# 2024–25 HNK Gorica season

The 2024–25 HNK Gorica season is the club's 16th season in existence and the 7th consecutive season in the top flight of Croatian football.

## Current squad

    As of 18 February 2025
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 | Karlo Žiger |
| 2 | DF | CRO | Dino Mikanović |
| 4 | DF | NED | Matthew Steenvoorden |
| 5 | DF | CRO | Mateo Leš |
| 6 | DF | CRO | Jakov Gurlica |
| 7 | MF | ALB | Adrion Pajaziti (on loan from Fulham) |
| 8 | MF | CGO | Merveil Ndockyt |
| 9 | FW | BIH | Filip Čuić |
| 10 | MF | CRO | Jurica Pršir (Captain) |
| 11 | FW | CRO | Martin Šlogar |
| 14 | MF | MKD | Agon Elezi (on loan from Bochum) |
| 18 | MF | CRO | Ivan Fiolić |
| 20 | MF | CRO | Luka Vrzić |
| 21 | FW | CRO | Marko Kolar |
| 22 | DF | CRO | Mario Maloča |
| 23 | MF | CRO | Luka Kapulica |
| 24 | DF | CRO | Mateo Bašić |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 25 | DF | CRO | Krešimir Krizmanić |
| 27 | DF | SVN | Gregor Sikošek (on loan from Maribor) |
| 28 | DF | CRO | Slavko Bralić (on loan from Celje) |
| 29 | MF | SRB | Nikola Jojić (on loan from Stoke City) |
| 30 | GK | CRO | Darijan Žarkov |
| 31 | GK | CRO | Ivan Banić (2nd Captain) |
| 32 | MF | CRO | Tibor Halilović |
| 34 | DF | CRO | Mario Matković |
| 44 | GK | CRO | Božidar Radošević |
| 47 | DF | CRO | Anton Krešić (on loan from Cluj) |
| 50 | FW | CRO | Ante Erceg |
| 55 | MF | CRO | Vito Čaić (on loan from Dinamo Zagreb) |
| 77 | MF | CRO | Valentino Majstorović |
| 87 | MF | CRO | Antonio Ilić |
| 88 | MF | SEN | Sekou Matar Sagna |
| 90 | DF | CRO | Dino Štiglec |
| 99 | FW | KOS | Medin Gashi |

## Transfers
### In

| Pos | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| DF | Nathan Cruce-Corcy | Mladost Ždralovi | Back from loan | 30 May 2024 |
| GK | Karlo Žiger | Sesvete | Back from loan | 30 June 2024 |
| MF | Patrik Jug | Beltinci | Back from loan | 30 June 2024 |
| MF | Vinko Skrbin | Tolmin | Back from loan | 30 June 2024 |
| FW | Caio Da Cruz | Radomlje | Back from loan | 30 June 2024 |
| FW | Martin Šlogar | AEZ Zakakiou | Free | 11 July 2024 |
| FW | Marko Kolar | Maribor | Free | 19 July 2024 |
| DF | Dino Mikanović | Hajduk Split | Free | 27 July 2024 |
| DF | Ante Sušak | Dinamo Zagreb | Loan | 30 July 2024 |
| MF | Vito Čaić | Dinamo Zagreb | Loan | 30 July 2024 |
| FW | Toni Majić | Dinamo Zagreb | Loan | 30 July 2024 |
| MF | Damjan Pavlović | Rijeka | Free | 1 August 2024 |
| DF | Jakov Gurlica | Dinamo Zagreb | Free | 2 August 2024 |
| FW | Medin Gashi | Vushtrria | Undisclosed | 11 August 2024 |
| DF | David Sim | Rogaška | Free | 22 August 2024 |
| MF | Adrion Pajaziti | Fulham | Loan | 5 September 2024 |
| FW | Mesaque Djú | No team | Free | 5 September 2024 |
| MF | Meritan Shabani | No team | Free | 15 September 2024 |
| DF | Matthew Steenvoorden | Terengganu | Free | 15 October 2024 |
| MF | Tibor Halilović | No team | Free | 7 November 2024 |
| DF | Slavko Bralić | Celje | Loan | 30 December 2024 |
| FW | Ante Erceg | Fortuna Sittard | Free | 2 January 2025 |
| FW | Filip Čuić | Lokomotiva Zagreb | Free | 8 January 2025 |
| DF | Gregor Sikošek | Maribor | Loan | 10 January 2025 |
| MF | Agon Elezi | Bochum | Loan | 10 January 2025 |
| MF | Ivan Fiolić | No team | Free | 15 January 2025 |
| MF | Antonio Ilić | Sturm Graz II | Undisclosed | 21 January 2025 |
| GK | Darijan Žarkov | No team | Free | 28 January 2025 |
| DF | Mateo Bašić | Dugopolje | Free | 28 January 2025 |
| MF | Patrik Jug | Croatia Zmijavci | Recalled from loan | 12 February 2025 |
| FW | Lovro Nezirović | Karlovac 1919 | Recalled from loan | 12 February 2025 |
| MF | Luka Brlek | Karlovac 1919 | Recalled from loan | 14 February 2025 |
| MF | Nikola Jojić | Stoke City | Loan | 17 February 2025 |
| DF | Anton Krešić | CFR Cluj | Loan | 17 February 2025 |
Source: Glasilo Hrvatskog nogometnog saveza

