# 2023–24 HNK Gorica season

The 2023–24 HNK Gorica season was the club's 15th season in existence and the 6th consecutive season in the top flight of Croatian football.

## Current squad

    As of 23 February 2024
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 |
| 5 | DF | CRO | Mateo Leš |
| 6 | MF | CRO | Marko Soldo (on loan from Dinamo Zagreb) |
| 7 | FW | CRO | Ante Matej Jurić |
| 8 | MF | CGO | Merveil Ndockyt |
| 9 | FW | NED | Sven Blummel |
| 10 | MF | CRO | Jurica Pršir (2nd Captain) |
| 11 | FW | CRO | Lenny Ilečić |
| 12 | GK | CRO | Jan Paolo Debijađi |
| 13 | DF | DEN | Alexander Munksgaard |
| 14 | MF | CRO | Josip Mitrović |
| 15 | MF | CRO | Filip Mrzljak (Captain) |
| 16 | MF | MKD | Andrej Lazarov |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 22 | DF | CRO | Mario Maloča |
| 23 | MF | CRO | Luka Kapulica |
| 25 | DF | CRO | Krešimir Krizmanić |
| 30 | MF | CRO | Luka Brlek |
| 31 | GK | CRO | Ivan Banić |
| 34 | DF | CRO | Mario Matković |
| 41 | FW | CRO | Gabriel Rukavina (on loan from Dinamo Zagreb) |
| 44 | GK | CRO | Božidar Radošević |
| 46 | FW | MNE | Nikola Vujnović |
| 77 | MF | CRO | Valentino Majstorović |
| 89 | FW | SVN | Tim Matavž |
| 90 | DF | CRO | Dino Štiglec |

## Transfers
### In

| Pos | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| MF | Dominik Prokop | Hartberg | Back from loan | 31 May 2023 |
| GK | Faruk Dalipagić | Karlovac 1919 | Back from loan | 15 June 2023 |
| FW | Caio Da Cruz | Dugopolje | Back from loan | 15 June 2023 |
| FW | Tin Janušić | Dugo Selo | Back from loan | 15 June 2023 |
| MF | Lenny Ilečić | Dinamo Zagreb | Free | 26 June 2023 |
| MF | Sven Blummel | MVV Maastricht | Free | 1 July 2023 |
| DF | Mateo Leš | Heracles Almelo | Free | 5 July 2023 |
| GK | Božidar Radošević | No team | Free | 8 July 2023 |
| MF | Marko Soldo | Dinamo Zagreb | Loan | 14 July 2023 |
| DF | Mario Maloča | Lechia Gdańsk | Free | 26 July 2023 |
| MF | Martin Šroler | Mura | Free | 27 July 2023 |
| DF | Alexander Munksgaard | AGF | Undisclosed | 2 August 2023 |
| MF | Abdullah Hameed | Zalaegerszeg II | Free | 9 August 2023 |
| MF | Patrik Jug | Ilirija 1911 | Back from loan | 1 January 2024 |
| MF | Andrej Lazarov | Rudeš | Free | 26 January 2024 |
| FW | Gabriel Rukavina | Dinamo Zagreb | Loan | 9 February 2024 |
Source: Glasilo Hrvatskog nogometnog saveza

### Out

| Pos | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
| MF | Dominik Prokop | Hartberg | Undisclosed | 31 May 2023 |
| DF | Cheick Keita | No team | Free | 3 June 2023 |
| DF | Matúš Vojtko | Slovan Bratislava | Back from loan | 3 June 2023 |
| FW | Vinko Petković | Osijek | Back from loan | 3 June 2023 |
| MF | Edin Julardžija | Domžale | Free | 13 June 2023 |
| FW | Kristian Fućak | Osijek | Back from loan | 15 June 2023 |
| GK | Božidar Radošević | No team | Free | 21 June 2023 |
| DF | Slavko Bralić | Osijek | Back from loan | 21 June 2023 |
| MF | Joey Suk | Karmiotissa | Free | 23 June 2023 |
| DF | Robert Ćosić | Šibenik | Free | 4 July 2023 |
| MF | Toni Fruk | Fiorentina | Back from loan | 12 July 2023 |
| DF | Ivan Tomečak | Rudeš | Free | 18 July 2023 |
| GK | Karlo Žiger | Sesvete | Loan | 19 July 2023 |
| GK | Faruk Dalipagić | Sloboda Tuzla | Free | 23 July 2023 |
| DF | Matthew Steenvoorden | Pakhtakor | Free | 27 July 2023 |
| MF | Patrik Jug | Ilirija 1911 | Loan | 28 July 2023 |
| MF | Vinko Skrbin | Tolmin | Loan | 28 July 2023 |
| DF | Nathan Cruce-Corcy | Mladost Ždralovi | Loan | 16 August 2023 |
| FW | Caio Da Cruz | Radomlje | Loan | 31 August 2023 |
| MF | Abdullah Hameed | No team | Free | 1 January 2024 |
| MF | Martin Šroler | Kustošija | Free | 1 January 2024 |
| MF | Patrik Jug | Beltinci | Loan | 14 February 2024 |
| DF | Momčilo Raspopović | Karviná | Undisclosed | 23 February 2024 |
Source: Glasilo Hrvatskog nogometnog saveza
Total spending: 0 €
Total income: 0 €
Total expenditure: 0 €

## Competitions
### Overview

| 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 | 23 July 2023 | 24 May 2024 | Matchday 1 | 7th | 36 | 11 | 8 | 17 | 35 | 50 | −15 | 030.56 |
| Croatian Cup | 27 September 2023 | 28 February 2024 | First round | Quarter-finals | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 066.67 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 39 | 13 | 8 | 18 | 41 | 54 | −13 | 033.33 |
Last updated: 25 May 2024 Source: Soccerway

### SuperSport HNL
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 5 | Lokomotiva | 36 | 12 | 15 | 9 | 52 | 45 | +7 | 51 |
| 6 | Varaždin | 36 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 39 | 47 | −8 | 42 |
| 7 | Gorica | 36 | 11 | 8 | 17 | 35 | 50 | −15 | 41 |
| 8 | Istra 1961 | 36 | 10 | 11 | 15 | 36 | 54 | −18 | 41 |
| 9 | Slaven Belupo | 36 | 9 | 6 | 21 | 43 | 69 | −26 | 33 |

#### 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 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | 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 | H |
| Result | D | W | D | L | L | D | W | W | W | L | D | W | L | W | D | W | L | D | L | L | L | L | L | W | L | L | D | W | D | L | L | L | L | W | L | W |
| Position | 4 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 7 |

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

Updated 25 May 2024

### Goals

| Rank | Name | League | Cup | Total |
| 1 | Tim Matavž | 5 | – | 5 |
| 1 | Ante Matej Jurić | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 1 | Josip Mitrović | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 1 | Nikola Vujnović | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | Sven Blummel | 3 | – | 3 |
| 5 | Jurica Pršir | 3 | – | 3 |
| 5 | Marko Soldo | 3 | – | 3 |
| 8 | Valentino Majstorović | 2 | – | 2 |
| 8 | Merveil Ndockyt | 2 | – | 2 |
| 8 | Gabriel Rukavina | 2 | – | 2 |
| 8 | Dino Štiglec | 2 | – | 2 |
| 12 | Krešimir Krizmanić | – | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | Mario Matković | – | 1 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | 35 | 6 | 41 |
Source: Competitive matches

### Clean sheets

| Rank | Name | League | Cup | Total |
| 1 | Ivan Banić | 10 | – | 10 |
| 2 | Božidar Radošević | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | 11 | 2 | 13 |
Source: Competitive matches

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Player | HNL | HNL | HNL | Croatian Cup | Croatian Cup | Croatian Cup | Total | Total | Total |
| 4 | DF | Matthew Steenvoorden | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Mateo Leš | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | Marko Soldo | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | Ante Matej Jurić | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Merveil Ndockyt | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Sven Blummel | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Jurica Pršir | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | Alexander Munksgaard | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | Josip Mitrović | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | MF | Filip Mrzljak | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | MF | Andrej Lazarov | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | Momčilo Raspopović | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | Mario Maloča | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | Luka Kapulica | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | Krešimir Krizmanić | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 31 | GK | Ivan Banić | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | DF | Mario Matković | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | FW | Gabriel Rukavina | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 46 | FW | Nikola Vujnović | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | FW | Valentino Majstorović | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 90 | DF | Dino Štiglec | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 64 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 67 | 1 | 3 |

### Appearances and goals

| Number | Position | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Number | Position | Player | Total | Total | HNL | HNL | Croatian Cup | Croatian Cup |
| 4 | DF | Matthew Steenvoorden | 1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Mateo Leš | 26 | 0 | 15+8 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | Marko Soldo | 37 | 3 | 25+9 | 3 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | Ante Matej Jurić | 34 | 5 | 9+22 | 4 | 2+1 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | Merveil Ndockyt | 15 | 2 | 13+0 | 2 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Sven Blummel | 22 | 3 | 3+16 | 3 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Jurica Pršir | 37 | 3 | 32+2 | 3 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | Lenny Ilečić | 16 | 0 | 2+13 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | Alexander Munksgaard | 30 | 0 | 17+11 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | Josip Mitrović | 34 | 5 | 30+2 | 4 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 15 | MF | Filip Mrzljak | 32 | 0 | 26+4 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | Andrej Lazarov | 13 | 0 | 7+6 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | Arona Fall | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | Momčilo Raspopović | 20 | 0 | 18+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | Luka Vrzić | 5 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | Mario Maloča | 36 | 0 | 33+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | Luka Kapulica | 27 | 0 | 4+20 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | Martin Šroler | 6 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | Krešimir Krizmanić | 31 | 1 | 25+4 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 |
| 31 | GK | Ivan Banić | 33 | 0 | 33+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 34 | DF | Mario Matković | 11 | 1 | 5+3 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 |
| 38 | DF | Ino Vuko | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 40 | DF | Đuro-Giulio Đekić | 3 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 41 | FW | Gabriel Rukavina | 16 | 2 | 14+1 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 44 | GK | Božidar Radošević | 6 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 46 | FW | Nikola Vujnović | 29 | 5 | 22+5 | 4 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 77 | FW | Valentino Majstorović | 19 | 2 | 11+8 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 88 | MF | Sekou Matar Sagna | 9 | 0 | 0+9 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 89 | FW | Tim Matavž | 26 | 5 | 13+11 | 5 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 90 | DF | Dino Štiglec | 35 | 2 | 33+1 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 99 | MF | Abdullah Hameed | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |