2008–09 HNK Hajduk Split season

Hajduk Split
2008–09 season
Chairman	Mate Peroš
Manager	Goran Vučević ; (until 26 October 2008); Ante Miše
Prva HNL	2nd
Croatian Cup	Runners-up
UEFA Cup	Second qualifying round
Top goalscorer	League: Nikola Kalinić (15); All: Nikola Kalinić (18)
Highest home attendance	38,000 vs Dinamo Zagreb; (22 February 2009)
Lowest home attendance	1,500 vs Šibenik; (14 September 2008)
Average home league attendance	9,471
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2007–08 2009–10 →

The 2008–09 season was the 98th season in Hajduk Split's history and their eighteenth in the Prva HNL. Their 5th-place finish in the 2007–08 season meant it was their 18th successive season playing in the Prva HNL.

First-team squad

Squad at end of season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	CRO	Danijel Subašić
2	DF	CRO	Matej Jonjić
3	FW	CRO	Tomislav Bušić
4	DF	CRO	Anthony Šerić
5	DF	CRO	Jurica Buljat
6	DF	CRO	Boris Živković
7	DF	CRO	Hrvoje Vejić
8	MF	CRO	Siniša Linić
9	FW	CRO	Nikola Kalinić
10	MF	BIH	Senijad Ibričić
11	MF	CRO	Srđan Andrić (captain)
12	GK	CRO	Vjekoslav Tomić
13	FW	CRO	Ante Vukušić
14	MF	CRO	Marin Tomasov
15	MF	CRO	Drago Gabrić
16	FW	BIH	Mladen Bartolović


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
17	DF	CRO	Ivan Strinić
18	FW	CRO	Mirko Oremuš
19	MF	CRO	Marijan Buljat
20	MF	AUS	Josip Skoko
21	MF	CRO	Đovani Roso
22	DF	CRO	Mario Maloča
23	DF	CRO	Ante Aračić
24	MF	CRO	Mario Tičinović
25	GK	CRO	Božidar Radošević
26	MF	CRO	Goran Rubil
27	MF	CRO	Mario Brkljača
28	DF	BIH	Boris Pandža
29	MF	CRO	Dario Jertec
30	FW	CRO	Tedi Surać
31	DF	CRO	Mladen Pelaić

Competitions

Overall record

Performance by competition
Competition	Starting round	Final position/round	First match	Last match
Prva HNL	—	Runners-up	27 July 2008	31 May 2009
Croatian Football Cup	First round	Runners-up	23 September 2008	28 May 2009
UEFA Cup	First qualifying round	Second qualifying round	17 July 2008	28 August 2008

Statistics by competition
Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win%
Prva HNL	33	21	5	7	59	25	+34	063.64
Croatian Football Cup	8	4	3	1	13	5	+8	050.00
UEFA Cup	4	2	1	1	7	2	+5	050.00
Total	45	27	9	9	79	32	+47	060.00

Prva HNL

Classification

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Dinamo Zagreb (C)	33	23	5	5	71	26	+45	74	Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
2	Hajduk Split	33	21	5	7	59	25	+34	68	Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round
3	Rijeka	33	17	5	11	50	44	+6	56	Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round
4	Slaven Belupo	33	16	7	10	46	39	+7	55	Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round^[a]
5	NK Zagreb	33	13	8	12	38	39	−1	47

Source: Sportnet.hr
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:

^ Because both cup finalists, Dinamo and Hajduk, qualified for Europe through their league positions, all three UEFA Europa League spots were given to teams according to their league positions, what means that fourth-placed Slaven Belupo also earned a spot in Europa League.

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
33	21	5	7	59	25	+34	68	13	3	1	36	9	+27	8	2	6	23	16	+7

Last updated: 31 May 2009.
Source: Sportnet.hr

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33
Ground	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	D	L	L	W	W	W	W	D	L	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	L	W	W	W	W	L	L	W	D	D
Position	4	5	8	10	7	5	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2

Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results by opponent

Team	Results			Points
Team	1	2	3	Points
Cibalia	2–0	1–1	2–0	7
Croatia Sesvete	0–1	1–0	5–0	6
Dinamo Zagreb	2–0	2–0	2–2	7
Inter Zaprešić	3–3	4–0	2–0	7
Osijek	2–1	3–1	0–1	6
Rijeka	1–3	2–0	1–2	3
Slaven Belupo	3–1	2–1	1–1	7
Šibenik	1–0	2–1	2–0	9
Varteks	1–1	2–0	0–1	4
Zadar	1–0	0–1	3–0	6
NK Zagreb	0–3	4–0	2–0	6