### Out

| Pos | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
| MF | Marko Soldo | Dinamo Zagreb | Back from loan | 28 May 2024 |
| FW | Gabrijel Rukavina | Dinamo Zagreb | Back from loan | 28 May 2024 |
| DF | Alexander Munksgaard | Baník Ostrava | Free | 30 May 2024 |
| MF | Sven Blummel | Eindhoven | Free | 30 May 2024 |
| MF | Lenny Ilečić | No team | Free | 18 June 2024 |
| FW | Tim Matavž | Gorica | Free | 18 June 2024 |
| GK | Jan Paolo Debijađi | HAŠK | Free | 2 July 2024 |
| MF | Josip Mitrović | Fortuna Sittard | 500,000 € | 5 July 2024 |
| MF | Filip Mrzljak | Punjab | Free | 9 July 2024 |
| FW | Nikola Vujnović | Sumgayit | Undisclosed | 13 July 2024 |
| DF | Ino Vuko | Karlovac 1919 | Loan | 25 July 2024 |
| MF | Luka Brlek | Karlovac 1919 | Loan | 25 July 2024 |
| FW | Lovro Nezirović | Karlovac 1919 | Loan | 25 July 2024 |
| FW | Ante Matej Jurić | Brescia | 400,000 € | 6 August 2024 |
| DF | Nathan Cruce-Corcy | Sutjeska Nikšić | Free | 8 August 2024 |
| MF | Patrik Jug | Croatia Zmijavci | Loan | 13 August 2024 |
| DF | David Sim | Marsonia 1909 | Loan | 23 August 2024 |
| MF | Andrej Lazarov | Shkupi | Free | 29 August 2024 |
| FW | Caio Da Cruz | Sesvete | Loan | 2 September 2023 |
| DF | Ante Sušak | Dinamo Zagreb | Recalled from loan | 6 January 2025 |
| FW | Toni Majić | Dinamo Zagreb | Recalled from loan | 6 January 2025 |
| MF | Damjan Pavlović | Kauno Žalgiris | Free | 24 January 2025 |
| MF | Meritan Shabani | No team | Free | 3 February 2025 |
| FW | Mesaque Djú | Oliveirense | Free | 3 February 2025 |
| DF | Đuro Giulio Đekić | OFK Vršac | Free | 7 February 2025 |
| MF | Vinko Skrbin | Gorica | Loan | 13 February 2025 |
| FW | Lovro Nezirović | Dugo Selo | Loan | 13 February 2025 |
| MF | Patrik Jug | Jarun | Loan | 14 February 2025 |
| GK | Matej Vidić | Segesta | Loan | 17 February 2025 |
| MF | Luka Brlek | Brežice 1919 | Loan | 17 February 2025 |
Source: Glasilo Hrvatskog nogometnog saveza
Total spending: 0 €
Total income: 900,000 €
Total expenditure: 900,000 €

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| SuperSport HNL | 3 August 2024 | TBC | Matchday 1 | 23 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 20 | 33 | −13 | 026.09 |
| Croatian Cup | 11 September 2024 | | First round | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | +0 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 25 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 22 | 35 | −13 | 024.00 |
Last updated: 25 February 2025 Source: Soccerway

### Croatian Football League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 6 | Slaven Belupo | 23 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 25 | 28 | −3 | 29 | |
| 7 | Lokomotiva | 23 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 31 | 37 | −6 | 28 | |
| 8 | Istra 1961 | 23 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 21 | 33 | −12 | 25 | |
| 9 | Gorica | 23 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 20 | 33 | −13 | 23 | |
| 10 | Šibenik | 23 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 42 | −23 | 18 | Relegation to First Football League |
* ↑ The 2024–25 Croatian Football Cup winners qualify for the Europa League first qualifying round (or the second-placed team if the Croatian Cup winners finish first). If the Croatian Cup winners finish in the top three, the second Conference League second qualifying round spot will be 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: 25 February 2025. 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 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | L | D | L | W | L | L | W | L | L | W | L | D | L | L | W | L | L | D | D | W | L | W |
| Position | 5 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 |

#### Matches
### Croatian Football Cup
## Player seasonal records

Updated 21 November 2024

### Goals

| Rank | Name | League | Cup | Total |
| 1 | Marko Kolar | 3 | – | 3 |
| 2 | Jurica Pršir | 2 | – | 2 |
| 2 | Martin Šlogar | 2 | – | 2 |
| 2 | Damjan Pavlović | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | Luka Kapulica | 1 | – | 1 |
| 5 | Krešimir Krizmanić | 1 | – | 1 |
| 5 | Dino Mikanović | 1 | – | 1 |
| 5 | Merveil Ndockyt | 1 | – | 1 |
| 5 | Mesaque Djú | – | 1 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | 1 | – | 1 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | 13 | 2 | 15 |
Source: Competitive matches

### Clean sheets

| Rank | Name | League | Cup | Total |
| 1 | Božidar Radošević | 2 | – | 2 |
| 2 | Ivan Banić | 1 | – | 1 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | 3 | 0 | 3 |
Source: Competitive matches

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Player | HNL | HNL | HNL | Croatian Cup | Croatian Cup | Croatian Cup | Total | Total | Total |
| 2 | DF | Dino Mikanović | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Matthew Steenvoorden | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Mateo Leš | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | Jakov Gurlica | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Merveil Ndockyt | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Jurica Pršir | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | Martin Šlogar | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | Marko Kolar | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | Mario Maloča | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | Luka Kapulica | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | Luka Kapulica | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | Toni Majić | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | GK | Ivan Banić | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | DF | Mario Matković | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 47 | MF | Damjan Pavlović | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 | MF | Vito Čaić | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 88 | MF | Sekou Matar Sagna | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 90 | DF | Dino Štiglec | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | Medin Gashi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 27 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 0 |

### Appearances and goals

| Number | Position | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Number | Position | Player | Total | Total | HNL | HNL | Croatian Cup | Croatian Cup |
| 1 | GK | Karlo Žiger | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Dino Mikanović | 14 | 1 | 12+0 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Matthew Steenvoorden | 4 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Mateo Leš | 14 | 0 | 13+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | Jakov Gurlica | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | Ante Matej Jurić | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Adrion Pajaziti | 7 | 0 | 6+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Merveil Ndockyt | 12 | 1 | 10+2 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Jurica Pršir | 14 | 2 | 12+0 | 2 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | Martin Šlogar | 13 | 2 | 3+8 | 2 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 12 | FW | Mesaque Djú | 9 | 1 | 2+5 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 16 | MF | Andrej Lazarov | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | Vinko Skrbin | 6 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | Luka Vrzić | 5 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | Marko Kolar | 14 | 3 | 13+0 | 3 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | Mario Maloča | 14 | 0 | 13+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | Luka Kapulica | 13 | 1 | 10+2 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | Toni Majić | 7 | 0 | 1+6 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | Krešimir Krizmanić | 14 | 1 | 10+2 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 31 | GK | Ivan Banić | 6 | 0 | 6+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | Tibor Halilović | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 34 | DF | Mario Matković | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 44 | GK | Božidar Radošević | 7 | 0 | 7+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 47 | MF | Damjan Pavlović | 9 | 2 | 0+7 | 1 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 55 | MF | Vito Čaić | 6 | 0 | 3+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 66 | DF | Ante Sušak | 4 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 77 | FW | Valentino Majstorović | 14 | 0 | 8+4 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 88 | MF | Sekou Matar Sagna | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 90 | DF | Dino Štiglec | 14 | 0 | 11+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | Medin Gashi | 6 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |