Hrvatski nogometni klub Cibalia, commonly known as Cibalia Vinkovci or simply Cibalia, is a

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club from the town of

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in eastern Croatia. Cibalia currently play in the Prva NL, Croatia's second-tier league. Their stadium is located in the south part of their home town and can hold 10,000 spectators. The name Cibalia comes from the

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settlement called ''Colonia Aurelia Cibalae'' which was the precursor of the present-day town of Vinkovci. In the period from 1945 to 1990 the club was called NK Dinamo Vinkovci.

History

The club was founded in 1919 as ''HGŽK Cibalia Vinkovci'', and in 1925 the team merged with local rivals RŠK Sloga. In the 1930s the club was coached by

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and Rajmond Breznik."FK Bačka Mol", page 92 After

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the club was banned by the new Communist regime. After the war re-established clubs Sloga and OFD Graničar merged and formed ''NK Dinamo Vinkovci'' which began competing within the Yugoslav football system. The club would see several humble decades before finally making it to the

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in 1982. They played in the top-tier league for five seasons until they were relegated to the

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in 1987. In 1990 the team returned its traditional name of ''Cibalia''. The club spent much of the 1990s in the

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, Croatian top level. It remained in the Prva HNL until the 2003–04 season when it was relegated to the

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. The club was also penalized by

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in the same season with a deduction of six points for failure to fulfill financial obligations related to past player transfers. Nevertheless, in the 2004–05 season, Cibalia outdid all of its opponents in the second league by a large margin, won the promotion playoffs and returned to Prva HNL. It was in this season that they also had

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legend

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play the final 8 minutes of a match vs HNK Vukovar. Cibalia also had some success playing in the

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, where it reached the final in 1999 (lost to

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) and semi-final in 2000, 2004, 2009, 2011, 2012 and 2013. The 2009–10 season was Cibalia's best ever season in the top division of Croatian football. They finished third after giants

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and

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, having spent most of the season in second position. They qualified for the second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League but eventually lost to Northern Irish side Cliftonville and exited the tournament. Cibalia were relegated from the 1. HNL in 2018 and also faced bankruptcy. They ended up being relegated directly to the third division, where they finished the season in first place and were promoted after receiving a second division license in May 2019.

Honours

(West): **Winners (1): 1981–82 *

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(SR Croatia): **Winners (1): 1974–75 *

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**Quarter-finals (1):

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: **Third place (1): 2009–10 * Croatian Second League: **Winners (3): 1997–98, 2004–05, 2015–16 *

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(East): **Winners (1): 2018–19 *

: **Runners-up (1):

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: **Semi-finals (1):

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Supporters and rivalries

The club has a relatively large but local following. Their main supporter group are called ''Ultrasi''. Their main rivals are the group '' Kohorta Osijek'' from

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Current squad

Recent seasons

European record

Summary

Source:, 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: 10 appearances **Jure Jurić *Top scorers in UEFA club competitions: 3 goals ** Ivan Maroslavac

All-time total in the Prva HNL

Historical list of coaches

* Rajmond Breznik * Dražan Jerković (1975–76) *

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(1976–79) * Ivan Marković *

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(19xx–1984) * Nedeljko Gugolj (1984–8X) *

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(1986–88) *

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(1988–89) * Stipe Kedžo (1989–90) *

(1990-9x) *

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(1992) *

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(1993–95) *

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''(interim)'' (1994) * Tomislav Radić (1995–96) *

''(interim)'' (1995) *

(1996–97) * Tomislav Radić (1997) *

(1997–98) * Krasnodar Rora (1998) * Mijo Ručević (1998–99) *

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(1999–2000) *

(2000–01) *

(2001–03) * Bruno Buhač ''(interim)'' (2003) *

(2003) *

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(2004–05) *

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(2005–06) *

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(2006) * Ivica Matković (2006) *

(2006–07) *

(2007–08) *

(2008–11) * Siniša Jalić ''(interim)'' (2011) *

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(2012) *

(2012–13) * Damir Petravić (2013–14) *

(2014) * Zoran Tomić (2014) *

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(21 Sep 2021 -19 Apr 22) *

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Sources

# ''Nogomet 85'', Slaven Zambata # ''Nogomet 86'', Slaven Zambata # ''Nogometno YU prvenstvo 85'' # ''Nogometni godišnjak Hrvatska 92'' # Arena – ''"Hrvatska na Europskom prvenstvu"'' 1996. # ''YU fudbal 87–88 VIII/88'' # ''Nogomet'' – Croatian football news; number 17, May 1999, p58

References

External links

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