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Slaven Belupo 
Full name Nogometni klub Slaven Nickname(s) Slaven
Farmaceuti (Pharmacists)Founded 20 August 1907 (as HŠK Slaven) Ground Gradski stadion
(Capacity: 4,000)Chairman Stanislav Biondić Manager Roy Ferenčina League Prva HNL 2009–10 Prva HNL, 7th Website Club home page 
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Away coloursNK Slaven Belupo, often referred to simply as Slaven and known internationally as NK Slaven Koprivnica, is a Croatian football club based in the city of Koprivnica in the north of the country. They play their home matches at Gradski stadion in Koprivnica.
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History
The first football club in Koprivnica was founded back in June 1907, when a student team was formed and named Đački nogometni klub, which is Croatian for Students' Football Club. The name Slaven first appeared when a sports club named HŠK Slaven was founded by the members of the Friedrich family on August 20, 1912 and this is considered to be the foundation date of the present-day club. The club won the Croatian regional championship in 1920. Slaven was subsequently renamed HŠK Victorija, but was then disbanded due to financial difficulties and the city of Koprivnica was subsequently without a football club for four years, between 1926 and 1930.
Between 1930 and 1945, the club was known as HŠK Koprivnica, HŠK Danica and RNHŠK Sloga, before the name Slaven returned with the foundation of FD Slaven. Between 1953 and 1958, the club was known as SD Podravka and was then renamed NK Slaven. The name Slaven remained until today, with only the names of the club's principal sponsors being added to it. The club was thus known as NK Slaven Bilokalnik between 1992 and 1994, after which it was given its current name following a sponsorship agreement with the Koprivnica-based pharmaceutical company Belupo.
Slaven gained their first promotion to the Prva HNL in 1997 and have been playing in the league without relegation ever since. In 2000, they surprisingly finished fifth in the Prva HNL and qualified for the UEFA Intertoto Cup. In their first Intertoto Cup appearance, they managed to reach the third round of the competition before being eliminated by Czech club SK Sigma Olomouc after losing 2-0 at home and getting a goalless draw on the road. One year later, they repeated the success and were only stopped by renowned English club Aston Villa F.C. with a 3-2 aggregate defeat. In their next two Intertoto Cup appearances, they were even more successful as they reached the semifinals of the competition on both occasions, only to be eliminated after losing to renowned clubs Stuttgart from Germany and Lille from France respectively. Their last Intertoto Cup appearance in 2005 ended in the third round with a 4-0 aggregate defeat to Spanish club Deportivo La Coruña.
In 2007, the club reached the Croatian Cup final after beating defending Cup holders NK Rijeka 3-2 in the second leg of the semifinals, going on to play Dinamo Zagreb in the final. Although losing to Dinamo in the final, 2-1 on aggregate, Slaven took a place in the UEFA Cup qualifying for the first time in their history, since their opponents had already qualified for the UEFA Champions League by virtue of having won the Prva HNL.
Slaven reached the second qualifying round of the UEFA Cup 2007-08, beating Albanian side KS Teuta Durrës 8-4 on aggregate before being eliminated after a 4-2 aggregate defeat to Turkish club Galatasaray S.K..[1] In 2008, Slaven finished runners-up in the Croatian league, which is their best domestic result to date.[2]
On August 28, 2008 NK Slaven Belupo qualified for the UEFA Cup 2008-09 by beating Aris of Greece 2-0 at their home stadium, to reach an aggregate score of 2-1, thereby achieving arguably the best result in the history of the club.[3][4]
Current squad
- As of 31 August 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 Tomislav Pelin 2 MF Jurica Marčinković 3 
DF Borislav Pilipović 4 DF Elvis Kokalović 5 DF Mato Grgić 8 MF Stjepan Poljak 9 FW Aljoša Vojnović 10 MF Josip Brezovec 11 MF Dejan Glavica 12 GK Silvio Rodić 14 MF Tomislav Havojić 15 FW Leon Benko No. Position Player 16 DF Vedran Purić 17 MF Goran Mujanović 18 MF Josip Milardović 20 MF Mario Gregurina 21 MF Martin Jakšinić 22 DF Antonio Mamić 23 DF Stjepan Geng 24 FW Ivica Jurakić 26 DF Alen Maras 30 FW Tomislav Bušić MF Petar Brlek MF Dario Čanadija Notable players
Fatmir Vata- Marijo Dodik
- Edin Šaranović
- Dragan Stojkić
- Petar Bošnjak
- Tomislav Butina
- Mato Jajalo
Recent seasons
