2021–22 NK Osijek season explained

Club:	Osijek
Season:	2021–22
Ownertitle:	Owner
Owner:	Lőrinc Mészáros
Chrtitle:	President
Chairman:	Ferenc Sakalj
Mgrtitle:	Head coach
Manager:	Nenad Bjelica
Stadium:	Gradski Vrt Stadium
League:	Prva HNL
League Result:	3rd
Cup1:	Croatian Cup
Cup1 Result:	Semi-finals
Cup2:	UEFA Europa Conference League
Cup2 Result:	Third qualifying round
League Topscorer:	Mijo Caktaš Mihael Žaper (5 each)
Season Topscorer:	Mijo Caktaš (6)
Highest Attendance:	7,181 v Hajduk Split (3 April 2022)
Lowest Attendance:	551 v Šibenik (16 July 2021)
Average Attendance:	2,764
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Prevseason:	2020–21
Nextseason:	2022–23

The 2021–22 NK Osijek season was the club's 108th season in existence and the 31st consecutive season in the top flight of Croatian football.

Transfers

In

	scope=col	Player	Transferred from	scope=col; style="width: 110px;"	Fee	scope=col	Date	scope=col	Source
		Mladost Doboj Kakanj	Free		^[1]
		Diósgyőri VTK	Return from loan
		Vojvodina	Free
		Diósgyőri VTK	Return from loan
		Diósgyőri VTK	Return from loan
		Šibenik	Return from loan
		Koper	Return from loan
		Puskás Akadémia	Return from loan
		Sloboda Tuzla	Return from loan
		Istra 1961	Return from loan
		Istra 1961	Free
		Hajduk Split	Loan		^[2]
		Genk	Free		^[3]
		Copenhagen	€250,000		^[4]
		LASK	€500,000		^[5]
		Honvéd	Recalled from loan
		Orijent 1919	€100,000		^[6]
		Hrvatski Dragovoljac	Free		^[7]
		Damac	Free		^[8]
		Dinamo Zagreb	€300,000		^[9]
		Erzgebirge Aue	Recalled from loan		^[10]
		Badajoz	Free		^[11]
		Zalaegerszeg	Recalled from loan
		Slaven Belupo	Recalled from loan		^[12]
		Gorica	€2,250,000		^[13]
		Hajduk Split	€1,250,000		^[14]

Out

	scope=col	Player	Transferred to	scope=col; style="width: 100px;"	Fee	scope=col	Date	scope=col	Source
		Free agent	End of contract		^[15]
		Free agent	End of contract
		Free agent	End of contract
		Free agent	End of contract
		Hajduk Split	Free		^[16]
		Honvéd	Loan		^[17]
		Istra 1961	Free		^[18]
		Varaždin	Free		^[19]
		Istra 1961	Loan		^[20]
		Istra 1961	Free		^[21]
		Lorient	€2,500,000		^[22]
		Radnički Niš	Free		^[23]
		Zalaegerszeg	Loan		^[24]
		Zalaegerszeg	Loan
		Erzgebirge Aue	Loan		^[25]
		Slaven Belupo	Loan		^[26]
		Slaven Belupo	Free		^[27]
		Free agent	Released		^[28]
		Dinamo Zagreb	€2,700,000		^[29]
		Olimpija Ljubljana	Free		^[30]
		LASK	Return from loan
		Pafos FC	Loan		^[31]
		Frosinone	Loan		^[32]
		UCAM Murcia	Loan		^[33]
		Zalaegerszeg	Loan		^[34]
		Mura	Loan		^[35]
		Šibenik	Free		^[36]
		Hajduk Split	Return from loan
		Brøndby	Return from loan		^[37]

Total Spending: €4,650,000

Total Income: €5,200,000

Net Income: €550,000

Competitions

HT Prva liga

See main article: 2021–22 Croatian First Football League.

Matches

Croatian Cup

See main article: 2021–22 Croatian Football Cup.

UEFA Europa Conference League

See main article: 2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League.

