2008–09 NK Osijek season
NK Osijek entered the into 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.
Fans and board of directors are hoping that this season can repeat last one, to put NK Osijek into UEFA cups next season.
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Player statistics
| Shirt No. | Player | Apps (Subs) | Goals | YC  |
RC  |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Marin Skender | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Dino Gavrić | 4 (2) | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | Jurica Pranjić | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Damir Vuica | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Matej Vlaović | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Tomislav Višević | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 7 | Vedran Nikšić | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 |  Aleksandar Šolić | 4 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Karlo Primorac | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Josip Knežević | 2 (3) | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | Antonio Hrnčević | 3 (4) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | Filip Šušnjara | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Slobodan Stranatić | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | Ivica Lončarević | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Marko Prskalo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 |  Goran Todorčev | 1 (1) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | Vedran Jugović | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | Tomislav Šorša | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Domagoj Vida | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 |  Diego Barrios | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Igor Prijić | 0 (2) | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | Valentin Babić | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 23 | Srđan Vidaković | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Ivo Smoje | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 25 | Davor Pajić | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Ivan Miličević | 3 (3) | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 |  Andre Luiz | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Domagoj Pušić | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Josip Barišić | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Ivan Kardum | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Ivan Vargić | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mile Škorić | 2 (2) | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
Matches
Standings
| Pos |
Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dinamo Zagreb | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 4 | +13 | 18 | 2009–10 UEFA Champions League First qualifying round |
| 2 | Rijeka | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 10 | 2009–10 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round |
| 3 | NK Zagreb | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 10 | 2009–10 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round |
| 4 | Slaven Belupo | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 10 | |
| 5 | Hajduk Split | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | −1 | 10 | |
| 6 | Osijek | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 8 | |
| 7 | Cibalia | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 12 | −5 | 8 | |
| 8 | Inter Zaprešić | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 15 | −1 | 7 | |
| 9 | Varteks | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | −1 | 7 | |
| 10 | Šibenik | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 7 | |
| 11 | Croatia Sesvete | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 5 | Qualification to Relegation play-offs |
| 12 | Zadar | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 | −6 | 1 | Relegation to Druga HNL 2009-10 |
Updated to games played on 31 August 2008.
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Rules for classification:
1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
Winners of Croatian Cup 2008-09 qualify for the 3rd qualifying round of the UEFA Cup.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.