The NK Osijek Courier
Match1 Aug 2026
Cruel end for Slaven Belupo as NK Osijek pounce
There is no crueller way to lose a football match. NK Osijek scored in the 92th minute, the restart barely happened, and the away end was still standing when the whistle went.
Player ratings3 Aug 2026
Nobody could get near Luka Vrbančić
Successful dribbles: 29. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Arnel Jakupović signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Arnel Jakupović and NK Osijek agree another 4 years.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Tempers go at NK Osijek
Arnel Jakupović was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Match1 Aug 2026
Tonio Teklić the difference as NK Osijek beat Slaven Belupo
Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Tonio Teklić. 1‑0 against Slaven Belupo, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Tonio Teklić 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.
Market3 Aug 2026
The clock runs on Arnel Jakupović's contract
49 months left and silence from upstairs — no offer, no talks, nothing for his people to answer. Clubs that let a calendar do their negotiating usually end up negotiating with the calendar.
Player ratings3 Aug 2026
Tonio Teklić takes the honours
Marked 7.43 on an afternoon he ran from the first whistle to the last. Whatever else went wrong, NK Osijek had the best player on the pitch.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Stanislav Shopov knocks on the manager’s door
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Stanislav Shopov trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
In brief
- Market NK Osijek and Kemal Ademi are talking past each other
- Market Sebastian Jacob brings the grey hairs NK Osijek lacked
- Market NK Osijek pick up Fernando Corica for nothing