NK Varaždin

HNL Stadion Anđelko Herjavec, Varaždin Manager: Nikola Šafarić 29 players

FormDDWLL

Season

Next matchCroatian Cup

NK Varaždin 09:30 PM Oct 28, 2026

NK Lokomotiva

Last matchHNL

NK Varaždin 1 – 2 L Oct 24, 2026

Slaven

Recent formAll results

L H Slaven HNL 1 - 2
L A Hajduk Split HNL 1 - 0
W A NK Lokomotiva HNL 0 - 1
D H Osijek HNL 0 - 0
D A HNK Gorica HNL 2 - 2

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Nikola Šafarić Croatia · 45 yrs · since 2024

106Games

41-29-36W-D-L

39%Win rate

1.43Pts / game

HNLFull table

#	Team	P	GD	Pts
1	Hajduk Split	11	10	23
2	Dinamo Zagreb	9	11	19
3	NK Varaždin	11	5	18
4	Rijeka	9	4	17
5	Osijek	11	3	17

Stadium

Ground: Stadion Anđelko Herjavec
City: Varaždin
Capacity: 10,800
Opened: 1931
Last formation: 4-2-3-1

HNL

#	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	GD	Pts
1	Hajduk Split	11	7	2	2	21-11	10	23
2	Dinamo Zagreb	9	6	1	2	23-12	11	19
3	NK Varaždin	11	5	3	3	15-10	5	18
4	Rijeka	9	5	2	2	16-12	4	17
5	Osijek	11	5	2	4	19-16	3	17
6	NK Istra 1961	11	3	4	4	19-18	1	13
7	Slaven	11	4	1	6	14-23	-9	13
8	NK Lokomotiva	11	3	2	6	13-17	-4	11
9	Rudeš	11	3	1	7	14-27	-13	10
10	HNK Gorica	11	1	4	6	7-15	-8	7

#	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	GD	Pts
1	Hajduk Split	6	5	1	0	12-3	9	16
2	Dinamo Zagreb	5	5	0	0	13-3	10	15
3	Rijeka	4	4	0	0	12-4	8	12
4	NK Varaždin	6	3	2	1	7-3	4	11
5	Osijek	6	3	1	2	10-7	3	10
6	Slaven	5	3	0	2	10-11	-1	9
7	NK Istra 1961	6	2	2	2	12-10	2	8
8	NK Lokomotiva	4	2	1	1	6-3	3	7
9	Rudeš	5	1	1	3	8-15	-7	4
10	HNK Gorica	6	0	3	3	4-8	-4	3

#	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	GD	Pts
1	Hajduk Split	5	2	1	2	9-8	1	7
2	NK Varaždin	5	2	1	2	8-7	1	7
3	Osijek	5	2	1	2	9-9	0	7
4	Rudeš	6	2	0	4	6-12	-6	6
5	NK Istra 1961	5	1	2	2	7-8	-1	5
6	Rijeka	5	1	2	2	4-8	-4	5
7	Dinamo Zagreb	4	1	1	2	10-9	1	4
8	HNK Gorica	5	1	1	3	3-7	-4	4
9	NK Lokomotiva	7	1	1	5	7-14	-7	4
10	Slaven	6	1	1	4	4-12	-8	4

#	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	GD	Pts
1	Rijeka	5	3	1	1	11-7	4	10
2	Hajduk Split	5	3	1	1	6-6	0	10
3	Dinamo Zagreb	5	3	0	2	12-9	3	9
4	NK Istra 1961	5	2	1	2	8-8	0	7
5	Rudeš	5	2	1	2	8-8	0	7
6	Slaven	5	2	1	2	9-10	-1	7
7	HNK Gorica	5	1	3	1	5-5	0	6
8	NK Lokomotiva	5	1	2	2	5-5	0	5
9	Osijek	5	1	2	2	6-7	-1	5
10	NK Varaždin	5	1	2	2	4-5	-1	5

Table over each team's last five league matches.

