# 2020–21 NK Osijek season

The 2020–21 NK Osijek season was the club's 107th season in existence and the 30th consecutive season in the top flight of Croatian football.

## Players

    As of 4 May 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 | Ivica Ivušić |
| 2 | DF | BRA | Igor Silva |
| 3 | DF | BRA | Talys |
| 4 | DF | BRA | Guti |
| 5 | MF | HUN | László Kleinheisler |
| 7 | MF | CRO | Vedran Jugović |
| 8 | MF | CGO | Merveil Ndockyt |
| 9 | FW | CRO | Ante Erceg (on loan from Brøndby) |
| 10 | MF | UKR | Dmytro Lyopa |
| 11 | FW | ALB | Eros Grezda |
| 12 | MF | CRO | Petar Bočkaj |
| 13 | FW | ARG | Ramón Miérez (on loan from Deportivo Alavés) |
| 15 | GK | CRO | Marko Barešić |
| 17 | MF | CRO | Petar Brlek |
| 18 | DF | ESP | José Antonio Caro |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | MF | CRO | Mihael Žaper |
| 20 | DF | SVN | Mario Jurčević |
| 21 | DF | CRO | Mile Škorić (captain) |
| 22 | DF | CRO | Danijel Lončar |
| 23 | DF | CRO | Filip Mekić |
| 24 | FW | HUN | Ádám Gyurcsó |
| 25 | MF | CRO | Marin Pilj |
| 26 | FW | CRO | Ivan Santini |
| 30 | FW | AUT | Mihret Topčagić |
| 33 | GK | CRO | Antonijo Ježina |
| 35 | FW | CRO | Dion Drena Beljo |
| 39 | FW | SVN | Damjan Bohar |
| 44 | MF | CRO | Josip Vuković |
| 77 | DF | CRO | Mato Miloš |
| 98 | DF | UKR | Yevhen Cheberko (on loan from LASK) |

## Transfers
### In

| Pos | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| FW | Robert Mišković | Dinamo Zagreb | Return from loan | 30 June 2020 |
| MF | Merveil Ndockyt | Getafe | €550,000 | 1 August 2020 |
| DF | Igor Silva | Olympiacos | €500,000 | 2 August 2020 |
| FW | Ante Erceg | Brøndby | Loan | 19 August 2020 |
| GK | Antonijo Ježina | Slaven Belupo | Free | 25 August 2020 |
| FW | Ramón Miérez | Deportivo Alavés | Loan | 27 August 2020 |
| DF | Mario Jurčević | Olimpija Ljubljana | Free | 9 September 2020 |
| DF | José Antonio Caro | Albacete | Free | 9 September 2020 |
| FW | Damjan Bohar | Zagłębie Lubin | €850,000 | 23 September 2020 |
| MF | Josip Vuković | Marítimo | Free | 28 September 2020 |
| DF | Luka Marin | Olimpija Ljubljana | Recalled from loan | 31 December 2020 |
| FW | Mihret Topčagić | Sūduva | Free | 6 January 2021 |
| DF | Mato Miloš | Aves | Free | 13 January 2021 |
| MF | Petar Brlek | Genoa | Free | 15 January 2021 |
| MF | Mihail Caimacov | Olimpija Ljubljana | Recalled from loan | 31 January 2021 |
| DF | Yevhen Cheberko | LASK | Loan | 5 February 2021 |
| FW | Ivan Santini | Jiangsu Suning | Free | 12 February 2021 |
| FW | Ádám Gyurcsó | Hajduk Split | Free | 15 February 2021 |
| FW | Ramón Miérez | Deportivo Alavés | €2,500,000 | 13 May 2021 |

### Out

| Pos | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
| FW | Jerry Mbakogu | Free agent | Released | 3 July 2020 |
| MF | Merveil Ndockyt | Getafe | Return from loan | 31 July 2020 |
| DF | Igor Silva | Olympiacos | Return from loan | 31 July 2020 |
| MF | Karlo Kamenar | Žalgiris | Loan | 10 August 2020 |
| FW | Antonio Mance | Puskás Akadémia | Loan | 10 August 2020 |
| GK | Marko Malenica | Lech Poznań | Loan | 10 August 2020 |
| MF | Mihail Caimacov | Olimpija Ljubljana | Loan | 12 August 2020 |
| FW | Mirko Marić | Monza | €4,500,000 | 1 September 2020 |
| DF | Tomislav Šorša | Gjilani | Free | 3 September 2020 |
| FW | Josip Špoljarić | Istra 1961 | Loan | 28 September 2020 |
| DF | Robert Ćosić | Rudeš | Loan | 28 September 2020 |
| DF | Luka Marin | Olimpija Ljubljana | Loan | 2 October 2020 |
| DF | Todor Todoroski | Šibenik | Loan | 15 October 2020 |
| GK | Marko Malenica | Diósgyőri VTK | Loan | 5 January 2021 |
| DF | Luka Marin | Diósgyőri VTK | Loan | 15 January 2021 |
| MF | Ante Majstorović | Shanghai Port F.C. | €3,310,000 | 17 January 2021 |
| MF | Alen Grgić | Diósgyőri VTK | Loan | 18 January 2021 |
| DF | Robert Ćosić | Rudeš | Free | 3 February 2021 |
| MF | Mihail Caimacov | Koper | Loan | 4 February 2021 |
| MF | Juraj Ljubić | Zrinjski Mostar | Free | 4 February 2021 |
| MF | Karlo Kamenar | Mezőkövesd | Free | 15 February 2021 |
| FW | Robert Mišković | Sloboda Tuzla | Loan | 20 February 2021 |
| FW | Ramón Miérez | Deportivo Alavés | Return from loan | 13 May 2021 |
Total Spending: €4,400,000
Total Income: €7,810,000
Net Income: €3,410,000

## 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 | 15 August 2020 | 22 May 2021 | Matchday 1 | 2nd | 36 | 23 | 8 | 5 | 59 | 25 | +34 | 063.89 |
| Croatian Cup | 7 October 2020 | 3 March 2021 | First round | Quarter-finals | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 066.67 |
| UEFA Europa League | 17 September 2020 | 17 September 2020 | Second qualifying round | Second qualifying round | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 40 | 25 | 8 | 7 | 70 | 30 | +40 | 062.50 |
Last updated: 23 May 2021 Source: Soccerway

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Dinamo Zagreb (C) | 36 | 26 | 7 | 3 | 84 | 28 | +56 | 85 | Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round |
| 2 | Osijek | 36 | 23 | 8 | 5 | 59 | 25 | +34 | 77 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round |
| 3 | Rijeka | 36 | 18 | 7 | 11 | 51 | 46 | +5 | 61 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round |
| 4 | Hajduk Split | 36 | 18 | 6 | 12 | 48 | 37 | +11 | 60 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round |
| 5 | Gorica | 36 | 17 | 8 | 11 | 60 | 47 | +13 | 59 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 23 May 2021. 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | L | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | D | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | D | W | W | W | D | W | D | D | D | L | W | W | W |
| Position | 5 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |

#### Matches

Source: Croatian Football Federation

### Croatian Football Cup

Source: Croatian Football Federation

### UEFA Europa League

Source: uefa.com

### Friendlies
#### Mid-season
## Player seasonal records

Updated 23 May 2021

### Goals

| Rank | Name | League | Europe | Cup | Total |
| 1 | Ramón Miérez | 22 | – | 1 | 23 |
| 2 | Damjan Bohar | 7 | – | – | 7 |
| 3 | László Kleinheisler | 6 | – | – | 6 |
| 4 | Mihael Žaper | 5 | – | – | 5 |
| 4 | Ante Erceg | 4 | – | 1 | 5 |
| 6 | Marin Pilj | 2 | – | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | Ivan Santini | 3 | – | – | 3 |
| 7 | Petar Bočkaj | 2 | – | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Vedran Jugović | 2 | – | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | Mile Škorić | 1 | – | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | Dion Drena Beljo | 1 | – | – | 1 |
| 11 | Petar Brlek | 1 | – | – | 1 |
| 11 | Eros Grezda | 1 | – | – | 1 |
| 11 | Alen Grgić | 1 | – | – | 1 |
| 11 | Ádám Gyurcsó | 1 | – | – | 1 |
| 11 | Ante Majstorović | – | 1 | – | 1 |
| 11 | Danijel Lončar | – | – | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | Dmytro Lyopa | – | – | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | Robert Mišković | – | – | 1 | 1 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | 59 | 1 | 10 | 70 |
Source: Competitive matches

### Clean sheets

| Rank | Name | League | Europe | Cup | Total |
| 1 | Ivica Ivušić | 20 | – | – | 20 |
| 2 | Antonijo Ježina | – | – | 1 | 1 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | 20 | 0 | 1 | 21 |
Source: Competitive matches

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Player | 1. HNL | 1. HNL | 1. HNL | Europe | Europe | Europe | Croatian Cup | Croatian Cup | Croatian Cup | Total | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | Ivica Ivušić | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Igor Silva | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Talys | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Guti | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | László Kleinheisler | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | Ante Majstorović | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Vedran Jugović | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Merveil Ndockyt | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Ante Erceg | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Dmytro Lyopa | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | Eros Grezda | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | Petar Bočkaj | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | FW | Ramón Miérez | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | Josip Špoljarić | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | José Antonio Caro | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | Mihael Žaper | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | Mario Jurčević | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | Mile Škorić | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | Danijel Lončar | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | Marin Pilj | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | FW | Ivan Santini | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | Adrian Leon Barišić | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | FW | Dion Drena Beljo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | MF | Josip Vuković | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 98 | DF | Yevhen Cheberko | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 78 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 83 | 2 | 0 |

### Appearances and goals

| Number | Position | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Number | Position | Player | Total | Total | 1. HNL | 1. HNL | Europa League | Europa League | Croatian Cup | Croatian Cup |
| 1 | GK | Ivica Ivušić | 38 | 0 | 36+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Igor Silva | 35 | 0 | 29+2 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Talys | 11 | 0 | 5+3 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Guti | 16 | 0 | 7+8 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | László Kleinheisler | 34 | 6 | 22+9 | 6 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | Ante Majstorović | 17 | 1 | 14+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | Šimun Mikolčić | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Vedran Jugović | 26 | 3 | 16+7 | 2 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | Merveil Ndockyt | 12 | 0 | 7+5 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Ante Erceg | 30 | 5 | 9+18 | 4 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | Dmytro Lyopa | 16 | 1 | 5+10 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | Eros Grezda | 5 | 1 | 3+1 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | Petar Bočkaj | 32 | 3 | 22+7 | 2 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 13 | FW | Ramón Miérez | 35 | 23 | 30+1 | 22 | 0+1 | 0 | 3+0 | 1 |
| 14 | FW | Martin Sekulić | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | Luka Branšteter | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | Robert Mišković | 5 | 1 | 0+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+2 | 1 |
| 17 | MF | Petar Brlek | 6 | 1 | 4+2 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | Josip Špoljarić | 3 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | José Antonio Caro | 7 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | Mihael Žaper | 33 | 5 | 30+0 | 5 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | Mario Jurčević | 24 | 0 | 18+5 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | Mile Škorić | 34 | 2 | 30+0 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 |
| 22 | DF | Danijel Lončar | 24 | 1 | 15+5 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 |
| 23 | DF | Alen Grgić | 7 | 1 | 0+4 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | Filip Mekić | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | Ádám Gyurcsó | 5 | 1 | 2+2 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | Marin Pilj | 34 | 4 | 21+9 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+2 | 2 |
| 26 | FW | Ivan Santini | 13 | 3 | 6+6 | 3 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | Adrian Leon Barišić | 3 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | Juraj Ljubić | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | Dario Pudić | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | Domagoj Babin | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | Todor Todoroski | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 33 | GK | Antonijo Ježina | 2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 35 | FW | Dion Drena Beljo | 10 | 1 | 1+8 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 39 | FW | Damjan Bohar | 32 | 7 | 25+6 | 7 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 44 | MF | Josip Vuković | 22 | 0 | 10+10 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 77 | DF | Mato Miloš | 14 | 0 | 10+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 98 | DF | Yevhen Cheberko | 13 | 0 | 12+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |