2008–09 NK Osijek season

NK Osijek entered the into 2008-09 Season defending third position, which is equal to their best position in Prva HNL won six times since Croatian independence. The team decided not to participate in the UEFA Intertoto Cup which would make preparations for the new season harder than usual, as happened two years ago.

Osijek

2008–09 season
Chairman	Mile Dumančić
Manager	Ilija Lončarević (until 26 September 2008) Tomislav Steinbruckner (from 26 September 2008)
Prva HNL	7th
Croatian Cup	First round
Top goalscorer	League: Josip Barišić (8) All: Josip Barišić (8)
Highest home attendance	15,000 v Hajduk Split, 5 April 2009
Lowest home attendance	1,000 v Šibenik, 26 September 2008
Home colours Away colours

To prepare for the Season, NK Osijek played a few friendly matches against 1. FC Kaiserslautern and FC Fehérvár to name a few. The new season will start with the same manager as last year, and with just Milan Pavličić sold from last years starting eleven. As the club's youth academy is one of the best in this part of Europe, several young players are drafted into the first team squad.

Fans and board of directors are hoping that this season can repeat last one, to put NK Osijek into UEFA cups next season.

Kit

Supplier: Legea
Sponsor(s): Croatia Osiguranje

Home

Away

Source:

Player statistics

Shirt No.	Player	Apps (Subs)	Goals	YC	RC
1	Marin Skender	6	0	0	0
2	Dino Gavrić	4 (2)	0	2	0
3	Jurica Pranjić	0	0	0	0
4	Damir Vuica	0	0	0	0
5	Matej Vlaović	0	0	0	0
6	Tomislav Višević	5	0	3	0
7	Vedran Nikšić	0	0	0	0
8	Aleksandar Šolić	4 (2)	0	0	0
9	Karlo Primorac	6	2	0	0
10	Josip Knežević	2 (3)	1	1	0
11	Antonio Hrnčević	3 (4)	0	1	0
12	Filip Šušnjara	0	0	0	0
13	Slobodan Stranatić	6	0	1	0
14	Ivica Lončarević	0	0	0	0
15	Marko Prskalo	0	0	0	0
16	Goran Todorčev	1 (1)	0	1	0
17	Vedran Jugović	5	0	2	0
18	Tomislav Šorša	1	0	0	0
19	Domagoj Vida	6	0	2	0
20	Diego Barrios	0	0	0	0
21	Igor Prijić	0 (2)	1	1	0
22	Valentin Babić	6	3	3	0
23	Srđan Vidaković	0	0	0	0
24	Ivo Smoje	6	0	2	0
25	Davor Pajić	0	0	0	0
26	Ivan Miličević	3 (3)	2	1	0
27	Andre Luiz	0	0	0	0
28	Domagoj Pušić	0 (1)	0	0	0
29	Josip Barišić	0	0	0	0
30	Ivan Kardum	0	0	0	0
31	Ivan Vargić	0	0	0	0
	Mile Škorić	2 (2)	0	1	0

Matches

Prva HNL

Main article: 2008–09 Croatian First Football League

Croatia Sesvete v NK Osijek

27 July 2008 1	Croatia Sesvete	1–1	NK Osijek	Velika
20:00	Petrović  71' (pen.)		Babić  90'	Stadium: Stadion Kamen Ingrad Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Edi Šunjić

NK Osijek v HNK Cibalia

3 August 2008 2	NK Osijek	2–0	HNK Cibalia	Osijek
20:00	Miličević  37' Babić  80' (pen.)			Stadium: Stadion Gradski vrt Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Bruno Marić

NK Zadar v NK Osijek

10 August 2008 3	NK Zadar	2–2	NK Osijek	Šibenik
20:00	Smoje  58' (o.g.) Tomasov  70'		Primorac  37' Babić  51'	Stadium: Stadion Šubićevac Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Igor Križarić

NK Osijek v Varteks

17 August 2008 4	NK Osijek	2–1	Varteks	Osijek
20:00	Prijić  81' Miličević  88'		Mujanović  41'	Stadium: Stadion Gradski vrt Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Igor Pristovnik

NK Zagreb v NK Osijek

24 August 2008 5	NK Zagreb	2–1	NK Osijek	Zagreb
20:00	Čutura  71' Vugrinec  88'		Knežević  53'	Stadium: Stadion Kranjčevićeva Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Vlado Svilokos

NK Osijek v Hajduk Split

31 August 2008 6	NK Osijek	1–2	Hajduk Split	Osijek
20:00	Primorac  63'		Kalinić  39' Gabrić  52'	Stadium: Stadion Gradski vrt Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Zlatko Šimičić

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
5	NK Zagreb	33	13	8	12	38	39	−1	47
6	Šibenik	33	13	7	13	44	35	+9	46
7	Osijek	33	10	11	12	40	41	−1	41
8	Cibalia	33	10	8	15	33	53	−20	38
9	Inter Zaprešić	33	9	9	15	41	50	−9	36

Source: prva-hnl.hr (in Croatian)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.