The Sibenik Post
Match1 Aug 2026
Sibenik taken apart
0‑3 to Rudes, and it was every bit as bad as the number suggests. There are defeats you argue about and defeats you apologise for; this was the second kind.
Market3 Aug 2026
Franko Knez asks to leave Sibenik
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
The terraces3 Aug 2026
The ground has had enough
“We travel everywhere and we get this.” 8 of the 22 senior players heard it walking off, and the ones who did not hear it were not playing.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Toni Španja signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Toni Španja commits to Sibenik for another 2 years.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Toni Španja 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 Sibenik this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad3 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Josip Baturina
“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.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Karlo Špeljak has outgrown this division
There is a level at which a footballer stops being tested and starts being contained, and he reached it some time ago. Sibenik know it, and so does everybody who watches him.
Boardroom3 Aug 2026
Nobody left the Sibenik dressing room in a hurry
The door stayed shut a long time after the final whistle. What was said in there is between them; whether it worked is between them and Saturday.
Market3 Aug 2026
Sibenik and Maro Mrndže are talking past each other
“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.
In brief
- Market The clock runs on Josip Baturina's contract
- Market Leonardo Štrbac told to find a new club
- Player ratings A day to forget for Diego Sekulić