NK Osijek started the 2008-09 Season defending third position, which is equal to their best position in Prva HNL won six times since Croatian independence. The team decided not to participate in the UEFA Intertoto Cup which would make preparations for the new season harder than usual, as happened two years ago.
To prepare for the Season, NK Osijek played a few friendly matches against 1. FC Kaiserslautern and FC Fehérvár to name a few. The new season will start with the same manager as last year, and with just Milan Pavličić sold from last years starting eleven. As the club's youth academy is one of the best in this part of Europe, several young players are drafted into the first team squad.
The club finished the season in seventh place in the league standings.
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Player statistics Shirt No.PlayerApps (Subs)GoalsYC RC 1 Marin Skender 6 0 0 02 Dino Gavrić 4 (2) 0 2 03 Jurica Pranjić 0 0 0 04 Damir Vuica 0 0 0 05 Matej Vlaović 0 0 0 06 Tomislav Višević 5 0 3 07 Vedran Nikšić 0 0 0 08 Aleksandar Šolić 4 (2) 0 0 09 Karlo Primorac 6 2 0 010 Josip Knežević 2 (3) 1 1 011 Antonio Hrnčević 3 (4) 0 1 012 Filip Šušnjara 0 0 0 013 Slobodan Stranatić 6 0 1 014 Ivica Lončarević 0 0 0 015 Marko Prskalo 0 0 0 016 Goran Todorčev 1 (1) 0 1 017 Vedran Jugović 5 0 2 018 Tomislav Šorša 1 0 0 019 Domagoj Vida 6 0 2 020 Diego Barrios 0 0 0 021 Igor Prijić 0 (2) 1 1 022 Valentin Babić 6 3 3 023 Srđan Vidaković 0 0 0 024 Ivo Smoje 6 0 2 025 Davor Pajić 0 0 0 026 Ivan Miličević 3 (3) 2 1 027 Andre Luiz 0 0 0 028 Domagoj Pušić 0 (1) 0 0 029 Josip Barišić 0 0 0 030 Ivan Kardum 0 0 0 031 Ivan Vargić 0 0 0 0 Mile Škorić 2 (2) 0 1 033 Alen Milošević 7 (3) 5 3 0
Matches Prva HNL
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