The Jadran Luka Ploce Gazette
Boardroom7 Sep 2026
Jadran Luka Ploce close the window on a squad of their own making
31 in and 20 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: Raul Kumar rejects the move
Jadran Luka Ploce had done everything except persuade the man himself. He stays at Istra 1961, and the manager goes back to the drawing board with the money still in the bank.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Words exchanged at Jadran Luka Ploce
Stanislav Kritsyuk and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Božidar Radošević 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.
Transfer targets7 Sep 2026
Door shut on Maro Kosović
Jadran Luka Ploce asked and NK Krka 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 dugout7 Sep 2026
The manager makes an example of Stanislav Kritsyuk
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Božidar Radošević named in the team of the month
A month is long enough that nobody gets in by accident. Božidar Radošević is in the division's best eleven for it, which is a quieter compliment than an award and a more reliable one.
Squad7 Sep 2026
No place for Mantas Vaitkunas in the new shape
He is not being dropped. There is simply nowhere in the formation Jadran Luka Ploce are playing to put a man who does what he does, which is a harder thing to be told than any team sheet.
Market7 Sep 2026
Mantas Vaitkunas arrives on loan
Jadran Luka Ploce have taken Mantas Vaitkunas on loan from Utenis — cover where cover was needed.
In brief
- Market The market said no: Daniel Corluka stays put
- Looking ahead An away day at Lucko next for Jadran Luka Ploce
- The dugout The manager plants his flag on Talha Tabaković