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NK Istra 1961 is a football
club from Pula
, Croatia
, currently playing in the Croatian First Division.
The football club NK Uljanik from which the club originates from was founded in 1948. In 1961 it joined with another local club, NK Pula, to form NK Istra
. For this reason, 1961 is occasionally considered as the clubs founding year. The greatest club success was in the 2002-2003 season against Hajduk Split when they finished runners up in the Croatian Cup
, losing to Hajduk Split 4-1 on aggregate. In the 2004-05 season the club changed its name into NK Pula 1856, because the year 1856 was the year that the Austro-Hungarian Empire made Pula the port of its arsenal and the shipyard Uljanik
was opened. Also in the same year, in competed in the Prva Liga
for the first time. In 2005 it was renamed again to NK Pula Staro Češko due to a sponsorship contract with the brewery Daruvarska pivovara (Staro Češko is a beer brand). Just one year later the name was once again changed, this time to NK Pula. Again, just a year later in summer 2007, the name was changed for the fifth time in as many years, to NK Istra 1961. The change of name came after an ultimatium from the local fans Demons who said the club will have their support only if the club changes its name and club colours to the traditional city colours (yellow and green).
Its crest features the city's Roman Arena
in Pula, as well as the old team crest.
Pula play their home matches at the recently renovated Stadion Aldo Drosina, which has a capacity of approximately 10,000 spectators.
Top scorer shown in bold when he was also top scorer for the division.
Source
Asim Šehić
Marjan Marković
Nikola Kalinić
Manuel Pamić
Mohamed Kalilou Traoré
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
club from Pula
Pula
Pula is the largest city in Istria County, Croatia, situated at the southern tip of the Istria peninsula, with a population of 62,080 .Like the rest of the region, it is known for its mild climate, smooth sea, and unspoiled nature. The city has a long tradition of winemaking, fishing,...
, Croatia
Croatia
Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...
, currently playing in the Croatian First Division.
The football club NK Uljanik from which the club originates from was founded in 1948. In 1961 it joined with another local club, NK Pula, to form NK Istra
NK Istra
NK Istra is a Croatian football club, from city of Pula. The club currently plays in the Treća HNL but Istra has also played in Prva HNL .Istra was found in 1961 from a merger of NK Pula and NK Uljanik.-Seasons:...
. For this reason, 1961 is occasionally considered as the clubs founding year. The greatest club success was in the 2002-2003 season against Hajduk Split when they finished runners up in the 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...
, losing to Hajduk Split 4-1 on aggregate. In the 2004-05 season the club changed its name into NK Pula 1856, because the year 1856 was the year that the Austro-Hungarian Empire made Pula the port of its arsenal and the shipyard Uljanik
Uljanik
Uljanik is a shipbuilding company and shipyard located in Pula, Croatia.It was named after an islet on which there used to grow olive trees but then they were all cut down to make room for steel and hull fabrication workshops.- See also :* Shipyards:...
was opened. Also in the same year, in competed in the Prva Liga
Prva Liga
Prva Liga means First League in Bosnian, Croatian, Macedonian, Montenegrin, Serbian and Slovenian. It may refer to:*Prva Crnogorska Fudbalska Liga Montenegrin First League*Prva Hrvatska Nogometna Liga Croatian top division...
for the first time. In 2005 it was renamed again to NK Pula Staro Češko due to a sponsorship contract with the brewery Daruvarska pivovara (Staro Češko is a beer brand). Just one year later the name was once again changed, this time to NK Pula. Again, just a year later in summer 2007, the name was changed for the fifth time in as many years, to NK Istra 1961. The change of name came after an ultimatium from the local fans Demons who said the club will have their support only if the club changes its name and club colours to the traditional city colours (yellow and green).
Its crest features the city's Roman Arena
Arena (colosseum)
The Pula Arena is the name of the amphitheatre located in Pula, Croatia. The Arena is the only remaining Roman amphitheatre to have four side towers and with all three Roman architectural orders entirely preserved. It was constructed in 27 BC - 68 AD and is among the six largest surviving Roman...
in Pula, as well as the old team crest.
Pula play their home matches at the recently renovated Stadion Aldo Drosina, which has a capacity of approximately 10,000 spectators.
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... |
Top goalscorer | Name | |||||||||
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| Division | P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | Pos | Player | Goals | |||
| 1992 | Uljanik | ||||||||||||
| 1992–93 | R1 | ||||||||||||
| 1993–94 | 2. HNL South | 30 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 21 | 43 | 21 | 14th | ||||
| 1994–95 | 2. HNL West | 13th | |||||||||||
| 1995–96 | 2. HNL West | 34 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 58 | 36 | 62 | 5th | ||||
| 1996–97 | 2. HNL West | 30 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 65 | 21 | 63 | 3rd | ||||
| 1997–98 | 2. HNL West | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 42 | 31 | 43 | 6th | ||||
| 1998–99 | 3. HNL West | 30 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 33 | 35 | 46 | 3rd | ||||
| 1999–2000 | 3. HNL West | 30 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 56 | 30 | 57 | 3rd | R1 | |||
| 2000–01 | 3. HNL West | 30 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 73 | 26 | 62 | 1st ↑ | ||||
| 2001–02 | 2. HNL South | 30 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 57 | 26 | 59 | 2nd | PR 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:... |
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| 2002–03 | 2. HNL South | 32 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 63 | 31 | 67 | 2nd | RU 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:... |
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| 2003–04 | 2. HNL South | 32 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 59 | 33 | 62 | 1st ↑ | QF 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... |
Pula 1856 | ||
| 2004–05 | 1. HNL | 32 | 7 | 14 | 11 | 28 | 31 | 35 | 10th | QF 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.... |
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| 2005–06 | 1. HNL | 32 | 13 | 6 | 13 | 44 | 36 | 45 | 7th | R1 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:... |
Stiven Rivić Stiven Rivic Stiven Rivić is a Croatian footballer who currently plays for 1. FC Kaiserslautern.He started his career with the youth side of NK Pula. He moved around to a couple of clubs, before returning to NK Pula. Finally, he was signed by Cottbus in 2006... |
12 | Pula Staro Češko |
| 2006–07 | 1. HNL | 33 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 28 | 40 | 29 | 11th ↓ | R1 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:... |
Marko Radas, Almir Halilović | 5 | Pula |
| 2007–08 | 2. HNL | 30 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 42 | 14 | 58 | 3rd | R1 | Saša Šest | 8 | Istra 1961 |
| 2008–09 | 2. HNL | 30 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 46 | 20 | 60 | 1st ↑ | R1 | Mohamed Kalilou Traoré | 9 | |
| 2009–10 | 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 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 31 | 40 | 35 | 11th | R2 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.... |
Asim Šehić Asim Šehic Asim Šehić is a Bosnian football striker, currently a free agent. He also played one match for Bosnia and Herzegovina national football team in 2004.-References:... |
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| 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 | 9 | 4 | 17 | 24 | 44 | 31 | 15th | 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.... |
Siniša Linić Siniša Linic Siniša Linić is a Croatian football midfielder who currently plays for FC Luka Koper. After joining NK Rijeka in 1999, he played for two seasons, but limited playing time saw him moving to NK Orijent in 2001. He rejoined NK Rijeka in 2002 for five more seasons before moving to Hajduk Split in 2007... |
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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 HNLTreća HNLThe 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:...
