# 2010–11 RNK Split season

The 2010–11 season was the 99th season in RNK Split's history, their first in the Prva HNL and 20th in the league system of Croatian football. Their 1st-place finish in the 2009–10 season marked their return to top flight after 49 years, having been relegated from the 1960–61 Yugoslav First League. It was also Ivan Katalinić's first season as manager of RNK Split, after he was appointed following the removal of Tonči Bašić in June 2010.
Bašić made the most of his new signings following the end of the previous season, including Romano Obilinović, Igor Budiša and Velimir Vidić. The season started with an away defeat to Rijeka, which was followed by their first win in Prva HNL, a 4–0 victory over Varaždin at Park mladeži. After a seven-match unbeaten run propelled RNK Split to the third place, they suffered a decline in form and recorded only one win in eight matches. During the mid-season club signed Filip Marčić and Ivica Križanac on a free transfer. After the winter break, they lost only twice in the remaining 12 matches, against Hajduk Split and Osijek. RNK Split finished the season in 3rd place and qualified for the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League.
The club reached the final of the Split-Dalmatia County Cup, where the team defeated Dugopolje 5–4 in the penalty shootout after the match ended 1–1. This feat ensured them a place in the preliminary round of the Croatian Cup in the next season. Bojan Golubović was the club's top goalscorer after scoring 6 goals.

## First-team squad

    As of 2 February 2011
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 | Andrija Vuković |
| 2 | DF | CRO | Goran Radnić |
| 4 | MF | CRO | Igor Budiša |
| 5 | DF | BIH | Velimir Vidić |
| 6 | MF | BIH | Predrag Šimić |
| 7 | MF | CRO | Juraj Grizelj |
| 8 | MF | CRO | Ante Vitaić |
| 9 | FW | CRO | Joško Parać |
| 10 | MF | CRO | Ante Žužul |
| 12 | GK | CRO | Danijel Zagorac |
| 13 | DF | CRO | Damir Rašić |
| 14 | DF | CRO | Goran Milović |
| 16 | MF | CRO | Frane Lojić |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | MF | CRO | Mate Pehar |
| 18 | MF | CRO | Josip Serdarušić |
| 20 | MF | BIH | Sead Bučan |
| 21 | FW | CRO | Romano Obilinović |
| 22 | FW | CRO | Ante Ćapin |
| 23 | DF | CRO | Danijel Rašić |
| 24 | MF | CRO | Ante Erceg |
| 25 | DF | CRO | Filip Marčić |
| 30 | GK | CRO | Tomislav Duka |
| 32 | FW | BIH | Bojan Golubović |
| 44 | DF | CRO | Ivica Križanac |
| 45 | MF | CRO | Ante Serdarušić |

## Competitions
### Overall

| Competition | Started round | Final result | First match | Last Match |
| 2010–11 Prva HNL | – | 3rd | 24 July | 21 May |
| 2011 Split-Dalmatia County Cup | Second round | Winners | 16 February | 24 May |

### Prva HNL
#### Classification

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Dinamo Zagreb (C) | 30 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 52 | 12 | +40 | 72 | Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | Hajduk Split | 30 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 54 | 32 | +22 | 55 | Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round |
| 3 | RNK Split | 30 | 16 | 5 | 9 | 38 | 22 | +16 | 53 | Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round |
| 4 | Cibalia | 30 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 33 | 24 | +9 | 44 | |
| 5 | Inter Zaprešić | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 31 | 35 | −4 | 42 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 21 May 2011. 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 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A |
| Result | L | W | L | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | L | D | L | W | L | L | D | L | W | W | L | W | D | W | L | W | W | W | W | D |
| Position | 10 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |

#### Results by opponent

| Team | Results | Results | Points |
| Team | Home | Away | Points |
| Cibalia | 2–1 | 1–0 | 6 |
| Dinamo Zagreb | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1 |
| Hajduk Split | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1 |
| Hrvatski Dragovoljac | 1–0 | 4–0 | 6 |
| Inter Zaprešić | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4 |
| Istra 1961 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 6 |
| Karlovac | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0 |
| Lokomotiva | 1–0 | 0–0 | 4 |
| Osijek | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3 |
| Rijeka | 2–3 | 0–1 | 0 |
| Šibenik | 1–0 | 0–3 | 3 |
| Slaven Belupo | 3–0 | 2–1 | 6 |
| Varaždin | 4–0 | 0–0 | 4 |
| Zadar | 3–2 | 0–1 | 3 |
| NK Zagreb | 2–0 | 2–0 | 6 |
Source: 2010–11 Prva HNL article

