The Cibalia Chronicle
Squad10 Aug 2026
6 saves: Marko Galić was the team
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the whole of the defence. 6 saves, several of them the kind nobody expects to see made, and ten outfield players who owe him a drink.
Squad10 Aug 2026
A move Josip Krznarić would have made for nothing
There is a version of every career where the player ends up somewhere he chose rather than somewhere that chose him. Josip Krznarić is living that version at Cibalia, and it tends to show in the first month.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Cibalia make their move for Tomislav Duvnjak
$1.0M on the table at NK Varazdin. The manager wanted him, the board agreed a number, and the only voices still to be heard are the ones at the other club.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Paul Bismarck Tabinas runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 24. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
Cibalia go back to the board over Tomislav Duvnjak
The number the board signed off was not enough. It has been asked again and raised its own offer to $1.1M — a club that wants Tomislav Duvnjak enough to be asked twice.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Renato Kelić in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Cibalia this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Cibalia rebuffed over Aleks Stojaković
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Dinamo Zagreb have kept their man, and Cibalia go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Market10 Aug 2026
Cibalia promote Daniel Bilic from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Daniel Bilic has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market10 Aug 2026
Cibalia promote Mario Kasalo from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Mario Kasalo has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
In brief
- Market Damir Knezevic steps up from the Cibalia academy
- Market Cibalia promote Ante Barisic from within
- Match Cibalia find a way past Dugopolje