The Bjelovar Herald
Match8 Aug 2026
Josip Vučković leads the rout of Uskok
5‑0, and Josip Vučković took the headlines on an afternoon when everything Bjelovar tried came off. Days like this are retold all winter.
Market10 Aug 2026
Bjelovar turn down Rudar Velenje for Fran Ćavar
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Both of them Josip Vučković's — 7.99
2 goals, and the second was the one that settled it. Marked 7.99, and he could have had a third with better luck at the near post.
Squad10 Aug 2026
A move Mihael Mladen 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. Mihael Mladen is living that version at Bjelovar, and it tends to show in the first month.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Vedran Dalić signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Vedran Dalić and Bjelovar agree another 3 years.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Mihael Mladen scored one and made one — 7.83
Two of the goals had his name somewhere on them, which is the afternoon a manager wants from anybody asked to both create and finish. 7.83, and 2 involvements.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at Bjelovar
Mihael Mladen 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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words at Bjelovar training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Noel Bilić 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.
The terraces10 Aug 2026
One of their own: Noel Bilić
He is 23 and the ground already sings his name, which is a thing that happens to local boys and almost never to signings. Everything from here is measured against an affection he did nothing to earn except be from here.
In brief
- Market Bjelovar promote Fran Horvat from within
- Market Bjelovar promote Darijo Knezevic from within
- Market One of our own: Tomislav Kovacevic joins the Bjelovar first team