Ivan Čurković

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The HNK Vukovar 1991 Post

14 Jun 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Boardroom14 Jun 2027

HNK Vukovar 1991 go back to the board over Frane Barbić

The number the board signed off was not enough. It has been asked again and raised its own offer to $25.0K — a club that wants Frane Barbić enough to be asked twice.

Squad14 Jun 2027

HNK Vukovar 1991 count the cost of losing Tivonge Rushesha

39 days, the scan says, and scans are kinder than reality. The fixtures in that window have just become somebody else’s job.

Transfer targets14 Jun 2027

HNK Vukovar 1991 baulk at the price for Frane Barbić

Rudes wanted more than $23.0K and the board would not go there. Walked away, for now, which in a transfer window means until somebody blinks.

Transfer targets14 Jun 2027

Door shut on Antonio Maurić

HNK Vukovar 1991 asked and Hajduk Split said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.

The dugout14 Jun 2027

Lorenzo Travaglia gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Squad14 Jun 2027

Ivan Čurković stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Ivan Čurković and HNK Vukovar 1991 agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Squad14 Jun 2027

Tempers go at HNK Vukovar 1991

Alen Jurilj was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Squad14 Jun 2027

A row about effort at HNK Vukovar 1991

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Kristijan Čabrajić was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Transfer targets14 Jun 2027

HNK Vukovar 1991 ask about Fran Topić

A loan enquiry to Dinamo Zagreb: cover, or a look at somebody the club cannot afford to buy yet. Either way the answer will come back inside the week.

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The HNK Vukovar 1991 Post

21 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match19 Sep 2026

The wait goes on for HNK Vukovar 1991

7 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.

Player ratings21 Sep 2026

Šime Gržan runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 21. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Match19 Sep 2026

Lokomotiva Zagreb take the points off HNK Vukovar 1991

Beaten 0‑2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

Squad21 Sep 2026

A row about effort at HNK Vukovar 1991

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Mario Šuver was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Squad21 Sep 2026

Tempers go at HNK Vukovar 1991

Ivan Čurković was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

The dugout21 Sep 2026

Josip Livaja: “No excuses”

“I could talk about decisions and I could talk about luck. I will not. We lost.” The manager, 0‑2, and a press conference that lasted four minutes.

The dugout21 Sep 2026

No hiding place for Antonio Đaković

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Antonio Đaković, and the manager let it.

Looking ahead21 Sep 2026

Antonio Bosec faces his old club

Slaven Belupo next, and one man in the HNK Vukovar 1991 dressing room knows their training ground better than his own. The reception will tell him what they thought of him.

The dugout21 Sep 2026

The plan did not have a place for Mario Tadić

Nobody at HNK Vukovar 1991 is suggesting he is out of form. The manager simply wanted somebody with a different set of qualities for ninety specific minutes, and there is nothing a player can train to fix that.

In brief

7 Edition

The HNK Vukovar 1991 Post

14 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match14 Sep 2026

HNK Vukovar 1991 sink to position 10

4 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.

Match12 Sep 2026

The wait goes on for HNK Vukovar 1991

6 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.

Player ratings14 Sep 2026

Šime Gržan was unplayable

Successful dribbles: 21. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.

Player ratings14 Sep 2026

Josip Špoljarić stands above it all

Some games turn on a moment; this one turned on a man. 7.89 on the card, and the HNK Vukovar 1991 support went home talking about one name.

Squad14 Sep 2026

Too much change too quickly at HNK Vukovar 1991

14 signings in three months. Every one of them may be an upgrade and the team can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild that never appears in the transfer-window verdicts.

Squad14 Sep 2026

Words at HNK Vukovar 1991 training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Kristijan Čabrajić is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

Match12 Sep 2026

HNK Vukovar 1991 and HNK Gorica take a point apiece

It finished 1‑1, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.

The dugout14 Sep 2026

Josip Livaja on the point

“A point is a point and I will take it, but we should have had all three.” Josip Livaja after the 1‑1 draw, and the sentence every manager in the country said at some stage this weekend.

Squad14 Sep 2026

The formation has left Ivan Čurković behind

Every shape has positions in it and this one does not have his. HNK Vukovar 1991 will either change the shape, change his job, or change his club, and he is waiting to hear which.

In brief

6 Edition

The HNK Vukovar 1991 Post

7 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Boardroom7 Sep 2026

HNK Vukovar 1991 close the window on a squad of their own making

16 in and 2 out, and no more changes for months. The manager has what he has, the supporters have their opinion of it, and the table will have the last word.

Transfer targets7 Sep 2026

No thanks: Pedro González rejects the move

HNK Vukovar 1991 had done everything except persuade the man himself. He stays at Cerro Largo, and the manager goes back to the drawing board with the money still in the bank.

Squad7 Sep 2026

Ivan Čurković gets the move he always wanted

Footballers are asked about their boyhood club so often that nobody listens to the answer. Ivan Čurković has just signed for HNK Vukovar 1991, and for once the answer mattered.

Transfer targets7 Sep 2026

Rostov tell HNK Vukovar 1991: Timur Suleimanov is not for sale

The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.

Squad7 Sep 2026

A row about effort at HNK Vukovar 1991

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Mario Šuver was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Squad7 Sep 2026

A falling-out at HNK Vukovar 1991

Tivonge Rushesha and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

The dugout7 Sep 2026

No hiding place for Mario Tadić

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Mario Tadić, and the manager let it.

Squad7 Sep 2026

Ivan Čurković stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Ivan Čurković and HNK Vukovar 1991 agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Market7 Sep 2026

A long bet from HNK Vukovar 1991 on Ivan Čurković

He is 20, and nobody at HNK Vukovar 1991 signed him for this season. Deals like this are judged in four years, by people who may not still be in the building.

In brief