Season League Cup European competitions Top goalscorer[5] Division P W D L F A Pts Pos Player Goals 1997–98 1. HNL 32 11 5 16 31 56 38 9th R2 Josip Markovinović 6 1998–99 1. HNL 32 10 9 13 39 44 39 7th SF Zoran Slišković 7 1999–2000 1. HNL 33 12 13 8 34 34 49 5th QF Marijo Dodik 13 2000–01 1. HNL 32 11 11 10 39 37 44 5th R2 Intertoto Cup R3 Marijo Dodik 16 2001–02 1. HNL 30 11 9 10 34 36 41 6th R1 Intertoto Cup R3 Miljenko Kovačić 9 2002–03 1. HNL 32 12 4 16 37 36 40 7th R2 Intertoto Cup SF Marijo Dodik 12 2003–04 1. HNL 32 10 10 12 37 39 40 9th R2 Srebrenko Posavec 11 2004–05 1. HNL 32 12 9 11 37 41 45 6th QF Intertoto Cup SF Ivica Karabogdan 10 2005–06 1. HNL 32 10 11 11 46 48 41 8th QF Intertoto Cup R3 Marijo Dodik
Igor Musa
Bojan Vručina8 2006–07 1. HNL 33 14 7 12 40 37 49 5th RU Bojan Vručina 11 2007–08 1. HNL 33 16 6 11 45 29 54 2nd QF UEFA Cup QR2 Stjepan Poljak 8 2008–09 1. HNL 33 16 7 10 46 39 55 4th QF UEFA Cup R1 Bojan Vručina 14 2009–10 1. HNL 30 11 10 9 44 45 43 7th QF Europa League QR3 Mateas Delić 6 2010–11 1. HNL 30 10 10 10 34 30 40 7th SF Leon Benko 8 European record
Summary
Competition Pld W D L GF GA Years UEFA Cup / Europa League 16 7 2 7 35 18 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10 Intertoto Cup 34 17 7 10 50 30 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005 Total 50 24 9 17 85 48 Source: uefa.com, Last updated on 11 January 2010
Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals againstBy season
Season Competition Round Opponent Home Away Agg 2000–01 Intertoto Cup R1 
Glenavon3–0 1–1 4–1 R2 
Zagłębie Lubin0–0 1–1 1–1 R3 
Sigma Olomouc1–1 0–1 1–2 2001–02 Intertoto Cup R1 
Anorthosis7–0 2–0 9–0 R2 
Bastia1–0 1–0 2–0 R3 
Aston Villa2–1 0–2 2–3 2002–03 Intertoto Cup R1 
OD Trenčín5–0 1–3 6–3 R2 
Belenenses2–0 1–0 3–0 R3 
Marek Dupnitsa3–1 3–0 6–1 SF 
VfB Stuttgart0–1 1–2 1–3 2004–05 Intertoto Cup R1 
Hibernians3–0 1–2 4–2 R2 Vllaznia2–0 0–1 2–1 R3 Spartak Trnava0–0 2–2 2–2 SF Lille1–1 0–3 1–4 2005–06 Intertoto Cup R1 
Drava Ptuj1–0 1–0 2–0 R2 
Gloria Bistriţa3–2 1–0 4–2 R3 
Deportivo La Coruña0–3 0–1 0–4 2007–08 UEFA Cup QR1 Teuta6–2 2–2 8–4 QR2 
Galatasaray1–2 1–2 2–4 2008–09 UEFA Cup QR1 Marsaxlokk4–0 4–0 8–0 QR2 
Aris Thessaloniki2–0 0–1 2–1 R1 
CSKA Moscow1–2 0–1 1–3 2009–10 Europa League QR1 Birkirkara1–0 0–0 1–0 QR2 
Milano8–2 4–0 12–2 QR3 
Tromsø0–2 1–2 1–4 Last updated on 2 September 2009
Player records
- Most appearances in UEFA club competitions: 28 appearances[6]
- Top scorers in UEFA club competitions: 14 goals[6]
Managerial history
- Miroslav Buljan (1997)
- Marijan Vlak (1998)
- Luka Bonačić (1999–2000)
- Mladen Frančić (2000–2001)
- Dražen Besek (2001–2002)
- Rajko Magić (2002–2003)
- Ivan Bedi (2003–2004)
- Milo Nižetić (2004)
- Branko Karačić (2004–2005)
- Nikola Jurčević (2005)
- Elvis Scoria (2005–2007)
- Krunoslav Jurčić (2007–2008)
- Mile Petković (2008–2009)
- Milivoj Bračun (2009)
- Zlatko Dalić (2009–2010)
- Mile Petković (2010–2011)
- Roy Ferenčina (2011–present)
References
- ^ "Two Turkish sides through to next round of UEFA Cup". NTV MSNBC. 2007-08-31. http://www.ntvmsnbc.com/news/418749.asp. Retrieved 2007-08-31.
- ^ Final table of the Croatian league in 2007-08
- ^ "Second qualifying round - 28 August 2008 18:30 CET (18:30 local time) - Gradski - Koprivnica". 2008-08-28. http://www.uefa.com/competitions/uefacup/fixturesresults/round=15283/match=303880/index.html. Retrieved 2008-08-28.
- ^ "Farmaceuti u kupu Uefe!". 2008-08-28. http://www.net.hr/sport/page/2008/08/28/0399006.html. Retrieved 2008-08-28.
- ^ Goals scored only in Prva HNL are counted.
- ^ a b "Slaven Koprivnica profile". UEFA.com. http://www.uefa.com/teamsandplayers/teams/club=64321/profile/index.html. Retrieved 13 April 2010.
External links
- Official website (Croatian)
- Slaven Belupo profile at UEFA.com
- Slaven Belupo profile at Sportnet.hr (Croatian)
- Slaven Belupo profile at Nogometni magazin (Croatian)
Prva HNL 2011–12 teams Cibalia · Dinamo Zagreb · Hajduk Split · Inter Zaprešić · Istra 1961 · Karlovac · Lokomotiva · Lučko · Osijek · Rijeka · Slaven Belupo · RNK Split · Šibenik · Varaždin · Zadar · NK ZagrebFormer teams Belišće · Čakovec · Croatia Sesvete · Dubrava · Dubrovnik · Hrvatski Dragovoljac · Istra Pula · Kamen Ingrad · Marsonia · Međimurje · Neretva · Orijent · Pazinka · Pomorac · Primorac 1929 · Radnik Velika Gorica · Samobor · Segesta · Suhopolje · TŠK Topolovac · Vukovar '91Statistics and awards Associated competitions Seasons Categories:- Association football clubs established in 1912
- Croatian football clubs
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