From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Match13 Nov 2027
15 matches without a win for HNK Gorica
The run now stands at 15, and the questions being asked around HNK Gorica are no longer polite ones.
Squad15 Nov 2027
There were 8 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Squad15 Nov 2027
The medical room confirms 35 days on the sidelines for Ante Erceg , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
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Uneasy
Match6 Nov 2027
14 matches without a win for HNK Gorica
The run now stands at 14, and the questions being asked around HNK Gorica are no longer polite ones.
Squad8 Nov 2027
There were 6 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Match5 Nov 2027
Beaten 1-3, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad8 Nov 2027
The manager makes an example of Marijan Čabraja
“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.
Squad8 Nov 2027
The medical room confirms 58 days on the sidelines for Marcelo Vukas , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
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Uneasy
Match30 Oct 2027
No end in sight to HNK Gorica 's wait for a win
12 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at HNK Gorica has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad1 Nov 2027
2 kept out in the shoot-out, and a stadium that will still be describing them in twenty years. A goalkeeper only needs one of these to be remembered forever.
Match27 Oct 2027
Cibalia are out and HNK Gorica go through, 1-1 the final word. The bracket opens up a little, and everyone allows themselves a look at it.
Market1 Nov 2027
He left as a boy and has come back still knowing where the away end is. Most signings have to be explained to a town; this one needed a photograph and nothing else.
Squad1 Nov 2027
Ognjen Bakić gets it from the manager“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Squad1 Nov 2027
Iker Pozo is in the form of his lifeA season average of 7.25 with 5 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.
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Crisis
Squad25 Oct 2027
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 12 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Match23 Oct 2027
10 matches without a win for HNK Gorica
The run now stands at 10, and the questions being asked around HNK Gorica are no longer polite ones.
Match23 Oct 2027
Beaten 1-4 by Hajduk Split , and beaten everywhere it matters. The inquest starts on the training pitch on Monday morning.
Match22 Oct 2027
0-3 to TSG Hoffenheim , 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.
The terraces25 Oct 2027
The ground has had enough
“We travel everywhere and we get this.” 6 of the 28 senior players heard it walking off, and the ones who did not hear it were not playing.
Squad25 Oct 2027
The manager makes an example of Bruno Bogojević
“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.
Squad25 Oct 2027
Jurica Pršir left out for the big oneA player who expected to start watched it instead. The manager will call it a decision for the team; Jurica Pršir will call it something else in private.
Boardroom25 Oct 2027
The manager kept them in and said what needed saying. A response is expected on Saturday, and if it does not come the questions move upstairs.
Loan watch25 Oct 2027
“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at HNK Gorica , and 0 appearances in 9 say he has earned the hearing.
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Uneasy
Match16 Oct 2027
No end in sight to HNK Gorica 's wait for a win
8 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at HNK Gorica has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad18 Oct 2027
The medical room confirms 65 days on the sidelines for Ante Erceg , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad18 Oct 2027
The manager makes an example of Davor Matijaš
“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.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Match9 Oct 2027
No end in sight to HNK Gorica 's wait for a win
7 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at HNK Gorica has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad11 Oct 2027
The medical room confirms 88 days on the sidelines for Marcelo Vukas , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad11 Oct 2027
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Market11 Oct 2027
He is 20, and nobody at HNK Gorica signed him for this season. Deals like this are judged in four years, by people who may not still be in the building.
Match9 Oct 2027
It finished 1-1, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.
Squad11 Oct 2027
Edson Júnior finally opens his accountHe wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. HNK Gorica have their signing off the mark and one press-conference question retired.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Match2 Oct 2027
No end in sight to HNK Gorica 's wait for a win
6 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at HNK Gorica has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad4 Oct 2027
“The easiest signature of my career.” Jakov Filipović and HNK Gorica agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Match2 Oct 2027
Beaten 0-1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad4 Oct 2027
“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.
Squad4 Oct 2027
Ante Kavelj left out for the big oneA player who expected to start watched it instead. The manager will call it a decision for the team; Ante Kavelj will call it something else in private.
Squad4 Oct 2027
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at HNK Gorica , and both men came out saying it was fine.
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Crisis
Squad27 Sep 2027
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Match25 Sep 2027
4 matches without a win for HNK Gorica
The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around HNK Gorica are no longer polite ones.
Match25 Sep 2027
Beaten 1-2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Davor Matijaš Davor Matijaš says HNK Gorica went back on their word
Squad27 Sep 2027
24 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad27 Sep 2027
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Fran Rivić commits to HNK Gorica for another 3 years.
Squad27 Sep 2027
The manager makes an example of Edson Júnior
“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.
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Squad20 Sep 2027
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 10 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Squad20 Sep 2027
The medical room confirms 99 days on the sidelines for Ante Erceg , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad20 Sep 2027
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
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Steady
Market13 Sep 2027
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Squad13 Sep 2027
Stjepan Kučiš : that is not what I was promised“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” HNK Gorica have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad13 Sep 2027
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Ivan Cvijanović commits to HNK Gorica for another 4 years.
Market13 Sep 2027
Filip Miklošić is 18, and HNK Gorica have signed him for the player he will be rather than the one he is. The first team can wait; the point of a deal like this is the years it buys.
Squad13 Sep 2027
The manager makes an example of Domagoj Pavičić
“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.
Squad13 Sep 2027
4 goals and a season average of 7.20. Form like that gets noticed well beyond this town.
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Upbeat
Market6 Sep 2027
The name of Domagoj Pavičić has come up in conversations HNK Gorica were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
Match4 Sep 2027
A 1-0 win over Lokomotiva Zagreb , earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Squad6 Sep 2027
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Squad6 Sep 2027
The first one is the one every signing is asked about until it arrives. It has arrived, and he can stop being asked.
Squad6 Sep 2027
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at HNK Gorica , and both men came out saying it was fine.
Squad6 Sep 2027
Jurica Pršir has company in his positionThe competition arrived without a word said to him about it. Jurica Pršir keeps the shirt for now, at HNK Gorica 's convenience rather than his own.
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Upbeat
Match30 Aug 2027
13 points on the board and a place in the leading group. Nobody at the ground is saying the word out loud yet.
Market30 Aug 2027
Elvir Duraković has left for NK Osijek in a $390.0K deal. The accountants are pleased; the supporters are less certain.
Squad30 Aug 2027
“The easiest signature of my career.” Ante Kavelj and HNK Gorica agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad30 Aug 2027
The medical room confirms 55 days on the sidelines for Fabio Simões Ribeiro , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad30 Aug 2027
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Squad30 Aug 2027
37 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Match28 Aug 2027
Nil-nil, and few chances worth the name. Istra 1961 came to defend and left with exactly what they came for.
Market30 Aug 2027
The name of Davor Matijaš keeps appearing in other people's back pages. HNK Gorica say nothing, which says plenty.
Market30 Aug 2027
The list is a quiet document with a loud meaning. Matías Ballini may talk to anybody who asks, and everybody at the club understands what that means.
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Upbeat
Squad23 Aug 2027
The medical room confirms 133 days on the sidelines for Ante Erceg , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Match21 Aug 2027
Beaten 1-3, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad23 Aug 2027
The manager makes an example of Lucas Beltrán
“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.
Squad23 Aug 2027
14 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Market23 Aug 2027
NK Osijek are about to pick up the phoneA conversation is coming this week. HNK Gorica will put a number on him, and from there it stops being football and becomes arithmetic.
Market23 Aug 2027
The list is a quiet document with a loud meaning. Lucas Beltrán may talk to anybody who asks, and everybody at the club understands what that means.
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Upbeat
Match14 Aug 2027
Momentum is a hard thing to buy and an easy thing to lose, and right now HNK Gorica have 4 straight wins of it.
Squad16 Aug 2027
“The easiest signature of my career.” Medin Gashi and HNK Gorica agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Match14 Aug 2027
A 2-1 win over HNK Rijeka , earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Market16 Aug 2027
The interest is real enough to have reached print. HNK Gorica have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.
Squad16 Aug 2027
The manager makes an example of Edson Júnior
“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.
Market16 Aug 2027
Iker Pozo linked with a move awayThe name of Iker Pozo keeps appearing in other people's back pages. HNK Gorica say nothing, which says plenty.
