2025–26 NK Osijek season

Osijek
2025–26 season
Owner	Lőrinc Mészáros
President	Ferenc Sakalj
Head coach	Simon Rožman
Stadium	Opus Arena
HNL	Pre-season
Croatian Cup	Pre-season
Home colours	Away colours

The 2025–26 NK Osijek season is the club's 79th season in existence and the 35th consecutive season in the top flight of Croatian football.

Players

As of 2 August 2025^[1]

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	CAN	Nikola Ćurčija
4	DF	CRO	Krešimir Vrbanac
5	DF	ARM	Styopa Mkrtchyan
6	MF	CRO	Hrvoje Babec
7	MF	CRO	Vedran Jugović (vice-captain)
8	FW	NGA	Justice Ohajunwa
9	FW	SUI	Yannick Toure
10	MF	BUL	Stanislav Shopov
11	MF	BIH	Nail Omerović
15	DF	ALB	Jon Mersinaj
16	MF	UKR	Oleksandr Petrusenko
17	FW	AUT	Arnel Jakupović
18	MF	CRO	Niko Farkaš
19	FW	CRO	Marino Žeravica
20	GK	CRO	Jan Hlapčić


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
22	DF	CRO	Roko Jurišić
23	MF	CRO	Luka Vrbančić
24	FW	CRO	Filip Živković
26	DF	CRO	Luka Jelenić
31	GK	CRO	Marko Malenica (captain)
33	DF	SWE	Emin Hasić
34	FW	CRO	Anton Matković
35	DF	CRO	Luka Zebec
38	DF	CRO	David Čolina (on loan from Augsburg)
39	FW	CRO	Domagoj Bukvić
42	DF	BRA	Renan Guedes
46	FW	CRO	Ivan Barić
49	DF	CRO	Ivano Kolarik
55	DF	CRO	Ivan Cvijanović
98	MF	CRO	Šimun Mikolčić

Transfers

In

Pos	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
MF	Stanislav Shopov	CSKA Sofia	Free	2 June 2025	^[2]
FW	Marino Žeravica	Hajduk Split	Free	16 June 2025	^[3]
MF	Luka Vrbančić	Dinamo Zagreb	€250,000	26 June 2025	^[4]
FW	Yannick Toure	Aarau	Undisclosed	27 June 2025	^[5]
DF	Krešimir Vrbanac	BSK Bijelo Brdo	Return from loan	29 June 2025
FW	Luka Branšteter	Cibalia	Return from loan	29 June 2025
DF	Luka Zebec	BSK Bijelo Brdo	Return from loan	30 June 2025
MF	Hrvoje Babec	Riga	€300,000	1 July 2025	^[6]
GK	Nikola Ćurčija	Jarun	Undisclosed	3 July 2025	^[7]
DF	David Čolina	Augsburg	Loan	26 July 2025	^[8]
MF	Oleksandr Petrusenko	Antalyaspor	Free	26 July 2025	^[9]

Out

Pos	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
GK	Mattia Del Favero	Free agent	End of contract	27 May 2025	^[10]
DF	Alessandro Tuia	Free agent	End of contract	27 May 2025	^[10]
MF	Tiago Dantas	Rijeka	End of contract	27 May 2025	^[10]
MF	Pedro Lima	Palmeiras	Return from loan	27 May 2025	^[10]
MF	Petar Pušić	Free agent	End of contract	27 May 2025	^[10]
FW	Hernâni Fortes	Free agent	End of contract	27 May 2025	^[10]
MF	Marko Soldo	Dinamo Zagreb	€1,000,000	12 June 2025	^[11]
MF	Hrvoje Babec	Riga	Return from loan	30 June 2025	^[6]
FW	Luka Branšteter	Graničar Županja	End of contract	10 July 2025	^[12]

Total Spending: €550,000

Total Income: €1,000,000

Net Income: €450,000

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
SuperSport HNL	2 August 2025	May 2026	Matchday 1		2	0	1	1	0	2	−2	000.00
Croatian Cup			First round	Winners	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Total					2	0	1	1	0	2	−2	000.00

Last updated: 11 August 2025
Source: Soccerway

SuperSport HNL

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation^[a]
6	Slaven Belupo	3	1	0	2	3	6	−3	3
7	Istra 1961	3	0	2	1	4	5	−1	2
8	Varaždin	3	0	2	1	2	4	−2	2
9	Osijek	3	0	2	1	0	2	−2	2
10	Vukovar 1991	3	0	1	2	1	5	−4	1	Relegation to First Football League

Updated to match(es) played on 17 August 2025. Source: SuperSport HNL
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored (at home if two teams tied); 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Play-off
(Note: Criteria 2-4 and 7 is only used if deciding champion, teams to international competition or teams for relegation and in that case criteria 6 will not be used).^[13]
Notes:

^ The 2025–26 Croatian Football Cup winners qualify for the Europa League first qualifying round (or the second-placed team if the Croatian Cup winners finish first). If the Croatian Cup winners finish in the top three, the second Conference League second qualifying round spot will be passed to the fourth-placed team.

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
2	0	1	1	0	2	−2	1	0	1	1	0	2	−2	0	0	0	0	0	0

Last updated: 11 August 2025.
Source: SuperSport HNL

Results by round

Round	1	2	3
Ground	H	H	A
Result	L	D	D
Position	9	9	9

Updated to match(es) played on 18 August 2024. Source: SuperSport HNL
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

2 August 2025 1	Osijek	0–2	Dinamo Zagreb	Osijek
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Babec 38'	Report	McKenna 58' Kulenović 78' Stojković 85'	Stadium: Opus Arena Attendance: 11,502 Referee: Mateo Erceg

9 August 2025 2	Osijek	0–0	Rijeka	Osijek
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Shopov 54' Vrbančić 85' Guedes 86'	Report	Ilinković 18' Menalo 56' Petrovič 81' Dantas 89' Lasickas 89'	Stadium: Opus Arena Attendance: 6,132 Referee: Ante Čulina

17 August 2025 3	Varaždin	0–0	Osijek	Varaždin
18:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Mladenovski 37' Belcar 40' Škaričić 54' Tepšić 85'	Report	Farkaš 71' Omerović 83'	Stadium: Stadion Varteks Attendance: 2,197 Referee: Igor Pajač

Croatian Cup

Friendlies

Pre-season

2 July 2025 Friendly	Osijek	6–4	Szentlőrinc	Osijek, Croatia
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Farkaš 2' Jakupović 4' Omerović 16' Živković 45+1' Ohajunwa 79', 89'	Report	Nyári 9', 42' Ambach 62' Bőle 68'	Stadium: Opus Arena (training ground) Attendance: 0

5 July 2025 Friendly	Osijek	6–0	Kozármisleny	Osijek, Croatia
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Jakupović 17', 30' Živković 38' Omerović 40' Ohajunwa 56' Barić 88'	Report		Stadium: Opus Arena (training ground) Attendance: 0

12 July 2025 Friendly	Osijek	4–1^[A]	Olimpia Satu Mare	Lendava, Slovenia
17:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Živković 4' Bukvić 14' Omerović 35' Jakupović 41'	Report	Calugher 33'	Stadium: Lendava Sports Park

16 July 2025 Friendly	Osijek	1–0	Dynamo Kyiv	Söchau, Austria
17:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Jakupović 37'		Shaparenko 48'	Stadium: Kräuterdorfstadion Söchau Referee: Julian Weinberger

17 July 2025 Friendly	Osijek	0–1	Újpest	Radomlje, Slovenia
17:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Matko 83'	Stadium: Sports park Radomlje

24 July 2025 Friendly	Osijek	1–1	Cibalia	Osijek
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Dedić 63'	Report	Kuzminski 42'	Stadium: Opus Arena (training ground) Attendance: 0

25 July 2025 Friendly	Osijek	4–0	Slaven Belupo	Osijek
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Vrbančić 20' Živković 53' Barić 65' Farkaš 75' Shopov 76'	Report		Stadium: Opus Arena Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Domagoj Kurtović

Player seasonal records

Updated 3 August 2025

Goals

Rank	Name	League	Cup	Total
TOTALS		0	0	0

Source: Competitive matches

Clean sheets

Rank	Name	League	Cup	Total
TOTALS		0	0	0

Source: Competitive matches

Disciplinary record

Number	Position	Player	HNL			Croatian Cup			Total
Number	Position	Player
6	MF	Hrvoje Babec	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
TOTALS			1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0

Appearances and goals

Number	Position	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Number	Position	Player	Total		HNL^{[n 1]}		Croatian Cup^{[n 1]}
5	DF	Styopa Mkrtchyan	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
6	MF	Hrvoje Babec	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
7	MF	Vedran Jugović	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
9	FW	Yannick Toure	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
10	MF	Stanislav Shopov	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
11	MF	Nail Omerović	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
16	MF	Oleksandr Petrusenko	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
18	MF	Niko Farkaš	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
23	MF	Luka Vrbančić	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
24	FW	Filip Živković	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
31	GK	Marko Malenica	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
33	DF	Emin Hasić	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
38	DF	David Čolina	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
39	FW	Domagoj Bukvić	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
42	DF	Renan Guedes	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
46	FW	Ivan Barić	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
98	MF	Šimun Mikolčić	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0

Notes

^ ^a ^b First number represents appearances in starting eleven, while the second number indicates a substitute appearance.

^ The game was played with 60 minute halves.

