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NK Osijek is a Croatia
Croatia
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n football
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 club, from Osijek
Osijek
Osijek is the fourth largest city in Croatia with a population of 83,496 in 2011. It is the largest city and the economic and cultural centre of the eastern Croatian region of Slavonia, as well as the administrative centre of Osijek-Baranja county...

 in eastern Croatia.

History

NK Osijek's early roots are found in club called NK Udarnik that was formed in 1945 under FPR Yugoslavia's new communist authorities on the ashes of dissolved HŠK Slavija. Slavija was founded in 1916 and competed in the Narodna liga of Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Kingdom of Yugoslavia
The Kingdom of Yugoslavia was a state stretching from the Western Balkans to Central Europe which existed during the often-tumultuous interwar era of 1918–1941...

 (country's top division) from 1923 until 1940.

In 1946 NK Udarnik and another local club NK Jedinstvo merged together to form a new entity - NK Slavonija. The following year, NK Slavonija merged with NK Bratstvo, again creating a new club called NK Proleter. This took place on February 2, 1947, a date that present day NK Osijek considers to be its birthday.. Club colors were red and blue, which in the seventies changed to white and blue. For the first time in the First Division, the club entered the 1953. after unsuccessful attempts 1950. and 1952. It is a historical match was against Borac from Banja Luka
Banja Luka
-History:The name "Banja Luka" was first mentioned in a document dated February 6, 1494, but Banja Luka's history dates back to ancient times. There is a substantial evidence of the Roman presence in the region during the first few centuries A.D., including an old fort "Kastel" in the centre of...

. Group was also to ascertain from Ljubljana
Ljubljana
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) 2 August 1953rd when Franjo Rupnik
Franjo Rupnik
-Career:He started playing in Hajduk Osijek, before moving to Zagreb's HŠK Concordia where he will play until the beginning of the World War II. In 1945, he moved to Belgrade's FK Partizan, before returning to Osijek, in 1947, to play in Proleter, one of the predecessors of today's NK Osijek.He...

 with 5 goals brought the victory of 5-0, in front of 10,000 spectators. After three seasons in the highest rank, Osijek turns in the season when the club was fined and three match teaching. The club has played at the former playground "Kraj Drave," and since the late fifties to the present, Osijek matches will be played at the stadium in the Gradskom vrtu.On September 1, 1962 NK Proleter joined with the Boxing and Athletic club Mladost and formed a multi-sport Sportsko društvo Slavonija (Slavonija Sporting Society). The football club thus again started competing under the name NK Slavonija.

The club is up to the eighties was the second division with a permanent attempt to enter the major league (especially 1970., 1971. And 1973.) That had been hindered in many ways. It is particularly interesting to take part in qualifying for the major league 1973rd when Osijek after the expulsion Pristina
Pristina
Pristina, also spelled Prishtina and Priština is the capital and largest city of Kosovo. It is the administrative centre of the homonymous municipality and district....

 played with Zagreb
NK Zagreb
NK Zagreb is a Croatian football club, from the Croatian capital of Zagreb.NK Zagreb's home is the Stadion Kranjčevićeva with capacity of 8,850. The club's fans are known as the White Angels...

. In returned, in Zagreb, Osijek was lost on penalty shootout in front of a record 64,000 . Finally, 1977. The club enters the elite class, where with the exception of one season he remained until the collapse of former Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia refers to three political entities that existed successively on the western part of the Balkans during most of the 20th century....

. The biggest successes were the sixth place of 1984. and the Cup semifinals.

1992. he started a new Prva HNL, in his first season, playing all the games out of the Gradski vrt
Gradski vrt
Gradski vrt is a multi-use stadium in the Croatian city of Osijek. It is home to two Croatian football clubs, NK Osijek and Fortuna VNO Osijek.It has a capacity of 22,050 .- History :...

, Osijek ends up being the third. In the next two seasons, leads to weaker results, but in the season, Prva HNL  Season 1994-95. and 1994-95. Lead by scoring the first league Robert Spehar
Robert Špehar
Robert Špehar is a former Croatian football striker. During his career, he played for NK Osijek, NK Zagreb, Club Brugge, AS Monaco, Verona, Sporting CP, Galatasaray, Standard Liege and AC Omonia.-International:...

, Osijek first won in the history of performance in Europe
UEFA Cup
The UEFA Europa League is an annual association football cup competition organised by UEFA since 1971 for eligible European football clubs. It is the second most prestigious European club football contest after the UEFA Champions League...