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Upbeat
Squad9 Aug 2027
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Match7 Aug 2027
Momentum is a hard thing to buy and an easy thing to lose, and right now HNK Gorica have 3 straight wins of it.
Match7 Aug 2027
Three points for HNK Gorica , 3-2 the final word against HNK Vukovar 1991 in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Edson Júnior Edson Júnior says HNK Gorica went back on their word
Squad9 Aug 2027
The manager makes an example of Jakov Filipović
“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.
Squad9 Aug 2027
The competition arrived without a word said to him about it. Jakov Filipović keeps the shirt for now, at HNK Gorica 's convenience rather than his own.
Squad9 Aug 2027
At 24 he is in the side on merit and somebody else is watching from the bench. Places at HNK Gorica are won quietly and lost loudly.
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Steady
Squad2 Aug 2027
The match ball belongs to Medin Gashi , whose 3 goals turned a difficult afternoon into a procession.
Squad2 Aug 2027
Jakov Miholić : that is not what I was promised“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” HNK Gorica have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad2 Aug 2027
84 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Match31 Jul 2027
Rudes made HNK Gorica work for it, but the scoreboard read 3-1 at the end and the table does not ask how.
Squad2 Aug 2027
The award is a small thing with a heavy meaning: for four weeks nobody in this division did his job better. HNK Gorica have the trophy on a shelf and the player in the side.
Market2 Aug 2027
Both sides expect a conversation in the coming days. HNK Gorica will name a price, and everything after that is arithmetic.
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Uneasy
Squad26 Jul 2027
There were 8 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Squad26 Jul 2027
The medical room confirms 163 days on the sidelines for Ante Erceg , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Market26 Jul 2027
He left as a boy and has come back still knowing where the away end is. Most signings have to be explained to a town; this one needed a photograph and nothing else.
Market26 Jul 2027
The shirt still fits. Dino Modric is back at HNK Gorica , and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.
Market26 Jul 2027
The shirt still fits. Dejan Sutalo is back at HNK Gorica , and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.
Market26 Jul 2027
The shirt still fits. Ante Horvat is back at HNK Gorica , and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.
Match24 Jul 2027
A 1-0 win over Dinamo Zagreb , earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Squad26 Jul 2027
The manager makes an example of Lucas Beltrán
“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.
Squad26 Jul 2027
44 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
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Uneasy
Match19 Jul 2027
HNK Gorica are in real trouble nowPosition 8, 19 points, and a fixture list with fewer games left in it than excuses. The arithmetic is not cruel yet, but it has stopped being kind.
Market19 Jul 2027
NK Varazdin pay $280.0K, and the deal is done. The number reads well on a balance sheet; whether it reads well on the pitch is next season's question.
Squad19 Jul 2027
The medical room confirms 17 days on the sidelines for Gustavo Wood , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Market19 Jul 2027
The interest is real enough to have reached print. HNK Gorica have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.
Squad19 Jul 2027
The manager makes an example of Elvir Duraković
“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.
Squad19 Jul 2027
Stefan Perić asks for a word with the manager“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
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Uneasy
Squad12 Jul 2027
“The easiest signature of my career.” Ivan Cvijanović and HNK Gorica agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Market12 Jul 2027
Ante Kavelj linked with a move awayThe name of Ante Kavelj keeps appearing in other people's back pages. HNK Gorica say nothing, which says plenty.
Squad12 Jul 2027
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at HNK Gorica , and both men came out saying it was fine.
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Uneasy
Squad5 Jul 2027
The medical room confirms 16 days on the sidelines for Jurica Pršir , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad5 Jul 2027
The medical room confirms 117 days on the sidelines for Fabio Simões Ribeiro , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad5 Jul 2027
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Gastón Tedesco commits to HNK Gorica for another 2 years.
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Uneasy
Market28 Jun 2027
“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.
Squad28 Jun 2027
The manager makes an example of Lucas Beltrán
“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.
Squad28 Jun 2027
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Edson Júnior commits to HNK Gorica for another 2 years.
