NK Slaven Belupo

Slaven Belupo

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Full name	Nogometni klub Slaven
Nickname(s)	Farmaceuti (The Pharmacists)
Founded	june 1907
Ground	Gradski stadion
Ground Capacity	3,200
Chairman	Hrvoje Kolarić
Manager	Željko Kopić
League	Croatian First League
2014–15	6th
Website	Club home page
Home colours Away colours

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. They play their home matches at Gradski stadion in Koprivnica.

History

The first football club in Koprivnica was founded back in June 1907, when a student team was formed and named Đački nogometni klub, which is Croatian for Students' Football Club. The name Slaven first appeared when a sports club named HŠK Slaven was founded by the members of the Friedrich family on 20 August 1912 and this is considered to be the foundation date of the present-day club. The club won the Croatian regional championship in 1920. Slaven was subsequently renamed HŠK Victorija, but was then disbanded due to financial difficulties and the city of Koprivnica was subsequently without a football club for four years, between 1926 and 1930.

Between 1930 and 1945, the club was known as HŠK Koprivnica, HŠK Danica and RNHŠK Sloga, before the name Slaven returned with the foundation of FD Slaven. Between 1953 and 1958, the club was known as SD Podravka and was then renamed NK Slaven. The name Slaven remained until today, with only the names of the club's principal sponsors being added to it. The club was thus known as NK Slaven Bilokalnik between 1992 and 1994, after which it was given its current name following a sponsorship agreement with the Koprivnica-based pharmaceutical company Belupo.

Slaven gained their first promotion to the Prva HNL in 1997 and have been playing in the league without relegation ever since. In 2000, they surprisingly finished fifth in the Prva HNL and qualified for the UEFA Intertoto Cup. In their first Intertoto Cup appearance, they managed to reach the third round of the competition before being eliminated by Czech club SK Sigma Olomouc after losing 2-0 at home and getting a goalless draw on the road. One year later, they repeated the success and were only stopped by renowned English club Aston Villa F.C. with a 3-2 aggregate defeat. In their next two Intertoto Cup appearances, they were even more successful as they reached the semifinals of the competition on both occasions, only to be eliminated after losing to renowned clubs Stuttgart from Germany and Lille from France respectively. Their last Intertoto Cup appearance in 2005 ended in the third round with a 4-0 aggregate defeat to Spanish club Deportivo La Coruña, having lost the first leg by 1-0 and the second leg by 0-3.

In 2007, the club reached the Croatian Cup final after beating defending Cup holders NK Rijeka 3-2 in the second leg of the semifinals, going on to play Dinamo Zagreb in the final. Although losing to Dinamo in the final, 2-1 on aggregate, Slaven took a place in the UEFA Cup qualifying for the first time in their history, since their opponents had already qualified for the UEFA Champions League by virtue of having won the Prva HNL.

Slaven reached the second qualifying round of the UEFA Cup 2007–08, beating Albanian side KS Teuta Durrës 8-4 on aggregate before being eliminated after a 4-2 aggregate defeat to Turkish club Galatasaray S.K.. In 2008, Slaven finished runners-up in the Croatian league, which is their best domestic result to date.

On 28 August 2008 NK Slaven Belupo qualified for the UEFA Cup 2008–09 by beating Aris of Greece 2-0 at their home stadium, to reach an aggregate score of 2-1, thereby achieving arguably the best result in the history of the club.

Slaven finished 3rd in the 2011-12 1. HNL, qualifying them for the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League qualifying rounds. They beat Portadown FC 10-2 on aggregate but then bowed out to Athletic Bilbao 4-3 on aggregate.

Current squad

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

No. Position Player 1 GK Matjaž Rozman 3 DF Marko Martinaga 4 MF Vinko Međimorec 5 DF Tomislav Mikulić 6 MF Ljuban Crepulja 7 MF Stefan Savić 8 FW Muzafer Ejupi 9 FW Filip Mihaljević (on loan from GNK Dinamo Zagreb) 10 MF Petar Brlek 11 MF Goran Paracki 12 GK Antun Marković 13 MF David Arap 14 MF Mateas Delić

No. Position Player 15 FW Sandi Križman 16 DF Vedran Purić 17 MF Stjepan Oštrek 18 DF Gordan Barić 19 DF Adel Halilović 20 MF Mario Gregurina 21 MF Nikola Jambor 23 FW Marko Marciuš 24 DF Dino Štiglec 25 GK Ante Bilandžić 26 DF Nino Galović (on loan from RNK Split) 30 MF Filip Ozobić

