2014–15 NK Zadar season

Zadar

2014–15 season
Chairman	Josip Bajlo
Manager	Ferdo Milin (until 24 August 2014) Miroslav Blažević (until 2 January 2015) Igor Štimac[1]
Prva HNL	10th
Croatian Cup	Quarter-final
Top goalscorer	League: Ivančić, Weitzer (3) All: Theophilus, Weitzer (4)
Highest home attendance	3,500 v Hajduk Split, 2 November 2014
Lowest home attendance	200 v Lokomotiva, 6 December 2014
Home colours Away colours
← 2013–14

The 2014–15 season is the 70th season in Zadar’s history and their eighth in the Prva HNL. Their 7th place finish in the 2013–14 season means it is their 18th successive season playing in the Prva HNL. On December 2, 2014 the main chairman of NK Zadar Reno Sinovčić was arrested on grounds of corruption.^[2]

First-team squad

As of 17 November 2014

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 Mladen Matković 2 MF Josip Bilaver 3 DF Lovre Čirjak 4 DF Ante Sarić 5 DF Ivan Šimurina 6 DF Vedran Ješe 7 MF Domagoj Pušić (on loan from Rijeka) 8 MF Jakov Surać (captain) 10 MF Ivor Weitzer 11 FW Solomon Theophilus (on loan from Rijeka) 12 GK Tomo Gluić 14 MF Frane Čirjak 15 MF Jure Jerbić

No. Position Player 16 MF Ivan Pešić 20 DF Želimir Terkeš 21 MF Domagoj Muić 22 MF Marko Tešija 23 MF Roberto Viduka 25 DF Frane Ikić 26 MF Igor Banović 28 DF Mirko Hrgović 30 MF Jurica Buljat MF Aliyu Okechukwu (on loan from Rijeka) MF Drago Gabrić (on loan from Rijeka) MF Tonći Mujan (on loan from Hajduk) FW Dražen Pilčić

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started round	Final result	First match	Last Match
2014–15 Prva HNL	–	TBD	19 July	30 May
2014–15 Croatian Cup	First round	TBD	24 September	TBD

Prva HNL

Classification

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
5	NK Zagreb	19	6	6	7	25	27	−2	24
6	RNK Split	19	4	9	6	22	22	0	21
7	Slaven Belupo	19	5	5	9	18	29	−11	20
8	Istra 1961	19	3	7	9	19	32	−13	16
9	Osijek	19	4	3	12	18	34	−16	15	0 Relegation play-off0
10	Zadar	19	3	4	12	18	51	−33	13	Relegation to 2015–16 Druga HNL

Updated to games played on 14 December 2014.
Source: Croatian Football Statistics
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored
For deciding champions, qualification to UEFA Europa League and relegation: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head away goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
19	3	4	12	18	51	−33	13	2	3	5	14	19	−5	1	1	7	4	32	−28

Last updated: 16 December 2014.
Source: Sportnet.hr

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36
Ground	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	L	W	L	D	L	D	L	W	W	L	L	L	L	L	D	L	L	L	D
Position	7	5	8	6	9	9	9	9	5	7	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10

Last updated: 16 December 2014.
Source: Competitive matches
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

Prva HNL

Round	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Attendance	Zadar Scorers	Report
1	19 Jul	H	RNK Split	1 – 2	1,000	Ivančić	Sportnet.hr
2	26 Jul	H	Osijek	2 – 1	900	Ivančić, Weitzer	Sportnet.hr
3	2 Aug	A	Dinamo Zagreb	0 – 5	1,976		Sportnet.hr
4	9 Aug	H	NK Zagreb	2 – 2	1,200	Weitzer, Ivančić	Sportnet.hr
5	16 Aug	A	Hajduk Split	0 – 6	10,000		Sportnet.hr
6	23 Aug	H	Istra 1961	1 – 1	800	Šimurina	Sportnet.hr
7	30 Aug	A	Rijeka	1 – 6	4,000	Terkeš	Sportnet.hr
8	13 Sep	H	Slaven Belupo	4 – 0	3,000	Terkeš, Pešić, Hrgović, Pušić	Sportnet.hr
9	20 Sep	A	Lokomotiva	1 – 0	1,000	Weitzer	Sportnet.hr
10	27 Sep	A	RNK Split	0 – 3	1,000		Sportnet.hr
11	4 Oct	A	Osijek	1 – 4	2,000	Ikić	Sportnet.hr
12	18 Oct	H	Dinamo Zagreb	1 – 3	2,500	Pešić	Sportnet.hr
13	25 Oct	A	NK Zagreb	0 – 3	200		Sportnet.hr
14	1 Nov	H	Hajduk Split	0 – 3	3,500		Sportnet.hr
15	8 Nov	A	Istra 1961	1 – 1	800	Buljat	Sportnet.hr
16	22 Nov	H	Rijeka	0 – 1	1,500		Sportnet.hr
17	29 Nov	A	Slaven Belupo	0 – 4	1,200		Sportnet.hr
18	6 Dec	H	Lokomotiva	2 – 5	200	Theophilus, Buljat	Sportnet.hr
19	13 Dec	H	RNK Split	1 – 1		Jerbić	Sportnet.hr
20	7 Feb	H	Osijek	–
21	14 Feb	A	Dinamo Zagreb	–
22	21 Feb	H	NK Zagreb	–
23	28 Feb	A	Hajduk Split	–
24	7 Mar	H	Istra 1961	–
25	14 Mar	A	Rijeka	–
26	21 Mar	H	Slaven Belupo	–
27	4 Apr	A	Lokomotiva	–
28	11 Apr	A	RNK Split	–
29	18 Apr	A	Osijek	–
30	25 Apr	H	Dinamo Zagreb	–
31	29 Apr	A	NK Zagreb	–
32	2 May	H	Hajduk Split	–
33	9 May	A	Istra 1961	–
34	16 May	H	Rijeka	–
35	23 May	A	Slaven Belupo	–
36	30 May	H	Lokomotiva	–

Croatian Cup

Round	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Attendance	Zadar Scorers	Report
R1	24 Sep	A	Zagora Unešić	5 – 1	1,500	Weitzer, Theophilus (3), Hrgović	Sportnet.hr
R2	29 Oct	H	Varaždin	5 – 1	400	Pešić (2), Terkeš, Čirjak, Ješe	Sportnet.hr
QF	11 Feb	A	RNK Split	–
QF	4 Mar	H	RNK Split	–

Sources: Prva-HNL.hr

Frendlies

Round	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Attendance	Zadar Scorers	Report
1	20 Jan 2015	Međugorje	NK Neretva	2 – 2	50	Muja, Jerbić (o.g.) , Čirjak (o.g.), Gabrić	zadarski.hr
2	24 Jan 2015	Međugorje	Zrinjski	0 – 2	100	-	Sportnet.hr

Player seasonal records

Competitive matches only. Updated to games played 15 December 2014.

Goals

Rank	Name	League	Cup	Total
1	Ivor Weitzer	3	1	4
	Solomon Theophilus	1	3	4
	Ivan Pešić	2	2	4
3	Josip Ivančić	3	0	3
	Želimir Terkeš	2	1	3
5	Jurica Buljat	2	0	2
	Mirko Hrgović	1	1	2
7	Domagoj Pušić	1	0	1
	Ivan Šimurina	1	0	1
	Frane Ikić	1	0	1
	Frane Čirjak	0	1	1
	Vedran Ješe	0	1	1
	Jure Jerbić	1	0	1
	TOTALS	15	10	25

Source: Sportnet.hr

Transfers

In

Date	Position	Player	From	Fee
14 Jul 2014	CF	Vlatko Šimunac	NK Vinogradar	Free
14 Jul 2014	CF	Želimir Terkeš	Persija Jakarta	?
21 Jul 2014	MF	Marko Tešija	Dugopolje	?
24 Jun 2014	FW	Lovre Čirjak	Unemployed
10 Oct 2014	AM	Jurica Buljat	Unemployed
14 Jan 2015	FW	Dražen Pilčić	Unemployed	Free
		Domagoj Krajačić	NK Lučko
		Andrija Milinković[3]	NK Neretva

Out

Date	Position	Player	To	Fee
1 Jul 2014	FW	Antonio Jakoliš	CFR Cluj	Free transfer
1 Jul 2014	FW	Marin Jurina	Etzella	?
18 Jul 2014	DF	Marin Oršulić	CSKA Sofia	?
18 Aug 2014	MF	Josip Bašić	HNK Šibenik	?
18 Aug 2014	DF	Marin Con	Al-Fahaheel FC	?
25 Aug 2014	FW	Josip Ivančić	HNK Rijeka	?
30 Jun 2014	FW	Josip Tadić	HNK Rijeka	End of loan
15 Jun 2014	DF	Mato Neretljak	HNK Rijeka	End of loan
21 Oct 2014	MF	Marko Tešija	Unattached	?
4 Nov 2014	MF	Andjelo Paleka	NK Zlatna Luka	?
13 Jan 2015	MF	Ivor Weitzer	Pécsi MFC	?

Loans in

Date	Position	Player	From	Until
18 Aug 2014	MF	Domagoj Pušić	HNK Rijeka	30 Jun 2015
22 Aug 2014	FW	Solomon Theophilus	HNK Rijeka	30 Jun 2015
14 Jan 2015	MF	Aliyu Okechukwu	HNK Rijeka	30 Jun 2015
15 Jan 2015	MF	Drago Gabrić	HNK Rijeka	30 Jun 2015
15 Jan 2015	MF	Tonći Mujan	HNK Hajduk Split	30 Jun 2015

Loans out

Date	Position	Player	To	Until
12 Aug 2014	FW	Vlatko Blažević	HNK Šibenik	30 Jun 2015

References

1. "NOVO IME U STANOVIMA Igor Štimac nasljednik Ćire Blaževića na klupi Zadra". Jutarnji.hr. Retrieved 2015-04-10.
2. "Uhićen prvi čovjek Zadra Reno Sinovčić - Sportnet". Hrsport.net. Retrieved 2015-04-10.
3. "Belgijac Zennaro došao u Istru 1961, Štimac doveo još dvojicu igrača - Sportnet". Hrsport.net. Retrieved 2015-04-10.