# 2007–08 HNK Hajduk Split season

The 2007–08 season was the 97th season in Hajduk Split’s history and their seventeenth in the Prva HNL. Their 2nd place finish in the 2006–07 season meant it was their 17th successive season playing in the Prva HNL.

## First-team squad

    Squad at end of season
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 | Miro Varvodić |
| 3 | DF | CRO | Goran Jozinović |
| 5 | DF | CRO | Jurica Buljat |
| 6 | DF | CRO | Boris Živković |
| 7 | MF | CRO | Mladen Pelaić |
| 8 | MF | CRO | Siniša Linić |
| 9 | FW | CRO | Nikola Kalinić |
| 10 | MF | ROU | Florin Cernat (on loan from Dynamo Kyiv) |
| 11 | MF | CRO | Srđan Andrić |
| 12 | GK | CRO | Vladimir Balić |
| 13 | FW | CRO | Ante Rukavina |
| 14 | MF | CRO | Marin Ljubičić |
| 15 | MF | CRO | Drago Gabrić |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 16 | FW | BIH | Mladen Bartolović |
| 17 | MF | CRO | Hrvoje Milić |
| 18 | MF | CRO | Ivan Ćurjurić |
| 20 | DF | CRO | Goran Sablić (on loan from Dynamo Kyiv) |
| 21 | FW | CRO | Duje Čop |
| 22 | DF | CRO | Mario Maloča |
| 23 | DF | CRO | Igor Tudor (captain) |
| 25 | GK | CRO | Vjekoslav Tomić |
| 26 | MF | CRO | Goran Rubil |
| 27 | GK | CRO | Božidar Radošević |
| 28 | DF | BIH | Boris Pandža |
| 29 | FW | LVA | Māris Verpakovskis (on loan from Dynamo Kyiv) |
| 30 | FW | CRO | Tomislav Bušić |

### Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 4 | MF | BIH | Dario Damjanović (to Luch-Energiya) |
| 13 | FW | CRO | Branko Čubrilo (loaned to Solin) |
| 18 | MF | BIH | Mirko Hrgović (to JEF United) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 27 | MF | CRO | Niko Peraić (to Junak Sinj) |
| 30 | FW | CRO | Krešimir Makarin (loaned to Šibenik) |
| — | MF | CRO | Mate Maleš (to Dinamo Zagreb) |

## Competitions
### Overall record

Performance by competition :
| Competition | Starting round | Final position/round | First match | Last match |
| Prva HNL | — | 5th | 22 July 2007 | 10 May 2008 |
| Croatian Football Cup | First round | Runners-up | 26 September 2007 | 14 May 2008 |
| UEFA Cup | First qualifying round | Second qualifying round | 19 July 2007 | 30 August 2007 |
Statistics by competition :
| Competition | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win% |
| Prva HNL | 33 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 57 | 41 | +16 | 042.42 |
| Croatian Football Cup | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 6 | +16 | 062.50 |
| UEFA Cup | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | +0 | 025.00 |
| Total | 45 | 20 | 14 | 11 | 82 | 50 | +32 | 044.44 |

### Prva HNL
#### Classification

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 3 | Osijek | 33 | 16 | 6 | 11 | 43 | 34 | +9 | 54 | |
| 4 | Rijeka | 33 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 53 | 41 | +12 | 53 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round |
| 5 | Hajduk Split | 33 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 57 | 41 | +16 | 52 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first qualifying round |
| 6 | NK Zagreb | 33 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 51 | 40 | +11 | 44 | |
| 7 | Varteks | 33 | 11 | 7 | 15 | 46 | 53 | −7 | 40 | |
* ↑ Hajduk Split qualified for the UEFA Cup as a runner-up of the 2007–08 Croatian Football Cup.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 10 May 2008. Source: Sportnet.hr

#### 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 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A |
| Result | D | W | D | W | D | W | D | W | L | L | L | W | W | D | W | D | L | W | W | D | W | L | W | L | W | D | L | W | W | L | D | D | L |
| Position | 6 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 |

#### Results by opponent

| Team | Results | Results | Results | Points |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | Points |
| Cibalia | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2 |
| Dinamo Zagreb | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1 |
| Inter Zaprešić | 7–1 | 1–0 | 7–2 | 9 |
| Međimurje | 1–1 | 3–3 | 2–2 | 3 |
| Osijek | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 6 |
| Rijeka | 0–4 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2 |
| Slaven Belupo | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 7 |
| Šibenik | 0–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 6 |
| Varteks | 3–1 | 3–1 | 0–4 | 6 |
| Zadar | 0–0 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 7 |
| NK Zagreb | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 3 |
Source: 2007–08 Croatian First Football League article

## Matches
### Prva HNL

Source: HRnogomet.com

### Croatian Football Cup

Source: HRnogomet.com

### UEFA Cup
#### Second qualifying round

Source: uefa.com

## Player seasonal records
### Top scorers

| Rank | Name | League | Europe | Cup | Total |
| 1 | Nikola Kalinić | 17 | – | 9 | 26 |
| 2 | Ante Rukavina | 9 | – | 3 | 12 |
| 3 | Florin Cernat | 8 | – | 2 | 10 |
| 4 | Mirko Hrgović | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | Māris Verpakovskis | 5 | – | – | 5 |
| 6 | Krešimir Makarin | – | – | 4 | 4 |
| 7 | Goran Rubil | 3 | – | – | 3 |
| 7 | Siniša Linić | 3 | – | – | 3 |
| 9 | Srđan Andrić | 2 | – | – | 2 |
| 9 | Drago Gabrić | 2 | – | – | 2 |
| 9 | Boris Živković | 2 | – | – | 2 |
| 12 | Mladen Bartolović | 1 | – | – | 1 |
| 12 | Duje Čop | 1 | – | – | 1 |
| 12 | Dario Damjanović | – | 1 | – | 1 |
| 12 | Mario Maloča | – | – | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | Mirko Oremuš | 1 | – | – | 1 |
| 12 | Mladen Pelaić | – | – | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | Goran Sablić | – | – | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | Igor Tudor | 1 | – | – | 1 |
| | TOTALS | 57 | 3 | 22 | 82 |
Source: Competitive matches