. After relegation from the Slovan
ŠK Slovan Bratislava
ŠK Slovan Bratislava is a football club based in Bratislava, Slovakia, that plays in the Corgoň liga. Founded as 1. ČsŠK Bratislava in 1919, the club changed its name to Slovan Bratislava in 1953...

 from Bratislava
Bratislava
Bratislava is the capital of Slovakia and, with a population of about 431,000, also the country's largest city. Bratislava is in southwestern Slovakia on both banks of the Danube River. Bordering Austria and Hungary, it is the only national capital that borders two independent countries.Bratislava...

, waiting for two seasons until a new statement. Then again Osijek was the third in the Prva HNL next season, and unfortunately dropped from the Anderlecht
Anderlecht
Anderlecht is one of the nineteen municipalities located in the Brussels-Capital Region.There are several historically and architecturally distinct districts within the Anderlecht municipality.-Pronunciation:* Dutch: * French:...

 in the UEFA Cup
UEFA Cup
The UEFA Europa League is an annual association football cup competition organised by UEFA since 1971 for eligible European football clubs. It is the second most prestigious European club football contest after the UEFA Champions League...

. It was 3-1 in Osijek and 0:2 in Brussels
Brussels
Brussels , officially the Brussels Region or Brussels-Capital Region , is the capital of Belgium and the de facto capital of the European Union...

. That season, led by Jurica Vranjes, win the first trophy Croatian 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...

. It was a shocking game, Cibalia
HNK Cibalia
HNK Cibalia, or just Cibalia, is a Croatian football club from the town of Vinkovci in eastern Croatia. Cibalia currently play in the Prva HNL, Croatia's top flight. Their stadium is located in the south part of their home town and can hold 12,000 spectators...

 led to 93 minute when Mitu
Dumitru Mitu
Dumitru Mitu is a Romanian football winger.-Early life and youth career:Mitu was born in Bucharest, but spent his childhood years in the nearby village of Dobroieşti. His father worked at the village bar, while his mother was a kiosk saleswoman...

 equalizer, in extra time Lasic scored a golden goal to bring Cup in Osijek. Prva HNL 1999-00. and 1999-00. Osijek drops out of UEFA Cup smoothly from West Ham and 0:3 and 1:3, and again won the third place in the league.

Prva HNL 2000-01. and 2000-01. Comes to the renaissance: the first victory against the Dinamo Zagreb
Dinamo Zagreb
GNK Dinamo Zagreb, commonly referred to as Dinamo Zagreb , or by their nickname Modri are a Croatian football club based in Zagreb. They play their home matches at Stadion Maksimir. They are the most successful club in Croatian football, having won thirteen Croatian championship titles, ten...

 in Maksimir
Maksimir
Maksimir is one of the neighborhoods of Zagreb, Croatia. Maksimir stadium and Maksimir Park are located in it. It was named after the bishop Maksimilijan Vrhovac....

 in the following nine years, and the passage of the Cup UEFA against the Danish Brondby (2:1 for Osijek in the Copenhagen
Copenhagen
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 and in Osijek 0:0), and two wins aganist Rapid Wien (2:1 in Osijek 2-0 in Wien) and staggering against the Slavia Prague (after winning 2-0 in Osijek 1:5 defeat in Prague). Osijek in 2000. year ended as autumn Croatian champion, but after a poor game in the spring completed the championship in third place.
The club's most famous former player is Davor Šuker
Davor Šuker
Davor Šuker , is a retired Croatian footballer. He played as a striker for a number of European clubs as well as the Croatian national team, where he is the all-time top goal scorer with 45 goals....

, who went on to be the most successful Croatian striker and Golden Boot winner at World Cup 1998.

Rivalries

Slavonian derby match between the two largest Croatia
Croatia
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 Football Club coming from eastern Croatia, Osijek
NK Osijek
NK Osijek is a Croatian football club, from Osijek in eastern Croatia.- History :NK Osijek's early roots are found in club called NK Udarnik that was formed in 1945 under FPR Yugoslavia's new communist authorities on the ashes of dissolved HŠK Slavija...

 and Cibalia
HNK Cibalia
HNK Cibalia, or just Cibalia, is a Croatian football club from the town of Vinkovci in eastern Croatia. Cibalia currently play in the Prva HNL, Croatia's top flight. Their stadium is located in the south part of their home town and can hold 12,000 spectators...

. Each new match these two great rivals, means a great match on the field, but also in the stands where the overruling of Osijek Kohorta
Kohorta Osijek
Kohorta Osijek is a group of supporters of Croatian FC NK Osijek . The group was founded in 1988 and cluster in the southeast stands of stadium Gradski Vrt....

 and Vinkovci Ultrasi.

Stadium

NK Osijek host domestic fixtures at Stadion Gradski vrt which has a capacity of 22,050.

Kit manufacturers

Period Kit manufacturer
...-2006 Macron
Macron (sportswear)
Macron is an Italian association football, basketball, baseball, rugby, handball, futsal, and volleyball sportswear manufacturer. It has links throughout Europe and its headquarters are located in Crespellano, Italy. It was founded in 1971...

2006-2008 Kappa
Kappa (company)
Kappa is an Italian company specialized at the manufacture of sporting clothes and accessories, that started as a sock and underwear manufacturer in 1916 in Turin.-Logo:...

2008-2010 Legea
Legea
Legea is a sportswear company founded in 1990, in Pompei, Italy. It is one of the most popular brands among Italian amateur football teams, now heavily expanding also among top division professional clubs....

2010-2011 Kappa
Kappa (company)
Kappa is an Italian company specialized at the manufacture of sporting clothes and accessories, that started as a sock and underwear manufacturer in 1916 in Turin.-Logo:...

2011- Jako
Jako
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Current squad

Notable players

The following former NK Osijek players have been capped at full international level. Years in brackets indicate their spells at the club.
Franjo Rupnik
Franjo Rupnik
-Career:He started playing in Hajduk Osijek, before moving to Zagreb's HŠK Concordia where he will play until the beginning of the World War II. In 1945, he moved to Belgrade's FK Partizan, before returning to Osijek, in 1947, to play in Proleter, one of the predecessors of today's NK Osijek.He...

 (1947-1951) Slobodan Janković (1977–1979) Ratomir Dujković
Ratomir Dujkovic
Ratomir Dujković is a Serbian football manager and a former player.-Playing career:...

 (1977–1980) Ivica Miljković
Ivica Miljkovic
Ivica Miljković is a former Croatian football player.Miljković made a name for himself playing for Dinamo Zagreb and in the period from 1969 to 1977 he appeared in a total of 232 Yugoslav First League matches, scoring 24 goals for the Blues. In 1977 he moved to NK Osijek where he spent the...

 (1977–1980) Mustafa Hukić
Mustafa Hukic
Mustafa Hukić was a Bosnian defender who played for SFR Yugoslavia.-Career:He spent most of his career with Yugoslav First League club FK Sloboda Tuzla...

 (1978–1981) Jasmin Džeko
Jasmin Džeko
Jasmin Džeko is a Bosnian defender who played for SFR Yugoslavia.-External links:*...

 (1980–1984; 1985–1989)   Vlado Kasalo
Vlado Kasalo
Vladimir 'Vlado' Kasalo is a retired Croatian footballer who played as a central defender.-Football career:After representing NK Osijek and NK Dinamo Zagreb in his country, Kasalo was sold by the latter to Germany's 1. FC Nuremberg, for 1 million Deutsche Mark...

 (1983–1987) Slobodan Marović
Slobodan Marovic
Slobodan Marović is a Montenegrin football manager and former player.During his playing career he played for NK Osijek, IFK Norrköping, and Silkeborg IF...

 (1984–1986)   Davor Šuker
Davor Šuker
Davor Šuker , is a retired Croatian footballer. He played as a striker for a number of European clubs as well as the Croatian national team, where he is the all-time top goal scorer with 45 goals....

 (1984–1989) Milenko Špoljarić
Milenko Spoljaric
Milenko Spoljaric is a football manager and a former Cypriot international football midfielder.-Career:...

 (1987–1989) Robert Špehar
Robert Špehar
Robert Špehar is a former Croatian football striker. During his career, he played for NK Osijek, NK Zagreb, Club Brugge, AS Monaco, Verona, Sporting CP, Galatasaray, Standard Liege and AC Omonia.-International:...

 (1988–1992; 1994–1995; 2002–2004) Daniel Gecic (2000 -2004) Miroslav Bičanić
Miroslav Bicanic
Miroslav Bičanić is a former Croatian footballer. He played in two matches for the Croatia national football team in friendlies against Ukraine and Hungary.Bicanic is one of the best players of NK Osijek 1990-1996 and one of the best goal-assistants of Croatian League at that time.He was...

 (1989–1992; 1993–1995) Alyaksandr Myatlitski (1990–1991)
  Goran Vlaović
Goran Vlaovic
Goran Vlaović is a former Croatian football striker.-Club career:Vlaović started his professional career with Osijek in 1989 and moved to Dinamo Zagreb in 1992, before going abroad to play for Calcio Padova in Italy, Valencia in Spain and Panathinaikos in Greece, where he retired in June 2004...

 (1990–1991)   Željko Vuković
Željko Vuković
Željko Vuković is a retired international Croatian and Austrian football player.-Club career:His first appearance in the Yugoslav First League occurred in 1985 when he was playing in the Croatian giants Dinamo Zagreb, where he played until 1988...

 (1990–1991) Bakir Beširević
Bakir Beširević
Bakir Beširević is a retired Bosnian professional football midfielder who played for Velež Mostar and Orašje in Bosnia and Osijek in the Croatian Prva HNL.Baširević was also capped 19 times for Bosnia-Herzegovina between 1996 and 2000....

 (1992–1994; 1994–2002) Nenad Bjelica
Nenad Bjelica
Nenad Bjelica is a former Croatian football player and currently coach who played for Albacete Balompié, Real Betis and Kaiserslautern. Bjelica played as midfielder.-Career:...

 (1992–1993; 1999–2001) Tomislav Rukavina
Tomislav Rukavina
Tomislav Rukavina , former Croatian football midfielder, now first team coach at Dinamo Zagreb.He made his international debut against Poland in the 2-1 friendly win at Rijeka on 28 February 1996...

 (1992–1993) Petar Krpan
Petar Krpan
Petar Krpan is a retired Croatian footballer who played as a forward.-Club career:Krpan started his career with hometown club NK Osijek, and moved to Sporting Clube de Portugal in 1998, being scarcely used during his one 1/2-season spell...

 (1993–1998; 2001) Mario Galinović
Mario Galinovic
Mario Galinović is a Croatian football goalkeeper and currently a free agent.-NK Osijek:Galinović started his professional career with Croatian First League side NK Osijek, where he was part of the first team from 1993 until 2002. With the club, he also played in the UEFA Cup in 1998 and 1999,...

 (1993–2002) Igor Pamić
Igor Pamic
Igor Pamić is a former Croatian football striker who is now a coach.He was born in the village of Žminj in Istria and started his professional career at the club Istra Pula in early 1992. He left the club after two seasons for Dinamo Zagreb, where he spent another two seasons before moving to...

 (1995–1996) Nermin Šabić
Nermin Šabic
Nermin Šabić is a Bosnian international footballer who plays for Čelik Zenica.-External links:...

 (1996–1997) Marko Babić (1997–1999; 2011–present) Jurica Vranješ (1997–2000) Josip Balatinac
Josip Balatinac
Josip Balatinac is a Croatian football midfielder. He made one appearance for the Croatia national football team, in a friendly against South Korea at the 2006 Carlsberg Cup tournament on 29 January, 2006...

 (1997–2006)
  Stanko Bubalo
Stanko Bubalo
Stanko Bubalo is a Croatian football striker.He made two appearances for the Croatia national football team, making his debut against Mexico in a friendly game on 16 June 1999.-External links:**...

 (1998–2000) Almir Turković
Almir Turkovic
Almir Turković is a retired Bosnian professional football forward who played for FK Sarajevo in Bosnia and clubs in the Croatian Prva HNL and Japanese J.League.-Club career:...

 (1999–2002; 2005–2006) Mato Neretljak
Mato Neretljak
Mato Neretljak is a Croatian footballer who plays as a defender. He plays for South Korean club Suwon Bluewings.-Career:...

 (2000–2002) Goran Ljubojević
Goran Ljubojevic
Goran Ljubojević is a Croatian football striker who currently plays for NK Osijek.He was transferred at the end of August 2006 from Dinamo Zagreb to KRC Genk. He also played for NK Osijek and FC St. Gallen....

 (2001–2004; 2011–present) Ivan Turina
Ivan Turina
Ivan Turina is a Croatian football goalkeeper who is currently playing for AIK.-Club career:Turina started his professional career with Dinamo Zagreb in the summer of 1998, initially serving as the club's fourth-choice goalkeeper behind Dražen Ladić, Tomislav Butina and Vladimir Vasilj...

 (2002–2003) Dževad Turković
Dževad Turković
Dževad Turković is a former Croatian football player. He capped 6 times for Croatia. He was champion of the Prva HNL in 1993, 1996 and 1997.- Club career :*1989-1996 Dinamo Zagreb*1996-2001 Busan I'cons...

 (2002–2004) Marijan Buljat
Marijan Buljat
Marijan Buljat is a Croatian football player who plays as a wingback. His current club is Hajduk Split, since July 2008....

 (2002–2004) Igor Cvitanović
Igor Cvitanovic
Igor Cvitanović is a retired Croatian football striker.He is currently the all-time top goalscorer of the Croatian First League with a total of 126 goals, and also scored 122 domestic league goals for Croatian club Dinamo Zagreb, 117 of which were in the Croatian First League...

 (2002–2004) Danijel Pranjić
Danijel Pranjic
Danijel Pranjić is a Croatian footballer who currently plays for German club Bayern Munich.-Club career:Pranjić started his career at Papuk. He played for NAŠK, Papuk, Belišće, and Osijek before making his move to a bigger stage at Dinamo Zagreb in 2004...

 (2002–2004) Domagoj Vida
Domagoj Vida
Domagoj Vida is a Croatian football defender playing for Dinamo Zagreb. He can play in both centre back and right full back positions.-Career:...

 (2006–2010)

Former managers

since 1978
Miljenko Mihić
Miljenko Mihić
Miljenko Mihić was a Serbian football coach. He was born in Mostar, Littoral Banovina, Kingdom of Yugoslavia and died in Belgrade, Serbia....

, 1978–79, 1979–80 Andrija Vekić, 1981 Josip Duvančić
Josip Duvančić
Josip "Mićo" Duvančić is a Croatian former football player and manager.He coached Sarıyer.-External sources:* at Hajduk Split official website. * at the official website....

, 1982 Ljupko Petrović
Ljupko Petrovic
Ljubomir "Ljupko" Petrović is a Bosnian Serb former football player, today a football manager and winner of the European Cup in 1991 with Red Star.-Biography:...

, 1987 Stjepan Čordaš, 1989, 1992–93, 2004–05 Tonko Vukušić, 1990 Šaban Jasenica, 1990 Ivica Grnja
Ivica Grnja
Ivan "Ivica" Grnja, also known as John Grnja is a Croatian football manager and former professional player. He was born in Darda.-Playing career:...

, 1991, 1993–94 Vlado Bilić, 1992–93, 2000–01, 2001–02 Ivo Šušak
Ivo Šušak
Ivo Šušak is a Croatian football manager. He was the head coach of Dinamo Vinkovci, NK Zagreb, NK Osijek, NK Publikum Celje, NK Maribor , Dinamo Tbilisi .Also he was the head coach of Croatia U21 team and Georgian national team....

, 1993–94, 1994–95, 2005–06, 2006–07 Ivica Matković, 1995–96 Ante Čačić, 1995–96 Ivan Katalinić
Ivan Katalinic
Ivan Katalinić is a Croatian football manager and former Hajduk Split and Southampton goalkeeper. As a member of Hajduk's famous "golden generation" of the seventies, he won four Yugoslav championships and five consecutive cups.At the beginning of 1980 came a move to Southampton where he stayed...

, 1995–96
Goran Popović, 1996–97 Luka Bonačić
Luka Bonacic
Luka Bonačić is a Croatian football coach and former player.-Early life:He was born on March 2, 1955 in Split, Croatia that was part of Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. He began football careers in Split Football Academy...

, 1996–97 Milan Đuričić, 1996–97, 1997–98,1998–99, 2002–03 Stanko Poklepović
Stanko Poklepovic
Stanko "Špaco" Poklepović is a Croatian football coach.-References:...

, 1998–99, 1999–00, 2002–03 Pavo Strugačevac, 1999–00 Stanko Mršić, 1999–00, 2000–01 Vjekoslav Lokica, 2001–02 Miroslav Blažević
Miroslav Blaževic
Miroslav "Ćiro" Blažević is a Bosnian Croat football manager. He is the current head coach of Mes Kerman in Iran Pro League....

, 2001–02 Nenad Gračan
Nenad Gracan
Nenad Gračan is a retired Croatian footballer who played as a central midfielder, and a current coach.-Club career:...

, 2002–03 Branko Karačić
Branko Karacic
Branko Karačić is a Croatian retired footballer and football manager.Karačić turned professional in 1981 and spent the following six years with NK Osijek, where he appeared in a total of 300 matches for the club...

, 2003–04, 2010–11 Miroslav Žitnjak
Miroslav Žitnjak
Miroslav Žitnjak is a retired Croatian goalkeeper.-External links:* at Football Database....

, 2006–07 Ilija Lončarević
Ilija Loncarevic
Ilija Lončarević is a Croatian football coach.Lončarević led Inker Zaprešić to the Croatian Cup title in 1992, but his arguably biggest success in management came when he won the Croatian championship with Dinamo Zagreb in 1999...

, 2007–08 Tomislav Steinbruckner, 2008–10

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...

European competitions Top goalscorer
Division P W D L F A Pts Pos Player Goals
1992 1. HNL 22 12 3 7 33 28 27 3rd QF Robert Špehar
Robert Špehar
Robert Špehar is a former Croatian football striker. During his career, he played for NK Osijek, NK Zagreb, Club Brugge, AS Monaco, Verona, Sporting CP, Galatasaray, Standard Liege and AC Omonia.-International:...

9
1992–93 1. HNL 30 11 7 12 40 42 29 6th QF
1993–94 1. HNL 34 12 11 11 56 58 35 8th R2
1994–95 1. HNL 30 16 11 3 65 30 59 3rd SF
1995–96 1. HNL 32 16 4 12 51 32 4th QF UEFA Cup
UEFA Cup
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QR
1996–97 1. HNL 30 12 5 13 40 38 41 8th SF
1997–98 1. HNL 32 14 6 12 42 38 3rd R1
1998–99 1. HNL 32 14 6 12 51 39 4th W
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 Cup
UEFA Cup
The UEFA Europa League is an annual association football cup competition organised by UEFA since 1971 for eligible European football clubs. It is the second most prestigious European club football contest after the UEFA Champions League...

QR2 Stanko Bubalo
Stanko Bubalo
Stanko Bubalo is a Croatian football striker.He made two appearances for the Croatia national football team, making his debut against Mexico in a friendly game on 16 June 1999.-External links:**...

10
1999–2000 1. HNL 33 15 8 10 55 49 53 3rd QF UEFA Cup
UEFA Cup
The UEFA Europa League is an annual association football cup competition organised by UEFA since 1971 for eligible European football clubs. It is the second most prestigious European club football contest after the UEFA Champions League...

R1 Stanko Bubalo
Stanko Bubalo
Stanko Bubalo is a Croatian football striker.He made two appearances for the Croatia national football team, making his debut against Mexico in a friendly game on 16 June 1999.-External links:**...

13
2000–01 1. HNL 32 17 6 9 61 47 57 3rd SF UEFA Cup
UEFA Cup
The UEFA Europa League is an annual association football cup competition organised by UEFA since 1971 for eligible European football clubs. It is the second most prestigious European club football contest after the UEFA Champions League...

R3 Nenad Bjelica
Nenad Bjelica
Nenad Bjelica is a former Croatian football player and currently coach who played for Albacete Balompié, Real Betis and Kaiserslautern. Bjelica played as midfielder.-Career:...


Marijan Vuka
Marijan Vuka
Marijan Vuka is a Croatian footballer who plays as a forward, currently with NK Međimurje in the Croatian Prva HNL.A product of NK Osijek youth system, Vuka had spells at a number of Croatian sides, including NK Vukovar '91, NK Osijek, Marsonia, HNK Cibalia, NK Grafičar Vodovod, and also had a...

9
2001–02 1. HNL 30 11 4 15 45 48 37 8th SF
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:...

UEFA Cup
UEFA Cup
The UEFA Europa League is an annual association football cup competition organised by UEFA since 1971 for eligible European football clubs. It is the second most prestigious European club football contest after the UEFA Champions League...

R2 Milan Pavličić
Milan Pavlicic
Milan Pavličić is a Croatian professional football forward who plays for NK Osijek. He previously played for FC Fehérvár in the Hungarian NBI.-Club career:...

9
2002–03 1. HNL 32 10 9 13 32 51 39 8th QF
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:...

Milan Pavličić
Milan Pavlicic
Milan Pavličić is a Croatian professional football forward who plays for NK Osijek. He previously played for FC Fehérvár in the Hungarian NBI.-Club career:...

11
2003–04 1. HNL 32 11 6 15 50 57 39 4th QF Robert Špehar
Robert Špehar
Robert Špehar is a former Croatian football striker. During his career, he played for NK Osijek, NK Zagreb, Club Brugge, AS Monaco, Verona, Sporting CP, Galatasaray, Standard Liege and AC Omonia.-International:...

