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 club based in the Novi Zagreb

Novi Zagreb

Novi Zagreb is the part of the city of Zagreb located south of the Sava river, on the way from the Pleso airport to the city center...

 neighbourhood of the country's capital city of Zagreb

Zagreb

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. The team's fans are known as the "Black Warriors" . The club's home ground is Stadion NŠC Stjepan Spajić

Stadion NŠC Stjepan Spajić

Stadion NŠC Stjepan Spajić is a football stadium located in the in Zagreb, Croatia, in the neighborhood called Siget. It was built in 2000 and serves as home stadium for the NK Hrvatski dragovoljac football club. The stadium has an all seater capacity of 5,000 spectators....

, 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

Croatian War of Independence

The Croatian War of Independence was fought from 1991 to 1995 between forces loyal to the government of Croatia—which had declared independence from the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia —and the Serb-controlled Yugoslav People's Army and local Serb forces, with the JNA ending its combat...

 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, symbolizing mourning.

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

UEFA Intertoto Cup

The UEFA Intertoto Cup, also abbreviated as UI Cup and originally called the International Football Cup, was a summer football competition for European clubs that had not qualified for one of the two major UEFA competitions, the Champions League and the UEFA Cup. The competition was discontinued...

, a success they repeated in the following two seasons with fourth and fifth-place finishes. However, the club relegated to Druga Liga after finishing Prv Liga as 13th in 2001-2002 season.

Name changes

• NK Trnsko '75 (1975–1976)
• ONK Novi Zagreb (1976–1990)
• NK Novi Zagreb (1990–1994)
• NK Hrvatski dragovoljac (1994–present)

Current squad

Recent seasons

Season	League									Cup Croatian Cup The Croatian Cup is an annually held football tournament for Croatian football clubs and is the second most important competition in Croatian football after the Prva HNL league championship. It is governed by the Croatian Football Federation and usually runs from late August to May...	Other Competitions		Top goalscorer
	Division	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Pos				Player	Goals
1992
1992–93
1993–94
1994–95	2. HNL West	36	30	5	1	83	12	95	1st ↑
1995–96	1. HNL	28	14	5	9	38	34	47	5th	R1			Predrag Jurić Predrag Juric Predrag Jurić is a former Yugoslav/Bosnian association footballer.-References:* http://www.lfp.es/historico/primera/plantillas/historial.asp?jug=5593* http://www.bdfutbol.com/j/j2204.html...	13
1996–97	1. HNL	30	13	10	7	51	37	49	3rd	SF			Dragan Vukoja	19
1997–98	1. HNL	32	14	8	10	38	30	50	4th		UEFA Intertoto Cup UEFA Intertoto Cup The UEFA Intertoto Cup, also abbreviated as UI Cup and originally called the International Football Cup, was a summer football competition for European clubs that had not qualified for one of the two major UEFA competitions, the Champions League and the UEFA Cup. The competition was discontinued...	GS	Mario Bazina Mario Bazina Mario Bazina is a retired Bosnian-born Croatian footballer.He last played as an offensive midfielder for Austria Wien in the Austrian Bundesliga and signed with the club until 2009...	12
1998–99	1. HNL	32	8	8	16	27	42	32	5th	R2 1998–99 Croatian Cup The 1998–99 Croatian Cup was the eighth edition of Croatia's football knockout competition. Croatia Zagreb were the defending champions, and it was won by Osijek...	UEFA Intertoto Cup	R1	Mario Bazina Mario Bazina Mario Bazina is a retired Bosnian-born Croatian footballer.He last played as an offensive midfielder for Austria Wien in the Austrian Bundesliga and signed with the club until 2009...	7
1999–2000	1. HNL	33	8	9	16	36	58	33	10th	R2	UEFA Intertoto Cup	R1	Vlatko Đolonga	10
2000–01	1. HNL	32	8	9	15	35	57	33	11th	QF			Marin Lalić	7
2001–02	1. HNL	30	9	7	14	34	45	34	13th ↓	R2 2001–02 Croatian Cup The 2001–02 Croatian Cup was the eleventh edition of Croatia's football knockout competition. Dinamo Zagreb were the defending champions, who retained the title beating Varteks in the final.-Calendar:-Preliminary round:-First round:-Second round:...			Marin Lalić	13
2002–03	2. HNL South	32	10	4	18	44	63	34	6th	R1 2002–03 Croatian Cup The 2002–03 Croatian Cup was the twelfth edition of Croatia's football knockout competition. Dinamo Zagreb were the defending champions, and the cup was won by Hajduk Split.-Calendar:-Preliminary round:-First round:-Second round:-Quarter-finals:...
2003–04	2. HNL South	32	11	9	12	36	35	42	8th	R1 2003–04 Croatian Cup The 2003–04 Croatian Cup was the 13th edition of Croatia's premier association football knockout competition. Hajduk Split were the defending champions, and the cup was eventually won by Dinamo Zagreb on away goals rule after the aggregate score in the final tie was 1–1 against Varteks...
2004–05	2. HNL South	32	17	8	7	62	39	59	2nd	R1 2004–05 Croatian Cup The 2004–05 Croatian Cup was the fourteenth season of Croatia's football knockout competition.-Calendar:-Preliminary round:The preliminary round was held on 7 September, 2004.-First round:First round was held on 21 and 22 September, 2004....			Srđan Lakić	24
2005–06	2. HNL South	32	13	9	10	48	39	48	8th	R2 2005–06 Croatian Cup The 2005–06 Croatian Cup was the fifteenth season of Croatia's football knockout competition.-Calendar:-Preliminary round:The preliminary round was held on 31 August, 2005.-First round:Matches played on 21 September, 2005.-Second round:...			Edo Flego	9
2006–07	2. HNL 2006–07 Druga HNL The 2006-07 Druga HNL season was the 16th since its establishment. The first placed team were Inter Zaprešić and the last three clubs were relegated to Treća HNL.-Teams competing in 2006-07:*Belišće*Bjelovar*Croatia Sesvete*Čakovec*Hrvatski Dragovoljac...	30	18	4	8	60	25	58	4th	R2 2006–07 Croatian Cup The 2006–07 Croatian Cup was the sixteenth season of Croatia's football knockout competition.-Calendar:-Preliminary round:The preliminary round was held on 30 August, 2006.-First round:Matches played on 20 September, 2006.-Second round:...			Ivan Lišnić	13
2007–08	2. HNL	30	19	7	4	60	28	64	2nd				Mladen Križanović Mladen Križanović Mladen Križanović is a Croatian footballer currently under contract for NK Široki Brijeg.-External links:*...	11
2008–09	2. HNL	30	13	10	7	38	36	49	6th	R2			Niko Tokić, Danijel Zlatar	5
2009–10	2. HNL 2009–10 Druga HNL The 2009–10 Druga HNL was the 19th season of Croatia's second level football competition since its establishment in 1992. Istra 1961 were league champions and were promoted to Prva HNL at the end of the previous season....	26	11	9	6	33	21	42	3rd ↑	PR 2009–10 Croatian Cup The 2009–10 Croatian Cup was the nineteenth season of Croatia's football knockout competition.The defending champions were Dinamo Zagreb since they won the previous year's cup by defeating Hajduk Split on penalties after the result was tied 3–3 on aggregate....			Ivan Begović	6
2010–11	1. HNL 2010–11 Prva HNL The 2010–11 Prva HNL season was the twentieth season of the Prva HNL since its establishment in 1992. It began on 23 July 2010 and ended on 21 May 2011...	30	5	8	17	24	55	33	16th ↓	R1 2010–11 Croatian Cup The 2010–11 Croatian Cup is the twentieth season of Croatia's football knockout competition.The defending champions are Hajduk Split, having won their 5th title the previous year by defeating Šibenik in the final....			Velimir Švarić	4

Key

1st	2nd	↑	↓
Champions	Runners-up	Promoted Promotion and relegation In many sports leagues around the world, promotion and relegation is a process that takes place at the end of each season. Through it, teams are transferred between divisions based on their performance that season...	Relegated Promotion and relegation In many sports leagues around the world, promotion and relegation is a process that takes place at the end of each season. Through it, teams are transferred between divisions based on their performance that season...

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 = Prva HNL
• 2. HNL = Druga HNL
• 3. HNL = Treća HNL
  Treća HNL
  The Croatian Third Football League is the third tier of the football league system in Croatia. The league was established in 1991 following the dissolution of the Yugoslav League. It is operated by the Croatian Football Federation.-Subdivisions:...
  
  

• GS = Group Stage
• PR = Preliminary round
• R1 = Round 1
• R2 = Round 2
• QF = Quarter-finals
• SF = Semi-finals
• RU = Runners-up
• W = Winners

Summary

Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Last season played
UEFA Intertoto Cup UEFA Intertoto Cup The UEFA Intertoto Cup, also abbreviated as UI Cup and originally called the International Football Cup, was a summer football competition for European clubs that had not qualified for one of the two major UEFA competitions, the Champions League and the UEFA Cup. The competition was discontinued...	8	4	0	4	10	13	1999
Total	8	4	0	4	10	13

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

Season	Competition	Round	Opponent	Home	Away	Agg.
1997–98	Intertoto Cup	Group 2	Bastia SC Bastia Sporting Club de Bastia is a French association football club based in Bastia on the island of Corsica. The club currently plays in the Championnat National, the third division of French football. Bastia previously had stints in both Ligue 1 and Ligue 2...	0–1	–	–
			Silkeborg Silkeborg IF Silkeborg IF is a Danish professional football club based in the city of Silkeborg, in the middle of Jutland. Silkeborg IF plays in the Danish Superliga. The club was founded in 1917 and they first reach the highest level of football in Denmark in 1987, at that time called 1st division today known...	–	0–5	–
			Ebbw Vale Ebbw Vale F.C. Ebbw Vale Football Club were a football team from Ebbw Vale, South Wales.Ebbw Vale played in the first season of the League of Wales in 1992-93. The club then finished 11th before finishing 3rd in two successive seasons to 1997-98. During the years when they finished 3rd the Giles brothers, Paul...	4–0	–	–
			GAK Grazer AK Grazer AK, founded 18 August 1902 as Grazer Athletik-Sport Klub , is an Austrian sports club, from the city of Graz in the federal state of Styria . The football section is one of the most traditional Austrian clubs, most successful in the decade 1995 – 2005...	–	3–1	–
1998–99	Intertoto Cup	R1	Lyngby Boldklub Lyngby Boldklub Lyngby Boldklub is a professional Danish football club founded in 1921. It is based at Lyngby Stadion in Kongens Lyngby, Denmark. From 1994 to 2001 the club was known as Lyngby FC.-History:...	1–4	1–0	2–4
1999–2000	Intertoto Cup	R1	Newry City F.C. Newry City F.C. Newry City is an intermediate, Northern Irish football club playing in IFA Championship 1. The club, founded in 1923, is based in Newry, County Down and plays its home matches at The Showgrounds. Club colours are blue and white...	1–0	0–2	1–2

Player records

• Most appearances in UEFA club competitions: 8 appearances
  • Nikica Miletić
• Top scorers in UEFA club competitions: 2 goals
  • Mario Bazina
    Mario Bazina
    Mario Bazina is a retired Bosnian-born Croatian footballer.He last played as an offensive midfielder for Austria Wien in the Austrian Bundesliga and signed with the club until 2009...
    
    
  • Neno Katulić

Notable former players

See also .

• Robert Prosinečki
  Robert Prosinecki
  Robert Prosinečki is a Croatian football manager and former football midfielder. Prosinečki is regarded by many as the player with best technique that ever played in and for Croatia. Former national squad teammate Zvonimir Boban, humbly, also agreed with this. His dribbling is considered...
  
  
• Vladimir Vasilj
  Vladimir Vasilj
  Vladimir Vasilj is a former Croatian football goalkeeper.He was born in Hanover and started his professional career at Croatian club Hrvatski Dragovoljac in the 1995-96 season...
  
  
• Boris Živković
  Boris Živkovic
  Boris Živković is a former Croatian football player. He played as a defender and through career he played all defending positions. He played as right and left full back and centre back. At one point of his career he even played as defensive midfielder....
  
  
• Blaž Slišković
  Blaž Sliškovic
  Blaž "Baka" Slišković is a former Bosnian Croat football player and currently the manager of Al-Ansar....
  
  
• Ante Jazić
  Ante Jazic
  Ante Jazić is a Canadian soccer player who currently plays for Chivas USA in Major League Soccer, and for the Canadian national team.-Youth:...
  
  

External links

• Official website
• Hrvatski dragovoljac at Nogometni magazin
  Nogometni Magazin
  Nogometni Magazin is a news organization that focusses on Croatian football news. It was launched in March of 2002. The site's editor-in-chief is Vladimir Benić and it is based out of Zagreb....