HNK Cibalia

Cibalia

Full name	Hrvatski nogometni klub Cibalia
Nickname(s)	Nebesko plavi (The Sky-blues)
Founded	1919 (as HGŽK Cibalia) 1945 (as Dinamo Vinkovci)
Ground	Stadion HNK Cibalia (Capacity: 10,000)
Chairman	Vacant
Manager	Samir Toplak
League	1. HNL
2010–11	4th
Website	Club home page
Home colours Away colours

HNK Cibalia, or just Cibalia, is a Croatian football club from the town of Vinkovci in eastern Croatia. Cibalia currently play in the Prva HNL, Croatia's top flight. Their stadium is located in the south part of their home town and can hold 12,000 spectators. The name Cibalia comes from the Roman settlement called Colonia Aurelia Cibalae which was the precursor of the present-day town of Vinkovci. In the period from 1945 to 1990 the club was called Dinamo Vinkovci.

History

The club was founded in 1919 as HGŽK Cibalia Vinkovci. In 1925 the team merged with RŠK Sloga. During World War II the club ceased to exist. After the war a revived Sloga and OFD Graničar merged to form NK Dinamo Vinkovci. The club would see several humble decades before finally making it to the Yugoslav First League in 1982. They played in the top-tier league for five years until they were relegated to the second league once more in 1987.

In 1990 the team returned to its more traditional name which it currently holds. Cibalia spent much of the 1990s in the Prva HNL with its highest finish being fifth place. It remained in the Prva HNL until the 2003/2004 season when it was relegated to the Second League. The club was also penalized by FIFA the same season by six points (the equivalent of two victories) for failure to fulfill financial obligations in past player transfers. Nevertheless, in the 2004/2005 season, Cibalia outdid all of its opponents in the Second League by a large margin, won the promotion playoffs and returned to Prva HNL.

Cibalia also had some success playing in the Croatian Cup, where it reached the final (and lost to Osijek) in 1999 and semifinal in 2004.

The 2009–10 season was Cibalia's best ever season in the top division of Croatian football. They finished third after Dinamo and Hajduk, having spent most of the season at number two, and qualified for the second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League They lost to Cliftonville of Belfast.

Current squad

As of 23 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 Mladen Matković 4 MF Marin Matoš 5 MF Tomislav Čuljak 6 DF Petar Tomić 7 FW Dino Kresinger 8 MF Stjepan Kvesić 9 FW Ivan Koledić 10 FW Tomislav Pavličić 11 FW Mladen Bartolović 13 MF Dario Župarić 14 MF Tomislav Jonjić 15 DF Ninoslav Parmaković 16 MF Tomislav Radotić

No. Position Player 17 FW Vlatko Šimunac 18 MF Enor Pulić 19 FW Krešimir Prgomet 20 MF Ivan Grgić 21 MF Tomislav Jurić 22 MF Frane Vitaić 23 GK Mato Mašić 24 MF Dario Rugašević 28 MF Tomislav Mazalović 30 DF Mario Lučić GK Tomislav Vranjić FW Luka Kujundžija

Recent seasons

Season	League									Cup	Europe / Other		Top league scorer(s)
	Division	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Pos				Name	Goals
1992	1. HNL	22	3	9	10	13	24	15	9th	DNQ
1992–93	1. HNL	30	11	9	10	31	30	31	5th	R2
1993–94	1. HNL	34	11	13	10	37	27	35	7th	R2
1994–95	1. HNL	30	9	10	11	26	33	37	10th	QF
1995–96	1. HNL	32							9th	R2
1996–97	1. HNL	30	11	0	19	35	56	33	13th	R1
1997–98	2. HNL	30	22	5	3	80	19	71	1st	R1
1998–99	1. HNL	32	10	7	15	34	44	26	9th	RU			Ivan Bošnjak	7
1999–2000	1. HNL	33	11	12	10	42	39	45	6th	SF			Ivan Bošnjak	14
2000–01	1. HNL	32	5	18	9	31	45	33	9th	R2	Intertoto Cup	R2	Mario Meštrović	7
2001–02	1. HNL	30	9	9	12	34	37	36	10th	R1			Mladen Bartolović	6
2002–03	1. HNL	32	12	7	13	39	44	43	5th	QF			Mladen Bartolović	9
2003–04	1. HNL	32	8	7	17	39	53	31	11th	SF	Intertoto Cup	SF	Zoran Ratković	10
2004–05	2. HNL	32	21	8	3	65	23	65	1st	R1			Danijel Kuzmanović	14
2005–06	1. HNL	32	9	10	13	33	47	37	9th	R2			Mladen Križanović Aleksandar Stojanovski Ivan Žgela	4
2006–07	1. HNL	33	9	5	19	33	53	32	10th	QF			Zoran Zekić	12
2007–08	1. HNL	33	11	7	15	40	48	40	8th	QF			Željko Malčić	12
2008–09	1. HNL	33	10	8	15	33	53	38	8th	SF			Željko Malčić	9
2009–10	1. HNL	30	16	9	5	46	20	57	3rd	R1			Dino Kresinger	9
2010–11	1. HNL	30	12	8	10	33	24	44	4th	SF	Europa League	QR2	Dino Kresinger	11

European record

Summary

Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Last season played
UEFA Europa League	2	0	1	1	0	1	2010–11
UEFA Intertoto Cup	10	3	3	4	13	16	2003
Total	12	3	4	5	13	17

Source: uefa.com, Last updated on 10 September 2010
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.
2000–01	Intertoto Cup	R1	FK Obilić	3–1	1–1	3–1
		R2	FC Tatabánya	0–0	2–3	2–3
2003–04	Intertoto Cup	R2	FC Shakhtyor	4–2	1–1	5–3
		R3	Tampere United	0–1	2–0	2–1
		SF	VfL Wolfsburg	1–4	0–4	1–8
2010–11	Europa League	QR2	Cliftonville	0–0	0–1	0–1

Player records

• Most appearances in UEFA club competitions: 10 appearances^[1]
  • Jure Jurić
• Top scorers in UEFA club competitions: 3 goals^[1]
  • Ivan Maroslavac

All-time total in the Prva HNL

	Points	Games	Wins	Draws	Losses	GF	GA
HNK Cibalia	515	438	129	128	181	470	587

Former players

List of former players of Cibalia's history:

before 1980	1980s: Sulejman Halilović Tomislav Ivković Davor Čop Igor Štimac Nikola Jerkan Martin Novoselac Nevres Zahirović Josip Weber Zdravko Borovnica Miroslav Tanjga Mladen Bogdanović Ivan Budinčević Stanko Mršić Danijel Ljuboja	1990s: Marijan Mrmić Darko Jozinović Goran Meštrović Mario Meštrović Sead Halilović Ivan Maroslavac Dražen Pernar Davor Bajsić Tomislav Steinbruckner Renato Jurčec Miralem Ibrahimović Ivan Bošnjak Mladen Bartolović Mario Čutura Zoran Zekić	2000s Tomislav Vranjić Andrej Kerić Adis Nurković Amer Jukan Marijo Dodik Christopher Greer Aleksandar Stojanovski Ivan Žgela Tomislav Pavličić Marijan Antolović

Former football coaches

Otto Barić Dražen Jerković Ivan Đalma Marković Tonko Vukušić Ivo Šušak Martin Novoselac Stipe Kedžo

Mile Petković Stanko Mršić Krasnodar Rora Mijo Ručević Davor Mladina Srećko Lušić

Davor Čop Igor Štimac Ivica Matković Vjeran Simunić Branko Karačić Siniša Jalić

Sources

1. Nogomet 85, Slaven Zambata
2. Nogomet 86, Slaven Zambata
3. Nogometno YU prvenstvo 85
4. Nogometni godišnjak Hrvatska 92
5. Arena - "Hrvatska na Europskom prvenstvu" 1996.
6. YU fudbal 87-88 VIII/88
7. Nogomet - Croatian football news; number 17, May 1999, p58

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Cibalia profile". UEFA.com. http://www.uefa.com/teamsandplayers/teams/club=69081/profile/index.html. Retrieved 10 September 2010. 

External links

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