18
2004–05 1. HNL 32 9 14 9 41 45 41 8th SF
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....

Karlo Primorac
Karlo Primorac
Karlo Primorac is a Croatian footballer who plays as a forward, currently with NK Istra 1961 in the Croatian Prva HNL....

11
2005–06 1. HNL 32 13 5 14 31 48 44 4th QF
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:...

Josip Balatinac
Josip Balatinac
Josip Balatinac is a Croatian football midfielder. He made one appearance for the Croatia national football team, in a friendly against South Korea at the 2006 Carlsberg Cup tournament on 29 January, 2006...

6
2006–07
2006–07 in Croatian football
The following article presents a summary of the 2006–07 football season in Croatia, which was the 16th season of competitive football in the country.-Croatian First Division:-Croatian Second Division:...

1. HNL 33 11 10 12 42 45 43 6th 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:...

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...

R2 Stjepan Jukić
Stjepan Jukic
Stjepan Jukić is a Croatian football player who plays for Chongqing Lifan.-Club career:Jukić has previously played for NK Osijek, HNK Šibenik and Inter Zapresic in the Croatian First League....

9
2007–08
2007–08 in Croatian football
The following article presents a summary of the 2007–08 association football season in Croatia, which is the 17th season of competitive football in the country.-Croatian First Division:-Croatian Second Division:...

1. HNL 33 16 6 11 43 34 54 3rd R2 Vedran Nikšić
Vedran Nikšić
Vedran Nikšić is a Croatian football striker, currently playing for NK Zagreb in the Prva HNL.-Club career:Nikšić started his career playing at youth level for his hometown club Osijek. He made his debut for the first team against Cibalia on 11 March 2006, in the 22nd round of 2005–06 season...

8
2008–09
2008–09 in Croatian football
The following article presents a summary of the 2008–09 football season in Croatia, which was the 18th season of competitive football in the country.-Friendly matches:-----World Cup qualifiers:...

1. HNL 33 10 11 12 40 41 41 7th R1 Josip Barišić 8
2009–10
2009–10 in Croatian football
The following article presents a summary of the 2009–10 football season in Croatia, which is the 19th season of competitive football in the country.-Friendly matches:-2010 World Cup qualifiers:-Druga HNL:...

1. HNL
2009–10 Prva HNL
The 2009–10 Prva HNL season was the nineteenth season of the Prva HNL since its establishment in 1992. It began on 24 July 2009 and ended on 13 May 2010...

30 13 8 9 49 36 47 5th QF
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....

Josip Barišić
Ivan Miličević
Vedran Nikšić
Vedran Nikšić
Vedran Nikšić is a Croatian football striker, currently playing for NK Zagreb in the Prva HNL.-Club career:Nikšić started his career playing at youth level for his hometown club Osijek. He made his debut for the first team against Cibalia on 11 March 2006, in the 22nd round of 2005–06 season...

8
2010–11
2010–11 NK Osijek season
This article shows statistics of individual players for the Osijek football club. It also lists all matches that Osijek played in the 2010–11 season.-First-team squad:-Overall:-Classification:...

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 9 12 9 31 29 39 8th QF
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....

Ivan Miličević 5

Key
League: P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; Pts = Points won; Pos = Final position;
Cup / Europe: PR = Preliminary round; QR = Qualifying round; R1 = First round; R2 = Second round; QF = Quarter-final; SF = Semi-final; RU = Runner-up; W = Competition won;

Summary

Competition Pld W D L GF GA Last season played
UEFA Cup
UEFA Cup
The UEFA Europa League is an annual association football cup competition organised by UEFA since 1971 for eligible European football clubs. It is the second most prestigious European club football contest after the UEFA Champions League...

18 8 1 9 21 30 2001–02
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...

2 0 2 0 2 2 2006
Total 20 8 3 9 23 32


Source: uefa.com, Last updated on 6 December 2008
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.
1995-96 UEFA Cup QR   Slovan Bratislava
ŠK Slovan Bratislava
ŠK Slovan Bratislava is a football club based in Bratislava, Slovakia, that plays in the Corgoň liga. Founded as 1. ČsŠK Bratislava in 1919, the club changed its name to Slovan Bratislava in 1953...

0–2 0–4 0–6
1998-99 UEFA Cup QR2   Anderlecht
R.S.C. Anderlecht
Royal Sporting Club Anderlecht, usually known as Anderlecht or RSCA , is a Belgian professional football club based in Anderlecht in the Brussels Capital Region. Anderlecht plays in the Belgian Pro League and is the most successful Belgian football team in European competitions as well as in the...

3–1 0–2 3–3 (a
Away goals rule
The away goals rule is a method of breaking ties in association football and other sports when teams play each other twice, once at each team's home ground. By the away goals rule, the team that has scored more goals "away from home" will win if scores are otherwise equal...

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1999–2000 UEFA Cup R1   West Ham
West Ham United F.C.
West Ham United Football Club is an English professional football club based in Upton Park, Newham, East London. They play in The Football League Championship. The club was founded in 1895 as Thames Ironworks FC and reformed in 1900 as West Ham United. In 1904 the club relocated to their current...

1–3 0–3 1–6
2000-01 UEFA Cup R1   Brøndby
Brøndby IF
Brøndby IF is a Danish professional football club based in Brøndbyvester, Brøndby, on the western outskirts of Copenhagen and is the biggest football club in Denmark with almost 2000 members. The club is also known as Brøndbyernes Idrætsforening, or Brøndby and BIF for short...

0–0 2–1 2–1
R2   Rapid Wien
SK Rapid Wien
The Sportklub Rapid Wien is an Austrian football club playing in the country's capital city of Vienna. Rapid is the most popular club in Austria and also record title holder having won the Austrian national football title 32 times...

2–1 2–0 4–1
R3   Slavia Prague 2–0 1–5 3–5
2001-02 UEFA Cup QR   Dinaburg
Dinaburg FC
Dinaburg FC was a Latvian football club, playing in the city of Daugavpils. In 2009 it merged with FK Daugava. The club plays at the Daugava Stadium . In October 2009 the club was eliminated from Virsliga and also from The Baltic League, because of suspicion about totalizator playing at the club...

1–0 1–2 2–2 (a
Away goals rule
The away goals rule is a method of breaking ties in association football and other sports when teams play each other twice, once at each team's home ground. By the away goals rule, the team that has scored more goals "away from home" will win if scores are otherwise equal...

)
R1   ND Gorica
ND Gorica
ND Gorica is a Slovenian football club, playing in the town of Nova Gorica. They are one of the most successful Slovenian clubs with four Slovenian League, two Slovenian Cup and one Slovenian Supercup titles. Together with NK Maribor and NK Celje they are the only club that have participated in...

1–0 2–1 3–1
R2   AEK Athens 1–2 2–3 3–5
2006 UEFA Intertoto Cup R2   Ethnikos Achna
Ethnikos Achna FC
Ethnikos Achna is a Cyprus football club based in the village of Achna. The club was founded in 1968. The club's president is Kikis Philippou. Ethnikos Achnas plays in the Dasaki Stadium, which has a capacity of 7,000 seats. It is currently used mostly for football matches and was built in 1997...

2–2 0–0 2–2 (a
Away goals rule
The away goals rule is a method of breaking ties in association football and other sports when teams play each other twice, once at each team's home ground. By the away goals rule, the team that has scored more goals "away from home" will win if scores are otherwise equal...

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Last updated on 8 July 2006

Player records

  • Most appearances in UEFA club competitions: 12 appearances
    • Bakir Beširević
      Bakir Beširević
      Bakir Beširević is a retired Bosnian professional football midfielder who played for Velež Mostar and Orašje in Bosnia and Osijek in the Croatian Prva HNL.Baširević was also capped 19 times for Bosnia-Herzegovina between 1996 and 2000....

  • Top scorers in UEFA club competitions: 3 goals
    • Nenad Bjelica
      Nenad Bjelica
      Nenad Bjelica is a former Croatian football player and currently coach who played for Albacete Balompié, Real Betis and Kaiserslautern. Bjelica played as midfielder.-Career:...

    • Almir Turković
      Almir Turkovic
      Almir Turković is a retired Bosnian professional football forward who played for FK Sarajevo in Bosnia and clubs in the Croatian Prva HNL and Japanese J.League.-Club career:...


External links

  • NK Osijek profile at UEFA.com
  • NK Osijek profile at Sportnet.hr
    Sportnet.hr
    Sportnet.hr is a Croatian sports news website.It was launched in 2000 and covers sports news from both Croatia and the rest of the world. It is considered the largest and most detailed sports news website on the Croatian internet, primarily covering the country's most popular sports such as...

     
  • NK Osijek profile 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....

  • Bijelo-plavi.com unofficial website
  • Kohorta.net official supporters' website
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