# 2019–20 HNK Gorica season

The 2019–20 HNK Gorica season was the club's 11th season in existence and the 2nd consecutive season in the top flight of Croatian football.

## First-team squad

    As of 24 July 2020
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | CRO | Kristijan Kahlina (Captain) |
| 2 | DF | NGA | Musa Muhammed |
| 3 | DF | BIH | Aleksandar Jovičić |
| 4 | DF | NED | Matthew Steenvoorden |
| 5 | DF | CRO | Maks Juraj Čelić |
| 6 | MF | POL | Michał Masłowski |
| 7 | MF | IRQ | Jiloan Hamad |
| 8 | MF | NED | Joey Suk |
| 9 | FW | SRB | Ognjen Mudrinski (on loan from Jagiellonia Białystok) |
| 10 | MF | CRO | Matija Dvorneković |
| 11 | FW | CRO | Dario Špikić |
| 18 | MF | CRO | Martin Šroler |
| 19 | DF | CRO | Marijan Čabraja |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | MF | CRO | Hrvoje Babec |
| 21 | MF | LTU | Paulius Golubickas (on loan from Dainava) |
| 22 | MF | CRO | Gojko Gadže |
| 23 | MF | AUS | Anthony Kalik |
| 25 | DF | CRO | Krešimir Krizmanić |
| 31 | GK | CRO | Ivan Banić |
| 32 | GK | CRO | Ivan Čović |
| 36 | DF | CRO | Juraj Spudić |
| 44 | FW | CRO | Kristijan Lovrić |
| 45 | DF | GHA | Nasiru Moro |
| 50 | GK | CRO | Leon Išek |
| 77 | MF | CRO | Dario Čanađija |
| 99 | FW | SEN | Cherif Ndiaye |

## Transfers
### In

| Pos | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| DF | Nasiru Moro | Accra Lions | Free | 27 May 2019 |
| MF | Dinko Matošević | Hrvatski Dragovoljac | Back from loan | 1 June 2019 |
| MF | Adrian Zenko | Sesvete | Back from loan | 1 June 2019 |
| MF | Maks Juraj Čelić | Varaždin | Free | 13 June 2019 |
| DF | Matthew Steenvoorden | SC Cambuur | Free | 7 July 2019 |
| MF | Hrvoje Babec | Vihor Jelisavac | Free | 15 July 2019 |
| DF | Patrik Periša | BSK Bijelo Brdo | Free | 19 July 2019 |
| MF | Jiloan Hamad | No team | Free | 13 August 2019 |
| MF | Dario Čanađija | Slaven Belupo | Free | 20 August 2019 |
| MF | Min-jae Kwak | TNT Fitogether | Free | 9 September 2019 |
| FW | Hyung-min Kang | TNT Fitogether | Free | 9 September 2019 |
| MF | Paulius Golubickas | Dainava | Loan | 11 January 2020 |
| FW | Dario Špikić | Hajduk Split | Free | 18 January 2020 |
| MF | Gojko Gadže | Jarun | Free | 7 February 2020 |
| MF | Anthony Kalik | Hajduk Split | Free | 17 February 2020 |
| FW | Ognjen Mudrinski | Jagiellonia Białystok | Loan | 17 February 2020 |
| GK | Ivan Banić | No team | Free | 30 April 2020 |
| DF | Nasiru Moro | Sesvete | Back from loan | 4 June 2020 |
| DF | Juraj Spudić | Kurilovec | Back from loan | 4 June 2020 |
| MF | Martin Šroler | Sesvete | Back from loan | 4 June 2020 |
Source: Glasilo Hrvatskog nogometnog saveza

### Out

| Pos | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
| DF | Nasiru Moro | Accra Lions | Back from loan | 26 May 2019 |
| MF | Ahmed Ramzy Yussif | Accra Lions | Back from loan | 26 May 2019 |
| DF | Giorgi Mchedlishvili | Ventspils | Free | 1 June 2019 |
| DF | Godfrey Oboabona | No team | Free | 1 June 2019 |
| DF | Igor Čagalj | No team | Free | 19 June 2019 |
| MF | Min-jae Kwak | No team | Free | 1 July 2020 |
| MF | Adrian Zenko | No team | Free | 1 July 2020 |
| FW | Hyung-min Kang | No team | Free | 1 July 2020 |
| DF | Nasiru Moro | Sesvete | Loan | 17 July 2019 |
| DF | Juraj Spudić | Kurilovec | Loan | 17 July 2019 |
| MF | Ronaldo Deaconu | Sepsi OSK | 100,000 € | 8 August 2019 |
| MF | Farouk Miya | Konyaspor | 1,700,000 € | 20 August 2019 |
| MF | Mario Marina | Sabah | 100,000 € | 28 December 2019 |
| DF | Matija Špičić | Varaždin | Free | 9 January 2020 |
| DF | Nemanja Ljubisavljević | Žalgiris | Free | 24 January 2020 |
| MF | Martin Šroler | Sesvete | Loan | 29 January 2020 |
| FW | Łukasz Zwoliński | Lechia Gdańsk | 350,000 € | 8 February 2020 |
| MF | Justin Mathieu | No team | Free | 24 April 2020 |
| DF | Igor Blagojević | No team | Free | 1 June 2020 |
| DF | Patrik Periša | No team | Free | 1 June 2020 |
| MF | Martin Maloča | No team | Free | 1 June 2020 |
| FW | Antonio Bakula | No team | Free | 1 June 2020 |
Source: Glasilo Hrvatskog nogometnog saveza
Total spending: 0 €
Total income: 2,250,000 €
Total expenditure: 2,250,000 €

## 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 | 20 July 2019 | 24 July 2020 | Matchday 1 | 6th | 36 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 44 | 48 | −4 | 033.33 |
| Croatian Cup | 28 August 2019 | 4 December 2019 | Preliminary round | Quarter-finals | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 3 | +18 | 075.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 40 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 65 | 51 | +14 | 037.50 |
Last updated: 3 June 2021 Source: Soccerway

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 4 | Osijek | 36 | 17 | 11 | 8 | 47 | 29 | +18 | 62 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round |
| 5 | Hajduk Split | 36 | 18 | 6 | 12 | 60 | 41 | +19 | 60 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round |
| 6 | Gorica | 36 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 44 | 48 | −4 | 49 | |
| 7 | Slaven Belupo | 36 | 10 | 9 | 17 | 34 | 51 | −17 | 39 | |
| 8 | Varaždin | 36 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 29 | 50 | −21 | 36 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 3 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 | 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 | L | W | L | D | W | D | L | W | L | L | W | W | D | W | L | W | D | D | L | D | L | W | D | L | D | W | L | D | W | W | D | L | D | D |
| Position | 6 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |

#### Matches

Source: Croatian Football Federation

### Croatian Football Cup

Source: Croatian Football Federation

## Player seasonal records

Updated 5 June 2021

### Goals

| Rank | Name | League | Cup | Total |
| 1 | Kristijan Lovrić | 14 | 2 | 16 |
| 2 | Cherif Ndiaye | 7 | 4 | 11 |
| 3 | Łukasz Zwoliński | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| 4 | Joey Suk | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | Justin Mathieu | – | 5 | 5 |
| 6 | Ognjen Mudrinski | 4 | – | 4 |
| 7 | Jiloan Hamad | 3 | – | 3 |
| 7 | Matija Dvorneković | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | Michał Masłowski | 2 | – | 2 |
| 10 | Marijan Čabraja | 1 | – | 1 |
| 10 | Aleksandar Jovičić | 1 | – | 1 |
| 10 | Farouk Miya | 1 | – | 1 |
| 10 | Matthew Steenvoorden | 1 | – | 1 |
| 10 | Hrvoje Babec | – | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | Martin Maloča | – | 1 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | – | 1 | 1 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | 44 | 21 | 65 |
Source: Competitive matches

### Clean sheets

| Rank | Name | League | Cup | Total |
| 1 | Kristijan Kahlina | 12 | 1 | 13 |
| 2 | Ivan Čović | – | 1 | 1 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | 12 | 2 | 14 |
Source: Competitive matches

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Player | 1. HNL | 1. HNL | 1. HNL | Croatian Cup | Croatian Cup | Croatian Cup | Total | Total | Total |
| 2 | DF | Musa Muhammed | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Aleksandar Jovičić | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Matthew Steenvoorden | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Maks Juraj Čelić | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | Michał Masłowski | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Jiloan Hamad | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Joey Suk | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Ognjen Mudrinski | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Łukasz Zwoliński | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Matija Dvorneković | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Justin Mathieu | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | Dario Špikić | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | Nemanja Ljubisavljević | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | Martin Šroler | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | Marijan Čabraja | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 |
| 20 | MF | Hrvoje Babec | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | Farouk Miya | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | Anthony Kalik | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | Krešimir Krizmanić | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | Mario Marina | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 32 | GK | Ivan Čović | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | DF | Patrik Periša | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | FW | Kristijan Lovrić | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 0 |
| 45 | DF | Nasiru Moro | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | Dario Čanađija | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | Cherif Ndiaye | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 96 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 101 | 8 | 1 |

### Appearances and goals

| Number | Position | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Number | Position | Player | Total | Total | 1. HNL | 1. HNL | Croatian Cup | Croatian Cup |
| 1 | GK | Kristijan Kahlina | 37 | 0 | 36+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Musa Muhammed | 34 | 0 | 31+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Aleksandar Jovičić | 35 | 1 | 33+0 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Matthew Steenvoorden | 26 | 1 | 23+2 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Maks Juraj Čelić | 9 | 0 | 7+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | Michał Masłowski | 22 | 2 | 11+11 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Jiloan Hamad | 29 | 3 | 19+6 | 3 | 2+2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Joey Suk | 32 | 5 | 27+3 | 4 | 2+0 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | Ognjen Mudrinski | 12 | 4 | 3+9 | 4 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Łukasz Zwoliński | 21 | 9 | 10+7 | 4 | 2+2 | 5 |
| 10 | MF | Matija Dvorneković | 33 | 3 | 16+13 | 2 | 4+0 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | Justin Mathieu | 18 | 5 | 6+10 | 0 | 2+0 | 5 |
| 11 | FW | Dario Špikić | 15 | 0 | 5+10 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | Martin Maloča | 5 | 1 | 1+2 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 |
| 15 | DF | Nemanja Ljubisavljević | 5 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | Martin Šroler | 5 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | Marijan Čabraja | 35 | 1 | 33+0 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | Hrvoje Babec | 28 | 1 | 17+8 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 |
| 21 | MF | Paulius Golubickas | 5 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | Farouk Miya | 3 | 1 | 2+1 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | Gojko Gadže | 4 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | Anthony Kalik | 9 | 0 | 6+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | Krešimir Krizmanić | 14 | 0 | 8+3 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | Mario Marina | 17 | 0 | 12+1 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 |
| 32 | GK | Ivan Čović | 3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | Matija Špičić | 3 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 40 | DF | Patrik Periša | 6 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 44 | FW | Kristijan Lovrić | 34 | 16 | 31+0 | 14 | 2+1 | 2 |
| 45 | DF | Nasiru Moro | 3 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | Dario Čanađija | 25 | 0 | 17+5 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | Cherif Ndiaye | 36 | 11 | 30+3 | 7 | 2+1 | 4 |