# 2023–24 NK Osijek season

The 2023–24 NK Osijek season was the club's 110th season in existence and the 33rd consecutive season in the top flight of Croatian football. This was the first season for Osijek to play their home matches on the newly built Opus Arena.

## Players

    As of 11 February 2024
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 | Jan Hlapčić |
| 3 | DF | POR | André Duarte |
| 4 | DF | CRO | Krešimir Vrbanac |
| 5 | DF | ARM | Styopa Mkrtchyan |
| 6 | MF | CRO | Darko Nejašmić |
| 7 | MF | CRO | Vedran Jugović |
| 8 | FW | CRO | Kristian Fućak |
| 13 | FW | ARG | Ramón Miérez |
| 15 | GK | CRO | Marko Barešić |
| 17 | DF | CRO | Šime Gržan |
| 18 | MF | ALB | Enis Çokaj (on loan from Panathinaikos) |
| 20 | DF | CRO | Marin Prekodravac |
| 22 | DF | CRO | Roko Jurišić |
| 23 | MF | CRO | Petar Brlek |
| 24 | FW | CRO | Filip Živković |
| 28 | DF | CRO | Slavko Bralić |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 31 | GK | CRO | Marko Malenica |
| 32 | FW | CRO | Andrej Mićić |
| 34 | FW | CRO | Anton Matković |
| 35 | DF | CRO | Luka Zebec |
| 36 | MF | BIH | Nail Omerović |
| 37 | FW | CRO | Luka Branšteter |
| 38 | GK | CRO | Franko Kolić |
| 39 | FW | CRO | Domagoj Bukvić |
| 41 | FW | BIH | Amar Zahirović |
| 42 | DF | BRA | Renan Guedes |
| 44 | FW | CRO | Kristijan Lovrić |
| 55 | DF | UKR | Oleksandr Drambayev (on loan from Shakhtar Donetsk) |
| 66 | MF | SUI | Petar Pušić |
| 98 | MF | CRO | Šimun Mikolčić |
| 99 | FW | SVK | Ladislav Almási (on loan from Baník Ostrava) |

## Transfers
### In

| Pos | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| DF | Uwem Alexander | Hrvatski Dragovoljac | Return from loan | 15 June 2023 |
| DF | Slavko Bralić | Gorica | Return from loan | 15 June 2023 |
| DF | Luka Zebec | BSK Bijelo Brdo | Return from loan | 15 June 2023 |
| MF | Amer Hiroš | Šibenik | Return from loan | 15 June 2023 |
| FW | Mirlind Daku | Mura | Return from loan | 15 June 2023 |
| FW | Kristian Fućak | Gorica | Return from loan | 15 June 2023 |
| FW | Vinko Petković | Gorica | Return from loan | 15 June 2023 |
| DF | Stefanos Evangelou | Sheriff Tiraspol | Free | 20 June 2023 |
| DF | Renan Guedes | Sheriff Tiraspol | Free | 24 June 2023 |
| DF | Oleksandr Drambayev | Shakhtar Donetsk | Loan | 1 July 2023 |
| MF | Petar Pušić | Grasshopper | Free | 17 July 2023 |
| DF | Styopa Mkrtchyan | Ararat-Armenia | Loan | 21 July 2023 |
| DF | André Duarte | Reggiana | Loan | 30 August 2023 |
| DF | Jovan Manev | Adana Demirspor | Loan | 5 September 2023 |
| MF | Denys Harmash | Dynamo Kyiv | Free | 6 September 2023 |
| MF | Šimun Mikolčić | Široki Brijeg | Recalled from loan | 20 December 2023 |
| GK | Franko Kolić | Posušje | Recalled from loan | 21 December 2023 |
| DF | Roko Jurišić | Mura | Undisclosed | 3 January 2024 |
| DF | Styopa Mkrtchyan | Ararat-Armenia | €300,000 | 23 January 2024 |
| MF | Enis Çokaj | Panathinaikos | Loan | 24 January 2024 |
| FW | Nikola Janjić | Bravo | Recalled from loan | 29 January 2024 |
| DF | André Duarte | Reggiana | €300,000 | 1 February 2024 |
| FW | Ladislav Almási | Baník Ostrava | Loan | 5 February 2024 |

