The Jadran Luka Ploce Gazette
Squad10 Aug 2026
Danijel Zagorac keeps Jadran Luka Ploce in it on his own
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 9 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Squad10 Aug 2026
A move Dominik Pavlek 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. Dominik Pavlek is living that version at Jadran Luka Ploce, and it tends to show in the first month.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Danijel Zagorac signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Danijel Zagorac and Jadran Luka Ploce agree another 2 years.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Danijel Zagorac 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 Jadran Luka Ploce this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
HNK Rijeka tell Jadran Luka Ploce: Branko Pavić 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Jadran Luka Ploce promote Dino Kovac from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Dino Kovac 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
Jadran Luka Ploce promote Duje Kovac from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Duje Kovac 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
One of our own: Fran Brekalo joins the Jadran Luka Ploce first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Fran Brekalo is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
Duje Horvat steps up from the Jadran Luka Ploce academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Duje Horvat has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
In brief
- Match Late, late show earns Jadran Luka Ploce a point
- The dugout Somebody else is better right now than Stanislav Kritsyuk
- Match Honours even between Jadran Luka Ploce and Uljanik Pula