American football team

NK Slaven Belupo

Club · Croatia · HNL

«Farmaceuti»

296 Matches

97 wins

78 draws

121 losses

395–426 Goals

−31 Difference

1.3 Scored per game

Form L W L W W L

Long before a pharmaceutical company's name settled onto the crest, a group of schoolboys in Koprivnica had already been kicking a ball around under the banner Đački nogometni klub, from 1907. What came after was less a straight line than a string of restarts: a spell as HŠK Victorija in the 1920s that ended with the club folding. Only in 1994, when the local drugmaker Belupo stepped in as backer, did the name settle into NK Slaven Belupo, with the nickname Farmaceuti following it.

Home games are played at Gradski stadion Ivan Kušek Apaš, which holds 3,134.

Silverware has come close rather than arrived: runners-up in the league in 2007/08, third in 2011/12, and three losing Croatian Cup finals — twice against Dinamo Zagreb, in 2006/07 and 2015/16, both lost 2-1 on aggregate. Europe produced sharper moments. In 2008/09 the club reached the UEFA Cup proper by putting out Greek side Aris, before CSKA Moscow ended the run, and in qualifying for the 2012/13 Europa League it put ten goals past Portadown of Northern Ireland over two legs.

Closer to home, the fixture that carries weight is against NK Varaždin, known locally as the Derbi Sjevera. The two sides have met 56 times since 2004. Slaven Belupo have won 23 of them.

Latest results

All matches

13 Sep	HNL	HNK Hajduk Split A	0:1	L
9 Sep	Cup	Hrvatski Dragovoljac A	5:0	W
6 Sep	HNL	NK Lokomotiva H	2:1	W
30 Aug	HNL	NK Osijek A	0:3	L
22 Aug	HNL	HNK Gorica H	2:0	W
15 Aug	HNL	Istra 1961 A	0:3	L

Standing

HNL

#	Team	M	W	D	L	Goals	Pts
6	Istra 1961	7	2	3	2	14:12	9
7	NK Lokomotiva	7	2	1	4	9:13	7
8	NK Slaven Belupo	7	2	0	5	5:14	6
9	Rudes	7	1	0	6	8:22	3
10	HNK Gorica	7	0	2	5	4:12	2

Full table

Team statistics

matches counted: 296

296 Matches

97 wins

78 draws

121 losses

395–426 Goals

−31 Difference

1.3 Scored per game

Season results matches counted: 296

97 78 121

wins draws losses

Scored and conceded last matches

scored — above the line conceded — below the line

Metric	Total	Home	Away
Matches	296	147	149
Scored	395	209	186
Conceded	426	193	233
Scored per game	1.3	1.4	1.2
Conceded per game	1.4	1.3	1.6
Difference	−31	+16	−47

Key players

by appearances over the last year

Ljuban Crepulja Midfielder 16 Matches

Leon Bosniak Midfielder 16 Matches

Marko Dabro Midfielder 16 Matches

Ivan Čović Goalkeeper 15 Matches

Josip Mitrović Midfielder 15 Matches

Filip Mažar Midfielder 15 Matches

Dominik Kovačić Defender 14 Matches

Filip Krushel Defender 13 Matches

Squad of NK Slaven Belupo

by appearances over the last year

Number	Player	Position	Age	Matches
21	Ljuban Crepulja	Midfielder	33	16
24	Leon Bosniak	Midfielder	20	16
7	Marko Dabro	Midfielder	29	16
32	Ivan Čović	Goalkeeper	36	15
11	Josip Mitrović	Midfielder	26	15
17	Filip Mažar	Midfielder		15
4	Dominik Kovačić	Defender	32	14
18	Filip Krushel	Defender	21	13
33	Karlo Išasegi	Defender		12
27	Alen Grgić	Defender	32	11
6	Tomislav Božić	Defender		11
23	Igor Lepinitsa	Midfielder		11
31	Osman Hadžikić	Goalkeeper	30	11
15	Ivan Ćubelić	Midfielder		11
4	Filip Jović	Defender		11
2	Vinko Međimorec	Defender		11
90	Ilija Nestorovski	Forward	36	9
5	Zvonimir Katalanich	Defender		9
19	Ernis Kestay	Forward		9
26	G. Sivalich	Forward		9
3	Antonio Jakir	Defender		8
20	Marko Petrovic	Defender	20	7
16	Luka Curkovich	Midfielder		7
12	Antun Marković	Goalkeeper		7
9	Ivan Božić	Forward		6
77	Itsuki Urata	Defender	29	5
30	Karlo Sentić	Goalkeeper	25	5
23	Arnór Gauti Jónsson	Midfielder	24	5
5	Ivan Tsvetko	Defender	20	5
22	Adetunji Rasak Adeshina	Midfielder	21	5
29	M. Asic	Forward		5
35	Leonard Žuta	Defender		5
88	David Bosak	Midfielder	20	4
8	Lovre Banovec	Forward	24	4
14	Losika Ratshukudu	Forward		4
12	Tea Kolyar	Goalkeeper		4
16	Leon Geci	Midfielder	18	4
99	Filip Kutlesa	Defender	17	3
45	Erik Ridjan	Defender		3
45	Vito Papach	Forward	17	2