# 2020–21 NK Slaven Belupo season

The 2020–21 NK Slaven Belupo season is the club's 114th season in existence and the 13th consecutive season in the top flight of Croatian football. In addition to the domestic league, Slaven Belupo will participate in this season's edition of the Croatian Cup. The season covers the period from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 18 August 2020
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 | Ivan Filipović |
| 2 | DF | CRO | Matko Zirdum |
| 3 | DF | CRO | Bruno Čovo |
| 4 | DF | CRO | Frane Maglica |
| 5 | DF | NED | Damian van Bruggen |
| 6 | DF | CRO | Tomislav Božić |
| 7 | DF | CRO | Bruno Goda |
| 8 | MF | CRO | Frano Mlinar |
| 9 | FW | CMR | Franck Etoundi |
| 10 | MF | CRO | Stipe Bačelić-Grgić |
| 11 | MF | SRB | Nemanja Glavčić |
| 12 | GK | CRO | Ivan Čović |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Playerhttps://nk-slaven-belupo.hr/ |
| 13 | MF | CRO | Marko Čovo |
| 15 | MF | CRO | Goran Paracki |
| 18 | MF | CRO | Arijan Brković |
| 19 | FW | GER | Törles Knöll |
| 20 | DF | CRO | Franjo Prce |
| 22 | DF | CRO | Vinko Soldo (on loan from Dinamo Zagreb) |
| 25 | GK | CRO | Karlo Slukić |
| 26 | MF | CRO | Karlo Lulić |
| 29 | FW | ITA | Martin Boakye |
| 30 | FW | CRO | Bruno Bogojević |
| 99 | FW | CRO | Ivan Krstanović |

### Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 26 | DF | CRO | Ante Vrljičak (at Bravo until 15 June 2020) |
| 97 | FW | KOS | Festim Alidema (at Hrvatski Dragovoljac until 30 June 2020) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | DF | CRO | Zvonimir Šarlija (at Kasımpaşa until 30 June 2020) |

## Transfers
### In

| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date | Source |
| 15 | | | TBD | | 1 July 2020 | |

### Out

| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date | Source |
| 15 | | | TBD | | 1 July 2020 | |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

## Competitions
### Overview

Slaven Belupo started the season with a batch of mixed results, drawing 5 out of their 7 opening games. Their first win came on 16 October 2020 on matchday 8, with a scoreline of 5:1 against Istra 1961. Slaven Belupo stopped drawing games until the winter break, winning 4 out of 12 games. After the winter break, Slaven Belupo yet again entered drawing form, drawing 8 out of 14 games. After that, they stopped drawing again and lost 5 games in a row, coming closer to the relegation zone. Before the final matchday, Slaven Belupo were only 3 points above the relegation zone. Despite the concerns, Slaven Belupo survived with a dramatic goal from Lovro Zvonarek, ensuring a 1:0 victory over relegation rivals NK Varaždin. Despite the survival and a 7th place finish, Tomislav Stipić was sacked on 10 June 2021 after just 2 wins after the winter break.
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| HT Prva liga | 15 August 2020 | 15 May 2021 | Matchday 1 | 36 | 7 | 13 | 16 | 36 | 53 | −17 | 019.44 |
| Croatian Cup | 7 October 2020 | 3 March 2021 | First round | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 3 | +10 | 066.67 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 39 | 9 | 13 | 17 | 49 | 56 | −7 | 023.08 |
Last updated: 19 December 2021 Source: Soccerway

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 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 |
| 8 | Lokomotiva | 36 | 7 | 9 | 20 | 29 | 60 | −31 | 30 |
| 9 | Istra 1961 | 36 | 7 | 8 | 21 | 27 | 52 | −25 | 29 |

#### 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 October 2020. 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 | H | A | H | A | A | H | 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 |
| Result | D | L | D | D | D | D | L | W | W | L | W | L | W | L | L | L | L | W | L | L | D | D | L | D | D | D | D | D | W | D | L | L | L | L | L | W |
| Position | 6 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 |

#### Matches
### Croatian Football Cup
## Statistics
### Goalscorers

    As of 29 August 2020
| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | HT Prva liga | Croatian Cup | Total |
| 1 | 10 | MF | | Stipe Bačelić-Grgić | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 11 | MF | | Nemanja Glavčić | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 99 | FW | | Ivan Krstanović | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 3 | 0 | 3 |