### Out

| Pos | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
| DF | Yevhen Cheberko | Columbus Crew | €1,000,000 | 9 June 2023 |
| GK | Franko Kolić | Posušje | Loan | 24 June 2023 |
| DF | Mario Jurčević | Apollon Limassol | Free | 30 June 2023 |
| DF | Marin Leovac | Lokomotiva | Free | 30 June 2023 |
| MF | Diego Barri | Cultural Leonesa | Free | 30 June 2023 |
| FW | Mihret Topčagić | Free agent | End of contract | 30 June 2023 |
| DF | Uwem Alexander | Bjelovar | Free | 4 July 2023 |
| FW | Mirlind Daku | Rubin Kazan | €1,200,000 | 11 July 2023 |
| FW | Nikola Janjić | Bravo | Loan | 14 July 2023 |
| DF | Ivan Cvijanović | Šibenik | Loan | 20 July 2023 |
| GK | Tin Sajko | Vukovar 1991 | Dual registration | 21 July 2023 |
| DF | Adrian Leon Barišić | Basel | €3,000,000 | 18 August 2023 |
| MF | Ognjen Bakić | Trabzonspor | Released | 21 August 2023 |
| FW | Vinko Petković | Rudeš | Loan | 25 August 2023 |
| FW | Josip Špoljarić | Zalaegerszeg | Released | 28 August 2023 |
| MF | Mihael Žaper | Hajduk Split | €1,000,000 | 4 September 2023 |
| DF | Stefanos Evangelou | Zalaegerszeg | Loan | 7 September 2023 |
| MF | Šimun Mikolčić | Široki Brijeg | Loan | 8 September 2023 |
| DF | Jovan Manev | Adana Demirspor | Recalled from loan | 18 December 2023 |
| MF | Ivan Fiolić | Tianjin Jinmen Tiger | Released | 18 December 2023 |
| MF | Amer Hiroš | Željezničar Sarajevo | Released | 12 January 2024 |
| DF | Styopa Mkrtchyan | Ararat-Armenia | Return from loan | 12 January 2024 |
| MF | Denys Harmash | Metalist 1925 Kharkiv | Released | 16 January 2024 |
| GK | Tin Sajko | Jarun | Loan | 21 January 2024 |
| MF | Mijo Caktaš | Sivasspor | Released | 31 January 2024 |
| DF | André Duarte | Reggiana | Return from loan | 1 February 2024 |
| FW | Nikola Janjić | Komárno | Loan | 7 February 2024 |
Total Spending: €600,000
Total Income: €6,200,000
Net Income: €5,600,000

## Competitions
### Overall record

| 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 % |
| SuperSport HNL | 22 July 2023 | 25 May 2024 | Matchday 1 | 4th | 36 | 16 | 9 | 11 | 62 | 43 | +19 | 044.44 |
| Croatian Cup | 26 September 2023 | 27 February 2024 | First round | Quarter-finals | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 066.67 |
| UEFA Europa Conference League | 27 July 2023 | 17 August 2023 | Second qualifying round | Third qualifying round | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 075.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 43 | 21 | 9 | 13 | 74 | 53 | +21 | 048.84 |
Last updated: 26 May 2024 Source: Soccerway

### SuperSport HNL
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 2 | Rijeka | 36 | 23 | 5 | 8 | 69 | 30 | +39 | 74 | Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round |
| 3 | Hajduk Split | 36 | 21 | 5 | 10 | 54 | 26 | +28 | 68 | Qualification to Conference League second qualifying round |
| 4 | Osijek | 36 | 16 | 9 | 11 | 62 | 43 | +19 | 57 | Qualification to Conference League second qualifying round |
| 5 | Lokomotiva | 36 | 12 | 15 | 9 | 52 | 45 | +7 | 51 | |
| 6 | Varaždin | 36 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 39 | 47 | −8 | 42 | |
* ↑ The 2023–24 Croatian Football Cup winners qualified for the Europa League second qualifying round. Since the cup winners (Dinamo Zagreb) qualified based on league position, the Europa League spot was passed to the second-placed team, and the second Conference League second qualifying round spot was passed to the fourth-placed team.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 26 May 2024. Source: SuperSport 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | W | L | D | W | D | L | L | D | L | W | W | W | L | D | L | D | D | W | W | D | L | W | D | D | L | L | W | W | W | L | W | W | L | W | W |
| Position | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |

#### Matches
### Friendlies
#### Pre-season
#### On-season (2024)
## Player seasonal records

Updated 26 May 2024

### Goals

| Rank | Name | League | Europe | Cup | Total |
| 1 | Ramón Miérez | 19 | 1 | 1 | 21 |
| 2 | Mijo Caktaš | 7 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| 2 | Kristijan Lovrić | 7 | – | 2 | 9 |
| 4 | Anton Matković | 5 | – | – | 5 |
| 5 | Domagoj Bukvić | 4 | – | – | 4 |
| 5 | Vedran Jugović | 4 | – | – | 4 |
| 5 | Darko Nejašmić | 3 | 1 | – | 4 |
| 8 | Petar Pušić | 3 | – | – | 3 |
| 9 | Ivan Fiolić | 2 | – | – | 2 |
| 9 | Slavko Bralić | 1 | – | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | Šime Gržan | – | 2 | – | 2 |
| 12 | Ladislav Almási | 1 | – | – | 1 |
| 12 | Petar Brlek | 1 | – | – | 1 |
| 12 | Kristian Fućak | 1 | – | – | 1 |
| 12 | Roko Jurišić | 1 | – | – | 1 |
| 12 | Styopa Mkrtchyan | 1 | – | – | 1 |
| 12 | Nail Omerović | 1 | – | – | 1 |
| 12 | Josip Špoljarić | – | 1 | – | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | 1 | 1 | – | 2 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | 62 | 7 | 5 | 74 |
Source: Competitive matches

