# 2020–21 HNK Gorica season

The 2020–21 HNK Gorica season was the club's 12th season in existence and the 3rd consecutive season in the top flight of Croatian football.

## First-team squad

    As of 23 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 |
| 2 | DF | NGA | Musa Muhammed |
| 3 | DF | BIH | Aleksandar Jovičić (Captain) |
| 4 | DF | NED | Matthew Steenvoorden |
| 6 | DF | GHA | Nasiru Moro |
| 7 | MF | IRQ | Jiloan Hamad |
| 8 | MF | NED | Joey Suk |
| 9 | FW | SRB | Ognjen Mudrinski (on loan from Jagiellonia Białystok) |
| 10 | MF | CRO | Matija Dvorneković |
| 11 | FW | CRO | Dario Špikić (on loan from Dinamo Zagreb) |
| 12 | GK | CRO | Ivan Ševerdija |
| 14 | MF | CRO | Josip Mitrović |
| 17 | DF | ALB | Albi Doka |
| 18 | MF | GAB | Serge-Junior Martinsson Ngouali |
| 20 | MF | CRO | Hrvoje Babec |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 23 | MF | AUS | Anthony Kalik |
| 25 | DF | CRO | Krešimir Krizmanić |
| 29 | FW | CRO | Josip Ivan Zorica |
| 30 | GK | CRO | Patrick Crnolatec |
| 31 | GK | CRO | Ivan Banić |
| 32 | MF | CRO | Tin Zavalić |
| 33 | DF | MLI | Cheick Keita |
| 44 | FW | CRO | Kristijan Lovrić |
| 45 | FW | LBR | Sylvanus Nimely |
| 50 | GK | CRO | Leon Išek |
| 79 | FW | IRN | Younes Delfi (on loan from Charleroi) |
| 88 | MF | CRO | Jurica Pršir |
| 98 | FW | SEN | Matar Dieye |

## Transfers
### In

| Pos | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| DF | Nasiru Moro | Sesvete | Back from loan | 30 June 2020 |
| DF | Juraj Spudić | Kurilovec | Back from loan | 30 June 2020 |
| MF | Martin Šroler | Sesvete | Back from loan | 30 June 2020 |
| MF | Paulius Golubickas | Dainava | 50,000 € | 2 August 2020 |
| DF | Albi Doka | Tirana | Free | 10 August 2020 |
| MF | Josip Mitrović | Rijeka | Free | 11 August 2020 |
| FW | Matar Dieye | Olimpik Donetsk | Free | 3 September 2020 |
| FW | Younes Delfi | Charleroi | Loan | 14 September 2020 |
| MF | Jurica Pršir | Hajduk Split | Free | 12 October 2020 |
| GK | Leon Išek | Primorac Biograd na Moru | Recalled from loan | 15 October 2020 |
| FW | Sylvanus Nimely | Spartak-2 Moscow | Free | 4 February 2021 |
| DF | Cheick Keita | No team | Free | 5 February 2021 |
| FW | Dario Špikić | Dinamo Zagreb | Loan | 5 February 2021 |
| MF | Serge-Junior Martinsson Ngouali | Hammarby IF | Free | 15 February 2021 |
| FW | Caio Da Cruz | Vasco da Gama | Free | 19 February 2021 |
Source: Glasilo Hrvatskog nogometnog saveza

### Out

| Pos | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
| GK | Ivan Čović | No team | Free | 25 July 2020 |
| DF | Maks Juraj Čelić | No team | Free | 25 July 2020 |
| MF | Michał Masłowski | No team | Free | 25 July 2020 |
| MF | Paulius Golubickas | Dainava | Back from loan | 28 July 2020 |
| MF | Martin Šroler | Inter Zaprešić | Loan | 12 August 2020 |
| FW | Cherif Ndiaye | Göztepe | Loan | 12 August 2020 |
| GK | Marko Veriga | Vrapče | Free | 18 August 2020 |
| FW | Marko Muhar | Kurilovec | Loan | 26 August 2020 |
| GK | Leon Išek | Primorac Biograd na Moru | Loan | 31 August 2020 |
| MF | Gojko Gadže | Orijent 1919 | Loan | 15 September 2020 |
| DF | Juraj Spudić | Kurilovec | Loan | 24 September 2020 |
| MF | Dario Čanađija | Astra Giurgiu | 400,000 € | 5 October 2020 |
| GK | Jan Paolo Debijađi | Kurilovec | Loan | 24 October 2020 |
| DF | Marijan Čabraja | Dinamo Zagreb | 1,600,000 € | 1 February 2021 |
| FW | Dario Špikić | Dinamo Zagreb | 600,000 € | 4 February 2021 |
| FW | Caio Da Cruz | Kurilovec | Loan | 19 February 2021 |
| GK | Kristijan Kahlina | Ludogorets Razgrad | Loan | 28 February 2021 |
| MF | Paulius Golubickas | Dainava | Loan | 11 March 2021 |
Source: Glasilo Hrvatskog nogometnog saveza
Total spending: 50,000 €
Total income: 2,600,000 €
Total expenditure: 2,550,000 €

## 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 | 5th | 36 | 17 | 8 | 11 | 60 | 47 | +13 | 047.22 |
| Croatian Cup | 9 September 2020 | 28 April 2021 | Preliminary round | Semi-finals | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 8 | +4 | 080.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 41 | 21 | 8 | 12 | 72 | 55 | +17 | 051.22 |
Source: Soccerway

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 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 | |
| 6 | Šibenik | 36 | 9 | 8 | 19 | 32 | 47 | −15 | 35 | |
| 7 | Slaven Belupo | 36 | 7 | 13 | 16 | 36 | 53 | −17 | 34 | |

#### 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 | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | W | W | W | D | L | W | L | D | W | L | W | D | D | W | W | L | W | L | W | W | W | W | D | D | L | L | D | L | D | W | W | W | L | L | L |
| Position | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 |

#### Matches

Source: Croatian Football Federation

### Croatian Football Cup

Source: Croatian Football Federation

## Player seasonal records

Updated 23 May 2021

### Goals

| Rank | Name | League | Cup | Total |
| 1 | Kristijan Lovrić | 15 | 3 | 18 |
| 2 | Ognjen Mudrinski | 9 | – | 9 |
| 3 | Dario Špikić | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 3 | Josip Mitrović | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 5 | Matar Dieye | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 6 | Jiloan Hamad | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Hrvoje Babec | 3 | – | 3 |
| 8 | Younes Delfi | 2 | – | 2 |
| 8 | Aleksandar Jovičić | 2 | – | 2 |
| 8 | Anthony Kalik | 2 | – | 2 |
| 11 | Marijan Čabraja | 1 | – | 1 |
| 11 | Dario Čanađija | 1 | – | 1 |
| 11 | Albi Doka | 1 | – | 1 |
| 11 | Nasiru Moro | 1 | – | 1 |
| 11 | Matthew Steenvoorden | 1 | – | 1 |
| 11 | Joey Suk | 1 | – | 1 |
| 11 | Sylvanus Nimely | – | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | Juraj Spudić | – | 1 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | 60 | 12 | 72 |
Source: Competitive matches

### Clean sheets

| Rank | Name | League | Cup | Total |
| 1 | Ivan Banić | 8 | 2 | 10 |
| 2 | Kristijan Kahlina | 1 | – | 1 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | 9 | 2 | 11 |
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 | Kristijan Kahlina | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Musa Muhammed | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Aleksandar Jovičić | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Matthew Steenvoorden | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | DF | Nasiru Moro | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | Jiloan Hamad | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Joey Suk | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Ognjen Mudrinski | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Matija Dvorneković | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | Dario Špikić | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | Josip Mitrović | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | Albi Doka | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | Serge-Junior Martinsson Ngouali | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | Marijan Čabraja | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | Hrvoje Babec | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | Paulius Golubickas | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | Anthony Kalik | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | Krešimir Krizmanić | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | GK | Ivan Banić | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | Cheick Keita | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 44 | FW | Kristijan Lovrić | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | FW | Sylvanus Nimely | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 79 | FW | Younes Delfi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 88 | MF | Jurica Pršir | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 98 | FW | Matar Dieye | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | Cherif Ndiaye | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 85 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 99 | 4 | 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 | Kristijan Kahlina | 16 | 0 | 14+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Musa Muhammed | 27 | 0 | 18+5 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Aleksandar Jovičić | 33 | 2 | 28+0 | 2 | 5+0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Matthew Steenvoorden | 30 | 1 | 27+0 | 1 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | Nasiru Moro | 17 | 1 | 8+5 | 1 | 1+3 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Jiloan Hamad | 31 | 4 | 16+11 | 3 | 3+1 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | Joey Suk | 24 | 1 | 19+2 | 1 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Ognjen Mudrinski | 30 | 9 | 11+16 | 9 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Matija Dvorneković | 38 | 0 | 10+23 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | Dario Špikić | 37 | 7 | 30+4 | 6 | 2+1 | 1 |
| 14 | MF | Josip Mitrović | 30 | 7 | 9+17 | 4 | 3+1 | 3 |
| 17 | DF | Albi Doka | 26 | 1 | 19+4 | 1 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | Serge-Junior Martinsson Ngouali | 12 | 0 | 6+5 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | Marijan Čabraja | 19 | 1 | 17+0 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | Hrvoje Babec | 38 | 3 | 32+1 | 3 | 3+2 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | Paulius Golubickas | 14 | 0 | 2+10 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | Gojko Gadže | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | Anthony Kalik | 24 | 2 | 18+3 | 2 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | Krešimir Krizmanić | 32 | 0 | 24+4 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 31 | GK | Ivan Banić | 25 | 0 | 22+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | Cheick Keita | 10 | 0 | 5+4 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | Juraj Spudić | 1 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 1 |
| 44 | FW | Kristijan Lovrić | 32 | 18 | 24+5 | 15 | 2+1 | 3 |
| 45 | FW | Sylvanus Nimely | 11 | 1 | 5+4 | 0 | 0+2 | 1 |
| 77 | MF | Dario Čanađija | 8 | 1 | 5+2 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 79 | FW | Younes Delfi | 5 | 2 | 1+4 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 88 | MF | Jurica Pršir | 16 | 0 | 3+10 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 |
| 98 | FW | Matar Dieye | 34 | 6 | 22+8 | 5 | 3+1 | 1 |
| 99 | FW | Cherif Ndiaye | 2 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |