1990–91 NK Dinamo Zagreb season

The 1990–91 season was Dinamo Zagreb's 45th season in the Yugoslav First League. It proved to be their last season played in the Yugoslav league system. Following the season's completion and due to the breakup of Yugoslavia, Croatian clubs, including Dinamo, decided to leave the league to form Prva HNL.[1]

Dinamo Zagreb
1990–91 season
PresidentSocialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Josip Šoić
ManagerSocialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Vlatko Marković
First League2nd
Yugoslav CupQuarter-finals
UEFA CupFirst round
Top goalscorerDavor Šuker (22)
Highest home attendance17,052 vs Partizan00 (17 March 1991)
Lowest home attendance1,445 vs Radnički
(5 December 1990)

Dinamo Zagreb finished runners-up in the league, with ten points behind champions Red Star Belgrade.[1] In their last appearance in the Yugoslav Cup Dinamo have beaten Borac Bosanski Šamac in the round of 32 (7–0) and FK Sarajevo in the round of 16 (5–1 on aggregate) before reaching the quarter-finals where they were knocked out by Borac Banja Luka (2–3 on aggregate).[2]

In European competitions Dinamo were drawn to play Italy's Atalanta in the 1990–91 UEFA Cup. After a goalless draw in Bergamo in the first leg, the return leg at Maksimir ended in a 1–1 draw, with Atalanta going through on away goals rule.[3]

Players edit

Squad edit

The following is the full list of players who appeared in league matches for Dinamo in the 1990–91 season.[4]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
--- GK   YUG Miralem Ibrahimović
--- GK   YUG Dražen Ladić
--- DF   YUG Željko Cupan
--- DF   CRC Rónald González Brenes
--- DF   YUG Slavko Ištvanić
--- DF   YUG Zvonko Lipovac
--- DF   YUG Damir Lesjak
--- DF   YUG Zoran Mamić
--- DF   YUG Andrej Panadić
--- DF   YUG Saša Peršon
--- DF   YUG Željko Petrović
--- DF   YUG Muhamed Preljević
--- MF   YUG Dražen Besek
--- MF   YUG Zvonimir Boban
No. Pos. Nation Player
--- MF   YUG Josip Gašpar
--- MF   YUG Mladen Mladenović
--- MF   YUG Draženko Prskalo
--- MF   YUG Kujtim Shala
--- MF   YUG Vjekoslav Škrinjar
--- MF   YUG Dževad Turković
--- MF   YUG Gregor Židan
--- FW   YUG Željko Adžić
--- FW   YUG Stjepan Deverić
--- FW   YUG Primož Gliha
--- FW   YUG Miljenko Kovačić
--- FW   CRC Hernán Medford
--- FW   YUG Alen Peternac
--- FW   YUG Davor Šuker

Statistics edit

The following table lists appearances and goals of all players who represented Dinamo in the 1990–91 season. Only league matches and goals are taken into account. Dražen Ladić had most appearances, having played in 35 out of 36 matches, while Davor Šuker was the club's top scorer with 22 goals in 32 league appearances.

Pos. Player Apps Gls
FW Željko Adžić 23 3
MF Dražen Besek 8 0
MF Zvonimir Boban 26 16
DF Željko Cupan 8 1
FW Stjepan Deverić 7 2
MF Josip Gašpar 15 2
FW Primož Gliha 2 2
DF Rónald González Brenes 5 0
GK Miralem Ibrahimović 1 0
DF Slavko Ištvanić 30 0
FW Miljenko Kovačić 6 0
GK Dražen Ladić 35 0
DF Damir Lesjak 11 0
DF Zvonko Lipovac 10 0
DF Zoran Mamić 1 0
FW Hernán Medford 14 3
MF Mladen Mladenović 28 6
DF Andrej Panadić 18 0
DF Saša Peršon 28 0
FW Alen Peternac 7 0
DF Željko Petrović 32 2
DF Muhamed Preljević 21 1
MF Dražen Prskalo 16 1
MF Kujtim Shala 24 8
MF Vjekoslav Škrinjar 21 1
FW Davor Šuker 32 22
MF Dževad Turković 4 0
MF Gregor Židan 28 2

First League edit

Matches edit

Date Opponents Home /
Away
Result
(F – A)
Dinamo scorers Attendance
05 Aug 1990 Budućnost A 0 – 1 3,606
012 Aug 1990 Velež H 2 – 1 Šuker (2) 2,944
019 Aug 1990 Rijeka A 0 – 0 (3 – 1 p) 3,301
026 Aug 1990 Borac H 2 – 1 Mladenović, Medford 9,168
01 Sep 1990 Partizan A 1 – 2 Šuker 12,483
015 Sep 1990 Zemun H 2 – 0 Šuker (2) 7,825
026 Sep 1990 Vojvodina A 1 – 3 Šuker 4,500
029 Sep 1990 Osijek H 1 – 1 (6 – 7 p) Boban 3,894
07 Oct 1990 Sarajevo A 0 – 0 (5 – 4 p) 3,894
013 Oct 1990 Hajduk H 1 – 1 (4 – 3 p) Šuker 13,229
021 Oct 1990 Spartak A 0 – 0 (4 – 2 p) 1,600
04 Nov 1990 Sloboda H 3 – 1 Boban (2), Medford 2,131
018 Nov 1990 Red Star A 1 – 3 Petrović 18,130
025 Nov 1990 Rad H 2 – 1 Mladenović, Prskalo 2,267
02 Dec 1990 Proleter A 1 – 3 Medford 4,800
05 Dec 1990 Radnički H 2 – 0 Šuker, Boban 1,445
09 Dec 1990 Željezničar A 3 – 1 Preljević, Cupan, Mladenović 1,404
016 Dec 1990 Olimpija H 3 – 0 Šuker, Boban, Mladenović 3,117
017 Feb 1991 Budućnost H 6 – 0 Šuker (p), Boban, Shala (2), Mladenović, Adžić 3,606
024 Feb 1991 Velež A 2 – 1 Boban, Škrinjar 5,085
03 Mar 1991 Rijeka H 3 – 1 Adžić, Shala, Boban 7,837
010 Mar 1991 Borac A 1 – 1 (5 – 6 p) Boban 6,607
017 Mar 1991 Partizan H 0 – 0 (4 – 3 p) 17,052
022 Mar 1991 Zemun A 1 – 1 (7 – 6 p) Petrović 1,370
07 Apr 1991 Vojvodina H 2 – 2 (7 – 6 p) Židan, Šuker 4,971
014 Apr 1991 Osijek A 1 – 2 Šuker 7,589
021 Apr 1991 Sarajevo H 8 – 1 Šuker (2), Boban (3), Gašpar, Kujtim ShalaShala, Mladenović 4,208
027 Apr 1991 Hajduk A 2 – 1 Šuker (2) 28,000
05 May 1991 Spartak H 3 – 1 Šuker (2), Boban 3,842
011 May 1991 Sloboda A 3 – 0 Gliha, Deverić, Boban 972
018 May 1991 Red Star H 3 – 2 Šuker (p), Gašpar, Židan 14,546
026 May 1991 Rad A 2 – 0 Šuker, Boban 1,100
02 Jun 1991 Proleter H 4 – 1 Šuker (2), Shala, Deverić 4,964
05 Jun 1991 Radnički A 1 – 1 (4 – 5 p) Adžić 6,500
09 Jun 1991 Željezničar H 2 – 1 Shala (2) 1,580
016 Jun 1991 Olimpija A 3 – 1 Boban, Shala, Gliha 1,606

Classification edit

Pos Team Pld W PKW PKL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Red Star Belgrade (C) 36 25 4 2 5 88 35 +53 54 Qualification for European Cup first round
2 Dinamo Zagreb[a] 36 20 6 4 6 72 36 +36 46 Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
3 Partizan 36 18 5 3 10 62 36 +26 41
4 Proleter Zrenjanin 36 17 1 3 15 50 49 +1 35 Qualification for Intertoto Cup
5 Borac Banja Luka 36 14 7 4 11 42 38 +4 35
Source: rsssf.org
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion
Notes:
  1. ^ After the season, Croatian and Slovenian clubs left the Yugoslav federation and formed their own leagues. Dinamo Zagreb, Hajduk Split, Osijek and Rijeka joined 1992 Prva HNL, while Olimpija joined 1991–92 Slovenian PrvaLiga.

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b Kramarsic, Igor (20 March 2009). "Yugoslavia - List of Final Tables". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 7 August 2010.
  2. ^ Abbink, Dinant (6 June 2008). "Cup of Yugoslavia 1990/91". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 7 August 2010.
  3. ^ Ross, James M. (17 January 2008). "UEFA Cup 1990-91". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 7 August 2010.
  4. ^ Podnar, Ozren (2006). Dinamo svetinja: sve o najvećem hrvatskom klubu (in Croatian). Zagreb: VBZ. ISBN 953-201-585-X.

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