2020–21 NK Slaven Belupo season

NK Slaven Belupo
2020–21 season
Chairman	Hrvoje Kolarić
Head coach	Tomislav Stipić; (until 10 June 2021)
Stadium	Gradski stadion
Prva HNL	7th
Croatian Cup	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Nemanja Glavčić (1); All: Nemanja Glavčić (1)
	← 2019–20 2021–22 →
	All statistics correct as of 22 August 2020.

The 2020–21 NK Slaven Belupo season is the club's 114th season in existence and the 13th consecutive season in the top flight of Croatian football. In addition to the domestic league, Slaven Belupo will participate in this season's edition of the Croatian Cup. The season covers the period from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.

Players

First-team squad

As of 18 August 2020^[1]

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	CRO	Ivan Filipović
2	DF	CRO	Matko Zirdum
3	DF	CRO	Bruno Čovo
4	DF	CRO	Frane Maglica
5	DF	NED	Damian van Bruggen
6	DF	CRO	Tomislav Božić
7	DF	CRO	Bruno Goda
8	MF	CRO	Frano Mlinar
9	FW	CMR	Franck Etoundi
10	MF	CRO	Stipe Bačelić-Grgić
11	MF	SRB	Nemanja Glavčić
12	GK	CRO	Ivan Čović


No.	Pos.	Nation	Playerhttps://nk-slaven-belupo.hr/
13	MF	CRO	Marko Čovo
15	MF	CRO	Goran Paracki
18	MF	CRO	Arijan Brković
19	FW	GER	Törles Knöll
20	DF	CRO	Franjo Prce
22	DF	CRO	Vinko Soldo (on loan from Dinamo Zagreb)
25	GK	CRO	Karlo Slukić
26	MF	CRO	Karlo Lulić
29	FW	ITA	Martin Boakye
30	FW	CRO	Bruno Bogojević
99	FW	CRO	Ivan Krstanović

Out on loan

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
26	DF	CRO	Ante Vrljičak (at Bravo until 15 June 2020)
97	FW	KOS	Festim Alidema (at Hrvatski Dragovoljac until 30 June 2020)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	CRO	Zvonimir Šarlija (at Kasımpaşa until 30 June 2020)

Transfers

In

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
15			TBD		1 July 2020

Out

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
15			TBD		1 July 2020

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

Competitions

Overview

Slaven Belupo started the season with a batch of mixed results, drawing 5 out of their 7 opening games. Their first win came on 16 October 2020 on matchday 8, with a scoreline of 5:1 against Istra 1961.^[2] Slaven Belupo stopped drawing games until the winter break, winning 4 out of 12 games.^[3] After the winter break, Slaven Belupo yet again entered drawing form, drawing 8 out of 14 games. After that, they stopped drawing again and lost 5 games in a row, coming closer to the relegation zone.^[4] Before the final matchday, Slaven Belupo were only 3 points above the relegation zone. Despite the concerns, Slaven Belupo survived with a dramatic goal from Lovro Zvonarek, ensuring a 1:0 victory over relegation rivals NK Varaždin.^[5] Despite the survival and a 7th place finish, Tomislav Stipić was sacked on 10 June 2021 after just 2 wins after the winter break.^[6]

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
HT Prva liga	15 August 2020	15 May 2021	Matchday 1	36	7	13	16	36	53	−17	019.44
Croatian Cup	7 October 2020	3 March 2021	First round	3	2	0	1	13	3	+10	066.67
Total				39	9	13	17	49	56	−7	023.08

Last updated: 19 December 2021
Source: Soccerway

HT Prva liga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
5	Gorica	36	17	8	11	60	47	+13	59
6	Šibenik	36	9	8	19	32	47	−15	35
7	Slaven Belupo	36	7	13	16	36	53	−17	34
8	Lokomotiva	36	7	9	20	29	60	−31	30
9	Istra 1961	36	7	8	21	27	52	−25	29

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).^[7]

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
36	7	13	16	36	53	−17	34	3	7	8	17	25	−8	4	6	8	19	28	−9

Last updated: 28 October 2020.
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	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	D	L	D	D	D	D	L	W	W	L	W	L	W	L	L	L	L	W	L	L	D	D	L	D	D	D	D	D	W	D	L	L	L	L	L	W
Position	6	8	7	8	7	7	8	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7

Updated to match(es) played on 28 October 2020. Source: Prva HNL
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

15 August 2020 1	Osijek	0–0	Slaven Belupo	Osijek
20:05 CEST (UTC+2)	Škorić 26' 30' Majstorović 70'	Report	Bačelić-Grgić 48' Glavčić 67' Lulić 87'	Stadium: Gradski Vrt Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Ivan Bebek

22 August 2020 2	Slaven Belupo	1–2	Gorica	Koprivnica
17:55 CEST (UTC+2)	Glavčić 45+1'	Report	Kalik 81' Mudrinski 86', 90+2'	Stadium: Gradski stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Marin Vidulin

29 August 2020 3	Hajduk Split	2–2	Slaven Belupo	Split
20:05 CEST (UTC+2)	Jairo 6' 85' Vušković 45' Diamantakos 52' Gyurcsó 65'	Report	Krstanović 38' (pen.), 79' Lulić 63' Bačelić-Grgić 71'	Stadium: Stadion Poljud Attendance: 0 Referee: Damir Batinić

11 September 2020 4	Slaven Belupo	0–0	Šibenik	Koprivnica
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Boakye 34' Lulić 61' Goda 90+3'	Report	Rak 26' Pandža 44' Pajić 81' Ampem 85'	Stadium: Gradski stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Ante Čuljak

19 September 2020 5	Dinamo Zagreb	3–3	Slaven Belupo	Zagreb
19:05 CEST (UTC+2)	Gavranović 4', 8' Théophile-Catherine 32' Majer 69' Stojanović 71' Jakić 76'	Report	Etoundi 1' Krstanović 22' (pen.) Van Bruggen 34' Mlinar 38' Glavčić 66' Knöll 73' Zirdum 78' 89'	Stadium: Stadion Maksimir Attendance: 354 Referee: Dario Kulušić

4 October 2020 7	Rijeka	2–0	Slaven Belupo	Rijeka
19:05 CEST (UTC+2)	Tomečak 45+1' Andrijašević 69' Štefulj 76' Kulenović 90+2' (pen.)	Report	Goda 55' Prce 76'	Stadium: Rujevica Attendance: 2,275 Referee: Ivan Vučković

16 October 2020 (2020-10-16) 8	Slaven Belupo	5–1	Istra 1961	Koprivnica, Croatia
		Report		Stadium: Gradski

23 October 2020 (2020-10-23) 9	Varaždin	1-2	Slaven Belupo	Varaždin, Croatia
		Report		Stadium: Anđelko Herjavec

28 October 2020 6	Slaven Belupo	0–0	Lokomotiva	Koprivnica
17:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Gradski stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Tihomir Pejin

Croatian Football Cup

Statistics

Goalscorers

As of 29 August 2020

Rank	No.	Pos	Name	HT Prva liga	Total
1	10	MF	Stipe Bačelić-Grgić	1	1
	11	MF	Nemanja Glavčić	1	1
	99	FW	Ivan Krstanović	1	1
Totals				3	3

References

^ "Ekipa" [The team] (in Croatian). NK Slaven Belupo.
^ "hnl belupo 5:1 istra - Google pretraživanje". www.google.com. Retrieved 2021-12-19.
^ "1. HNL 2020/2021 - 16. Round". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 2021-12-19.
^ "1. HNL 2020/2021 - 35. Round". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 2021-12-19.
^ "The Victory over Ben Abbad", Hebrew Poems from Spain, The Littman Library of Jewish Civilization, pp. 46–54, doi:10.2307/j.ctv1rmj2h.24, retrieved 2021-12-19
^ "Sportske novosti - Bio je osvježenje na hrvatskoj nogometnoj sceni, pucao je na mjesto izbornika, a sada je smijenjen". sportske.jutarnji.hr (in Croatian). 2021-06-10. Retrieved 2021-12-19.
^ "Propozicije natjecanja za prvenstvo Hrvatski Telekom Prve lige za natjecateljsku godinu 2020/2021" (PDF). hns-cff.hr (in Croatian). 12 August 2020. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 September 2020. Retrieved 12 August 2020.

External links

Official website

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

[2] "hnl belupo 5:1 istra - Google pretraživanje". www.google.com. Retrieved 2021-12-19.

[3] "1. HNL 2020/2021 - 16. Round". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 2021-12-19.

[4] "1. HNL 2020/2021 - 35. Round". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 2021-12-19.

[5] "The Victory over Ben Abbad", Hebrew Poems from Spain, The Littman Library of Jewish Civilization, pp. 46–54, doi:10.2307/j.ctv1rmj2h.24, retrieved 2021-12-19

[6] "Sportske novosti - Bio je osvježenje na hrvatskoj nogometnoj sceni, pucao je na mjesto izbornika, a sada je smijenjen". sportske.jutarnji.hr (in Croatian). 2021-06-10. Retrieved 2021-12-19.

[7] "Propozicije natjecanja za prvenstvo Hrvatski Telekom Prve lige za natjecateljsku godinu 2020/2021" (PDF). hns-cff.hr (in Croatian). 12 August 2020. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 September 2020. Retrieved 12 August 2020.

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v t e 2020–21 in Croatian football
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Domestic leagues	Prva HNL Druga HNL Treća HNL Prva HNLŽ
Domestic cups	Croatian Football Cup (Final) Croatian Women's Football Cup
European competitions	Champions League Europa League
Related to national team	UEFA Euro 2020 (Group D) 2020–21 UEFA Nations League (League A) 2022 FIFA World Cup (Qualification) Zlatko Dalić
Club seasons
Prva HNL	Dinamo Zagreb Gorica Hajduk Split Istra 1961 Lokomotiva Osijek Rijeka Slaven Belupo Šibenik Varaždin
Summer 2020 transfers Winter 2020–21 transfers