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Dugopolje
Full nameNogometni klub Dugopolje
Founded1952; 72 years ago (1952)
Ground Stadion Hrvatski vitezovi
Capacity5,200
Manager Davor Mladina
League First League (II)
2022–2310th

NK Dugopolje is a professional Croatian professional football club based in the town of Dugopolje on the outskirts of Split, a city on the Adriatic coast. They were founded in 1952, and they currently play in the Prva nogometna liga (English: First football league), commonly Prva NL or 1. NL, is the second tier of the football league system in Croatia.

History

The club was founded in 1952 as NK Proleter. [1]

The 2009–10 season was a successful one for Dugopolje as they finished top of the 3. HNL South and were promoted to the Croatian Second Football League. In their first season in the second division of Croatian football, Dugopolje finished eighth out of a total of 16 teams. In the following season, Dugopolje finished first, qualifying for promotion to the Prva HNL, the first division of football in Croatia, but were denied a licence for the top division due to numerous issues and remained in the second league. [2] The 2012–13 season witnessed a large restructuring of football in Croatia during which 7 out of 16 teams were to be relegated to accommodate for a reduction in the number of contestants in the 1st division from 16 to 12. Dugopolje prevailed, finishing 8th, two places clear of relegation. In the 2013–14 season, with a reduced number of teams in the top and second division, the competition was much stronger than previously and Dugopolje struggled and barely avoided relegation.

Dugopolje fell into financial trouble in 2018 due to lower funding from the municipality. A Brazilian business consortium offered an investment, but was rejected by the club's board. [3]

Stadium

Since 2009, Dugopolje host their home matches at the newly built Stadion Hrvatski vitezovi (English: Croatian Knights Stadium), with a capacity of 5,200. The stadium meets strict UEFA standards and holds a licence for UEFA competitions. [4]

Recent seasons

Season Division P W D L F A Pts Pos Cup Player Goals
League Top goalscorer
2005–06 3. HNL South 34 14 11 9 49 31 53 4th
2006–07 3. HNL South 34 18 5 11 52 34 59 2nd
2007–08 3. HNL South 34 15 6 13 44 36 51 6th
2008–09 3. HNL South 34 12 3 19 44 45 39 13th
2009–10 3. HNL South 32 22 5 5 63 15 71 1st
2010–11 2. HNL 30 10 11 9 39 30 41 8th Hrvoje Balić 9
2011–12 2. HNL 28 17 6 5 50 27 57 1st PR Alen Guć 16
2012–13 2. HNL 30 14 4 12 39 42 46 8th Ivica Žuljević 13
2013–14 2. HNL 33 10 8 15 37 41 38 10th Ivica Žuljević, Josip Serdarušić 6
2014–15 2. HNL 30 7 13 10 27 32 34 7th Ante Vitaić 7
2015–16 2. HNL 33 11 7 15 38 41 40 7th Ivan Bubalo 10
2016–17 2. HNL 33 12 10 11 36 32 46 6th Mario Sačer 7
2017–18 2. HNL 33 13 7 13 34 37 46 6th Ivan Prtajin, Josip Špoljarić 6
2018–19 2. HNL 26 13 4 9 29 26 43 5th Ante Živković 5
2019–20 2. HNL 19 7 4 8 30 31 25 10th Matej Jukić 7
2020–21 2. HNL 34 13 9 12 49 45 48 8th Igor Čerina 9
2021–22 2. HNL 30 11 7 12 40 46 40 10th Ivan Brnić 11

Current squad

As of 19 February 2023

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 Croatia  CRO Miro Varvodić
2 DF Croatia  CRO Duje Marin Buličić
4 MF Croatia  CRO Roko Kurtović
5 DF Croatia  CRO Igor Čerina
6 DF Croatia  CRO Stipe Vladušić
7 FW Colombia  COL Carlos Torres (on loan from Šibenik)
8 MF Croatia  CRO Marin Ljubičić
10 FW Croatia  CRO Boris Rapaić
11 FW Brazil  BRA Caio Da Cruz (on loan from Gorica)
12 GK Croatia  CRO Marko Grgur Pelivan
14 FW Croatia  CRO Ivo Čengić (on loan from Hajduk Split)
15 MF Croatia  CRO Karlo Lusavec (on loan from Varaždin)
16 DF Croatia  CRO Petar Mikulić
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 DF Croatia  CRO Filip Mekić (on loan from Varaždin)
18 FW Croatia  CRO Ivan Rodić
19 DF Albania  ALB Neshat Murati
20 DF Croatia  CRO Gregor Gulišija
21 FW Bosnia and Herzegovina  BIH Branko Đukić (on loan from Istra 1961)
22 DF Croatia  CRO Špiro Peričić
23 MF Croatia  CRO Dominik Balić
24 MF Croatia  CRO Mateo Bašić
25 MF Croatia  CRO Marko Domančić
27 MF Croatia  CRO Ante Kovačević
28 MF Croatia  CRO Filip Rosić
29 MF Croatia  CRO Mihael Mlinarić (on loan from Slaven Belupo)

References

  1. ^ "Dugopolje u finišu slomilo borbene goste iz Zagreba". 7 November 2015.
  2. ^ "Žalbe iz Dugopolja: HNS nas je prisilio da odustanemo od prve lige!". index.hr. 3 May 2012.
  3. ^ Šagolj, Zoran (8 November 2018). "Brazilci žele spasiti Dugopolje i nude 200.000 eura godišnje, skupštinari ih odbili, a ogorčeni predsjednik podnio ostavku". Slobodna Dalmacija.
  4. ^ "UEFA oduševljena stadionom u Dugopolju" (in Croatian). Slobodna Dalmacija. 5 June 2009. Retrieved 9 May 2010.
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