### Clean sheets

| Rank | Name | League | Europe | Cup | Total |
| 1 | Marko Malenica | 7 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| 2 | Franko Kolić | 3 | – | – | 3 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | 10 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
Source: Competitive matches

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Player | HNL | HNL | HNL | Europe | Europe | Europe | Croatian Cup | Croatian Cup | Croatian Cup | Total | Total | Total |
| 3 | DF | André Duarte | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | DF | Jovan Manev | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Styopa Mkrtchyan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | Darko Nejašmić | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Vedran Jugović | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | FW | Kristian Fućak | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Mijo Caktaš | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | FW | Ramón Miérez | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | Ivan Fiolić | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | Šime Gržan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | Enis Çokaj | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | Denys Harmash | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | Marin Prekodravac | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | Petar Brlek | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | Filip Živković | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | Slavko Bralić | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 |
| 31 | GK | Marko Malenica | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | FW | Anton Matković | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | MF | Nail Omerović | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | GK | Franko Kolić | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | FW | Domagoj Bukvić | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | DF | Stefanos Evangelou | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | DF | Renan Guedes | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | FW | Kristijan Lovrić | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 | DF | Oleksandr Drambayev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 66 | MF | Petar Pušić | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 79 | MF | Amer Hiroš | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 79 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 98 | 0 | 2 |

### Appearances and goals

| Number | Position | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Number | Position | Player | Total | Total | HNL | HNL | Conference League | Conference League | Croatian Cup | Croatian Cup |
| 3 | DF | André Duarte | 32 | 0 | 29+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Jovan Manev | 8 | 0 | 7+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Krešimir Vrbanac | 5 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Styopa Mkrtchyan | 20 | 1 | 7+7 | 1 | 4+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | Darko Nejašmić | 43 | 4 | 31+5 | 3 | 4+0 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Vedran Jugović | 33 | 4 | 11+16 | 4 | 3+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 8 | FW | Kristian Fućak | 9 | 1 | 1+5 | 1 | 1+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | Josip Špoljarić | 3 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+3 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Mijo Caktaš | 22 | 9 | 11+6 | 7 | 4+0 | 1 | 1+0 | 1 |
| 13 | FW | Ramón Miérez | 41 | 21 | 34+0 | 19 | 4+0 | 1 | 2+1 | 1 |
| 14 | MF | Ivan Fiolić | 15 | 2 | 4+7 | 2 | 0+3 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 15 | GK | Marko Barešić | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | Šime Gržan | 37 | 2 | 16+14 | 0 | 4+0 | 2 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | Enis Çokaj | 16 | 0 | 11+4 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | Denys Harmash | 4 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | Marin Prekodravac | 21 | 0 | 11+8 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | Roko Jurišić | 17 | 1 | 17+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | Petar Brlek | 31 | 1 | 16+10 | 1 | 4+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | Filip Živković | 8 | 0 | 0+7 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | Luka Barić | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | Ante Barišić | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | Slavko Bralić | 28 | 2 | 24+2 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 |
| 31 | GK | Marko Malenica | 34 | 0 | 28+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 32 | FW | Andrej Mićić | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 34 | FW | Anton Matković | 19 | 5 | 9+9 | 5 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 35 | DF | Luka Zebec | 6 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 36 | MF | Nail Omerović | 31 | 1 | 18+9 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 37 | DF | Adrian Leon Barišić | 3 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 38 | GK | Franko Kolić | 8 | 0 | 8+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 39 | FW | Domagoj Bukvić | 40 | 4 | 30+5 | 4 | 1+2 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 41 | DF | Stefanos Evangelou | 6 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 41 | FW | Amar Zahirović | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 42 | DF | Renan Guedes | 25 | 0 | 14+8 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 44 | FW | Kristijan Lovrić | 30 | 9 | 14+11 | 7 | 2+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 2 |
| 55 | DF | Oleksandr Drambayev | 20 | 0 | 12+4 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 66 | MF | Petar Pušić | 39 | 3 | 25+7 | 3 | 2+2 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 79 | MF | Amer Hiroš | 8 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 98 | MF | Šimun Mikolčić | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | Ladislav Almási | 10 | 1 | 1+8 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |