Križevci

The Gradski stadion sits inside Križevci itself, a modest ground where the seated rows hold a few hundred. That is enough for a town of this size in the Koprivnica-Križevci county, and enough for a Druga HNL fixture, which is the level Radnik have been holding through 2025.

The second tier is not new ground for them. They were there in 1994/95, and again for two seasons from 1996, then spent long years lower down before climbing back — second in the northern group of the third division in 2020/21, third the following season.

The best night of recent memory came in the cup. In the 2023/24 competition Radnik drew HNK Šibenik, who had reached the final the year before, and beat them 4:3 in extra time before going out. Closer to home the pattern is steadier: five county cups now, the last two won in 2024 and 2025, the second of them against NK Koprivnica.

Tomislav Havojić came through the club's school, went on to Dinamo Zagreb, and returned as head coach for 2025/26. The other name that carries weight is Mladen Frančić, who left Križevci for Slaven Belupo and later took charge of the Iran national side.

The red and white in the crest is the older thread running through all of it, though the 2024/25 home shirt was cut in blue and white. Football in the town goes back to 1909, and the name Radnik — the worker — came later, with the reshaping that gave the club the form it carries now.