Champions League qualificationConference League qualificationRelegation

Manager

Nikola Šafarić Croatia · 45

Goalkeepers 4

#	Player	Nationality	Age	Rating	Value
1	Robby McCrorie GK	Scotland	28	—	€300k
21	Teo Novak	Croatia	19	—	—
31	Rino Grubišić	Croatia	17	—	—
33	Josip Silić GK	Croatia	26	7.24	€279k

Defenders 10

#	Player	Nationality	Age	Rating	G	A	Value
3	Elvir Duraković LB, LW Injured	Bosnia and Herzegovina	26	6.92	0	0	€264k
4	Luka Škaričić CB, RB	Croatia	24	6.38	0	0	€707k
5	Sven Lesjak CB	Croatia	20	6.63	0	0	€433k
13	Mario Mladenovski CB	North Macedonia	26	7.30	2	0	€183k
14	Roberto Punčec CB	Croatia	34	6.13	0	0	€135k
16	Novak Tepšić CB	Croatia	24	7.02	0	0	€365k
20	Gregor Sikošek LB, LWB	Slovenia	32	7.00	0	2	€217k
23	Frane Maglica RB, RWB Injured	Croatia	29	7.21	0	0	€666k
30	Luka Posinković RB	Croatia	23	6.29	0	0	€293k
44	Mateo Barać CB	Croatia	32	—	0	0	€133k

Midfielders 8

#	Player	Nationality	Age	Rating	G	A	Value
6	David Puclin CDM	Croatia	34	6.42	0	0	€127k
8	Tomislav Duvnjak CDM, CM	Croatia	23	6.36	0	0	€726k
15	Silvio Ilinković CDM Injured	Bosnia and Herzegovina	24	—	0	0	€284k
19	Luka Lukanić	Croatia	22	—	0	0	€250k
21	Ivan Posavec LW	Croatia	28	6.54	0	0	€157k
22	Luka Mamić CAM, CM	Croatia	24	7.33	4	0	€788k
24	Mario Marina CDM Injured	Bosnia and Herzegovina	37	7.06	0	0	€128k
28	Ivan Canjuga CDM, CAM	Croatia	20	7.51	3	2	€767k

Forwards 7

#	Player	Nationality	Age	Rating	G	A	Value
7	Matej Vuk RW, LW, CAM	Croatia	26	6.60	0	2	€438k
9	Stipe Jurić ST	Bosnia and Herzegovina	27	6.40	0	1	€218k
10	Aleksa Latković RW, ST, CAM, LW	Montenegro	25	7.09	2	1	€896k
11	Emmanuel Uchegbu RW	Nigeria	21	6.24	0	0	—
12	Petar Bočkaj RW	Croatia	30	7.31	0	1	€107k
17	Valentin Akrap	Croatia	23	6.32	1	0	€185k
38	Iuri Tavares LW, ST	Cabo Verde	25	7.16	1	1	€1.2m

Ratings, goals and assists are this season's league numbers from FotMob.

Arrivals 7

Player	From	Fee
Valentin Akrap · 2026-09-10	SV Lafnitz	Free transfer
Robby McCrorieGK · 2026-08-29	Kilmarnock	Free transfer
Elvir DurakovićLB · 2026-06-30	HNK Gorica	—
Stipe JurićST · 2026-02-19	Levadiakos	Free transfer
Ivan CanjugaDM · 2026-01-13	NK Lokomotiva	—
Silvio IlinkovićDM · 2026-01-12	Rijeka	—
Gregor SikošekLB · 2026-01-10	Maribor	—

Departures 10

Player	To	Fee
Ivan MamutST · 2026-09-04	Persija Jakarta	€500k
Oliver ZelenikaGK · 2026-08-27	APOEL Nicosia	Free transfer
Mate AntunovićST · 2026-07-25	NK Lokomotiva	—
Rüfat AbdullazadəLW · 2026-07-01	Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona	Loan
Mate AntunovićST · 2026-02-18	NK Dugopolje	Loan
Leon BelcarDM · 2026-02-18	NK Lokomotiva	—
Vane JovanovRB · 2026-02-03	Nyíregyháza Spartacus FC	—
Lamine BaCB · 2026-01-31	Śląsk Wrocław	€150k
Marko DabroST · 2026-01-23	Free agent	Free transfer
Rüfat AbdullazadəLW · 2026-01-13	Zira	Loan

Contract extensions

Ivan Mamut 2026-06-23
Tomislav Duvnjak 2026-06-22
Luka Škaričić 2026-06-18

Honours

Competition	Won	Runner-up	Most recent titles
First NL	2	1	2021/2022, 2018/2019
Croatian Cup	0	6
Arena Cup	0	1

Managers by season

Season	Manager	League	W	D	L	Win %	PPG
2026/2027	Nikola Šafarić	HNL	5	3	3	45	1.64
2025/2026	Nikola Šafarić	HNL	15	9	12	42	1.50
2024/2025	Nikola Šafarić	HNL	11	16	9	31	1.36
2023/2024	Mario Kovačević	HNL	5	11	7	22	1.13
2023/2024	Nikola Šafarić	HNL	5	1	7	38	1.23
2022/2023	Mario Kovačević	HNL	12	10	14	33	1.28

Last updated October 27, 2026 · Refreshes weekly · Data: FotMob