2023–24 NK Osijek season explained

Club:	Osijek
Season:	2023–24
Ownertitle:	Owner
Owner:	Lőrinc Mészáros
Chrtitle:	President
Chairman:	Ferenc Sakalj
Mgrtitle:	Head coach
Manager:	Stjepan Tomas (until 3 October 2023) Zoran Zekić (13 October 2023 - 21 May 2024)
Stadium:	Opus Arena
League:	HNL
League Result:	4th
Cup1:	Croatian Cup
Cup1 Result:	Quarter-finals
Cup2:	UEFA Europa Conference League
Cup2 Result:	Third qualifying round
League Topscorer:	Ramón Miérez (19)
Season Topscorer:	Ramón Miérez (21)
Highest Attendance:	12,222 v Dinamo Zagreb (3 September 2023)
Lowest Attendance:	3,939 v Slaven Belupo (17 December 2023)
Average Attendance:	7,418
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Prevseason:	2022–23
Nextseason:	2024–25

The 2023–24 NK Osijek season was the club's 110th season in existence and the 33rd consecutive season in the top flight of Croatian football. This was the first season for Osijek to play their home matches on the newly built Opus Arena.^[1]

Transfers

In

	scope=col	Player	Transferred from	scope=col; style="width: 110px;"	Fee	scope=col	Date	scope=col	Source
		Hrvatski Dragovoljac	Return from loan
		Gorica	Return from loan
		BSK Bijelo Brdo	Return from loan
		Šibenik	Return from loan
		Mura	Return from loan
		Gorica	Return from loan
		Gorica	Return from loan
		Sheriff Tiraspol	Free		^[2]
		Sheriff Tiraspol	Free		^[3]
		Shakhtar Donetsk	Loan		^[4]
		Grasshopper	Free		^[5]
		Ararat-Armenia	Loan		^[6]
		Reggiana	Loan		^[7]
		Adana Demirspor	Loan		^[8]
		Dynamo Kyiv	Free		^[9]
		Široki Brijeg	Recalled from loan		^[10]
		Posušje	Recalled from loan		^[11]
		Mura	Undisclosed		^[12]
		Ararat-Armenia	€300,000		^[13]
		Panathinaikos	Loan		^[14]
		Bravo	Recalled from loan		^[15]
		Reggiana	€300,000		^[16]
		Baník Ostrava	Loan		^[17]

Out

	scope=col	Player	Transferred to	scope=col; style="width: 110px;"	Fee	scope=col	Date	scope=col	Source
		Columbus Crew	€1,000,000		^[18]
		Posušje	Loan		^[19]
		Apollon Limassol	Free		^[20]
		Lokomotiva	Free
		Cultural Leonesa	Free
		Free agent	End of contract
		Bjelovar	Free		^[21]
		Rubin Kazan	€1,200,000		^[22]
		Bravo	Loan		^[23]
		Šibenik	Loan		^[24]
		Vukovar 1991	Dual registration		^[25]
		Basel	€3,000,000		^[26]
		Trabzonspor	Released		^[27]
		Rudeš	Loan		^[28]
		Zalaegerszeg	Released		^[29]
		Hajduk Split	€1,000,000		^[30]
		Zalaegerszeg	Loan		^[31]
		Široki Brijeg	Loan		^[32]
		Adana Demirspor	Recalled from loan		^[33]
		Tianjin Jinmen Tiger	Released		^[34]
		Željezničar Sarajevo	Released		^[35]
		Ararat-Armenia	Return from loan
		Metalist 1925 Kharkiv	Released		^[36]
		Jarun	Loan		^[37]
		Sivasspor	Released		^[38]
		Reggiana	Return from loan
		Komárno	Loan		^[39]

Total Spending: €600,000

Total Income: €6,200,000

Net Income: €5,600,000

Competitions

SuperSport HNL

See main article: 2023–24 Croatian Football League.

Matches

Croatian Cup

See main article: 2023–24 Croatian Football Cup.

UEFA Europa Conference League

See main article: 2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League.

Third qualifying round

Friendlies

On-season (2024)

Player seasonal records

Updated 26 May 2024

Goals

width=40	Rank	width=180	Name	width=50	League	width=50	Europe	width=50	Cup	width=70 style="background: #DCDCDC"	Total
1	Ramón Miérez	19	1	1	21
2	Mijo Caktaš	7	1	1	9
	Kristijan Lovrić	7	–	2	9
4	Anton Matković	5	–	–	5
5	Domagoj Bukvić	4	–	–	4
	Vedran Jugović	4	–	–	4
	Darko Nejašmić	3	1	–	4
8	Petar Pušić	3	–	–	3
9	Ivan Fiolić	2	–	–	2
	Slavko Bralić	1	–	1	2
	Šime Gržan	–	2	–	2
12	Ladislav Almási	1	–	–	1
	Petar Brlek	1	–	–	1
	Kristian Fućak	1	–	–	1
	Roko Jurišić	1	–	–	1
	Styopa Mkrtchyan	1	–	–	1
	Nail Omerović	1	–	–	1
	Josip Špoljarić	–	1	–	1
Own goals	1	1	–	2
TOTALS		62	7	5	74

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	Marko Malenica	7	1	1	9
2	Franko Kolić	3	–	–	3
TOTALS		10	1	1	12

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"	Europe	width=120 colspan="3" align="center"	Croatian Cup	width=140 colspan="3" align="center" style="background: #DCDCDC"	Total
3	DF	André Duarte	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
4	DF	Jovan Manev	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
5	DF	Styopa Mkrtchyan	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0
6	MF	Darko Nejašmić	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
7	MF	Vedran Jugović	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
8	FW	Kristian Fućak	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
11	MF	Mijo Caktaš	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
13	FW	Ramón Miérez	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0
14	MF	Ivan Fiolić	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
17	DF	Šime Gržan	3	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	5	0	0
18	MF	Enis Çokaj	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
19	MF	Denys Harmash	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
20	DF	Marin Prekodravac	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
23	MF	Petar Brlek	4	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0
24	FW	Filip Živković	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
28	DF	Slavko Bralić	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	6	0	1
31	GK	Marko Malenica	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
34	FW	Anton Matković	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
36	MF	Nail Omerović	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
38	GK	Franko Kolić	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
39	FW	Domagoj Bukvić	4	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0
41	DF	Stefanos Evangelou	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
42	DF	Renan Guedes	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0
44	FW	Kristijan Lovrić	6	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0
55	DF	Oleksandr Drambayev	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0
66	MF	Petar Pušić	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	8	0	0
79	MF	Amer Hiroš	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
TOTALS			79	0	2	13	0	0	6	0	0	98	0	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	Apps	Goals
Total	HNL	Conference League	Croatian Cup
3	DF	André Duarte	32	0	+1	0	+0	0	+1	0
4	DF	Jovan Manev	8	0	+0	0	+0	0	+0	0
4	DF	Krešimir Vrbanac	5	0	+5	0	+0	0	+0	0
5	DF	Styopa Mkrtchyan	20	1	+7	1	+0	0	+0	0
6	MF	Darko Nejašmić	43	4	+5	3	+0	1	+1	0
7	MF	Vedran Jugović	33	4	+16	4	+1	0	+1	0
8	FW	Kristian Fućak	9	1	+5	1	+2	0	+0	0
10	FW	Josip Špoljarić	3	1	+0	0	+3	1	+0	0
11	MF	Mijo Caktaš	22	9	+6	7	+0	1	+0	1
13	FW	Ramón Miérez	41	21	+0	19	+0	1	+1	1
14	MF	Ivan Fiolić	15	2	+7	2	+3	0	+0	0
15	GK	Marko Barešić	1	0	+0	0	+0	0	+0	0
17	DF	Šime Gržan	37	2	+14	0	+0	2	+1	0
18	MF	Enis Çokaj	16	0	+4	0	+0	0	+1	0
19	MF	Denys Harmash	4	0	+1	0	+0	0	+1	0
20	DF	Marin Prekodravac	21	0	+8	0	+0	0	+1	0
22	DF	Roko Jurišić	17	1	+0	1	+0	0	+0	0
23	MF	Petar Brlek	31	1	+10	1	+0	0	+0	0
24	FW	Filip Živković	8	0	+7	0	+0	0	+0	0
25	MF	Luka Barić	1	0	+0	0	+0	0	+1	0
26	MF	Ante Barišić	1	0	+1	0	+0	0	+0	0
28	DF	Slavko Bralić	28	2	+2	1	+0	0	+0	1
31	GK	Marko Malenica	34	0	+0	0	+0	0	+0	0
32	FW	Andrej Mićić	1	0	+1	0	+0	0	+0	0
34	FW	Anton Matković	19	5	+9	5	+0	0	+1	0
35	DF	Luka Zebec	6	0	+4	0	+0	0	+1	0
36	MF	Nail Omerović	31	1	+9	1	+1	0	+1	0
37	DF	Adrian Leon Barišić	3	0	+0	0	+0	0	+0	0
38	GK	Franko Kolić	8	0	+0	0	+0	0	+0	0
39	FW	Domagoj Bukvić	40	4	+5	4	+2	0	+0	0
41	DF	Stefanos Evangelou	6	0	+0	0	+1	0	+0	0
41	FW	Amar Zahirović	2	0	+2	0	+0	0	+0	0
42	DF	Renan Guedes	25	0	+8	0	+1	0	+1	0
44	FW	Kristijan Lovrić	30	9	+11	7	+1	0	+0	2
55	DF	Oleksandr Drambayev	20	0	+4	0	+0	0	+0	0
66	MF	Petar Pušić	39	3	+7	3	+2	0	+0	0
79	MF	Amer Hiroš	8	0	+5	0	+2	0	+1	0
98	MF	Šimun Mikolčić	2	0	+2	0	+0	0	+0	0
99	FW	Ladislav Almási	10	1	+8	1	+0	0	+0	0

