NK Inker Zaprešić
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| Full name | Nogometni klub Inker Zaprešić | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Keramičari (The Ceramists) Div iz predgrađa (The Giant from the Suburb) | ||
| Short name | INK | ||
| Founded | 25 July 2022 | ||
| Ground | Stadion ŠRC Zaprešić | ||
| Capacity | 5,228[1] | ||
| President | Franjo Herceg[2] | ||
| Head coach | Bernard Gulić | ||
| League | 4. NL Zagreb | ||
| 2023–24 | JŽNL Zagreb County, 1st of 16 (promoted) | ||
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Nogometni klub Inker Zaprešić is a Croatian football club based in Zaprešić.
History
[edit]The club was founded in July 2022 as a phoenix club of NK Inter Zaprešić after it was dissolved due to bankruptcy. The name "Inker" was chosen after local ceramics factory and was former name of club's predecessor from 1991 to 2003. Prime goal of newly founded club was to keep youth academy of recently defunct Inter running, ensuring football continuity in Zaprešić. Lovro Benčević was elected as the first president. Senior squad was not formed at the time.[3]
However, in summer of 2023. it was announced that the upcoming season of 2023-24 will be premiere season of NK Inker senior squad. Senior squad will compete in 6th tier - JŽNL (Jedinstvena županijska nogometna liga), highest tier under the Zagreb County football association authority.[4] Tomislav Gondžić was appointed as the first head coach after one year spell as youth coach in club's academy.[5]
Academy
[edit]As NK Inter Zaprešić informal successor, the club succeeded its youth academy, which enabled retaining league status of all of the youth selections. Ernad Skulić, ex-Inter player was appointed as academy director. Youth academy currently consists of 15 selections in all age groups.[6]
Players
[edit]Current squad
[edit]Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Season-by-season record
[edit]| Season | League | Cup | European competitions | Top scorer | ||||||||||
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| Division | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | Pos. | Player | Goals | ||||
| 2023–24 | JŽNL Zagreb County (6th tier) | 30 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 127 | 14 | 76 | 1st ↑ | DNQ | ||||
| 2024–25 | 4. NL Zagreb (5th tier) | DNQ | ||||||||||||
Key
- DNQ = Did not qualify
Managers
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Tomislav Gondžić (Jun 30, 2023 – May, 2024)- Mario Poljski (May, 2024 – September, 2024)
- Bernard Gulić (September, 2024 – Present)[7]
References
[edit]- ^ ŠRC Zaprešić. inter.hr. Archived 22 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine.
- ^ "Prvaci podignuli pehar". zapad.tv (in Croatian). Retrieved 5 September 2024.
- ^ "Novi klub starog imena - osnovan je NK Inker!". sportske.jutarnji.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 1 July 2023.
- ^ "Bivši osvajač hrvatskog Kupa se ponovno natječe, ali pod drugim imenom". index.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 1 July 2023.
- ^ "Kultni hrvatski klub se vraća na nogometnu scenu, s klupe će ih voditi nekadašnja velika nada Dinama". sportske.jutarnji.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 2 July 2023.
- ^ "Kultni hrvatski klub se ugasio, ali odmah se krenulo u stvaranje novog koji će nositi dobro poznato ime!". sportske.jutarnji.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 1 July 2023.
- ^ "Bernard Gulić novi trener zaprešićkog Inkera". 01portal.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 5 September 2024.