NK Pomorac 1921 is a Croatian football club based in Kostrena, a suburb of Rijeka which currently plays in Croatian third tier 3. HNL West. The town of Kostrena is known for its maritime tradition, which is reflected in the club's name, as the word "pomorac" means "mariner" or "seaman" in English.
History Since the independence of Croatia in 1992 NK Pomorac played in Croatian Third Football League until the 1995–96 season, when they were promoted to the Druga HNL. NK Pomorac played in Druga HNL from 1996–97 to 2000–01, when they were promoted to the Prva HNL, Croatian top tier. The club had two seasons in Prva HNL – 2001–02 and 2002–03. Arguably, the 2001–02 season was the most successful in the club's history, as they finished 7th in the league and managed to reach the semifinal of the Croatian Cup. Since 2003, NK Pomorac have played in Druga HNL, where they regularly performed well and finished among the top teams. Pomorac had finished the 2009–10 and the 2011–12 seasons as runners-up, but were denied promotion as they were unable to gain a licence required to compete in top level.
In October 2014, due to financial troubles and increasing debt, NK Pomorac was dissolved after 93 years of existence. In November 2014, the club was re-established as NK Pomorac 1921. In August 2017, the club started competing in the Second League of Primorje-Gorski Kotar County, sixth tier in the Croatian football league system.
Honours Druga HNL Runners-up (5): 1996–97 (West), 2000–01, 2003–04 (South), 2009–10, 2011–12 Treća HNL – West: Winners (2): 1995–96, 1998–99 Inter-county League Rijeka: Winners (1): 2020–21 1. ŽNL Primorsko-goranska: Winners (1): 2019–20 2. ŽNL Primorsko-goranska: Winners (1): 2017–18
Recent seasons SeasonLeagueCupTop goalscorerDivisionPWDLFAPtsPosPlayerGoals NK POMORAC19923. HNL West "A"14734179173rd1992–933. HNL West30141064629383rd1993–943. HNL West3219676822443rd1994–953. HNL West1995–963. HNL West3024426815761st ↑R1Alen Jurić131996–972. HNL West3022356316692nd1997–982. HNL West3019567017624th1998–993. HNL West3023436515731st ↑Rajmond Blažić181999–20002. HNL3217964926604thPRIvan Režić122000–012. HNL3421768030702nd ↑2001–021. HNL30124143641407thSFMarin Prpić102002–031. HNL327111442523211th ↓QFIvica Karabogdan92003–042. HNL South32161065539582ndR12004–052. HNL South32137123736467thR2Nemanja Čorović162005–062. HNL South32151346531583rdR1Edi Petrović152006–072. HNL30119105351428thR1Ivica Karabogdan102007–082. HNL3014794228494thR2David Dujanić72008–092. HNL30951629453213thQFEdi Petrović62009–102. HNL2614573922472ndQFIvor Weitzer82010–112. HNL3016865023563rdR2Tomislav Ivičić, Martin Šaban102011–122. HNL2818286330562ndR1Ivor Weitzer142012–132. HNL30137105139467thR1Dražen Pilčić182013–142. HNL33101492424448thR1Matej Mršić52014–152. HNL9108340312th ↓R1Dražen Pilčić3 NK POMORAC 19212017–182. ŽNL22211010015641st ↑Kristijan Bura342018–191. ŽNL26114114432377thAntonio Tadić92019–201. ŽNL119113410281st ↑2020–214. NL Rijeka2715934721541st ↑Bruno Lončar192021–223. HNL West26751432622612th ↓Bruno Lončar11
Key 1st2nd ↑ ↓ChampionsRunners-upPromotedRelegated
Top scorer shown in bold when he was also top scorer for the division.
P = Played W = Games won D = Games drawn L = Games lost F = Goals for A = Goals against Pts = Points Pos = Final position
1. HNL = Prva HNL 2. HNL = Druga HNL 3. HNL = Treća HNL 4. NL Rijeka = Četvrta NL Rijeka 1. ŽNL = Prva ŽNL PGŽ 2. ŽNL = Druga ŽNL PGŽ
PR = Preliminary round R1 = Round 1 R2 = Round 2 QF = Quarter-finals SF = Semi-finals RU = Runners-up W = Winners
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