The Zadar Gazette
Player ratings14 Sep 2026
Nobody could get near Andrej Vrsaljko
Successful dribbles: 47. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Market14 Sep 2026
Marin Brekalo hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Zadar can pretend not to have heard.
The terraces14 Sep 2026
The crowd has taken to Vedran Vukovic
At 23 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.
Loan watch14 Sep 2026
Luka Bogdan counts the days
“I watch every Zadar game from here. That says everything about where my head is.” The loan at Dinamo Zagreb runs its course, but his heart never made the trip.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Bamba Diarrassouba dropped after a run of poor form
The one version of being left out a player cannot argue with, and the one he takes worst. Somebody else has been better and the team sheet says so, in public, every week until it changes.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Marko Đira asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Mateo Vrsaljko is the weekend's best young player
At 20 he is being measured against the rest of the division's kids and coming out in front. The senior version of this award is where the club would like this to lead.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Tomislav Grbic falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Match12 Sep 2026
Zadar draw a blank against Cibalia
The crowd waited for a goal that never came. Cibalia defended in numbers and left with what they came for, and the two sides could be playing still without troubling a scorer.
In brief
- Market Zadar bring in Domagoj Mamić on loan
- Market The Dario Bilic question follows Zadar around
- Market Window shut, Bojan Kovac still here