NK Karlovac

Karlovac

Full name	Nogometni klub Karlovac
Founded	1919 (as NK Borac)
Ground	Stadion Branko Čavlović-Čavlek (Capacity: 5,000)
Chairman	Boris Kozjan v.d.
Coach	Damir Petravić
League	1. HNL
2010–11	1. HNL, 6th
Website	Club home page
Home colours Away colours Third colours

NK Karlovac is a Croatian football club based in the town of Karlovac. They play in the Prva HNL, the country's top division, having been promoted to top level at the end of the 2008–09 season. Karlovac play their home matches at the 12,000-capacity Stadion Branko Čavlović-Čavlek.

History

Traditionally lower-level minnows, the club's most successful period in the Yugoslav football league system was in the 1970s when they competed in the Second Yugoslav League. After the breakup of Yugoslavia and the formation of the Croatian football league system in 1992 Karlovac spent most of the time playing in Druga HNL and Treća HNL, second and third levels. Led by manager Igor Pamić, Karlovac won consecutive promotions in the 2007–08 and 2008–09 seasons, which saw them join the top level for the first time in their history.

Originally founded in 1919 as NK Borac, they changed their name in 1920 to NŠK Karlovac. This lasted until 1941 when they merged with several local sides to form ŠK Velebit. Following World War II Velebit was disbanded and re-established as FD Udarnik, which was then renamed in 1948 SD Slavija before adoptng their current name NK Karlovac in 1954.

Former names

• Borac (1919–1920)
• NŠK Karlovac (1920–1941)
• HŠK Velebit (1941–1945)
• Udarnik (1945–1948)
• Slavija (1948–1954)
• Karlovac (1954–1958)
• KSD (1958–1960)
• Karlovac (1960–present)

Current squad

As of 16 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 Ivan Grabovac 2 FW Emil Miljković 3 DF Nenad Dedić 4 DF Toni Golem 5 MF Edin Husić 6 MF Goran Paracki 7 FW Tomislav Ivičić 8 FW Matija Štefančić (captain) 9 FW Enes Novinić 10 FW Igor Novaković 11 DF Željko Kovačević 12 GK Igor Lovrić 13 FW Stjepan Kokot 14 MF Viktor Špišić 15 MF Adnan Likić 16 MF Andrea Ottochian 17 DF Emilko Janković

No. Position Player 20 MF Mihael Sopčić 21 MF Adis Stambolija 22 DF Kenan Čejvanović 24 DF Josip Barišić 26 MF Mislav Leko 27 FW Gordan Vuk 28 DF Boris Kutleša GK Vedran Beblek GK Hrvoje Sunara DF Srđan Juroš DF Miloš Musulin MF Nedjeljko Amić MF Boris Gavrić MF Patrik Poljak MF Marko Špelić FW Marin Vrnoga

Recent seasons

0Season0	League									Cup	European competitions		Top goalscorer
	Division	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Pos				Player	Goals
2005–06	2. HNL	32	4	6	22	21	70	18	12th	DNQ			Saša Kajkut	5
2006–07	3. HNL	34	13	7	14	46	49	46	12th	R1			Ivan Trbušić	12
2007–08	3. HNL	34	28	3	3	96	20	87	1st	DNQ			Mario Rac	30
2008–09	2. HNL	30	18	5	7	50	24	59	2nd	R2			Ivan Lišnić	10
2009–10	1. HNL	30	12	11	7	32	23	47	6th	R2			Enes Novinić Zvonko Pamić	5
2010–11	1. HNL	30	11	8	11	25	27	41	6th	R2			Karlo Primorac	5

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;

External links

• Official website (Croatian)
• Karlovac profile at UEFA.com
• Karlovac profile at Sportnet.hr (Croatian)
• Karlovac profile at Nogometni magazin (Croatian)