# 2021–22 NK Osijek season

The 2021–22 NK Osijek season was the club's 108th season in existence and the 31st consecutive season in the top flight of Croatian football.

## Players

    As of 19 February 2022
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | CRO | Ivica Ivušić |
| 2 | DF | CRO | Karlo Bartolec |
| 4 | DF | CRO | Marin Leovac |
| 5 | MF | HUN | László Kleinheisler |
| 6 | MF | CRO | Darko Nejašmić (on loan from Hajduk Split) |
| 7 | MF | CRO | Vedran Jugović |
| 8 | MF | CGO | Merveil Ndockyt |
| 9 | FW | CRO | Ante Erceg (on loan from Brøndby) |
| 10 | MF | BIH | Amer Hiroš |
| 11 | MF | CRO | Mijo Caktaš |
| 13 | FW | ARG | Ramón Miérez |
| 14 | MF | CRO | Ivan Fiolić |
| 18 | MF | ESP | Diego Barri |
| 19 | MF | CRO | Mihael Žaper |
| 20 | DF | SVN | Mario Jurčević |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 21 | DF | CRO | Mile Škorić (captain) |
| 22 | DF | CRO | Danijel Lončar |
| 23 | MF | CRO | Petar Brlek |
| 27 | FW | CRO | Vinko Petković |
| 28 | DF | CRO | Slavko Bralić |
| 29 | FW | CRO | Kristian Fućak |
| 30 | FW | AUT | Mihret Topčagić |
| 31 | GK | CRO | Marko Malenica |
| 32 | DF | CRO | Alen Grgić |
| 39 | FW | SVN | Damjan Bohar |
| 44 | FW | CRO | Kristijan Lovrić |
| 77 | DF | CRO | Mato Miloš |
| 95 | FW | CRO | Antonio Mance |
| 98 | DF | UKR | Yevhen Cheberko |

## Transfers
### In

| Pos | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| MF | Amer Hiroš | Mladost Doboj Kakanj | Free | 24 May 2021 |
| GK | Marko Malenica | Diósgyőri VTK | Return from loan | 1 June 2021 |
| DF | Slavko Bralić | Vojvodina | Free | 1 June 2021 |
| DF | Alen Grgić | Diósgyőri VTK | Return from loan | 1 June 2021 |
| DF | Luka Marin | Diósgyőri VTK | Return from loan | 1 June 2021 |
| DF | Todor Todoroski | Šibenik | Return from loan | 1 June 2021 |
| MF | Mihail Caimacov | Koper | Return from loan | 1 June 2021 |
| FW | Antonio Mance | Puskás Akadémia | Return from loan | 1 June 2021 |
| FW | Robert Mišković | Sloboda Tuzla | Return from loan | 1 June 2021 |
| FW | Josip Špoljarić | Istra 1961 | Return from loan | 1 June 2021 |
| FW | Šime Gržan | Istra 1961 | Free | 17 June 2021 |
| MF | Darko Nejašmić | Hajduk Split | Loan | 21 June 2021 |
| MF | Ivan Fiolić | Genk | Free | 16 July 2021 |
| DF | Karlo Bartolec | Copenhagen | €250,000 | 2 August 2021 |
| DF | Yevhen Cheberko | LASK | €500,000 | 2 January 2022 |
| DF | Talys | Honvéd | Recalled from loan | 6 January 2021 |
| FW | Kristian Fućak | Orijent 1919 | €100,000 | 6 January 2022 |
| FW | Vinko Petković | Hrvatski Dragovoljac | Free | 18 January 2022 |
| MF | Mijo Caktaš | Damac | Free | 21 January 2022 |
| DF | Marin Leovac | Dinamo Zagreb | €300,000 | 26 January 2022 |
| FW | Antonio Mance | Erzgebirge Aue | Recalled from loan | 29 January 2022 |
| MF | Diego Barri | Badajoz | Free | 30 January 2022 |
| FW | Eros Grezda | Zalaegerszeg | Recalled from loan | 13 February 2022 |
| DF | Alen Grgić | Slaven Belupo | Recalled from loan | 14 February 2022 |
| FW | Kristijan Lovrić | Gorica | €2,250,000 | 15 February 2022 |
| MF | Darko Nejašmić | Hajduk Split | €1,250,000 | 6 May 2022 |

### Out

| Pos | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
| DF | Guti | Free agent | End of contract | 23 May 2021 |
| MF | Dmytro Lyopa | Free agent | End of contract | 23 May 2021 |
| FW | Ádám Gyurcsó | Free agent | End of contract | 23 May 2021 |
| FW | Ivan Santini | Free agent | End of contract | 23 May 2021 |
| MF | Josip Vuković | Hajduk Split | Free | 22 June 2021 |
| DF | Talys | Honvéd | Loan | 23 June 2021 |
| FW | Robert Mišković | Istra 1961 | Free | 30 June 2021 |
| DF | Filip Mekić | Varaždin | Free | 12 July 2021 |
| FW | Dion Drena Beljo | Istra 1961 | Loan | 14 July 2021 |
| DF | Luka Marin | Istra 1961 | Free | 16 July 2021 |
| DF | Igor Silva | Lorient | €2,500,000 | 23 July 2021 |
| DF | Todor Todoroski | Radnički Niš | Free | 24 July 2021 |
| FW | Eros Grezda | Zalaegerszeg | Loan | 29 July 2021 |
| FW | Josip Špoljarić | Zalaegerszeg | Loan | 29 July 2021 |
| FW | Antonio Mance | Erzgebirge Aue | Loan | 25 August 2021 |
| DF | Alen Grgić | Slaven Belupo | Loan | 31 August 2021 |
| MF | Mihail Caimacov | Slaven Belupo | Free | 31 August 2021 |
| GK | Antonijo Ježina | Free agent | Released | 12 October 2021 |
| MF | Petar Bočkaj | Dinamo Zagreb | €2,700,000 | 24 December 2021 |
| MF | Marin Pilj | Olimpija Ljubljana | Free | 29 December 2021 |
| DF | Yevhen Cheberko | LASK | Return from loan | 31 December 2021 |
| DF | Talys | Pafos FC | Loan | 7 January 2022 |
| DF | Adrian Leon Barišić | Frosinone | Loan | 8 January 2022 |
| DF | José Antonio Caro | UCAM Murcia | Loan | 20 January 2022 |
| FW | Šime Gržan | Zalaegerszeg | Loan | 25 January 2022 |
| FW | Mirlind Daku | Mura | Loan | 7 February 2022 |
| FW | Eros Grezda | Šibenik | Free | 16 February 2022 |
| MF | Darko Nejašmić | Hajduk Split | Return from loan | 6 May 2022 |
| FW | Ante Erceg | Brøndby | Return from loan | 25 May 2022 |
Total Spending: €4,650,000
Total Income: €5,200,000
Net Income: €550,000

## 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 % |
| HT Prva liga | 16 July 2021 | 21 May 2022 | Matchday 1 | 3rd | 36 | 19 | 12 | 5 | 49 | 29 | +20 | 052.78 |
| Croatian Cup | 15 September 2021 | 9 March 2022 | First round | Semi-finals | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 050.00 |
| UEFA Europa Conference League | 22 July 2021 | 12 August 2021 | Second qualifying round | Third qualifying round | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 025.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 44 | 22 | 15 | 7 | 60 | 37 | +23 | 050.00 |
Last updated: 22 May 2022 Source: Soccerway

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Dinamo Zagreb (C) | 36 | 24 | 7 | 5 | 68 | 22 | +46 | 79 | Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | Hajduk Split | 36 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 64 | 31 | +33 | 72 | Qualification to Europa Conference League third qualifying round |
| 3 | Osijek | 36 | 19 | 12 | 5 | 49 | 29 | +20 | 69 | Qualification to Europa Conference League second qualifying round |
| 4 | Rijeka | 36 | 20 | 5 | 11 | 71 | 51 | +20 | 65 | Qualification to Europa Conference League second qualifying round |
| 5 | Lokomotiva | 36 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 55 | 50 | +5 | 49 | |
* ↑ The cup winner, Hajduk Split, will enter the third qualifying round of the Europa Conference League.

#### 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 2022. 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 | 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 | A | H | A |
| Result | W | W | D | W | W | L | L | D | W | W | D | W | W | D | W | D | W | D | W | D | L | W | W | W | W | D | D | W | D | W | W | L | D | L | W | D |
| Position | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |

#### Matches
### Friendlies
#### Pre-season
#### On-season (2022)
## Player seasonal records

Updated 22 May 2022

### Goals

| Rank | Name | League | Europe | Cup | Total |
| 1 | Mijo Caktaš | 5 | – | 1 | 6 |
| 2 | Mihael Žaper | 5 | – | – | 5 |
| 2 | Mihret Topčagić | 4 | 1 | – | 5 |
| 2 | Ivan Fiolić | 4 | – | 1 | 5 |
| 2 | Antonio Mance | 4 | – | 1 | 5 |
| 6 | Damjan Bohar | 4 | – | – | 4 |
| 6 | Mirlind Daku | 3 | – | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Ramón Miérez | 3 | – | 1 | 4 |
| 9 | Darko Nejašmić | 3 | – | – | 3 |
| 9 | László Kleinheisler | 2 | 1 | – | 3 |
| 11 | Amer Hiroš | 2 | – | – | 2 |
| 11 | Kristijan Lovrić | 2 | – | – | 2 |
| 13 | Karlo Bartolec | 1 | – | – | 1 |
| 13 | Mario Jurčević | 1 | – | – | 1 |
| 13 | Danijel Lončar | 1 | – | – | 1 |
| 13 | Marin Pilj | 1 | – | – | 1 |
| 13 | Mile Škorić | – | 1 | – | 1 |
| 13 | Petar Bočkaj | – | – | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | Yevhen Cheberko | – | – | 1 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | 4 | 1 | – | 5 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | 49 | 4 | 7 | 60 |
Source: Competitive matches

