# 2019–20 NK Istra 1961 season

The 2019–20 NK Istra 1961 season was the club's 59th season in existence and the 11th consecutive season in the top flight of Croatian football.

## First-team squad

    As of 5 August 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 | Tony Macan |
| 2 | MF | CRO | Mario Munivrana |
| 4 | DF | ESP | Rafael Páez (on loan from Deportivo Alavés) |
| 5 | DF | MKD | Agron Rufati |
| 6 | DF | CRO | Petar Bosančić |
| 7 | FW | CRO | Šime Gržan |
| 8 | MF | ESP | Einar Galilea (on loan from Deportivo Alavés) |
| 9 | MF | ESP | Adrián Fuentes (on loan from Deportivo Alavés) |
| 10 | FW | BIH | Gedeon Guzina |
| 11 | FW | CRO | Josip Maganjić (on loan from Fiorentina) |
| 12 | GK | CRO | Josip Čondrić |
| 13 | FW | CRO | Ivan Delić (on loan from Hajduk Split) |
| 14 | MF | CRO | Denis Bušnja (on loan from Rijeka) |
| 15 | DF | CRO | Martin Franić |
| 16 | MF | CRO | Ivan Močinić |
| 17 | MF | SEN | Arona Sané |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | FW | CRO | Robert Perić-Komšić |
| 20 | MF | CRO | Antonio Ivančić |
| 21 | GK | CRO | Lovro Majkić |
| 22 | DF | CRO | Marin Grujević (captain) |
| 23 | MF | MNE | Stefan Lončar (on loan from Deportivo Alavés) |
| 24 | DF | AUT | Markus Pavić |
| 26 | MF | GHA | Obeng Regan |
| 27 | DF | CRO | Josip Tomašević |
| 28 | MF | VEN | Octavio Páez |
| 29 | DF | ESP | Sergi González (on loan from Deportivo Alavés) |
| 30 | MF | CRO | Matija Fintić (on loan from Dinamo Zagreb) |
| 31 | MF | CRO | Toni Burić |
| 33 | MF | ALB | Drilon Sadiku |
| 34 | MF | CRO | Mateo Lisica |
| 40 | GK | CRO | Tomislav Duka |
| 77 | MF | CRO | Slavko Blagojević |

## Transfers
### In

| Pos | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| MF | Adrián Fuentes | Deportivo Alavés | Loan | 26 June 2019 |
| MF | Kim Young-gyu | El Ejido | Back from loan | 30 June 2019 |
| FW | Vice Miljanić | Brda | Back from loan | 30 June 2019 |
| MF | José Luis Rodríguez | Deportivo Alavés B | Back from loan | 30 June 2019 |
| FW | Moha Traoré | Melilla | Back from loan | 30 June 2019 |
| MF | Mario Munivrana | Međimurje | Free | 5 July 2019 |
| MF | Einar Galilea | Deportivo Alavés | Loan | 9 July 2019 |
| DF | Josip Tomašević | Rudar Velenje | Free | 12 July 2019 |
| FW | Šime Gržan | GOŠK Gabela | Free | 12 July 2019 |
| FW | Mario Ćuže | Dinamo Zagreb II | Loan | 15 July 2019 |
| DF | Rafael Páez | Deportivo Alavés | Loan | 2 August 2019 |
| DF | Sergi González | Deportivo Alavés | Loan | 20 August 2019 |
| MF | Ivan Močinić | Rapid Wien | Free | 23 August 2019 |
| MF | Matija Fintić | Dinamo Zagreb II | Loan | 2 September 2019 |
| MF | Denis Bušnja | Rijeka | Loan | 2 September 2019 |
| FW | Josip Maganjić | Fiorentina Primavera | Loan | 2 September 2019 |
| GK | Tomislav Duka | Hajduk Split | Free | 24 Jan 2020 |
| MF | Slavko Blagojević | RFS | Free | 24 January 2020 |
| FW | Gedeon Guzina | Sarajevo | Free | 7 February 2020 |
| FW | Ivan Delić | Hajduk Split | Loan | 10 February 2020 |
| DF | Petar Rubić | Hrvatski Dragovoljac | Back from loan | 30 June 2020 |
| FW | Vice Miljanić | Jadran Poreč | Back from loan | 30 June 2020 |
| FW | Hisa Ramadani | Rovinj | Back from loan | 30 June 2020 |
| FW | Karolis Laukžemis | Tabor Sežana | Back from loan | 31 July 2020 |
Source: Glasilo Hrvatskog nogometnog saveza

### Out

| Pos | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| MF | Adrián Fuentes | Deportivo Alavés B | Back from loan | 12 June 2019 |
| MF | Einar Galilea | Deportivo Alavés | Back from loan | 12 June 2019 |
| MF | Dani Iglesias | Deportivo Alavés B | Back from loan | 12 June 2019 |
| DF | Kévin Rimane | Paris Saint-Germain | Back from loan | 14 June 2019 |
| FW | Ramón Miérez | Tigre | Back from loan | 14 June 2019 |
| MF | Madger Gomes | Doncaster Rovers | Free | 20 June 2019 |
| DF | Tomislav Čuljak | No team | Free | 1 July 2019 |
| DF | Maicon da Silva | No team | Free | 1 July 2019 |
| MF | Dani Ndi | No team | Free | 1 July 2019 |
| FW | Bruno Sávio | Louletano | Back from loan | 1 July 2019 |
| MF | Kim Young-gyu | No team | Free | 3 July 2019 |
| MF | José Luis Rodríguez | Deportivo Alavés B | Free | 11 July 2019 |
| FW | Moha Traoré | Hércules | Free | 15 July 2019 |
| GK | Ioritz Landeta | Sestao River Club | Free | 22 July 2019 |
| DF | Julio Rodríguez | Voluntari | Free | 24 July 2019 |
| FW | Vice Miljanić | Jadran Poreč | Loan | 7 August 2019 |
| MF | Hisa Ramadani | Rovinj | Loan | 16 August 2019 |
| FW | Elvis Trešnjić | Uljanik | Back from loan | 16 August 2019 |
| FW | Mario Ćuže | Dinamo Zagreb II | Recalled from loan | 20 January 2020 |
| FW | Karolis Laukžemis | Tabor Sežana | Loan | 28 January 2020 |
| DF | Petar Rubić | Hrvatski Dragovoljac | Loan | 14 February 2020 |
| DF | Petar Rubić | No team | Free | 12 June 2020 |
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 % |
| HT Prva liga | 21 July 2019 | 25 July 2020 | Matchday 1 | 9th | 36 | 5 | 10 | 21 | 27 | 59 | −32 | 013.89 |
| Relegation play-offs | 2 August 2020 | 5 August 2020 | First leg | Winners | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 050.00 |
| Croatian Cup | 25 September 2019 | 30 October 2019 | First round | Second round | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | +0 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 40 | 7 | 10 | 23 | 34 | 64 | −30 | 017.50 |
Last updated: 6 April 2021 Source: Soccerway

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 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 | |
| 9 | Istra 1961 (O) | 36 | 5 | 10 | 21 | 27 | 59 | −32 | 25 | Qualification for the Relegation play-offs |
| 10 | Inter Zaprešić (R) | 36 | 3 | 8 | 25 | 32 | 72 | −40 | 17 | Relegation to Croatian Second Football League |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 4 April 2021. Source: Competitive matches

#### 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 | 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 | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | W | W | L | L | D | D | L | L | D | D | L | L | D | D | L | L | L | L | L | W | L | D | L | W | L | L | L | W | L | D | L | D | L | D | L |
| Position | 8 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 |

#### Matches

Source: Croatian Football Federation

#### Relegation play-offs

Source: Croatian Football Federation

### Croatian Football Cup

Source: Croatian Football Federation

## Player seasonal records

Updated 6 April 2021

### Goals

| Rank | Name | League | Relegation play-offs | Cup | Total |
| 1 | Mario Ćuže | 7 | – | 1 | 8 |
| 2 | Šime Gržan | 4 | 2 | – | 6 |
| 3 | Gedeon Guzina | 3 | – | – | 3 |
| 3 | Antonio Ivančić | 2 | – | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Petar Bosančić | 2 | – | – | 2 |
| 5 | Ivan Delić | 2 | – | – | 2 |
| 7 | Matija Fintić | 1 | – | – | 1 |
| 7 | Karolis Laukžemis | 1 | – | – | 1 |
| 7 | Stefan Lončar | 1 | – | – | 1 |
| 7 | Ivan Močinić | 1 | – | – | 1 |
| 7 | Rafael Páez | 1 | – | – | 1 |
| 7 | Robert Perić-Komšić | 1 | – | – | 1 |
| 7 | Obeng Regan | 1 | – | – | 1 |
| 7 | Josip Maganjić | – | 1 | – | 1 |
| 7 | Mario Munivrana | – | – | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | Agron Rufati | – | – | 1 | 1 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | 27 | 3 | 4 | 34 |
Source: Competitive matches