- PR = Preliminary round
- R1 = Round 1
- R2 = Round 2
- QF = Quarter-finals
- SF = Semi-finals
- RU = Runners-up
- W = Winners
Matches in Prva HNL
| Opponent | Pld | W | D | L | GD | Pld | W | D | L | GD | Pld | W | D | L | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HNK 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... |
7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5:9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2:5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3:4 |
| NK Dinamo | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7:17 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6:8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1:9 |
| HNK Hajduk | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5:5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2:1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3:4 |
| NK Inter Zaprešić NK Inter Zaprešic NK Inter Zaprešić is a Croatian football club based in Zaprešić, a town northwest of the capital Zagreb originally founded in 1929. They play in the Prva HNL after they were promoted from Druga HNL at the end of the 2006–07 season... |
6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10:5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6:2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4:3 |
| NK Kamen Ingrad NK Kamen Ingrad NK Kamen Ingrad was a Croatian football club from Velika, a small town near Požega in the northeast of Croatia. The club was dissolved is July of 2008 after serious financial problems.-History:The club was formed as NK Velika in 1929... |
9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7:8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5:3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2:5 |
| NK Međimurje | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11:9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10:1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1:8 |
| NK 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... |
9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11:10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 10:6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1:4 |
| HNK Rijeka | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9:9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5:3 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4:6 |
| NK Slaven Belupo NK Slaven Belupo NK Slaven Belupo, often referred to simply as Slaven and known internationally as NK Slaven Koprivnica, is a Croatian football club based in the city of Koprivnica in the north of the country... |
9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10:6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7:1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3:5 |
| HNK Šibenik HNK Šibenik HNK Šibenik is a Croatian football club based in the city of Šibenik on the Croatian coast.The club was formed in 1932. In 2006 the club finished first in the Croatian Second League's southern division and was promoted to the Prva HNL... |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1:3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1:1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0:2 |
| NK Varteks | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6:8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4:3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2:5 |
| NK Zadar NK Zadar NK Zadar is a Croatian football club based in Zadar, a city on the Adriatic coast. The club was founded in 1945.Josip Skoblar, Đovani Roso, Dado Pršo and Luka Modrić, are among their most notable former players.... |
4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6:6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5:1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1:5 |
| NK 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... |
9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 12:12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9:7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3:5 |
Source
All-time total in the Prva HNL
| Points | Games | Wins | Draws | Losses | GF | GA | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NK Istra 1961 | 109 | 97 | 26 | 31 | 40 | 100 | 107 |
Current squad
Honours
- Croatian Second Division:
- Winners (2): 2003-04, 2008-09Druga HNL 2008-09The 2008–09 Druga HNL season was the 18th season of Croatia's second level football since its establishment in 1992. Croatia Sesvete were league champions and were promoted to Prva HNL at the end of the previous season....
- Winners (2): 2003-04, 2008-09
- Croatian Third Division:
- Winners (1): 2000-01
- Croatian CupCroatian CupThe 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...
:- Runners up: 2002-03
Notable players
Stiven RivićStiven Rivic
Stiven Rivić is a Croatian footballer who currently plays for 1. FC Kaiserslautern.He started his career with the youth side of NK Pula. He moved around to a couple of clubs, before returning to NK Pula. Finally, he was signed by Cottbus in 2006...
Asim Šehić
Asim Šehic
Asim Šehić is a Bosnian football striker, currently a free agent. He also played one match for Bosnia and Herzegovina national football team in 2004.-References:...
Marjan Marković
Marjan Markovic
Marjan Marković Marjan Marković Marjan Marković (Serbian Cyrillic: Марјан Марковић ; born September 28, 1981 in Požarevac, Serbia, is a Serbian football defender, currently playing for First Vienna....
Nikola Kalinić
Nikola Kalinic
Nikola Kalinić is a Croatian footballer who plays for Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk in the Ukrainian Premier League.Croatia manager Slaven Bilić described him as "the future of Croatian football".-Early career:...
Manuel Pamić
Manuel Pamic
Manuel Pamić is a Croatian footballer, currently playing for AC Sparta Prague.-Career:Pamić started his career in the youth ranks of local club NK Žminj, before moving to NK Istra 1961 at 18 years of age. He impressed at the club and became a regular in the Pula squad. His talent was noticed and...
Mohamed Kalilou Traoré
External links
- Istra 1961 profile at UEFA.com
- Istra 1961 profile at Sportnet.hrSportnet.hrSportnet.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...
- Istra 1961 profile at Nogometni magazinNogometni MagazinNogometni 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....