2021–22 NK Slaven Belupo season

NK Slaven Belupo
2021–22 season
Chairman	Hrvoje Kolarić
Manager	Zoran Zekić
Stadium	Gradski stadion Ivan Kušek-Apaš
Prva HNL	7th
Croatian Cup	Quarter-finals
	← 2020–21 2022–23 →

The 2021–22 season is the 113th season in the existence of NK Slaven Belupo and the 14th consecutive season in the top flight of Croatian football. In addition to the domestic league, NK Slaven Belupo participated in this season's edition of the Croatian Cup.

Players

First-team squad

As of 9 March 2022^[1]

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	CRO	Antun Marković
2	DF	CRO	Matko Zirdum
3	DF	NGA	Ikouwem Udo
4	MF	CRO	Mario Marina
6	DF	CRO	Tomislav Božić
7	DF	CRO	Bruno Goda
8	MF	CRO	Mihael Mlinarić
9	FW	KOS	Arbër Hoxha
10	MF	CRO	Lovro Zvonarek (on loan from Bayern Munich)
11	FW	CRO	Ante Crnac
12	GK	CRO	Ivan Čović
13	FW	BRA	Marcos Paulo
14	MF	CRO	Luka Liklin
15	DF	CRO	Goran Paracki


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
16	DF	BIH	Zoran Kvržić
17	MF	CRO	Mateo Kocijan
18	MF	CRO	Arijan Brković
19	FW	COL	Hansel Zapata (on loan from Sheriff Tiraspol)
20	DF	CRO	Filip Hlevnjak
21	FW	CRO	Marin Laušić
22	DF	CRO	Vinko Soldo
23	MF	CRO	Ivijan Svržnjak (on loan from Dinamo Zagreb II)
24	DF	CRO	Novak Tepšić
25	GK	CRO	Ivan Sušak
26	MF	MDA	Mihail Caimacov
30	FW	CRO	Bruno Bogojević
33	DF	CRO	Antonio Bosec
99	FW	CRO	Ivan Krstanović

Out on loan

As of 9 February 2022

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	CRO	Filip Srpak (at Križevci until 30 June 2022)
—	DF	ARG	Gonzalo Gamarra (at Inter Zaprešić until 30 June 2022)
—	DF	CRO	Romano Lisjak (at Križevci until 30 June 2022)
—	MF	BIH	Nikola Turanjanin (at Dubrava until 30 June 2022)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	CRO	Tomislav Srbljinović (at Rudeš until 30 June 2022)
—	FW	CRO	Luka Artuković (at Koprivnica until 30 June 2022)
—	FW	CRO	Mateo Monjac (at Tabor Sežana until 30 June 2022)
—	FW	BIH	Nedim Hadžić (at Sloboda Tuzla until 30 June 2022)

Transfers

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Prva HNL	16 July 2021	21 May 2022	Matchday 1		33	9	7	17	31	48	−17	027.27
Croatian Cup	22 September 2021	1 December 2021	First round	Quarter-finals	3	1	2	0	3	1	+2	033.33
Total					36	10	9	17	34	49	−15	027.78

Last updated: 30 April 2022
Source: Soccerway

Prva HNL

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
5	Lokomotiva	36	12	13	11	55	50	+5	49
6	Gorica	36	12	9	15	43	50	−7	45
7	Slaven Belupo	36	9	9	18	35	54	−19	36
8	Šibenik	36	9	5	22	46	75	−29	32
9	Istra 1961	36	7	10	19	42	67	−25	31

Source: PrvaHNL.hr
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored (at home if two teams tied); 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Play-off
(Note: Criteria 2-4 and 7 is only used if deciding champion, teams to international competition or teams for relegation and in that case criteria 6 will not be used).^[2]

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
4	1	2	1	4	3	+1	5	0	1	1	2	3	−1	1	1	0	2	0	+2

Last updated: 7 August 2021.
Source: Prva HNL

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A
Result	W	L	D	D	L	L	L	L	D	L	L	L	D	W	L	W	L	W	L	W	W	D	L	W	W	L	D	L	L	L	L	D	W
Position	4	5	6	6

Updated to match(es) played on 30 April 2022. Source: Prva HNL
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 8 June 2021.^[3]

16 July 2021 1	Dinamo Zagreb	0–2	Slaven Belupo	Zagreb
18:55 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Marina 27' Krstanović 50' Bogojević 83', 84' Čović 90+3'	Stadium: Stadion Maksimir Attendance: 570 Referee: Marin Vidulin

24 July 2021 2	Slaven Belupo	1–2	Lokomotiva	Koprivnica
18:55 CEST (UTC+2)	Krstanović 66' (pen.)	Report	Çokaj 22' Pivarić 80'	Stadium: Gradski stadion Ivan Kušek Apaš Attendance: 513 Referee: Dario Bel

1 August 2021 3	Osijek	0–0	Slaven Belupo	Osijek
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Bralić 58'	Report	Krstanović 16' Marina 42' Van Bruggen 61' Paracki 89'	Stadium: Gradski Vrt Stadium Attendance: 1,016 Referee: Igor Pajač

14 August 2021 5	Hajduk Split	2–0	Slaven Belupo	Split
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Sahiti 35', 53' Livaja 48'	Report	Lulić 5' Bogojević 51' Goda 81'	Stadium: Stadion Poljud Attendance: 6,806 Referee: Ivan Bebek

21 August 2021 6	Gorica	1–0	Slaven Belupo	Velika Gorica
18:55 CEST (UTC+2)	Doka 13' Dvorneković 66' Krizmanić 80' Kalik 82'	Report	Marina 64' Soldo 84'	Stadium: Stadion Radnik Attendance: 200 Referee: Duje Strukan

11 September 2021 8	Rijeka	2–1	Slaven Belupo	Rijeka
19:05 CEST (UTC+2)	Galović 47' Issah 54' Drmić 78', 85'	Report	Caimacov 37' Bogojević 56' Hadžić 64' Paracki 83'	Stadium: Rujevica Attendance: 2,237 Referee: Duje Strukan

18 September 2021 9	Slaven Belupo	1–1	Istra 1961	Koprivnica
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Marina 15' Krstanović 49' (pen.) Brković 64' Monjac 90+1'	Report	Mahmoud 14' Navarro 37' Perković 90+4'	Stadium: Gradski stadion Ivan Kušek-Apaš Attendance: 487 Referee: Zdenko Lovrić

25 September 2021 10	Slaven Belupo	1–4	Dinamo Zagreb	Koprivnica
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Goda 14' Caimacov 34' Marina 45' Grgić 80'	Report	Jurić 23' Oršić 43' Petković 50' Čop 76'	Stadium: Gradski stadion Ivan Kušek-Apaš Attendance: 993 Referee: Dario Kulušić

17 October 2021 12	Slaven Belupo	0–2	Osijek	Koprivnica
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Bogojević 36' Caimacov 37' Zirdum 78'	Report	Bočkaj 17' Hiroš 22' Nejašmić 45' Škorić 86'	Stadium: Gradski stadion Ivan Kušek Apaš Attendance: 467 Referee: Duje Strukan

31 October 2021 14	Slaven Belupo	3–2	Hajduk Split	Koprivnica
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Laušić 2' Krstanović 34', 87' Mlinarić 84', 90+5' Čović 90+6'	Report	Fossati 36' Katić 45' Kačaniklić 64' Livaja 66' Biuk 86'	Stadium: Gradski Stadion Ivan Kušek Apaš Attendance: 1,613 Referee: Fran Jović

5 November 2021 15	Slaven Belupo	1–2	Gorica	Koprivnica
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Zvonarek 15' Laušić 17', 43'	Report	Pršir 41' Kalik 45', 62', 82' Doka 58' Jovičić 76'	Stadium: Gradski Stadion Ivan Kušek Apaš Attendance: 300 Referee: Dario Kulušić

27 November 2021 17	Slaven Belupo	1–2	Rijeka	Koprivnica
17:05 CET (UTC+1)	Caimacov 74' Hadžić 86'	Report	Krstanović 51' (o.g.) Drmić 71' Selahi 73' Smolčić 85'	Stadium: Gradski stadion Ivan Kušek-Apaš Attendance: 387 Referee: Zdenko Lovrić

6 December 2021 18	Istra 1961	1–2	Slaven Belupo	Pula
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Silva 18' 66' Perera 35' Mišković 51' Perković 79'	Report	Zapata 20' Hadžić 31' Brković 38' Kocijan 58' Paracki 72' Krstanović 79'	Stadium: Stadion Aldo Drosina Attendance: 374 Referee: Ante Čuljak

12 December 2021 19	Dinamo Zagreb	3–0	Slaven Belupo	Zagreb
17:05 CET (UTC+1)	Andrić 13' Oršić 19', 25' Šutalo 39'	Report	Caimacov 10' Bosec 27' Zapata 77'	Stadium: Stadion Maksimir Attendance: 2,049 Referee: Mario Zebec

29 January 2022 21	Osijek	1–2	Slaven Belupo	Osijek
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Caktaš 74', 90+5' Leovac 77'	Report	Zvonarek 49' Božić 68' Brković 72' Zapata 90+2' Crnac 90+5'	Stadium: Gradski Vrt Stadium Attendance: 2,072 Referee: Duje Strukan

13 February 2022 23	Hajduk Split	3–1	Slaven Belupo	Split
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Sahiti 13' Grgić 26' Livaja 71' (pen.) Katić 78'	Report	Zapata 52' Bosec 58' 62' Goda 65'	Stadium: Stadion Poljud Attendance: 9,759 Referee: Ante Čuljak

18 February 2022 24	Gorica	0–3	Slaven Belupo	Velika Gorica
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Pršir 34' Jovičić 56'	Report	Caimacov 2' Zvonarek 10' Marina 40', 56' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadion Radnik Attendance: 285 Referee: Ivan Bebek

5 March 2022 26	Rijeka	3–0	Slaven Belupo	Rijeka
17:05 CET (UTC+1)	Ampem 43' Vučkić 55' Drmić 70' Gnezda Čerin 79'	Report	Marina 66' Soldo 70'	Stadium: Rujevica Attendance: 3,421 Referee: Duje Strukan

12 March 2022 27	Slaven Belupo	0–0	Istra 1961	Koprivnica
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Marina 5' Goda 29' Brković 62' Bosec 73' Crnac 90+3'	Report	Hujber 29' Mlinar 41' Ivančić 65' Perera 88'	Stadium: Gradski stadion Ivan Kušek-Apaš Attendance: 450 Referee: Dario Kulušić

20 March 2022 28	Slaven Belupo	0–1	Dinamo Zagreb	Koprivnica
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Lausic 9' Marina 32' Goda 76'	Report	Oršić 20' Špikić 58' Menalo 83'	Stadium: Gradski stadion Ivan Kušek-Apaš Attendance: 3,013 Referee: Mario Zebec

10 April 2022 30	Slaven Belupo	0–1	Osijek	Koprivnica
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Tepšić 60' Marina 75' Krstanović 76'	Report	Fiolić 9' Caktaš 33', 69'	Stadium: Gradski Stadion Ivan Kušek Apaš Attendance: 669 Referee: Igor Pajač

24 April 2022 32	Slaven Belupo	0–0	Hajduk Split	Koprivnica
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Marina 22' Zvonarek 44'	Report	Katić 11' Biuk 45' Fossati 78' Krovinović 82' Simić 90+3'	Stadium: Gradski Stadion Ivan Kušek Apaš Attendance: 3,200 Referee: Fran Jović

30 April 2022 33	Slaven Belupo	2–1	Gorica	Koprivnica
17:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Hoxha 37' Zapata 68' Krstanović 72' Kvržić 74' Božić 81'	Report	Babec 19' Šimunović 30' Mitrović 70' Stojanovski 72' Kalik 74'	Stadium: Gradski stadion Attendance: 505 Referee: Marin Vidulin

14 May 2022 35	Slaven Belupo	2–2	Rijeka	Koprivnica
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Bosec 27' Krstanović 41', 56' (pen.), 59' Marina 49' Crnac 73'	Report	Gnezda Čerin 3' Obregón 49' Vukčević 79'	Stadium: Gradski Stadion Ivan Kušek Apaš Attendance: 576 Referee: Jakov Titlić

20 May 2022 36	Istra 1961	3–1	Slaven Belupo	Pula
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Blagojević 18' 71' Galilea 45+1' Beljo 48' (pen.), 90+4' Bandé 54'	Report	Liklin 35' Bosec 67' Zvonarek 76'	Stadium: Stadion Aldo Drosina Attendance: 559 Referee: Fran Jović

Croatian Cup

References

^ "Ekipa" [The team] (in Croatian). NK Slaven Belupo.
^ "Propozicije natjecanja za prvenstvo Hrvatski Telekom Prve lige za natjecateljsku godinu 2021/2022" (PDF). hns-cff.hr (in Croatian). 28 June 2021. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
^ "Poznat raspored Prve HNL za sljedeću sezonu, Rijeka otvara s Goricom na Rujevici". Novi list. 8 June 2021.

[1] "Ekipa" [The team] (in Croatian). NK Slaven Belupo.

[2] "Propozicije natjecanja za prvenstvo Hrvatski Telekom Prve lige za natjecateljsku godinu 2021/2022" (PDF). hns-cff.hr (in Croatian). 28 June 2021. Retrieved 14 August 2021.

[3] "Poznat raspored Prve HNL za sljedeću sezonu, Rijeka otvara s Goricom na Rujevici". Novi list. 8 June 2021.

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