2022–23 NK Istra 1961 season explained

Club:	NK Istra 1961
Season:	2022–23
Owner:	Baskonia - Alavés Group
Mgrtitle:	Manager
Manager:	Gonzalo García
Stadium:	Stadion Aldo Drosina
League:	HNL
League Result:	5th
Cup1:	Croatian Cup
Cup1 Result:	Second Round
League Topscorer:	Ante Erceg (11)
Season Topscorer:	Ante Erceg (12)
Highest Attendance:	4,785 v Hajduk Split (29 January 2023)
Lowest Attendance:	557 v Slaven Belupo (20 January 2023)
Average Attendance:	1,910
Prevseason:	2021–22
Nextseason:	2023–24

The 2022–23 NK Istra 1961 season was the club's 62nd season in existence and the 14th consecutive season in the top flight of Croatian football.

First-team squad

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Transfers

In

	scope=col	Player	Transferred from	scope=col	Fee	scope=col	Date	scope=col	Source
	Kristijan Kopljar	Vrapče	Free		^[2]
	Luka Bradarić	Hajduk Split	Free		^[3]
	Tino Blaž Lauš	Hajduk Split	Loan		^[4]
	Bartol Barišić	Dinamo Zagreb II	Loan		^[5]
	Tomislav Duvnjak	Dinamo Zagreb II	Free		^[6]
	Jan Paus-Kunšt	Cres	Back from loan
	Erhun Obanor	PAEEK	Back from loan
	Donato Bernobić	BSK Bijelo Brdo	Back from loan
	Josip Hmura	Jadran Poreč	Back from loan
	Filip Antovski	Austria Wien	Loan		^[7]
	Vinko Petković	Osijek	Loan		^[8]
	Lovre Knežević	Etar Veliko Tarnovo	Free		^[9]
	Dario Marešić	Reims	Loan		^[10]
	Advan Kadušić	No team	Free		^[11]
	Monsef Bakrar	ES Sétif	Free		^[12]
	Facundo Cáseres	Vélez Sarsfield	Loan		^[13]
	Prince Mumba	Kabwe Warriors	Loan		^[14]
	Ante Erceg	Debrecen	Free		^[15]
	Oleksandr Petrusenko	Honvéd	Free		^[16]
	Iurie Iovu	Venezia	Loan		^[17]
	Reda Boultam	Salernitana	Loan		^[18]
	Matej Vuk	Rijeka	Free		^[19]
	Darwin Matheus	Atlanta United 2	Free		^[20]
	Serder Serderov	Aktobe	Back from loan
	Abdallahi Mahmoud	Deportivo Alavés	Loan		^[21]
	Marijan Ćorić	No team	Free		^[22]
	Zoran Josipovic	Dinamo Minsk	Free		^[23]
	Unai Naveira	Athletic Bilbao B	Loan		^[24]
	Iurie Iovu	Venezia	Undisclosed		^[25]
	Ante Majstorović	No team	Free		^[26]

Source: Glasilo Hrvatskog nogometnog saveza

Out

	scope=col	Player	Transferred to	scope=col	Fee	scope=col	Date	scope=col	Source
	Dion Drena Beljo	Osijek	Back from loan		^[27]
	Antonio Ivančić	No team	Free		^[28]
	Abdallahi Mahmoud	Deportivo Alavés	Back from loan		^[29]
	Antonio Perera	Deportivo Alavés	Back from loan		^[30]
	João Silva	Deportivo Alavés	Back from loan		^[31]
	Gonzalo Desio	No team	Free		^[32]
	Facundo Cáseres	Vélez Sarsfield	Back from loan		^[33]
	Hassane Bandé	Ajax	Back from loan		^[34]
	Donato Bernobić	Jadran Poreč	Free		^[35]
	Antonio Siljan	Jadran Poreč	Loan		^[36]
	Lucas Moura	No team	Free		^[37]
	Bernardo Matić	Šibenik	Free		^[38]
	Gideon Acquah	Montijo	Back from loan		^[39]
	Dino Kapitanović	Krka	Free		^[40]
	Fran Vujnović	Kustošija	Loan		^[41]
	Branko Đukić	Dugopolje	Free		^[42]
	Josip Hmura	Sporting Kansas City II	Free		^[43]
	Robert Mišković	Baník Ostrava	250,000 €		^[44]
	Rafa Navarro	San Sebastián de los Reyes	Free		^[45]
	Bartol Barišić	Dinamo Zagreb II	Recalled from loan		^[46]
		Hajduk Split	Free		^[47]
	Gonzalo Collao	Palestino	Free		^[48]
	Vinko Petković	Osijek	Recalled from loan		^[49]
	Erhun Obanor	Proodeftiki	Free		^[50]
	Filip Antovski	Austria Wien	Recalled from loan		^[51]
	Tino Blaž Lauš	Hajduk Split	Recalled from loan		^[52]
	Iurie Iovu	Venezia	Back from loan
	Prince Mumba	Kabwe Warriors	Recalled from loan		^[53]
	Serder Serderov	No team	Free
	Jan Paus-Kunšt	Jadran Poreč	Dual registration		^[54]
	Lovre Knežević	Jadran Poreč	Dual registration
	Kristijan Kopljar	Jadran Poreč	Dual registration
	Marin Žgomba	Jadran Poreč	Dual registration
	Mauro Perković	Dinamo Zagreb	Loan		^[55]

Source: Glasilo Hrvatskog nogometnog saveza

Total spending: 0 €

Total income: 250,000 €

Total expenditure: 250,000 €

Competitions

SuperSport HNL

See main article: 2022–23 Croatian Football League.

Matches

Croatian Football Cup

See main article: 2022–23 Croatian Football Cup.

Player seasonal records

Updated 28 May 2023

Goals

width=40	Rank	width=180	Name	width=50	League	width=50	Cup	width=70 style="background: #DCDCDC"	Total
1	Ante Erceg	11	1	12
2	Monsef Bakrar	8	–	8
3	Frano Mlinar	2	1	3
4	Reda Boultam	2	–	2
	Facundo Cáseres	2	–	2
	Einar Galilea	2	–	2
	Darwin Matheus	2	–	2
	Vinko Petković	2	–	2
	Advan Kadušić	1	1	2
10	Luka Hujber	1	–	1
	Abdallahi Mahmoud	1	–	1
	Dario Marešić	1	–	1
	Luka Marin	1	–	1
TOTALS		36	3	39

Source: Competitive matches

Clean sheets

width=40	Rank	width=180	Name	width=50	League	width=50	Cup	width=70 style="background: #DCDCDC"	Total
1	Lovro Majkić	17	–	17
TOTALS		17	0	17

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"	HNL	width=120 colspan="3" align="center"	Croatian Cup	width=140 colspan="3" align="center" style="background: #DCDCDC"	Total
1	GK	Marijan Ćorić	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
2	DF	Luka Hujber	8	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0
3	DF	Filip Antovski	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1
4	MF	Frano Mlinar	5	0	1	0	0	0	5	0	1
5	MF	Facundo Cáseres	4	0	0	1	0	0	5	0	0
7	MF	Slavko Blagojević	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
8	MF	Einar Galilea	10	1	0	1	0	0	11	1	0
10	MF	Reda Boultam	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
13	MF	Prince Mumba	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
14	DF	Luka Marin	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
16	MF	Oleksandr Petrusenko	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
17	MF	Kristijan Kopljar	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
20	DF	Iurie Iovu	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
21	GK	Lovro Majkić	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
22	MF	Lovre Knežević	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
23	DF	Dario Marešić	3	2	0	0	0	0	3	2	0
27	MF	Abdallahi Mahmoud	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
32	DF	Mihael Rovis	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
33	DF	Luka Bradarić	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
35	MF	Antonio Maurić	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
39	DF	Mauro Perković	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
50	FW	Ante Erceg	7	1	0	0	0	0	7	1	0
95	FW	Vinko Petković	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
97	DF	Advan Kadušić	4	0	0	1	0	0	5	0	0
TOTALS			78	5	2	3	0	0	81	5	2

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
Total	HNL	Croatian Cup
1	GK	Ivan Lučić	3	0	+0	0	+0	0
2	DF	Luka Hujber	35	1	+1	1	+1	0
3	DF	Filip Antovski	11	0	+9	0	+0	0
4	MF	Frano Mlinar	33	3	+3	2	+0	1
5	MF	Facundo Cáseres	35	2	+1	2	+0	0
6	MF	Tomislav Duvnjak	12	0	+9	0	+0	0
7	MF	Slavko Blagojević	4	0	+4	0	+0	0
8	MF	Einar Galilea	33	2	+1	2	+0	0
9	FW	Bartol Barišić	3	0	+0	0	+0	0
9	MF	Matej Vuk	15	0	+5	0	+0	0
10	MF	Reda Boultam	23	2	+8	2	+1	0
10	FW	Robert Mišković	2	0	+0	0	+0	0
11	FW	Monsef Bakrar	33	8	+13	8	+0	0
12	DF	Rafa Navarro	1	0	+1	0	+0	0
13	MF	Prince Mumba	10	0	+8	0	+0	0
14	DF	Luka Marin	30	1	+6	1	+0	0
15	FW	Darwin Matheus	8	2	+5	2	+0	0
16	MF	Oleksandr Petrusenko	33	0	+1	0	+1	0
17	MF	Kristijan Kopljar	7	0	+6	0	+1	0
18	FW	Zoran Josipovic	5	0	+4	0	+0	0
18	MF	Tino Blaž Lauš	6	0	+4	0	+1	0
20	DF	Iurie Iovu	3	0	+0	0	+0	0
21	GK	Lovro Majkić	35	0	+0	0	+0	0
22	MF	Lovre Knežević	2	0	+2	0	+0	0
23	DF	Dario Marešić	29	1	+2	1	+0	0
27	MF	Abdallahi Mahmoud	18	1	+13	1	+0	0
30	MF	Marin Žgomba	6	0	+4	0	+1	0
31	DF	Fran Vujnović	1	0	+1	0	+0	0
32	DF	Mihael Rovis	9	0	+4	0	+0	0
33	DF	Luka Bradarić	6	0	+3	0	+0	0
34	MF	Mateo Lisica	17	0	+12	0	+0	0
35	DF	Antonio Maurić	5	0	+1	0	+0	0
37	FW	Lorenzo Travaglia	3	0	+2	0	+1	0
39	DF	Mauro Perković	18	0	+0	0	+0	0
41	MF	Marko Cukon	1	0	+1	0	+0	0
45	DF	Ante Majstorović	3	0	+1	0	+0	0
50	FW	Ante Erceg	21	12	+4	11	+0	1
95	FW	Vinko Petković	14	2	+3	2	+0	0
97	DF	Advan Kadušić	34	2	+0	1	+1	1

Notes and References

1. Web site: Team. www.nkistra.com. 12 February 2021.
2. Web site: KRISTIJAN KOPLJAR - pobjednik "Utakmice života" prva prinova IZ VRAPČA NA "DROSINU". Glas Istre. Croatian. 6 June 2022. 7 August 2022.
3. Web site: DOBRODOŠAO LUKA BRADARIĆ. NK Istra 1961. Croatian. 17 June 2022. 7 August 2022.
4. Web site: Stiglo pojačanje u NK ISTRU 1961. Regional Express. Croatian. 25 June 2022. 7 August 2022.
5. Web site: DOBRO DOŠAO BARTOL BARIŠIĆ. NK Istra 1961. Croatian. 29 June 2022. 7 August 2022.
6. Web site: DOBRO DOŠAO TOMISLAV DUVNJAK. NK Istra 1961. Croatian. 29 June 2022. 7 August 2022.
7. Web site: DOBRO DOŠAO FILIP ANTOVSKI. NK Istra 1961. Croatian. 6 July 2022. 7 August 2022.
8. Web site: DOBRO DOŠAO VINKO PETKOVIĆ. NK Istra 1961. Croatian. 6 July 2022. 7 August 2022.
9. Web site: DOBRO DOŠAO LOVRE KNEŽEVIĆ. NK Istra 1961. Croatian. 8 July 2022. 7 August 2022.
10. Web site: DOBRO DOŠAO DARIO MAREŠIĆ. NK Istra 1961. Croatian. 12 July 2022. 7 August 2022.
11. Web site: DOBRO DOŠAO ADVAN KADUŠIĆ. NK Istra 1961. Croatian. 20 July 2022. 7 August 2022.
12. Web site: DOBRO DOŠAO MOUNSEF BAKRAR. NK Istra 1961. Croatian. 20 July 2022. 7 August 2022.
13. Web site: Facundo Cáseres is back!. Croatian. 26 July 2022. 7 August 2022.
14. Web site: DOBRO DOŠAO PRINCE MUMBA. NK Istra 1961. Croatian. 28 July 2022. 13 August 2022.
15. Web site: DOBRO DOŠAO ANTE ERCEG. NK Istra 1961. Croatian. 1 August 2022. 7 August 2022.
16. Web site: DOBRO DOŠAO OLEKSANDR PETRUSENKO. NK Istra 1961. Croatian. 4 August 2022. 7 August 2022.
17. Web site: DOBRO DOŠAO IURIE IOVU. NK Istra 1961. Croatian. 31 August 2022. 31 August 2022.
18. Web site: DOBRO DOŠAO REDA BOULTAM. NK Istra 1961. Croatian. 1 September 2022. 1 September 2022.
19. Web site: DOBRO DOŠAO MATEJ VUK. NK Istra 1961. Croatian. 6 December 2022. 6 December 2022.
20. Web site: Dobro nam došao Darwin Matheus!. Croatian. 9 December 2022. 9 December 2022.
21. Web site: Španjolski Deportivo Alaves ponovno na kaljenje u Istru 1961 poslao mauritanskog reprezentativca. tportal. Croatian. 4 January 2023. 4 January 2023.
22. Web site: Dobro nam došao Marijan Ćorić u redove zeleno žutih!. Croatian. 5 January 2023. 5 January 2023.
23. Web site: DOBRO DOŠAO ZORAN JOSIPOVIĆ. NK Istra 1961. Croatian. 16 January 2023. 16 January 2023.
24. Web site: DOBRO DOŠAO UNAI NAVEIRA. NK Istra 1961. Croatian. 31 January 2023. 1 February 2023.
25. Web site: Naš branič Iurie Iovu od danas je službeno igrač Istre 1961!. Croatian. 1 February 2023. 1 February 2023.
26. Web site: Ante Majstorović potpisao do 2024. godine. Glas Istre. Croatian. 22 February 2023. 22 February 2023.
27. Web site: Pozdravljamo se od našeg zeleno žutog #23, Diona Drene Belje!. Croatian. 26 May 2022. 7 August 2022.
28. Web site: "Drosinu" napustio igrač koji je na nju stigao zajedno s Baskima. Ivančić: Kad usporedim četvrtu sezonu s prvom, to je nebo i zemlja. Glas Istre. Croatian. 29 May 2022. 7 August 2022.
29. Web site: Danas pozdravljamo i našeg Abdallahia Mahmouda, koji više nije igrač Istre 1961!. Croatian. 31 May 2022. 7 August 2022.
30. Web site: Antonio Perera više nije igrač Istre 1961. Croatian. 31 May 2022. 7 August 2022.
31. Web site: João Silva više nije igrač Istre 1961. Croatian. 1 June 2022. 7 August 2022.
32. Web site: Gonzalo Desio više neće biti dio prve ekipe Istre 1961. Croatian. 1 June 2022. 7 August 2022.
33. Web site: Facundo Cáseres više nije igrač Istre 1961. Croatian. 4 June 2022. 7 August 2022.
34. Web site: Hassane Bandé više nije igrač Istre 1961. Croatian. 5 June 2022. 7 August 2022.
35. Web site: Donato Bernobić više nije član Istre 1961, prelazi u NK Jadran Poreč. Poreština.info. Croatian. 13 July 2022. 10 August 2022.
36. Web site: Jadran-Poreč počeo pripreme, dogovorene utakmice protiv Orijenta 1919 i Opatije. SportCom.hr. Croatian. 13 July 2022. 10 August 2022.
37. Web site: Lucas Moura Martins više nije igrač Istre 1961. Regional Express. Croatian. 14 July 2022. 7 August 2022.
38. Web site: Bernardo Matić napušta Istru, ali ostaje u Hrvatskoj. Meridian Sport BiH. Croatian. 15 July 2022. 7 August 2022.
39. Web site: Gideon Acquah više nije igrač Istre 1961. Croatian. 21 July 2022. 7 August 2022.
40. Web site: Dino Kapitanović više nije igrač Istre 1961. Croatian. 22 July 2022. 7 August 2022.
41. Web site: Vujnović mladi stoper iz Istre na posudbi u Kustošiji. SportNews.hr. Croatian. 3 August 2022. 10 August 2022.
42. Web site: Dugopolje predstavilo sedam pojačanja. Dalmatinski nogomet. Croatian. 4 August 2022. 9 August 2022.
43. Web site: Sporting KC II acquires forward Josip Hmura and defender Osuman Kassim. Sporting Kansas City. English. 4 August 2022. 13 August 2022.
44. Web site: ISTRA OSTALA BEZ ‘DESETKE‘, ALI JOJ JE STIGAO IGRAČ O KOJEM SE PRIČA! TAKVOG JOŠ U ROSTERU NIJE IMALA.... Sportske novosti. Croatian. 4 August 2022. 9 August 2022.
45. Web site: I Rafa Navarro više nije igrač Istre 1961!. Regional Express. Croatian. 10 August 2022. 10 August 2022.
46. Web site: Bartol Barišić više nije dio ekipe zeleno žutih!. Croatian. 31 August 2022. 31 August 2022.
47. Web site: Ivan Lučić više nije vratar Istre 1961, čeka se potvrda prelaska u Hajduk. Germanijak. Croatian. 26 November 2022. 26 November 2022.
48. Web site: Istra 1961 potvrdila rastanak s Čilenacem. Germanijak. Croatian. 15 November 2022. 15 November 2022.
49. Web site: Vinko Petković sezonu neće nastaviti u zeleno žutom dresu!. Croatian. 13 December 2022. 13 December 2022.
50. Web site: Erhun Obanor više nije igrač Istre 1961.. Croatian. 17 January 2023. 17 January 2023.
51. Web site: Filip Antovski više nije igrač Istre 1961!. Croatian. 19 January 2023. 19 January 2023.
52. Web site: Tino Blaž Lauš više nije igrač Istre 1961.. Croatian. 23 January 2023. 23 January 2023.
53. Web site: Istra 1961 raskida suradnju s dvojicom igrača, jedan je bio omiljen član svlačionice. Germanijak. Croatian. 31 January 2023. 31 January 2023.
54. Web site: https://hns-cff.hr/files/documents/26724/registracije%2015.02.2023.[37409.pdf Zapisnik izvršenih registracija 15.02.2023.]. Croatian Football Federation. Croatian. 16 February 2023. 16 February 2023.
55. Web site: Modri predstavili novog braniča: “Želim s Dinamom u Ligu prvaka”. Germanijak. Croatian. 16 February 2023. 16 February 2023.