	Fabrice Ondoa	Deportivo Alavés	Loan	13 February 2021	[13]
MF	Dylan Levitt	Manchester United	Loan	15 February 2021	[13]

Source: Glasilo Hrvatskog nogometnog saveza

Out

Pos	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
MF	Matija Fintić	Dinamo Zagreb II	Back from loan	5 August 2020
MF	Mario Munivrana	No team	Free	7 August 2020	[15]
MF	Denis Bušnja	Rijeka	Back from loan	9 August 2020
FW	Ivan Delić	Hajduk Split	Back from loan	10 August 2020
DF	Marin Grujević	No team	Free	14 August 2020
MF	Ivan Močinić	No team	Free	14 August 2020	[16]
DF	Martin Franić	No team	Free	19 August 2020	[17]
GK	Josip Čondrić	Rotor Volgograd	122,000 €	28 August 2020	[18]
FW	Josip Maganjić	Fiorentina	Back from loan	31 August 2020
DF	Markus Pavić	No team	Free	14 August 2020	[19]
MF	Obeng Regan	No team	Free	8 September 2020	[20]
GK	Tomislav Duka	Zagora Unešić	Free	11 September 2020	[21]
GK	Tony Macan	Uljanik	Loan	18 September 2020
DF	Agron Rufati	Zorya Luhansk	Undisclosed	18 September 2020	[22]
FW	Karolis Laukžemis	No team	Free	24 September 2020	[23]
MF	Octavio Páez	No team	Free	4 October 2020	[24]
MF	Drilon Sadiku	Lierse	Free	5 October 2020
FW	Robert Perić-Komšić	Cibalia	Loan	9 October 2020
MF	Adrián Fuentes	Deportivo Alavés	Recalled from loan	29 January 2021	[25]
FW	Vice Miljanić	Inter Zaprešić	Free	6 February 2021	[26]
DF	Kim Hyun-woo	Dinamo Zagreb II	Recalled from loan	11 February 2021
MF	Kim Gyu-hyeong	Dinamo Zagreb II	Recalled from loan	11 February 2021

Source: Glasilo Hrvatskog nogometnog saveza

Total spending: 0 €

Total income: 122,000 €

Total expenditure: 122,000 €

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
HT Prva liga	16 August 2020	22 May 2021	Matchday 1	9th	36	7	8	21	27	52	−25	019.44
Croatian Cup	7 October 2020	19 May 2021	First round	Runners-up	5	4	0	1	13	8	+5	080.00
Total					41	11	8	22	40	60	−20	026.83

Last updated: 23 May 2021
Source: Soccerway

HT Prva liga

Main article: 2020–21 Croatian First Football League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
6	Šibenik	36	9	8	19	32	47	−15	35
7	Slaven Belupo	36	7	13	16	36	53	−17	34
8	Lokomotiva	36	7	9	20	29	60	−31	30
9	Istra 1961	36	7	8	21	27	52	−25	29
10	Varaždin (R)	36	6	10	20	30	61	−31	28	Relegation for the Croatian Second Football League

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).^[27]
(R) Relegated

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
36	7	8	21	27	52	−25	29	6	2	10	16	23	−7	1	6	11	11	29	−18

Last updated: 23 May 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	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	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	L	L	L	D	W	D	L	L	W	L	L	D	D	L	W	W	L	L	L	D	L	L	W	W	D	L	L	L	L	D	L	L	D	W	L
Position	8	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	10	8	8	10	10	8	10	8	8	8	9	9	10	10	10	9	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	10	10	10	9	9

Updated to match(es) played on 22 May 2021. Source: Prva HNL
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Hajduk Split v Istra 1961

16 August 2020 1	Hajduk Split	2–0	Istra 1961	Split
17:55 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Čuić  53' Dimitrov 72'*Gyurcsó 83' Caktaš  90+4'	Report	Blagojević  34'	Stadium: Stadion Poljud Attendance: 0 Referee: Mario Zebec

