2023–24 HNK Gorica season explained

Club:	HNK Gorica
Season:	2023–24
Chrtitle:	Chairman
Chairman:	Nenad Črnko
Mgrtitle:	Manager
Manager:	Željko Sopić (until 23 August 2023) Dinko Jeličić (30 August 2023 - 11 March 2024) Rajko Vidović (since 18 March 2024)
Stadium:	Stadion Radnik
League:	HNL
League Result:	7th
Cup1:	Croatian Cup
Cup1 Result:	Quarter-finals
League Topscorer:	Tim Matavž (5)
Season Topscorer:	Tim Matavž Ante Matej Jurić Josip Mitrović Nikola Vujnović (5 each)
Highest Attendance:	5,791 v Dinamo Zagreb (13 April 2024)
Lowest Attendance:	384 v Varaždin (15 December 2023)
Average Attendance:	1,830
Prevseason:	2022–23
Nextseason:	2024–25

The 2023–24 HNK Gorica season was the club's 15th season in existence and the 6th consecutive season in the top flight of Croatian football.

Current squad

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Transfers

In

	scope=col	Player	Transferred from	scope=col	Fee	scope=col	Date	scope=col	Source
	Dominik Prokop	Hartberg	Back from loan
	Faruk Dalipagić	Karlovac 1919	Back from loan
	Caio Da Cruz	Dugopolje	Back from loan
	Tin Janušić	Dugo Selo	Back from loan
	Lenny Ilečić	Dinamo Zagreb	Free		^[2]
	Sven Blummel	MVV Maastricht	Free		^[3]
	Mateo Leš	Heracles Almelo	Free		^[4]
	Božidar Radošević	No team	Free		^[5]
	Marko Soldo	Dinamo Zagreb	Loan		^[6]
	Mario Maloča	Lechia Gdańsk	Free		^[7]
	Martin Šroler	Mura	Free		^[8]
	Alexander Munksgaard	AGF	Undisclosed		^[9]
	Abdullah Hameed	Zalaegerszeg II	Free		^[10]
	Patrik Jug	Ilirija 1911	Back from loan		^[11]
	Andrej Lazarov	Rudeš	Free		^[12]
	Gabriel Rukavina	Dinamo Zagreb	Loan		^[13]

Source: Glasilo Hrvatskog nogometnog saveza

Out

	scope=col	Player	Transferred to	scope=col	Fee	scope=col	Date	scope=col	Source
	Dominik Prokop	Hartberg	Undisclosed		^[14]
	Cheick Keita	No team	Free		^[15]
	Matúš Vojtko	Slovan Bratislava	Back from loan
	Vinko Petković	Osijek	Back from loan
	Edin Julardžija	Domžale	Free		^[16]
	Kristian Fućak	Osijek	Back from loan
	Božidar Radošević	No team	Free		^[17]
	Slavko Bralić	Osijek	Back from loan
	Joey Suk	Karmiotissa	Free		^[18]
	Robert Ćosić	Šibenik	Free		^[19]
	Toni Fruk	Fiorentina	Back from loan		^[20]
	Ivan Tomečak	Rudeš	Free		^[21]
	Karlo Žiger	Sesvete	Loan		^[22]
	Faruk Dalipagić	Sloboda Tuzla	Free		^[23]
	Matthew Steenvoorden	Pakhtakor	Free		^[24]
	Patrik Jug	Ilirija 1911	Loan		^[25]
	Vinko Skrbin	Tolmin	Loan
	Nathan Cruce-Corcy	Mladost Ždralovi	Loan		^[26]
	Caio Da Cruz	Radomlje	Loan		^[27]
	Abdullah Hameed	No team	Free
	Martin Šroler	Kustošija	Free
	Patrik Jug	Beltinci	Loan		^[28]
	Momčilo Raspopović	Karviná	Undisclosed		^[29]

Source: Glasilo Hrvatskog nogometnog saveza

Total spending: 0 €

Total income: 0 €

Total expenditure: 0 €

Competitions

SuperSport HNL

See main article: 2023–24 Croatian Football League.

Matches

Croatian Football Cup

See main article: 2023–24 Croatian Football Cup.

Player seasonal records

Updated 25 May 2024

Goals

width=40	Rank	width=180	Name	width=50	League	width=50	Cup	width=70 style="background: #DCDCDC"	Total
1	Tim Matavž	5	–	5
	Ante Matej Jurić	4	1	5
	Josip Mitrović	4	1	5
	Nikola Vujnović	4	1	5
5	Sven Blummel	3	–	3
	Jurica Pršir	3	–	3
	Marko Soldo	3	–	3
8	Valentino Majstorović	2	–	2
	Merveil Ndockyt	2	–	2
	Gabriel Rukavina	2	–	2
	Dino Štiglec	2	–	2
12	Krešimir Krizmanić	–	1	1
	Mario Matković	–	1	1
Own goals	1	1	2
TOTALS		35	6	41

Source: Competitive matches

Clean sheets

width=40	Rank	width=180	Name	width=50	League	width=50	Cup	width=70 style="background: #DCDCDC"	Total
1	Ivan Banić	10	–	10
2	Božidar Radošević	1	2	3
TOTALS		11	2	13

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
4	DF	Matthew Steenvoorden	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
5	DF	Mateo Leš	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
6	MF	Marko Soldo	7	0	0	1	0	0	8	0	0
7	FW	Ante Matej Jurić	9	0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0
8	MF	Merveil Ndockyt	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
9	FW	Sven Blummel	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
10	MF	Jurica Pršir	8	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0
13	DF	Alexander Munksgaard	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
14	FW	Josip Mitrović	3	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	1
15	MF	Filip Mrzljak	5	0	1	0	0	0	5	0	1
16	MF	Andrej Lazarov	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
20	DF	Momčilo Raspopović	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
22	DF	Mario Maloča	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
23	MF	Luka Kapulica	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
25	DF	Krešimir Krizmanić	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
31	GK	Ivan Banić	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
34	DF	Mario Matković	3	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0
41	FW	Gabriel Rukavina	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
46	FW	Nikola Vujnović	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
77	FW	Valentino Majstorović	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
90	DF	Dino Štiglec	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
TOTALS			64	1	3	3	0	0	67	1	3

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
4	DF	Matthew Steenvoorden	1	0	+0	0	+0	0
5	DF	Mateo Leš	26	0	+8	0	+0	0
6	MF	Marko Soldo	37	3	+9	3	+0	0
7	FW	Ante Matej Jurić	34	5	+22	4	+1	1
8	MF	Merveil Ndockyt	15	2	+0	2	+2	0
9	FW	Sven Blummel	22	3	+16	3	+0	0
10	MF	Jurica Pršir	37	3	+2	3	+1	0
11	FW	Lenny Ilečić	16	0	+13	0	+1	0
13	DF	Alexander Munksgaard	30	0	+11	0	+0	0
14	FW	Josip Mitrović	34	5	+2	4	+1	1
15	MF	Filip Mrzljak	32	0	+4	0	+1	0
16	MF	Andrej Lazarov	13	0	+6	0	+0	0
19	FW	Arona Fall	3	0	+3	0	+0	0
20	DF	Momčilo Raspopović	20	0	+1	0	+0	0
20	MF	Luka Vrzić	5	0	+5	0	+0	0
22	DF	Mario Maloča	36	0	+1	0	+0	0
23	MF	Luka Kapulica	27	0	+20	0	+1	0
24	MF	Martin Šroler	6	0	+4	0	+0	0
25	DF	Krešimir Krizmanić	31	1	+4	0	+0	1
31	GK	Ivan Banić	33	0	+0	0	+0	0
34	DF	Mario Matković	11	1	+3	0	+1	1
38	DF	Ino Vuko	1	0	+1	0	+0	0
40	DF	Đuro-Giulio Đekić	3	0	+0	0	+1	0
41	FW	Gabriel Rukavina	16	2	+1	2	+1	0
44	GK	Božidar Radošević	6	0	+0	0	+0	0
46	FW	Nikola Vujnović	29	5	+5	4	+1	1
77	FW	Valentino Majstorović	19	2	+8	2	+0	0
88	MF	Sekou Matar Sagna	9	0	+9	0	+0	0
89	FW	Tim Matavž	26	5	+11	5	+1	0
90	DF	Dino Štiglec	35	2	+1	2	+1	0
99	MF	Abdullah Hameed	1	0	+0	0	+1	0

Notes and References

1. Web site: Momčad. 23 May 2021.
2. Web site: Lenny Ilečić potpisao do 2026.!. HNK Gorica. Croatian. 26 June 2023. 29 June 2023.
3. Web site: Novi Nizozemac u Gorici: Sven Blummel došao da bude – pravo pojačanja!. cityportal.hr. Croatian. 1 July 2023. 1 July 2023.
4. Web site: Gorica dovela hrvatskog stopera koji je s Heraclesom prvo ispao, a onda ekspresno izborio povratak u Eredivisie. Germanijak. Croatian. 5 July 2023. 5 July 2023.
5. Web site: Bivši vratar Hajduka potpisao novi ugovor. Dalmatinski portal. Croatian. 8 July 2023. 8 July 2023.
6. Web site: Dinamo posudio veznjaka Gorici. Index.hr. Croatian. 14 July 2023. 14 July 2023.
7. Web site: Mario Maloča se vratio u HNL. Index.hr. Croatian. 26 July 2023. 26 July 2023.
8. Web site: U Gorici sve vrvi od povratnika u HNL: nakon godinu i pol dana vratio se i Martin Šroler. Telesport. Croatian. 27 July 2023. 27 July 2023.
9. Web site: Na Gradski stadion je stigao desni bek Alexander Munksgaard!. HNK Gorica. Croatian. 3 August 2023. 22 August 2023.
10. Web site: Abdullah Talal Hameed novi igrač Gorice!. HNK Gorica. Croatian. 10 August 2023. 22 August 2023.
11. Web site: Neobična priča Martina Šrolera i još neobičnija Abdullaha Hameeda. cityportal.hr. Croatian. 1 January 2024. 4 January 2024.
12. Web site: Gorica dovela novog veznjaka, donedavno je igrao za Rudeš. Sportske novosti. Croatian. 26 January 2024. 27 January 2024.
13. Web site: https://hns.family/files/documents/28968/registracije%2009.02.2024[37409.pdf Zapisnik izvršenih registracija 09.02.2024.]. Croatian Football Federation. Croatian. 9 February 2024. 9 February 2024.
14. Web site: Dominik Prokop bleibt in Hartberg. TSV Hartberg. de-at. 31 May 2023. 29 June 2023.
15. Web site: Keita, Petković i Vojko napuštaju Goricu. HNK Gorica. Croatian. 3 June 2023. 29 June 2023.
16. Web site: Edin Julardžija više nije igrač Gorice. HNK Gorica. Croatian. 13 June 2023. 29 June 2023.
17. Web site: Bralić i Radošević više nisu igrači Gorice. HNK Gorica. Croatian. 21 June 2023. 29 June 2023.
18. Web site: Suki, hvala ti na svemu!. HNK Gorica. Croatian. 23 June 2023. 29 June 2023.
19. Web site: Novo stopersko rješenje: Robert Ćosić vraća se u šibenski dres. Šibenik IN. Croatian. 4 July 2023. 5 July 2023.
20. Web site: Dvije godine nakon što nam je stigao na posudbu iz talijanske Fiorentine, Toni Fruk će svoju karijeru nastaviti u redovima Rijeke.. . Croatian. 12 July 2023. 19 July 2023.
21. Web site: Ivan Tomečak više nije igrač Gorice.. . Croatian. 18 July 2023. 19 July 2023.
22. Web site: Karlo Žiger, 22-godišnji vratar Gorice, ovu će sezonu odraditi na posudbi u NK Sesvete. . Croatian. 19 July 2023. 20 July 2023.
23. Web site: Sloboda dovela još dva nova igrača. Meridian Sport BiH. Bosnian. 23 July 2023. 8 August 2023.
24. Web site: Iznenađujuć odlazak iz HNL-a. Prije četiri dana odigrao je cijelu utakmicu. Index.hr. Croatian. 27 July 2023. 28 July 2023.
25. Web site: Patrik Jug i Vinko Skrbin ovu će sezonu provesti na posudbi u slovenskim drugoligašima. Croatian. 28 July 2023. 29 July 2023.
26. Web site: https://hns-cff.hr/files/documents/27845/registracije%2016.08.2023.[37409.pdf Zapisnik izvršenih registracija 16.08.2023.]. Croatian Football Federation. Croatian. 16 August 2023. 16 August 2023.
27. Web site: https://hns-cff.hr/files/documents/28006/registracije%2031.08.2023.[37409.pdf Zapisnik izvršenih registracija 31.08.2023.]. Croatian Football Federation. Croatian. 31 August 2023. 1 September 2023.
28. Web site: Okrepitev v vezni liniji: Na posojo s strani hrvaškega prvoligaša prihaja Patrik Jug!. ND Beltinci. Slovenian. 14 February 2024. 15 February 2024.
29. Web site: Zadní řady přichází vyztužit Momčilo Raspopović. MFK Karviná. Czech. 23 February 2024. 23 February 2024.