NK Pomorac Kostrena

NK Pomorac

Full name	Nogometni klub Pomorac Kostrena
Founded	1912
Ground	Stadion Žuknica (Capacity: 3,500)
Chairman	Miroslav Uljan
Manager	Predrag Stilinović
League	2. HNL
2009–10	2nd
Home colours Away colours

NK Pomorac is a Croatian football club based in Kostrena, a suburb of Rijeka, a port city lying on the Adriatic Sea. Kostrena is known for its maritime tradition, which is reflected in the club's name, as the word "pomorac" means "mariner" or "seaman" in English.

Founded in 1912, NK Pomorac is one of the oldest football clubs in Croatia. They currently compete in the 2. HNL, Croatian second division. Pomorac had finished the 2009–10 season in second place, but they declined promotion as they were unable to gain a licence required to compete in top level.

History

Since the independence of Croatia in 1992 NK Pomorac played in Croatian Third Football League until the 1995-86 season, when it became champion of the Croatian Third Football League and was promoted to the Croatian Second Football League. In 1995-96 NK Pomorac won the Regional Cup of Croatia and qualified for 1/16 final of Croatian Cup where it played against one of the greatest Croatian clubs, HNK Hajduk Split. In the first match in Kostrena HNK Hajduk Split won 2-0 against NK Pomorac, and on the second match in Split, NK Pomorac has played to a tie against the favorite HNK Hajduk Split 1-1. According to Croatian press reports the level of NK Pomorac's play was equal to that of Hajduk Split.

NK Pomorac played on the Croatian Second Football League from 1996-97 to 2000-01, when it was promoted to the Croatian First Football League (1. HNL). It stayed two seasons on the Croatian First Football League: - 2001-02 and 2002-03. Since 2003 NK Pomorac has played in the Croatian Second Football League and hopes to return again to the Croatian First Football League.

The president of NK Pomorac is Miroslav Uljan who is also the mayor of the town of Kostrena and vice-president of the Croatian Football Federation.

Current squad

As of 14 September 2010

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 GK Davor Burcsa GK David Šegota DF Naum Batkoski DF Željko Pinjuh DF Stipe Režić DF Josip Rudan DF Nikica Švrljuga DF Mario Tadejević DF Vedran Turkalj MF Luka Jagačić MF Roni Kert

No. Position Player MF Luka Marić MF Alen Orlović MF Anto Pejić MF Marin Prpić MF Domagoj Prtenjača MF Dario Tomić MF Diego Živulić FW Tomislav Ivičić FW Luka Kujundžija FW Marin Perić FW Martin Šaban

Recent seasons

Season	League									Cup	Top goalscorer
	Division	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Pos		Player	Goals
1992
1992–93
1993–94
1994–95
1995–96										R1
1996–97	2. HNL West	30	22	3	5	63	16	69	2nd
1997–98	2. HNL West	30	19	5	6	70	17	62	4th
1998–99	3. HNL West	30	23	4	3	65	15	73	1st ↑
1999–2000	2. HNL	32	17	9	6	49	26	60	4th	PR
2000–01	2. HNL	34	21	7	6	80	30	70	2nd ↑
2001–02	1. HNL	30	12	4	14	36	41	40	7th	SF
2002–03	1. HNL	32	7	11	14	42	52	32	11th ↓	QF
2003–04	2. HNL South	32	16	10	6	55	39	58	2nd	R1
2004–05	2. HNL South	32	13	7	12	37	36	46	7th	R2
2005–06	2. HNL South	32	15	13	4	65	31	58	3rd	R1
2006–07	2. HNL	30	11	9	10	53	51	42	8th	R1
2007–08	2. HNL	30	14	7	9	42	28	49	4th	R2	David Dujanić	7
2008–09	2. HNL	30	9	5	16	29	45	32	13th	QF	Edi Petrović	6
2009–10	2. HNL	26	14	5	7	39	22	47	2nd	QF	Ivor Weitzer	8
2010–11	2. HNL	30	16	8	6	50	23	56	3rd	R2	Tomislav Ivičić, Martin Šaban	10

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 = Prva HNL 2. HNL = Druga HNL 3. HNL = Treća HNL

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

External links

• Official website (Croatian)
• NK Pomorac at Nogometni magazin (Croatian)