Hrvatski nogometni klub Zadar (), commonly referred to as HNK Zadar or simply Zadar, is a Croatian professional football club based in the city of Zadar. It currently plays in the Third Football League.
History HNK Zadar was founded on July 26, 2020, as the informal successor of NK Zadar. The club's first president was former NK Zadar chairman Damir Knežević, while Marko Pinčić was named as head coach.
Pinčić surprisingly resigned from the role, and Josip Butić became the new head coach, as well as Zvonimir Jurić was appointed his assistant.
As of January 8, 2021, the club announced that Želimir Terkeš would become the new head coach, and Dragan Blatnjak his assistant.
Stadium The club's home ground is the 3,858-seat Stadion Stanovi.
Recent seasons SeasonLeagueCupTop goalscorerDivisionPWDLFAPtsPosPlayerGoals2020–211. ŽNL ZD26231211116701st ↑Vlatko Blažević262021–223. HNL South34161176928594thAnte Vukadinović162022–233. NL South3018666731602ndGoran Zakarić132023–243. NL South3022537827711stKrešimir Luetić172024–253. NL South3018756330612ndSelmir Mahmutović312025–263. NL South3018666527603rdIvan Santini18
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 = Croatian First League 2. HNL = Croatian Second League
PR = Preliminary round R1 = Round 1 R2 = Round 2 QF = Quarter-finals SF = Semi-finals RU = Runners-up W = Winners
Managers Marko Pinčić (Jul 21, 2020 – Jul 24, 2020) Josip Butić (Jul 25, 2020 – Jan 8, 2021) Želimir Terkeš (Jan 8, 2021 – Dec 2022) Dragan Blatnjak (Dec 7, 2022 – 2023)Dragan Blatnjak novi trener Zadra - Novilist
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