HNK Zadar

This article is about the club re-established in 2019. For the dissolved club, see NK Zadar.

HNK Zadar

Full name	Hrvatski nogometni klub Zadar
Founded	26 July 2020; 5 years ago (26 July 2020)
Ground	Stadion Stanovi
Capacity	3,858
Chairman	Damir Knežević
Manager	Armando Marenzi
League	3. NL – South
2024/25	2nd
Website	http://www.hnkzadar.hr/
Home colours Away colours

Hrvatski nogometni klub Zadar (English: Croatian Football Club Zadar), commonly referred to as HNK Zadar or simply Zadar, is a Croatian professional football club based in the city of Zadar.^[1] It currently plays in the Third Football League.

History

HNK Zadar was founded on July 26, 2020, as the informal successor of NK Zadar.^[2] The club's first president was former NK Zadar chairman Damir Knežević, while Marko Pinčić was named as head coach.^[1]

Pinčić surprisingly resigned from the role, and Josip Butić became the new head coach, as well as Zvonimir Jurić was appointed his assistant.^[3]

As of January 8, 2021, the club announced that Želimir Terkeš would become the new head coach, and Dragan Blatnjak his assistant.^[4]

Stadium

The club's home ground is the 3,858-seat Stadion Stanovi.

Recent seasons

Season	League									Cup	Top goalscorer
	Division	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Pos		Player	Goals
2020–21	1. ŽNL ZD	26	23	1	2	111	16	70	1st ↑		Vlatko Blažević	26
2021–22	3. HNL South	34	16	11	7	69	28	59	4th		Ante Vukadinović	16
2022–23	3. NL South	30	18	6	6	67	31	60	2nd		Goran Zakarić	13
2023–24	3. NL South	30	22	5	3	78	27	71	1st		Krešimir Luetić	17
2024–25	3. NL South	30	18	7	5	63	30	61	2nd		Selmir Mahmutović	31

Key

1st	2nd	↑	↓
Champions	Runners-up	Promoted	Relegated

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

Squad (2023)

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  CRO Luka Matasović 2  CRO Toni Baričević 2  CRO Ive Ćelić 3 DF  CRO Hrvoje Rončević 4 MF  CRO Domagoj Muić 5 DF  CRO Josip Iveljić 6  CRO Patrik Mrkela 6  CRO Marino Uskok 7  CRO David Filipović 7 MF  CRO Kristijan Jurić 8 MF  CRO Igor Banović 9  CRO Šimun Butić 10 MF  CRO Ivan Čurjurić

No. Pos. Nation Player 14 MF  CRO Josip Anić 14  CRO Josip Brkić 15 DF  CRO Jure Jerbić 15  CRO Grga-Toni Šoša 16 DF  AUT Marco Budić 17 FW  CRO Luka Viduka 18 FW  CRO Goran Zakarić 20  CRO Richard Djeveljekaj 21 FW  CRO Ivan Bubalo 22 DF  CRO Petar Vuko 23 GK  CRO Anđelo Subašić 25 DF  CRO Matteo Pranić 28 MF  CRO Karlo Torbarina

Managers

• Marko Pinčić (Jul 21, 2020 – Jul 24, 2020)
• Josip Butić (Jul 25, 2020 – Jan 8, 2021)
• Želimir Terkeš (Jan 8, 2021 – Dec 2022)
• Dragan Blatnjak (Dec 7, 2022 – 2023)^[5]

References

1. "Marko Pinčić imenovan trenerom, nakon čega je uslijedio njegov demantij" (in Croatian). Zadarskilist.hr. 21 July 2020. Archived from the original on 11 November 2020. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
2. "Osnovan HNK Zadar, predsjednik je Damir Knežević, direktor NK Zadra s.d.d." (in Croatian). radio.hrt.hr. 5 February 2020. Archived from the original on 8 August 2021. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
3. Žura, Dražen (25 July 2020). "Osnovan HNK Zadar, a igračima NK Zadra ne mogu se osigurati plaće" (in Croatian). Slobodnadalmacija.hr. Archived from the original on 1 March 2021. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
4. Bajković, Drago (9 January 2021). "HNK ZADAR Želimir Terkeš preuzeo dirigentsku palicu, Dragan Blatnjak mu asistira" (in Croatian). zadarskilist.hr. Archived from the original on 9 January 2021. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
5. Dragan Blatnjak novi trener Zadra Archived 2023-04-24 at the Wayback Machine - Novilist (in Croatian)