Nogometni klub Hrvatski dragovoljac ( en, Football Club Hrvatski dragovoljac), commonly referred to as NK Hrvatski dragovoljac or simply Hrvatski dragovoljac, is a Croatian

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club based in the Novi Zagreb neighbourhood of the country's capital city of

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. The team's fans are known as the "Black Warriors" ( hr, Crni ratnici). The club's home ground is Stadion NŠC Stjepan Spajić, 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

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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. 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

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

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, a success they repeated in the following two seasons with fourth and fifth-place finishes.

Name changes

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

Honours

* Croatian Second League **Champions (2): 1994–95 (West), 2012–13

Recent seasons

Key

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 =

*2. HNL =

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*3. HNL =

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

Players

Current squad

Out on loan

European record

Summary

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

Player records

*Most appearances in UEFA club competitions: 8 appearances ** Nikica Miletić *Top scorers in UEFA club competitions: 2 goals **

Mario Bazina Mario Bazina (born 8 September 1975) is a Croatian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Club career Bazina played for Austrian club, Grazer AK for five years and one year with Rapid Wien and for Croatian sides Hrvatski ...

** Neno Katulić

Notable coaches

Branko Tucak Branko Tucak (born 19 June 1952) is a Croatian former professional football player who last coached the Rwandan national team. Career Club career Tucak played for NK Zagreb, Dinamo Zagreb, Metz, AS Nancy, Angers, Kortrijk and Thionville Th ...

(1998–1999) *

Milivoj Bračun Milivoj Bračun (born 22 April 1958) is a Croatian football manager and former player who was most recently the manager of Slovenian First League side FC Koper. Born in Zagreb, SR Croatia, back then within Yugoslavia, Bračun played for Dina ...

(2000) * Gordan Ciprić (2006–07) * Stjepan Čordaš (2007) *

Vjekoslav Lokica Vjekoslav Lokica (born 19 September 1965) is a Croatian professional football manager and former player. Managerial career He replaced Goran Sablić as manager of RNK Split Radnički nogometni klub Split, commonly known as RNK Split, is a ...

(2007–2008) * Albert Pobor (2008–2009) * Damir Mužek (2009–2010) * Davor Mladina (2010) * Damir Biškup ''(interim)'' (2010) *

Ivan Pudar Ivan Pudar (born 16 August 1961) is a Croatian professional football manager and former player who was most recently the manager of Caspiy. Playing career During his club career he played for Hajduk Split, Spartak Subotica and Boavista. He ea ...

(2010) * Davor Mladina (2010–2011) * Damir Biškup (2011) * Stjepan Čordaš (2011) * Zdenko Glumac (2011) * Dinko Vulelija (2011) * Krešimir Sunara (2011–2013) * Krešimir Ganjto (2013) * Davor Mladina (2013–2014) * Roy Ferenčina (2014–2015) * Besnik Prenga (2015) * Iztok Kapušin (2015) *

Dean Klafurić Dean Klafurić (born 26 July 1972) is a Croatian professional football manager, currently serving as head coach for Budapest Honvéd FC of the Hungarian first division. Manager career Klafuric started to work as a coach in NK Udarnik in 20 ...

(2019)

References

External links

Official website

Hrvatski Dragovoljac
at ''Nogometni magazin'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Hrvatski Dragovoljac Football clubs in Croatia Association football clubs established in 1975 Hrvatski Dragovoljac 1975 establishments in Croatia