HNK Cibalia

Cibalia

Full name	Hrvatski nogometni klub Cibalia
Nickname(s)	Nebesko plavi (The Sky-blues)
Founded	1919 (1919) (as HGŽK Cibalia) 1945 (1945) (as Dinamo Vinkovci)
Ground	Stadion HNK Cibalia
Ground Capacity	10,000
Chairman	Miroslav Gagro
Manager	Miroslav Bojko
League	2. HNL
2013–14	2. HNL, 2nd
Website	Club home page
Home colours Away colours

HNK Cibalia, or just Cibalia, is a Croatian football club from the town of Vinkovci in eastern Croatia. Cibalia currently play in the Druga HNL, Croatia's second tier. Their stadium is located in the south part of their home town and can hold 12,000 spectators. The name Cibalia comes from the Roman settlement called Colonia Aurelia Cibalae which was the precursor of the present-day town of Vinkovci. In the period from 1945 to 1990 the club was called Dinamo Vinkovci.

History

The club was originally founded in 1919 as HGŽK Cibalia Vinkovci, and in 1925 the team merged with local rivals RŠK Sloga. During World War II the club suspended all activities and ceased to exist. After the war re-established clubs Sloga and OFD Graničar merged and formed NK Dinamo Vinkovci which began competing within the Yugoslav football system. The club would see several humble decades before finally making it to the Yugoslav First League in 1982. They played in the top-tier league for five seasons until they were relegated to the Yugoslav Second League in 1987.

In 1990 the team returned its traditional name of Cibalia. The club spent much of the 1990s in the Prva HNL, Croatian top level. It remained in the Prva HNL until the 2003–04 season when it was relegated to the Druga HNL. The club was also penalized by UEFA in the same season with a deduction of six points for failure to fulfill financial obligations related to past player transfers. Nevertheless, in the 2004–05 season, Cibalia outdid all of its opponents in the second league by a large margin, won the promotion playoffs and returned to Prva HNL.

Cibalia also had some success playing in the Croatian Cup, where it reached the final in 1999 (lost to Osijek) and semi-final in 2000, 2004, 2009, 2011, 2012 and 2013.

The 2009–10 season was Cibalia's best ever season in the top division of Croatian football. They finished third after giants Dinamo Zagreb and Hajduk Split, having spent most of the season in second position. They qualified for the second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League but eventually lost to Northern Irish side Cliftonville and exited the tournament.

Honours

• Yugoslav Second League (West):
  • Winners (1): 1981–82

• Yugoslav Third League (SR Croatia):
  • Winners (1): 1974–75

• Yugoslav Cup
  • Quarter-finals (1): 1977

• Croatian First League:
  • Third place (1): 2009–10

• Croatian Second League:
  • Winners (2): 1997–98, 2004–05

• Croatian Cup:
  • Runners-up (1): 1999

• UEFA Intertoto Cup:
  • Semi-finals (1): 2004

Current squad

As of 15 June 2015

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 Tomislav Vranjić 2 DF Josip Gegić 3 DF Stipe Jančić 4 DF Belmin Sikira 5 DF Mario Lučić 6 DF Ivan Conjar 7 FW Marko Kraljević 8 FW Daniel Weber 9 FW Ivan Koledić 10 FW Tomislav Pavličić 11 FW Benjamin Tatar 12 DF Dominik Damjanović 13 DF Luka Mijoković 14 DF Tomislav Jonjić 15 MF Matija Mišić

No. Position Player 16 FW Niko Tokić 17 DF Stjepan Šimičić 18 FW Drago Ćorić 19 MF Petar Filipović 20 MF Stjepan Kvesić 21 MF Semir Aganspahić 22 MF Frane Vitaić 23 MF Hrvoje Plum 24 DF Dario Rugašević 25 MF Marko Čulić 26 FW Marko Terzić 27 FW Damir Vidović 28 MF Tomislav Mazalović 29 FW Mario Tadić 30 MF Stjepan Zavrski

Recent seasons

Season	League									Cup	Europe / Other		Top league scorer(s)
	Division	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Pos				Name	Goals
1992	1. HNL	22	3	9	10	13	24	15	9th	DNQ			Josip Markovinović	3
1992–93	1. HNL	30	11	9	10	31	30	31	5th	R2			Davor Čop	8
1993–94	1. HNL	34	11	13	10	37	27	35	7th	R2			Josip Markovinović	8
1994–95	1. HNL	30	9	10	11	26	33	37	10th	QF			Josip Markovinović	5
1995–96	1. HNL	36	11	12	13	43	55	45	9th	R2			Goran Meštrović	6
1996–97	1. HNL	30	11	0	19	35	56	33	13th	R1			Antun Andričević & Ivica Marinčić	5
1997–98	2. HNL	30	22	5	3	80	19	71	1st	R1
1998–99	1. HNL	32	10	7	15	34	44	26	9th	RU			Ivan Bošnjak	7
1999–2000	1. HNL	33	11	12	10	42	39	45	6th	SF			Ivan Bošnjak	14
2000–01	1. HNL	32	5	18	9	31	45	33	9th	R2	Intertoto Cup	R2	Mario Meštrović	7
2001–02	1. HNL	30	9	9	12	34	37	36	10th	R1			Mladen Bartolović	6
2002–03	1. HNL	32	12	7	13	39	44	43	5th	QF			Mladen Bartolović	9
2003–04	1. HNL	32	8	7	17	39	53	31	11th	SF	Intertoto Cup	SF	Zoran Ratković	10
2004–05	2. HNL	32	21	8	3	65	23	65	1st	R1			Danijel Kuzmanović	14
2005–06	1. HNL	32	9	10	13	33	47	37	9th	R2			Mladen Križanović Aleksandar Stojanovski Ivan Žgela	4
2006–07	1. HNL	33	9	5	19	33	53	32	10th	QF			Zoran Zekić	12
2007–08	1. HNL	33	11	7	15	40	48	40	8th	QF			Željko Malčić	12
2008–09	1. HNL	33	10	8	15	33	53	38	8th	SF			Željko Malčić	9
2009–10	1. HNL	30	16	9	5	46	20	57	3rd	R1			Dino Kresinger	9
2010–11	1. HNL	30	12	8	10	33	24	44	4th	SF	Europa League	QR2	Dino Kresinger	11
2011–12	1. HNL	30	13	6	11	35	35	45	5th	SF			Mladen Bartolović	8
2012–13	1. HNL	33	9	5	19	29	44	32	11th	SF			Tomislav Mazalović	7
2013–14	2. HNL	33	18	5	10	41	39	59	2nd	R2			Hrvoje Tokić	16
2014–15	2. HNL	30	10	8	12	36	44	38	6th	R2			Jakov Puljić	16

European record

Summary

Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Last season played
UEFA Europa League	2	0	1	1	0	1	2010–11
UEFA Intertoto Cup	10	3	3	4	13	16	2003
Total	12	3	4	5	13	17

Source: uefa.com, Last updated on 10 September 2010
Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against. Defunct competitions indicated in italics.

By season

Season	Competition	Round	Opponent	Home	Away	Agg.
2000–01	Intertoto Cup	R1	FK Obilić	3–1	1–1	4–2
		R2	FC Tatabánya	0–0	2–3	2–3
2003–04	Intertoto Cup	R2	FC Shakhtyor	4–2	1–1	5–3
		R3	Tampere United	0–1	2–0	2–1
		SF	VfL Wolfsburg	1–4	0–4	1–8
2010–11	Europa League	QR2	Cliftonville	0–0	0–1	0–1

Player records

• Most appearances in UEFA club competitions: 10 appearances
  • Jure Jurić
• Top scorers in UEFA club competitions: 3 goals
  • Ivan Maroslavac

All-time total in the Prva HNL

	Points	Games	Wins	Draws	Losses	GF	GA
HNK Cibalia	515	438	129	128	181	470	587

Former football coaches

• Dražan Jerković (1975–76)
• Otto Barić (1976–79)
• Ivan Marković
• Tonko Vukušić (19xx-84)
• Nedeljko Gugolj (1984–8X)
• Martin Novoselac (1986–88)
• Ivo Šušak (1988–89)
• Stipe Kedžo (1989–90)
• Tonko Vukušić (1990-9x)
• Mile Petković (1992)
• Stanko Mršić (1993–95)
• Davor Čop (interim) (1994)
• Tomislav Radić (1995–96)
• Davor Čop (interim) (1995)
• Mile Petković (1996–97)

• Tomislav Radić (1997)
• Krasnodar Rora (1998)
• Mijo Ručević (1998–99)
• Srećko Lušić (1999–2000)
• Davor Čop (2000–01)
• Mile Petković (2001–03)
• Bruno Buhač (interim) (2003)
• Srećko Lušić (2003)
• Vjeran Simunić (2003–04)
• Davor Mladina (2004–05)
• Branko Karačić (2005–06)
• Igor Štimac (2006)
• Ivica Matković (2006)
• Mile Petković (Dec 2006 – June 07)
• Srećko Lušić (July 2007 – Nov 08)

• Stanko Mršić (Nov 2008 – Aug 11)
• Siniša Jalić (interim) (Aug 2011)
• Samir Toplak (Aug 2011 – July 12)
• Miroslav Bojko (interim) (July 2012)
• Željko Kopić (July 2012 – Nov 12)
• Miroslav Bojko (Dec 2012 – Aug 13)
• Damir Petravić (Aug 2013 – Mar 14)
• Stanko Mršić (Mar 2014 – June 14)
• Zoran Tomić (June 2014 – Nov 14)
• Siniša Sesar (Nov 2014 – Mar 15)
• Bruno Buhač (interim) (Mar 2015 – June 15)
• Damir Milinović (Jun 2015 – Sep 15)
• Miroslav Bojko (Sep 2015 – )

Sources

1. Nogomet 85, Slaven Zambata
2. Nogomet 86, Slaven Zambata
3. Nogometno YU prvenstvo 85
4. Nogometni godišnjak Hrvatska 92
5. Arena – "Hrvatska na Europskom prvenstvu" 1996.
6. YU fudbal 87–88 VIII/88
7. Nogomet – Croatian football news; number 17, May 1999, p58

External links

• (Croatian)
• Cibalia profile at UEFA.com
• Cibalia profile at Sportnet.hr (Croatian)
• Cibalia profile at Nogometni magazin (Croatian)