References

^ "Igrači – Prva momčad" [Players – First Team] (in Croatian). NK Osijek. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
^ "Stanislav Shopov potpisao za NK Osijek!" (in Croatian). NK Osijek. 2 June 2025. Retrieved 7 July 2025.
^ "Marino Žeravica novi je Bijelo-plavi!" (in Croatian). NK Osijek. 16 June 2025. Retrieved 7 July 2025.
^ "Luka Vrbančić novo pojačanje u veznom redu!" (in Croatian). NK Osijek. 26 June 2025. Retrieved 7 July 2025.
^ "Yannick Toure preuzeo „devetku" na Opus Areni!" (in Croatian). NK Osijek. 27 June 2025. Retrieved 7 July 2025.
^ ^a ^b "Osijek otkupio veznjaka za 350 tisuća eura" (in Croatian). Index.hr. 15 May 2025. Retrieved 7 July 2025.
^ "Nikola Tony Ćurčija potpisao na tri godine" (in Croatian). NK Osijek. 3 July 2025. Retrieved 7 July 2025.
^ "David Čolina novi je Bijelo-plavi!" (in Croatian). NK Osijek. 26 July 2025. Retrieved 26 July 2025.
^ "Oleksandr Petrusenko potpisao na tri godine!" (in Croatian). NK Osijek. 26 July 2025. Retrieved 26 July 2025.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Osijek objavio odlazak sedmorice igrača" (in Croatian). Index.hr. 27 May 2025. Retrieved 7 July 2025.
^ "Marko Soldo ponovno igrač Dinama" (in Croatian). GNK Dinamo Zagreb. 12 June 2025. Retrieved 7 July 2025.
^ "Zapisnik izvršenih registracija 10.07.2025" (PDF) (in Croatian). Croatian Football Federation. 10 July 2025. Retrieved 11 July 2025.
^ "Propozicije natjecanja za prvenstvo SuperSport Hrvatske nogometne lige za natjecateljsku godinu 2022/2023" (PDF). hns-cff.hr (in Croatian). 1 July 2022. Retrieved 5 July 2022.

External links

Official website

[13] The 2025–26 Croatian Football Cup winners qualify for the Europa League first qualifying round (or the second-placed team if the Croatian Cup winners finish first). If the Croatian Cup winners finish in the top three, the second Conference League second qualifying round spot will be passed to the fourth-placed team.

[note2-16] First number represents appearances in starting eleven, while the second number indicates a substitute appearance.

[15] The game was played with 60 minute halves.

[1] "Igrači – Prva momčad" [Players – First Team] (in Croatian). NK Osijek. Retrieved 12 January 2024.

[2] "Stanislav Shopov potpisao za NK Osijek!" (in Croatian). NK Osijek. 2 June 2025. Retrieved 7 July 2025.

[3] "Marino Žeravica novi je Bijelo-plavi!" (in Croatian). NK Osijek. 16 June 2025. Retrieved 7 July 2025.

[4] "Luka Vrbančić novo pojačanje u veznom redu!" (in Croatian). NK Osijek. 26 June 2025. Retrieved 7 July 2025.

[5] "Yannick Toure preuzeo „devetku" na Opus Areni!" (in Croatian). NK Osijek. 27 June 2025. Retrieved 7 July 2025.

[babec-6] "Osijek otkupio veznjaka za 350 tisuća eura" (in Croatian). Index.hr. 15 May 2025. Retrieved 7 July 2025.

[7] "Nikola Tony Ćurčija potpisao na tri godine" (in Croatian). NK Osijek. 3 July 2025. Retrieved 7 July 2025.

[8] "David Čolina novi je Bijelo-plavi!" (in Croatian). NK Osijek. 26 July 2025. Retrieved 26 July 2025.

[9] "Oleksandr Petrusenko potpisao na tri godine!" (in Croatian). NK Osijek. 26 July 2025. Retrieved 26 July 2025.

[departures-10] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Osijek objavio odlazak sedmorice igrača" (in Croatian). Index.hr. 27 May 2025. Retrieved 7 July 2025.

[11] "Marko Soldo ponovno igrač Dinama" (in Croatian). GNK Dinamo Zagreb. 12 June 2025. Retrieved 7 July 2025.

[12] "Zapisnik izvršenih registracija 10.07.2025" (PDF) (in Croatian). Croatian Football Federation. 10 July 2025. Retrieved 11 July 2025.

[14] "Propozicije natjecanja za prvenstvo SuperSport Hrvatske nogometne lige za natjecateljsku godinu 2022/2023" (PDF). hns-cff.hr (in Croatian). 1 July 2022. Retrieved 5 July 2022.

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2025–26 in Croatian football
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Domestic leagues	HNL 1. NL 2. NL 3. NL Prva HNLŽ
Domestic cups	Croatian Football Cup Final Croatian Women's Football Cup
European competitions	Champions League Europa League Conference League
Related to national team	2026 FIFA World Cup Qualification Zlatko Dalić
Club seasons
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