### Clean sheets

| Rank | Name | League | Relegation play-offs | Cup | Total |
| 1 | Josip Čondrić | 4 | 1 | – | 5 |
| 2 | Tomislav Duka | 2 | – | – | 2 |
| 3 | Lovro Majkić | 1 | – | – | 1 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | 7 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
Source: Competitive matches

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Player | 1. HNL | 1. HNL | 1. HNL | Relegation play-offs | Relegation play-offs | Relegation play-offs | Croatian Cup | Croatian Cup | Croatian Cup | Total | Total | Total |
| 2 | MF | Mario Munivrana | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Petar Rubić | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | DF | Rafael Páez | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Agron Rufati | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | Petar Bosančić | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | Šime Gržan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Einar Galilea | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | Adrián Fuentes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | Karolis Laukžemis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | Josip Čondrić | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | Denis Bušnja | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | Martin Franić | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | Ivan Močinić | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | Arona Sané | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | Robert Perić-Komšić | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | Antonio Ivančić | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| 22 | DF | Marin Grujević | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | Stefan Lončar | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | Markus Pavić | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | FW | Mario Ćuže | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | Obeng Regan | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | Josip Tomašević | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | Octavio Páez | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | Sergi González | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | GK | Tomislav Duka | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | Slavko Blagojević | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 83 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 97 | 3 | 2 |

### Appearances and goals

| Number | Position | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Number | Position | Player | Total | Total | 1. HNL | 1. HNL | Relegation play-offs | Relegation play-offs | Croatian Cup | Croatian Cup |
| 2 | MF | Mario Munivrana | 8 | 1 | 0+7 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 1 |
| 3 | DF | Petar Rubić | 7 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Rafael Páez | 10 | 1 | 6+2 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Agron Rufati | 9 | 1 | 4+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 |
| 6 | DF | Petar Bosančić | 32 | 2 | 29+1 | 2 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | Šime Gržan | 37 | 6 | 31+2 | 4 | 2+0 | 2 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Einar Galilea | 33 | 0 | 29+2 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | Adrián Fuentes | 8 | 0 | 4+4 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | Karolis Laukžemis | 5 | 1 | 3+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | Gedeon Guzina | 16 | 3 | 12+2 | 3 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | Josip Maganjić | 10 | 1 | 2+7 | 0 | 0+1 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | Josip Čondrić | 29 | 0 | 27+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 13 | FW | Ivan Delić | 15 | 2 | 10+4 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | Denis Bušnja | 16 | 0 | 6+9 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | Martin Franić | 16 | 0 | 9+5 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | Ivan Močinić | 22 | 1 | 10+9 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | Arona Sané | 6 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | Robert Perić-Komšić | 26 | 1 | 7+18 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | Antonio Ivančić | 32 | 3 | 24+6 | 2 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 1 |
| 21 | GK | Lovro Majkić | 4 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | Marin Grujević | 31 | 0 | 27+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | Stefan Lončar | 36 | 1 | 23+9 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | Markus Pavić | 30 | 0 | 28+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 25 | FW | Mario Ćuže | 20 | 8 | 16+2 | 7 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+2 | 1 |
| 26 | MF | Obeng Regan | 22 | 1 | 15+5 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | Josip Tomašević | 35 | 0 | 31+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | Octavio Páez | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | Sergi González | 11 | 0 | 8+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | Matija Fintić | 17 | 1 | 8+8 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | Drilon Sadiku | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 34 | MF | Mateo Lisica | 4 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 35 | FW | Vice Miljanić | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 40 | GK | Tomislav Duka | 8 | 0 | 8+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | Slavko Blagojević | 16 | 0 | 14+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |