# 1987–88 NK Dinamo Zagreb season

The 1987–88 season was the 42nd season of competitive football played by Dinamo Zagreb.

## First Federal League
### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| 34 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 55 | 36 | +19 | 42 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 40 | 14 | +26 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 22 | –7 |

### Matches

| M | Date | Opponents | Venue | Result | Score F–A | Dinamo scorers | Attendance |
| 1 | 2 August 1987 | Velež | H | W | 3–0 | Škoro 59', 79' (2) Boban 74' | 18,630 |
| 2 | 9 August 1987 | Čelik | A | D | 1–1 | Kasalo 31' | 12,112 |
| 3 | 16 August 1987 | Vardar | H | W | 3–1 | Cvjetković 53', Arslanović 62', Matić 88' | 12,080 |
| 4 | 23 August 1987 | Red Star | A | D | 0–0 | | 35,970 |
| 5 | 6 September 1987 | Rad | H | W | 3–1 | Cvjetković 32', 82' (2) Vujović 49' | 13,853 |
| 6 | 13 September 1987 | Osijek | A | D | 1–1 | Boban 19' | 16,600 |
| 7 | 20 September 1987 | Sutjeska Nikšić | H | W | 2–1 | Boban 28', 34' (2) | 15,711 |
| 8 | 27 September 1987 | Hajduk Split | A | W | 2–0 | Bogdanović 28', Mlinarić 67' | 23,129 |
| 9 | 4 October 1987 | Priština | H | L | 1–2 | Cvjetković 64' | 16,090 |
| 10 | 7 October 1987 | Radnički Niš | A | L | 1–3 | Škoro 57' | 5,000 |
| 11 | 17 October 1987 | Željezničar | H | W | 3–0 | Mlinarić 26', Cvjetković 40', Škoro 58' | 5,059 |
| 12 | 25 October 1987 | Partizan | H | L | 1–2 | Bogdanović 12' | 27,632 |
| 13 | 1 November 1987 | Rijeka | A | D | 0–0 | | 12,531 |
| 14 | 15 November 1987 | Sloboda Tuzla | H | W | 2–1 | Boban 20', Škoro 69' | 3,828 |
| 15 | 22 November 1987 | Sarajevo | A | L | 0–1 | | 1,066 |
| 16 | 29 November 1987 | Budućnost | H | W | 2–1 | Škoro 6', Dimitrijević 11' | 8,000 |
| 17 | 6 December 1987 | Vojvodina | A | L | 2–3 | Matić 13', Škoro 54' | 4,601 |
| 18 | 6 March 1988 | Velež | A | D | 0–0 | | 10,410 |
| 19 | 13 March 1988 | Čelik | H | W | 2–0 | Boban 55', Škoro 86' | 8,898 |
| 20 | 20 March 1988 | Vardar | A | L | 0–4 | | 12,000 |
| 21 | 27 March 1988 | Red Star | H | W | 1–0 | Škoro 24' | 30,810 |
| 22 | 2 April 1988 | Rad | A | W | 3–0 | Deverić 2', Matić 38', Škoro 47' | 2,756 |
| 23 | 10 April 1988 | Osijek | H | D | 1–1 | Boban 50', 87' (2), Kasalo 77' | 8,422 |
| 24 | 17 April 1988 | Sutjeska Nikšić | A | L | 0–3 | | 6,231 |
| 25 | 20 April 1988 | Hajduk Split | H | D | 1–1 | Kasalo 42' | 29,576 |
| 26 | 24 April 1988 | Priština | A | D | 0–0 | | 6,640 |
| 27 | 1 May 1988 | Radnički Niš | H | W | 1–0 | Čapljić 12' (pen.) | 12,000 |
| 28 | 4 May 1988 | Željezničar | A | D | 0–0 | | 12,000 |
| 29 | 8 May 1988 | Partizan | A | L | 1–2 | Boban 25' | 18,696 |
| 30 | 15 May 1988 | Rijeka | H | W | 3–2 | Škoro 55', 62' (2), Boban 39' (pen.) | 7,941 |
| 31 | 22 May 1988 | Sloboda Tuzla | A | D | 1–1 | Munjaković 29' | 3,169 |
| 32 | 29 May 1988 | Sarajevo | H | W | 4–1 | Matić 70', 85' (2), Boban 44' (pen.), Škoro 87' (pen.) | 7,499 |
| 33 | 8 June 1988 | Budućnost | A | D | 3–3 | Agić 14', Pejović 45' (o.g.), Deverić 89' | 8,000 |
| 34 | 12 June 1988 | Vojvodina | H | W | 5–0 | Boban 65', 73' (2), Agić 77', Škoro 32', Arslanović 42' | 8,000 |

### Classification

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 2 | Partizan | 34 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 62 | 37 | +25 | 44 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 3 | Velež | 34 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 61 | 34 | +27 | 42 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | Dinamo Zagreb | 34 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 55 | 36 | +19 | 42 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 5 | Sloboda Tuzla | 34 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 53 | 41 | +12 | 38 | |
| 6 | Vardar | 34 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 37 | 40 | −3 | 37 | |

### 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 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | D | W | D | W | D | W | W | L | L | W | L | D | W | L | W | L | D | W | L | W | W | W | L | D | D | W | D | L | W | D | W | D | W |
| Position | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |

## Marshal Tito Cup

| Date | Round | Opponents | Home / Away | Result (F – A) | Dinamo scorers |
| 13 Aug 1987 | First round | Spartak | A | 1 – 1 (3 – 2 p) | |

## Players
### Squad statistics
#### Key

Numbers indicate starting appearances + appearances as substitute. Goals column shows total goals scored, numbers in brackets indicate penalties scored. Players with name struck through and marked † left the club during the playing season. Age as of 2 August 1987, first matchday of the season.
| Pos. | Nat. | Name | DoB (Age) | League | League | Cup | Cup | Total | Total |
| Pos. | Nat. | Name | DoB (Age) | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| MF | | Zvonimir Boban | (1968-10-08)8 October 1968 (aged 18) | 30 | 13 (2) | 1 | 1 | 31 | 14 |
| FW | | Haris Škoro | (1962-09-02)2 September 1962 (aged 24) | 28 | 14 (1) | | 0 | 29 | 14 |
| DF | | Davor Matić | (1959-10-28)28 October 1959 (aged 27) | 27+2 | 5 | | 0 | 30 | 5 |
| DF | | Mladen Munjaković | (1961-07-20)20 July 1961 (aged 26) | 25+3 | 1 | | 0 | 29 | 1 |
| MF | | Zoran Dimitrijević | (1962-02-28)28 February 1962 (aged 25) | 25+2 | 1 | | 0 | 28 | 1 |
| DF | | Mustafa Arslanović | (1960-02-24)24 February 1960 (aged 27) | 24+1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 2 |
| DF | | Vlado Kasalo | (1962-11-11)11 November 1962 (aged 24) | 24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 3 |
| DF | | Željko Cupan | (1963-12-30)30 December 1963 (aged 23) | 23+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 |
| DF | | Damir Lesjak | (1967-03-31)31 March 1967 (aged 20) | 22+4 | 0 | | 0 | 27 | 0 |
| GK | | Miralem Ibrahimović | (1963-01-19)19 January 1963 (aged 24) | 22+3 | 0 | | 0 | 26 | 0 |
| DF | | Mirko Lulić | (1962-01-06)6 January 1962 (aged 25) | 18+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| MF | | Marko Mlinarić | (1960-09-01)1 September 1960 (aged 26) | 16 | 2 | | 0 | 17 | 2 |
| GK | | Marijan Vlak | (1955-10-23)23 October 1955 (aged 31) | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| FW | | Ivan Cvjetković | (1960-01-02)2 January 1960 (aged 27) | 10+3 | 5 | | 0 | 14 | 5 |
| MF | | Dražen Besek | (1963-03-10)10 March 1963 (aged 24) | 9+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| DF | | Darko Vujović | (1962-12-21)21 December 1962 (aged 24) | 9+2 | 1 | | 0 | 12 | 1 |
| FW | | Stjepan Deverić | (1961-08-20)20 August 1961 (aged 25) | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 |
| DF | | Vlado Čapljić | (1962-03-22)22 March 1962 (aged 25) | 9 | 1 (1) | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
| DF | | Zvjezdan Cvetković | (1960-04-18)18 April 1960 (aged 27) | 6 | 0 | | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| FW | | Mustafa Agić | (1966-04-08)8 April 1966 (aged 21) | 5+8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 |
| DF | | Dubravko Pavličić | (1967-11-28)28 November 1967 (aged 19) | 5+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| FW | | Josip Bogdanović | (1960-10-21)21 October 1960 (aged 26) | 4+3 | 2 | | 0 | 8 | 2 |
| DF | | Slavko Ištvanić | (1966-07-12)12 July 1966 (aged 21) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| DF | | Muhamed Preljević | (1964-06-16)16 June 1964 (aged 23) | 3+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| DF | | Željko Vuković | (1962-02-09)9 February 1962 (aged 25) | 3+2 | 0 | | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| FW | | Dragan Lepinjica | (1961-08-15)15 August 1961 (aged 25) | 2+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| GK | | Dražen Ladić | (1963-01-01)1 January 1963 (aged 24) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |