HNK Cibalia
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HNK Cibalia, or just Cibalia, is a Croatia
Croatia
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n football
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 club from the town of Vinkovci
Vinkovci
Vinkovci is a city in Croatia, in the Vukovar-Syrmia County. In the 2011 census, the total population of the city was 35,375, making it the largest town of the county...

 in eastern Croatia. Cibalia currently play in the Prva HNL, Croatia's top flight. 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
Ancient Rome
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 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 founded in 1919 as HGŽK Cibalia Vinkovci. In 1925 the team merged with RŠK Sloga. During World War II
World War II
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 the club ceased to exist. After the war a revived Sloga and OFD Graničar merged to form NK Dinamo Vinkovci. The club would see several humble decades before finally making it to the Yugoslav First League
Yugoslav First League
The Yugoslav First League was the premier football league in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia and socialist Yugoslavia...

 in 1982. They played in the top-tier league for five years until they were relegated to the second league once more in 1987.

In 1990 the team returned to its more traditional name which it currently holds. Cibalia spent much of the 1990s in the Prva HNL with its highest finish being fifth place. It remained in the Prva HNL until the 2003/2004 season when it was relegated to the Second League
Croatian Second League
The Croatian Second Football League is the second highest football league in Croatia. The league was formed in 1991 with the dissolution of the Yugoslav Second League and it is operated by the Croatian Football Federation....

. The club was also penalized by FIFA
FIFA
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 the same season by six points (the equivalent of two victories) for failure to fulfill financial obligations in past player transfers. Nevertheless, in the 2004/2005 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
Croatian Cup
The Croatian Cup is an annually held football tournament for Croatian football clubs and is the second most important competition in Croatian football after the Prva HNL league championship. It is governed by the Croatian Football Federation and usually runs from late August to May...

, where it reached the final (and lost to Osijek
NK Osijek
NK Osijek is a Croatian football club, from Osijek in eastern Croatia.- History :NK Osijek's early roots are found in club called NK Udarnik that was formed in 1945 under FPR Yugoslavia's new communist authorities on the ashes of dissolved HŠK Slavija...

) in 1999 and semifinal in 2004.

The 2009–10 season
2009–10 Prva HNL
The 2009–10 Prva HNL season was the nineteenth season of the Prva HNL since its establishment in 1992. It began on 24 July 2009 and ended on 13 May 2010...

 was Cibalia's best ever season in the top division of Croatian football. They finished third after Dinamo and Hajduk, having spent most of the season at number two, and qualified for the second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League They lost to Cliftonville of Belfast.

Current squad

Recent seasons

Season League Cup
Croatian Cup
The Croatian Cup is an annually held football tournament for Croatian football clubs and is the second most important competition in Croatian football after the Prva HNL league championship. It is governed by the Croatian Football Federation and usually runs from late August to May...

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
1992–93 1. HNL 30 11 9 10 31 30 31 5th R2
1993–94 1. HNL 34 11 13 10 37 27 35 7th R2
1994–95 1. HNL 30 9 10 11 26 33 37 10th QF
1995–96 1. HNL 32 9th R2
1996–97 1. HNL 30 11 0 19 35 56 33 13th R1
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
1998–99 Croatian Cup
The 1998–99 Croatian Cup was the eighth edition of Croatia's football knockout competition. Croatia Zagreb were the defending champions, and it was won by Osijek...

Ivan Bošnjak
Ivan Bošnjak
Ivan Bošnjak is a Croatian football player who is currently playing for Chinese club Chongqing Lifan.-Career:Bošnjak started his professional career at local club HNK Cibalia in the 1996–97 season...

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1999–2000 1. HNL 33 11 12 10 42 39 45 6th SF Ivan Bošnjak
Ivan Bošnjak
Ivan Bošnjak is a Croatian football player who is currently playing for Chinese club Chongqing Lifan.-Career:Bošnjak started his professional career at local club HNK Cibalia in the 1996–97 season...

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2000–01 1. HNL 32 5 18 9 31 45 33 9th R2 Intertoto Cup
UEFA Intertoto Cup
The UEFA Intertoto Cup, also abbreviated as UI Cup and originally called the International Football Cup, was a summer football competition for European clubs that had not qualified for one of the two major UEFA competitions, the Champions League and the UEFA Cup. The competition was discontinued...