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Uneasy
Match21 Jun 2027
HNK Gorica are in real trouble nowPosition 8, 19 points, and a fixture list with fewer games left in it than excuses. The arithmetic is not cruel yet, but it has stopped being kind.
Market21 Jun 2027
The fee is $170.0K, the contract is signed, and the argument about whether he is worth it can begin. Rudes drove a hard bargain; time will say who won it.
Market21 Jun 2027
The fee is $130.0K, the contract is signed, and the argument about whether he is worth it can begin. NK Varazdin drove a hard bargain; time will say who won it.
Market21 Jun 2027
Iker Pozo linked with a move awayThe name of Iker Pozo keeps appearing in other people's back pages. HNK Gorica say nothing, which says plenty.
Squad21 Jun 2027
Somebody is after Jurica Pršir ’s shirt
A new face in his position, and Jurica Pršir suddenly has to win back what he thought he owned. HNK Gorica have promised nothing — clubs rarely do at this stage.
Market21 Jun 2027
The list is a quiet document with a loud meaning. Elvir Duraković may talk to anybody who asks, and everybody at the club understands what that means.
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Uneasy
Squad14 Jun 2027
“The easiest signature of my career.” Ante Kavelj and HNK Gorica agree another 5 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Market14 Jun 2027
Tin Došen has left for Sibenik in a $34.0K deal. The accountants are pleased; the supporters are less certain.
Squad14 Jun 2027
Žan Trontelj joins up with his country. HNK Gorica lose him for the window and would like him back in one piece.
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Uneasy
Squad7 Jun 2027
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Market7 Jun 2027
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what HNK Gorica can pretend not to have heard.
Market7 Jun 2027
He is 20, and nobody at HNK Gorica signed him for this season. Deals like this are judged in four years, by people who may not still be in the building.
Stefan Perić Stefan Perić says HNK Gorica went back on their word
Squad7 Jun 2027
“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.
Market7 Jun 2027
Elvir Duraković is free to find somewhere else“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at HNK Gorica has been clear about where Elvir Duraković stands, which is more than many ever get.
Squad7 Jun 2027
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at HNK Gorica , and both men came out saying it was fine.
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Uneasy
Squad31 May 2027
25 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad31 May 2027
The manager makes an example of Lucas Beltrán
“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.
Market31 May 2027
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. HNK Gorica know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
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Uneasy
Match24 May 2027
HNK Gorica are in real trouble nowPosition 8, 19 points, and a fixture list with fewer games left in it than excuses. The arithmetic is not cruel yet, but it has stopped being kind.
Market24 May 2027
Iker Pozo linked with a move awayThe name of Iker Pozo keeps appearing in other people's back pages. HNK Gorica say nothing, which says plenty.
Squad24 May 2027
Rodrigo Pepe knocks on the manager's door“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at HNK Gorica , and both men came out saying it was fine.
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Uneasy
Squad17 May 2027
23 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad17 May 2027
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Squad17 May 2027
Rodrigo Pepe asks for a word with the manager“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
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Uneasy
Squad10 May 2027
Stefan Perić gets it from the manager“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Squad10 May 2027
Théo Epailly keeps his manager's voteThe message was aimed at the stands as much as the dressing room: Théo Epailly plays, and the argument is closed until the manager decides otherwise.
Squad10 May 2027
He came through the session, took part in everything and finished it smiling. HNK Gorica will not rush him, and he will spend the next fortnight trying to rush them.
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Uneasy
Squad3 May 2027
The manager makes an example of Ante Erceg
“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 May 2027
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Jakov Miholić commits to HNK Gorica for another 4 years.
Market3 May 2027
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. HNK Gorica know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
Ante Erceg The manager makes an example of Ante Erceg
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Uneasy
Match26 Apr 2027
HNK Gorica are in real trouble nowPosition 8, 19 points, and a fixture list with fewer games left in it than excuses. The arithmetic is not cruel yet, but it has stopped being kind.
Squad26 Apr 2027
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Squad26 Apr 2027
Ante Erceg asks for a word with the manager“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
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Uneasy
Squad19 Apr 2027
54 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad19 Apr 2027
Ognjen Bakić knocks on the manager's door“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at HNK Gorica , and both men came out saying it was fine.
Market19 Apr 2027
The Ante Kavelj talk will not go away
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. HNK Gorica know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
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Uneasy
Squad12 Apr 2027
“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.
Squad12 Apr 2027
Ognjen Bakić asks for a word with the manager“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
Squad12 Apr 2027
The manager comes out for Théo Epailly
Public backing, and the sort that costs a manager something if it turns out to be wrong. Théo Epailly has been told in front of everybody that the shirt is his.
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Uneasy
Squad5 Apr 2027
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Jonathan Rodríguez commits to HNK Gorica for another 2 years.
Squad5 Apr 2027
18 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad5 Apr 2027
The manager makes an example of Rodrigo Pepe
“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.
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Uneasy
Match29 Mar 2027
19 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.
Squad29 Mar 2027
Medin Gashi gets it from the manager“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Market29 Mar 2027
The Iker Pozo talk will not go away
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. HNK Gorica know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
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Uneasy
Squad22 Mar 2027
The manager makes an example of Matías Ballini
“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.
Squad22 Mar 2027
Medin Gashi knocks on the manager's door“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at HNK Gorica , and both men came out saying it was fine.
Squad22 Mar 2027
Žan Trontelj called up by his countryA window away with the national side, and a shirt at HNK Gorica that briefly doubles as an advertisement. A call-up flatters the player and the club that built him in the same breath.
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Uneasy
Squad15 Mar 2027
“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.
Squad15 Mar 2027
Žan Trontelj asks for a word with the manager“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
Squad15 Mar 2027
The manager comes out for Ognjen Bakić
Public backing, and the sort that costs a manager something if it turns out to be wrong. Ognjen Bakić has been told in front of everybody that the shirt is his.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad8 Mar 2027
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Jakov Filipović commits to HNK Gorica for another 2 years.
Squad8 Mar 2027
Ante Erceg gets it from the manager“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Market8 Mar 2027
“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Match1 Mar 2027
19 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.
Squad1 Mar 2027
Ognjen Bakić gets it from the manager“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Squad1 Mar 2027
Ante Erceg knocks on the manager's door“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at HNK Gorica , and both men came out saying it was fine.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad22 Feb 2027
Ognjen Bakić knocks on the manager's door“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at HNK Gorica , and both men came out saying it was fine.
Market22 Feb 2027
The Ante Kavelj talk will not go away
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. HNK Gorica know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
Squad22 Feb 2027
The message was aimed at the stands as much as the dressing room: Husein Sumbuljević plays, and the argument is closed until the manager decides otherwise.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad15 Feb 2027
“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.
Squad15 Feb 2027
Rodrigo Pepe asks for a word with the manager“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
Market15 Feb 2027
HNK Gorica spent the window trying to move Domagoj Pavičić on and nobody came. He trains with a squad that has already told him he is not part of it, and both sides now wait for the next one.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market8 Feb 2027
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what HNK Gorica can pretend not to have heard.
Squad8 Feb 2027
“The easiest signature of my career.” Ognjen Bakić and HNK Gorica agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad8 Feb 2027
The manager makes an example of Matías Ballini
“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.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Match1 Feb 2027
19 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.
Market1 Feb 2027
“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.
Squad1 Feb 2027
Medin Gashi gets it from the manager“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Squad1 Feb 2027
“The easiest signature of my career.” Ivan Cvijanović and HNK Gorica agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Market1 Feb 2027
The Iker Pozo talk will not go away
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. HNK Gorica know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
Squad1 Feb 2027
Domagoj Pavičić asks for a word with the manager“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market25 Jan 2027
Rodrigo Pepe hands in a written request“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what HNK Gorica can pretend not to have heard.
Squad25 Jan 2027
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Squad25 Jan 2027
The medical room confirms 22 days on the sidelines for Jonathan Rodríguez , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad25 Jan 2027
The manager makes an example of Rodrigo Pepe
“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.
Squad25 Jan 2027
A new face in his position, and Jakov Filipović suddenly has to win back what he thought he owned. HNK Gorica have promised nothing — clubs rarely do at this stage.