## Matches
### Pre-season

| Match | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | RNK Split Scorers | Report |
| 1 | 25 Jun | H | Zadar | 2–0 | Deranja, Parać | Sportnet.hr |
| 2 | 30 Jun | A | GAK | 4–1 | A. Vitaić, Grizelj, Tešija (2) | Sportnet.hr |
| 3 | 3 Jul | N | Hrvatski Dragovoljac | 0–2 | | Sportnet.hr |
| 4 | 6 Jul | A | Aluminij | 2–0 | F. Vitaić, Žužul | Sportnet.hr |
| 5 | 7 Jul | N | Sportul Studenţesc | 1–1 | Golubović | Sportnet.hr |
| 6 | 11 Jul | H | Široki Brijeg | 1–1 | Qerimi | Sportnet.hr |
| 7 | 16 Jul | A | Vinjani | 4–1 | Pe. Šimić, Parać (2), Žužul | Sportnet.hr |
| 8 | 18 Jul | N | Imotski | 4–2 | A. Vitaić, Radnić, Parać, Grizelj | Sportnet.hr |

### Prva HNL

| Round | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Attendance | RNK Split Scorers | Report |
| 1 | 24 Jul | A | Rijeka | 0–1 | 2,000 | | Sportnet.hr |
| 2 | 31 Jul | H | Varaždin | 4–0 | 4,000 | Žužul, Bučan (2), Obilinović | Sportnet.hr |
| 3 | 7 Aug | A | Karlovac | 0–1 | 1,500 | | Sportnet.hr |
| 4 | 14 Aug | H | Slaven Belupo | 3–0 | 2,500 | Obilinović, J. Serdarušić, Golubović | Sportnet.hr |
| 5 | 21 Aug | A | Cibalia | 1–0 | 1,000 | J. Serdarušić | Sportnet.hr |
| 6 | 29 Aug | H | Hajduk Split | 1–1 | 6,000 | Golubović | Sportnet.hr |
| 7 | 10 Sep | A | NK Zagreb | 2–0 | 1,000 | Pr. Šimić, A. Vitaić | Sportnet.hr |
| 8 | 18 Sep | H | Lokomotiva | 1–0 | 1,100 | A. Vitaić | Sportnet.hr |
| 9 | 25 Sep | A | Istra 1961 | 1–0 | 1,200 | Milović | Sportnet.hr |
| 10 | 2 Oct | H | Osijek | 1–0 | 1,800 | Golubović | Sportnet.hr |
| 11 | 16 Oct | A | Šibenik | 0–3 | 1,500 | | Sportnet.hr |
| 12 | 23 Oct | H | Inter Zaprešić | 1–1 | 1,000 | Vidić | Sportnet.hr |
| 13 | 30 Oct | A | Zadar | 0–1 | 1,500 | | Sportnet.hr |
| 14 | 6 Nov | A | Hrvatski Dragovoljac | 4–0 | 500 | J. Serdarušić (2), Radnić, Parać | Sportnet.hr |
| 15 | 13 Nov | H | Dinamo Zagreb | 0–1 | 4,000 | | Sportnet.hr |
| 16 | 20 Nov | H | Rijeka | 2–3 | 1,000 | Obilinović, Parać | Sportnet.hr |
| 17 | 28 Nov | A | Varaždin | 0–0 | 500 | | Sportnet.hr |
| 18 | 4 Dec | H | Karlovac | 0–1 | 1,000 | | Sportnet.hr |
| 19 | 26 Feb | A | Slaven Belupo | 2–1 | 1,500 | Golubović, Bučan | Sportnet.hr |
| 20 | 5 Mar | H | Cibalia | 2–1 | 1,500 | Golubović (2) | Sportnet.hr |
| 21 | 12 Mar | A | Hajduk Split | 1–3 | 8,000 | Vejić (o.g.) | Sportnet.hr |
| 22 | 19 Mar | H | NK Zagreb | 2–0 | 1,000 | Budiša, Dam. Rašić | Sportnet.hr |
| 23 | 1 Apr | A | Lokomotiva | 0–0 | 500 | | Sportnet.hr |
| 24 | 9 Apr | H | Istra 1961 | 2–0 | 1,000 | A. Vitaić, Križanac | Sportnet.hr |
| 25 | 16 Apr | A | Osijek | 0–1 | 1,500 | | Sportnet.hr |
| 26 | 23 Apr | H | Šibenik | 1–0 | 800 | A. Vitaić | Sportnet.hr |
| 27 | 30 Apr | A | Inter Zaprešić | 2–0 | 2,200 | A. Vitaić, J. Serdarušić | Sportnet.hr |
| 28 | 7 May | H | Zadar | 3–2 | 1,000 | Vidić, Pr. Šimić, Dam. Rašić | Sportnet.hr |
| 29 | 14 May | H | Hrvatski Dragovoljac | 1–0 | 1,000 | Erceg | Sportnet.hr |
| 30 | 21 May | A | Dinamo Zagreb | 1–1 | 3,000 | Rebić | Sportnet.hr |

### Split-Dalmatia County Cup

| Round | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Attendance | RNK Split Scorers | Report |
| R2 | 16 Feb | H | Primorac 1929 | 4–0 | 100 | Golubović, Ćapin (2), J. Serdarušić | Sportnet.hr |
| QF | 15 Mar | A | OSK Otok | 2–0 | 500 | Parać, Erceg | rnksplit.hr |
| SF | 10 May | A | Imotski | 3–1 | 400 | Obilinović, Ćapin (2) | Sportnet.hr |
| Final | 24 May | A | Dugopolje | 1–1 (5–4 p) | 700 | Ćapin | Sportnet.hr |
Last updated 24 May 2011 Sources: Prva-HNL.hr, Sportnet.hr

## Player seasonal records

Competitive matches only. Updated to games played 21 May 2011.

### Goalscorers

| Rank | Name | League |
| 1 | Bojan Golubović | 6 |
| 2 | Josip Serdarušić | 5 |
| 2 | Ante Vitaić | 5 |
| 4 | Sead Bučan | 3 |
| 4 | Romano Obilinović | 3 |
| 6 | Joško Parać | 2 |
| 6 | Damir Rašić | 2 |
| 6 | Predrag Šimić | 2 |
| 6 | Velimir Vidić | 2 |
| 10 | Igor Budiša | 1 |
| 10 | Ante Erceg | 1 |
| 10 | Ivica Križanac | 1 |
| 10 | Goran Milović | 1 |
| 10 | Goran Radnić | 1 |
| 10 | Ante Rebić | 1 |
| 10 | Ante Žužul | 1 |
| | Own goals | 1 |
| | TOTAL | 38 |
Source: Competitive matches

### Squad statistics

| Number | Position | Player | League | League | Discipline | Discipline |
| Number | Position | Player | Apps | Goals | | |
| 1 | GK | Andrija Vuković | 30 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Goran Radnić | 17 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Ivica Pirić | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | Igor Budiša | 27 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Velimir Vidić | 25 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | Predrag Šimić | 25 | 2 | 9 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Juraj Grizelj | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Ante Vitaić | 26 | 5 | 4 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Joško Parać | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Ante Žužul | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | Zvonimir Deranja | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | Ante Rebić | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | Damir Rašić | 15 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | Goran Milović | 20 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | Petar Šimić | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | Frane Lojić | 18 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | Mate Pehar | 18 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
| 18 | MF | Josip Serdarušić | 24 | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | Sead Bučan | 26 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | Romano Obilinović | 28 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | Ante Ćapin | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | Shpat Qerimi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | Ante Erceg | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | Filip Marčić | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | Marko Tešija | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | FW | Bojan Golubović | 29 | 6 | 1 | 1 |
| 44 | DF | Ivica Križanac | 11 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
Sources: Prva-HNL.hr, rnksplit.hr

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Position | Player | From | Fee |
| 3 June 2010 | DF | Velimir Vidić | Šibenik | Free |
| 3 June 2010 | DF | Igor Budiša | Šibenik | Free |
| 8 June 2010 | FW | Zvonimir Deranja | R.E. Mouscron | Free |
| 8 June 2010 | MF | Predrag Šimić | Željezničar Sarajevo | Free |
| 8 June 2010 | MF | Sead Bučan | Željezničar Sarajevo | Free |
| 8 June 2010 | FW | Romano Obilinović | Imotski | Free |
| 8 June 2010 | DF | Danijel Rašić | Imotski | Free |
| 25 June 2010 | FW | Bojan Golubović | Međimurje | Undisclosed |
| 20 July 2010 | FW | Shpat Qerimi | Eintracht Norderstedt | Free |
| 23 August 2010 | MF | Mate Pehar | Neretva | Free |
| 12 January 2011 | DF | Filip Marčić | Slaven Belupo | Free |
| 27 January 2011 | DF | Ivica Križanac | Zenit St. Petersburg | Free |
| 5 February 2011 | MF | Ante Serdarušić | – | Free |

### Out

| Date | Position | Player | To | Fee |
| 8 September 2010 | MF | Frane Vitaić | Cibalia | Free |
| 13 October 2010 | DF | Ivica Pirić | – | Retired |
| 25 December 2010 | MF | Goran Gruica | Zestaponi | Free |
| 22 January 2011 | FW | Dalibor Mandarić | Imotski | Free |
| 27 January 2011 | FW | Shpat Qerimi | – | Released |
| 1 February 2011 | FW | Zvonimir Deranja | – | Released |
| 1 February 2011 | DF | Petar Šimić | Solin | Free |

### Loans out

| Date | Position | Player | To | Until |
| 14 July 2010 | FW | Dalibor Mandarić | Imotski | 4 January 2011 |
| 19 July 2010 | DF | Branimir Borozan | Solin | End of season |
| 19 July 2010 | FW | Tomislav Miljak | Solin | End of season |
| 19 July 2010 | MF | Ivan Muslim | Dugopolje | 15 December 2010 |
| 23 August 2010 | FW | Ante Ćapin | Imotski | 4 January 2011 |
| 17 January 2011 | MF | Ivan Muslim | Solin | End of season |
Sources: nogometni-magazin.com