Third qualifying round

Friendlies

On-season (2022)

Player seasonal records

Updated 22 May 2022

Goals

width=40	Rank	width=180	Name	width=50	League	width=50	Europe	width=50	Cup	width=70 style="background: #DCDCDC"	Total
1	Mijo Caktaš	5	–	1	6
2	Mihael Žaper	5	–	–	5
	Mihret Topčagić	4	1	–	5
	Ivan Fiolić	4	–	1	5
	Antonio Mance	4	–	1	5
6	Damjan Bohar	4	–	–	4
	Mirlind Daku	3	–	1	4
	Ramón Miérez	3	–	1	4
9	Darko Nejašmić	3	–	–	3
	László Kleinheisler	2	1	–	3
11	Amer Hiroš	2	–	–	2
	Kristijan Lovrić	2	–	–	2
13	Karlo Bartolec	1	–	–	1
	Mario Jurčević	1	–	–	1
	Danijel Lončar	1	–	–	1
	Marin Pilj	1	–	–	1
	Mile Škorić	–	1	–	1
	Petar Bočkaj	–	–	1	1
	Yevhen Cheberko	–	–	1	1
Own goals	4	1	–	5
TOTALS		49	4	7	60

Source: Competitive matches

Clean sheets

width=40	Rank	width=180	Name	width=50	League	width=50	Europe	width=50	Cup	width=70 style="background: #DCDCDC"	Total
1	Ivica Ivušić	12	2	–	14
2	Marko Malenica	5	–	2	7
3	Marko Barešić	–	–	1	1
	Ramón Miérez	–	–	1	1
TOTALS		17	2	4	23

Source: Competitive matches

Disciplinary record

width=40 rowspan="2" align="center"	Number	width=40 rowspan="2" align="center"	Position	width=180 rowspan="2" align="center"	Player	width=120 colspan="3" align="center"	1. HNL	width=120 colspan="3" align="center"	Europe	width=120 colspan="3" align="center"	Croatian Cup	width=140 colspan="3" align="center" style="background: #DCDCDC"	Total
1	GK	Ivica Ivušić	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
2	DF	Karlo Bartolec	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
4	DF	Marin Leovac	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0
5	MF	László Kleinheisler	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	1	0
6	MF	Darko Nejašmić	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
7	MF	Vedran Jugović	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
10	MF	Amer Hiroš	3	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	5	0	0
11	MF	Mijo Caktaš	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
12	MF	Petar Bočkaj	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
13	FW	Ramón Miérez	6	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0
14	MF	Ivan Fiolić	4	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	6	1	0
19	MF	Mihael Žaper	3	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	6	0	1
20	DF	Mario Jurčević	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
21	DF	Mile Škorić	6	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	9	0	0
22	DF	Danijel Lončar	7	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	9	0	1
23	MF	Petar Brlek	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
25	MF	Marin Pilj	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
26	FW	Mirlind Daku	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0
28	DF	Slavko Bralić	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0
29	FW	Kristian Fućak	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0
30	FW	Mihret Topčagić	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0
31	GK	Marko Malenica	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
32	DF	Alen Grgić	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
39	FW	Damjan Bohar	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
44	FW	Kristijan Lovrić	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	1
77	DF	Mato Miloš	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0
95	FW	Antonio Mance	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
98	DF	Yevhen Cheberko	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	1	0
TOTALS			85	3	1	7	0	1	15	0	2	107	3	4

