NK Varaždin (2012)

This article is about the football club established in 2012. For the dissolved club, seeNK Varaždin (1931–2015).

Nogometni klub Varaždin,commonly referred to asNK Varaždin,is a Croatian professionalfootballclub based inVaraždin,that competes in theCroatian Football League,the top tier ofCroatian football.

NK Varaždin

Full name	Nogometni klub Varaždin
Founded	1 July 2012(2012-07-01)
Ground	Stadion Varteks
Capacity	8,818
President	Dražen Vitez
Head coach	Nikola Šafarić
League	Croatian Football League
2023–24	Croatian Football League, 6th of 10
Website	https://nk-varazdin.hr/
Home colours Away colours

History

The club was founded as FC Varaždin Football School (Croatian:NK Varaždin Škola nogometa, Varaždin ŠN) as aphoenix clubofNK Varaždin (1931–2015)in 2012 after the latter's suspension;the club was dissolved during the second part of the2011–12season due to high financial debt. Legally, the two clubs' track records and honours are kept separate by theCroatian Football Federation,but the 2012 club is a continuation of the older club, which did return to competition in 2013, overlapping with the life of Varaždin ŠN. However, the older club finally declared bankruptcy and dissolved in 2015, leaving the name NK Varaždin available once again.

After steadily progressing through the levels of theCroatian football league system,NK Varaždin competed in thetop divisionfor the first time in the2019–20 season,where they finished in eighth place.However, they were relegatedthe following seasonafter finishing bottom of the table.

Players

Current squad

As of 1 March 2025

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules;some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	CRO	Oliver Zelenika
3	DF	MKD	Vane Jovanov
4	MF	CRO	Luka Škaričić
5	DF	MTN	Lamine Ba
7	FW	CRO	Jurica Poldrugač
8	MF	CRO	Tomislav Duvnjak
9	FW	CRO	Marko Dabro
11	FW	CRO	Mate Antunović
12	GK	CRO	Josip Silić
13	DF	MKD	Mario Mladenovski
14	MF	ESP	Jaime Sierra
15	MF	CRO	Matej Vuk
16	DF	CRO	Novak Tepšić

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
17	FW	MKD	Dimitar Mitrovski
19	FW	ENG	Thierry Nevers
20	MF	SUI	David Mištrafović
21	GK	CRO	Tomislav Tomić
22	MF	CRO	Luka Mamić
23	DF	CRO	Frane Maglica
24	MF	CRO	Mario Marina
25	DF	CRO	Antonio Boršić
26	FW	ALB	Atdhe Mazari
27	FW	MNE	Aleksa Latković
30	DF	BIH	Enes Alić
—	DF	CRO	Mateo Barać
—	MF	CRO	Mario Čuić

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules;some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
2	DF	CRO	Sven Lesjak(atComountil 30 June 2025)
10	MF	CRO	Leon Belcar(atDinamo Zagrebuntil 26 June 2025)
32	MF	CRO	Nick Ocvirek(atRadnik Križevciuntil 30 May 2025)
—	DF	CRO	Hrvoje Crnčec(atCibaliauntil 29 June 2025)

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	CRO	Vito Težak(atBeltinciuntil 31 May 2025)
—	MF	CRO	Bruno Bujan(atMarsonia 1909until 29 June 2025)
—	MF	BIH	Tin Levanić(atJarununtil 30 May 2025)

Season-by-season record

Season	League									Cup	European competitions		Top scorer
	Division	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Pos.				Player	Goals
2012–13	2. ŽNL Varaždin County East	22	14	3	5	71	24	45	3rd	DNQ
2013–14	2. ŽNL Varaždin County East	22	14	4	4	62	24	46	3rd ↑	DNQ
2014–15	1. ŽNLVaraždin County	30	21	5	4	81	38	68	1st ↑	DNQ
2015–16	3. HNL East	30	10	4	16	40	47	34	11th	DNQ
2016–17	3. HNL East	30	18	6	6	53	27	60	2nd ↑[1]	R32
2017–18	2. HNL	33	18	7	8	50	32	61	2nd	R32
2018–19	2. HNL	26	16	3	7	40	30	51	1st ↑	R16			Leon Benko	22
2019–20	1. HNL	36	9	9	18	29	50	36	8th	R16			Domagoj Drožđek Dejan Glavica	6
2020–21	1. HNL	36	6	10	20	30	61	28	10th ↓	R16			Jorge Obregón	7
2021–22	2. HNL	30	19	6	5	56	29	63	1st ↑	R16			Igor Postonjski Michele Šego	7
2022–23	HNL	36	12	10	14	41	51	46	6th	R16			Fran Brodić	12
2023–24	HNL	36	10	12	14	39	47	42	6th	QF			Fran Brodić Domagoj Drožđek Igor Postonjski	7

Key

• DNQ = Did not qualify
• R32 = Round of 32
• R16 = Round of 16

Notes

1.^a:AlthoughNK Međimurjefinished top of the2016–17 3. HNL East,they did not apply for promotion, so runners-up NK Varaždin gained promotion to 2. HNL.