2007–08 HNK Hajduk Split season

The 2007–08 season was the 97th season in Hajduk Split’s history and their seventeenth in the Prva HNL. Their 2nd place finish in the 2006–07 season meant it was their 17th successive season playing in the Prva HNL.

Hajduk Split

2007–08 season
Chairman	Branko Grgić (until 23 September 2007) Željko Jerkov (from 26 January to 10 March 2008)
Manager	Ivan Pudar (until 21 August 2007) Sergije Krešić (from 24 August to 26 October 2007) Robert Jarni
Prva HNL	5th
Croatian Cup	Runners-up
UEFA Cup	Second qualifying round
Top goalscorer	League: Nikola Kalinić (17) All: Nikola Kalinić (26)
Highest home attendance	35,000 vs Sampdoria (16 August 2007)
Lowest home attendance	1,500 (Five matches)
Average home league attendance	4,853[1]
Home colours Away colours

First-team squad

Squad at end of season

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 Miro Varvodić 3 DF  CRO Goran Jozinović 5 DF  CRO Jurica Buljat 6 DF  CRO Boris Živković 7 MF  CRO Mladen Pelaić 8 MF  CRO Siniša Linić 9 FW  CRO Nikola Kalinić 10 MF  ROU Florin Cernat (on loan from Dynamo Kyiv) 11 MF  CRO Srđan Andrić 12 GK  CRO Vladimir Balić 13 FW  CRO Ante Rukavina 14 MF  CRO Marin Ljubičić 15 MF  CRO Drago Gabrić

No. Pos. Nation Player 16 FW  BIH Mladen Bartolović 17 MF  CRO Hrvoje Milić 18 MF  CRO Ivan Ćurjurić 20 DF  CRO Goran Sablić (on loan from Dynamo Kyiv) 21 FW  CRO Duje Čop 22 DF  CRO Mario Maloča 23 DF  CRO Igor Tudor (captain) 25 GK  CRO Vjekoslav Tomić 26 MF  CRO Goran Rubil 27 GK  CRO Božidar Radošević 28 DF  BIH Boris Pandža 29 FW  LVA Māris Verpakovskis (on loan from Dynamo Kyiv) 30 FW  CRO Tomislav Bušić

Left club during season

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 4 MF  BIH Dario Damjanović (to Luch-Energiya) 13 FW  CRO Branko Čubrilo (loaned to Solin) 18 MF  BIH Mirko Hrgović (to JEF United)

No. Pos. Nation Player 27 MF  CRO Niko Peraić (to Junak Sinj) 30 FW  CRO Krešimir Makarin (loaned to Šibenik) — MF  CRO Mate Maleš (to Dinamo Zagreb)

Competitions

Overall record

Performance by competition

Competition	Starting round	Final position/round	First match	Last match
Prva HNL	N/A	5th	22 July 2007	10 May 2008
Croatian Football Cup	First round	Runners-up	26 September 2007	14 May 2008
UEFA Cup	First qualifying round	Second qualifying round	19 July 2007	30 August 2007

Statistics by competition

Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win%
Prva HNL	33	14	10	9	57	41	+16	042.42
Croatian Football Cup	8	5	2	1	22	6	+16	062.50
UEFA Cup	4	1	2	1	3	3	+0	025.00
Total	45	20	14	11	82	50	+32	044.44

Prva HNL

Main article: 2007–08 Croatian First Football League

Classification

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
3	Osijek	33	16	6	11	43	34	+9	54
4	Rijeka	33	14	11	8	53	41	+12	53	Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round
5	Hajduk Split	33	14	10	9	57	41	+16	52	Qualification to UEFA Cup first qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
6	NK Zagreb	33	11	11	11	51	40	+11	44
7	Varteks	33	11	7	15	46	53	−7	40

Source: Sportnet.hr
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored
For deciding champions, qualification for the UEFA Cup and relegation: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head away goals scored
Notes:

1. Hajduk Split qualified for the UEFA Cup as a runner-up of the 2007–08 Croatian Football Cup.

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
33	14	10	9	57	41	+16	52	10	4	3	42	20	+22	4	6	6	15	21	−6

Last updated: 10 May 2008.
Source: Sportnet.hr

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A
Result	D	W	D	W	D	W	D	W	L	L	L	W	W	D	W	D	L	W	W	D	W	L	W	L	W	D	L	W	W	L	D	D	L
Position	6	4	5	4	4	4	5	4	5	5	6	5	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	4	3	2	2	2	4	5

Updated to match(es) played on 10 May 2008. Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results by opponent

Team	Results			Points
	1	2	3
Cibalia	0–0	2–2	1–2	2
Dinamo Zagreb	1–2	0–1	1–1	1
Inter Zaprešić	7–1	1–0	7–2	9
Međimurje	1–1	3–3	2–2	3
Osijek	1–0	1–0	0–2	6
Rijeka	0–4	1–1	1–1	2
Slaven Belupo	2–2	1–0	2–0	7
Šibenik	0–1	2–0	4–1	6
Varteks	3–1	3–1	0–4	6
Zadar	0–0	4–1	3–1	7
NK Zagreb	2–1	0–1	1–2	3

Source: 2007–08 Croatian First Football League article

Matches

Prva HNL

Main article: 2007–08 Croatian First Football League

Zadar v Hajduk Split

22 July 2007 1	Zadar	0–0	Hajduk Split	Zadar
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report		Stadium: Stadion Stanovi Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Ivo Krečak (Šibenik)

Hajduk Split v Inter Zaprešić

28 July 2007 2	Hajduk Split	7–1	Inter Zaprešić	Split
20:05 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Kalinić  15', 48' Rukavina  32' (pen.), 84', 86' Cernat  69', 72'	Report	Kukec  64'	Stadium: Stadion Poljud Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Damir Batinić (Osijek)

Cibalia v Hajduk Split

5 August 2007 3	Cibalia	0–0	Hajduk Split	Vinkovci
17:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report		Stadium: Stadion HNK Cibalia Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Ivan Bebek (Rijeka)

Hajduk Split v Osijek

11 August 2007 4	Hajduk Split	1–0	Osijek	Split
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Kalinić  9'	Report		Stadium: Stadion Poljud Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Vlado Svilokos (Sisak)

Međimurje v Hajduk Split

19 August 2007 5	Međimurje	1–1	Hajduk Split	Čakovec
17:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Šaranović  1' Bašić  84'	Report	Rubil  90'	Stadium: Stadion SRC Mladost Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Domagoj Vučkov (Rijeka)

Hajduk Split v NK Zagreb

25 August 2007 6	Hajduk Split	2–1	NK Zagreb	Split
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Bartolović  14' Kalinić  27'	Report	Lovrek  47'	Stadium: Stadion Poljud Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Ivo Krečak (Šibenik)

Slaven Belupo v Hajduk Split

2 September 2007 7	Slaven Belupo	2–2	Hajduk Split	Koprivnica
20:05 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Kristić  8' Vručina  40'	Report	Rukavina  5' Oremuš  78'	Stadium: Gradski stadion Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Ante Vučemilović-Šimunović (Osijek)

Hajduk Split v Varteks

15 September 2007 8	Hajduk Split	3–1	Varteks	Split
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Kalinić  4' (27), pen.' Cernat  89'	Report	Conjar  48'	Stadium: Stadion Poljud Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Bruno Marić (Daruvar)

Rijeka v Hajduk Split

22 September 2007 9	Rijeka	4–0	Hajduk Split	Rijeka
20:05 CEST (UTC+02:00)	An. Sharbini  24' Škoro  51' Ivanov  74' (pen.) Đalović  90+3'	Report		Stadium: Stadion Kantrida Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Zlatko Šimčić (Koprivnica)

Šibenik v Hajduk Split

29 September 2007 10	Šibenik	1–0	Hajduk Split	Šibenik
16:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Vitaić  74'	Report		Stadium: Stadion Šubićevac Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Marijo Strahonja (Zagreb)

Hajduk Split v Dinamo Zagreb

7 October 2007 11	Hajduk Split	1–2	Dinamo Zagreb	Split
20:05 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Kalinić  79'	Report	Modrić  11' Mandžukić  71'	Stadium: Stadion Poljud Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Ivan Bebek (Rijeka)

Hajduk Split v Zadar

20 October 2007 12	Hajduk Split	4–1	Zadar	Split
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Kalinić 17'  36', 53', 74' Linić  70'	Report	Terkeš  21'	Stadium: Stadion Poljud Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Marijo Strahonja (Zagreb)

Inter Zaprešić v Hajduk Split

27 October 2007 13	Inter Zaprešić	0–1	Hajduk Split	Zaprešić
17:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Kalinić  4'	Stadium: Stadion ŠRC Zaprešić Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Domagoj Ljubičić (Osijek)

Hajduk Split v Cibalia

31 October 2007 14	Hajduk Split	2–2	Cibalia	Split
17:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Rubil  8' Verpakovskis  83'	Report	Malčić  57', 76'	Stadium: Stadion Poljud Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Danijel Trampus (Osijek)

Osijek v Hajduk Split

3 November 2007 15	Osijek	0–1	Hajduk Split	Osijek
20:05 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report	Tudor  90+3'	Stadium: Stadion Gradski vrt Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Marijo Strahonja (Zagreb)

Hajduk Split v Međimurje

10 November 2007 16	Hajduk Split	3–3	Međimurje	Split
16:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Cernat  17' Kalinić  28' Verpakovskis  50' Buljat  59'  88'	Report	Darmopil  28' Piškor  54' Peraica  62'	Stadium: Stadion Poljud Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Bruno Marić (Daruvar)

NK Zagreb v Hajduk Split

24 November 2007 17	NK Zagreb	1–0	Hajduk Split	Zagreb
13:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Ibričić  15'	Report	Ljubičić  17' Tudor  45'	Stadium: Stadion Kranjčevićeva Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Vlado Svilokos (Sisak)

Hajduk Split v Slaven Belupo

1 December 2007 18	Hajduk Split	1–0	Slaven Belupo	Split
20:05 CET (UTC+01:00)	Kalinić  57' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Stadion Poljud Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Danijel Trampus (Osijek)

Varteks v Hajduk Split

8 December 2007 19	Varteks	1–3	Hajduk Split	Varaždin
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Lučić  62' (pen.)	Report	Linić  6' Hrgović  21' (pen.), 45'	Stadium: Stadion NK Varteks Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Bruno Marić (Daruvar)

Hajduk Split v Rijeka

23 February 2008 20	Hajduk Split	1–1	Rijeka	Split
20:05 CET (UTC+01:00)	Rukavina 18' Verpakovskis  19'	Report	An. Sharbini  5' Čagalj  17'	Stadium: Stadion Poljud Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Igor Križarić (Čakovec)

Hajduk Split v Šibenik

1 March 2008 21	Hajduk Split	2–0	Šibenik	Split
17:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Živković  36' Verpakovskis  45'	Report		Stadium: Stadion Poljud Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Damir Batinić (Osijek)

Dinamo Zagreb v Hajduk Split

8 March 2008 22	Dinamo Zagreb	1–0	Hajduk Split	Zagreb
20:15 CET (UTC+01:00)	Vrdoljak  37'	Report		Stadium: Stadion Maksimir Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Ivan Bebek (Rijeka)

Hajduk Split v Šibenik

15 March 2008 23	Hajduk Split	4–1	Šibenik	Split
17:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Kalinić  17', 38' (pen.) Verpakovskis  50' Andrić  77'	Report	Gabriel  7' Vitaić 21'	Stadium: Stadion Poljud Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Andrej Burilo (Osijek)

Varteks v Hajduk Split

19 March 2008 24	Varteks	4–0	Hajduk Split	Varaždin
16:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Smrekar  5', 27' Mujanović  30', 35'	Report		Stadium: Stadion NK Varteks Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Domagoj Vučkov (Rijeka)

Hajduk Split v Inter Zaprešić

22 March 2008 25	Hajduk Split	7–2	Inter Zaprešić	Split
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Cernat  7', 28' Rukavina  11' Rubil  17' Andrić  52' Živković  63' Gabrić  90'	Report	Kukec  44', 82'	Stadium: Stadion Poljud Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Ante Vučemilović-Šimunović (Osijek)

Međimurje v Hajduk Split

29 March 2008 26	Međimurje	2–2	Hajduk Split	Čakovec
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Eliomar  65' Darmopil  68'	Report	Kalinić  13' Cernat  34'	Stadium: Stadion SRC Mladost Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Domagoj Ljubičić (Osijek)

Zadar v Hajduk Split

12 April 2008 28	Zadar	1–3	Hajduk Split	Zadar
16:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Mitrović  77' (pen.)	Report	Rukavina  19', 32' Cernat  49'	Stadium: Stadion Stanovi Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Hrvoje Kurtović (Osijek)

Hajduk Split v Slaven Belupo

16 April 2008 29	Hajduk Split	2–0	Slaven Belupo	Split
20:05 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Rukavina  42' Gabrić  90'	Report		Stadium: Stadion Poljud Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Ante Vučemilović-Šimunović (Osijek)

Hajduk Split v Cibalia

19 April 2008 30	Hajduk Split	1–2	Cibalia	Split
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Kalinić  31'	Report	Husić  4' Andričević  51' Bagarić  75'	Stadium: Stadion Poljud Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Marko Matoc (Zaprešić)

Rijeka v Hajduk Split

26 April 2008 31	Rijeka	1–1	Hajduk Split	Rijeka
20:05 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Vučko  35'  76' Čagalj  40'  90+5' An. Sharbini  90+1'	Report	Čop  5'	Stadium: Stadion Kantrida Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Marijo Strahonja (Zagreb)

Hajduk Split v Osijek

29 April 2008 27	Hajduk Split	0–2	Osijek	Split
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Cernat 64'	Report	Primorac  27', 47' Smoje  63'  90'	Stadium: Stadion Poljud Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Danijel Trampus (Osijek)

Hajduk Split v Dinamo Zagreb

3 May 2008 32	Hajduk Split	1–1	Dinamo Zagreb	Split
20:05 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Rukavina  35'	Report	Etto  79'	Stadium: Stadion Poljud Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Ante Vučemilović-Šimunović (Osijek)

NK Zagreb v Hajduk Split

10 May 2008 33	NK Zagreb	2–1	Hajduk Split	Zagreb
16:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Jurendić  57' Ibričić  62' (pen.)	Report	Linić  76'	Stadium: Stadion Kranjčevićeva Attendance: 1,800 Referee: Zlatko Šimčić (Koprivnica)

Source: HRnogomet.com

Croatian Football Cup

Main article: 2007–08 Croatian Football Cup

Mladost Molve v Hajduk Split

25 September 2007 R1	Mladost Molve	1–9	Hajduk Split	Molve
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Mlakar  66'	Report	Kalinić  10', 12', 31', 41' Makarin  27', 44', 56', 80' Rukavina  51'	Stadium: Stadion Petar Focić u Krbuljinu Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Ante Vučemilović-Šimunović (Osijek)

Hajduk Split v Croatia Sesvete

23 October 2007 R2	Hajduk Split	2–0	Croatia Sesvete	Split
16:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Sablić  52' Kalinić  86'	Report	Barišić  40'  83'	Stadium: Stadion Poljud Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Domagoj Vučkov (Rijeka)

Hajduk Split v Inter Zaprešić

7 November 2007 QF	Hajduk Split	2–1	Inter Zaprešić	Split
17:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Kalinić  3' (pen.) Pelaić  42'	Report	Sivonjić  71'	Stadium: Stadion Poljud Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Danijel Trampus (Osijek)

Inter Zaprešić v Hajduk Split

28 November 2007 QF	Inter Zaprešić	0–4 (1–6 agg.)	Hajduk Split	Zaprešić
17:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Starčević  70'  78'	Report	Kalinić  14' (pen.) Cernat  29' Hrgović  86'	Stadium: Stadion ŠRC Zaprešić Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Vlado Svilokos (Sisak)

Varteks v Hajduk Split

9 April 2008 SF	Varteks	1–1	Hajduk Split	Varaždin
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Novinić  26'	Report	Pelaić  38'  48' Maloča  66'	Stadium: Stadion NK Varteks Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Damir Batinić (Osijek)

Hajduk Split v Varteks

23 April 2008 SF	Hajduk Split	4–0 (5–1 agg.)	Varteks	Split
17:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Cernat  15' Rukavina  32', 60' Kalinić  45' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Stadion Poljud Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Vlado Svilokos (Sisak)

Dinamo Zagreb v Hajduk Split

7 May 2008 Final	Dinamo Zagreb	3–0	Hajduk Split	Zagreb
17:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Tadić  8' Mandžukić  20', 88'	Report		Stadium: Stadion Maksimir Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Domagoj Ljubičić (Osijek)

Hajduk Split v Dinamo Zagreb

14 May 2008 Final	Hajduk Split	0–0 (0–3 agg.)	Dinamo Zagreb	Split
17:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Balić  19'	Report	Čale  19' Mandžukić  45'  69'	Stadium: Stadion Poljud Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Ivan Bebek (Rijeka)

Source: HRnogomet.com

UEFA Cup

Main article: 2007–08 UEFA Cup

Budućnost Podgorica v Hajduk Split

19 July 2007 QR1	Budućnost Podgorica	1–1	Hajduk Split	Podgorica, Montenegro
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Šćepanović  59'	Report	Hrgović  28'	Stadium: Podgorica City Stadium Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Asaf Kenan (Israel)

Hajduk Split v Budućnost Podgorica

2 August 2007 QR1	Hajduk Split	1–0 (2–1 agg.)	Budućnost Podgorica	Split, Croatia
20:15 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Damjanović  46'	Report		Stadium: Stadion Poljud Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Christoforos Zografos (Greece)

Hajduk Split v Sampdoria

16 August 2007 QR2	Hajduk Split	0–1	Sampdoria	Split, Croatia
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Campagnaro  44'	Stadium: Stadion Poljud Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Bruno Paixão (Portugal)

Sampdoria v Hajduk Split

30 August 2007 QR2	Sampdoria	1–1 (2–1 agg.)	Hajduk Split	Genoa, Italy
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Montella  34' (pen.)	Report	Hrgović  83'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 21,367 Referee: Pavel Královec (Czech Republic)

Source: uefa.com

Player seasonal records

Top scorers

Rank	Name	League	Europe	Cup	Total
1	Nikola Kalinić	17	–	9	26
2	Ante Rukavina	9	–	3	12
3	Florin Cernat	8	–	2	10
4	Mirko Hrgović	2	2	1	5
	Māris Verpakovskis	5	–	–	5
6	Krešimir Makarin	–	–	4	4
7	Goran Rubil	3	–	–	3
	Siniša Linić	3	–	–	3
9	Srđan Andrić	2	–	–	2
	Drago Gabrić	2	–	–	2
	Boris Živković	2	–	–	2
12	Mladen Bartolović	1	–	–	1
	Duje Čop	1	–	–	1
	Dario Damjanović	–	1	–	1
	Mario Maloča	–	–	1	1
	Mirko Oremuš	1	–	–	1
	Mladen Pelaić	–	–	1	1
	Goran Sablić	–	–	1	1
	Igor Tudor	1	–	–	1
	TOTALS	57	3	22	82

Source: Competitive matches

See also

• 2007–08 Croatian First Football League
• 2007–08 Croatian Football Cup

References

1. "Gledatelji po klubovima 2007-2008". HRnogomet.com. Retrieved 15 April 2016.

External sources

• 2007–08 Prva HNL at HRnogomet.com
• 2007–08 Croatian Cup at HRnogomet.com
• 2007–08 UEFA Cup at rsssf.com