- NK Istra 1961
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- Not to be confused with NK Istra.
Istra 1961 
Full name Nogometni klub Istra 1961 Nickname(s) Verudeži,
Zeleno-žuti ("green-yellow")Founded 1961 Ground Aldo Drosina
Pula, Croatia
(Capacity: 10,000)Chairman 
Mikhail ShcheglovManager 
Igor PamićLeague Prva HNL 2010–11 Prva HNL, 15th Website Club home page 
Home colours
Away coloursNK Istra 1961 is a football club from Pula, Croatia, currently playing in the Croatian First Division.
The football club NK Uljanik from which the club originates from was founded in 1948. In 1961 it joined with another local club, NK Pula, to form NK Istra. For this reason, 1961 is occasionally considered as the clubs founding year. The greatest club success was in the 2002-2003 season against Hajduk Split when they finished runners up in the Croatian Cup, losing to Hajduk Split 4-1 on aggregate. In the 2004-05 season the club changed its name into NK Pula 1856, because the year 1856 was the year that the Austro-Hungarian Empire made Pula the port of its arsenal and the shipyard Uljanik was opened. Also in the same year, in competed in the Prva Liga for the first time. In 2005 it was renamed again to NK Pula Staro Češko due to a sponsorship contract with the brewery Daruvarska pivovara (Staro Češko is a beer brand). Just one year later the name was once again changed, this time to NK Pula. Again, just a year later in summer 2007, the name was changed for the fifth time in as many years, to NK Istra 1961. The change of name came after an ultimatium from the local fans Demons who said the club will have their support only if the club changes its name and club colours to the traditional city colours (yellow and green).
Its crest features the city's Roman Arena in Pula, as well as the old team crest.
Pula play their home matches at the recently renovated Stadion Aldo Drosina, which has a capacity of approximately 10,000 spectators.
Contents
Recent seasons
Season League Cup Top goalscorer Name Division P W D L F A Pts Pos Player Goals 1992 Uljanik 1992–93 R1 1993–94 2. HNL South 30 7 7 16 21 43 21 14th 1994–95 2. HNL West 13th 1995–96 2. HNL West 34 18 8 8 58 36 62 5th 1996–97 2. HNL West 30 19 6 5 65 21 63 3rd 1997–98 2. HNL West 30 12 7 11 42 31 43 6th 1998–99 3. HNL West 30 13 7 10 33 35 46 3rd 1999–2000 3. HNL West 30 17 6 7 56 30 57 3rd R1 2000–01 3. HNL West 30 17 11 2 73 26 62 1st ↑ 2001–02 2. HNL South 30 17 8 5 57 26 59 2nd PR 2002–03 2. HNL South 32 20 7 5 63 31 67 2nd RU 2003–04 2. HNL South 32 18 8 6 59 33 62 1st ↑ QF Pula 1856 2004–05 1. HNL 32 7 14 11 28 31 35 10th QF 2005–06 1. HNL 32 13 6 13 44 36 45 7th R1 Stiven Rivić 12 Pula Staro Češko 2006–07 1. HNL 33 6 11 16 28 40 29 11th ↓ R1 Marko Radas, Almir Halilović 5 Pula 2007–08 2. HNL 30 17 7 6 42 14 58 3rd R1 Saša Šest 8 Istra 1961 2008–09 2. HNL 30 18 6 6 46 20 60 1st ↑ R1 Mohamed Kalilou Traoré 9 2009–10 1. HNL 30 9 8 13 31 40 35 11th R2 Asim Šehić 15 2010–11 1. HNL 30 9 4 17 24 44 31 15th QF Siniša Linić 5 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
- PR = Preliminary round
- R1 = Round 1
- R2 = Round 2
- QF = Quarter-finals
- SF = Semi-finals
- RU = Runners-up
- W = Winners
Matches in Prva HNL
Opponent Pld W D L GD Pld W D L GD Pld W D L GD HNK Cibalia 7 1 2 4 5:9 3 0 1 2 2:5 4 1 1 2 3:4 NK Dinamo 9 1 3 5 7:17 5 1 2 2 6:8 4 0 1 3 1:9 HNK Hajduk 7 2 3 2 5:5 3 1 1 1 2:1 4 1 2 1 3:4 NK Inter Zaprešić 6 3 2 1 10:5 3 2 1 0 6:2 3 1 1 1 4:3 NK Kamen Ingrad 9 2 3 4 7:8 5 2 2 1 5:3 4 0 1 3 2:5 NK Međimurje 11 4 2 5 11:9 5 4 1 0 10:1 6 0 1 5 1:8 NK Osijek 9 2 4 3 11:10 5 2 3 0 10:6 4 0 1 3 1:4 HNK Rijeka 7 1 4 2 9:9 3 1 1 1 5:3 4 0 3 1 4:6 NK Slaven Belupo 9 4 3 2 10:6 5 4 1 0 7:1 4 0 2 2 3:5 HNK Šibenik 3 0 1 2 1:3 1 0 1 0 1:1 2 0 0 2 0:2 NK Varteks 7 1 3 3 6:8 3 1 1 1 4:3 4 0 2 2 2:5 NK Zadar 4 2 0 2 6:6 2 2 0 0 5:1 2 0 0 2 1:5 NK Zagreb 9 3 1 5 12:12 5 2 1 2 9:7 4 1 0 3 3:5 Source[1]
All-time total in the Prva HNL
Points Games Wins Draws Losses GF GA NK Istra 1961 109 97 26 31 40 100 107 Current squad
- As of 15 November 2011
Istra 1961 in action at Stadion Veruda
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 Mance 4 DF Slobodan Stranatić 5 
DF Mateo Sušić 6 DF Nikola Prelčec 7 MF Mislav Anđelković 8 MF Paolo Grbac 9 FW Filip Jazvić 11 FW Goran Roce 13 MF Kristijan Batelić 14 
FW Henry Belle 16 DF Fausto Budicin (captain) 18 MF Ante Batarelo No. Position Player 19 DF Igor Prahić 22 
FW Luka Mijajlević 23 MF Luka Marić 25 MF Vedran Jerković 26 FW Karlo Primorac 28 DF Jurica Karabatić 29 
MF Denis Grbić 32 GK Andrej Prskalo DF Matija Špičić MF Dean Stojanović FW Ante Mitrović Honours
- Croatian Second Division:
- Winners (2): 2003-04, 2008-09
- Croatian Third Division:
- Winners (1): 2000-01
- Croatian Cup:
- Runners up: 2002-03
Notable players
References
External links
- Official website (Croatian)
- Istra 1961 profile at UEFA.com
- Istra 1961 profile at Sportnet.hr (Croatian)
- Istra 1961 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:- Croatian football clubs
- Association football clubs established in 1948
- Pula
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