# 2020–21 NK Varaždin (2012) season

The 2020–21 NK Varaždin (2012) season was the club's ninth season in existence and the second consecutive season in the top flight of Croatian football. In addition to the domestic league, Varaždin participated in this season's edition of the Croatian Cup. The season covered the period from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.

## Current squad

    As of 1 March 2021
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | CRO | Oliver Zelenika |
| 2 | DF | CRO | Fran Cerovcec |
| 4 | MF | CRO | Jurica Grgec |
| 5 | DF | BIH | Kerim Memija |
| 6 | DF | CRO | Maks Čelić |
| 7 | MF | BIH | Demir Peco |
| 8 | MF | CRO | Igor Postonjski |
| 9 | FW | COL | Jorge Obregón |
| 10 | MF | CRO | Ivan Posavec |
| 11 | FW | CRO | Leon Benko |
| 12 | GK | CRO | Matija Kovačić |
| 13 | MF | CRO | Leonard Vuk |
| 14 | DF | JPN | Itsuki Urata |
| 16 | DF | CRO | Matej Senić |
| 17 | FW | CRO | Dominik Glavina |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | MF | CRO | Matija Kolarić |
| 19 | FW | VEN | Andris Herrera |
| 20 | MF | CRO | Neven Đurasek (on loan from Dinamo Zagreb) |
| 22 | FW | CRO | Borna Petrović |
| 23 | DF | CRO | Ivan Novoselec |
| 24 | DF | CRO | Marko Stolnik |
| 25 | FW | CRO | Vinko Petković |
| 30 | DF | CRO | Nikola Tkalčić |
| 32 | DF | ALB | Jorgo Pëllumbi |
| 44 | MF | CMR | Jessie Guera Djou |
| 55 | FW | CRO | Gabrijel Boban |
| 78 | MF | MKD | Agon Elezi |
| 99 | GK | CRO | Dinko Horkaš (on loan from Dinamo Zagreb) |
| — | MF | CRO | Luka Mezga |

## Transfers
### In

| Pos | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| MF | Mijo Šabić | Croatia Zmijavci | Free | 3 August 2020 |
| FW | Sven Golub | Podravina Ludbreg | Loan | 6 August 2020 |
| FW | Dino Skorup | Hajduk Split | Loan | 11 August 2020 |
| FW | Ivan Delić | Hajduk Split | Loan | 11 August 2020 |
| DF | Jurica Grgec | Urartu | Free | 12 August 2020 |
| DF | Itsuki Urata | Free agent | Free | 12 August 2020 |
| DF | Tin Hrvoj | Dinamo Zagreb | Loan | 20 August 2020 |
| GK | Matija Kovačić | Aluminij | Free | 11 September 2020 |
| DF | Kerim Memija | Vejle | Free | 11 September 2020 |
| DF | Jorgo Pëllumbi | Skënderbeu Korçë | Free | 16 September 2020 |
| MF | Agon Elezi | Skënderbeu Korçë | Free | 16 September 2020 |
| DF | Stefan Milić | Dinamo Zagreb | Loan | 1 October 2020 |
| FW | Borna Petrović | Hartberg | Free | 14 October 2020 |
| GK | Dinko Horkaš | Dinamo Zagreb | Loan | 16 October 2020 |
| FW | Demir Peco | Radnik Bijeljina | Free | 16 October 2020 |
| DF | Damjan Daničić | Dinamo Zagreb | Loan | 19 October 2020 |
| DF | Dominik Perković | Dubrava | End of loan | 31 December 2020 |
| FW | Antonio Dedić | Orijent 1919 | End of loan | 31 December 2020 |
| FW | Leonard Vuk | Međimurje | End of loan | 31 December 2020 |
| FW | Patrick Kesse | Podravina Ludbreg | End of loan | 31 December 2020 |
| MF | Igor Postonjski | Zagorec Krapina | Free | 18 January 2021 |
| DF | Maks Juraj Čelić | FC Lviv | Free | 21 January 2021 |
| FW | Matija Kanceljak | Zagorec Krapina | Free | 21 January 2021 |
| DF | Hrvoje Crnčec | Podravina Ludbreg | Free | 25 January 2021 |
| FW | Gabrijel Boban | Free agent | Free | 2 February 2021 |
| FW | Andris Herrera | Yaracuyanos | Free | 2 February 2021 |