R2 Mario Meštrović 7
2001–02 1. HNL 30 9 9 12 34 37 36 10th R1
2001–02 Croatian Cup
The 2001–02 Croatian Cup was the eleventh edition of Croatia's football knockout competition. Dinamo Zagreb were the defending champions, who retained the title beating Varteks in the final.-Calendar:-Preliminary round:-First round:-Second round:...

Mladen Bartolović
Mladen Bartolovic
Mladen Bartolović is a Bosnian football player. Although he spent almost his entire career in Croatia, he is part of the Bosnia and Herzegovina national football team. Not to be confused with Croatian player Mladen Bartulović.He formerly played for HNK Čapljina, HNK Cibalia, Dinamo Zagreb, 1...

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2002–03 1. HNL 32 12 7 13 39 44 43 5th QF
2002–03 Croatian Cup
The 2002–03 Croatian Cup was the twelfth edition of Croatia's football knockout competition. Dinamo Zagreb were the defending champions, and the cup was won by Hajduk Split.-Calendar:-Preliminary round:-First round:-Second round:-Quarter-finals:...

Mladen Bartolović
Mladen Bartolovic
Mladen Bartolović is a Bosnian football player. Although he spent almost his entire career in Croatia, he is part of the Bosnia and Herzegovina national football team. Not to be confused with Croatian player Mladen Bartulović.He formerly played for HNK Čapljina, HNK Cibalia, Dinamo Zagreb, 1...

9
2003–04 1. HNL 32 8 7 17 39 53 31 11th SF
2003–04 Croatian Cup
The 2003–04 Croatian Cup was the 13th edition of Croatia's premier association football knockout competition. Hajduk Split were the defending champions, and the cup was eventually won by Dinamo Zagreb on away goals rule after the aggregate score in the final tie was 1–1 against Varteks...

Intertoto Cup SF Zoran Ratković 10
2004–05 2. HNL 32 21 8 3 65 23 65 1st R1
2004–05 Croatian Cup
The 2004–05 Croatian Cup was the fourteenth season of Croatia's football knockout competition.-Calendar:-Preliminary round:The preliminary round was held on 7 September, 2004.-First round:First round was held on 21 and 22 September, 2004....

Danijel Kuzmanović 14
2005–06 1. HNL 32 9 10 13 33 47 37 9th R2
2005–06 Croatian Cup
The 2005–06 Croatian Cup was the fifteenth season of Croatia's football knockout competition.-Calendar:-Preliminary round:The preliminary round was held on 31 August, 2005.-First round:Matches played on 21 September, 2005.-Second round:...

Mladen Križanović
Mladen Križanović
Mladen Križanović is a Croatian footballer currently under contract for NK Široki Brijeg.-External links:*...


Aleksandar Stojanovski
Ivan Žgela
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2006–07 1. HNL 33 9 5 19 33 53 32 10th QF
2006–07 Croatian Cup
The 2006–07 Croatian Cup was the sixteenth season of Croatia's football knockout competition.-Calendar:-Preliminary round:The preliminary round was held on 30 August, 2006.-First round:Matches played on 20 September, 2006.-Second round:...

Zoran Zekić
Zoran Zekić
Zoran Zekić is a Croatian football player and manager. It is currently player-manager of NK Maksimir.-External links:* at transfermarkt.de...

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2007–08
2007–08 in Croatian football
The following article presents a summary of the 2007–08 association football season in Croatia, which is the 17th season of competitive football in the country.-Croatian First Division:-Croatian Second Division:...

1. HNL 33 11 7 15 40 48 40 8th QF Željko Malčić 12
2008–09
2008–09 in Croatian football
The following article presents a summary of the 2008–09 football season in Croatia, which was the 18th season of competitive football in the country.-Friendly matches:-----World Cup qualifiers:...

1. HNL 33 10 8 15 33 53 38 8th SF Željko Malčić 9
2009–10
2009–10 in Croatian football
The following article presents a summary of the 2009–10 football season in Croatia, which is the 19th season of competitive football in the country.-Friendly matches:-2010 World Cup qualifiers:-Druga HNL:...

1. HNL
2009–10 Prva HNL
The 2009–10 Prva HNL season was the nineteenth season of the Prva HNL since its establishment in 1992. It began on 24 July 2009 and ended on 13 May 2010...

30 16 9 5 46 20 57 3rd R1
2009–10 Croatian Cup
The 2009–10 Croatian Cup was the nineteenth season of Croatia's football knockout competition.The defending champions were Dinamo Zagreb since they won the previous year's cup by defeating Hajduk Split on penalties after the result was tied 3–3 on aggregate....

Dino Kresinger
Dino Kresinger
Dino Kresinger is a Croatian football striker, currently playing for HNK Cibalia.-External links:...

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2010–11
2010–11 in Croatian football
The following article presents a summary of the 2010–11 football season in Croatia, which was the 20th season of competitive football in the country.-Croatia:-Croatia U21:-Croatia U19:-Croatia U17:-Druga HNL:...

1. HNL
2010–11 Prva HNL
The 2010–11 Prva HNL season was the twentieth season of the Prva HNL since its establishment in 1992. It began on 23 July 2010 and ended on 21 May 2011...

30 12 8 10 33 24 44 4th SF
2010–11 Croatian Cup
The 2010–11 Croatian Cup is the twentieth season of Croatia's football knockout competition.The defending champions are Hajduk Split, having won their 5th title the previous year by defeating Šibenik in the final....

Europa League QR2 Dino Kresinger
Dino Kresinger
Dino Kresinger is a Croatian football striker, currently playing for HNK Cibalia.-External links:...

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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
UEFA Intertoto Cup
The UEFA Intertoto Cup, also abbreviated as UI Cup and originally called the International Football Cup, was a summer football competition for European clubs that had not qualified for one of the two major UEFA competitions, the Champions League and the UEFA Cup. The competition was discontinued...

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
FK Obilic
Fudbalski klub Obilić is a football club based in Belgrade, Serbia. Named after legendary Serbian medieval hero Miloš Obilić, the club currently competes in the Druga beogradska liga - grupa Dunav .The club's stadium is also named accordingly; to venerate the Serbian knight it is called the...

3–1 1–1 3–1
R2   FC Tatabánya
FC Tatabánya
FC Tatabánya is a Hungarian football club based in Tatabánya. They play their home games at Stadion Gyula Grosics.- History :The Tatabányai Sport Klub was founded on February 6, 1910 by Ferenc Frei, a mining engineer...

0–0 2–3 2–3
2003–04 Intertoto Cup R2   FC Shakhtyor 4–2 1–1 5–3
R3   Tampere United
Tampere United
Tampere United is a Finnish football club, which played in the Veikkausliiga, the premier football league in Finland, until the 2010 season, but is currently excluded from participating in Finnish football. The club comes from the city of Tampere. The current head coach of the club is Jarkko Wiss,...

0–1 2–0 2–1
SF   VfL Wolfsburg
VfL Wolfsburg
VfL Wolfsburg is a professional German association football club based in Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony, who play in the Bundesliga football competition. Wolfsburg have won the Bundesliga once in their history, in the 2008–09 season, and were DFB-Pokal runners-up in 1995. The current head coach is Felix...

1–4 0–4 1–8
2010–11 Europa League QR2   Cliftonville
Cliftonville F.C.
Cliftonville Football & Athletic Club is a semi-professional, Northern Irish football club playing in the IFA Premiership. Founded on 20 September 1879 by John McCredy McAlery in the suburb of Cliftonville in north Belfast, it is the oldest football club in Ireland and celebrated its 130th...

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
      Ivan Maroslavac
      Ivan Maroslavac is a Croatian footballer who plays for NK Vinogradar in the Croatian Second League.-Club career:...


All-time total in the Prva HNL

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

Former players

List of former players of Cibalia's history: before 1980

1980s:Sulejman Halilović
Sulejman Halilovic
Sulejman Halilović is a former footballer from Bosnia and Herzegovina.During his club career he played for FK Jedinstvo Odžak, Dinamo Vinkovci, Red Star Belgrade and Rapid Wien. He earned 12 caps for the Yugoslavia national football team, and participated in UEFA Euro 1984.-External links:* at...

 Tomislav Ivković
Tomislav Ivkovic
Tomislav Ivković is a retired Croatian footballer who played as a goalkeeper....

 Davor Čop
Davor Čop
Davor Čop , born 31 October 1958 in Rijeka, is a former Croatian football player and a current manager.-Honours:*Hajduk Split**1 time Yugoslav First League Champion: 1978-79**2 times Yugoslav Cup winner: 1977 and 1984*Dinamo Vinkovci...

 Igor Štimac
Igor Štimac
Igor Štimac is a retired Croatian football player. He is now a football agent and a manager...

 Nikola Jerkan
Nikola Jerkan
Nikola Jerkan is a former football defender from Croatia.Jerkan was born in Split and started playing football professionally for NK Zagreb. In 1983 he moved to Dinamo Vinkovci where he would spend three years before moving to Hajduk Split in 1986. In 1988 he started playing for the first team and...

 Martin Novoselac
Martin Novoselac
Martin Novoselac is a former Croatian footballer known best for his solid defensive skills in clubs throughout Europe. Novoselac began his career at Second League club Dinamo Vinkovci, but in 1972 he moved Yugoslav First League club Vojvodina Novi Sad where he impressed so quickly, he earned a...

  Croatia Nevres Zahirović  CroatiaJosip Weber
Josip Weber
Josip Weber is a Croatian-Belgian retired professional football forward. He is best known for playing with Belgian club Cercle Brugge while also representing Croatia and Belgium at international level.-Career:At club level, he played for Belgian clubs Cercle Brugge and Anderlecht...

 Zdravko Borovnica
Zdravko Borovnica
Zdravko Borovnica is a Serbian retired football player.-Career:He started playing in his hometown club FK Polet Nakovo together with his younger brother Slavko...

 Miroslav Tanjga
Miroslav Tanjga
Miroslav Tanjga is a Serbian former football player. He grew up in the village of Stari Jankovci....

 Mladen Bogdanović  Serbia Ivan Budinčević Stanko Mršić Danijel Ljuboja
Danijel Ljuboja
Danijel Ljuboja, is a Serbian football forward currently playing for Legia Warsaw.-Club:...



1990s:Marijan Mrmić
Marijan Mrmic
Marijan Mrmić is a retired Croatian football goalkeeper who is now a coach. He is currently the goalkeeping coach for both NK Varaždin and the Croatian national football team.-Club career:...

 Darko Jozinović Goran Meštrović Mario Meštrović Sead Halilović
Sead Halilovic
Sejad Halilović is a retired Bosnian professional footballer who played for several clubs in Europe, including NK Zagreb, Real Valladolid, Altay S.K., and Hapoel Be'er Sheva F.C...

 Ivan Maroslavac
Ivan Maroslavac
Ivan Maroslavac is a Croatian footballer who plays for NK Vinogradar in the Croatian Second League.-Club career:...

 Dražen Pernar Davor Bajsić Tomislav Steinbruckner Renato Jurčec Miralem Ibrahimović
Miralem Ibrahimovic
Miralem Ibrahimović is a retired Bosnian professional footballer. Currently, he is a goalkeeping coach at Dinamo Zagreb.-Club career:...

 Ivan Bošnjak
Ivan Bošnjak
Ivan Bošnjak is a Croatian football player who is currently playing for Chinese club Chongqing Lifan.-Career:Bošnjak started his professional career at local club HNK Cibalia in the 1996–97 season...

 Mladen Bartolović
Mladen Bartolovic
Mladen Bartolović is a Bosnian football player. Although he spent almost his entire career in Croatia, he is part of the Bosnia and Herzegovina national football team. Not to be confused with Croatian player Mladen Bartulović.He formerly played for HNK Čapljina, HNK Cibalia, Dinamo Zagreb, 1...

 Mario Čutura
Mario Cutura
Mario Čutura is a Croatian football midfielder who is currently unattached. He last played for Prva HNL side Croatia Sesvete in the 2008–09 season before being released in July 2009....

 Zoran Zekić
Zoran Zekić
Zoran Zekić is a Croatian football player and manager. It is currently player-manager of NK Maksimir.-External links:* at transfermarkt.de...


2000sTomislav Vranjić
Tomislav Vranjic
Tomislav Vranjić is a Croatian football goalkeeper.-External links:* at Nogometni Magazin * at the Croatian Football Federation website...

 Andrej Kerić
Andrej Keric
Andrej Kerić is a Croatian football striker who plays in the Czech Republic for FK Teplice.- Career :Kerić started his football career in the town of Vinkovci by the local side HNK Cibalia. In the 2003–04 season Kerić first appeared in the first squad of Cibalia. In four seasons at Cibalia, Kerić...

 Adis Nurković
Adis Nurković
Adis Nurković is a Bosnian footballer goalkeeper playing for NK Čelik in the Premier League of BiH.He played for NK Cibalia in Croatia and NK Krajišnik in Bosnia and Herzegovina...

  Bosnia and HerzegovinaAmer Jukan
Amer Jukan
Amer Jukan is a Slovenian football midfielder of Bosnian descent. He plays for Primorje.- External links :* - NK Interblock* - PrvaLiga* - NZS* at National Football Teams...

 Marijo Dodik
Marijo Dodik
Marijo Dodik is a former Bosnian Croat football striker.Dodik started his career at Željezničar Sarajevo before being picked up by the Belgian side Mechelen in 1995, where he spent two seasons in the Jupiler League and scored 20 goals in a total of 84 appearances...

 Christopher Greer Aleksandar Stojanovski Ivan Žgela Tomislav Pavličić Marijan Antolović
Marijan Antolović
Marijan Antolović is a Croatian professional football goalkeeper who plays for the Polish team Legia Warszawa.-Career:...


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Former football coaches

Otto Barić
Otto Baric
Otto Barić is a Croatian-Austrian football manager.-1970s to 1980s:Barić started his coaching career in 1969 at West German club Germania Wiesbaden and moved after one season to Austrian club Wacker Innsbruck, where he spent next two seasons and won two consecutive league champions titles before...

 Dražen Jerković Ivan Đalma Marković Tonko Vukušić Ivo Šušak
Ivo Šušak
Ivo Šušak is a Croatian football manager. He was the head coach of Dinamo Vinkovci, NK Zagreb, NK Osijek, NK Publikum Celje, NK Maribor , Dinamo Tbilisi .Also he was the head coach of Croatia U21 team and Georgian national team....

 Martin Novoselac
Martin Novoselac
Martin Novoselac is a former Croatian footballer known best for his solid defensive skills in clubs throughout Europe. Novoselac began his career at Second League club Dinamo Vinkovci, but in 1972 he moved Yugoslav First League club Vojvodina Novi Sad where he impressed so quickly, he earned a...

 Stipe Kedžo
  Mile Petković Stanko Mršić Krasnodar Rora
Krasnodar Rora
Krasnodar Rora is a former Croatian football player. He was capped 5 times for Yugoslavia.-External links:*...

 Mijo Ručević Davor Mladina Srećko Lušić
  Davor Čop
Davor Čop
Davor Čop , born 31 October 1958 in Rijeka, is a former Croatian football player and a current manager.-Honours:*Hajduk Split**1 time Yugoslav First League Champion: 1978-79**2 times Yugoslav Cup winner: 1977 and 1984*Dinamo Vinkovci...

 Igor Štimac
Igor Štimac
Igor Štimac is a retired Croatian football player. He is now a football agent and a manager...

 Ivica Matković
Ivica Matkovic
Ivica Matković was an Ustasha lieutenant colonel and the administrator of the Jasenovac concentration camp between January 1942 and March 1943. During his tenure, most of the atrocities happened in the camp, and he was directly involved in the plannings and execution of those atrocities...

 Vjeran Simunić Branko Karačić
Branko Karacic
Branko Karačić is a Croatian retired footballer and football manager.Karačić turned professional in 1981 and spent the following six years with NK Osijek, where he appeared in a total of 300 matches for the club...

 Siniša Jalić
 

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

  • Cibalia profile at UEFA.com
  • Cibalia profile at Sportnet.hr
    Sportnet.hr
    Sportnet.hr is a Croatian sports news website.It was launched in 2000 and covers sports news from both Croatia and the rest of the world. It is considered the largest and most detailed sports news website on the Croatian internet, primarily covering the country's most popular sports such as...

     
  • Cibalia profile at Nogometni magazin
    Nogometni Magazin
    Nogometni Magazin is a news organization that focusses on Croatian football news. It was launched in March of 2002. The site's editor-in-chief is Vladimir Benić and it is based out of Zagreb....

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