2011–12 NK Varaždin season explained

Season:	2011–12
Manager:	Samir Toplak (until 29 August 2011) Tomica Kocijan (from 30 August 2011 until 15 October 2011) Branko Janžek (from 15 October 2011)
Mgrtitle:	Manager
Chairman:	Zlatko Horvat (until 29 February 2012) Boris Solomun (from 29 February 2012)
Chrtitle:	Chairman
League Result:	16th
Cup1 Result:	Second round
Cup2 Result:	Third qualifying round
League Topscorer:	Dominik Glavina (5)
Season Topscorer:	Dominik Glavina, Davor Vugrinec (6)
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The 2011–12 season was the 80th season in NK Varaždin (1931–2015) history and their twenty-first in the Prva HNL. Their 11th-place finish in the 2010–11 season means it was their 21st successive season playing in the Prva HNL.

This was a season of highs and lows for the club. A year earlier, in mid-2010, the club had lost its sponsor of 52 years, the Varteks clothing factory, and had changed its name from NK Varteks to NK Varaždin. The loss of their main sponsor severely impacted the club's finances. Offsetting this was their success in the first two Qualifying Rounds of the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League, being knocked out by one goal, on aggregate, in the Third Qualifying Round, played in August 2011. However, as the Prva HNL season progressed, their continued financial difficulties, including missing salary payments to its players, led to it being suspended by the Croatian Football Federation, in spring 2012, for their 23rd and 24th matches. This triggered a Federation rule that led to Varaždin being suspended from the Prva HNL for the remaining matches of the 2011–12 season. Under the rules, the club was immediately relegated to the lowest football level possible of the Croatian football league system, being the seventh-tier Third League of Varaždin County, for the 2012–13 season.

While the club was reinstated to the 3. HNL for the 2103–14 season, its continued financial woes saw the then 74-year-old organisation declare bankruptcy, and cease to exist, at the end of the 2014–15 season.

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started round	Final result	First match	Last Match
2011–12 Prva HNL	–	16th	24 July	31 March
2011–12 Croatian Cup	First round	Second round	20 September	25 October
2011–12 UEFA Europa League	QR1	QR3	30 June	4 August

Prva HNL

See main article: 2011–12 Croatian First Football League.

Results by round

Matches

Pre-season

Match	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Attendance	Varaždin Scorers	Report
1	17 Jun	A	Strmec Bedenica	3–1		Hojski (2), Vuk	Sportnet.hr
2	18 Jun	H	Zorya Luhansk	2–2			Sportnet.hr
3	22 Jun	A	Lučko	3–0	300	Šafarić, Brlečić, F. Škvorc	Sportnet.hr
4	25 Jun	H	Karlovac	4–1		Vugrinec (2), Glavica, F. Škvorc	Sportnet.hr
5	3 Jul	H	Śląsk Wrocław	0–1			Sportnet.hr
6	17 Jul	H		2–3	2,000	Vugrinec, Trojak	Sportnet.hr

Prva HNL

See main article: 2011–12 Prva HNL.

Round	Date	Venue	Score	Attendance	Varaždin Scorers	Report
1	24 Jul	H	0–2	975		Sportnet.hr
2	31 Jul	A	0–1	2,000		Sportnet.hr
3	7 Aug	H	1–2	517		Sportnet.hr
4	13 Aug	A	0–2	3,000		Sportnet.hr
5	20 Aug	H	2–2	514		Sportnet.hr
6	26 Aug	A	0–1	500		Sportnet.hr
7	10 Sep	H	1–2	1,000	Tokić	Sportnet.hr
8	17 Sep	A	0–7	5,500		Sportnet.hr
9	24 Sep	H	0–1	486		Sportnet.hr
10	1 Oct	A	0–1	1257		Sportnet.hr
11	15 Oct	H	0–1	312		Sportnet.hr
12	22 Oct	A	2–2	500	Golubar, Antolek	Sportnet.hr
13	29 Oct	H	0–2	500		Sportnet.hr
14	5 Nov	A	0–3	5,000		Sportnet.hr
15	19 Nov	H	3–2	300		Sportnet.hr
16	25 Nov	A	0–1	110		Sportnet.hr
17	3 Dec	H	2–1	500		Sportnet.hr
19	24 Feb	H	0 – 3	–		Sportnet.hr
20	3 Mar	A	1–2	1,200		Sportnet.hr
21	10 Mar	H	2–3	500	Do. Glavina, Brlenić	Sportnet.hr
22	17 Mar	A	2–2	400	Do. Glavina, Antolek	Sportnet.hr
18	21 Mar	A	0–2	1,000		Sportnet.hr
23	24 Mar	H	0–4	2,500		Sportnet.hr
24	31 Mar	A	0 – 3	–
25	7 Apr	H	0 – 3^†	–
26	14 Apr	A	0 – 3^†	–
27	21 Apr	H	0 – 3^†	–
28	28 Apr	A	0 – 3^†	–
29	5 May	H	0 – 3^†	–
30	12 May	A	0 – 3^†	–

Varaždin was suspended and thus unable to play the match so the game was awarded 3–0

^† After failing to play two matches in Prva HNL, Varaždin was expelled and all their remaining matches were awarded as a 3–0 forfeit win to opponents

Europa League

See main article: 2011–12 UEFA Europa League.

Round	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Attendance	Varaždin Scorers	Report
QR1	30 Jun		Lusitanos	5–1	2,000		Sportnet.hr
QR1	7 Jul	A	Lusitanos	1–0	400		Sportnet.hr
QR2	14 Jul	A	Iskra-Stal	1–1	1,000		Sportnet.hr
QR2	21 Jul		Iskra-Stal	3–1	3,000		Sportnet.hr
QR3	28 Jul			2–2	4,000		Sportnet.hr
QR3	4 Aug			1–2	4,793	Golubar	Sportnet.hr

Croatian Cup

See main article: 2011–12 Croatian Cup.

Round	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Attendance	Varaždin Scorers	Report
R1	20 Sep	A	Podravac Virje	0–0 (4–2 p)	300		Sportnet.hr
R2	25 Oct			0–1	500		Sportnet.hr

Player seasonal records

Competitive matches only. Updated to games played 24 March 2012.

Top scorers

width=40	Rank	width=180	Name	width=50	League	width=50	Europe	width=50	Cup	width=70 style="background: #DCDCDC"	Total
1	Dominik Glavina	5	1	–	6
1	Davor Vugrinec	2	4	–	6
3	Josip Golubar	3	1	–	4
4	Ivan Antolek	2	–	–	2
	Dejan Glavica	–	2	–	2
	Mario Sačer	1	1	–	2
	Nikola Šafarić	–	2	–	2
	Niko Tokić	2	–	–	2
9	Luka Brlenić	1	–	–	1
	Mario Brlečić	–	1	–	1
	Nikola Tkalčić	–	1	–	1
	TOTALS	16	13	–	29

Source: Competitive matches

Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches. Players with 1 card or more included only.


width=40 rowspan="2" align="center"	Number	width=40 rowspan="2" align="center"	Position	width=180 rowspan="2" align="center"	Name	width=120 colspan="2" align="center"	1. HNL	width=120 colspan="2" align="center"	Europa League	width=120 colspan="2" align="center"	Croatian Cup	width=140 colspan="2" align="center" style="background: #DCDCDC"	Total
2	DF	Jhonnes	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
4	MF	Goran Barišić	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1
5	MF	Luka Jagačić	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
5	MF	Mario Brlečić	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0
6	DF	Gordan Golik	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
8	FW	Danko Cerovečki	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
9	FW	Mario Sačer	5	1	1	0	1	0	7	1
10	FW	Dominik Glavina	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
10	MF	Nikola Šafarić	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
12	GK	Denis Krklec	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
13	MF	Marko Pajač	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
14	DF	Karlo Šimek	5	0	1	0	0	0	6	0
15	MF	Danijel Rašić	3	0	0	0	1	0	4	0
15	DF	Nikola Tkalčić	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
16	MF	Jurica Grgec	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
18	DF	Adam Sušac	2	0	1	0	0	0	3	0
20	MF	Josip Golubar	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1
21	GK	Saša Dreven	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
26	MF	Mario Lončar	4	0	0	0	1	0	5	0
27	DF	Ivan Conjar	4	0	3	0	1	0	8	0
30	DF	Denis Glavina	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
30	FW	Davor Vugrinec	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
		TOTALS	42	2	9	2	4	1	55	5

Sources: Prva-HNL.hr, UEFA.com

Appearances and goals

Total	1. HNL	Europa League	Croatian Cup
width=40 rowspan="2" align="center"	Number	width=40 rowspan="2" align="center"	Position	width=180 rowspan="2" align="center"	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		5	0	+0	0	+1	0	+0	0
2	DF		9	0	+0	0	+0	0	+0	0
3	DF		2	0	+0	0	+0	0	+0	0
4	DF		1	0	+0	0	+0	0	+0	0
4	MF		8	0	+0	0	+0	0	+0	0
5	MF		5	0	+0	0	+0	0	+0	0
5	MF		8	1	+0	0	+0	1	+0	0
6	DF		9	0	+0	0	+0	0	+0	0
6	MF		3	0	+0	0	+0	0	+0	0
7	FW		2	0	+0	0	+0	0	+0	0
7	MF		8	0	+0	0	+1	0	+0	0
8	FW		17	0	+10	0	+0	0	+1	0
8	MF		3	1	+3	1	+0	0	+0	0
8	MF		6	2	+0	0	+0	2	+0	0
9	FW		25	2	+6	1	+0	1	+0	0
10	FW		28	6	+2	5	+0	1	+0	0
10	MF		6	2	+0	0	+0	2	+0	0
11	MF		8	0	+3	0	+2	0	+0	0
12	GK		1	0	+0	0	+0	0	+0	0
12	GK		13	0	+0	0	+0	0	+0	0
13	MF		12	0	+6	0	+1	0	+1	0
14	DF		23	0	+0	0	+0	0	+0	0
15	MF		16	0	+2	0	+0	0	+0	0
15	DF		9	1	+0	0	+0	1	+0	0
16	MF		20	0	+2	0	+4	0	+0	0
18	FW		10	2	+6	2	+0	0	+1	0
18	DF		10	0	+2	0	+0	0	+0	0
19	FW		17	2	+5	2	+0	0	+1	0
20	MF		2	0	+2	0	+0	0	+0	0
20	MF		19	4	+0	3	+2	1	+0	0
21	GK		1	0	+0	0	+0	0	+0	0
21	GK		11	0	+0	0	+0	0	+0	0
23	DF		4	0	+0	0	+0	0	+0	0
23	DF		6	0	+1	0	+2	0	+1	0
25	FW		3	0	+3	0	+0	0	+0	0
26	MF		18	0	+4	0	+1	0	+0	0
27	DF		27	0	+3	0	+0	0	+0	0
29	DF		12	0	+1	0	+2	0	+0	0
30	DF		3	0	+0	0	+0	0	+0	0
30	FW		22	6	+2	2	+0	4	+0	0
N/A	MF		1	0	+0	0	+0	0	+0	0

Sources: Prva-HNL.hr, UEFA.com

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