The Hrvatski Dragovoljac Courier
Squad3 Aug 2026
12 saves: Giovanni Jerolimov was the team
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the whole of the defence. 12 saves, several of them the kind nobody expects to see made, and ten outfield players who owe him a drink.
Match1 Aug 2026
Hrvatski Dragovoljac tear Bjelovar apart
Rarely has this fixture seen a display like it: 3‑0 against Bjelovar, and it could have been more.
Player ratings3 Aug 2026
Benjamin Dulčić, 20, plays like he has been here for years — 7.61
A mark of 7.61 means one thing beside a twenty-nine-year-old's name and something else entirely beside a 20-year-old's. Nobody at the ground needed telling which this was.
Player ratings3 Aug 2026
Age has not caught Luis Ibáñez yet — 7.92
At 38 he is supposed to be managing his minutes. Instead he was marked 7.92 and looked, for ninety minutes, exactly like the player everybody remembers.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Antonio Jakoliš signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Antonio Jakoliš commits to Hrvatski Dragovoljac for another 2 years.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Hrvatski Dragovoljac
Luis Ibáñez 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 terraces3 Aug 2026
Hrvatski Dragovoljac supporters have found a favourite in Marko Batur
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 22-year-old it feels ownership of. Marko Batur has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.
Match1 Aug 2026
Josip Brkić at the heart of a fast Hrvatski Dragovoljac start
2 goals inside twenty minutes with Josip Brkić in the middle of it, and Bjelovar unable to get near the ball long enough to change anything. Some matches are won before the first drink.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Words at Hrvatski Dragovoljac training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Mateo Tomić 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.
In brief
- Player ratings Nobody could get near Luka Gale
- Market Talks stall between Hrvatski Dragovoljac and Antonio Jakoliš
- Market 49 months and counting on Filip Šušković-Jakopac