# 2022–23 NK Istra 1961 season

The 2022–23 NK Istra 1961 season was the club's 62nd season in existence and the 14th consecutive season in the top flight of Croatian football.

## First-team squad

    As of 3 March 2023
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 | Marijan Ćorić |
| 2 | DF | CRO | Luka Hujber |
| 4 | MF | CRO | Frano Mlinar |
| 5 | MF | ARG | Facundo Cáseres (on loan from Vélez Sarsfield) |
| 6 | MF | CRO | Tomislav Duvnjak |
| 7 | MF | CRO | Slavko Blagojević |
| 8 | MF | ESP | Einar Galilea |
| 9 | MF | CRO | Matej Vuk |
| 10 | MF | NED | Reda Boultam (on loan from Salernitana) |
| 11 | FW | ALG | Monsef Bakrar |
| 14 | DF | CRO | Luka Marin |
| 15 | FW | VEN | Darwin Matheus |
| 16 | MF | UKR | Oleksandr Petrusenko |
| 18 | FW | SUI | Zoran Josipovic |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | DF | MDA | Iurie Iovu |
| 21 | GK | CRO | Lovro Majkić |
| 23 | DF | AUT | Dario Marešić (on loan from Reims) |
| 27 | MF | MTN | Abdallahi Mahmoud (on loan from Deportivo Alavés) |
| 32 | DF | CRO | Mihael Rovis |
| 33 | DF | CRO | Luka Bradarić |
| 34 | FW | CRO | Mateo Lisica |
| 35 | MF | CRO | Antonio Maurić |
| 37 | MF | CRO | Lorenzo Travaglia |
| 41 | MF | CRO | Marko Cukon |
| 45 | DF | CRO | Ante Majstorović |
| 50 | FW | CRO | Ante Erceg |
| 90 | MF | ESP | Unai Naveira (on loan from Athletic Bilbao B) |
| 97 | DF | BIH | Advan Kadušić |

## Transfers
### In

| Pos | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| MF | Kristijan Kopljar | Vrapče | Free | 6 June 2022 |
| DF | Luka Bradarić | Hajduk Split | Free | 17 June 2022 |
| MF | Tino Blaž Lauš | Hajduk Split | Loan | 25 June 2022 |
| FW | Bartol Barišić | Dinamo Zagreb II | Loan | 29 June 2022 |
| MF | Tomislav Duvnjak | Dinamo Zagreb II | Free | 29 June 2022 |
| GK | Jan Paus-Kunšt | Cres | Back from loan | 1 July 2022 |
| DF | Erhun Obanor | PAEEK | Back from loan | 1 July 2022 |
| MF | Donato Bernobić | BSK Bijelo Brdo | Back from loan | 1 July 2022 |
| FW | Josip Hmura | Jadran Poreč | Back from loan | 1 July 2022 |
| DF | Filip Antovski | Austria Wien | Loan | 6 July 2022 |
| FW | Vinko Petković | Osijek | Loan | 6 July 2022 |
| MF | Lovre Knežević | Etar Veliko Tarnovo | Free | 8 July 2022 |
| DF | Dario Marešić | Reims | Loan | 12 July 2022 |
| DF | Advan Kadušić | No team | Free | 20 July 2022 |
| FW | Monsef Bakrar | ES Sétif | Free | 20 July 2022 |
| MF | Facundo Cáseres | Vélez Sarsfield | Loan | 26 July 2022 |
| MF | Prince Mumba | Kabwe Warriors | Loan | 28 July 2022 |
| FW | Ante Erceg | Debrecen | Free | 1 August 2022 |
| MF | Oleksandr Petrusenko | Honvéd | Free | 4 August 2022 |
| DF | Iurie Iovu | Venezia | Loan | 31 August 2022 |
| MF | Reda Boultam | Salernitana | Loan | 31 August 2022 |
| MF | Matej Vuk | Rijeka | Free | 6 December 2022 |
| FW | Darwin Matheus | Atlanta United 2 | Free | 9 December 2022 |
| FW | Serder Serderov | Aktobe | Back from loan | 31 December 2022 |
| MF | Abdallahi Mahmoud | Deportivo Alavés | Loan | 4 January 2023 |
| GK | Marijan Ćorić | No team | Free | 5 January 2023 |
| FW | Zoran Josipovic | Dinamo Minsk | Free | 16 January 2023 |
| MF | Unai Naveira | Athletic Bilbao B | Loan | 31 January 2023 |
| DF | Iurie Iovu | Venezia | Undisclosed | 1 February 2023 |
| DF | Ante Majstorović | No team | Free | 22 February 2023 |
Source: Glasilo Hrvatskog nogometnog saveza

### Out

| Pos | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
| FW | Dion Drena Beljo | Osijek | Back from loan | 26 May 2022 |
| MF | Antonio Ivančić | No team | Free | 29 May 2022 |
| MF | Abdallahi Mahmoud | Deportivo Alavés | Back from loan | 31 May 2022 |
| MF | Antonio Perera | Deportivo Alavés | Back from loan | 31 May 2022 |
| DF | João Silva | Deportivo Alavés | Back from loan | 1 June 2022 |
| MF | Gonzalo Desio | No team | Free | 1 June 2022 |
| MF | Facundo Cáseres | Vélez Sarsfield | Back from loan | 4 June 2022 |
| FW | Hassane Bandé | Ajax | Back from loan | 5 June 2022 |
| MF | Donato Bernobić | Jadran Poreč | Free | 12 July 2022 |
| MF | Antonio Siljan | Jadran Poreč | Loan | 13 July 2022 |
| FW | Lucas Moura | No team | Free | 14 July 2022 |
| DF | Bernardo Matić | Šibenik | Free | 15 July 2022 |
| DF | Gideon Acquah | Montijo | Back from loan | 21 July 2022 |
| MF | Dino Kapitanović | Krka | Free | 22 July 2022 |
| DF | Fran Vujnović | Kustošija | Loan | 3 August 2022 |
| FW | Branko Đukić | Dugopolje | Free | 4 August 2022 |
| FW | Josip Hmura | Sporting Kansas City II | Free | 4 August 2022 |
| FW | Robert Mišković | Baník Ostrava | 250,000 € | 8 August 2022 |
| DF | Rafa Navarro | San Sebastián de los Reyes | Free | 10 August 2022 |
| FW | Bartol Barišić | Dinamo Zagreb II | Recalled from loan | 31 August 2022 |
| GK | Ivan Lučić | Hajduk Split | Free | 26 November 2022 |
| GK | Gonzalo Collao | Palestino | Free | 30 November 2022 |
| FW | Vinko Petković | Osijek | Recalled from loan | 13 December 2022 |
| DF | Erhun Obanor | Proodeftiki | Free | 17 January 2023 |
| DF | Filip Antovski | Austria Wien | Recalled from loan | 19 January 2023 |
| MF | Tino Blaž Lauš | Hajduk Split | Recalled from loan | 23 January 2023 |
| DF | Iurie Iovu | Venezia | Back from loan | 31 August 2022 |
| MF | Prince Mumba | Kabwe Warriors | Recalled from loan | 31 January 2023 |
| FW | Serder Serderov | No team | Free | 31 January 2023 |
| GK | Jan Paus-Kunšt | Jadran Poreč | Dual registration | 15 February 2023 |
| MF | Lovre Knežević | Jadran Poreč | Dual registration | 15 February 2023 |
| MF | Kristijan Kopljar | Jadran Poreč | Dual registration | 15 February 2023 |
| MF | Marin Žgomba | Jadran Poreč | Dual registration | 15 February 2023 |
| DF | Mauro Perković | Dinamo Zagreb | Loan | 16 February 2023 |
Source: Glasilo Hrvatskog nogometnog saveza
Total spending: 0 €
Total income: 250,000 €
Total expenditure: 250,000 €

## 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 % |
| SuperSport HNL | 17 July 2022 | 27 May 2023 | Matchday 1 | 5th | 36 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 36 | 38 | −2 | 030.56 |
| Croatian Cup | 19 October 2022 | 8 November 2022 | First Round | Second Round | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | +0 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 38 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 39 | 41 | −2 | 031.58 |
Last updated: 28 May 2023 Source: Soccerway

### SuperSport HNL
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 3 | Osijek | 36 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 46 | 41 | +5 | 50 | Qualification to Europa Conference League second qualifying round |
| 4 | Rijeka | 36 | 14 | 7 | 15 | 44 | 44 | 0 | 49 | Qualification to Europa Conference League second qualifying round |
| 5 | Istra 1961 | 36 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 36 | 38 | −2 | 46 | |
| 6 | Varaždin | 36 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 41 | 51 | −10 | 46 | |
| 7 | Lokomotiva | 36 | 11 | 10 | 15 | 45 | 50 | −5 | 43 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 28 May 2023. Source: SuperSport 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 | L | L | L | W | D | D | W | L | W | D | D | W | L | D | W | W | L | D | W | W | L | W | D | L | L | D | L | D | D | D | L | W | D | W | L | D |
| Position | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |

#### Matches
### Croatian Football Cup
## Player seasonal records

Updated 28 May 2023

### Goals

| Rank | Name | League | Cup | Total |
| 1 | Ante Erceg | 11 | 1 | 12 |
| 2 | Monsef Bakrar | 8 | – | 8 |
| 3 | Frano Mlinar | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Reda Boultam | 2 | – | 2 |
| 4 | Facundo Cáseres | 2 | – | 2 |
| 4 | Einar Galilea | 2 | – | 2 |
| 4 | Darwin Matheus | 2 | – | 2 |
| 4 | Vinko Petković | 2 | – | 2 |
| 4 | Advan Kadušić | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | Luka Hujber | 1 | – | 1 |
| 10 | Abdallahi Mahmoud | 1 | – | 1 |
| 10 | Dario Marešić | 1 | – | 1 |
| 10 | Luka Marin | 1 | – | 1 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | 36 | 3 | 39 |
Source: Competitive matches

### Clean sheets

| Rank | Name | League | Cup | Total |
| 1 | Lovro Majkić | 17 | – | 17 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | 17 | 0 | 17 |
Source: Competitive matches

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Player | HNL | HNL | HNL | Croatian Cup | Croatian Cup | Croatian Cup | Total | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | Marijan Ćorić | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Luka Hujber | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Filip Antovski | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | MF | Frano Mlinar | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | MF | Facundo Cáseres | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Slavko Blagojević | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Einar Galilea | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Reda Boultam | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | Prince Mumba | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | Luka Marin | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | Oleksandr Petrusenko | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | Kristijan Kopljar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | Iurie Iovu | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | GK | Lovro Majkić | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | Lovre Knežević | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | Dario Marešić | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | Abdallahi Mahmoud | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | Mihael Rovis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | Luka Bradarić | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | MF | Antonio Maurić | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | DF | Mauro Perković | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 50 | FW | Ante Erceg | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 95 | FW | Vinko Petković | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 97 | DF | Advan Kadušić | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 78 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 81 | 5 | 2 |

### Appearances and goals

| Number | Position | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Number | Position | Player | Total | Total | HNL | HNL | Croatian Cup | Croatian Cup |
| 1 | GK | Ivan Lučić | 3 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Luka Hujber | 35 | 1 | 32+1 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Filip Antovski | 11 | 0 | 1+9 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | Frano Mlinar | 33 | 3 | 29+3 | 2 | 1+0 | 1 |
| 5 | MF | Facundo Cáseres | 35 | 2 | 32+1 | 2 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | Tomislav Duvnjak | 12 | 0 | 3+9 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Slavko Blagojević | 4 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Einar Galilea | 33 | 2 | 30+1 | 2 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Bartol Barišić | 3 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | Matej Vuk | 15 | 0 | 10+5 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Reda Boultam | 23 | 2 | 14+8 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | Robert Mišković | 2 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | Monsef Bakrar | 33 | 8 | 18+13 | 8 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | Rafa Navarro | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | Prince Mumba | 10 | 0 | 1+8 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | Luka Marin | 30 | 1 | 23+6 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | Darwin Matheus | 8 | 2 | 3+5 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | Oleksandr Petrusenko | 33 | 0 | 30+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | Kristijan Kopljar | 7 | 0 | 0+6 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | Zoran Josipovic | 5 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | Tino Blaž Lauš | 6 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | Iurie Iovu | 3 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 21 | GK | Lovro Majkić | 35 | 0 | 35+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | Lovre Knežević | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | Dario Marešić | 29 | 1 | 25+2 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | Abdallahi Mahmoud | 18 | 1 | 5+13 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | Marin Žgomba | 6 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | Fran Vujnović | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | Mihael Rovis | 9 | 0 | 5+4 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | Luka Bradarić | 6 | 0 | 3+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 34 | MF | Mateo Lisica | 17 | 0 | 5+12 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 35 | DF | Antonio Maurić | 5 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 37 | FW | Lorenzo Travaglia | 3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 39 | DF | Mauro Perković | 18 | 0 | 17+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 41 | MF | Marko Cukon | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 45 | DF | Ante Majstorović | 3 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 50 | FW | Ante Erceg | 21 | 12 | 16+4 | 11 | 1+0 | 1 |
| 95 | FW | Vinko Petković | 14 | 2 | 10+3 | 2 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 97 | DF | Advan Kadušić | 34 | 2 | 32+0 | 1 | 1+1 | 1 |