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Nogometni klub Slaven Belupo (English: Slaven Belupo Football Club), often referred to as Slaven Belupo, is a Croatian professional football club based in the city of Koprivnica in the north of Croatia. They play their home matches at Gradski stadion in Koprivnica.

Slaven Belupo Koprivnica
Full nameNogometni klub Slaven Belupo
Nickname(s)Farmaceuti (The Pharmacists)
Short nameSLB
Founded1907; 117 years ago (1907)
GroundGradski stadion Ivan Kušek-Apaš
Capacity3,134
PresidentRobert Markulin
Head coachMario Kovačević
LeagueSuperSport HNL
2023–24SuperSport HNL, 9th of 10
Websitehttps://nk-slaven-belupo.hr/

History

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The first football club in Koprivnica was founded in June 1907, when a student team was formed and named Đački nogometni klub, which is Croatian for Students' Football Club. The name Slaven first appeared when a sports club named HŠK Slaven was founded by the members of the Friedrich family on 20 August 1912 and this is considered to be the foundation date of the present-day club. The club won the Croatian championship in 1920, which was one of the Yugoslav regional championships. Slaven was subsequently renamed HŠK Victorija, but disbanded six years later due to financial difficulties. Subsequently, the city of Koprivnica was without a football club for four years, between 1926 and 1930.

Between 1930 and 1945, the club was known as HŠK Koprivnica, HŠK Danica and RNHŠK Sloga, before the name Slaven returned with the foundation of FD Slaven. From 1953, the club was known as SD Podravka, before being renamed to NK Slaven in 1958. The name Slaven remains until today, with occasional changes to the name of the club's principal sponsors. The club was thus known as NK Slaven Bilokalnik between 1992 and 1994, after which it was changed to its current name following a sponsorship agreement with the Koprivnica-based pharmaceutical company Belupo.

Slaven gained their first promotion to the Prva HNL in 1997 and have never been relegated. In 2000, they finished fifth in the Prva HNL and qualified for the UEFA Intertoto Cup. In their first Intertoto Cup appearance, they managed to reach the third round of the competition before being eliminated by Czech club Sigma Olomouc after losing 2–0 at home and getting a goalless draw on the road. One year later, they repeated the success and were eliminated by renowned English club Aston Villa with a 3–2 aggregate defeat. In their next two Intertoto Cup appearances, they were even more successful as they reached the semifinals of the competition on both occasions. They were eliminated after losing to renowned clubs Stuttgart from Germany and Lille from France, respectively. Their last Intertoto Cup appearance in 2005 ended in the third round with a 4–0 aggregate defeat to Spanish club Deportivo La Coruña, having lost the first leg by 1–0[1] and the second leg by 0–3.[2]

Slaven Belupo heads the all-time Intertoto Cup table being the most successful team in history of this tournament.[3]

In 2007, the club reached the Croatian Cup final for the first time, after defeating defending Cup holders HNK Rijeka 3–2 on aggregate. In the final, they lost to Dinamo Zagreb 2–1 on aggregate. Despite having lost the final, Slaven qualified for the UEFA Cup for the first time in their history, since Dinamo had already qualified for the UEFA Champions League by virtue of having won the Prva HNL.

Slaven reached the second qualifying round of the 2007–08 UEFA Cup, defeating Albanian side Teuta Durrës 8–4 on aggregate before being eliminated after a 4–2 aggregate defeat to Turkish club Galatasaray.[4] In 2008, Slaven finished runners-up in the Croatian league, which remains their best domestic result to date.[5]

On 28 August 2008 Slaven Belupo qualified for the 2008–09 UEFA Cup by beating Aris of Greece 2–1 on aggregate, thereby achieving arguably the best result in the history of the club.[6][7]

Slaven finished 3rd in the 2011–12 1. HNL, qualifying for the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League. After defeating Portadown 10–2 on aggregate they bowed out to Spanish giants Athletic Bilbao 4–3 on aggregate.

In 2016, Slaven defeated HNK Rijeka 4–2 on aggregate in the 2015–16 Croatian Football Cup semi-final, reaching the final for the second time in their history.

Supporters

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In 2023 group of fans organized themselves into a fan group under the name Podravske štuke (Podravska pike).

Players

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Current squad

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As of 15 September 2024[8]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   CRO Matija Jesenović
2 DF   CRO Zvonimir Katalinić
4 DF   CRO Dominik Kovačić
6 DF   CRO Tomislav Božić
7 FW   BIH Matej Šakota
8 MF   CRO Adriano Jagušić
9 FW   CRO Robert Murić
10 MF   MDA Mihail Caimacov
11 MF   BRA Lucas Fernandes
13 DF   CRO Marko Lešković
14 MF   CRO Adrian Liber
15 MF   CRO Ivan Ćubelić
16 DF   CRO Luka Ćurković
17 FW   GER Dominik Martinović
18 DF   CRO Filip Krušelj
19 MF   CRO Ivan Dolček (on loan from DAC Dunajská Streda)
20 DF   CRO Filip Hlevnjak
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 MF   CRO Ljuban Crepulja
21 FW   KOS Ernis Qestaj
22 FW   CRO Ante Šuto
23 MF   CRO Igor Lepinjica
24 MF   CRO Leon Bošnjak
25 GK   CRO Ivan Sušak
27 DF   CRO Alen Grgić
30 MF   GHA Michael Agbekpornu
32 GK   CRO Ivan Čović
33 DF   CRO Antonio Bosec
35 DF   CRO Luka Lučić
45 FW   CRO Karlo Butić
55 DF   CRO Marco Boras
88 MF   CRO Ivan Jelić Balta (on loan from Sarajevo)
90 FW   MKD Ilija Nestorovski
99 FW   CRO Patrik Marić

Out on loan

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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
29 DF   CRO Vinko Međimorec (at   Aalesund until 31 December 2024)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— GK   CRO Antun Marković (at   Karlovac 1919 until 30 May 2025)

Recent seasons

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European record

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Summary

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Competition Pld W D L GF GA Last season played
UEFA Cup / Europa League 20 10 2 8 48 24 2012–13
Intertoto Cup 34 17 7 10 50 29 2005
Total 54 27 9 18 98 53

Source: uefa.com, Last updated on 9 August 2012
Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against

By result

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Overall Pld W D L GF GA GD
Home 27 18 4 5 65 21 44
Away 27 9 5 13 33 32 1
Total 54 27 9 18 98 53 45

Last updated: 9 August 2012

By season

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Last updated on 9 August 2012

Player records

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Notable players

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To appear in this section a player must have:

  • Played at least 150 league games for the club;
  • Scored at least 50 league goals for the club; or
  • Played at least one international match for their national team while playing for NK Slaven Belupo.

Years in brackets indicate their spells at the club.

Historical list of coaches

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For a list of HNK Rijeka managers, see Category:NK Slaven Belupo managers.

References

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  1. ^ Deportivo de La Coruña – NK Slaven Belupo : 1–0 (Match Report) Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine ScoresPro.com
  2. ^ NK Slaven Belupo – Deportivo de La Coruña : 0–3 (Match Report) Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine ScoresPro.com
  3. ^ "UI-Cup – Ewige Tabelle". sport.de (in German). Archived from the original on 18 May 2018. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
  4. ^ "Two Turkish sides through to next round of UEFA Cup". NTV MSNBC. 31 August 2007. Archived from the original on 21 April 2008. Retrieved 31 August 2007.
  5. ^ Final table of the Croatian league in 2007–08
  6. ^ "Second qualifying round – 28 August 2008 18:30 CET (18:30 local time) – Gradski – Koprivnica". 28 August 2008. Archived from the original on 28 August 2008. Retrieved 28 August 2008.
  7. ^ "Farmaceuti u kupu Uefe!". 28 August 2008. Archived from the original on 14 June 2022. Retrieved 28 August 2008.
  8. ^ "Igrači" [Players] (in Croatian). NK Slaven Belupo. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
  9. ^ a b "Slaven Koprivnica profile". UEFA. Archived from the original on 1 May 2019. Retrieved 13 April 2010.
  10. ^ "Roy Ferenčina CFS Profile". Croatian Football Statistics. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
  11. ^ "Marijo Dodik CFS Profile". Croatian Football Statistics. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
  12. ^ "Petar Bošnjak CFS Profile". Croatian Football Statistics. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
  13. ^ "Srebrenko Posavec CFS Profile". Croatian Football Statistics. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
  14. ^ "Bojan Vručina CFS Profile". Croatian Football Statistics. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
  15. ^ "Silvio Rodić CFS Profile". Croatian Football Statistics. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
  16. ^ "Mateas Delić CFS Profile". Croatian Football Statistics. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
  17. ^ "Vedran Purić CFS Profile". Croatian Football Statistics. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
  18. ^ "Fidan Aliti CFS Profile". Croatian Football Statistics. Archived from the original on 3 February 2018. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
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