# 2009–10 RNK Split season

The 2009–10 was the 98th season in RNK Split’s history. After winning Treća HNL South in the previous season, they earned promotion to Druga HNL. RNK Split finished the season in 1st place in the Druga HNL and earned promotion to 2010–11 Prva HNL.
The club reached the first round of the 2009–10 Croatian Cup, where the team were beaten 2–0 by Slaven Belupo. Ante Žužul was the club's top goalscorer after scoring 12 goals, all of them in the league. At the end of the season, manager Tonči Bašić left the club after he was offered the place of assistant manager when the board brought Ivan Katalinić to replace him.

## First-team squad

    As of 29 May 2010
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | GK | CRO | Andrija Vuković |
| — | GK | CRO | Danijel Zagorac |
| — | GK | CRO | Vedran Čović |
| — | DF | CRO | Goran Milović |
| — | DF | CRO | Ivica Pirić |
| — | DF | CRO | Goran Radnić |
| — | DF | CRO | Damir Rašić |
| — | DF | CRO | Petar Šimić |
| — | MF | CRO | Stipe Barač |
| — | MF | CRO | Ante Erceg |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | CRO | Juraj Grizelj |
| — | MF | CRO | Frane Lojić |
| — | MF | CRO | Tomislav Miljak |
| — | MF | CRO | Josip Serdarušić |
| — | MF | CRO | Ante Vitaić |
| — | MF | CRO | Frane Vitaić |
| — | MF | CRO | Ante Žužul (captain) |
| — | FW | CRO | Ante Ćapin |
| — | FW | CRO | Joško Parać |
| — | FW | CRO | Tedi Surać (on loan from Hajduk Split) |

## Competitions
### Overall

| Competition | Started round | Final result | First match | Last Match |
| 2009–10 Druga HNL | – | 1st | 22 August | 29 May |
| 2009–10 Croatian Cup | Preliminary round | First round | 25 August | 23 September |

### Druga HNL
#### Classification

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | RNK Split (C, P) | 26 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 56 | 26 | +30 | 53 | Promotion to Croatian First Football League |
| 2 | Pomorac | 26 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 41 | 24 | +17 | 47 | |
| 3 | Hrvatski Dragovoljac (P) | 26 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 35 | 23 | +12 | 42 | Promotion to Croatian First Football League |
| 4 | Lučko | 26 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 38 | 28 | +10 | 42 | |
| 5 | Solin | 26 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 29 | 22 | +7 | 40 | |
* 1 2 Only RNK Split and Hrvatski Dragovoljac were granted a Prva HNL license for the Croatian First 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: 29 May 2010. Source: Druga-HNL.com, Sportnet.hr

#### 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 | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | L | D | W | W | W | W | W | D | L | D | W | D | W | W | D | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | L | L |
| Position | 3 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

