2008–09 NK Dinamo Zagreb season

This article shows statistics of individual players for the football club Dinamo Zagreb It also lists all matches that Dinamo Zagreb will play in the 2008–09 season.

Dinamo Zagreb
2008–09 season
ChairmanCroatia Mirko Barišić
ManagerBranko Ivanković
(until 24 November 2008)
Marijan Vlak
(until 5 March 2009)
Krunoslav Jurčić
Prva HNL1st
Croatian CupWinners
UEFA Champions LeagueThird qualifying round
UEFA CupGroup stage
Top goalscorerLeague: Mario Mandžukić (16)
All: Mario Mandžukić (24)
Highest home attendance27,000 - v Slaven Belupo, 17 May, Prva HNL
Lowest home attendance400 - v Zadar, 23 November, Prva HNL

Events edit

First-team squad edit

Team roster edit

Updated 5 March 2009 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 Tomislav Butina
2 DF   CRO Ivan Tomečak
3 DF   ARG Luis Ibáñez
4 DF   CRO Robert Kovač
5 MF   ARG Adrián Calello
6 DF   CRO Dejan Lovren
7 DF   BRA Etto
8 MF   CRO Ante Tomić
10 MF   BRA Sammir
11 FW   CRO Josip Tadić
12 GK   CRO Ivan Kelava
No. Pos. Nation Player
13 MF   CMR Mathias Chago
16 MF   CRO Milan Badelj
17 FW   CRO Mario Mandžukić
18 MF   BIH Mirko Hrgović
19 DF   CRO Tomislav Barbarić
20 FW   CZE Miroslav Slepička
21 MF   CRO Ivica Vrdoljak
22 DF   CRO Igor Bišćan (captain)
24 FW   CRO Ilija Sivonjić
30 GK   CRO Filip Lončarić
77 MF   CHI Pedro Morales

Transfers edit

Summer edit

Midfielder Luka Modrić agreed to a five-year contract with Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur in a transfer worth €21m in late April, meaning his last game for the Croatian Cup second leg final on 14 May. On 22 May defender Hrvoje Čale signed a four-year contract with the Turkish side Trabzonspor for €2.2m, and four days later defensive midfielder Ognjen Vukojević joined Ukrainian giants Dynamo Kiev in a €6m transfer. During the summer transfer window, a group of players were released, including 33-year-old forward Davor Vugrinec who joins city rivals NK Zagreb, Georg Koch who signs a deal with Rapid Vienna and Tomislav Mikulić who signs a two-year contract with Standard Liège. Marijan Buljat and Dario Jertec were also released after failing to break into the first team squad under Branko Ivanković, and join biggest local rivals, Hajduk Split.

As for the arrivals, goalkeeper Tomislav Butina signed a two-year deal after being released by Olympiacos. Butina signed a two-year deal after being released by the Greek powerhouse, in a transfer which marked his return to the club after spending five years playing abroad, and 15 years after his first top-flight debut for the Blues in 1993. Heart of Hajduk Award winner Mirko Hrgović also joined the club from Japanese side JEF United, in a transfer which stirred some resentment by supporters of both Hajduk and Dinamo. Three South American players also joined the club in the summer transfer window: Luis Ibáñez and Guillermo Suárez came from Argentina's Boca Juniors and Tigre for €650,000 and €1m respectively, while Chilean international Pedro Morales joined from Universidad de Chile in a €1.6m transfer.

Did'dy Guela also left the club in late August amid heavy criticism by Ivanković and a publicized conflict with Ante Tomić in training. Two months after his contract was terminated he joined Greek side Larissa.

In

Date Pos Player From Fee
GK   Tomislav Butina   Olympiacos Free
MF   Mirko Hrgović   JEF United Free
DF   Luis Ibáñez   Boca Juniors 00€650,000
11 June 2008 MF   Pedro Morales   Universidad de Chile €1,600,000
MF   Guillermo Suárez   Tigre €1,000,000

Out

Date Pos Player To Fee
MF   Dario Jertec   Hajduk Split Free
DF   Marijan Buljat   Hajduk Split Free
GK   Georg Koch   Rapid Vienna Free
GK   Tomislav Vranjić   Larissa Free
FW   Davor Vugrinec   NK Zagreb Free
DF   Tomislav Mikulić   Standard Liège Undisclosed
MF   Ognjen Vukojević   Dynamo Kiev 0€6,000,000
DF   Hrvoje Čale   Trabzonspor 0€2,200,000
MF   Luka Modrić   Totenham Hotspur €21,000,000
MF   Did'dy Guela   Larissa Free

Winter edit

On 15 December 2008, Dinamo executive Zdravko Mamić and sports director Zoran Mamić agreed on a 5+12-year deal with Adrián Calello signed from Argentina's Independiente. The following two signings were confirmed a few days later, in the form of forwards Miroslav Slepička, who signed from Sparta Prague a 3+12-year deal worth €1.5m, and the 21-year-old Ilija Sivonjić from the local side Inter Zaprešić. In late December it was announced that Mihael Mikić left the club to join the Japanese side Sanfrecce Hiroshima for €800,000. The last player to arrive in the winter transfer window was the 34-year-old Croatian international Robert Kovač, who signed from Borussia Dortmund for €500,000.

Six youth players also signed their first senior contracts, out of which only Ivan Tomečak joined the first team squad, while the rest were loaned to NK Lokomotiva, Dinamo's feeder club.

Additionally, Dario Zahora, the 26-year-old Croatian forward who spent the last couple of seasons on loan spells at Slovenian sides Domžale and Interblock Ljubljana, joined Norwegian powerhouse Rosenborg for €280,000 in March 2009.

Defender Dino Drpić, a product of Dinamo's youth academy and a permanent member of the first team squad since 2000, was abruptly suspended in January 2009, for "poor disciplinary record". He was removed from the first team and soon loaned out to German side Karlsruher SC. It was announced on 21 May 2009 that Karlsruhe bought Drpić's contract for €900,000, with the German side trailing at the bottom of the league table with just one match left to play.

In
Date Pos Player From Fee
15 December 2008 MF   Adrián Calello   Independiente €2,200,000
18 December 2008 FW   Miroslav Slepička   Sparta Prague €1,500,000
18 December 2008 FW   Ilija Sivonjić   Inter Zaprešić 00€450,000
29 January 2009 DF   Robert Kovač   Borussia Dortmund 00€450,000
Out
Date Pos Player To Fee
23 December 2008 MF   Mihael Mikić   Sanfrecce Hiroshima 00€800,000
13 March 2009 FW   Dario Zahora   Rosenborg 00€280,000
FW   Tomislav Šokota   Lokeren Free transfer
FW   Boško Balaban   Panionios Free transfer
21 May 2009 DF   Dino Drpić   Karlsruhe 00€900,000

Club edit

Coaching staff edit

Position Staff
Manager   Krunoslav Jurčić
Assistant manager   Hrvoje Braović
Assistant manager   Boris Kubla
Goalkeeping coach   Mario Jozić
Fitness coach   Miljenko Rak

Source: [citation needed]

Kit edit

Supplier: Diadora
Sponsor(s): INA, Privredna banka Zagreb, Večernji list

 
 
 
 
 
 
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Last updated: 13 April.
Source: Sportnet.hr

Competitions edit

Overall edit

Competition Started round Current
position / round
Final
position / round
First match Last Match
Prva HNL 1st 27 July 31 May
UEFA Champions League QR1 QR3 16 July 27 August
UEFA Cup R1 Group stage 18 September 3 December
Croatian Cup First round Winners 8 October 28 May

Prva HNL edit

Classification edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Dinamo Zagreb (C) 33 23 5 5 71 26 +45 74 Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
2 Hajduk Split 33 21 5 7 59 25 +34 68 Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round
3 Rijeka 33 17 5 11 50 44 +6 56 Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round
4 Slaven Belupo 33 16 7 10 46 39 +7 55 Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round[a]
5 NK Zagreb 33 13 8 12 38 39 −1 47
Source: Sportnet.hr
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ Because both cup finalists, Dinamo and Hajduk, qualified for Europe through their league positions, all three UEFA Europa League spots were given to teams according to their league positions, what means that fourth-placed Slaven Belupo also earned a spot in Europa League.

Results summary edit

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
33 23 5 5 71 26  +45 74 14 1 2 38 7  +31 9 4 3 33 19  +14

Last updated: 31 May.
Source: Sportnet.hr

Results by round edit

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Updated to match(es) played on 31 May. Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results by opponent edit

Team Results Points
1 2 3
Cibalia 6–0 1–1 4–3 7
Croatia Sesvete 1–0 6–1 4–0 9
Hajduk Split 0–2 0–2 2–2 1
Inter Zaprešić 3–1 3–1 1–0 9
Osijek 1–0 2–0 0–0 7
Rijeka 2–0 0–1 4–0 6
Slaven Belupo 0–2 1–0 2–0 6
Šibenik 2–2 3–0 2–0 7
Varteks 2–1 1–0 6–1 9
Zadar 3–2 2–0 2–0 9
NK Zagreb 2–2 3–1 0–1 4

Source: Prva HNL 2008–09 article

UEFA Cup edit

Classification edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification UDI TOT NEC SPA DZ
1   Udinese 4 3 0 1 6 4 +2 9 Advance to knockout stage 2–0 2–1
2   Tottenham Hotspur 4 2 1 1 7 4 +3 7 2–2 4–0
3   NEC 4 2 0 2 6 5 +1 6 2–0 0–1
4   Spartak Moscow 4 1 1 2 5 6 −1 4 1–2 1–2
5   Dinamo Zagreb 4 1 0 3 4 9 −5 3 3–2 0–1
Source: RSSSF

Matches edit

Competitive edit

Match Date
Tournament
Round
Ground
Opponent
Score
Attendance
Dinamo Scorers Report
1 16 July Champions League QR1 A   Linfield   2 – 0 4,000 Mandžukić, Drpić uefa.com
2 23 July Champions League QR1 H Linfield   1 – 1 2,000 Mandžukić uefa.com
3 27 July Prva HNL 1 H Rijeka 2 – 0 6,000 Badelj, Balaban sportnet.hr
4 30 July Champions League QR2 A   Domžale   3 – 0 2,500 Vrdoljak, Sammir, Tadić uefa.com
5 3 August Prva HNL 2 H Inter Zaprešić 3 – 1 2,000 Sammir, Tadić, Tomić sportnet.hr
6 6 August Champions League QR2 H Domžale   3 – 2 8,000 Bišćan, Hrgović, Drpić uefa.com
7 9 August Prva HNL 3 AR Croatia Sesvete 1 – 0 7,500 Morales sportnet.hr
8 13 August Champions League QR3 A   Shakhtar Donetsk   0 – 2 uefa.com
9 17 August Prva HNL 4 H Cibalia 6 – 0 2,000 Mandžukić (3), Tadić,
Sammir, Badelj
sportnet.hr
10 23 August Prva HNL 5 A Zadar 3 – 2 4,000 Balaban (2), Mandžukić sportnet.hr
11 27 August Champions League QR3 H Shakhtar Donetsk   1 – 3 18,000 Balaban uefa.com
12 31 August Prva HNL 6 H Varteks 2 – 1 1,000 Morales (2)
13 14 September Prva HNL 7 A NK Zagreb 2 – 2 2,000 Balaban, Mandžukić
14 18 September UEFA Cup R1 H Sparta Prague   0 – 0
15 21 September Prva HNL 8 H Hajduk Split 0 – 2 8,000
16 26 September Prva HNL 9 A Slaven Belupo 0 – 2 3,000
17 2 October UEFA Cup R1 A   Sparta Prague   3 – 3 Morales, Lovren, Badelj
18 5 October Prva HNL 10 H Osijek 1 – 0 1,500 Lovren
19 8 October Croatian Cup 1st round A NK Gaj Mače 5 – 1 Balaban, Sammir, Badelj,
Šokota, Bišćan
20 19 October Prva HNL 11 A Šibenik 2 – 2 5,000 Tadić, Ibáñez
21 23 October UEFA Cup Group stage H NEC Nijmegen   3 – 2 15,000 Mandžukić, Balaban, Vrdoljak
22 29 October Croatian Cup 2nd round A Hrvatski Dragovoljac 6 – 0 2,000 Balaban (3), Ibáñez, Sammir, Tadić
23 2 November Prva HNL 13 A Inter Zaprešić 3 – 1 2,500 Mandžukić, Vrdoljak, Morales
24 6 November UEFA Cup Group stage A   Tottenham Hotspur   0 – 4 16,295
25 9 November Prva HNL 14 H Croatia Sesvete 6 – 1 1,000 Morales (3), Tadić,
Mandžukić, Etto
26 12 November Croatian Cup Quarterfinal A Zagora Unešić 2 – 1 6,000 Šokota, Mikić
27 16 November Prva HNL 15 A Cibalia 1 – 1 5,000 Sammir
28 19 November Prva HNL 12* A Rijeka 0 – 1 3,500
29 23 November Prva HNL 16 H Zadar 2 – 0 400 Hrgović, Šokota
30 27 November UEFA Cup Group stage H Spartak Moscow   0 – 1 15,000
31 30 November Prva HNL 17 A Varteks 1 – 0 2,000 Balaban
32 3 December UEFA Cup Group stage A   Udinese   1 – 2 15,000 Bišćan
33 7 December Prva HNL 18 H NK Zagreb 3 – 1 758 Balaban, Sammir, Mandžukić
34 10 December Croatian Cup Quarterfinal H Zagora Unešić 5 – 1 1,000 Tomić, Lovren, Tadić (2), Šokota
35 22 February Prva HNL 19 A Hajduk Split 0 – 2 35,000
36 1 March Prva HNL 20 H Slaven Belupo 1 – 0 2,500 Sammir
37 4 March Croatian Cup Semifinal A NK Zagreb 2 – 0 2,500 Sivonjić, Morales
38 8 March Prva HNL 21 A Osijek 2 – 0 8,000 Sammir, Vrdoljak
39 15 March Prva HNL 22 H Šibenik 3 – 0 5,000 Sivonjić, Vrdoljak, Mandžukić
40 18 March Croatian Cup Semifinal H NK Zagreb 4 – 1 1,000 Mandžukić (3), Morales
41 22 March Prva HNL 23 H Osijek 0 – 0 7,000
42 5 April Prva HNL 24 A Cibalia 4 – 3 6,000 Tomečak (2), Sivonjić (2)
43 11 April Prva HNL 25 H Inter Zaprešić 1 – 0 9,000 Mandžukić
44 19 April Prva HNL 26 AR Croatia Sesvete 4 – 0 3,000 Slepička (3), Tomečak
45 22 April Prva HNL 27 H Zadar 2 – 0 6,000 Bišćan, Mandžukić
46 26 April Prva HNL 28 A Varteks 6 – 1 6,000 Mandžukić (2), Slepička (3), Hrgović
47 3 May Prva HNL 29 H Rijeka 4 – 0 9,000 Badelj (2), Sammir, Chago
48 10 May Prva HNL 30 A Šibenik 2 – 0 5,000 Mandžukić, Tomečak
49 13 May Croatian Cup Final H Hajduk Split 3 – 0 20,000 Mandžukić (2), Sammir
50 17 May Prva HNL 31 H Slaven Belupo 2 – 0 27,000 Sammir, Mandžukić sportnet.hr
51 24 May Prva HNL 32 H NK Zagreb 0 – 1 12,000 sportnet.hr
52 28 May Croatian Cup Final A Hajduk Split 0 – 3
(4 – 3 p)
18,000
53 31 May Prva HNL 33 A Hajduk Split 2 – 2 10,000 Chago, Mandžukić sportnet.hr

Last updated 31 May 2009
Sources: Sportske novosti, Sportnet.hr

Friendlies edit

Match Date
Tournament
Round
Ground
Opponent
Score
Dinamo Scorers
1 29 June Friendly N/A N   Interblock Ljubljana   0 – 0
2 2 July Friendly N/A A   Mura 05   0 – 1
3 8 July Friendly N/A HR Olimpija Ljubljana   4 – 1 Morales, Chago,
Tadić, Tomić
4 3 September Friendly N/A A Zagorec 4 – 2 Balaban, Šokota,
Krpić, Ibáñez
5 8 September Friendly N/A A Hrvatski Dragovoljac 3 – 1 Šokota (2), Tadić
6 18 January Friendly N/A A Junak Sinj 3 – 0 Vrdoljak, Balaban, Sivonjić
7 23 January Gabela Tournament Semifinal A   GOŠK Gabela   3 – 1 Šokota, Sivonjić, Tadić
8 24 January Gabela Tournament Final N   NK Osijek 0 – 0
9 27 January Friendly N/A HR Fehérvár   1 – 0 Šokota
10 1 February Friendly N/A N   Bełchatów   2 – 2 Bišćan, Tomić
11 4 February Friendly N/A N   Teplice   1 – 0 Tadić
12 7 February Friendly N/A N   Sanfrecce Hiroshima   4 – 3 Morales (2), Mandžukić (2)
13 9 February Friendly N/A N   Litex Lovech   0 – 0
14 14 February Friendly N/A A   Red Bull Salzburg   4 – 3 Sammir (2), Slepička
Mandžukić
15 17 February Friendly N/A A NK Lučko 5 – 2 Šokota (2), Badelj
Tadić, Morales
16 25 March Friendly N/A A NK Ivančica 15 – 0 Slepička (5), Vrdoljak, Etto,
Chago, Ibáñez, Tomić (2),
Tadić (2), Tomečak (2)
17 7 April Friendly N/A A NK Križevci 8 – 2 Slepička (4), Mandžukić, Tomečak, Bišćan, Sivonjić

HNL Indoor Tournament edit

(All games played at Krešimir Ćosić Arena in Zadar.)

Match Date
Round
Opponent
Score
1 7 January 1 Inter Zaprešić 4 – 3
2 7 January 2 Zadar 2 – 3
3 9 January 3 NK Zagreb 1 – 2
4 9 January 4 Osijek 4 – 2
5 9 January 5 Varteks 5 – 4
6 10 January 6 Hajduk Split 3 – 4
7 10 January 7 Šibenik 4 – 1
8 10 January 8 Zadar 2 – 3
9 10 January 9 Rijeka 8 – 5
10 10 January 10 NK Zagreb 1 – 2
11 10 January Semifinal Hajduk Split 2 – 5
12 10 January 3rd place NK Zagreb 8 – 6

Player seasonal records edit

Competitive matches only. Updated to games played 31 May 2009.

Key

Player left the club in mid-season
Player joined the club in mid-season

Goalscorers edit

Rank Name League Cup Europe Total
1   Mario Mandžukić 16 5 3 24
2   Boško Balaban[1] 6 4 2 12
  Sammir 8 3 1 12
4   Pedro Morales 7 2 1 10
5   Josip Tadić 4 3 1 8
6   Miroslav Slepička 6 6
  Milan Badelj 4 1 1 6
8   Ivica Vrdoljak 3 2 5
9   Ilija Sivonjić[3] 3 1 4
  Tomislav Šokota[1] 1 3 4
  Igor Bišćan 1 1 2 4
  Ivan Tomečak 4 4
13   Dejan Lovren 1 1 1 3
  Mirko Hrgović 2 1 3
15   Dino Drpić[2] 2 2
  Luis Ibáñez 1 1 2
  Ante Tomić 1 1 2
  Mathias Chago 2 2
19   Mihael Mikić[4] 1 1
  Etto 1 1

Source: Competitive matches

Notes edit

1. a b : On 5 March 2009 the managing board decided to release both Boško Balaban and Tomo Šokota citing "poor performance".
2. a : On 13 January the club's management announced that Dino Drpić was to be suspended due to "poor disciplinary record". His contract was terminated and was put on transfer list, and was subsequently loaned to Karlsruher SC.
3. a : Ilija Sivonjić signed for Dinamo in the winter transfer window from Inter Zaprešić; he scored 8 goals for Inter in the first 18 rounds of the Prva HNL 2008–09 season.
4. a : Mihael Mikić was released and joined Sanfrecce Hiroshima in the winter transfer window in January 2009.

References edit

External links edit