Recent seasons

Season	League									Cup	European competitions		Top league scorer
	Division	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Pos				Player	Goals
1997–98	1. HNL	32	11	5	16	31	56	38	9th	R2			Josip Markovinović	6
1998–99	1. HNL	32	10	9	13	39	44	39	7th	SF			Zoran Slišković	7
1999–2000	1. HNL	33	12	13	8	34	34	49	5th	QF			Marijo Dodik	13
2000–01	1. HNL	32	11	11	10	39	37	44	5th	R2	Intertoto Cup	R3	Marijo Dodik	16
2001–02	1. HNL	30	11	9	10	34	36	41	6th	R1	Intertoto Cup	R3	Miljenko Kovačić	9
2002–03	1. HNL	32	12	4	16	37	36	40	7th	R2	Intertoto Cup	SF	Marijo Dodik	12
2003–04	1. HNL	32	10	10	12	37	39	40	9th	R2			Srebrenko Posavec	11
2004–05	1. HNL	32	12	9	11	37	41	45	6th	QF	Intertoto Cup	SF	Ivica Karabogdan	10
2005–06	1. HNL	32	10	11	11	46	48	41	8th	QF	Intertoto Cup	R3	Marijo Dodik, Igor Musa, Bojan Vručina	8
2006–07	1. HNL	33	14	7	12	40	37	49	5th	RU			Bojan Vručina	11
2007–08	1. HNL	33	16	6	11	45	29	54	2nd	QF	UEFA Cup	QR2	Stjepan Poljak	8
2008–09	1. HNL	33	16	7	10	46	39	55	4th	QF	UEFA Cup	R1	Bojan Vručina	14
2009–10	1. HNL	30	11	10	9	44	45	43	7th	QF	Europa League	QR3	Mateas Delić	6
2010–11	1. HNL	30	10	10	10	34	30	40	7th	SF			Leon Benko	8
2011–12	1. HNL	30	14	10	6	41	27	52	3rd	R2			Leon Benko	7
2012–13	1. HNL	33	10	9	14	35	50	39	8th	SF	Europa League	QR3	Davor Vugrinec	8
2013–14	1. HNL	36	7	11	18	46	65	32	9th	SF			Davor Vugrinec	8
2014–15	1. HNL	36	11	9	16	38	49	42	6th	R2			Marko Mirić	10

European record

Summary

Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Last season played
UEFA Cup / Europa League	20	10	2	8	48	24	2012–13
Intertoto Cup	34	17	7	10	50	29	2005
Total	54	27	9	18	98	53

Source: uefa.com, Last updated on 9 August 2012
Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against

By result

Overall	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Home	27	18	4	5	65	21	+44
Away	27	9	5	13	33	32	+1
Total	54	27	9	18	98	53	+45

Last updated: 9 August 2012

By season

Season	Competition	Round	Opponent	Home	Away	Agg
2000–01	Intertoto Cup	R1	Glenavon	3–0	1–1	4–1
		R2	Zagłębie Lubin	0–0	1–1	1–1 (a)
		R3	Sigma Olomouc	1–1	0–1	1–2
2001–02	Intertoto Cup	R1	Anorthosis	7–0	2–0	9–0
		R2	Bastia	1–0	1–0	2–0
		R3	Aston Villa	2–1	0–2	2–3
2002–03	Intertoto Cup	R1	OD Trenčín	5–0	1–3	6–3
		R2	Belenenses	2–0	1–0	3–0
		R3	Marek Dupnitsa	3–1	3–0	6–1
		SF	VfB Stuttgart	0–1	1–2	1–3
2004–05	Intertoto Cup	R1	Hibernians	3–0	1–2	4–2
		R2	Vllaznia	2–0	0–1	2–1
		R3	Spartak Trnava	0–0	2–2	2–2 (a)
		SF	Lille	1–1	0–3	1–4
2005–06	Intertoto Cup	R1	Drava Ptuj	1–0	1–0	2–0
		R2	Gloria Bistriţa	3–2	1–0	4–2
		R3	Deportivo La Coruña	0–3	0–1	0–4
2007–08	UEFA Cup	QR1	Teuta	6–2	2–2	8–4
		QR2	Galatasaray	1–2	1–2	2–4
2008–09	UEFA Cup	QR1	Marsaxlokk	4–0	4–0	8–0
		QR2	Aris Thessaloniki	2–0	0–1	2–1
		R1	CSKA Moscow	1–2	0–1	1–3
2009–10	Europa League	QR1	Birkirkara	1–0	0–0	1–0
		QR2	Milano Kumanovo	8–2	4–0	12–2
		QR3	Tromsø	0–2	1–2	1–4
2012–13	Europa League	QR2	Portadown	6–0	4–2	10–2
		QR3	Athletic Bilbao	2–1	1–3	3–4

Last updated on 9 August 2012

Player records

• Most appearances in UEFA club competitions: 34 appearances
  • Petar Bošnjak
• Top scorers in UEFA club competitions: 14 goals
  • Marijo Dodik

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 Slaven Belupo.

Years in brackets indicate their spells at the club.

• Roy Ferenčina (1997–2005)
• Marijo Dodik (1998–2007)
• Petar Bošnjak (1999–2008)
• Srebrenko Posavec (2000–2005, 2006–2010)
• Bojan Vručina (2004–2010, 2011–2012)
• Silvio Rodić (2005–2014)
• Mateas Delić (2006–10, 2012–)
• Vedran Purić (2008–)

Managerial history

Miroslav Buljan (1997) Marijan Vlak (1998) Luka Bonačić (1999–00) Mladen Frančić (2000–01) Dražen Besek (2001–02) Rajko Magić (2002–03) Ivan Bedi (2003–04) Milo Nižetić (2004) Branko Karačić (2004–05) Nikola Jurčević (2005) Elvis Scoria (2006–2007) Krunoslav Jurčić (2007–2008)

Mile Petković (2008–2009) Milivoj Bračun (2009) Zlatko Dalić (2009–2010) Mile Petković (2010–2011) Roy Ferenčina (2011–2013) Roman Sović (2013) Ivan Katalinić (2013) Mladen Frančić (2013–2014) Elvis Scoria (2014) Ante Čačić (2014–2015) Željko Kopić (2015–)

External links

• (Croatian)
• Slaven Belupo profile at UEFA.com
• Slaven Belupo profile at Sportnet.hr (Croatian)
• Slaven Belupo profile at Nogometni magazin (Croatian)