Istra 1961 v Dinamo Zagreb

21 August 2020 2	Istra 1961	0–1	Dinamo Zagreb	Pula
20:05 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Regan  23' Sergi  75' Páez  86' Blagojević  86' Tomašević  89'	Report	Kastrati  34'  57' Petković 87' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadion Aldo Drosina Attendance: 0 Referee: Dario Bel

Rijeka v Istra 1961

29 August 2020 3	Rijeka	2–1	Istra 1961	Rijeka
17:55 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Andrijašević 13', 69' (pen.) Galović  53' Čerin  81' Capan  90+5'	Report	Bosančić  62' Guzina 70'	Stadium: Stadion Rujevica Attendance: 0 Referee: Fran Jović

Istra 1961 v Varaždin

12 September 2020 4	Istra 1961	0–1	Varaždin	Pula
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Blagojević  25' Guzina  57' Galilea  83' Hujber  86'	Report	Senić  5', 37' Kolarić  64'	Stadium: Stadion Aldo Drosina Attendance: 0 Referee: Duje Strukan

Gorica v Istra 1961

19 September 2020 5	Gorica	2–2	Istra 1961	Velika Gorica
17:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Špikić  11' 29' Lovrić  56' Steenvoorden  73' Delfi 89'	Report	Gržan  7' 76' (pen.) Vuk 11' Galilea  30' Tomašević  41'	Stadium: Stadion Radnik Attendance: 837 Referee: Dario Bel

Istra 1961 v Šibenik

26 September 2020 6	Istra 1961	1–0	Šibenik	Pula
17:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Ivančić 39' Sergi  76' Bosančić  82'	Report	Bilić  69'	Stadium: Stadion Aldo Drosina Attendance: 761 Referee: Igor Pajač

Lokomotiva v Istra 1961

2 October 2020 7	Lokomotiva	0–0	Istra 1961	Zagreb
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Karačić  46' Kallaku  48' Đira  51' Sammir  68'	Report	Galilea  18' Bosančić  44'	Stadium: Stadion Kranjčevićeva Attendance: 330 Referee: Tihomir Pejin

Slaven Belupo v Istra 1961

16 October 2020 8	Slaven Belupo	5–1	Istra 1961	Koprivnica
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Božić 31' 45+2' Krstanović 50' (pen.) Mlinar  53' Glavčić 61' Boakye 79'	Report	Vuk 85'	Stadium: Gradski stadion Attendance: 308 Referee: Zdenko Lovrić

Istra 1961 v Hajduk Split

31 October 2020 10	Istra 1961	1–0	Hajduk Split	Pula
17:05 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Sergi  44' Halilović  56' Galilea  75' Vuk 86'	Report	Jradi  35' Caktaš  90+6'	Stadium: Stadion Aldo Drosina Attendance: 0 Referee: Tihomir Pejin

Dinamo Zagreb v Istra 1961

8 November 2020 11	Dinamo Zagreb	5–0	Istra 1961	Zagreb
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Gavranović 6', 75' Jakić 45+1' Oršić 76' Tolić 87'	Report	Bosančić  72'	Stadium: Stadion Maksimir Attendance: 0 Referee: Mario Zebec

Istra 1961 v Osijek

25 November 2020 9	Istra 1961	1–4	Osijek	Pula
17:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Špoljarić 7' Vuk  34' Blagojević  44' Perera  45+1'	Report	Miérez 31'  52' Bohar 45' (pen.) Žaper 68' Erceg  74' 75' Talys  84'	Stadium: Stadion Aldo Drosina Attendance: 0 Referee: Goran Pečarić

Varaždin v Istra 1961

28 November 2020 13	Varaždin	1–1	Istra 1961	Varaždin
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Obregón 51' Benko  85'	Report	Blagojević  67' Perera  81' Bosančić  89' Gržan 90+7' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadion Varteks Attendance: 0 Referee: Igor Pajač

Istra 1961 v Gorica

19 January 2021 14	Istra 1961	1–1	Gorica	Pula
16:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Špoljarić  52' Vuk 57' Galilea  90'	Report	Golubickas  9' Jovičić 68'	Stadium: Stadion Aldo Drosina Attendance: 0 Referee: Ivan Vučković

Istra 1961 v Slaven Belupo

24 January 2021 17	Istra 1961	2–1	Slaven Belupo	Pula
17:05 CET (UTC+01:00)	Tomašević  37' Galilea  57' Hujber  67' Špoljarić 81' (pen.) 90+1' (pen.) Šutalo  87'	Report	Glavčić 10' Goda  28' Bogojević  40' Bačelić-Grgić  45+1' van Bruggen  80'	Stadium: Stadion Aldo Drosina Attendance: 0 Referee: Igor Pajač

Istra 1961 v Rijeka

27 January 2021 12	Istra 1961	1–2	Rijeka	Pula
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Ivančić  32' Špoljarić 38' Bosančić  40'	Report	Andrijašević 29' 65' (pen.) Smolčić  82'	Stadium: Aldo Drosina Attendance: 0 Referee: Ivan Vučković

Osijek v Istra 1961

30 January 2021 18	Osijek	1–0	Istra 1961	Osijek
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Miérez  6' 30' (pen.) Žaper  86' Jurčević  89'	Report	Lončar  13' Tomašević  45+3' Hujber  52' G. Kim  88' Šutalo  90+4'	Stadium: Gradski Vrt Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Duje Strukan

Hajduk Split v Istra 1961

3 February 2021 19	Hajduk Split	1–0	Istra 1961	Split
19:10 CET (UTC+01:00)	Nayir 16'  66' Atanasov  45+1'	Report	Vojković  7' Tomašević  25'	Stadium: Poljud Attendance: 0 Referee: Zdenko Lovrić

Istra 1961 v Dinamo Zagreb

7 February 2021 20	Istra 1961	0–1	Dinamo Zagreb	Pula
17:05 CET (UTC+01:00)	Tomašević  46' Perera  56' Šutalo  81'	Report	Jakić  35' Atiemwen 36'	Stadium: Stadion Aldo Drosina Attendance: 0 Referee: Zdenko Lovrić

Šibenik v Istra 1961

10 February 2021 15	Šibenik	1–0	Istra 1961	Šibenik
16:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Mesa  39' Jurić 52'  56' E. Sahiti  71'	Report	Bosančić  44' Galilea  90+3'	Stadium: Stadion Šubićevac Attendance: 0 Referee: Tihomir Pejin

Rijeka v Istra 1961

14 February 2021 21	Rijeka	1–1	Istra 1961	Rijeka
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Murić 8' Pavičić  9' Arsenić  26' Mudražija  32' Vukčević  78' Lončar  90+3'	Report	Gržan 5' Sergi  16' Tomašević  34' Galilea  46' Bosančić  70' Hujber  86' Lučić  90+4'	Stadium: Stadion Rujevica Attendance: 0 Referee: Dario Kulušić

Istra 1961 v Varaždin

20 February 2020 22	Istra 1961	0–1	Varaždin	Pula
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Galilea  65' Tomašević  87'	Report	Grgec  50' Stolnik  58' Obregón  70' Senić 89' Urata  90+2' Herrera  90+5'	Stadium: Stadion Aldo Drosina Attendance: 0 Referee: Fran Jović

Gorica v Istra 1961

28 February 2021 23	Gorica	2–1	Istra 1961	Velika Gorica
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Lovrić 50'  54' Jovičić  52' Mudrinski 73'	Report	Bandé 25' Perera  62'	Stadium: Stadion Radnik Attendance: 0 Referee: Zdenko Lovrić

Istra 1961 v Šibenik

5 March 2021 24	Istra 1961	3–2	Šibenik	Pula
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Gržan 55' (pen.) Ivančić 57' Hara 63'	Report	Todoroski  25' E. Sahiti  41' 44' Bulat 75'	Stadium: Stadion Aldo Drosina Attendance: 0 Referee: Dario Bel

Istra 1961 v Lokomotiva

10 March 2021 16	Istra 1961	3–1	Lokomotiva	Pula
17:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Ivančić 20' 53' Vuk 40' Galilea  45' Blagojević  56'	Report	Hadžić 28' Çokaj  37' Pivarić  42' Papadopoulos  56' Maleš  67' Santini  90+4'	Stadium: Stadion Aldo Drosina Attendance: 0 Referee: Duje Strukan

Lokomotiva v Istra 1961

13 March 2021 25	Lokomotiva	0–1	Istra 1961	Zagreb
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Marin  55' Lešković  82'	Report	Navarro 38' Bosančić  73'	Stadium: Stadion Kranjčevićeva Attendance: 0 Referee: Duje Strukan

Slaven Belupo v Istra 1961

20 March 2021 26	Slaven Belupo	1–1	Istra 1961	Koprivnica
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Iličić 27' Goda  44' Knöll  59' Bosec  80' Paracki  85' Glavčić  85'	Report	Blagojević  25' Gržan 45' (pen.) Bandé  50' Perković  56'	Stadium: Gradski stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Fran Jović

Istra 1961 v Osijek

3 April 2021 27	Istra 1961	0–2	Osijek	Pula
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Bosančić  12'	Report	Miérez 30' Erceg 88'	Stadium: Stadion Aldo Drosina Attendance: 0 Referee: Fran Jović

Istra 1961 v Hajduk Split

11 April 2021 28	Istra 1961	0–1	Hajduk Split	Pula
17:05 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Sergi  6' Blagojević  25'  88' Halilović  33' Navarro  45+2' Bandé  53' Gržan  86'	Report	Nayir  52' Simić 68' Kalinić  90+4'	Stadium: Stadion Aldo Drosina Attendance: 0 Referee: Marko Matoc

Dinamo Zagreb v Istra 1961

18 April 2021 29	Dinamo Zagreb	1–0	Istra 1961	Zagreb
19:05 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Petković 38' (pen.) Gavranović  60' Stojanović  80' Burton  84'	Report	Galilea  37' Blagojević  69' Gržan  80'	Stadium: Stadion Maksimir Attendance: 0 Referee: Igor Pajač

Istra 1961 v Rijeka

21 April 2021 30	Istra 1961	1–2	Rijeka	Pula
18:05 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Galilea 44'	Report	Murić 20' Gnezda Čerin  32' Kulenović 36'	Stadium: Stadion Aldo Drosina Attendance: 0 Referee: Dario Bel

Varaždin v Istra 1961

26 April 2021 31	Varaždin	1–1	Istra 1961	Varaždin
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Guera Djou  27'  81' Posavec 34' Peco  45' Senić  88'	Report	Hara 18'  30' Levitt  72' Galilea  83'	Stadium: Stadion Varteks Attendance: 0 Referee: Dario Bel

Istra 1961 v Gorica

2 May 2021 32	Istra 1961	0–2	Gorica	Pula
17:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Silva  18' Hujber  62'  79' Lončar  86' Tomašević  87'	Report	Martinsson Ngouali  39' Špikić 42' Delfi  51' Babec  59' Krizmanić  83' Mitrović 90+4'	Stadium: Stadion Aldo Drosina Attendance: 0 Referee: Duje Strukan

Šibenik v Istra 1961

7 May 2021 33	Šibenik	1–0	Istra 1961	Šibenik
17:05 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Ćurić  32' S. Sahiti 48' Bailone  73'	Report		Stadium: Stadion Šubićevac Attendance: 0 Referee: Fran Jović

Istra 1961 v Lokomotiva

11 May 2021 34	Istra 1961	1–1	Lokomotiva	Pula
17:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Blagojević  31' Sergi 45+2'	Report	Maleš  28' Pivarić 38' (pen.)  87' Kačavenda  44' Šimić  48' Cipetić  54' Lešković  57' Çokaj  79'	Stadium: Stadion Aldo Drosina Attendance: 0 Referee: Ivan Bebek

Istra 1961 v Slaven Belupo

15 May 2021 35	Istra 1961	1–0	Slaven Belupo	Pula
17:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Hara  32' Vuk 46' Gržan  79' Hujber  84' Lučić  89' Sergi  89'	Report	Bogojević  45'	Stadium: Stadion Aldo Drosina Attendance: 0 Referee: Mario Zebec

Osijek v Istra 1961

23 May 2021 36	Osijek	2–1	Istra 1961	Osijek
17:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Kleinheisler 34' Beljo 90+2'	Report	Ivančić 41' Sergi  65' Hujber  90+2'	Stadium: Gradski Vrt Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Duje Strukan

Source: Croatian Football Federation

Croatian Football Cup

Main article: 2020–21 Croatian Football Cup

Polet Sveti Martin na Muri v Istra 1961

7 October 2020 R1	Polet Sveti Martin na Muri	0–2	Istra 1961	Sveti Martin na Muri
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Šarić  31' Škvorc  78'	Report	Hujber  3' Vojković  23' Bosančić  80' Guzina 86' Špoljarić 90+3'	Stadium: NK POLET (SMnM) Attendance: 450 Referee: Goran Pečarić

Šibenik v Istra 1961

24 February 2021 R2	Šibenik	0–2	Istra 1961	Šibenik
17:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Bulat  80' Mesa  89'	Report	Hara 46' Šutalo  66' Halilović  70' Blagojević  90+1' Lučić  90+4' Gržan 90+5'	Stadium: Stadion Šubićevac Attendance: 0 Referee: Ante Čuljak

Oriolik v Istra 1961

16 March 2021 QF	Oriolik	0–3	Istra 1961	Oriovac
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Stahović  32' Lucić  37'	Report	Hara 60' Hara 87' Živatović 90' (o.g.)	Stadium: Oriolik Attendance: 0 Referee: Ante Čuljak

Istra 1961 v Rijeka

14 April 2021 SF	Istra 1961	3–2	Rijeka	Pula
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Šutalo 7' Hara 22',  68' Guzina 44',  70' Galilea  69' Lučić  90+3'	Report	Menalo  18' Drmić 52' Velkovski  60' Lončar  66' Murić  66' 72' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadion Aldo Drosina Attendance: 0 Referee: Duje Strukan

Dinamo Zagreb v Istra 1961

19 May 2021 Final	Dinamo Zagreb	6–3	Istra 1961	Velika Gorica
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Oršić 5', 74' Ademi 9',  61' Jakić  18' Majer 33' Šutalo 59' (o.g.) Théophile-Catherine  79' Gavranović 84'	Report	Hara 52', 53' Galilea  56' Gržan 64' (pen.),  80' Perera  81'	Stadium: Stadion Radnik Attendance: 0 Referee: Duje Strukan

Source: Croatian Football Federation^[28]

Player seasonal records

Updated 23 May 2021

Goals

Rank	Name	League	Cup	Total
1	Taichi Hara	2	6	8
2	Šime Gržan	5	2	7
3	Matej Vuk	6	–	6
4	Antonio Ivančić	5	–	5
	Josip Špoljarić	4	1	5
6	Gedeon Guzina	1	2	3
7	Hassane Bandé	1	–	1
	Einar Galilea	1	–	1
	Sergi González	1	–	1
	Rafa Navarro	1	–	1
	Josip Šutalo	–	1	1
Own goals		–	1	1
TOTALS		27	13	40

Source: Competitive matches

Clean sheets

Rank	Name	League	Cup	Total
1	Ivan Lučić	2	1	3
2	Lovro Majkić	2	–	2
	Lovro Juric	1	1	2
4	Fabrice Ondoa	–	1	1
TOTALS		5	3	8