## Matches
### Druga HNL

| Round | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Attendance | RNK Split Scorers | Report |
| 1 | 22 Aug | H | Vinogradar | 3 – 0 | 500 | Barač, Surać, F. Vitaić | Sportnet.hr |
| 2 | 29 Aug | A | Pomorac | 2 – 4 | 300 | Žužul (2) | Sportnet.hr |
| 3 | 6 Sep | H | Rudeš | 2 – 2 | 700 | Gruica, Žužul | Sportnet.hr |
| 4 | 12 Sep | H | Segesta | 4 – 1 | 300 | Serdarušić, Pirić, Parać, Žužul | Sportnet.hr |
| 5 | 19 Sep | A | Moslavina | 3 – 0 | 400 | Barač (2), Parać | Sportnet.hr |
| 6 | 27 Sep | H | Imotski | 3 – 0 | 2,000 | Žužul, F. Vitaić, Surać | Sportnet.hr |
| 7 | 3 Oct | A | Suhopolje | 1 – 0 | 1,000 | Serdarušić | Sportnet.hr |
| 8 | 10 Oct | H | Hrvatski Dragovoljac | 2 – 0 | 1,000 | Serdarušić, Parać | Sportnet.hr |
| 9 | 18 Oct | A | Vukovar '91 | 1 – 1 | 150 | F. Vitaić | Sportnet.hr |
| 10 | 24 Oct | H | Solin | 3 – 4 | 1,000 | Milović, Žužul, Ćapin | Sportnet.hr |
| 11 | 7 Nov | A | Junak | 1 – 1 | 700 | Surać | Sportnet.hr |
| 12 | 15 Nov | H | Lučko | 4 – 1 | 700 | Serdarušić, Milović, Žužul, Surać | Sportnet.hr |
| 13 | 21 Nov | A | Mosor | 1 – 1 | 250 | Parać | Sportnet.hr |
| 14 | 28 Feb | A | Vinogradar | 4 – 1 | 500 | Žužul (2), A. Vitaić, Parać | Sportnet.hr |
| 15 | 6 Mar | H | Pomorac | 2 – 0 | 2,000 | Grizelj, Parać | Sportnet.hr |
| 16 | 16 Mar | A | Rudeš | 1 – 1 | 300 | Parać | Sportnet.hr |
| 17 | 20 Mar | A | Segesta | 1 – 0 | 400 | Parać | Sportnet.hr |
| 18 | 28 Mar | H | Moslavina | 4 – 0 | 800 | Žužul (2), Parać, Serdarušić | Sportnet.hr |
| 19 | 11 Apr | A | Imotski | 2 – 5 | 800 | Serdarušić, Žužul | Sportnet.hr |
| 20 | 17 Apr | H | Suhopolje | 2 – 1 | 400 | Parać, Šimić | Sportnet.hr |
| 21 | 23 Apr | A | Hrvatski Dragovoljac | 1 – 0 | 500 | Rašić | Sportnet.hr |
| 22 | 2 May | H | Vukovar '91 | 3 – 0 | 500 | A. Vitaić, F. Vitaić, Milović | Sportnet.hr |
| 23 | 8 May | A | Solin | 3 – 0 | 600 | F. Vitaić, Grizelj, Rašić | Sportnet.hr |
| 24 | 15 May | H | Junak | 2 – 0 | 500 | Grizelj, A. Vitaić | Sportnet.hr |
| 25 | 22 May | A | Lučko | 0 – 1 | 300 | | Sportnet.hr |
| 26 | 29 May | H | Mosor | 1 – 2 | 3,000 | Parać | Sportnet.hr |

### Croatian Cup

| Round | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Attendance | RNK Split Scorers | Report |
| QR | 25 Aug | A | Bjelovar | 1 – 0 | 200 | Surać | |
| R1 | 23 Sep | H | Slaven Belupo | 0 – 2 | 2,000 | | Sportnet.hr |
Last updated 29 May 2010 Sources: Druga-HNL.com Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine, Sportnet.hr

## Player seasonal records

Competitive matches only. Updated to games played 29 May 2010.

### Goalscorers

| Rank | Name | League | Cup | Total |
| 1 | Ante Žužul | 12 | – | 12 |
| 2 | Joško Parać | 11 | – | 11 |
| 3 | Josip Serdarušić | 6 | – | 6 |
| 4 | Frane Vitaić | 5 | – | 5 |
| 4 | Tedi Surać | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 6 | Stipe Barač | 3 | – | 3 |
| 6 | Juraj Grizelj | 3 | – | 3 |
| 6 | Goran Milović | 3 | – | 3 |
| 6 | Ante Vitaić | 3 | – | 3 |
| 10 | Damir Rašić | 2 | – | 2 |
| 11 | Ante Ćapin | 1 | – | 1 |
| 11 | Goran Gruica | 1 | – | 1 |
| 11 | Ivica Pirić | 1 | – | 1 |
| 11 | Petar Šimić | 1 | – | 1 |
| | TOTALS | 56 | 1 | 57 |
Source: Competitive matches

### Squad statistics

| Position | Player | League | League | Discipline | Discipline |
| Position | Player | Apps | Goals | | |
| DF | Goran Radnić | 25 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| DF | Goran Milović | 24 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| MF | Ante Žužul | 25 | 12 | 3 | 0 |
| FW | Joško Parać | 23 | 11 | 5 | 1 |
| DF | Petar Šimić | 19 | 1 | 9 | 1 |
| MF | Josip Serdarušić | 18 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| DF | Ivica Pirić | 18 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| MF | Frane Vitaić | 20 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| GK | Andrija Vuković | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| DF | Goran Gruica | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| DF | Juraj Grizelj | 17 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| MF | Stipe Barač | 17 | 3 | 7 | 0 |
| DF | Damir Rašić | 13 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| MF | Ante Vitaić | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| FW | Tedi Surać | 15 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| DF | Frane Lojić | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| GK | Danijel Zagorac | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| MF | Tomislav Miljak | 16 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| FW | Ante Ćapin | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| GK | Vedran Čović | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | Ante Erceg | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| DF | Marko Jurić | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| MF | Dalibor Mandarić | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DF | Ante Puljiz | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | Ivan Muslim | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FW | Stjepan Krezo | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| FW | Branimir Borozan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | Dario Sablić | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Sources: Druga-HNL.com Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine