# 2024–25 NK Osijek season

The 2024–25 NK Osijek season is the club's 111th season in existence and the 34th consecutive season in the top flight of Croatian football.

## Players

    As of 22 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 | ITA | Mattia Del Favero |
| 5 | DF | ARM | Styopa Mkrtchyan |
| 6 | MF | CRO | Hrvoje Babec (on loan from Riga) |
| 7 | MF | CRO | Vedran Jugović |
| 8 | FW | NGA | Justice Ohajunwa |
| 9 | FW | SUI | Kemal Ademi |
| 10 | MF | BRA | Pedro Lima (on loan from Palmeiras) |
| 13 | DF | ITA | Alessandro Tuia |
| 14 | MF | CRO | Marko Soldo |
| 15 | DF | ALB | Jon Mersinaj |
| 17 | FW | AUT | Arnel Jakupović |
| 18 | MF | CRO | Niko Farkaš |
| 20 | MF | POR | Tiago Dantas |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 22 | DF | CRO | Roko Jurišić |
| 24 | FW | CRO | Filip Živković |
| 26 | DF | CRO | Luka Jelenić |
| 27 | FW | POR | Hernâni Fortes |
| 31 | GK | CRO | Marko Malenica |
| 33 | DF | SWE | Emin Hasić |
| 34 | FW | CRO | Anton Matković |
| 36 | MF | BIH | Nail Omerović |
| 39 | FW | CRO | Domagoj Bukvić |
| 42 | DF | BRA | Renan Guedes |
| 55 | DF | CRO | Ivan Cvijanović |
| 66 | MF | SUI | Petar Pušić |
| 98 | MF | CRO | Šimun Mikolčić |

## Transfers
### In

| Pos | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| DF | Stefanos Evangelou | Zalaegerszeg | Return from loan | 15 June 2024 |
| DF | Luka Jelenić | Varaždin | €800,000 | 26 June 2024 |
| MF | Marko Soldo | Dinamo Zagreb | €400,000 | 26 June 2024 |
| MF | Pedro Lima | Palmeiras | Loan | 26 June 2024 |
| FW | Ricuenio Kewal | Jong AZ | Free | 26 June 2024 |
| GK | Tin Sajko | Jarun | Return from loan | 27 June 2024 |
| DF | Ivan Cvijanović | Šibenik | Return from loan | 27 June 2024 |
| GK | Nikola Čavlina | Dinamo Zagreb | Loan | 29 June 2024 |
| FW | Nikola Janjić | Komárno | Return from loan | 30 June 2024 |
| FW | Vinko Petković | Rudeš | Return from loan | 30 June 2024 |
| FW | Kemal Ademi | Luzern | Free | 1 July 2024 |
| DF | Emin Hasić | IFK Värnamo | €400,000 | 13 August 2024 |
| DF | Alessandro Tuia | Cremonese | Free | 29 August 2024 |
| MF | Tiago Dantas | Benfica | Free | 29 August 2024 |
| FW | Hernâni Fortes | Al-Najma | Free | 29 August 2024 |
| FW | Arnel Jakupović | Maribor | €1,000,000 | 30 August 2024 |
| FW | Kristian Fućak | Zalaegerszeg | Recalled from loan | 14 January 2025 |
| MF | Hrvoje Babec | Riga | Loan | 15 January 2025 |
| GK | Mattia Del Favero | Taranto | Undisclosed | 4 February 2025 |
| DF | Jon Mersinaj | Lokomotiva Zagreb | €200,000 | 14 February 2025 |
| FW | Justice Ohajunwa | Zimbru Chișinău | €250,000 | 17 February 2025 |

### Out

| Pos | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
| GK | Marko Barešić | Free agent | End of contract | 7 June 2024 |
| DF | Oleksandr Drambayev | Shakhtar Donetsk | Return from loan | 7 June 2024 |
| DF | Šime Gržan | Free agent | End of contract | 7 June 2024 |
| MF | Petar Brlek | Free agent | End of contract | 7 June 2024 |
| FW | Ladislav Almási | Baník Ostrava | Return from loan | 7 June 2024 |
| DF | Stefanos Evangelou | Zalaegerszeg | Free | 17 June 2024 |
| MF | Enis Çokaj | Panathinaikos | Return from loan | 19 June 2024 |
| DF | Slavko Bralić | Celje | Free | 24 June 2024 |
| FW | Nikola Janjić | Sutjeska Nikšić | Released | 6 July 2024 |
| FW | Vinko Petković | Free agent | Released | 10 July 2024 |
| FW | Amar Zahirović | Jarun | Released | 22 July 2024 |
| MF | Marin Prekodravac | Šibenik | Released | 5 August 2024 |
| FW | Ramón Miérez | Al Jazira | €3,000,000 | 14 August 2024 |
| DF | André Duarte | Újpest | €400,000 | 15 August 2024 |
| FW | Kristijan Lovrić | Amedspor | Released | 22 August 2024 |
| GK | Franko Kolić | Mura | Released | 31 August 2024 |
| DF | Luka Zebec | BSK Bijelo Brdo | Loan | 31 August 2024 |
| FW | Kristian Fućak | Zalaegerszeg | Loan | 3 September 2024 |
| MF | Darko Nejašmić | Sharjah | €1,000,000 | 5 September 2024 |
| GK | Nikola Čavlina | Dinamo Zagreb | Recalled from loan | 7 January 2025 |
| FW | Luka Branšteter | Cibalia | Loan | 10 January 2025 |
| FW | Kristian Fućak | Istra 1961 | Released | 15 January 2025 |
| FW | Ricuenio Kewal | Free agent | Released | 3 February 2025 |
| DF | Krešimir Vrbanac | BSK Bijelo Brdo | Loan | 12 February 2025 |
| GK | Tin Sajko | Rudeš | Free | 13 February 2025 |
Total Spending: €3,050,000
Total Income: €4,400,000
Net Income: €1,350,000

## 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 % |
| SuperSport HNL | 4 August 2024 | TBC | Matchday 1 | | 23 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 32 | 33 | −1 | 034.78 |
| Croatian Cup | 18 September 2024 | | First round | | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 100.00 |
| UEFA Conference League | 25 July 2024 | 15 August 2024 | Second qualifying round | Third qualifying round | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 30 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 47 | 39 | +8 | 043.33 |
Last updated: 27 February 2025 Source: Soccerway

### SuperSport HNL
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 4 | Varaždin | 26 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 20 | 17 | +3 | 35 |
| 5 | Slaven Belupo | 26 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 30 | 30 | 0 | 35 |
| 6 | Osijek | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 33 | 38 | −5 | 31 |
| 7 | Lokomotiva | 26 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 36 | 43 | −7 | 31 |
| 8 | Istra 1961 | 26 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 24 | 36 | −12 | 29 |
* ↑ 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: 23 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 | 24 | 25 | 26 |
| 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 |
| Result | L | L | D | L | L | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | D | D | L | W | D | D | D | W | L | L | L | L | L | D |
| Position | 7 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 6 |

#### Matches
### Friendlies
#### Pre-season
#### On-season (2025)
## Player seasonal records

Updated 27 February 2025

### Goals

| Rank | Name | League | Europe | Cup | Total |
| 1 | Arnel Jakupović | 6 | – | 1 | 7 |
| 2 | Marko Soldo | 4 | – | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | Vedran Jugović | 2 | 1 | – | 3 |
| 3 | Petar Pušić | 2 | 1 | – | 3 |
| 3 | Pedro Lima | 2 | – | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Ramón Miérez | – | 3 | – | 3 |
| 7 | Hernâni Fortes | 2 | – | – | 2 |
| 7 | Emin Hasić | 2 | – | – | 2 |
| 7 | Luka Jelenić | 2 | – | – | 2 |
| 7 | Roko Jurišić | 2 | – | – | 2 |
| 7 | Filip Živković | 1 | – | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | Anton Matković | – | 2 | – | 2 |
| 13 | Ivan Cvijanović | 1 | – | – | 1 |
| 13 | Tiago Dantas | 1 | – | – | 1 |
| 13 | Domagoj Bukvić | – | 1 | – | 1 |
| 13 | Renan Guedes | – | 1 | – | 1 |
| 13 | Hrvoje Babec | – | – | 1 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | 1 | – | – | 1 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | 28 | 9 | 6 | 43 |
Source: Competitive matches

### Clean sheets

| Rank | Name | League | Europe | Cup | Total |
| 1 | Marko Malenica | 5 | – | 1 | 6 |
| 2 | Nikola Čavlina | – | 1 | – | 1 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
Source: Competitive matches

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Player | HNL | HNL | HNL | Europe | Europe | Europe | Croatian Cup | Croatian Cup | Croatian Cup | Total | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | Nikola Čavlina | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Styopa Mkrtchyan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Vedran Jugović | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Kemal Ademi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Pedro Lima | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | Alessandro Tuia | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | Marko Soldo | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | Arnel Jakupović | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | Tiago Dantas | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | Roko Jurišić | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | Luka Jelenić | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | GK | Marko Malenica | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | Emin Hasić | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | FW | Anton Matković | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | MF | Nail Omerović | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | FW | Domagoj Bukvić | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | DF | Renan Guedes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 | DF | Ivan Cvijanović | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 66 | MF | Petar Pušić | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 98 | MF | Šimun Mikolčić | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 42 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 63 | 0 | 0 |

### Appearances and goals

| Number | Position | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Number | Position | Player | Total | Total | HNL | HNL | Conference League | Conference League | Croatian Cup | Croatian Cup |
| 1 | GK | Nikola Čavlina | 9 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | André Duarte | 4 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Krešimir Vrbanac | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Styopa Mkrtchyan | 5 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | Hrvoje Babec | 1 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 1 |
| 6 | MF | Darko Nejašmić | 8 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Vedran Jugović | 24 | 3 | 11+6 | 2 | 3+1 | 1 | 0+3 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Kemal Ademi | 12 | 0 | 3+5 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Pedro Lima | 20 | 3 | 5+8 | 2 | 1+3 | 0 | 1+2 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | Ricuenio Kewal | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 13 | FW | Ramón Miérez | 3 | 3 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 3 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | Alessandro Tuia | 12 | 0 | 11+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | Marko Soldo | 25 | 6 | 13+5 | 4 | 3+1 | 0 | 2+1 | 2 |
| 17 | FW | Arnel Jakupović | 17 | 7 | 13+1 | 6 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 1 |
| 20 | MF | Tiago Dantas | 15 | 1 | 13+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | Roko Jurišić | 22 | 2 | 17+0 | 2 | 4+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | Filip Živković | 11 | 2 | 0+9 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+2 | 1 |
| 26 | DF | Luka Jelenić | 24 | 2 | 17+0 | 2 | 4+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | Hernâni Fortes | 13 | 2 | 7+4 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 31 | GK | Marko Malenica | 16 | 0 | 14+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | Emin Hasić | 17 | 2 | 15+0 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 34 | FW | Anton Matković | 15 | 2 | 8+3 | 0 | 3+1 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 36 | MF | Nail Omerović | 23 | 0 | 12+5 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 39 | FW | Domagoj Bukvić | 23 | 1 | 7+10 | 0 | 3+1 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 42 | DF | Renan Guedes | 4 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 46 | FW | Ivan Barić | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 55 | DF | Ivan Cvijanović | 12 | 1 | 4+4 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 66 | MF | Petar Pušić | 23 | 3 | 10+6 | 2 | 4+0 | 1 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 98 | MF | Šimun Mikolčić | 20 | 0 | 5+9 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |