NK Varaždin

This article is about the association football club which named a same name to 2010. For the supporter-owned football club, see NK Varteks (founded 2011); for other uses, see NK Varteks.

Varaždin

Full name	Nogometni klub Varaždin
Founded	3 June 1931 (as NK Slavija)
Ground	Stadion Anđelko Herjavec (Capacity: 12,000)
Chairman	Zlatko Horvat
Manager	Branko Janžek
League	1. HNL
2010–11	1. HNL, 11th
Home colours Away colours
Current season

NK Varaždin is a Croatian football club based in the city of Varaždin in the north of the country. They play their home matches at the Stadion Anđelko Herjavec, which has an all-seating capacity of 10,000. Organised supporters of the team are known as the White Stones.

History

The club was founded on 3 June 1931 under the name of NK Slavija and existed under this name until 1941. During World War II, the club temporarily ceased to exist and was then reorganised under the name of NK Tekstilac in 1945. The name Varteks was given to the club in 1958 and remained until 21 June 2010, when the club changed its name to Varaždin due to constant lack of sponsorship income from its principal sponsor.

The club's first success happened back in 1938, when they qualified to participate in the premier league of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. In SFR Yugoslavia, their biggest success was the advancement to the final of the Yugoslav Cup in 1961, but they lost the final game to Vardar Skopje from Macedonia.

Varaždin has been a member of the Prva HNL since its foundation in 1991. They have not managed to win any national titles so far, but are regularly placed near the top of the table and were also the runners-up in the Croatian Cup five times. In the spring of 1999, they had a significant international success when they managed to advance to the quarterfinals of the now defunct UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, but were then defeated by Real Mallorca with 3–1 in the second-leg away match after playing a goalless draw at home in the first leg. They also attracted some attention at the international level back in 2001, when they eliminated Aston Villa from the UEFA Cup on away goals.

Varaždin is a small market team and not a very rich club, yet it consistently places in the top 5 in the First Croatian League. The driving force behind Vartaždin is their youth training. It is consistently one of the best in the country and is solely responsible for their success. Most of Varaždin's senior players rose through the ranks of the youth system, earned their spots on the senior squads and were often sold to the bigger market teams in Croatia or to foreign clubs.

Achievements

• Croatian Cup
  • Runners up (6): 1995–96, 1997–98, 2001–02, 2003–04, 2005–06, 2010–11
• Yugoslav Cup
  • Runners up (1): 1960–61

Current squad

As of 31 October 2011

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

No. Position Player 1 GK Ante Mrmić 2 DF Jhonnes 3 FW Denis Kaniški 4 DF Goran Barišić 5 MF Dejan Komljenović 8 FW Danko Cerovečki 9 FW Mario Sačer 11 MF Marko Trojak 12 GK Denis Krklec 13 MF Marko Pajač 14 DF Karlo Šimek 15 DF Danijel Rašić 16 MF Jurica Grgec

No. Position Player 17 FW Dominik Glavina 18 DF Adam Sušac 19 FW Niko Tokić 20 MF Josip Golubar 21 GK Saša Dreven 23 DF Nikola Antolić 26 MF Mario Lončar 27 DF Ivan Conjar 28 MF Leon Kukec 29 DF Alen Gluhak 30 FW Davor Vugrinec MF Gordan Golik FW Ivan Antolek

Recent seasons

Season	League									Cup	European competitions		Top league scorer
	Division	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Pos				Player	Goals
1992	1. HNL	22	7	6	9	32	25	20	8th	DNQ			Igor Cvitanović	9
1992–93	1. HNL	30	10	9	11	38	47	29	7th	QF			Mirza Golubica	8
1993–94	1. HNL	34	16	9	9	51	31	41	5th	QF			Davor Vugrinec	17
1994–95	1. HNL	30	11	10	9	35	27	43	6th	SF			Davor Vugrinec	8
1995–96	1. HNL	32	18	7	7	44	26		3rd	RU			Davor Vugrinec	17
1996–97	1. HNL	30	12	6	12	34	35	42	6th	QF	Cup Winners' Cup	R1	Davor Vugrinec	13
1997–98	1. HNL	32	10	8	14	34	44		10th	RU			Marko Topić	7
1998–99	1. HNL	32	12	4	16	55	57		5th	QF	Cup Winners' Cup	QF	Miljenko Mumlek	13
1999–2000	1. HNL	33	10	10	13	32	44	40	7th	QF	Intertoto Cup	R3	Damir Mužek Vioresin Sinani	5
2000–01	1. HNL	32	12	9	11	56	56	45	4th	QF			Saša Bjelanović Veldin Karić	12
2001–02	1. HNL	30	17	6	7	58	40	57	4th	RU	UEFA Cup	R2	Saša Bjelanović	17
2002–03	1. HNL	32	18	3	11	52	38	57	3rd	SF	UEFA Cup	R1	Veldin Karić	10
2003–04	1. HNL	32	9	11	12	33	42	38	5th	RU	UEFA Cup	R1	Nikola Šafarić	7
2004–05	1. HNL	32	14	3	15	53	50	45	5th	SF			Nedim Halilović	9
2005–06	1. HNL	32	15	2	15	51	48	47	3rd	RU	Intertoto Cup	R3	Leon Benko	14
2006–07	1. HNL	33	12	6	15	49	62	42	8th	R1	UEFA Cup	QR1	Enes Novinić	15
2007–08	1. HNL	33	11	7	15	46	53	40	7th	SF			Miljenko Mumlek	9
2008–09	1. HNL	33	10	5	18	41	55	35	10th	R2			Goran Mujanović	11
2009–10	1. HNL	30	9	9	12	36	43	36	10th	SF			Miljenko Mumlek	11
2010–11	1. HNL	30	9	9	12	32	38	36	11th	RU			Filip Škvorc	7

Key

League: P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; Pts = Points won; Pos = Final position;

Cup / Europe: PR = Preliminary round; QR = Qualifying round; R1 = First round; R2 = Second round; Group = Group stage; QF = Quarter-final; SF = Semi-final; RU = Runner-up; W = Competition won;

European record

Summary

Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Last season played
UEFA Cup UEFA Europa League	22	10	5	7	48	34	2011–12
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	10	6	1	3	15	10	1998–99
UEFA Intertoto Cup	12	5	3	4	22	21	2005
Total	44	21	9	14	85	65

Source: uefa.com, Last updated on 4 August 2011
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

Season	Competition	Round	Opponent	Home	Away	Agg.
1996–97	Cup Winners' Cup	QR	Union Luxembourg	2–1	3–0	5–1
		R1	Lokomotiv Moscow	2–1	0–1	2–2 (a)
1998–99	Cup Winners' Cup	R1	Rudar Velenje	1–0	1–0	2–0
		R2	Heerenveen	4–2 (aet)	1–2	5–4
		QF	Mallorca	0–0	1–3	1–3
1999–2000	Intertoto Cup	R1	Lakamatyu-96 Vitebsk	2–2	2–1	4–3
		R2	Brann	3–0	0–3	3–3 (5–4 p)
		R3	Rostselmash	1–2	1–0	2–2 (a)
2001–02	UEFA Cup	QR	Vaduz	6–1	3–3	9–4
		R1	Aston Villa	0–1	3–2	3–3 (a)
		R2	Brøndby	3–1	0–5	3–6
2002–03	UEFA Cup	QR	Dundalk	5–0	4–0	9–0
		R1	Midtjylland	1–1	0–1	1–2
2003–04	UEFA Cup	QR	Levadia Tallinn	3–2	3–1	6–3
		R1	Debrecen	1–3	2–3	3–6
2005–06	Intertoto Cup	R1	Dinamo Tirana	4–1	1–2	5–3
		R2	Inter Turku	4–3	2–2	6–5
		R3	Lens	1–1	1–4	2–5
2006–07	UEFA Cup	QR1	KF Tirana	1–1	0–2	1–3
2011–12	Europa League	QR1	Lusitanos	5–1	1–0	6–1
		QR2	Iskra-Stal	3–1	1–1	4–2
		QR3	Dinamo Bucureşti	1–2	2–2	3–4

Player records

• Most appearances in UEFA club competitions: 27 appearances^[1]
  • Miljenko Mumlek
• Top scorers in UEFA club competitions: 17 goals^[1]
  • Miljenko Mumlek

Notable players

Leon Benko Saša Bjelanović Igor Cvitanović Nedim Halilović Danijel Hrman Branko Ivanković Mile Jedinak Veldin Karić Ivica Križanac Damir Krznar Dražen Ladić

Marijan Mrmić Miljenko Mumlek Milan Pavličić Nikola Pokrivač Zedi Ramadani Silvester Sabolčki Nikola Šafarić Josip Šimić Danijel Štefulj Davor Vugrinec

Managerial history

Branko Ivanković (July 1991 – June 1995) Luka Bonačić (1995–1996) Dražen Besek (1998–1999) Luka Bonačić (December 1999 – April 2000) Branko Janžek (April 2000 – May 2000) Ivan Katalinić (May 2000 – April 2001) Branko Janžek (April 2001 – May 2002) Dražen Besek (May 2002 – September 2003)

Miroslav Blažević (September 2003 – May 2005) Zlatko Dalić (May 2005 – May 2007) Josip Kuže (June 2007 – August 2007) Dražen Besek (August 2007 – December 2009) Damir Jagačić (January 2010 – March 2010) Samir Toplak (March 2010 – August 2011) Tomica Kocijan (August 2011 – October 2011) Branko Janžek (October 2011 – present)

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Varaždin profile". UEFA.com. http://www.uefa.com/teamsandplayers/teams/club=60514/profile/index.html. Retrieved 10 September 2010. 

External links

• Varaždin at UEFA.com