### Clean sheets

| Rank | Name | League | Europe | Cup | Total |
| 1 | Ivica Ivušić | 12 | 2 | – | 14 |
| 2 | Marko Malenica | 5 | – | 2 | 7 |
| 3 | Marko Barešić | – | – | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | Ramón Miérez | – | – | 1 | 1 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | 17 | 2 | 4 | 23 |
Source: Competitive matches

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Player | 1. HNL | 1. HNL | 1. HNL | Europe | Europe | Europe | Croatian Cup | Croatian Cup | Croatian Cup | Total | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | Ivica Ivušić | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Karlo Bartolec | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Marin Leovac | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | László Kleinheisler | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | Darko Nejašmić | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Vedran Jugović | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Amer Hiroš | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Mijo Caktaš | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | Petar Bočkaj | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | FW | Ramón Miérez | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | Ivan Fiolić | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | Mihael Žaper | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 |
| 20 | DF | Mario Jurčević | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | Mile Škorić | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | Danijel Lončar | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 |
| 23 | MF | Petar Brlek | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | Marin Pilj | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | FW | Mirlind Daku | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | Slavko Bralić | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | Kristian Fućak | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | FW | Mihret Topčagić | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | GK | Marko Malenica | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 32 | DF | Alen Grgić | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | FW | Damjan Bohar | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | FW | Kristijan Lovrić | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 77 | DF | Mato Miloš | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 95 | FW | Antonio Mance | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 98 | DF | Yevhen Cheberko | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 85 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 107 | 3 | 4 |

### Appearances and goals

| Number | Position | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Number | Position | Player | Total | Total | 1. HNL | 1. HNL | Conference League | Conference League | Croatian Cup | Croatian Cup |
| 1 | GK | Ivica Ivušić | 31 | 0 | 26+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Karlo Bartolec | 16 | 1 | 13+2 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Marin Leovac | 7 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | László Kleinheisler | 37 | 3 | 22+8 | 2 | 4+0 | 1 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | Darko Nejašmić | 32 | 3 | 23+4 | 3 | 1+2 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Vedran Jugović | 24 | 0 | 10+8 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Merveil Ndockyt | 10 | 0 | 2+5 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Ante Erceg | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Amer Hiroš | 34 | 2 | 12+14 | 2 | 0+4 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Mijo Caktaš | 14 | 6 | 11+2 | 5 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 1 |
| 12 | FW | Petar Bočkaj | 24 | 1 | 14+4 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 |
| 13 | FW | Ramón Miérez | 36 | 4 | 21+7 | 3 | 4+0 | 0 | 3+1 | 1 |
| 14 | MF | Ivan Fiolić | 30 | 5 | 21+4 | 4 | 1+1 | 0 | 3+0 | 1 |
| 15 | GK | Marko Barešić | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | José Antonio Caro | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | Diego Barri | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | Mihael Žaper | 35 | 5 | 25+3 | 5 | 3+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | Mario Jurčević | 20 | 1 | 13+4 | 1 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | Mile Škorić | 33 | 1 | 26+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 1 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | Danijel Lončar | 39 | 1 | 31+1 | 1 | 4+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | Petar Brlek | 18 | 0 | 6+11 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | Marin Pilj | 20 | 1 | 2+13 | 1 | 1+2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 26 | FW | Mirlind Daku | 16 | 4 | 1+11 | 3 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+3 | 1 |
| 27 | DF | Adrian Leon Barišić | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | Vinko Petković | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | Slavko Bralić | 17 | 0 | 12+4 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | Kristian Fućak | 14 | 0 | 6+7 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 30 | FW | Mihret Topčagić | 28 | 5 | 12+12 | 4 | 0+1 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 31 | GK | Marko Malenica | 12 | 0 | 10+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | Alen Grgić | 10 | 0 | 9+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 34 | DF | Ivan Cvijanović | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 37 | FW | Šime Gržan | 14 | 0 | 6+7 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 39 | FW | Damjan Bohar | 30 | 4 | 12+10 | 4 | 3+1 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 |
| 44 | FW | Kristijan Lovrić | 12 | 2 | 10+1 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 77 | DF | Mato Miloš | 28 | 0 | 15+7 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 95 | FW | Antonio Mance | 21 | 5 | 5+12 | 4 | 1+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 1 |
| 98 | DF | Yevhen Cheberko | 25 | 1 | 15+4 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 3+0 | 1 |