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1998–99 NK Croatia Zagreb season

During the 1998–99 Croatian football season, Croatia Zagreb competed in the Prva HNL.

Croatia Zagreb
1998–99 season
ManagerZlatko Kranjčar (until October)
Velimir Zajec (from October)
StadiumStadion Maksimir
Prva HNL1st
Croatian CupFirst round
Champions LeagueGroup stage
Top goalscorerEdin Mujčin (10)

Season summary edit

Croatia Zagreb made their debut in the Champions League group stage, drawn against Olympiakos, Porto and Ajax. Zagreb failed to win any of their first three group games, resulting in the departure of manager Zlatko Kranjčar. His replacement, Velimir Zajec, inspired a turnaround and wins against Porto and Ajax gave the club hope of reaching the quarter-finals. A home draw with Olympiakos in the final group stage match saw Croatia Zagreb finish second in their group, but as they were the lowest-ranked of all the group stage runners-up they did not progress.

First-team squad edit

Squad at end of season[1]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
12 GK   CRO Tomislav Butina
1 GK   CRO Dražen Ladić
30 GK   CRO Ivan Turina
23 GK   CRO Vladimir Vasilj[2]
17 DF   CRO Mario Cvitanović
5 DF   CRO Goran Jurić
3 DF   CRO Damir Krznar
11 DF   CRO Tomislav Rukavina
15 DF   CRO Daniel Šarić
6 DF   CRO Danijel Štefulj
2 DF   CRO Mario Tokić
20 DF   CRO Stjepan Tomas[3]
4 DF   MKD Goce Sedloski
19 MF   CRO Mario Bazina[4]
No. Pos. Nation Player
22 MF   CRO Igor Bišćan
21 MF   CRO Joško Jeličić
24 MF   CRO Krunoslav Jurčić
14 MF   CRO Mihael Mikić
8 MF   CRO Robert Prosinečki[5]
10 MF   BIH Edin Mujčin
7 MF   BIH Nermin Šabić
28 FW   CRO Domagoj Abramović
26 FW   CRO Ardian Kozniku[6]
16 FW   CRO Josip Šimić
25 FW   CRO Tomo Šokota
9 FW   LTU Gražvydas Mikulėnas
13 FW   JPN Kazuyoshi Miura

Left club during season edit

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   CRO Silvio Marić (to Newcastle United)

Results edit

Champions League edit

Second qualifying round edit

  • Celtic 1-0 Croatia Zagreb
  • Croatia Zagreb 3-0 Celtic

Group stage edit

16 September 1998 Croatia Zagreb   0–0   Ajax Maksimir, Zagreb
Attendance: 33,000
Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)
30 September 1998 Olympiacos   2–0   Croatia Zagreb Spiridon Louis, Athens
Alexandris   21'
Gogić   80'		 Attendance: 60,000
Referee: David Elleray (England)
21 October 1998 Porto   3–0   Croatia Zagreb Estádio das Antas, Porto
Doriva   33'
Zahovič   43', 73'		 Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Günter Benkö (Austria)
4 November 1998 Croatia Zagreb   3–1   Porto Maksimir, Zagreb
Mikić   7'
Rukavina   37'
Mujčin   61'		 Jardel   39' Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)
25 November 1998 Ajax   0–1   Croatia Zagreb Amsterdam ArenA, Amsterdam
Šimić   68' Attendance: 46,000
Referee: Marc Batta (France)
9 December 1998 Croatia Zagreb   1–1   Olympiacos Maksimir, Zagreb
Jeličić   35' Giannakopoulos   64' Attendance: 16,546
Referee: Rune Pedersen (Norway)

References edit

  1. ^ "Dinamo Zagreb - Squad 1998/1999".
  2. ^ Vasilj in Hanover, West Germany.
  3. ^ Tomas was born in Bugojno, SFR Yugoslavia (now Bosnia and Herzegovina).
  4. ^ Bazina was born in Mostar, SFR Yugoslavia (now Bosnia and Herzegovina).
  5. ^ Prosinečki was born in Schwenningen, West Germany (now Germany).
  6. ^ Kozniku was born in Đakovica, SFR Yugoslavia (now Kosovo).
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