2010–11 GNK Dinamo Zagreb season

Dinamo Zagreb
2010–11 season
ChairmanMirko Barišić
ManagerVelimir Zajec (until
9 August 2010)
Vahid Halilhodžić (from 17 August 2010 until 6 May 2011)
Marijo Tot (from 7 May 2011 until 26 May 2011)
StadiumMaksimir Stadium
Prva HNL1st (13th title)
Croatian CupWinners (11th title)
UEFA Champions LeagueThird qualifying round (eliminated by Sheriff Tiraspol)
UEFA Europa LeagueGroup stage
Top goalscorerLeague: Sammir (10)
All: Sammir (19)
Highest home attendance25,000 (vs PAOK, 15 December 2010)
Lowest home attendance350 (vs Hrvatski Dragovoljac, 24 July 2010)

GNK Dinamo Zagreb (also known as Dinamo Zagreb, Dinamo and The Blues) are an association football club from Zagreb, Croatia. Home matches were played at the club's ground, Maksimir Stadium. Dinamo's season officially began 1 June 2010 and concluded on 30 May 2011, although competitive matches were played between 13 July and 25 May. During the season they competed in the Prva HNL, the highest division in Croatian football, and the Croatian Cup. They also played a total of twelve European games, first in the preliminary stages of the 2010–11 UEFA Champions League and later in the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League.

After guiding the club to their 12th Croatian league title in 2009–10, Krunoslav Jurčić resigned as manager of Dinamo in May 2010. He was replaced as manager by ex-Dinamo player and coach Velimir Zajec. However, after spending less than three months at the helm and after getting knocked out in the UEFA Champions League third qualifying round by Moldovan side Sheriff Tiraspol, Zajec was replaced in mid August by Bosnian manager Vahid Halilhodžić, whose previous post was managing the Ivory Coast national team.

Early in the season, first-team players including Ivan Turina, Ivica Vrdoljak and Croatia international striker Mario Mandžukić left the club while veteran defender Robert Kovač retired. New arrivals included striker Ante Rukavina, former Portugal international defender Tonel, Montenegro international forward Fatos Bećiraj and midfielder Arijan Ademi.

After a surprising league defeat to Rijeka on 31 July and the unsuccessful attempt to reach the UEFA Champions League group stage, the club's fortunes stabilised under Halilhodžić and Dinamo found themselves top of the league table by early October, a position they kept throughout the season. In spite of Dinamo's domestic dominance Halilhodžić gradually became target of increased criticism by sections of the media for what they saw as an inefficient style of football practised by the club, which culminated in a much publicized conflict with club president Zdravko Mamić in the half-time of the league game against minnows Inter Zaprešić in early May 2011. Halilhodžić's contract was then de facto terminated, so in the last four games of the season Dinamo was led by caretaker manager Marijo Tot. In other competitions Dinamo won the 2010–11 Croatian Cup, their 11th title, and appeared in the Europa League group stage for the fourth consecutive season, picking up seven points in six matches and finishing third in their group behind Villarreal and PAOK.

Pre-season

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Legend

  Win (W)   Draw (D)   Loss (L)   Postponed (P–P)

16 June 2010 Dinamo Zagreb 1 – 0 Koper Hitrec-Kacijan, Zagreb
Chago 25' [1] Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Dalibor Mlakar (Zagreb)
24 June 2010 Dinamo Zagreb 0 – 0 Shandong Luneng Stadion Slobode, Varaždin
[2] Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Kovačić (Križevci)
26 June 2010 Dinamo Zagreb 2 – 1 Metalurh Zaporizhya Langenfeld, Austria
Sivonjić 55'
Chago 58'
[3] Nevmyvaka 65'
1 July 2010 Dinamo Zagreb 1 – 1 Olympiacos Illerstadion, Kempten
Sammir 15' (pen.) [6] Zairi 85' Attendance: 500
7 July 2010 Mladost Petrinja 0 – 3 Dinamo Zagreb Gradski stadion, Petrinja
[8] Slepička 10'
Etto 60'
Kramarić 75'
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Vlado Svilokos (Sisak)

Super Cup

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As champions of the 2009–10 Prva HNL Dinamo qualified for the 2010 Croatian Super Cup, a one-off match played between league champions and Croatian Cup winners which serves as a curtain raiser for the following football season. This was the ninth Supercup played since the formation of the Croatian football league in 1992 and the first since 2006, as it is never held when a club wins "The Double" (Dinamo had won three consecutive Doubles in 2006–07, 2007–08 and 2008–09).

The match was decided in an Eternal Derby, as Dinamo played 2009–10 Croatian Cup winners and their greatest rivals Hajduk Split at Maksimir. It was their second competitive match led by the newly appointed manager Velimir Zajec and Dinamo won the game 1–0 through a second-half header by Igor Bišćan after Dodô delivered a corner kick.[9] It was Dinamo's fourth Super Cup win and it later proved to be Zajec's only silverware won with Dinamo as he was sacked on 9 August.

17 July 2010 Dinamo Zagreb 1 – 0 Hajduk Split Maksimir Stadium, Zagreb
Bišćan 77' [9] Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Draženko Kovačić (Križevci)

Squad

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As of 13 July and the first competitive match of the season against FC Koper.[10]

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 Croatia CRO Tomislav Butina
3 DF Argentina ARG Luis Ibáñez
4 DF Croatia CRO Leonard Mesarić
5 MF Argentina ARG Adrián Calello
7 MF Brazil BRA Etto
8 MF Croatia CRO Ante Tomić
10 MF Brazil BRA Sammir
12 GK Croatia CRO Filip Lončarić
13 DF Croatia CRO Dario Šimić
No. Pos. Nation Player
15 MF Cameroon CMR Mathias Chago
16 MF Croatia CRO Milan Badelj
17 FW Croatia CRO Mario Mandžukić
19 DF Croatia CRO Tomislav Barbarić
20 FW Czech Republic CZE Miroslav Slepička
22 DF Croatia CRO Igor Bišćan (captain)
23 FW Brazil BRA Dodô
24 FW Croatia CRO Ilija Sivonjić
77 MF Chile CHI Pedro Morales
99 FW Croatia CRO Ante Rukavina

Competitions

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Overall

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Competition Started round Final result First match Last Match
2010 Croatian Supercup Winners
17 July
2010–11 Prva HNL 1st 24 July 21 May
2010–11 Croatian Cup First round Winners 22 September 25 May
2010–11 UEFA Champions League QR2 QR3 13 July 4 August
2010–11 UEFA Europa League Play-off round Group stage 19 August 15 December

Prva HNL

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Classification

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Dinamo Zagreb (C) 30 22 6 2 52 12 +40 72 Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
2 Hajduk Split 30 16 7 7 54 32 +22 55 Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round
3 RNK Split 30 16 5 9 38 22 +16 53 Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round
4 Cibalia 30 12 8 10 33 24 +9 44
5 Inter Zaprešić 30 12 6 12 31 35 −4 42
Source: Prva-HNL.hr
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
For deciding champions, qualification to UEFA Europa League and relegation: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head away goals scored
(C) Champions

Results summary

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Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
30 22 6 2 52 12  +40 72 11 3 1 25 7  +18 11 3 1 27 5  +22

Last updated: 21 May 2011.
Source: Sportnet.hr

Results by round

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Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
GroundHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
ResultWLDWWWDWWWWWWWWWWDWDWWWWLWWWDD
Position278643322111111111111111111111
Updated to match(es) played on 21 May 2011. Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results by opponent

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Team Results Points
Home Away
Cibalia 2–0 1–0 6
Hajduk Split 2–0 1–1 4
Hrvatski Dragovoljac 4–1 6–0 6
Inter Zaprešić 1–0 3–0 6
Istra 1961 4–0 1–2 3
Karlovac 4–2 1–0 6
Lokomotiva 1–0 2–0 6
Osijek 1–0 3–1 6
Rijeka 1–2 2–0 3
Šibenik 1–0 2–0 6
Slaven Belupo 0–0 2–0 4
RNK Split 1–1 1–0 4
Varaždin 1–1 1–1 2
Zadar 1–0 0–0 4
NK Zagreb 1–0 1–0 6

Source: 2010–11 Prva HNL article

2010–11 UEFA Europa League

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Group D

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification VLR PAOK DZ BRG
1 Spain Villarreal 6 4 0 2 8 5 +3 12 Advance to knockout phase 1–0 3–0 2–1
2 Greece PAOK 6 3 2 1 5 3 +2 11 1–0 1–0 1–1
3 Croatia Dinamo Zagreb 6 2 1 3 4 5 −1 7 2–0 0–1 0–0
4 Belgium Club Brugge 6 0 3 3 4 8 −4 3 1–2 1–1 0–2
Source: Soccerway

Matches

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Key

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Win Draw Loss

Competitive

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M Date
Tournament
Round
Ground
Opponent
Score
Attendance
Dinamo Scorers Report
1 13 Jul UCL QR2 H Koper Slovenia 5 – 1 7,000 Mandžukić (2), Slepička, Sammir, Etto Sportnet.hr
2 17 Jul Supercup N/A H Hajduk Split 1 – 0 8,000 Bišćan Sportnet.hr
3 20 Jul UCL QR2 AR Slovenia Koper Slovenia 0 – 3 2,000 Sportnet.hr
4 24 Jul 1. HNL 1 H Hrvatski Dragovoljac 4 – 1 350 Morales, Sammir, Slepička, Mesarić Sportnet.hr
5 27 Jul UCL QR3 A Moldova Sheriff Tiraspol Moldova 1 – 1 10,000 Sammir Sportnet.hr
6 31 Jul 1. HNL 2 H Rijeka 1 – 2 3,500 Sammir Sportnet.hr
7 4 Aug UCL QR3 H Sheriff Tiraspol Moldova 1 – 1 10,000 Sammir Sportnet.hr
8 7 Aug 1. HNL 3 A Varaždin 1 – 1 3,000 Rukavina Sportnet.hr
9 14 Aug 1. HNL 4 H Karlovac 4 – 2 400 Sammir (2), Kramarić, Rukavina Sportnet.hr
10 19 Aug UEL Play-off A Hungary Győri ETO Hungary 2 – 0 8,000 Rukavina (2) Sportnet.hr
11 22 Aug 1. HNL 5 A Slaven Belupo 2 – 0 4,000 Rukavina, Sammir Sportnet.hr
12 26 Aug UEL Play-off H Győri ETO Hungary 2 – 1 8,000 Sammir (2) Sportnet.hr
13 28 Aug 1. HNL 6 H Cibalia 2 – 0 3,500 Vrsaljko, Tomečak Sportnet.hr
14 11 Sep 1. HNL 7 A Hajduk Split 1 – 1 30,000 Sammir Sportnet.hr
15 16 Sep UEL Group H Villarreal Spain 2 – 0 21,000 Rukavina, Sammir Sportnet.hr
16 19 Sep 1. HNL 8 H NK Zagreb 1 – 0 11,000 Barbarić Sportnet.hr
17 22 Sep Cup R1 A Zadrugar 6 – 0 1,500 Bećiraj (2), Kramarić (3), Sylvestr Sportnet.hr
18 26 Sep 1. HNL 9 AR Lokomotiva 2 – 0 50 Chago, Tonel Sportnet.hr
19 30 Sep UEL Group A Greece PAOK Greece 0 – 1 25,000 Sportnet.hr
20 3 Oct 1. HNL 10 H Istra 1961 4 – 0 1,500 Sylvestr, Bećiraj, Sammir (2) Sportnet.hr
21 16 Oct 1. HNL 11 A Osijek 3 – 1 5,000 Sammir, Badelj, Bećiraj Sportnet.hr
22 21 Oct UEL Group H Club Brugge Belgium 0 – 0 22,000 Sportnet.hr
23 23 Oct 1. HNL 12 H Šibenik 1 – 0 3,000 Tomečak Sportnet.hr
24 27 Oct Cup R2 A Karlovac 2 – 0 1,500 Bećiraj, Cufré Sportnet.hr
25 30 Oct 1. HNL 13 A Inter Zaprešić 3 – 0 3,000 Tonel, Sammir, Ibáñez Sportnet.hr
26 4 Nov UEL Group A Belgium Club Brugge Belgium 2 – 0 15,000 Sammir, Bišćan Sportnet.hr
27 7 Nov 1. HNL 14 H Zadar 1 – 0 4,000 Tomečak Sportnet.hr
28 13 Nov 1. HNL 15 A RNK Split 1 – 0 4,000 Calello Sportnet.hr
29 20 Nov 1. HNL 16 A Hrvatski Dragovoljac 6 – 0 1,000 Tomečak, Chago, Ibáñez, Kovačić, Badelj, Bećiraj Sportnet.hr
30 23 Nov Cup QF H Osijek 2 – 0 1,000 Tonel, Kramarić Sportnet.hr
31 27 Nov 1. HNL 17 A Rijeka 2 – 0 2,500 Bećiraj, Badelj Sportnet.hr
32 2 Dec UEL Group A Spain Villarreal Spain 0 – 3 Sportnet.hr
33 5 Dec 1. HNL 18 H Varaždin 1 – 1 1,000 Morales Sportnet.hr
34 9 Dec Cup QF A Osijek 3 – 1 300 Bećiraj (2), Bišćan Sportnet.hr
35 15 Dec UEL Group H PAOK Greece 0 – 1 25,000 Sportnet.hr
36 26 Feb 1. HNL 19 A Karlovac 1 – 0 1,000 Šitum Sportnet.hr
37 5 Mar 1. HNL 20 H Slaven Belupo 0 – 0 500 Sportnet.hr
38 12 Mar 1. HNL 21 A Cibalia 1 – 0 6,000 Bećiraj Sportnet.hr
39 19 Mar 1. HNL 22 H Hajduk Split 2 – 0 15,000 Badelj, Bećiraj Sportnet.hr
40 2 Apr 1. HNL 23 A NK Zagreb 1 – 0 3,000 Calello Sportnet.hr
41 6 Apr Cup SF H Slaven Belupo 4 – 1 1,000 Sammir, Sylvestr, Badelj, Tomečak Sportnet.hr
42 9 Apr 1. HNL 24 H Lokomotiva 1 – 0 1,693 Sylvestr Sportnet.hr
43 16 Apr 1. HNL 25 A Istra 1961 1 – 2 2,500 Bećiraj Sportnet.hr
44 20 Apr Cup SF A Slaven Belupo 1 – 0 3,000 Tomečak Sportnet.hr
45 23 Apr 1. HNL 26 H Osijek 1 – 0 1,850 Badelj Sportnet.hr
46 30 Apr 1. HNL 27 A Šibenik 2 – 0 2,000 Morales, Rukavina Sportnet.hr
47 6 May 1. HNL 28 H Inter Zaprešić 1 – 0 600 Bećiraj Sportnet.hr
48 11 May Cup Final H Varaždin 5 – 1 5,000 Sammir, Tonel, Bećiraj (2), Badelj Sportnet.hr
49 14 May 1. HNL 29 A Zadar 0 – 0 2,500 Sportnet.hr
50 21 May 1. HNL 30 H RNK Split 1 – 1 3,000 Badelj Sportnet.hr
51 25 May Cup Final A Varaždin 3 – 1 3,500 Ibáñez, Badelj, Bećiraj Sportnet.hr

Last updated 25 May 2011
Sources: Prva-HNL.hr, Sportske novosti, Sportnet.hr

Players

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Statistics

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Competitive matches only. Updated to games played 25 May 2011.

Key

Player left the club during season
Player joined the club during season
Rank Name League Cup Europe Supercup Total
1 Brazil Sammir 10 2 7 19
2 Montenegro Fatos Bećiraj B 8 8 16
3 Croatia Milan Badelj 6 3 9
4 Croatia Ante Rukavina 4 3 7
5 Croatia Ivan Tomečak 4 2 6
6 Croatia Andrej Kramarić 1 4 5
7 Slovakia Jakub Sylvestr C 2 2 4
Portugal Tonel D 2 2 4
9 Croatia Igor Bišćan 1 1 1 3
Argentina Luis Ibáñez 2 1 3
Chile Pedro Morales 3 3
12 Argentina Adrián Calello 2 2
Cameroon Mathias Chago 2 2
Croatia Mario Mandžukić A 2 2
Czech Republic Miroslav Slepička E 1 1 2
16 Croatia Tomislav Barbarić 1 1
Argentina Leandro Cufré 1 1
Brazil Etto F 1 1
Croatia Mateo Kovačić 1 1
Croatia Leonard Mesarić 1 1
Croatia Mario Šitum 1 1
Croatia Šime Vrsaljko 1 1

Source: Competitive matches
Notes:
A: Mandžukić was transferred out to VfL Wolfsburg on 14 July 2010.
B: Bećiraj joined Dinamo in August 2010 from FK Budućnost Podgorica
C: Sylvestr joined Dinamo in August 2010 from ŠK Slovan Bratislava
D: Tonel joined Dinamo in August 2010 from Sporting CP
E: Slepička went on a six-months loan to SpVgg Greuther Fürth in January 2011
F: Etto left Dinamo to join PAOK in January 2011

Transfers

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In

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Unless a country is specified, all clubs play in the Croatian football league system.

Date Player From Fee
25 May 2010 Leonard Mesarić Lokomotiva Free
16 June 2010 Arijan Ademi Šibenik €120,000
18 July 2010 Almir Bekić Sloboda (Bosnia and Herzegovina) €100,000
31 July 2010 Ante Rukavina Panathinaikos (Greece) €700,000
1 September 2010 Fatos Bećiraj Budućnost (Montenegro) €650,000
1 September 2010 Jakub Sylvestr Slovan Bratislava (Slovakia) €1,500,000
1 September 2010 Tonel Sporting CP (Portugal) Undisclosed

Out

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Date Player From Fee
15 May 2010 Guillermo Suárez Released
28 May 2010 Ivan Turina AIK (Sweden) Undisclosed
28 May 2010 Ivica Vrdoljak Legia Warsaw (Poland) €1,500,000
16 July 2010 Mario Mandžukić VfL Wolfsburg (Germany) €7,000,000
18 August 2010 Ante Tomić Released
20 September 2010 Karlo Primorac Released

References

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