### Out

| Pos | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
| MF | Hong Wan | Wolverhampton Wanderers | End of loan | 30 June 2020 |
| FW | Tomislav Turčin | Rijeka | End of loan | 30 June 2020 |
| MF | Karlo Težak | Free agent | Released | 1 July 2020 |
| MF | Shohei Yokoyama | Free agent | Contract expired | 1 July 2020 |
| MF | Duje Ninčević | Solin | Free | 27 July 2020 |
| GK | Ante Mrmić | Tehničar Cvetkovec | Free | 30 July 2020 |
| FW | Dejan Šarac | Free agent | Released | 1 August 2020 |
| DF | Hrvoje Crnčec | Podravina Ludbreg | Free | 6 August 2020 |
| DF | Karlo Sambolec | Podravina Ludbreg | Free | 6 August 2020 |
| GK | Ivan Nevistić | Rijeka | End of loan | 9 August 2020 |
| DF | Petar Mamić | Rijeka | End of loan | 9 August 2020 |
| MF | Tonio Teklić | Hajduk Split | End of loan | 10 August 2020 |
| DF | Franjo Prce | Slaven Belupo | Free | 11 August 2020 |
| DF | Matija Špičić | Ravnice | Free | 17 August 2020 |
| DF | Denis Glavina | Međimurje | Free | 27 August 2020 |
| DF | Matej Rodin | Cracovia | €65,000 | 11 September 2020 |
| FW | Leonard Vuk | Međimurje | Loan | 11 September 2020 |
| FW | Antonio Dedić | Orijent 1919 | Loan | 11 September 2020 |
| DF | Tin Hrvoj | Dinamo Zagreb | End of loan | 28 September 2020 |
| FW | Kristian Fućak | Grobničan | Free | 28 September 2020 |
| MF | Jamal Bajandouh | Al Shabab | Free | 5 October 2020 |
| DF | Dominik Perković | Dubrava | Loan | 14 October 2020 |
| FW | Mehdi Mehdikhani | Persepolis | €50,000 | 17 November 2020 |
| FW | Domagoj Drožđek | Lokomotiva Zagreb | End of loan | 17 January 2021 |
| DF | Damjan Daničić | Dinamo Zagreb | End of loan | 18 January 2021 |
| DF | Stefan Milić | Dinamo Zagreb | End of loan | 18 January 2021 |
| FW | Dino Skorup | Hajduk Split | End of loan | 18 January 2021 |
| FW | Ivan Delić | Hajduk Split | End of loan | 18 January 2021 |
| GK | Dinko Gavranović | Mladost Ždralovi | Loan | 5 February 2021 |
| MF | Mijo Šabić | Široki Brijeg | Free | 9 February 2021 |
| DF | Hrvoje Crnčec | Podravina Ludbreg | Loan | 10 February 2021 |
| MF | Dejan Glavica | Polet Sveti Martin na Muri | Loan | 15 February 2021 |
| FW | Antonio Dedić | Podravina Ludbreg | Loan | 15 February 2021 |
| FW | Matija Kanceljak | Zagorec Krapina | Loan | 15 February 2021 |
| FW | Patrick Kesse | Varteks | Loan | 26 February 2021 |
| MF | Ivan Roca | Hrvatski Dragovoljac | Free | 9 March 2021 |
Total spending: €0
Total income: €115,000
Total expenditure: €115,000

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| HT Prva liga | 14 August 2020 | 22 May 2021 | Matchday 1 | 10th | 36 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 30 | 61 | −31 | 016.67 |
| Croatian Cup | 8 September 2020 | 16 December 2020 | Preliminary round | Second round | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 066.67 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 39 | 8 | 10 | 21 | 38 | 63 | −25 | 020.51 |
Source: Soccerway

### HT Prva liga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 6 | Šibenik | 36 | 9 | 8 | 19 | 32 | 47 | −15 | 35 | |
| 7 | Slaven Belupo | 36 | 7 | 13 | 16 | 36 | 53 | −17 | 34 | |
| 8 | Lokomotiva | 36 | 7 | 9 | 20 | 29 | 60 | −31 | 30 | |
| 9 | Istra 1961 | 36 | 7 | 8 | 21 | 27 | 52 | −25 | 29 | |
| 10 | Varaždin (R) | 36 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 30 | 61 | −31 | 28 | Relegation for the Croatian Second Football League |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: Prva HNL

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | W | D | W | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | D | D | L | W | L | W | L | W | D | L | W | L | L | L | L | D | D | D | L | D | D | L | D | L | L |
| Position | 9 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 29 July 2020.

