HNK Šibenik

HNK Šibenik

Full name	Hrvatski nogometni klub Šibenik
Founded	1 December 1932 (1932-12-01) as RSD Šibenik
Ground	Stadion Šubićevac
Ground Capacity	8,000
Chairman	Senka Klisović Ex. Ramljak
Manager	Stipe Balajić
League	Druga HNL
2015–16	Druga HNL, 2nd
Website	Club home page
Home colours Away colours

HNK Šibenik is a Croatian football club based in the city of Šibenik on the Croatian coast.

History

The club was formed in 1932 under the name RSD Šibenik. The first president, Dr Martin Čičin-Šain, was only appointed to this role during the first board meeting which was held in August 1933. They played in a stadium in the area of Crnica, next to the La Dalmatienne factory in Koprivnica. The playing field was officially opened on 31 May 1936. The first matches played were part of a 1936 tournament between Šibenik, Osvit, Split and AŠK. Around the same time the first registered football club in Šibenik was also formed. This club was called Osvit and it was responsible for the construction of Stadion Šubićevac.

The club played its first official league match in 1946 under the name FD Šibenik and the very next year it was crowned the champion of the Dalmatia region. The club's new home ground was opened on 1 May 1948 and bore the name of "the people's hero" Rade Končar. In 1950–51, Šibenik finished top of the Croatian Republic League and gained promotion to the Yugoslav Second League for the first time in their history. However, they were relegated immediately and it was not until 1954–55 that they returned to the second division. In 1957, the club made it to the semi-final of the Yugoslav Cup.

Šibenik played in the Croatian First League for 12 consecutive seasons, from 1992 until 2003. In 2006, the club finished first in the Croatian Second League's southern division and returned to the Croatian First League. In the 2009–10 season, Šibenik finished 4th in Prva HNL, which was their best result ever, and thus qualified for the 2010–11 Europa League for the first time in the club's history. They were eliminated in the second qualifying round by Anorthosis Famagusta FC 2–3 on aggregate.

In the 2011–12 Prva HNL season, the club finished 14th and were relegated to Druga HNL. In the following season, Šibenik finished 4th, but due to financial difficulties, they were once again relegated to Treća HNL. In the 2013–14 season, Šibenik finished in second place with their marksman Miro Slavica scoring 30 goals to take out the league's top goalscorer award, but failed to lead his side to promotion.

At the end of the 2014–15 season, Šibenik gained promotion to Druga HNL, topping the 3. HNL - Jug. Mirko Labrović took over as manager in 2015.

Stadium

HNK Šibenik plays on Stadion Šubićevac (Šubićevac Stadium).

Supporters

Šibenik's fans are called "Funcuti".

Current squad

As of 20 April 2016.^[1]

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

No. Position Player 1 GK Hrvoje Slavica 12 GK David Nwolokor (on loan from Rijeka) 22 GK Paško Stanić 2 DF Matija Vidas 6 DF Zvonimir Milić (on loan from Hajduk Split) 17 DF Jamilu Collins (on loan from Rijeka) 18 DF Martin Vukorepa 23 DF Mario Bartulović 24 DF Franko Vikario 26 DF Robert Pecolaj 28 DF Marko Jurić

No. Position Player 8 MF Luka Fuštin 10 MF Aliyu Okechukwu (on loan from Rijeka) 16 MF Josip Maleš 20 MF Marko Pervan (on loan from RNK Split) 21 MF Grgo Živković 27 MF Luka Celić 11 FW Miro Slavica 19 FW Ante Živković ? FW Simonas Stankevičius (on loan from FK Žalgiris)

Recent seasons

Key

League: P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; Pts = Points won; Pos = Final position;

Cup: R1 = First round; R2 = Round of 16; QF = Quarter-final; SF = Semi-final; RU = Runner-up; W = Competition won;

European record

Summary

Last updated on 10 September 2010.^[2]
Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against

By season

Season	Competition	Round	Opponent	Home	Away	Agg.
2010–11	Europa League	QR1	Sliema Wanderers	0–0	3–0	3–0
		QR2	Anorthosis	0–3 (aet)	2–0	2–3

Notable players

The following NK Šibenik players have been capped at full international level. Years in brackets indicate their spells at the club.

Managerial history

Ivica Šangulin (1989–92) Nikica Cukrov (1992) Franjo Džidić (1992–93) Krasnodar Rora (1992–93) Branko Tucak (1993–94) Ivica Matković (1993–94) Ivica Šangulin (1994–95) Rajko Magić (1994–95) Željko Maretić (1995–96) Vinko Begović (1996–97) Željko Maretić (1997–98) Ivan Buljan (1998) Stipe Kedžo (1998) Rajko Magić (1998–99) Stanko Mršić (1999)

Anđelko Godinić (1999) Goran Krešimir Vidov (1999) Željko Maretić (1999–00) Vjekoslav Lokica (2000) Milo Nižetić (2000–01) Vjekoslav Lokica (2001–02) Franko Bogdan (2002) Stanko Mršić (2002–03) Luka Bonačić (2003) Franko Bogdan (2003–04) Milan Petrović (2004) Petar Bakotić (2004–05) Ivan Pudar (2005–07) Anel Karabeg (2007) Ivica Kalinić (2007–09)

Anđelko Godinić (2009) Branko Karačić (2009–10) Anđelko Godinić (2010) Vjekoslav Lokica (2010–11) Goran Tomić (2011–13) Ivo Šupe (2013) Damir Petravić (2013) Ivan Bulat (2013) Nikica Cukrov (2013–14) Damir Petravić (2014) Mirko Labrović (2014–16) Krešimir Sunara (2016) Goran Tomić (2016) Ivan Katalinić (2016) Anđelko Godinić (2016) Stipe Balajić (2016–) References ↑ "First team squad". HNK Šibenik official website. Retrieved 15 October 2015.  ↑ UEFA.com External links Official website (Croatian) HNK Šibenik profile at UEFA.com HNK Šibenik profile at Sportnet.hr (Croatian) HNK Šibenik profile at Nogometni magazin (Croatian) HNK Šibenik Managers Academy Honours Records & Statistics History History Seasons Honours Europe Grounds Šubićevac (1948–present) Related articles Dalmatian derby Šibenski Funcuti Categories Players Managers All articles Croatian Second Football League 2016–17 teams Dinamo Zagreb II Dugopolje Gorica Hrvatski Dragovoljac Imotski Lučko Novigrad Rudeš Sesvete Solin Šibenik NK Zagreb Seasons 1992 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 Wikimedia Commons has media related to HNK Šibenik.