# 2018–19 HNK Gorica season

The 2018–19 HNK Gorica season was the club's 10th season in existence and the 1st season in the top flight of Croatian football.

## First-team squad

    As of 26 May 2019
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 | Kristijan Kahlina |
| 2 | DF | NGA | Musa Muhammed |
| 3 | DF | BIH | Aleksandar Jovičić |
| 4 | DF | NGA | Godfrey Oboabona |
| 5 | DF | CRO | Igor Čagalj (Captain) |
| 6 | MF | POL | Michał Masłowski |
| 7 | MF | ROU | Ronaldo Deaconu |
| 8 | MF | NED | Joey Suk |
| 9 | FW | POL | Łukasz Zwoliński |
| 10 | MF | CRO | Matija Dvorneković |
| 11 | MF | NED | Justin Mathieu |
| 12 | GK | CRO | Marko Veriga |
| 14 | MF | CRO | Martin Maloča |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 15 | DF | SRB | Nemanja Ljubisavljević |
| 18 | MF | CRO | Martin Šroler |
| 19 | DF | CRO | Marijan Čabraja |
| 21 | MF | UGA | Farouk Miya |
| 22 | DF | GEO | Giorgi Mchedlishvili |
| 25 | DF | CRO | Krešimir Krizmanić |
| 25 | DF | CRO | Krešimir Krizmanić |
| 30 | MF | CRO | Mario Marina |
| 33 | DF | CRO | Matija Špičić |
| 40 | MF | GHA | Ahmed Ramzy Yussif (on loan from Accra Lions) |
| 44 | FW | CRO | Kristijan Lovrić |
| 45 | DF | GHA | Nasiru Moro (on loan from Accra Lions) |
| 99 | FW | SEN | Cherif Ndiaye |

## Transfers
### In

| Pos | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| FW | Łukasz Zwoliński | Pogoń Szczecin | Free | 19 June 2018 |
| DF | Aleksandar Jovičić | Slaven Belupo | Free | 5 July 2018 |
| FW | Marko Dabro | Cibalia | Free | 5 July 2018 |
| FW | Kristijan Lovrić | Lokomotiva | 500,000 € | 5 July 2018 |
| MF | Farouk Miya | Standard Liège | 100,000 € | 13 July 2018 |
| MF | Martin Maloča | Sesvete | Free | 17 July 2018 |
| FW | David Arshakyan | Vejle BK | Free | 20 July 2018 |
| MF | Joey Suk | No team | Free | 27 July 2018 |
| DF | Marijan Čabraja | No team | Free | 6 August 2018 |
| DF | Musa Muhammed | İstanbul Başakşehir | Free | 6 August 2018 |
| GK | Laurențiu Brănescu | Juventus | Loan | 13 August 2018 |
| DF | Nasiru Moro | Accra Lions | Loan | 1 September 2018 |
| MF | Ahmed Ramzy Yussif | Accra Lions | Loan | 1 September 2018 |
| DF | Godfrey Oboabona | No team | Free | 11 September 2018 |
| FW | Godwin Udoh | Femmak Football Academy | Free | 2 January 2019 |
| FW | Cherif Ndiaye | No team | Free | 19 January 2019 |
| MF | Ronaldo Deaconu | Concordia Chiajna | 50,000 € | 31 January 2019 |
| GK | Ivan Čović | Sepsi OSK | Free | 12 February 2019 |
| MF | Justin Mathieu | SC Cambuur | 15,000 € | 15 February 2019 |
Source: Glasilo Hrvatskog nogometnog saveza

### Out

| Pos | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
| MF | Victoraș Astafei | No team | Free | 15 June 2018 |
| FW | Henrik Ojamaa | Miedź Legnica | Free | 15 June 2018 |
| DF | Hrvoje Jančetić | No team | Free | 1 July 2018 |
| FW | David Arshakyan | No team | Free | 2 January 2019 |
| FW | Marko Dabro | No team | Free | 2 January 2019 |
| FW | Godwin Udoh | No team | Free | 15 January 2019 |
| MF | Iyayi Atiemwen | Dinamo Zagreb | 2,650,000 € | 22 January 2019 |
| MF | Dinko Matošević | Hrvatski Dragovoljac | Loan | 30 January 2019 |
| MF | Adrian Zenko | Sesvete | Loan | 30 January 2019 |
| GK | Laurențiu Brănescu | Juventus | Recalled from loan | 31 January 2019 |
| DF | Damir Žutić | FK Atlantas | Free | 27 February 2019 |
Source: Glasilo Hrvatskog nogometnog saveza
Total spending: 665,000 €
Total income: 2,650,000 €
Total expenditure: 1,990,000 €

## 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 % |
| HT Prva liga | 28 July 2018 | 26 May 2019 | Matchday 1 | 6th | 36 | 17 | 8 | 11 | 57 | 46 | +11 | 047.22 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 36 | 17 | 8 | 11 | 57 | 46 | +11 | 047.22 |
Last updated: 5 June 2021 Source: Soccerway

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 3 | Osijek | 36 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 61 | 36 | +25 | 62 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round |
| 4 | Hajduk Split | 36 | 17 | 11 | 8 | 59 | 39 | +20 | 62 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 5 | Gorica | 36 | 17 | 8 | 11 | 57 | 46 | +11 | 59 | |
| 6 | Lokomotiva | 36 | 13 | 10 | 13 | 51 | 43 | +8 | 49 | |
| 7 | Slaven Belupo | 36 | 7 | 16 | 13 | 41 | 53 | −12 | 37 | |
* 1 2 Head-to-head points: Osijek 7 pts, Hajduk Split 4 pts.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 5 June 2021. 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 | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | 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 |
| Result | L | D | L | W | W | W | L | W | L | W | W | W | D | W | L | L | L | D | W | L | D | D | W | W | L | D | L | W | W | D | W | D | W | L | W | W |
| Position | 8 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |

#### Matches

Source: Croatian Football Federation

## Player seasonal records

Updated 6 June 2021

### Goals

| Rank | Name | League | Total |
| 1 | Łukasz Zwoliński | 14 | 14 |
| 2 | Kristijan Lovrić | 10 | 10 |
| 3 | Cherif Ndiaye | 8 | 8 |
| 4 | Iyayi Atiemwen | 7 | 7 |
| 5 | Farouk Miya | 5 | 5 |
| 5 | Joey Suk | 5 | 5 |
| 7 | Matija Dvorneković | 4 | 4 |
| 8 | Mario Marina | 2 | 2 |
| 9 | Marijan Čabraja | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | Musa Muhammed | 1 | 1 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | 57 | 57 |
Source: Competitive matches

### Clean sheets

| Rank | Name | League | Total |
| 1 | Kristijan Kahlina | 11 | 11 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | 11 | 11 |
Source: Competitive matches

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Player | 1. HNL | 1. HNL | 1. HNL | Total | Total | Total |
| 2 | DF | Musa Muhammed | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Aleksandar Jovičić | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Godfrey Oboabona | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Igor Čagalj | 9 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | MF | Michał Masłowski | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Ronaldo Deaconu | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Joey Suk | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Łukasz Zwoliński | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Matija Dvorneković | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Justin Mathieu | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | Martin Maloča | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | Damir Žutić | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | Martin Šroler | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | Marijan Čabraja | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | Iyayi Atiemwen | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | Farouk Miya | 5 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | Giorgi Mchedlishvili | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | Mario Marina | 16 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | Matija Špičić | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | FW | Kristijan Lovrić | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | Cherif Ndiaye | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 107 | 2 | 1 | 107 | 2 | 1 |

### Appearances and goals

| Number | Position | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Number | Position | Player | Total | Total | 1. HNL | 1. HNL |
| 1 | GK | Kristijan Kahlina | 36 | 0 | 36+0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Musa Muhammed | 26 | 1 | 19+7 | 1 |
| 3 | DF | Aleksandar Jovičić | 27 | 0 | 26+1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Godfrey Oboabona | 14 | 0 | 13+1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Igor Čagalj | 28 | 0 | 28+0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | Michał Masłowski | 10 | 0 | 5+5 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Ronaldo Deaconu | 5 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Dinko Matošević | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Joey Suk | 27 | 5 | 25+2 | 5 |
| 9 | FW | Łukasz Zwoliński | 33 | 14 | 32+1 | 14 |
| 10 | MF | Matija Dvorneković | 33 | 4 | 24+9 | 4 |
| 11 | FW | David Arshakyan | 4 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Justin Mathieu | 9 | 0 | 2+7 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | Martin Maloča | 27 | 0 | 22+5 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | Nemanja Ljubisavljević | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | Damir Žutić | 5 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | Adrian Zenko | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | Martin Šroler | 13 | 0 | 2+11 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | Marijan Čabraja | 26 | 1 | 25+1 | 1 |
| 20 | MF | Iyayi Atiemwen | 17 | 7 | 17+0 | 7 |
| 21 | MF | Farouk Miya | 30 | 5 | 22+8 | 5 |
| 22 | DF | Giorgi Mchedlishvili | 22 | 0 | 19+3 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | Marko Dabro | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | Krešimir Krizmanić | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | Mario Marina | 30 | 2 | 28+2 | 2 |
| 33 | DF | Matija Špičić | 15 | 0 | 12+3 | 0 |
| 44 | FW | Kristijan Lovrić | 30 | 10 | 23+7 | 10 |
| 45 | DF | Nasiru Moro | 5 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | Cherif Ndiaye | 17 | 8 | 10+7 | 8 |