Source: 2008–09 Croatian First Football League article

Matches

Prva HNL

27 July 2008 1	Hajduk Split	1–0	Zadar	Split
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Ibričić 86'	Report		Stadium: Stadion Poljud Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Ivo Krečak (Šibenik)

3 August 2008 2	Hajduk Split	1–1	Varteks	Split
20:10 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Kalinić 56'	Report	Smrekar 1'	Stadium: Stadion Poljud Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Damir Batinić (Osijek)

10 August 2008 3	NK Zagreb	3–0	Hajduk Split	Zagreb
20:10 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Vugrinec 17' (pen.) Piškor 62' Parlov 68'	Report		Stadium: Stadion Maksimir Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Ivan Bebek (Rijeka)

17 August 2008 4	Rijeka	3–1	Hajduk Split	Rijeka
20:10 CEST (UTC+02:00)	An. Sharbini 66' 50' 67' Čagalj 66' Križman 90+3'	Report	Kalinić 45+1' J. Buljat 90+2'	Stadium: Stadion Kantrida Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Vlado Svilokos (Sisak)

23 August 2008 5	Hajduk Split	3–1	Slaven Belupo	Split
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Kalinić 40', 71' (pen.), 77' (pen.)	Report	Jurić 6'	Stadium: Stadion Poljud Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Ivan Bebek (Rijeka)

31 August 2008 6	Osijek	1–2	Hajduk Split	Osijek
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Primorac 63'	Report	Linić 38' 66' Kalinić 39' Gabrić 52'	Stadium: Stadion Gradski vrt Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Zlatko Šimčić (Koprivnica)

14 September 2008 7	Hajduk Split	1–0	Šibenik	Split
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Gabrić 24'	Report		Stadium: Stadion Poljud Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Andrej Burilo (Osijek)

21 September 2008 8	Dinamo Zagreb	0–2	Hajduk Split	Zagreb
20:15 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Gabrić 51' Ibričić 76'	Stadium: Stadion Maksimir Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Vlado Svilokos (Sisak)

28 September 2008 9	Hajduk Split	3–3	Inter Zaprešić	Split
16:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Kalinić 37' (pen.), 43' (pen.) Andrić 79'	Report	Gulić 16', 42' Batarelo 35'	Stadium: Stadion Poljud Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Bruno Marić (Daruvar)

5 October 2008 10	Croatia Sesvete	1–0	Hajduk Split	Zagreb
16:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Palić 8'	Report		Stadium: Stadion Kranjčevićeva Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Igor Križarić (Čakovec)

19 October 2008 11	Hajduk Split	2–0	Cibalia	Split
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Kalinić 13' (pen.), 67' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Stadion Poljud Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Danijel Trampus (Osijek)

26 October 2008 12	Zadar	1–0	Hajduk Split	Zadar
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Ljubičić 59'	Report		Stadium: Stadion Stanovi Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Ivo Krečak (Šibenik)

2 November 2008 13	Varteks	0–2	Hajduk Split	Varaždin
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report	Bušić 36' Ibričić 47'	Stadium: Stadion Varteks Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Ivan Bebek (Rijeka)

9 November 2008 14	Hajduk Split	4–0	NK Zagreb	Split
20:15 CET (UTC+01:00)	Linić 27' Oremuš 29' Rubil 30' Bartolović 75'	Report		Stadium: Stadion Poljud Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Domagoj Ljubičić (Osijek)

16 November 2008 15	Hajduk Split	2–0	Rijeka	Split
20:15 CET (UTC+01:00)	Bodrušić 8' (o.g.) Ibričić 24' Strinić 61' 83'	Report		Stadium: Stadion Poljud Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Igor Pristovnik (Zagreb)

23 November 2008 16	Slaven Belupo	1–2	Hajduk Split	Koprivnica
20:15 CET (UTC+01:00)	Čaval 50'	Report	Oremuš 58', 73'	Stadium: Gradski stadion Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Domagoj Vučkov (Rijeka)

30 November 2008 17	Hajduk Split	3–1	Osijek	Split
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Andrić 25', 49' 73' Ibričić 57'	Report	Barišić 60'	Stadium: Stadion Poljud Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Ivan Bebek (Rijeka)

7 December 2008 18	Šibenik	1–2	Hajduk Split	Šibenik
20:15 CET (UTC+01:00)	Milanović 70'	Report	Kalinić 5' Gabrić 52'	Stadium: Stadion Šubićevac Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Draženko Kovačić (Križevci)

