HNK Vukovar 1991

This article is about the current Vukovar football club. For the now dissolved Vukovar football club, see HNK Vukovar '91.

HNK Vukovar 1991 is a professional Croatian football club based in Vukovar, a city in Slavonia region. They were re-founded in 2012, and they currently play in the Croatian First Football League, the second level of Croatian football.

Vukovar 1991

Full name	Hrvatski nogometni klub Vukovar 1991
Founded	February 2012; 11 years ago (February 2012)
Ground	Stadion Borovo naselje
Capacity	6,000
Chairman	Ivan Štrek
Manager	Miroslav Bojko
League	First League (II)
2021–22	Second League (III) – East
Home colours Away colours Third colours

History

The club was founded on the same day in early February 2012 when the old club Vukovar '91, who played 1 season in Croatia's top division, was dissolved due to bankruptcy.^[1]

New club's first season in fourth-tier competition was successful, as they got promoted to the 3. HNL, third-tier competition. They remained there until 2022-23 season, when they got promoted to First football league, second-tier competition.^[2]

Recent seasons

Season	Division	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Pos	Cup	Player	Goals
	League										Top goalscorer
2012-13^[3]	MŽNL Osijek-Vinkovci	32	21	1	9	69	42	65	2nd ↑
2013-14^[4]	3. HNL East	29	13	2	4	52	49	41	8th
2014-15^[5]	3. HNL East	30	11	8	11	50	47	41	10th
2015-16^[6]	3. HNL East	30	13	3	4	48	50	42	9th
2016-17^[7]	3. HNL East	30	10	5	15	38	51	35	12th	R1
2017-18^[8]	3. HNL East	30	6	13	11	31	45	31	12th
2018-19^[9]	3. HNL East	30	8	7	15	29	52	31	14th	R1
2019-20^[10]	3. HNL East	17	1	5	11	10	31	8	15th
2020-21^[11]	3. HNL East	34	23	6	5	29	68	12	2nd
2021-22^[12]	3. HNL East	34	25	7	2	80	20	82	1st ↑

Current squad

As of 12 February 2023

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 Ivan Marijanović 2 MF   GER Tino Jukić 3 DF   CRO Dario Rugašević 4 MF   CRO Tomislav Baltić 5 MF   BIH Zinedin Mustedanagić 6 MF   CRO Jakov Biljan 8 MF   CRO Ivan Radošević 9 FW   GER Törles Knöll 10 MF   COL Robin González 11 FW   COL José Lugo 14 DF   CRO Ivan Aleksić 15 MF   CRO Luka Bušić 16 FW   CRO Kristijan Pavičić

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 MF   ITA Franco Saccone 22 MF   CRO Mateo Andačić 23 DF   CRO Karlo Bungić 24 MF   ARG Franco Capitani 25 FW   CRO Josip Barišić 27 FW   ARG Valentin Jara 29 FW   CRO Vanja Pelko 31 FW   GHA Clement Awounyo 40 MF   CRO Patrik Periša 72 GK   CRO Franko Kolić 88 DF   CRO Dominik Mihaljević 97 MF   CRO Zvonimir Filipović — DF   PHI Paul Tabinas

References

1. "HNK Vukovar 91 otišao u povijest". vecernji.hr. 8 February 2012. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
2. "HNK Vukovar 1991 ušao u drugu ligu". index.hr. 12 June 2022. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
3. "Croatia 2012/13".
4. "Croatia 2013/14".
5. "Croatia 2014/15".
6. "Croatia 2015/16".
7. "Croatia 2016/17".
8. "Croatia 2017/18".
9. "Croatia 2018/19".
10. "Croatia 2019/20".
11. "Croatia 2020/21".
12. "Croatia 2021/22".