Nogometni Klub Rudeš (), commonly referred to as NK Rudeš, is a Croatian football club founded in 1957 in Zagreb's neighbourhood of Rudeš. The club competes in Croatian Football League, the top tier of Croatian football.

History

Being a lower league club through most of its history, Rudeš achieved promotion to the Croatian Second Football League in 2009, where it quickly established itself as one of the most stable clubs and a regular top table finisher. In the 2016–17 season, Rudeš clinched the title, earning promotion to the Croatian First Football League for the 2017–18 season.

In May 2017, Rudeš signed a ten-year partnership deal with Spanish club Deportivo Alavés, with Rudeš acting as a feeder club. However, the agreement was terminated after the first year.

Recent seasons

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!rowspan=2|Season

!class="unsortable" colspan=9|League

!rowspan=2 width="30"|Cup

!colspan=2 width="200"|Top goalscorer

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!Division

!width="20"|P

!width="20"|W

!width="20"|D

!width="20"|L

!width="20"|F

!width="20"|A

!width="20"|Pts

!width="35"|Pos

!Player

!Goals

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|1999–00

|4. HNL Zagreb (IV)

|30 ||10 ||8 ||12 ||52 ||65 ||38

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|2000–01

|4. HNL Zagreb (IV)

|30 ||11 ||5 ||14 ||56 ||76 ||38

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|2001–02

|4. HNL Zagreb (IV)

|30 ||9 ||9 ||12 ||48 ||49 ||36

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|2002–03

|4. HNL Zagreb (IV)

|28 ||21 ||3 ||4 ||56 ||15 ||66

|bgcolor="#DDFFDD"| ↑

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|2003–04

|3. HNL Centre (III)

|30 ||17 ||11 ||2 ||60 ||24 ||62

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|2004–05

|3. HNL Centre (III)

|32 ||18 ||5 ||9 ||54 ||28 ||59

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|R1

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|2005–06

|3. HNL Centre (III)

|30 ||15 ||4 ||11 ||52 ||39 ||49

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|2006–07

|3. HNL West (III)

|34 ||15 ||7 ||12 ||49 ||40 ||52

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|align="left"|

|10

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|2007–08

|3. HNL West (III)

|34 ||15 ||8 ||11 ||47 ||40 ||53

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|align="left"|

|12

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|2008–09

|3. HNL West (III)

|34 ||22 ||10 ||2 ||63 ||24 ||76

|bgcolor="#DDFFDD"| ↑

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|align="left"|

|28

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|2009–10

|2. HNL (II)

|26 ||10 ||7 ||9 ||38 ||38 ||37

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|align="left"|

|13

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|2010–11

|2. HNL (II)

|30 ||15 ||7 ||8 ||52 ||39 ||52

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|R1

|align="left"|

|14

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|2011–12

|2. HNL (II)

|28 ||11 ||8 ||9 ||42 ||33 ||41

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|R2

|align="left"|

|10

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|2012–13

|2. HNL (II)

|30 ||14 ||8 ||8 ||47 ||30 ||48

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|align="left"|

|11

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|2013–14

|2. HNL (II)

|33 ||14 ||5 ||14 ||45 ||36 ||47

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|align="left"|

|11

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|2014–15

|2. HNL (II)

|30 ||10 ||12 ||8 ||36 ||28 ||42

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|align="left"|'

|4

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|2015–16

|2. HNL (II)

|33 ||12 ||10 ||11 ||50 ||43 ||46

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|align="left"|

|8

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|2016–17

|2. HNL (II)

|34 ||17 ||9 ||7 ||43 ||27 ||60

|bgcolor="#DDFFDD"| ↑

|R2

|align="left"|

|9

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|2017–18

|1. HNL (I)

|36 ||10 ||10 ||16 ||41 ||62 ||40

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|QF

|align="left"|

|13

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|2018–19

|1. HNL (I)

|36 ||3 ||5 ||28 ||26 ||80 ||14

|bgcolor="#FFCCCC"| ↓

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|align="left"|

|5

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|2019–20

|2. HNL (II)

|19 ||8 ||5 ||6 ||25 ||20 ||29

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|R1

|align="left"|

|10

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|2020–21

|2. HNL (II)

|34 ||15 ||12 ||7 ||52 ||41 ||57

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|R2

|align="left"|

|12

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|2021–22

|2. HNL (II)

|30 ||17 ||5 ||8 ||56 ||27 ||56

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|R2

|align="left"|

|13

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|2022–23

|1. NL (II)

|33 ||19 ||7 ||7 ||56 ||26 ||64

|bgcolor="#DDFFDD"| ↑

|QF

|align="left"|

|11

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|2023–24

|HNL (I)

|36 ||1 ||6 ||29 ||22 ||85 ||9

|bgcolor="#FFCCCC"| ↓

|QF

|align="left"|'

|3

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|2024–25

|1. NL (II)

|33 ||10 ||9 ||14 ||31 ||33 ||39

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|R2

|align="left"|

|4

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First-team squad

Other players under contract

Out on loan

References