Market25 Jan 2027
The list is a quiet document with a loud meaning. Fabio Simões Ribeiro may talk to anybody who asks, and everybody at the club understands what that means.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market18 Jan 2027
NK Varazdin pay $22.0K, and the deal is done. The number reads well on a balance sheet; whether it reads well on the pitch is next season's question.
Squad18 Jan 2027
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Market18 Jan 2027
Experience through the door at HNK Gorica
Bilal Şeflek arrives at 35 with nothing left to prove and plenty left to pass on. Legs are a young man's currency; knowing where to stand never ages.
Squad18 Jan 2027
Ante Erceg knocks on the manager's door“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at HNK Gorica , and both men came out saying it was fine.
Squad18 Jan 2027
The competition arrived without a word said to him about it. Jakov Filipović keeps the shirt for now, at HNK Gorica 's convenience rather than his own.
Market18 Jan 2027
HNK Gorica have made Domagoj Pavičić available for transfer. A career at this club is over in all but paperwork.
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Uneasy
Squad11 Jan 2027
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Market11 Jan 2027
“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.
Market11 Jan 2027
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Ante Erceg Ante Erceg says HNK Gorica went back on their word
Market11 Jan 2027
Hajduk Split pay $1.3M, and the deal is done. The number reads well on a balance sheet; whether it reads well on the pitch is next season's question.
Squad11 Jan 2027
“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.
Market11 Jan 2027
The name of Davor Matijaš keeps appearing in other people's back pages. HNK Gorica say nothing, which says plenty.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Match4 Jan 2027
19 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.
Market4 Jan 2027
Stefan Perić hands in a written request“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what HNK Gorica can pretend not to have heard.
Market4 Jan 2027
The interest is real enough to have reached print. HNK Gorica have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.
Squad4 Jan 2027
The manager makes an example of Lucas Beltrán
“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.
Market4 Jan 2027
“They were honest with me, and I would rather know.” Domagoj Pavičić has been informed he is not in the manager's thinking at HNK Gorica .
Squad4 Jan 2027
Ognjen Bakić asks for a word with the manager“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
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Uneasy
Squad28 Dec 2026
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Market28 Dec 2026
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what HNK Gorica can pretend not to have heard.
Squad28 Dec 2026
53 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Wisdom Sule Wisdom Sule says HNK Gorica went back on their word
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Uneasy
Squad21 Dec 2026
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” HNK Gorica have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Market21 Dec 2026
“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.
Squad21 Dec 2026
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
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Uneasy
Squad14 Dec 2026
Domagoj Pavičić : that is not what I was promised“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” HNK Gorica have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad14 Dec 2026
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Ante Kavelj commits to HNK Gorica for another 5 years.
Squad14 Dec 2026
The medical room confirms 14 days on the sidelines for Jakov Tomašić , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Match7 Dec 2026
19 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.
Market7 Dec 2026
“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.
Squad7 Dec 2026
Stefan Perić : that is not what I was promised“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” HNK Gorica have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market30 Nov 2026
Rodrigo Pepe hands in a written request“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what HNK Gorica can pretend not to have heard.
Squad30 Nov 2026
83 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Boardroom30 Nov 2026
Wages eat 140% of everything HNK Gorica earn
There is a figure at which a wage bill stops being ambitious and becomes the reason nothing else is possible, and this club has reached it. Nothing is left over for a transfer, a stand or a rainy afternoon.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market23 Nov 2026
“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.
Match21 Nov 2026
5 matches without a win for HNK Gorica
The run now stands at 5, and the questions being asked around HNK Gorica are no longer polite ones.
Squad23 Nov 2026
Ognjen Bakić gets it from the manager“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Market16 Nov 2026
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what HNK Gorica can pretend not to have heard.
Match14 Nov 2026
4 matches without a win for HNK Gorica
The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around HNK Gorica are no longer polite ones.
Match14 Nov 2026
1-2 to NK Varazdin , and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad16 Nov 2026
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Squad16 Nov 2026
Davor Matijaš lets one through his handsA defender's mistake gets tidied up by somebody else; a goalkeeper's ends up in the net. He knew before the ball crossed the line, and so did everybody in the ground.
Squad16 Nov 2026
Medin Gashi knocks on the manager's door“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at HNK Gorica , and both men came out saying it was fine.
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Match9 Nov 2026
HNK Gorica are in real trouble nowPosition 8, 18 points, and a fixture list with fewer games left in it than excuses. The arithmetic is not cruel yet, but it has stopped being kind.
Match7 Nov 2026
0-2 to HNK Vukovar 1991 , and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad9 Nov 2026
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Match28 Oct 2026
The cup run ends for HNK Gorica
1-2 against Cibalia , and the road stops here. Cup exits are quick deaths — no second leg, no next week, just the league from now until May.
Market2 Nov 2026
Rodrigo Pepe hands in a written request“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what HNK Gorica can pretend not to have heard.
Squad2 Nov 2026
The medical room confirms 36 days on the sidelines for Gastón Tedesco , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Match31 Oct 2026
0-2 to Istra 1961 , and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Boardroom2 Nov 2026
Wages eat 140% of everything HNK Gorica earn
There is a figure at which a wage bill stops being ambitious and becomes the reason nothing else is possible, and this club has reached it. Nothing is left over for a transfer, a stand or a rainy afternoon.
Squad2 Nov 2026
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
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Upbeat
Squad26 Oct 2026
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.
Market26 Oct 2026
“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.
Match24 Oct 2026
Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 9 matches without defeat is a foundation HNK Gorica did not have in the autumn.
Match24 Oct 2026
A 1-0 win over Hajduk Split , earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Squad26 Oct 2026
Ognjen Bakić gets it from the manager“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Squad26 Oct 2026
Jurica Pršir is in the form of his lifeA season average of 7.34 with 4 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.
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Steady
Match17 Oct 2026
Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 8 matches without defeat is a foundation HNK Gorica did not have in the autumn.
Squad19 Oct 2026
The manager makes an example of Medin Gashi
“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.
Match17 Oct 2026
The crowd waited for a goal that never came. HNK Rijeka defended in numbers and left with what they came for, and the two sides could be playing still without troubling a scorer.
Medin Gashi The manager makes an example of Medin Gashi
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Upbeat
Match10 Oct 2026
Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 7 matches without defeat is a foundation HNK Gorica did not have in the autumn.
Match10 Oct 2026
Three points for HNK Gorica , 1-0 the final word against Slaven Belupo in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Squad12 Oct 2026
Rodrigo Pepe gets it from the manager“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Squad12 Oct 2026
Jurica Pršir is in the form of his lifeA season average of 7.27 with 3 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.
Squad12 Oct 2026
Žan Trontelj asks for a word with the manager“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
Market12 Oct 2026
Ante Kavelj linked with a move awayThe name of Ante Kavelj keeps appearing in other people's back pages. HNK Gorica say nothing, which says plenty.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad5 Oct 2026
65 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Match3 Oct 2026
Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 6 matches without defeat is a foundation HNK Gorica did not have in the autumn.
Boardroom5 Oct 2026
Wages eat 220% of everything HNK Gorica earn
There is a figure at which a wage bill stops being ambitious and becomes the reason nothing else is possible, and this club has reached it. Nothing is left over for a transfer, a stand or a rainy afternoon.
Squad5 Oct 2026
Ante Erceg gets it from the manager“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Squad5 Oct 2026
48 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad5 Oct 2026
Iker Pozo named player of the monthThe award goes to Iker Pozo , and nobody around here is inclined to argue with the choice.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad28 Sep 2026
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 7 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Market28 Sep 2026
“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.
Match26 Sep 2026
A 1-0 win over Dinamo Zagreb , earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Squad28 Sep 2026
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Squad28 Sep 2026
Ante Erceg knocks on the manager's door“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at HNK Gorica , and both men came out saying it was fine.
Market28 Sep 2026
Luka Vrzić linked with a move awayThe name of Luka Vrzić keeps appearing in other people's back pages. HNK Gorica say nothing, which says plenty.
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Uneasy
Squad21 Sep 2026
An error at the back is a moment; an error in goal is a goal. Davor Matijaš knows it, the crowd knew it instantly, and there was nobody behind him to make it anything else.
Match19 Sep 2026
1-1, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.
Squad21 Sep 2026
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Match12 Sep 2026
It finished 2-2, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Iker Pozo finally opens his accountHe wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. HNK Gorica have their signing off the mark and one press-conference question retired.
