NK Zadar

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.

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.

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.

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.

Supporters

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

Honours

• Prva B HNL:
  • Runners-up (1): 1995–96
• Druga HNL:
  • Runners-up (1): 2006–07
• Treća HNL – Jug:
  • Third place, promotion (1): 2017–18

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 = Croatian First League
• 2. HNL = Croatian Second League
• PR = Preliminary round
• R1 = Round 1
• R2 = Round 2
• QF = Quarter-finals
• SF = Semi-finals
• RU = Runners-up
• W = Winners

Notable players

To appear in this section a player must have:

• Played at least 150 league games for the club;

• Scored at least 50 league goals for the club; or

• Played at least one international match for their national team while playing for NK Zadar. Years in brackets indicate their spells at the club.

• CRO Jakov Surać (1992–1998, 2001–2016)

• CRO Fahrudin Šehić (1992–1999)

• CRO Zvonimir Jurić (1994–2005)

• CRO Dalibor Zebić (1996–1999, 2001–2005)

• CRO Luka Modrić (1996–2001; youth team)

• BIH Dragan Blatnjak (2001–2003)

• CRO Danijel Subašić (youth team until 2003; senior team 2003–2009)

• CRO Josip Bilaver (2003–2017)

• BIH Želimir Terkeš (2004–2011, 2012–2013, 2014–2018)

• CRO Dragan Župan (2005–2006, 2006–2009, 2012–2013, 2016–2020)

• CRO Šime Vrsaljko (youth team until 2006)

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

Managerial history

• Yugoslavia Ante Čačić (1989–1991)
• Croatia Goran Krešimir Vidov (1992)
• Croatia Petar Zrilić (1992)
• Croatia Ivica Matković (1992–1993)
• Croatia Jakov Pinčić (interim; 1993)
• Croatia Ivan Gudelj (1993)
• Croatia Jakov Pinčić (interim; 1993)
• Croatia Luka Bonačić (1994)
• Croatia Jakov Pinčić (interim; 1994)
• Croatia Tomislav Bašić (1994)
• Croatia Josip Bajlo (1994–1995)
• Croatia Stanko Mršić (1995–1996)
• Croatia Ante Čačić (1996–1997)
• Croatia Ivan Katalinić (1997–1998)
• Croatia Boris Tičić (1998)
• Croatia Josip Skoblar (1998)
• Croatia Josip Bajlo (1999)
• Croatia Nikica Cukrov (1999–2000)
• Croatia Jakov Pinčić (interim; 2000)
• Croatia Mladen Vranković (2000)
• Croatia Siniša Jalić (2000–2001)
• Croatia Miodrag Paunović (2001)
• Croatia Stanko Mršić (2001–2002)
• Croatia Vjeran Simunić (2002–2003)
• Croatia Stanko Mršić (2003–2005)
• Croatia Vjeran Simunić (2005)
• Croatia Jakov Pinčić (interim; 2005)
• Croatia Milo Nižetić (2005)
• Croatia Jakov Pinčić (interim; 2005)
• Croatia Predrag Jurić (2005–2006)
• Croatia Dalibor Zebić (2006–2008)
• Croatia Zvonimir Jurić (interim; 2008)
• Croatia Ivica Datković (2008)
• Croatia Dalibor Zebić (2008–2012)
• Croatia Ferdo Milin (2012–2014)
• Croatia Zvonimir Jurić (interim; 2014)
• Croatia Miroslav Blažević (2014–2015)
• Croatia Igor Štimac (2015)
• Croatia Zvonimir Jurić (interim; 2015)
• Croatia Josip Butić (2015–2017)
• Croatia Ivan Pudar (2017)
• Croatia Leopold Burčul (2017)
• Croatia Vjeran Simunić (2017–2018)
• Bosnia and Herzegovina Dragan Blatnjak (2018)
• Croatia Krešimir Sunara (2018–2019)
• Bosnia and Herzegovina Mislav Karoglan (2019)
• Croatia Marko Pinčić (2019–2020)

References

References

1. "Organizacija – NK ZADAR".
2. "History of the club on the official website".
3. [https://www.rsssf.org/tablesk/kroa96.html RSSSF.com]
4. (6 June 2019). "NK Zadar angažirao odvjetnika i uložio žalbu na odluku HNS-a o izbacivanju iz Druge lige". Antena Zadar.
5. "Stadion". NK Zadar.
6. "Jakov Surać CFS Profile". Croatian Football Statistics.
7. "Fahrudin Šehić CFS Profile". Croatian Football Statistics.
8. "Zvonimir Jurić CFS Profile". Croatian Football Statistics.
9. "Dalibor Zebić CFS Profile". Croatian Football Statistics.
10. "Josip Bilaver CFS Profile". Croatian Football Statistics.
11. "Želimir Terkeš CFS Profile". Croatian Football Statistics.