Notes and References

1. Web site: OSIJEK - SLAVEN BELUPO NA OTVARANJU NOVE SEZONE. NK Osijek. Croatian. 12 June 2023. 30 June 2023.
2. Web site: STEFANOS EVANGELOU NOVI IGRAČ NK OSIJEK. NK Osijek. Croatian. 20 June 2023. 29 June 2023.
3. Web site: RENAN GUEDES NOVI IGRAČ NK OSIJEK. NK Osijek. Croatian. 24 June 2023. 29 June 2023.
4. Web site: OLEKSANDR DRAMBAIEV NOVI IGRAČ NK OSIJEK. NK Osijek. hr. 1 July 2023. 1 July 2023.
5. Web site: PETAR PUŠIĆ NOVI IGRAČ NK OSIJEK!. NK Osijek. Croatian. 17 July 2023. 17 July 2023.
6. Web site: MKRTCHYAN SE PRIKLJUČIO BIJELO-PLAVIMA. NK Osijek. hr. 21 July 2023. 21 July 2023.
7. Web site: ANDRÉ DUARTE NOVI IGRAČ BIJELO-PLAVIH. NK Osijek. hr. 30 August 2023. 30 August 2023.
8. Web site: JOVAN MANEV NA POSUDBI DO KRAJA SEZONE. NK Osijek. hr. 5 September 2023. 5 September 2023.
9. Web site: DENYS GARMASH NOVI JE IGRAČ NK OSIJEK. NK Osijek. hr. 6 September 2023. 6 September 2023.
10. Web site: MIKOLČIĆ SE VRATIO MEĐU BIJELO-PLAVE. NK Osijek. hr. 20 December 2023. 20 December 2023.
11. Web site: I KOLIĆ SE VRAĆA NA OPUS ARENU. NK Osijek. Croatian. 21 December 2023. 21 December 2023.
12. Web site: JURIŠIĆ: DOŠAO SAM U VELIKI HRVATSKI KLUB. NK Osijek. Croatian. 3 January 2024. 3 January 2024.
13. Web site: MKRTCHYAN POTPISAO DO LJETA 2026.. NK Osijek. Croatian. 23 January 2024. 23 January 2024.
14. Web site: ENIS COKAJ PRIKLJUČIO SE BIJELO-PLAVIMA!. NK Osijek. Croatian. 24 January 2024. 24 January 2024.
15. Web site: Štor in Janjić odhajata na tuje. NK Bravo. Slovenian. 29 January 2024. 8 February 2024.
16. Web site: ANDRE DUARTE BIJELO-PLAVI DO 2026.. NK Osijek. Croatian. 1 February 2024. 2 February 2024.
17. Web site: LADISLAV ALMASI NOVI JE NAPADAČ OSIJEKA!. NK Osijek. hr. 5 February 2024. 5 February 2024.
18. Web site: CHEBERKO PREŠAO U COLUMBUS CREW. NK Osijek. hr. 9 June 2023. 1 July 2023.
19. Web site: KOLIĆ NA POSUDBI U POSUŠJU. NK Osijek. Croatian. 24 June 2023. 29 June 2023.
20. Web site: Osijek se riješio četvorice Bjeličinih igrača. Index.hr. Croatian. 30 June 2023. 30 June 2023.
21. Web site: NK Bjelovar startao s pripremama za novu sezonu uz mnoštvo igračkih promjena. Super portal. Croatian. 4 July 2023. 16 July 2023.
22. Web site: Germanijakova najava dobila službenu potvrdu: Daku transferiran u Rusiju, poznati detalji ugovora!. Germanijak. Croatian. 11 July 2023. 11 July 2023.
23. Web site: Nikola Janjić bo zaostril konkurenco v napadu. NK Bravo. Slovenian. 14 July 2023. 15 July 2023.
24. Web site: CVIJANOVIĆ NA POSUDBI U ŠIBENIKU. NK Osijek. hr. 20 July 2023. 20 July 2023.
25. Web site: Tin Sajko je novi vratar Vukovara!. Facebook. Croatian. 21 July 2023. 26 July 2023.
26. Web site: ADRIAN LEON BARIŠIĆ PREŠAO U BASEL. NK Osijek. hr. 18 August 2023. 18 August 2023.
27. Web site: SPORAZUMNO RASKINUT UGOVOR S OGNJENOM BAKIĆEM. NK Osijek. hr. 21 August 2023. 26 August 2023.
28. Web site: https://hns-cff.hr/files/documents/27900/registracije%2025.08.2023.[37409.pdf Zapisnik izvršenih registracija 25.08.2023.]. Croatian Football Federation. Croatian. 25 August 2023. 26 August 2023.
29. Web site: JOSIP ŠPOLJARIĆ PREŠAO U ZTE. NK Osijek. hr. 28 August 2023. 28 August 2023.
30. Web site: MIHAEL ŽAPER NAPUSTIO NK OSIJEK. NK Osijek. hr. 4 September 2023. 4 September 2023.
31. Web site: EVANGELOU NA POSUDBI U ZTE. NK Osijek. hr. 7 September 2023. 9 September 2023.
32. Web site: MIKOLČIĆ PRODUŽIO DO 2026. I OTIŠAO NA POSUDBU U ŠIROKI BRIJEG. NK Osijek. hr. 8 September 2023. 9 September 2023.
33. Web site: JOVAN MANEV SE VRAĆA U ADANU DEMIRSPOR. NK Osijek. hr. 18 December 2023. 18 December 2023.
34. Web site: IVAN FIOLIĆ KARIJERU NASTAVLJA U KINI. NK Osijek. Croatian. 18 December 2023. 18 December 2023.
35. Web site: S HIROŠEM SPORAZUMNO RASKINUT UGOVOR. NK Osijek. Croatian. 12 January 2024. 12 January 2024.
36. Web site: SPORAZUMNI RASKID S GARMASHEM. NK Osijek. hr. 16 January 2024. 17 January 2024.
37. Web site: Tin Sajko U 19 reprezentativac na vratima Jaruna, Muhamed Alghoul i Diyoke zaoštravaju konkurenciju u veznom redu. SportNews.hr. hr. 21 January 2024. 23 January 2024.
38. Web site: SPORAZUMNI RASKID S MIJOM CAKTAŠEM. NK Osijek. hr. 31 January 2024. 31 January 2024.
39. Web site: https://hns.family/files/documents/28955/registracije%2007.02.2024[37409.pdf Zapisnik izvršenih registracija 07.02.2024.]. Croatian Football Federation. Croatian. 7 February 2024. 8 February 2024.