Nogometni klub Inter Zaprešić was a Croatian professional football club based in Zaprešić, a town northwest of the capital Zagreb.
The team were nicknamed Keramičari (The ceramics makers), because they were sponsored by a ceramics factory through much of their history) or Div iz predgrađa (The giant from the suburb). The team's colours are yellow and blue. Home games at Ivan Laljak-Ivić Stadium. On 20 July 2022, Inter has dissolved due to financial issues.
History
Early years and "Jugokeramika"
The club was originally established in 1929 as NK Sava. In 1932 the name was changed to NK Jelačić. After the end of WW2 the club was renamed NK Zaprešić. The club kept that name until 1962, when they were renamed Jugokeramika, after their main sponsor, a local ceramics factory. That same year the club's ground, ŠRC Zaprešić, was built and opened. The club's first notable success came in the 1980s under the tenure of manager Zorislav Srebrić (1985–1990). Although this meant that Inker had qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup, Croatian clubs couldn't participate in European competitions due to the ongoing war, so Inker missed out on their first ever chance to participate in continental competitions. However, the club holds the distinction of playing the first ever international club match hosted by a Croatian club since Croatian independence, a friendly against Sturm Graz played in February 1992, and they were also the first Croatian side to play abroad, when they played a friendly against Brighton & Hove Albion in England in the summer of 1991. Inter's success between 2002 and 2005 was largely helped by players who were loaned from Croatian powerhouse Dinamo Zagreb (such as Luka Modrić, Vedran Ćorluka and Eduardo), so Inter's fortunes changed again once again after they were recalled to Dinamo. They slipped down to second level in 2006, but managed to win promotion immediately in the 2006–07 season when club won its second Druga HNL title. The following years were a struggle and the main goal was to preserve Prva HNL status except in 2010–11 when the club surprisingly finished 5th overall. In 2013, they slipped down, for the third time in their history, to Druga HNL.
Recent years
In 2014, club hired Samir Toplak. Primary goal was to secure promotion, which Toplak accomplished by winning club's third Druga HNL title and got promoted to Prva HNL. Following season, club exceeded expectations by finishing 5th. Successful campaign was led by Ilija Nestorovski, who scored 25 league goals making him the league's top scorer. In 2019, in the eve of COVID-19 pandemic, club started restructuring to a sports stock company. New ownership structure sacked Toplak after five and a half years in charge, longest serving Prva HNL coach to this date, and appointed Željko Petrović. As pandemic reached Croatia, restructuring was never completed. Pandemic, ownership turmoil and managerial changes took effect on team performance which finished last in 2019–20 Prva HNL campaign, ending a five-year top flight spell.
Name changes
- NK Sava (1929–1932)
- HŠK Jelačić (1932–1945)
- NK Zaprešić (1945–1962)
- NK Jugokeramika (1962–1991)
- NK Inker Zaprešić (1991–2003)
- NK Inter Zaprešić (2003–2022)
Supporters
Because of Zaprešić's geographic proximity to Zagreb, the hometown of GNK Dinamo Zagreb, Inter Zaprešić always struggled to attract people to games. Nevertheless, throughout the years, a group of fans managed to organise themselves into the supporters group called Divlje Svinje (Wild Pigs).
History
In the 1990s, some members of Bad Blue Boys who wanted a new challenge came together and cheered using the flares during the game of Inter Zaprešić. Few days later, the picture of them was released in daily newspapers and the event is known as the day when Wild Pigs were formed.
- Croatian Second League
- Winners (3): 2002–03, 2006–07, 2014–15
- Croatian Cup
- Winners (1): 1992
- Croatian Super Cup
- Runners-up (1): 1992
Recent seasons
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%; text-align: center"
|-
!rowspan=2|Season
!colspan=9|League
! rowspan="2" style="width:30px;"|Cup
! rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="width:200px;"|European competitions
! colspan="2" style="width:180px;"|Top goalscorer
|-
!Division
!width="20"|P
!width="20"|W
!width="20"|D
!width="20"|L
!width="20"|F
!width="20"|A
!width="20"|Pts
!width="40"|Pos
!Player
!Goals
|-
|1992
|1. HNL
|22
|10
|6
|6
|37
|19
|26
|4th
|bgcolor=Gold|W
|
|
|Igor Čalo
|7
|- style="background:#eee;"
|1992–93
|1. HNL
|30
|9
|9
|12
|35
|31
|27
|9th
|SF
|
|
|Ivan Cvjetković
|6
|-
|1993–94
|1. HNL
|34
|17
|8
|9
|48
|34
|42
|4th
|R2
|
|
|Renato Jurčec
|11
|- style="background:#eee;"
|1994–95
|1. HNL
|30
|11
|6
|13
|41
|41
|39
|7th
|R2
|
|
|Renato Jurčec
|12
|-
|1995–96
|1. HNL
|36
|9
|11
|16
|36
|53
|43(5)
|13th
|QF
|
|
|Tomislav Žitković
|8
|- style="background:#eee;"
|1996–97
|1. HNL
|30
|6
|3
|21
|22
|65
|21
| style="background:#fcc;"|16th ↓
|QF
|
|
|Siniša Odorjan
|8
|-
|1997–98
|2. HNL
|32
|21
|4
|7
|62
|29
|67
|4th
|R1
|
|
|
|
|- style="background:#eee;"
|1998–99
|2. HNL
|36
|3
|5
|28
|25
|103
|14
| style="background:#fcc;"|19th ↓
|R1
|
|
|
|
|-
|1999–00
|3. HNL
|28
|11
|4
|13
|50
|47
|37
|6th
|R1
|
|
|
|
|- style="background:#eee;"
|2000–01
|3. HNL
|30
|22
|0
|8
|88
|43
|66
| style="background:#dfd;"|2nd ↑
|QF
|
|
|
|
|-
|2001–02
|2. HNL
|30
|11
|8
|11
|46
|40
|41
|8th
|R2
|
|
|
|
|- style="background:#eee;"
|2002–03
|2. HNL
|32
|23
|3
|6
|79
|30
|72
| style="background:#dfd;"|1st ↑
|R2
|
|
|
|
|-
|2003–04
|1. HNL
|32
|11
|9
|12
|40
|38
|42
|8th
|R1
|
|
|Ivica Karabogdan
|10
|- style="background:#eee;"
|2004–05
|1. HNL
|32
|15
|9
|8
|44
|39
|54
| style="background:Silver;"|2nd
|R1
|
|
|Bernard Gulić<br />Davor Piškor<br />Zoran Zekić
|5
|-
|2005–06
|1. HNL
|32
|8
|7
|17
|30
|53
|31
| style="background:#fcc;"|12th ↓
|R2
|UEFA Cup
|QR2
|Tomislav Gondžić
|6
|- style="background:#eee;"
|2006–07
|2. HNL
|30
|21
|5
|4
|60
|28
|68
| style="background:#dfd;"|1st ↑
|QF
|
|
|Bernard Gulić
|19
|-
|2007–08
|1. HNL
|33
|8
|9
|16
|27
|59
|33
|11th
|QF
|
|
|Davor Kukec
|6
|- style="background:#eee;"
|2008–09
|1. HNL
|33
|9
|9
|15
|41
|50
|36
|9th
|R2
|
|
|Ilija Sivonjić
|8
|-
|2009–10
|1. HNL
|30
|10
|3
|17
|36
|50
|33
|13th
|R2
|
|
|Mario Grgurović<br />Miroslav Šarić
|5
|- style="background:#eee;"
|2010–11
|1. HNL
|30
|12
|6
|12
|31
|35
|42
|5th
|R2
|
|
|Aleksandar Trajkovski
|4
|-
|2011–12
|1. HNL
|30
|11
|5
|14
|33
|33
|38
|11th
|R2
|
|
|Ante Budimir<br />Tomislav Šarić
|6
|- style="background:#eee;"
|2012–13
||1. HNL
|33
|8
|11
|14
|36
|41
|35
|style="background:#fcc;"|10th ↓
|R1
|
|
|Mislav Oršić
|12
|-
|2013–14
|2. HNL
|33
|16
|5
|12
|47
|32
|53
|3rd
|QF
|
|
|Ilija Nestorovski
|22
|- style="background:#eee;"
|2014–15
|2. HNL
|30
|17
|7
|6
|48
|25
|58
|style="background:#dfd;"|1st ↑
|R1
|
|
|Ilija Nestorovski
|23
|-
|2015–16
|1. HNL
|36
|11
|14
|11
|39
|48
|47
|5th
|QF
|
|
|Ilija Nestorovski
|25
|- style="background:#eee;"
|2016–17
|1. HNL
|36
|5
|13
|18
|26
|57
|28
|8th
|QF
|
|
|Jakov Puljić
|11
|-
|2017–18
|1. HNL
|36
|11
|10
|15
|44
|63
|43
|7th
|QF
|
|
|Komnen Andrić<br/>Vlatko Blažević
|8
|- style="background:#eee;"
|2018–19
|1. HNL
|36
|9
|4
|23
|40
|84
|31
|8th
|SF
|
|
|Komnen Andrić
|10
|-
|2019–20
|1. HNL
|36
|3
|8
|25
|32
|72
|17
|style="background:#fcc;"|10th ↓
|QF
|
|
|Serder Serderov
|9
|- style="background:#eee;"
|2020–21
|2. HNL
|34
|12
|9
|13
|49
|41
|45
|10th
|R1
|
|
|Martín Šroler
|9
|-
|2021–22
|2. HNL
|34
|13
|9
|8
|34
|29
|48
|3rd
|R1
|
|
|Dominik Rešetar
|9
|}
:Key
:<small> League: P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; Pts = Points won; Pos = Final position;</small>
:<small> Cup / Europe: PR = Preliminary round; QR = Qualifying round; R1 = First round; R2 = Second round; Group = Group stage; QF = Quarter-final; SF = Semi-final; RU = Runner-up; W = Competition won;</small>
European record
Summary
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
! width="160"|Competition
! width="30"|Pld
! width="30"|W
! width="30"|D
! width="30"|L
! width="30"|GF
! width="30"|GA
! width="150"|Last season played
|-
| UEFA Cup
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 1
| 7
| 2005–06
|-
|Total
|2
|0
|0
|2
|1
|7
|}
<small>Source: uefa.com, Last updated on 10 September 2010<br>Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against. Defunct competitions indicated in italics.</small>
By season
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; text-align: center;"
! width="60"|Season
! width="150"|Competition
! width="30"|Round
! width="150"|Opponent
! width="30"|Home
! width="30"|Away
! width="60"|Agg.
|-
| 2005–06
| UEFA Cup
| QR2
| align="left" | Red Star Belgrade
| bgcolor="#ffdddd"| 1–3
| bgcolor="#ffdddd"| 0–4
| 1–7
|-
|}
Player records
- Top scorers in UEFA club competitions: 1 goal
<!-- This section is for current squad only. Any "squad changes" should go in the individual season articles where they exist -->
Notable players
Years in brackets indicate their spells at the club.
- <small>(1991–93)</small>
- <small>(1991–93)</small>
- <small>(1991–94)</small>
- <small>(1992–95)</small>
- <small>(1994–95)</small>
- <small>(1996–97)</small>
- <small>(2002–03)</small>
- <small>(2003–05)</small>
- <small>(2003–05; 2008–10)</small>
- <small>(2003–04; 2004–05)</small>
- <small>(2003–04)</small>
- <small>(2004)</small>
- <small>(2004–05)</small>
- <small>(2004–05)</small>
- <small>(2004–05)</small>
- <small>(2004–10)</small>
- <small>(2005–06)</small>
- <small>(2005–07)</small>
- <small>(2005; 2006)</small>
- <small>(2006–07)</small>
- <small>(2006–07)</small>
- <small>(2006–08)</small>
- <small>(2008–09)</small>
- <small>(2008–09)</small>
- <small>(2009–12)</small>
- <small>(2009–10)</small>
- <small>(2010–11)</small>
- <small>(2011–2013)</small>
- <small>(2013)</small>
- <small>(2015)</small>
- <small>(2013–16)</small>
- <small>(2016–17)</small>
- <small>(2016–17)</small>
- <small>(2017–19; 2020)</small>
- <small>(2018–19)</small>
- <small>(2018–19)</small>
Technical staff
As of April 2022
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Position
!Staff
|-
|Sporting director|| Đuro Bago
|-
|Head coach|| Borimir Perković
|-
| rowspan="3"| Assistant coach
| Tomislav Gondžić
|-
| Igor Bubnjić
|-
| Viktor Novačić
|-
|Goalkeeping coach|| Dragutin Pavalić
|-
| rowspan="3"| First team doctor
| Tomislav Vlahović
|-
| Marko Matoic
|-
| Dejan Blažević
|-
| rowspan="2" | Physiotherapist
| Nikola Štok
|-
| Nikola Fotivec
|-
|Academy coach||| Srećko Bogdan
|-
Recent coaching history
- (July 2003 – May 2004)
- (July 2004 – June 2006)
- (October 2006 – August 2007)
- (August 2007 – October 2008)
- (October 2008 – April 2010)
- (April 2010 – April 2012)
- (April 2012 – March 2013)
- (March 2013 – November 2013)
- (November 2013 – April 2014)
- (April 2014 – January 2020)
- (January 2020 – April 2020)
- (April 2020 – March 2021)
- (March 2021 – June 2021)
- (June 2021 – September 2021)
- (September 2021 – Present)
References
External links
- Inter Zaprešić profile at UEFA.com