22 February 2009 19	Hajduk Split	2–0	Dinamo Zagreb	Split
20:15 CET (UTC+01:00)	Kalinić 45+2' (pen.) Ibričić 51' J. Buljat 82' 87'	Report	Lovren 40' 90+4'	Stadium: Stadion Poljud Attendance: 38,000 Referee: Ivan Bebek (Rijeka)

1 March 2009 20	Inter Zaprešić	0–4	Hajduk Split	Zaprešić
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Pecelj 41' 64'	Report	Gabrić 11' Ibričić 55' Andrić 65' Bartolović 81'	Stadium: Stadion ŠRC Zaprešić Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Igor Križarić (Čakovec)

8 March 2009 21	Hajduk Split	1–0	Croatia Sesvete	Split
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Tomasov 52'	Report		Stadium: Stadion Poljud Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Andrej Burilo (Osijek)

15 March 2009 22	Cibalia	1–1	Hajduk Split	Vinkovci
20:15 CET (UTC+01:00)	Pavličić 90'	Report	Kalinić 52'	Stadium: Stadion HNK Cibalia Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Zlatko Šimčić (Koprivnica)

22 March 2009 23	Hajduk Split	2–0	NK Zagreb	Split
20:15 CET (UTC+01:00)	Kalinić 45+2' (pen.) Andrić 54'	Report		Stadium: Stadion Poljud Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Damir Batinić (Osijek)

5 April 2009 24	Osijek	1–0	Hajduk Split	Osijek
16:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Barišić 76'	Report		Stadium: Stadion Gradski vrt Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Igor Pristovnik (Zagreb)

11 April 2009 25	Hajduk Split	2–0	Cibalia	Split
16:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Gabrić 47' Ibričić 62'	Report		Stadium: Stadion Poljud Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Ante Vučemilović-Šimunović (Osijek)

19 April 2009 26	Inter Zaprešić	0–2	Hajduk Split	Zaprešić
16:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Budimir 40' 65'	Report	Gabrić 40', 66' Kalinić 66'	Stadium: Stadion ŠRC Zaprešić Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Domagoj Ljubičić (Osijek)

22 April 2009 27	Hajduk Split	5–0	Croatia Sesvete	Split
16:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Ibričić 11', 18' Vejić 54' Tičinović 57' Jertec 72'	Report		Stadium: Stadion Poljud Attendance: 5,500 Referee: Danijel Trampus (Osijek)

26 April 2009 28	Zadar	0–3	Hajduk Split	Zadar
16:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Ljubičić 56'	Report	Ibričić 6' Andrić 63' Tičinović 69'	Stadium: Stadion Stanovi Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Bruno Marić (Daruvar)

3 May 2009 29	Hajduk Split	0–1	Varteks	Split
20:15 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Smrekar 57'	Stadium: Stadion Poljud Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Dalibor Mlakar (Zagreb)

10 May 2009 30	Rijeka	2–1	Hajduk Split	Rijeka
20:15 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Pamić 85' An. Sharbini 90+2'	Report	Vejić 75'	Stadium: Stadion Kantrida Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Igor Pristovnik (Zagreb)

17 May 2009 31	Hajduk Split	2–0	Šibenik	Split
16:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Pandža 25' Kalinić 44'	Report		Stadium: Stadion Poljud Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Damir Batinić (Osijek)

24 May 2009 32	Slaven Belupo	1–1	Hajduk Split	Koprivnica
16:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Maras 87'	Report	Aračić 90+3'	Stadium: Gradski stadion Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Damir Batinić (Osijek)

31 May 2009 33	Hajduk Split	2–2	Dinamo Zagreb	Split
20:15 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Ibričić 67' Vukušić 81'	Report	Chago 8' Mandžukić 14'	Stadium: Stadion Poljud Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Andrej Burilo (Osijek)

Source: HRnogomet.com

Croatian Football Cup

23 September 2008 R1	Orijent	1–4	Hajduk Split	Rijeka
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Weitzer 34' (pen.)	Report	Jertec 5', 15' Maloča 50' M. Buljat 86'	Stadium: Stadion Krimeja Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Domagoj Ljubičić (Osijek)

29 October 2008 R2	Konavljanin	0–2	Hajduk Split	Gruda, Konavle
14:00 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report	Andrić 24' Ibričić 49'	Stadium: Igralište Gnjile Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Ivan Bebek (Rijeka)

12 November 2008 QF	Hajduk Split	0–0	Slaven Belupo	Split
17:00 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report		Stadium: Stadion Poljud Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Vlado Svilokos (Sisak)

26 November 2008 QF	Slaven Belupo	0–0 (0–0 agg.) (6–7 p)	Hajduk Split	Koprivnica
17:00 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report Penalties		Stadium: Gradski stadion Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Bruno Marić (Daruvar)
	Penalties
	Vručina Šafarić Maras Jajalo Bilen Kokalović Purić		Kalinić Andrić Bušić J. Buljat Skoko Gabrić Rubil

