2024–25 HNK Gorica season

HNK Gorica 2024–25 football season

HNK Gorica
2024–25 season
Chairman	Nenad Črnko
Manager	Rajko Vidović (until 8 October 2024) Mario Carević (since 15 October 2024)
Stadium	Stadion Radnik
HNL	8th
Croatian Cup	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Marko Kolar (4) All: Marko Kolar (4)
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The 2024–25 HNK Gorica season is the club's 16th season in existence and the 7th consecutive season in the top flight of Croatian football.

Current squad

As of 8 November 2024

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	Karlo Žiger
2	DF	CRO	Dino Mikanović
4	DF	NED	Matthew Steenvoorden
5	DF	CRO	Mateo Leš
6	DF	CRO	Jakov Gurlica
7	MF	ALB	Adrion Pajaziti (on loan from Fulham)
8	MF	CGO	Merveil Ndockyt
10	MF	CRO	Jurica Pršir (Captain)
11	FW	CRO	Martin Šlogar
12	FW	POR	Mesaque Djú
17	MF	CRO	Vinko Skrbin
19	FW	SEN	Arona Fall
21	FW	CRO	Marko Kolar
22	DF	CRO	Mario Maloča


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
23	MF	CRO	Luka Kapulica
24	FW	CRO	Toni Majić (on loan from Dinamo Zagreb)
25	DF	CRO	Krešimir Krizmanić
31	GK	CRO	Ivan Banić (2nd Captain)
32	MF	CRO	Tibor Halilović
34	DF	CRO	Mario Matković
37	MF	GER	Meritan Shabani
44	GK	CRO	Božidar Radošević
47	MF	SRB	Damjan Pavlović
55	MF	CRO	Vito Čaić (on loan from Dinamo Zagreb)
66	DF	CRO	Ante Sušak (on loan from Dinamo Zagreb)
77	MF	CRO	Valentino Majstorović
88	MF	SEN	Sekou Matar Sagna
90	DF	CRO	Dino Štiglec

Transfers

In

Pos	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date
DF	Nathan Cruce-Corcy	Mladost Ždralovi	Back from loan	30 May 2024
GK	Karlo Žiger	Sesvete	Back from loan	30 June 2024
MF	Patrik Jug	Beltinci	Back from loan	30 June 2024
MF	Vinko Skrbin	Tolmin	Back from loan	30 June 2024
FW	Caio Da Cruz	Radomlje	Back from loan	30 June 2024
FW	Martin Šlogar	AEZ Zakakiou	Free	11 July 2024
FW	Marko Kolar	Maribor	Free	19 July 2024
DF	Dino Mikanović	Hajduk Split	Free	27 July 2024
DF	Ante Sušak	Dinamo Zagreb	Loan	30 July 2024
MF	Vito Čaić	Dinamo Zagreb	Loan	30 July 2024
FW	Toni Majić	Dinamo Zagreb	Loan	30 July 2024
MF	Damjan Pavlović	Rijeka	Free	1 August 2024
DF	Jakov Gurlica	Dinamo Zagreb	Free	2 August 2024
FW	Medin Gashi	Vushtrria	Undisclosed	11 August 2024
DF	David Sim	Rogaška	Free	22 August 2024
MF	Adrion Pajaziti	Fulham	Loan	5 September 2024
FW	Mesaque Djú	No team	Free	5 September 2024
MF	Meritan Shabani	No team	Free	15 September 2024
DF	Matthew Steenvoorden	Terengganu	Free	15 October 2024
MF	Tibor Halilović	No team	Free	7 November 2024

Source: Glasilo Hrvatskog nogometnog saveza

Out

Pos	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date
MF	Marko Soldo	Dinamo Zagreb	Back from loan	28 May 2024
FW	Gabrijel Rukavina	Dinamo Zagreb	Back from loan	28 May 2024
DF	Alexander Munksgaard	Baník Ostrava	Free	30 May 2024
MF	Sven Blummel	Eindhoven	Free	30 May 2024
MF	Lenny Ilečić	No team	Free	18 June 2024
FW	Tim Matavž	Gorica	Free	18 June 2024
GK	Jan Paolo Debijađi	HAŠK	Free	2 July 2024
MF	Josip Mitrović	Fortuna Sittard	500,000 €	5 July 2024
MF	Filip Mrzljak	Punjab	Free	9 July 2024
FW	Nikola Vujnović	Sumgayit	Undisclosed	13 July 2024
DF	Ino Vuko	Karlovac 1919	Loan	25 July 2024
MF	Luka Brlek	Karlovac 1919	Loan	25 July 2024
FW	Lovro Nezirović	Karlovac 1919	Loan	25 July 2024
FW	Ante Matej Jurić	Brescia	400,000 €	6 August 2024
DF	Nathan Cruce-Corcy	Sutjeska Nikšić	Free	8 August 2024
MF	Patrik Jug	Croatia Zmijavci	Loan	13 August 2024
DF	David Sim	Marsonia 1909	Loan	23 August 2024
MF	Andrej Lazarov	Shkupi	Free	29 August 2024
FW	Caio Da Cruz	Sesvete	Loan	2 September 2023

Source: Glasilo Hrvatskog nogometnog saveza

Total spending: 0 €

Total income: 900,000 €

Total expenditure: 900,000 €

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
SuperSport HNL	3 August 2024	TBC	Matchday 1	13	3	3	7	13	21	−8	023.08
Croatian Cup	11 September 2024		First round	2	0	2	0	2	2	+0	000.00
Total				15	3	5	7	15	23	−8	020.00

Last updated: 21 November 2024
Source: Soccerway

Croatian Football League

Main article: 2024–25 Croatian Football League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
6	Slaven Belupo	17	5	5	7	21	24	−3	20
7	Istra 1961	18	4	7	7	18	29	−11	19
8	Lokomotiva	17	4	4	9	19	27	−8	16
9	Šibenik	17	4	4	9	14	31	−17	16
10	Gorica	17	4	3	10	15	25	−10	15	Relegation to First Football League

Updated to match(es) played on 20 December 2024. Source: SuperSport HNL
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).
Notes:

The 2024–25 Croatian Football Cup winners qualify for the Europa League first qualifying round (or the second-placed team if the Croatian Cup winners finish first). If the Croatian Cup winners finish in the top three, the second Conference League second qualifying round spot will be passed to the fourth-placed team.

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
13	3	3	7	13	21	−8	12	3	3	1	9	7	+2	0	0	6	4	14	−10

Last updated: 21 November 2024.
Source: SuperSport HNL

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H
Result	D	L	D	L	W	L	L	W	L	L	W	L	D
Position	5	7	6	7	7	7	8	7	8	9	8	8	8

Updated to match(es) played on 10 November 2024. Source: SuperSport HNL
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Gorica v Varaždin

3 August 2024 1	Gorica	0–0	Varaždin	Velika Gorica
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Kapulica 44' Pršir 62'	Report	Mitrovski 87'	Stadium: Stadion Radnik Attendance: 660 Referee: Ante Čulina

Istra 1961 v Gorica

10 August 2024 2	Istra 1961	2–1	Gorica	Pula
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Kadušić 38' Marešić 71' (pen.) 90+5' Iovu 83' Petrusenko 89'	Report	Štiglec 44' Čaić 77' Kolar 84'	Stadium: Stadion Aldo Drosina Attendance: 2,069 Referee: Ante Terzić

Gorica v Osijek

18 August 2024 3	Gorica	2–2	Osijek	Velika Gorica
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Kapulica 38' Čaić 62' Pavlović 82'	Report	Jugović 53', 61' Matković 59'	Stadium: Stadion Radnik Attendance: 1,077 Referee: Mario Zebec

Dinamo Zagreb v Gorica

24 August 2024 4	Dinamo Zagreb	2–1	Gorica	Zagreb
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Kulenović 6', 57' Mmaee 64'	Report	Leš 72' Sagna 78' Pršir 90+1'	Stadium: Stadion Maksimir Attendance: 9,644 Referee: Ante Terzić

Gorica v Šibenik

30 August 2024 5	Gorica	2–1	Šibenik	Velika Gorica
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Maloča 33' Ndockyt 42' 90+6' Šlogar 50' Kolar 73' Mikanović 76'	Report	Bakić 73' Vasilj 90+6'	Stadium: Stadion Radnik Attendance: 1,168 Referee: Toni Dadić

Gorica v Rijeka

14 September 2024 6	Gorica	0–1	Rijeka	Velika Gorica
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Ndockyt 11' Kolar 73' Pršir 85'	Report	Gojak 20' Janković 58'	Stadium: Stadion Radnik Attendance: 512 Referee: Zdenko Lovrić

Hajduk Split v Gorica

21 September 2024 7	Hajduk Split	4–1	Gorica	Split
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Durdov 11', 55' Diallo 43' Livaja 71' (pen.) Sigur 74'	Report	Prpić 5' (o.g.) Ndockyt 55'	Stadium: Stadion Poljud Attendance: 18,764 Referee: Dario Bel

Gorica v Slaven Belupo

30 September 2024 8	Gorica	2–1	Slaven Belupo	Velika Gorica
16:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Pršir 28' (pen.) Banić 60' Šlogar 90+4'	Report	Martinović 30' Božić 45+1' Bosec 54' Caimacov 69' Lučić 74'	Stadium: Stadion Radnik Attendance: 586 Referee: Ante Terzić

Lokomotiva v Gorica

5 October 2024 9	Lokomotiva	2–0	Gorica	Zagreb
16:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Vranjković 26' Smakaj 58' Kolinger 80' Vrbančić 85'	Report	Pršir 81'	Stadium: Stadion Kranjčevićeva Attendance: 372 Referee: Zdenko Lovrić

Varaždin v Gorica

20 October 2024 10	Varaždin	2–1	Gorica	Varaždin
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Mitrovski 19' Belcar 28' Boršić 39' L. Mamić 51' Latković 74'	Report	Kolar 55' Majić 71'	Stadium: Stadion Varteks Attendance: 1,387 Referee: Oliver Romić

Gorica v Istra 1961

27 October 2024 11	Gorica	1–0	Istra 1961	Velika Gorica
18:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Kapulica 55' Leš 62' Šlogar 84'	Report	Lekweiry 40' Marešić 83'	Stadium: Stadion Radnik Attendance: 813 Referee: Ante Čulina

Osijek v Gorica

2 November 2024 12	Osijek	2–0	Gorica	Osijek
17:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Jelenić 27' Jugović 33' Leš 34' (o.g.) Tuia 40' Soldo 58' Jakupović 87' Pušić 90'	Report	Mikanović 58' Pavlović 83'	Stadium: Opus Arena Attendance: 6,875 Referee: Ante Terzić

Gorica v Dinamo Zagreb

9 November 2024 13	Gorica	2–2	Dinamo Zagreb	Velika Gorica
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Šlogar 2' Kolar 14' Krizmanić 62' Ndockyt 69' Štiglec 73' Banić 75' Steenvoorden 90+4'	Report	Špikić 45' Mbuku 86' Ristovski 90'	Stadium: Stadion Radnik Attendance: 5,138 Referee: Dario Bel

Croatian Football Cup

Main article: 2024–25 Croatian Football Cup Đakovo Croatia v Gorica

11 September 2024 R1	Đakovo Croatia	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–5 p)	Gorica	Đakovo
16:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Batinić 48' Valentić 89' Dogan 118' Damjanović	Report	Matković 35' Djú 92' Gurlica 104'	Stadium: Đakovo Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Marko Crnojević
	Penalties
	Luiz Correa Ljulj Šušak Lulić Dogan		Maloča Kolar Krizmanić Pajaziti Pršir

Varaždin v Gorica

14 November 2024 R2	Varaždin	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–5 p)	Gorica	Varaždin
17:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Dabro 20' L. Mamić 57' Šegović 116'	Report	Pavlović 63' Mikanović 73' Pršir 80' Gashi 113'	Stadium: Stadion Varteks Attendance: 650 Referee: Zdenko Lovrić
	Penalties
	Poldrugač Nekić Alić L. Mamić Duvnjak Maglica		Majstorović Pršir Štiglec Steenvoorden Krizmanić Gurlica

Player seasonal records

Updated 21 November 2024

Goals

Rank	Name	League	Cup	Total
1	Marko Kolar	3	–	3
2	Jurica Pršir	2	–	2
	Martin Šlogar	2	–	2
	Damjan Pavlović	1	1	2
5	Luka Kapulica	1	–	1
	Krešimir Krizmanić	1	–	1
	Dino Mikanović	1	–	1
	Merveil Ndockyt	1	–	1
	Mesaque Djú	–	1	1
Own goals		1	–	1
TOTALS		13	2	15

Source: Competitive matches

Clean sheets

Rank	Name	League	Cup	Total
1	Božidar Radošević	2	–	2
2	Ivan Banić	1	–	1
TOTALS		3	0	3

Source: Competitive matches

Disciplinary record

Number	Position	Player	HNL			Croatian Cup			Total
Number	Position	Player
2	DF	Dino Mikanović	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0
4	DF	Matthew Steenvoorden	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
5	DF	Mateo Leš	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
6	DF	Jakov Gurlica	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
8	MF	Merveil Ndockyt	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
10	MF	Jurica Pršir	3	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0
11	FW	Martin Šlogar	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
21	FW	Marko Kolar	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
22	DF	Mario Maloča	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
23	MF	Luka Kapulica	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
23	MF	Luka Kapulica	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
24	FW	Toni Majić	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
31	GK	Ivan Banić	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
34	DF	Mario Matković	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
47	MF	Damjan Pavlović	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
55	MF	Vito Čaić	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
88	MF	Sekou Matar Sagna	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
90	DF	Dino Štiglec	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
99	FW	Medin Gashi	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
TOTALS			27	0	0	5	0	0	32	0	0

Appearances and goals

Number	Position	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Number	Position	Player	Total		HNL		Croatian Cup
1	GK	Karlo Žiger	3	0	0+1	0	2+0	0
2	DF	Dino Mikanović	14	1	12+0	1	1+1	0
4	DF	Matthew Steenvoorden	4	0	1+2	0	1+0	0
5	DF	Mateo Leš	14	0	13+0	0	1+0	0
6	DF	Jakov Gurlica	3	0	0+1	0	2+0	0
7	FW	Ante Matej Jurić	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
7	MF	Adrion Pajaziti	7	0	6+0	0	0+1	0
8	MF	Merveil Ndockyt	12	1	10+2	1	0+0	0
10	MF	Jurica Pršir	14	2	12+0	2	1+1	0
11	FW	Martin Šlogar	13	2	3+8	2	2+0	0
12	FW	Mesaque Djú	9	1	2+5	0	1+1	1
16	MF	Andrej Lazarov	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
17	MF	Vinko Skrbin	6	0	2+2	0	2+0	0
20	MF	Luka Vrzić	5	0	0+5	0	0+0	0
21	FW	Marko Kolar	14	3	13+0	3	0+1	0
22	DF	Mario Maloča	14	0	13+0	0	1+0	0
23	MF	Luka Kapulica	13	1	10+2	1	0+1	0
24	FW	Toni Majić	7	0	1+6	0	0+0	0
25	DF	Krešimir Krizmanić	14	1	10+2	1	1+1	0
31	GK	Ivan Banić	6	0	6+0	0	0+0	0
32	MF	Tibor Halilović	2	0	0+1	0	1+0	0
34	DF	Mario Matković	3	0	0+1	0	1+1	0
44	GK	Božidar Radošević	7	0	7+0	0	0+0	0
47	MF	Damjan Pavlović	9	2	0+7	1	1+1	1
55	MF	Vito Čaić	6	0	3+3	0	0+0	0
66	DF	Ante Sušak	4	0	0+4	0	0+0	0
77	FW	Valentino Majstorović	14	0	8+4	0	1+1	0
88	MF	Sekou Matar Sagna	2	0	0+1	0	1+0	0
90	DF	Dino Štiglec	14	0	11+1	0	1+1	0
99	FW	Medin Gashi	6	0	0+4	0	2+0	0

Notes

^ First number represents appearances in starting eleven, while the second number indicates a substitute appearance.

References

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External links

Official website

v t e 2024–25 in Croatian football
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Domestic leagues	HNL 1. NL 2. NL 3. NL Prva HNLŽ
Domestic cups	Croatian Football Cup (Final) Croatian Women's Football Cup
European competitions	Champions League Europa League Conference League
Related to national team	UEFA Euro 2024 (Group B) Zlatko Dalić
Club seasons
HNL	Dinamo Zagreb Gorica Hajduk Split Istra 1961 Lokomotiva Osijek Rijeka Šibenik Slaven Belupo Varaždin

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