Source: Competitive matches

Disciplinary record

Number	Position	Player	1. HNL			Croatian Cup			Total
1	GK	Ivan Lučić	2	0	0	2	0	0	4	0	0
2	DF	Luka Hujber	6	1	0	1	0	0	7	1	0
3	DF	Sergi González	6	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0
4	DF	Rafael Páez	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
6	DF	Petar Bosančić	10	0	0	1	0	0	11	0	0
7	FW	Šime Gržan	4	0	0	1	0	0	5	0	0
8	MF	Einar Galilea	12	0	0	2	0	0	14	0	0
9	FW	Taichi Hara	3	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0
10	FW	Gedeon Guzina	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0
11	FW	Josip Špoljarić	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
12	DF	Rafa Navarro	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
13	MF	Kim Gyu-hyeong	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
14	MF	Antonio Perera	4	0	0	1	0	0	5	0	0
18	FW	Hassane Bandé	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
20	MF	Antonio Ivančić	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
22	MF	Matej Vuk	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
23	MF	Stefan Lončar	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
24	MF	Dino Halilović	2	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0
26	MF	Obeng Regan	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
27	DF	Josip Tomašević	9	0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0
30	DF	Mario Lovre Vojković	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0
37	DF	Josip Šutalo	3	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0
39	DF	Mauro Perković	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
44	DF	João Silva	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
63	MF	Dylan Levitt	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
77	MF	Slavko Blagojević	9	1	0	1	0	0	10	1	0
TOTALS			86	2	0	14	0	0	100	2	0

Appearances and goals

Number	Position	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
			Total		1. HNL[n 1]		Croatian Cup[n 1]
1	GK	Ivan Lučić	26	0	23+0	0	3+0	0
2	DF	Luka Hujber	25	0	17+5	0	3+0	0
3	DF	Sergi González	25	1	22+2	1	1+0	0
4	DF	Rafael Páez	9	0	7+2	0	0+0	0
5	DF	Kim Hyun-woo	6	0	1+4	0	1+0	0
5	DF	Agron Rufati	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
6	DF	Petar Bosančić	24	0	19+1	0	4+0	0
7	FW	Šime Gržan	38	7	32+1	5	2+3	2
8	MF	Einar Galilea	27	1	25+0	1	2+0	0
9	MF	Adrián Fuentes	12	0	4+7	0	1+0	0
9	FW	Taichi Hara	18	8	14+0	2	3+1	6
10	FW	Gedeon Guzina	29	3	12+14	1	2+1	2
11	FW	Josip Špoljarić	30	5	15+10	4	3+2	1
12	DF	Rafa Navarro	20	1	15+2	1	2+1	0
13	MF	Kim Gyu-hyeong	5	0	1+3	0	0+1	0
14	MF	Antonio Perera	18	0	8+6	0	1+3	0
16	GK	Fabrice Ondoa	1	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
17	MF	Arona Sané	15	0	5+9	0	1+0	0
18	FW	Hassane Bandé	20	1	10+6	1	1+3	0
18	FW	Robert Perić-Komšić	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
20	MF	Antonio Ivančić	31	5	20+7	5	2+2	0
21	GK	Lovro Majkić	8	0	8+0	0	0+0	0
22	MF	Matej Vuk	30	6	21+5	6	3+1	0
23	MF	Stefan Lončar	27	0	12+13	0	2+0	0
24	MF	Dino Halilović	21	0	6+11	0	3+1	0
26	MF	Obeng Regan	2	0	2+0	0	0+0	0
27	DF	Josip Tomašević	23	0	19+1	0	3+0	0
28	MF	Octavio Páez	2	0	0+2	0	0+0	0
28	FW	Leon Šipoš	10	0	2+7	0	0+1	0
30	DF	Mario Lovre Vojković	5	0	2+1	0	2+0	0
33	MF	Drilon Sadiku	2	0	0+2	0	0+0	0
34	MF	Mateo Lisica	19	0	7+10	0	2+0	0
36	FW	Marko Bibić	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
37	DF	Josip Šutalo	26	1	22+0	0	4+0	1
39	DF	Mauro Perković	6	0	4+2	0	0+0	0
44	DF	João Silva	11	0	6+4	0	1+0	0
63	MF	Dylan Levitt	9	0	2+5	0	2+0	0
77	MF	Slavko Blagojević	32	0	28+1	0	1+2	0
96	GK	Lovro Juric	6	0	5+0	0	1+0	0

Notes

1. First number represents appearances in starting eleven, while the second number indicates a substitute appearance.

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External links

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