### Croatian Football Cup
## Player seasonal records

Updated 3 May 2021

### Goals

| Rank | Name | League | Cup | Total |
| 1 | Jorge Obregón | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 2 | Neven Đurasek | 3 | - | 3 |
| 2 | Matej Senić | 3 | - | 3 |
| 2 | Leon Benko | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | Ivan Posavec | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Ivan Delić | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | Domagoj Drožđek | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | Jurica Grgec | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | Mehdi Mehdikhani | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | Gabrijel Boban | 1 | - | 1 |
| 10 | Andris Herrera | 1 | - | 1 |
| 10 | Demir Peco | 1 | - | 1 |
| 10 | Vinko Petković | 1 | - | 1 |
| 10 | Itsuki Urata | 1 | - | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | 26 | 8 | 34 |
Source: Competitive matches

### Clean sheets

| Rank | Name | League | Cup | Total |
| 1 | Dinko Horkaš | 3 | - | 3 |
| 1 | Oliver Zelenika | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Luka Šteko | - | 1 | 1 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | 4 | 2 | 6 |
Source: Competitive matches

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Player | 1. HNL | 1. HNL | 1. HNL | Croatian Cup | Croatian Cup | Croatian Cup | Total | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | Oliver Zelenika | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | Jurica Grgec | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Kerim Memija | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | Maks Juraj Čelić | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | Dino Skorup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Demir Peco | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Igor Postonjski | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Jorge Obregón | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Ivan Posavec | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | Leon Benko | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | Leonard Vuk | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | Itsuki Urata | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | Matej Senić | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | Ivan Delić | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | Matija Kolarić | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | Andris Herrera | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | Neven Đurasek | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | Marko Stolnik | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| 25 | FW | Vinko Petković | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | Jorgo Pëllumbi | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 33 | DF | Damjan Daničić | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | MF | Jessie Guera Djou | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 55 | FW | Gabrijel Boban | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 | DF | Stefan Milić | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | FW | Mehdi Mehdikhani | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 78 | MF | Agon Elezi | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | GK | Dinko Horkaš | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 71 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 76 | 3 | 2 |

### Appearances and goals

| Number | Position | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Number | Position | Player | Total | Total | 1. HNL | 1. HNL | Croatian Cup | Croatian Cup |
| 1 | GK | Oliver Zelenika | 15 | 0 | 12+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Fran Cerovčec | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | Jurica Grgec | 19 | 2 | 9+9 | 1 | 1+0 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | Kerim Memija | 23 | 0 | 19+3 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | Maks Juraj Čelić | 14 | 0 | 11+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | Dino Skorup | 10 | 0 | 2+6 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Demir Peco | 15 | 1 | 10+5 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Luka Mezga | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Igor Postonjski | 16 | 0 | 14+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Domagoj Drožđek | 15 | 2 | 12+1 | 1 | 2+0 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | Jorge Obregón | 33 | 7 | 28+2 | 6 | 3+0 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | Ivan Posavec | 27 | 3 | 15+9 | 2 | 2+1 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | Leon Benko | 27 | 3 | 6+19 | 2 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 13 | MF | Leonard Vuk | 7 | 0 | 1+6 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | Itsuki Urata | 23 | 1 | 20+1 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | Mijo Šabić | 4 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | Matej Senić | 28 | 3 | 22+4 | 3 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | Ivan Delić | 15 | 2 | 6+7 | 1 | 2+0 | 1 |
| 17 | FW | Dominik Glavina | 4 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | Matija Kolarić | 19 | 0 | 6+11 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | Andris Herrera | 12 | 1 | 6+6 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | Neven Đurasek | 30 | 3 | 28+0 | 3 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 21 | GK | Luka Šteko | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | Borna Petrović | 5 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | Matej Rodin | 2 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | Ivan Novoselec | 7 | 0 | 3+3 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | Marko Stolnik | 27 | 0 | 21+3 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 25 | FW | Vinko Petković | 22 | 1 | 8+12 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | Leon Belcar | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | Nikola Tkalčić | 23 | 0 | 18+3 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | Jorgo Pëllumbi | 23 | 0 | 21+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | Damjan Daničić | 6 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 44 | MF | Jessie Guera Djou | 8 | 0 | 5+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 55 | FW | Gabrijel Boban | 9 | 1 | 6+3 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 55 | DF | Stefan Milić | 7 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | Karlo Lusavec | 3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 77 | FW | Mehdi Mehdikhani | 7 | 2 | 5+1 | 1 | 1+0 | 1 |
| 78 | MF | Agon Elezi | 13 | 0 | 6+6 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 99 | GK | Dinko Horkaš | 20 | 0 | 20+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |