NK Slaven Belupo

Nogometni klub Slaven Belupo (English: Slaven Belupo Football Club), often referred to as NK Slaven Belupo, Slaven Belupo or simply Slaven, and known internationally as NK Slaven Koprivnica, is a Croatian professional football club based in the city of Koprivnica in the north of Croatia. They play their home matches at Gradski stadion in Koprivnica.

Slaven Belupo Koprivnica
Full nameNogometni klub Slaven Belupo
Nickname(s)Farmaceuti (The Pharmacists)
Short nameSLB
Founded1907 (1907)
GroundGradski stadion Ivan Kušek-Apaš
Capacity3,134
PresidentRobert Markulin
Head coachRoy Ferenčina
LeagueSuperSport HNL
2022–23SuperSport HNL, 8th of 10
WebsiteClub website

History

The first football club in Koprivnica was founded 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 20 August 1912 and this is considered to be the foundation date of the present-day club. The club won the Croatian championship in 1920, which was one of the Yugoslav regional championships. Slaven was subsequently renamed HŠK Victorija, but disbanded six years later due to financial difficulties. Subsequently, the city of Koprivnica was 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. From 1953, the club was known as SD Podravka, before being renamed to NK Slaven in 1958. The name Slaven remains until today, with occasional changes to the name of the club's principal sponsors. The club was thus known as NK Slaven Bilokalnik between 1992 and 1994, after which it was changed to 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 never been relegated. In 2000, they 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 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 eliminated by renowned English club Aston Villa 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. They were 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, having lost the first leg by 1–0[1] and the second leg by 0–3.[2]

Slaven Belupo heads the all-time Intertoto Cup table being the most successful team in history of this tournament.[3]

In 2007, the club reached the Croatian Cup final for the first time, after defeating defending Cup holders HNK Rijeka 3–2 on aggregate. In the final, they lost to Dinamo Zagreb 2–1 on aggregate. Despite having lost the final, Slaven qualified for the UEFA Cup for the first time in their history, since Dinamo had already qualified for the UEFA Champions League by virtue of having won the Prva HNL.

Slaven reached the second qualifying round of the 2007–08 UEFA Cup, defeating Albanian side Teuta Durrës 8–4 on aggregate before being eliminated after a 4–2 aggregate defeat to Turkish club Galatasaray.[4] In 2008, Slaven finished runners-up in the Croatian league, which remains their best domestic result to date.[5]

On 28 August 2008 Slaven Belupo qualified for the 2008–09 UEFA Cup by beating Aris of Greece 2–1 on aggregate, thereby achieving arguably the best result in the history of the club.[6][7]

Slaven finished 3rd in the 2011–12 1. HNL, qualifying for the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League. After defeating Portadown 10–2 on aggregate they bowed out to Spanish giants Athletic Bilbao 4–3 on aggregate.

In 2016, Slaven defeated HNK Rijeka 4–2 on aggregate in the 2015–16 Croatian Football Cup semi-final, reaching the final for the second time in their history.

Supporters

In 2023 group of fans organized themselves into a fan group under the name Podravske štuke (Podravska pike).

Players

Current squad

As of 20 October 2023[8]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Croatia CRO Matija Jesenović
3 DF Croatia CRO Marko Martinaga
5 DF Kosovo KOS Bujar Pllana
6 DF Croatia CRO Tomislav Božić
7 FW Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH Matej Šakota
8 MF Argentina ARG Juan Cascini
9 FW Kosovo KOS Arbër Hoxha
10 MF Croatia CRO Benedik Mioč
11 MF Cameroon CMR Samuel Nongoh (on loan from Adana Demirspor)
12 GK Croatia CRO Antun Marković
13 MF Croatia CRO Ivan Lepinjica
14 MF Croatia CRO Adrian Liber
15 DF Denmark DEN Luka Racic
16 DF Croatia CRO Luka Ćurković
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 MF Moldova MDA Mihail Caimacov
19 FW Croatia CRO Tomislav Štrkalj
20 DF Croatia CRO Filip Hlevnjak
21 MF Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH Emanuel Mađarić
22 MF Brazil BRA Claudemir
23 DF Croatia CRO Daniel Štefulj (on loan from Dinamo Zagreb)
25 GK Croatia CRO Ivan Sušak
29 DF Croatia CRO Vinko Međimorec
30 MF Ghana GHA Michael Agbekpornu
32 GK Croatia CRO Ivan Čović
33 DF Croatia CRO Antonio Bosec
45 FW Albania ALB Florian Kamberi
55 DF Croatia CRO Marco Boras
99 FW Colombia COL Dilan Ortiz

Dual registration

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
18 DF Croatia CRO Filip Krušelj (at Mladost Ždralovi)

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
2 DF Austria AUT Gabriel Eskinja (at Zrinski Jurjevac until 31 December 2023)

Recent seasons

European record

Summary

Competition Pld W D L GF GA Last season played
UEFA Cup / Europa League 20 10 2 8 48 24 2012–13
Intertoto Cup 34 17 7 10 50 29 2005
Total 54 27 9 18 98 53

Source: uefa.com, Last updated on 9 August 2012
Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against

By result

Overall Pld W D L GF GA GD
Home 27 18 4 5 65 21 +44
Away 27 9 5 13 33 32 +1
Total 54 27 9 18 98 53 +45

Last updated: 9 August 2012

By season

Last updated on 9 August 2012

Player records

Notable players

To appear in this section a player must have:

  • Played at least 150 league games for the club;
  • Scored at least 50 league goals for the club; or
  • Played at least one international match for their national team while playing for NK Slaven Belupo.

Years in brackets indicate their spells at the club.

Coaching history

 

References

  1. Deportivo de La Coruña – NK Slaven Belupo : 1–0 (Match Report) Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine ScoresPro.com
  2. NK Slaven Belupo – Deportivo de La Coruña : 0–3 (Match Report) Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine ScoresPro.com
  3. "UI-Cup – Ewige Tabelle". sport.de (in German). Archived from the original on 18 May 2018. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
  4. "Two Turkish sides through to next round of UEFA Cup". NTV MSNBC. 31 August 2007. Archived from the original on 21 April 2008. Retrieved 31 August 2007.
  5. Final table of the Croatian league in 2007–08
  6. "Second qualifying round – 28 August 2008 18:30 CET (18:30 local time) – Gradski – Koprivnica". 28 August 2008. Archived from the original on 28 August 2008. Retrieved 28 August 2008.
  7. "Farmaceuti u kupu Uefe!". 28 August 2008. Archived from the original on 14 June 2022. Retrieved 28 August 2008.
  8. "Ekipa" [The team] (in Croatian). NK Slaven Belupo. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
  9. "Slaven Koprivnica profile". UEFA. Archived from the original on 1 May 2019. Retrieved 13 April 2010.
  10. "Roy Ferenčina CFS Profile". Croatian Football Statistics. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
  11. "Marijo Dodik CFS Profile". Croatian Football Statistics. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
  12. "Petar Bošnjak CFS Profile". Croatian Football Statistics. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
  13. "Srebrenko Posavec CFS Profile". Croatian Football Statistics. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
  14. "Bojan Vručina CFS Profile". Croatian Football Statistics. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
  15. "Silvio Rodić CFS Profile". Croatian Football Statistics. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
  16. "Mateas Delić CFS Profile". Croatian Football Statistics. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
  17. "Vedran Purić CFS Profile". Croatian Football Statistics. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
  18. "Fidan Aliti CFS Profile". Croatian Football Statistics. Archived from the original on 3 February 2018. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.