4 March 2009 SF	Hajduk Split	4–1	Cibalia	Split
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Tomasov 12' Gabrić 34' Oremuš 37' Pandža 85'	Report	Malčić 29'	Stadium: Stadion Poljud Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Domagoj Vučkov (Rijeka)

18 March 2009 SF	Cibalia	0–0 (1–4 agg.)	Hajduk Split	Vinkovci
17:00 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report		Stadium: Stadion HNK Cibalia Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Danijel Trampus (Osijek)

13 May 2009 Final	Dinamo Zagreb	3–0	Hajduk Split	Zagreb
20:15 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Mandžukić 13', 57' Sammir 29' (pen.)	Report	J. Buljat 34' Linić 45+1'	Stadium: Stadion Maksimir Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Bruno Marić (Daruvar)

28 May 2009 Final	Hajduk Split	3–0 (3–3 agg.) (3–4 p)	Dinamo Zagreb	Split
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Kalinić 56', 75' Bartolović 58'	Report		Stadium: Stadion Poljud Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Domagoj Ljubičić (Osijek)
	Penalties
	Kalinić Roso Bartolović Ibričić Andrić		Bišćan Sammir Badelj Morales Hrgović

Source: HRnogomet.com

UEFA Cup

First qualifying round

17 July 2008 First leg	Hajduk Split	4–0	Birkirkara	Split, Croatia
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Ibričić 3' Kalinić 24' Bušić 55' Tičinović 71'	Report		Stadium: Stadion Poljud Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Carlo Bertolini (Switzerland)

31 July 2008 Second leg	Birkirkara	0–3 (0–7 agg.)	Hajduk Split	Ta' Qali, Malta
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Strinić 5' Bartolović 45' Ibričić 90+2'	Stadium: Ta' Qali National Stadium Attendance: 1,800 Referee: David McKeon (Republic of Ireland)

Second qualifying round

14 August 2008 First leg	Deportivo La Coruña	0–0	Hajduk Split	A Coruña, Spain
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report		Stadium: Estadio Riazor Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)

28 August 2008 Second leg	Hajduk Split	0–2 (0–2 agg.)	Deportivo La Coruña	Split, Croatia
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Andrić 55' 65'	Report	Riki 42' Verdú 87' (pen.) De Guzman 15' 90'	Stadium: Stadion Poljud Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Gianluca Rocchi (Italy)

Source: uefa.com

Player seasonal records

Competitive matches only. Updated to games played 31 May 2009.

Top scorers

Rank	Name	League	Europe	Cup	Total
1	Nikola Kalinić	15	2	1	18
2	Senijad Ibričić	12	1	2	15
3	Drago Gabrić	8	1	–	9
4	Srđan Andrić	6	1	–	7
5	Mirko Oremuš	3	1	–	4
6	Boris Pandža	2	1	–	3
	Mario Tičinović	2	–	1	3
	Dario Jertec	1	2	–	3
	Mladen Bartolović	1	1	1	3
10	Hrvoje Vejić	2	–	–	2
	Marin Tomasov	1	1	–	2
	Tomislav Bušić	1	–	1	2
13	Ante Aračić	1	–	–	1
	Siniša Linić	1	–	–	1
	Goran Rubil	1	–	–	1
	Ante Vukušić	1	–	–	1
	Marijan Buljat	–	1	–	1
	Mario Maloča	–	1	–	1
	Ivan Strinić	–	–	1	1
	TOTALS	58	13	7	78

Source: Competitive matches

References

^ "Gledatelji po klubovima 2008-2009". HRnogomet.com. Retrieved 15 April 2016.

External links

2008–09 Prva HNL at HRnogomet.com
2008–09 Croatian Cup at HRnogomet.com
2008–09 UEFA Cup at rsssf.com

[table_note_res_EL10.42050646218495-2] Because both cup finalists, Dinamo and Hajduk, qualified for Europe through their league positions, all three UEFA Europa League spots were given to teams according to their league positions, what means that fourth-placed Slaven Belupo also earned a spot in Europa League.

[1] "Gledatelji po klubovima 2008-2009". HRnogomet.com. Retrieved 15 April 2016.

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First-team squad

Competitions

Overall record

Prva HNL

Classification

Results summary

Results by round

Results by opponent

Matches

Prva HNL

Croatian Football Cup

UEFA Cup

First qualifying round

Second qualifying round

Player seasonal records

Top scorers

See also

References

External links