At the moment of writing, HNK Rijeka, led by their new manager, Zeljko Sopic, are at the top of 1. HNL, Croatia’s first division league. After a total of 26 games, they’ve accumulated 56 points, one more than the second-placed Hajduk Split and five more than Dinamo Zagreb, who currently...
Croatia has always been blessed with incredible footballers, and despite its small size, its sporting success has remained strong. Much of their success is due to the quality of their youth products, mostly from the famous Dinamo Zagreb academy. The latest hot prospect rapidly gaining interest from the likes of...
Théo Barbet (184cm/6’0”, 77kg/169lbs) is a left-footed, left-sided centre-back who joined Croatian top-flight side NK Lokomotiva Zagreb from Ligue 2 strugglers Dijon FCO on 1st September. The Mâcon-born Dijon academy product spent the 2020/21 season, in which Les Hiboux were relegated from Ligue 1, out on loan in Championnat National...
Luka Ivanusec is a versatile midfielder who made a name for himself in the 1.HNL in recent years with the 2020/21 campaign being a breakthrough season, as he shone for both club and country on the European stage. The 22-year-old was part of the Croatia U-21 side for the U-21...
Nemanja Glavcic is a Serbian central midfielder who plays for 1.HNL side NK Slaven Belupo. This scout report will contain a tactical analysis of Glavčić attributes and his playing style. He has collected a total of 59 caps for the Serbian U16, U17, U18 and U19 national teams, and could well...
Lately, in the Croatian media, there has been a lot of talk about whether Kristijan Lovrić deserves a call-up to the national team, and Zlatko Dalić decided to heed some of those calls and add him to the squad, largely because Ivan Perišić was not allowed to leave Italy due...
Stjepan Lončar is Bosnian central midfielder who plays for HNK Rijeka. This scout report will contain tactical analysis on Lončar attributes and his playing style. Lončar has collected eight caps for Bosnian national team. Lončar performed well in this year's group stage of Europa League in a tough group playing...
Marko Bulat is a very talented youngster who plays for HNK Šibenik in 1.HNL. This scout report is a tactical analysis on Bulat's attributes and qualities, but also where he needs to improve. Bulat made his senior debut at the age of 16, and he has been a crucial part...
On 5th September this year Nenad Bjelica was appointed as new head coach of NK Osijek. Bjelica last job was at Dinamo Zagreb and he made fantastic job there with some impressive performances in Champions League last season. When he came Osijek was sitting at 8th position with only 1...
1.HNL is getting better every year. Since the Croatian Football Federation decided to decrease the number of clubs in the 1st league from 12 to 10, the quality of football significantly increased over time. This year is no different, the table looks exciting and there are a few teams with...
Lovro Majer is one of the brightest Croatian talents and currently plays for Dinamo Zagreb. This scout report will contain a tactical analysis of Majer traits and qualities, but also where he needs to improve. Given current Dinamo tactics, he plays most of the time in his natural position as...
Some teams across Europe like Liverpool or Bayern Munich just have a superior recruitment strategy that gets them the advantage over their rivals. Others, like Barcelona or in our case, Dinamo Zagreb, have an incredible youth system that has developed multiple world-class players over time. One such young talent currently...
This week in our 1.HNL series we will display Dinamo Zagreb in numbers through this data analysis. Because of coach changes at the club, we decided that tactical analysis is not the best option right now. Using statistics and data we will analyze Dinamo as a team, but will analyze...
After analysing two strikers Mirko Marić and Antonio Čolak from Osijek and Rijeka, we decided to make scout report on one highly valued 18-year-old centre-back: Mario Vušković. Vušković plays his debut season for his hometown club HNK Hajduk Split. This scout report will consist of: tactical analysis and data analysis....
Following our analysis of NK Rijeka and Osijek, we now turn our attention to Igor Tudor's Hajduk Split – one of the largest teams in 1 HNL and a squad still fighting for the second spot in the table, behind Dinamo Zagreb, Croatia's only consistent participant in the Champions League. This article will dissect...
After Domagoj Kostanjšak did an analysis of NK Osijek last week, I have decided I will do a scout report on the top goal-scorer in 1.HNL, Mirko Marić. This scout report will have both data analysis and tactical analysis on Marić's abilities. The Osijek centre forward already has the same...
Following our analysis of Rijeka under Simon Rožman last week, we're continuing our project of bringing you the tactics of the best teams from 1. HNL. With that in mind, this tactical analysis will focus on Ivica Kulesevic and his philosophy at NK Osijek. Initial data analysis Before we delve...
After analysing HNK Rijeka in the last part, in this part, we will do a detailed scout report about their best goal scorer. This will be a tactical analysis of Antonio Colak with some data analysis comparing him to other strikers in HNL. It is clear that Rijeka tactics gets...
Even though the title race is over in the Croatian top-flight, 1. HNL, and it may be not as tight and as nailbiting as the ones in the Premier League and they might not be as tactical as Serie A or positional as La Liga, they do have some incredible...