Squad14 Sep 2026
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Iker Pozo Iker Pozo finally opens his account
Squad14 Sep 2026
Every debut is a small story about the future: Jakov Miholić , 17 years old, off the academy pitches and into the first team. The parents in the stand will keep the programme.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Rodrigo Pepe asks for a word with the manager“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
Market14 Sep 2026
Ante Kavelj linked with a move awayThe name of Ante Kavelj keeps appearing in other people's back pages. HNK Gorica say nothing, which says plenty.
In brief
Market
The window shut and Darijan Žarkov is still in the building
The terraces
The press cannot get enough of Iker Pozo
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Uneasy
Market7 Sep 2026
The deal that would have taken Luka Vrzić to Istra 1961 has collapsed at the last stage, and he reports back to HNK Gorica with a summer to forget and a season still to play. Nobody is saying which side walked away.
Squad7 Sep 2026
95 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Boardroom7 Sep 2026
Wages eat 234% of everything HNK Gorica earn
There is a figure at which a wage bill stops being ambitious and becomes the reason nothing else is possible, and this club has reached it. Nothing is left over for a transfer, a stand or a rainy afternoon.
Luka Vrzić Luka Vrzić’s move to Istra 1961 falls through
Match5 Sep 2026
A 1-0 win over HNK Vukovar 1991 , earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Squad7 Sep 2026
The manager makes an example of Žan Trontelj
“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.
Squad7 Sep 2026
The captaincy has been taken off Jakov Filipović . HNK Gorica will call it a decision about the team; a dressing room reads it as a verdict on a man.
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Uneasy
Market31 Aug 2026
“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.
Match29 Aug 2026
5 matches without a win for HNK Gorica
The run now stands at 5, and the questions being asked around HNK Gorica are no longer polite ones.
Squad31 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Wisdom Sule
“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.
Market31 Aug 2026
Istra 1961 are about to pick up the phoneA conversation is coming this week. HNK Gorica will put a number on him, and from there it stops being football and becomes arithmetic.
Market31 Aug 2026
Darijan Žarkov is free to find somewhere else“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at HNK Gorica has been clear about where Darijan Žarkov stands, which is more than many ever get.
Market31 Aug 2026
Experience through the door at HNK Gorica
Rodrigo Pepe arrives at 38 with nothing left to prove and plenty left to pass on. Legs are a young man's currency; knowing where to stand never ages.
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Crisis
Match22 Aug 2026
4 matches without a win for HNK Gorica
The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around HNK Gorica are no longer polite ones.
Match22 Aug 2026
Beaten 0-1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Stefan Perić gets it from the manager“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Match15 Aug 2026
HNK Rijeka left with the points after a 2-3 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Squad17 Aug 2026
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Market17 Aug 2026
HNK Gorica bring in an old headMatías Ballini is 37 and has run out of things to prove. What he has left is where to stand, when to slow it down and what to say at half-time, and none of that is on a fitness chart.
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Crisis
Squad10 Aug 2026
126 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad10 Aug 2026
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Davor Matijaš commits to HNK Gorica for another 3 years.
Match8 Aug 2026
Beaten 1-2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Žan Trontelj gets it from the manager“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Market10 Aug 2026
48 months to run and not a word offered. A club that lets the calendar negotiate for it usually ends up losing to the calendar.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Jurica Pršir finally opens his accountHe wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. HNK Gorica have their signing off the mark and one press-conference question retired.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market3 Aug 2026
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what HNK Gorica can pretend not to have heard.
Squad3 Aug 2026
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Jurica Pršir commits to HNK Gorica for another 4 years.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Ante Erceg gets it from the manager“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Market3 Aug 2026
49 months to run and not a word offered. A club that lets the calendar negotiate for it usually ends up losing to the calendar.
Market3 Aug 2026
Franko Jakšić is free to find somewhere else“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at HNK Gorica has been clear about where Franko Jakšić stands, which is more than many ever get.
Match1 Aug 2026
Ninety minutes, two goalkeepers with clean gloves, and not one finish worth keeping. Lokomotiva Zagreb will be the happier side with the point.