# 2020–21 GNK Dinamo Zagreb season

The 2020–21 GNK Dinamo Zagreb season was the club's 110th season in existence and its 30th consecutive season in the top flight of Croatian football. In addition to the domestic league, Dinamo Zagreb participated in this season's editions of the Croatian Football Cup, the UEFA Champions League, and the UEFA Europa League. The season covered the period from 26 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.

## First-team squad

    As of 22 May 2021
| Squad no. | Name | Pos. | Date of birth | Signed from | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||
| 1 | Danijel Zagorac | GK | (1987-02-07)7 February 1987 (aged 34) | Split | 56 | 0 |
| 33 | Renato Josipović | GK | (2001-06-12)12 June 2001 (aged 19) | Youth Academy | 2 | 0 |
| 40 | Dominik Livaković (vice-captain) | GK | (1995-01-09)9 January 1995 (aged 26) | Zagreb | 186 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||
| 2 | Sadegh Moharrami | RB | (1996-03-01)1 March 1996 (aged 25) | Persepolis | 50 | 0 |
| 4 | Stefan Milić | CB | (2000-07-06)6 July 2000 (aged 20) | Budućnost Podgorica | 3 | 1 |
| 6 | Rasmus Lauritsen | CB | (1996-02-27)27 February 1996 (aged 25) | Norrköping | 38 | 1 |
| 13 | Stefan Ristovski | RB | (1992-02-12)12 February 1992 (aged 29) | Sporting CP | 16 | 0 |
| 19 | Marijan Čabraja | LB | (1997-02-25)25 February 1997 (aged 24) | Gorica | 10 | 0 |
| 22 | Marin Leovac | LB | (1988-08-07)7 August 1988 (aged 32) | PAOK | 78 | 4 |
| 28 | Kévin Théophile-Catherine | CB | (1989-10-28)28 October 1989 (aged 31) | Saint-Étienne | 103 | 3 |
| 30 | Petar Stojanović | RB | (1995-10-07)7 October 1995 (aged 25) | Maribor | 183 | 2 |
| 32 | Joško Gvardiol (on loan) | CB/LB | (2002-01-23)23 January 2002 (aged 19) | RB Leipzig | 52 | 4 |
| 55 | Dino Perić | CB | (1994-07-12)12 July 1994 (aged 26) | Lokomotiva | 108 | 5 |
| Midfielders ||||||||
| 5 | Arijan Ademi (captain) | DM | (1991-05-29)29 May 1991 (aged 29) | Šibenik | 310 | 31 |
| 10 | Lovro Majer | AM | (1998-01-17)17 January 1998 (aged 23) | Lokomotiva | 87 | 14 |
| 17 | Luka Ivanušec | AM | (1998-11-26)26 November 1998 (aged 22) | Lokomotiva | 77 | 14 |
| 24 | Marko Tolić | AM | (1996-05-07)7 May 1996 (aged 25) | Lokomotiva | 28 | 4 |
| 26 | Robbie Burton | CM | (1999-12-26)26 December 1999 (aged 21) | Arsenal U23 | 18 | 0 |
| 27 | Josip Mišić (on loan) | CM | (1994-06-28)28 June 1994 (aged 26) | Sporting CP | 22 | 3 |
| 38 | Bartol Franjić | DM | (2000-01-14)14 January 2000 (aged 21) | Youth Academy | 42 | 0 |
| 80 | Iyayi Atiemwen | AM | (1996-01-24)24 January 1996 (aged 25) | Gorica | 58 | 12 |
| 97 | Kristijan Jakić | DM | (1997-05-14)14 May 1997 (aged 24) | Lokomotiva | 46 | 2 |
| Forwards ||||||||
| 8 | Izet Hajrović | RW | (1991-08-04)4 August 1991 (aged 29) | Werder Bremen | 87 | 14 |
| 11 | Mario Gavranović | ST | (1989-11-24)24 November 1989 (aged 31) | Rijeka | 128 | 47 |
| 20 | Lirim Kastrati | RW | (1999-01-16)16 January 1999 (aged 22) | Lokomotiva | 41 | 4 |
| 21 | Bruno Petković | ST | (1994-09-16)16 September 1994 (aged 26) | Bologna | 121 | 39 |
| 99 | Mislav Oršić | LW | (1992-12-29)29 December 1992 (aged 28) | Ulsan Hyundai | 137 | 58 |

### New contracts

| Date | Pos | No. | Player |
| 11 December 2020 | DF | 2 | Sadegh Moharrami |
| 15 December 2020 | MF | 38 | Bartol Franjić |
| 21 December 2020 | MF | 10 | Lovro Majer |
| 5 February 2021 | FW | 99 | Mislav Oršić |

## Transfers
### In

| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| 97 | MF | Kristijan Jakić | Lokomotiva | €1.2 million | 24 July 2020 |
| 4 | DF | Stefan Milić | Budućnost Podgorica | €1.0 million | 2 August 2020 |
| 24 | MF | Marko Tolić | Lokomotiva | €300,000 | 14 August 2020 |
| 32 | DF | Joško Gvardiol | RB Leipzig | Loan | 28 September 2020 |
| 3 | DF | Rasmus Lauritsen | Norrköping | €1.6 million | 2 October 2020 |
| | FW | Andrija Kolundžić | Iskra Danilovgrad | | 5 October 2020 |
| | FW | Milan Vukotić | Budućnost Podgorica | | 5 October 2020 |
| 27 | MF | Josip Mišić | Sporting | Loan | 19 October 2020 |
| | DF | Dennis Gyamfi | Leicester City | Free | 11 December 2020 |
| | DF | Daniel Štefulj | Rijeka | €4.0 million | 25 January 2021 |
| | GK | Ivan Nevistić | Rijeka | €4.0 million | 27 January 2021 |
| 19 | DF | Marijan Čabraja | Gorica | €1.6 million | 1 February 2021 |
| 13 | DF | Stefan Ristovski | Sporting | €1.3 million | 2 February 2021 |
| | FW | Dario Špikić | Gorica | €600,000 | 4 February 2021 |
| | MF | Marko Bulat | Šibenik | €2.2 million | 11 February 2021 |
| | DF | Justin de Haas | PSV Eindhoven | Loan | 16 February 2021 |

### Loan returnees

| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred from | Date |
| | GK | Marko Mikulić | Sesvete | 30 June 2020 |
| | FW | Borna Petrović | Rudar Velenje | 30 June 2020 |
| 31 | DF | Marko Lešković | Lokomotiva | 30 June 2020 |
| | MF | Bojan Knežević | Olimpija Ljubljana | 31 July 2020 |
| 23 | FW | Luka Menalo | Olimpija Ljubljana | 31 July 2020 |
| 6 | DF | Ivo Pinto | Famalicão | 2 August 2020 |
| 9 | FW | Komnen Andrić | Inter Zaprešić | 5 August 2020 |
| | MF | Iyayi Atiemwen | Lokomotiva | 5 August 2020 |
| 20 | FW | Lirim Kastrati | Lokomotiva | 5 August 2020 |
| | DF | Tin Hrvoj | Varaždin | 24 September 2020 |
| 25 | FW | Mario Ćuže | Lokomotiva | 19 October 2020 |
| 4 | DF | Stefan Milić | Varaždin | 18 January 2021 |
| 7 | FW | Antonio Marin | Monza | 25 January 2021 |

### Out

| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
| | GK | Marko Mikulić | Mauerwerk | Free | 1 July 2020 |
| 35 | FW | Roko Baturina | Ferencváros | €1 million | 3 August 2020 |
| | FW | Borna Petrović | TSV Hartberg | Free | 13 August 2020 |
| 27 | MF | Nikola Moro | Dynamo Moscow | €8.5 million | 17 August 2020 |
| 92 | MF | Damian Kądzior | Eibar | €2 million | 29 August 2020 |
| 98 | GK | Adrian Šemper | ChievoVerona | €1.5 million | 1 September 2020 |
| 18 | FW | Matías Godoy | Atlético Rafaela | Return from loan | 7 September 2020 |
| | DF | Vedad Radonja | AEK Athens | €200,000 | 10 September 2020 |
| | DF | Mateo Leš | Heracles Almelo | €250,000 | 15 September 2020 |
| 66 | DF | Emir Dilaver | Çaykur Rizespor | €1 million | 27 September 2020 |
| 32 | DF | Joško Gvardiol | RB Leipzig | €16 million | 28 September 2020 |

### Loan out

| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
| 25 | FW | Mario Ćuže | Lokomotiva | Free | 12 August 2020 |
| 36 | FW | Marko Đira | Lokomotiva | Free | 12 August 2020 |
| 34 | DF | Tin Hrvoj | Varaždin | Free | 20 August 2020 |
| 6 | DF | Ivo Pinto | Rio Ave | Free | 29 August 2020 |
| 19 | DF | François Moubandje | Alanyaspor | Free | 3 September 2020 |
| | FW | Marko Brkić | Empoli | Free | 17 September 2020 |
| 77 | FW | Sandro Kulenović | Rijeka | Free | 21 September 2020 |
| 7 | FW | Antonio Marin | Monza | Free | 1 October 2020 |
| 4 | DF | Stefan Milić | Varaždin | Free | 1 October 2020 |
| 14 | MF | Amer Gojak | Torino | Free | 5 October 2020 |
| 23 | MF | Luka Menalo | Rijeka | Free | 6 October 2020 |
| 9 | FW | Komnen Andrić | Ufa | Free | 15 October 2020 |
| 18 | DF | Damjan Daničić | Varaždin | Free | 19 October 2020 |
| 37 | DF | Josip Šutalo | Istra 1961 | Free | 18 January 2021 |
| | DF | Daniel Štefulj | Rijeka | Free | 25 January 2021 |
| | GK | Ivan Nevistić | Rijeka | Free | 27 January 2021 |
| | FW | Dario Špikić | Gorica | Free | 4 February 2021 |
| | FW | Mario Ćuže | Dnipro-1 | Free | 6 February 2021 |
| | MF | Marko Bulat | Šibenik | Free | 11 February 2021 |
Total Spending: €13,800,000
Total Income: €30,450,000
Net Income: €16,650,000

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

## 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 % |
| Prva HNL | 17 August 2020 | 22 May 2021 | Matchday 1 | Winners | 36 | 26 | 7 | 3 | 84 | 28 | +56 | 072.22 |
| Croatian Cup | 26 September 2020 | 19 May 2021 | First round | Winners | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 5 | +16 | 100.00 |
| Champions League | 26 August 2020 | 16 September 2020 | Second qualifying round | Third qualifying round | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Europa League | 1 October 2020 | 15 April 2021 | Play-off round | Quarter-finals | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 9 | +11 | 061.54 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 56 | 39 | 10 | 7 | 128 | 46 | +82 | 069.64 |
Last updated: 22 May 2021 Source: Soccerway

### Prva HNL
#### 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: 22 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 | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | W | W | W | D | L | W | W | W | D | W | L | W | W | D | W | W | L | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | D | W | W | W | D | W | W |
| Position | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 29 July 2020.

### UEFA Europa League
#### Qualifying rounds
#### Group stage

The group stage draw was held on 2 October 2020.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | DZG | WAC | FEY | CSM |
| 1 | Dinamo Zagreb | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 1 | +8 | 14 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 |
| 2 | Wolfsberger AC | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 10 | Advance to knockout phase | 0–3 | — | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| 3 | Feyenoord | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 5 | | 0–2 | 1–4 | — | 3–1 |
| 4 | CSKA Moscow | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 3 | | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | — |

#### Knockout phase
##### Round of 32

The draw for the round of 32 was held on 14 December 2020.

##### Round of 16

The draw for the round of 16 was held on 26 February 2021. The order of legs was reversed after the original draw to avoid a scheduling conflict with the Arsenal v Olympiacos second leg in the same city on 18 March, as Arsenal were the domestic cup winners and given higher priority over Tottenham.

##### Quarter-finals

The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 19 March 2021.

## Statistics
### Goalscorers

    As of 22 May 2021
| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Prva HNL | Croatian Cup | Champions League | Europa League | Total |
| 1 | 99 | FW | | Mislav Oršić | 16 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 24 |
| 2 | 11 | FW | | Mario Gavranović | 17 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 19 |
| 3 | 21 | FW | | Bruno Petković | 9 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 14 |
| 4 | 10 | MF | | Lovro Majer | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 11 |
| 5 | 17 | MF | | Luka Ivanušec | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| 6 | 80 | FW | | Iyayi Atiemwen | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 7 | 5 | MF | | Arijan Ademi | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 8 | 9 | FW | | Komnen Andrić | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | 20 | FW | | Lirim Kastrati | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | 24 | MF | | Marko Tolić | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 11 | 8 | FW | | Izet Hajrović | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 11 | 23 | FW | | Luka Menalo | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 11 | 27 | MF | | Josip Mišić | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 11 | 32 | DF | | Joško Gvardiol | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 15 | 14 | MF | | Amer Gojak | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 15 | 55 | DF | | Dino Perić | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 15 | 97 | MF | | Kristijan Jakić | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 18 | 4 | DF | | Stefan Milić | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | 6 | DF | | Rasmus Lauritsen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | 28 | DF | | Kévin Théophile-Catherine | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 84 | 21 | 3 | 20 | 128 |