Appearances and goals

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
Total	1. HNL	Conference League	Croatian Cup
1	GK	Ivica Ivušić	31	0	+0	0	+0	0	+0	0
2	DF	Karlo Bartolec	16	1	+2	1	+0	0	+0	0
4	DF	Marin Leovac	7	0	+2	0	+0	0	+0	0
5	MF	László Kleinheisler	37	3	+8	2	+0	1	+0	0
6	MF	Darko Nejašmić	32	3	+4	3	+2	0	+0	0
7	MF	Vedran Jugović	24	0	+8	0	+0	0	+3	0
8	MF	Merveil Ndockyt	10	0	+5	0	+1	0	+0	0
9	FW	Ante Erceg	3	0	+3	0	+0	0	+0	0
10	MF	Amer Hiroš	34	2	+14	2	+4	0	+2	0
11	MF	Mijo Caktaš	14	6	+2	5	+0	0	+0	1
12	FW	Petar Bočkaj	24	1	+4	0	+1	0	+1	1
13	FW	Ramón Miérez	36	4	+7	3	+0	0	+1	1
14	MF	Ivan Fiolić	30	5	+4	4	+1	0	+0	1
15	GK	Marko Barešić	1	0	+0	0	+0	0	+0	0
18	DF	José Antonio Caro	1	0	+0	0	+0	0	+1	0
18	MF	Diego Barri	2	0	+1	0	+0	0	+0	0
19	MF	Mihael Žaper	35	5	+3	5	+0	0	+0	0
20	DF	Mario Jurčević	20	1	+4	1	+0	0	+0	0
21	DF	Mile Škorić	33	1	+0	0	+0	1	+0	0
22	DF	Danijel Lončar	39	1	+1	1	+0	0	+0	0
23	MF	Petar Brlek	18	0	+11	0	+0	0	+1	0
25	MF	Marin Pilj	20	1	+13	1	+2	0	+1	0
26	FW	Mirlind Daku	16	4	+11	3	+1	0	+3	1
27	DF	Adrian Leon Barišić	2	0	+1	0	+0	0	+0	0
27	FW	Vinko Petković	1	0	+1	0	+0	0	+0	0
28	DF	Slavko Bralić	17	0	+4	0	+0	0	+0	0
29	FW	Kristian Fućak	14	0	+7	0	+0	0	+1	0
30	FW	Mihret Topčagić	28	5	+12	4	+1	1	+1	0
31	GK	Marko Malenica	12	0	+0	0	+0	0	+0	0
32	DF	Alen Grgić	10	0	+0	0	+0	0	+0	0
34	DF	Ivan Cvijanović	1	0	+1	0	+0	0	+0	0
37	FW	Šime Gržan	14	0	+7	0	+1	0	+0	0
39	FW	Damjan Bohar	30	4	+10	4	+1	0	+4	0
44	FW	Kristijan Lovrić	12	2	+1	2	+0	0	+1	0
77	DF	Mato Miloš	28	0	+7	0	+0	0	+1	0
95	FW	Antonio Mance	21	5	+12	4	+2	0	+1	1
98	DF	Yevhen Cheberko	25	1	+4	0	+1	0	+0	1

Notes and References

1. Web site: 17 June 2021. PREDSTAVLJENI GRŽAN, HIROŠ I BRALIĆ. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210624210231/https://nk-osijek.hr/vijesti/30048/predstavljeni-grzan-hiros-i-bralic/ . 2021-06-24 . 24 June 2021. NK Osijek. hr.
2. Web site: 21 June 2021. DARKO NEJAŠMIĆ MEĐU BIJELO-PLAVIMA!. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210624204651/https://nk-osijek.hr/vijesti/30067/darko-nejasmic-medju-bijelo-plavima/ . 2021-06-24 . 24 June 2021. NK Osijek. hr.
3. Web site: FIOLIĆ: OSIJEK JE ZA MENE NAJBOLJI IZBOR. NK Osijek. Croatian. 16 July 2021. 16 July 2021.
4. Web site: BARTOLEC POTPISAO ZA NK OSIJEK!. NK Osijek. Croatian. 2 August 2021. 2 August 2021.
5. Web site: CHEBERKO BIJELO-PLAVI DO 2025.!. 2 January 2022. 2 January 2022. NK Osijek. hr.
6. Web site: BJELICA: FUĆAK I BAIĆ SU ZALOG ZA BUDUĆNOST. 6 January 2022. 6 January 2022. NK Osijek. hr.
7. Web site: VINKO PETKOVIĆ POSTAO BIJELO-PLAVI!. 18 January 2022. 19 January 2022. NK Osijek. hr.
8. Web site: MIJO CAKTAŠ NOVI IGRAČ NK OSIJEK!. 21 January 2022. 21 January 2022. NK Osijek. hr.
9. Web site: MARIN LEOVAC BIJELO-PLAVI!. NK Osijek. Croatian. 26 January 2022. 26 January 2022.
10. Web site: NIJEMCI PRIJEVREMENO RASKINULI S OSIJEKOVIM NAPADAČEM, BJELIČINA ALTERNATIVA ZA NEJAŠMIĆA PRED POTPISOM. Sportske novosti. Croatian. 29 January 2022. 30 January 2022.
11. Web site: DIEGO BARRI NOVI IGRAČ NK OSIJEK. 30 January 2022. 30 January 2022. NK Osijek. hr.
12. Web site: VRATIO SE I ALEN GRGIĆ. NK Osijek. Croatian. 14 February 2022. 14 February 2022.
13. Web site: KRISTIJAN LOVRIĆ NOVI IGRAČ OSIJEKA!. NK Osijek. Croatian. 15 February 2022. 16 February 2022.
14. Web site: 6 May 2022. OTKUPLJEN DARKO NEJAŠMIĆ, UGOVOR S BIJELO-PLAVIMA DO 2025.!. 30 June 2022. NK Osijek. hr.
15. Web site: 23 May 2021. OPROŠTAJ S ČETVORICOM PRVOTIMACA. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210523190008/https://nk-osijek.hr/vijesti/28982/oprostaj-s-cetvoricom-prvotimaca/ . 2021-05-23 . 24 June 2021. NK Osijek. hr.
16. Web site: 22 June 2021. VUKOVIĆ SE OPROSTIO OD SUIGRAČA. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210624205354/https://nk-osijek.hr/vijesti/30066/vukovic-se-oprostio-od-suigraca/ . 2021-06-24 . 24 June 2021. NK Osijek. hr.
17. Web site: 23 June 2021. TALYS NA POSUDBI U HONVEDU. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210624205014/https://nk-osijek.hr/vijesti/30074/talys-na-posudbi-u-honvedu/ . 2021-06-24 . 24 June 2021. NK Osijek. hr.
18. Web site: Robert Mišković iz tuzlanske Slobode novo pojačanje Puljana. ISTRASPORT. Croatian. 30 June 2021. 1 July 2021.
19. Web site: Filip Mekić iz Osijeka stigao u NK Varaždin. 7Plus - regionalni tjednik. Croatian. 12 July 2021. 14 July 2021.
20. Web site: BELJO NA POSUDBI U ISTRI 1961. NK Osijek. Croatian. 14 July 2021. 14 July 2021.
21. Web site: SRETNO LUKI MARINU U NOVOJ SREDINI!. NK Osijek. Croatian. 16 July 2021. 16 July 2021.
22. Web site: SILVA POTPISAO ZA LORIENT. NK Osijek. Croatian. 23 July 2021. 23 July 2021.
23. Web site: TODOROSKI U RADNIČKOM IZ NIŠA. NK Osijek. Croatian. 24 July 2021. 24 July 2021.
24. Web site: GREZDA I ŠPOLJARIĆ NA POSUDBI U ZTE-U. NK Osijek. Croatian. 29 July 2021. 29 July 2021.
25. Web site: MANCE NA POSUDBI U ERZGEBIRGEU. NK Osijek. Croatian. 25 August 2021. 25 August 2021.
26. Web site: GRGIĆ POSUĐEN SLAVEN BELUPU. NK Osijek. Croatian. 31 August 2021. 8 September 2021.
27. Web site: CAIMACOV PREŠAO U SLAVEN BELUPO. NK Osijek. Croatian. 31 August 2021. 8 September 2021.
28. Web site: 12 October 2021. S JEŽINOM SPORAZUMNO RASKINUT UGOVOR. 13 October 2021. NK Osijek. hr.
29. Web site: OSIJEK I DINAMO DOGOVORILI TRANSFER PETRA BOČKAJA. NK Osijek. Croatian. 24 December 2021. 24 December 2021.
30. Web site: MARIN PILJ ODLAZI U OLIMPIJU. 29 December 2021. 29 December 2021. NK Osijek. hr.
31. Web site: 7 January 2022. TALYS DO KRAJA SEZONE U PAFOSU. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20220107135707/https://nk-osijek.hr/vijesti/30843/talys-do-kraja-sezone-u-pafosu/ . 2022-01-07 . 7 January 2022. NK Osijek. hr.
32. Web site: 8 January 2022. POTVRĐENA BARIŠIĆEVA POSUDBA U FROSINONE. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20220108191811/https://nk-osijek.hr/vijesti/30852/potvrdjena-barisiceva-posudba-u-frosinone/ . 2022-01-08 . 9 January 2022. NK Osijek. hr.
33. Web site: 20 January 2022. CARO NA POSUDBI U UCAM MURCIJI. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20220120122556/https://nk-osijek.hr/vijesti/30876/caro-na-posudbi-u-ucam-murciji/ . 2022-01-20 . 20 January 2022. NK Osijek. hr.
34. Web site: ŠIME GRŽAN NA POSUDBI U ZTE. NK Osijek. Croatian. 25 January 2022. 26 January 2022.
35. Web site: DAKU NA POSUDBI U MURI. NK Osijek. Croatian. 7 February 2022. 7 February 2022.
36. Web site: SPORAZUMNO RASKINUT UGOVOR S EROSOM GREZDOM. NK Osijek. Croatian. 14 February 2022. 14 February 2022.
37. Web site: ANTE ERCEG OTIŠAO U MAĐARSKU. NK Osijek. Croatian. 25 May 2022. 27 May 2022.