HNK Orijent 1919

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HNK Orijent 1919

Full name	Hrvatski nogometni klub Orijent 1919
Nickname(s)	Sušačani, Crveni s Krimeje
Founded	14 June 1919 (as NK Orijent)
Ground	Stadion Krimeja
Capacity	3,500
Chairman	Saša Matijaš
Manager	Edo Flego
League	2. HNL
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours
Current season

HNK Orijent 1919 is a football club from Sušak, the eastern part of the city of Rijeka, Croatia. They compete in the Croatian Second Football League. It is a phoenix club of NK Orijent which ceased activities in 2014 due to financial difficulties.

History[]

Orijent[]

NK Orijent was founded in 1919 in Sušak, eastern part of the present day city of Rijeka. At the time, Sušak was predominantly Croatian, while Fiume, the western part of the city, was predominantly Italian. According to the legend, during his time on journey to the United States, one of the club's founders saw a ship named Orient in the New York Harbor. After he came back, he suggested the new club to be named Orient, a suggestion which was later accepted. As regimes changed, Orijent was often forced to change its name. At various stages of its history the club was known as Jedinstvo, Primorac, Primorje and Budućnost. Finally, from 1953 onwards, the club carries the original name: Orijent. Although Orijent spent most of its history in lower tiers of Yugoslav and Croatian football, it was and still is popular among Sušak's population.

The club's greatest success came in 1969 when they were the champions of Yugoslav Second League's Division West but were unable to win promotion through playoff. Orijent and city rivals Rijeka contested numerous derbies during the early 1970s.^[1] Other notable successes were quarter-finals of Yugoslav Cup in 1980–81 and 1982–83. Orijent played top tier football only once, during the season 1996–97 when they finished 14th and were relegated.

Orijent 1919[]

In June 2014, the club was liquidated due to its inability to service mounting debts.^[2] Shortly thereafter, the club was re-established as HNK Orijent 1919, and admitted to the fifth tier of the Croatian football league system for the start of the 2014–15 campaign. Over the following five seasons, they gained promotion on three occasions, reaching the Croatian Second Football League for the 2019–20 campaign.

Honours[]

• Yugoslav Second League Winner (1):
  • 1968–69 (West)
• Croatian Republic Football League Winner (4):
  • 1967–68 (West), 1983–84 (West), 1984–85 (West), 1985–86 (West)
• Druga HNL Runner-up (2):
  • 1993–94 (South), 1994–95 (West)
• Prva B HNL Runner-up (1):
  • 1995–96
• First League of Primorje-Gorski Kotar County Winner (1):
  • 2014–15
• Yugoslav Cup Quarter-final (2):
  • 1980–81, 1982–83
• Croatian Football Cup Quarter-final (1):
  • 1997–98

Current squad[]

As of 14 August 2021^[3]

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 Kristian Boglić 2 DF  CRO Leo Burul 3 DF  CRO Karlo Senčar 4 DF  CRO Dominik Mulac 5 MF  CRO Patrik Srzentić 7 MF  BIH Edin Fatić 8 FW  CRO Vedran Gerc 9 FW  CRO Šimun Grgić 10 FW  CRO Emanuel Črnko 11 DF  CRO Andro Švrljuga 12 DF  CRO Tomislav Bokulić 13 MF  CRO Veldin Hodža (on loan from Rijeka) 14 MF  CRO Franko Bosančić

No. Pos. Nation Player 15 MF  CRO Nikola Macolić 17 FW  CRO Matija Frigan (on loan from Rijeka) 18 FW  CRO Patrik Srzentić 19 MF  CRO Nino Mohorovičić 21 MF  CRO Filip Zrilić (on loan from Rijeka) 23 MF  CRO Marko Putnik (on loan from Rijeka) 24 DF  CRO Ennio Travaglia 25 DF  CRO Matija Vidas 27 FW  CRO Matija Matulja 28 DF  CRO Mario Tadejević 29 FW  CRO Kristian Fućak 30 GK  CRO Patrik Mohorović 45 GK  CRO Leo Margan

Notable players[]

Notable Managers[]

• Ivan "Ðalma" Marković (1962)
• Ivan "Ðalma" Marković (1968 – 69)
• Marcel Žigante (1973 – 74)
• Josip Skoblar (1979 – 81)
• Ivan "Ðalma" Marković (1982 – 84)
• Marijan Brnčić (1987 – 89)
• Miloš Hrstić (1988 – 89)
• Velimir Naumović (1989 – 91)
• Mladen Vranković (1991 – 92)
• Ivica Šangulin (1992 – 94)
• Predrag Stilinović (1995 – 96)
• Boris Tičić (July 1996 – March 97)
• Drago Mamić (July 1997 – March 97)
• Ilija Lončarević (March 1997 – June 97)
• Rodion Gačanin (1999 – 2000)
• Danilo Butorović (2014 – 2018)
• Fausto Budicin (2019 – 2020)

Seasons[]

References[]

External links[]

• Official website (in Croatian)
• NK Orijent at Nogometni leksikon (in Croatian)