HNK Orijent

{{short description|Croatian football club}}

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| clubname = HNK Orijent

| current = 2024–25 First Football League (Croatia)

| image = HNK Orijent 1919 Logo.svg

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| fullname = Hrvatski nogometni klub Orijent[https://semafor.hns.family/en/clubs/96443/hnk-orijent/ HNK Orijent – Croatian football federation]

| nickname = Sušačani, Crveni s Krimeje

| founded = {{start date and age|14 June 1919}} (as NK Orijent)

| ground = Stadion Krimeja

| capacity = 3,500

| chairman = Saša Matijaš

| manager = Alen Šušnić

| league = First League (II)

| season = 2023–24

| position = 11th

| website = {{URL|http://www.nk-orijent.com}}

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HNK Orijent is a football club from Sušak, the eastern part of the city of Rijeka, Croatia. The club was established under the name Orient in 1919. They compete in the 1. NL, the second tier of the Croatian football league system. It is a phoenix club of NK Orijent which ceased activities in 2014 due to financial difficulties. The club is resurrected the same year under the new name, HNK Orijent 1919, but in September 2022 club assembly decided to bring back an old name, HNK Orijent.

History

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The club was founded in 1919 in Sušak, eastern part of the present day city of Rijeka, under the name Jugoslavenski Športski Klub Orient.{{cite web |author1=prof. dr. sc. Marinko Lazzarich |title=GRADSKI DERBI: Kantrida i Krimeja, ili vječno suparništvo Bijelih i Crvenih |url=http://www.klub-susacana.hr/revija/clanak.asp?Num=57&C=22 |website=www.klub-susacana.hr |publisher=SUŠAČKA REVIJA |access-date=18 October 2022 |language=sh |archive-date=1 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201001013617/http://www.klub-susacana.hr/revija/clanak.asp?Num=57&C=22 |url-status=live }}{{cite journal |last1=Lazzarich |first1=Marinko |title=Stogodišnja sportska odiseja sušačkoga simbola: Od Jugoslavenskoga Športskoga Kluba Orient do Hrvatskoga Nogometnog Kluba Orijent 1919 |journal=Edukacija Rekreacija Sport |date=2 November 2020 |volume=29 |issue=42 |pages=5–8 |url=https://hrcak.srce.hr/clanak/356244 |access-date=18 October 2022 |publisher=Učiteljski fakultet Sveučilišta u Rijeci |location=Rijeka |language=hr |issn=1330-7800 |archive-date=18 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221018195540/https://hrcak.srce.hr/clanak/356244 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=Nogometni leksikon |url=http://nogomet.lzmk.hr/clanak.aspx?id=1685 |website=nogomet.lzmk.hr |access-date=18 October 2022 |language=sh |archive-date=26 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200726120001/http://nogomet.lzmk.hr/clanak.aspx?id=1685 |url-status=live }}{{cite book |author1=Ferruccio Burburan |author2=Zlatko Moranjak |title=Stadioni nogometne Hrvatske |date=2017 |publisher=Katalog Knjižnica grada Zagreba |location=Zagreb |pages=76, 77 |url=https://katalog.kgz.hr/pagesResults/bibliografskiZapis.aspx?¤tPage=1&searchById=10&sort=0&age=0&spid0=10&spv0=Burburan%2c+Ferruccio&mdid0=0&vzid0=0&selectedId=728002902 |access-date=18 October 2022 |language=hr |archive-date=18 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221018195540/https://katalog.kgz.hr/pagesResults/bibliografskiZapis.aspx?¤tPage=1&searchById=10&sort=0&age=0&spid0=10&spv0=Burburan,+Ferruccio&mdid0=0&vzid0=0&selectedId=728002902 |url-status=live }}{{cite book |author1=Ferruccio Burburan |author2=Zlatko Moranjak |title=Stadioni hrvatske nogometne lige by zlatko moranjak - Issuu |date=2017 |publisher=Exsto Rijeka: Institut za Fiumanologiju |location=Rijeka |isbn= |pages=76, 77 |url=https://issuu.com/fiume/docs/stadioni_v4 |access-date=18 October 2022 |language=en |archive-date=2022-10-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221018195537/https://issuu.com/fiume/docs/stadioni_v4 |url-status=live }}{{ISBN?}} At the time, Sušak was predominantly Croatian, while Fiume, the western part of the city, was predominantly Italian. According to the legend, during his time on journey to the United States, one of the club's founders saw a ship named Orient in the New York Harbor. After he came back, he suggested the new club to be named Orient, a suggestion which was later accepted. Although Orijent spent most of its history in lower tiers of Yugoslav and Croatian football, it was and still is popular among Sušak's population.

The club was disbanded by the communists in 1945 and refounded as FD Jedinstvo. The club's greatest success came in 1969 when they were the champions of Yugoslav Second League's Division West but were unable to win promotion through playoff. Orijent and city rivals Rijeka contested numerous derbies during the early 1970s. Other notable successes were quarter-finals of Yugoslav Cup in 1980–81 and 1982–83. Orijent played top-tier football only once, during the season 1996–97 when they finished 14th and were relegated.

In June 2014, the club was liquidated due to its inability to service mounting debts.{{cite web |author1=V. Vivoda |title=NK Orijent: Eulogija |url=http://www.hocuri.com/nk-orijent-eulogija/ |website=Hoću Ri |access-date=18 October 2022 |language=hr |date=8 June 2014 |archive-date=27 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190427214332/http://www.hocuri.com/nk-orijent-eulogija/ |url-status=live }} Shortly thereafter, the club was re-established and admitted to the fifth tier of the Croatian football league system for the start of the 2014–15 campaign. Over the following five seasons, they gained promotion on three occasions, reaching the Croatian Second Football League for the 2019–20 campaign.

=Names=

As regimes changed, Orijent was often forced to change its name. At various stages of its history the club was known as Jedinstvo, Primorac, Primorje and Budućnost. Finally, from 1953 onwards, the club carries the original name, Orijent in various forms (NK Orijent, HNK Orijent 1919, HNK Orijent).{{cite web |author1=Ižak Ante Sučić |title=Orijent se voli od malih nogu: Priča o klubu koji je hit 2. HNL |url=https://www.germanijak.hr/nogomet/vijesti/orijent-se-voli-od-malih-nogu-prica-o-klubu-koji-je-hit-2-hnl/67548 |website=www.germanijak.hr |publisher=Germanijak |access-date=18 October 2022 |language=hr |date=8 November 2019 |archive-date=18 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221018195538/https://www.germanijak.hr/nogomet/vijesti/orijent-se-voli-od-malih-nogu-prica-o-klubu-koji-je-hit-2-hnl/67548 |url-status=live }}

In June 2014, the club was liquidated and shortly thereafter re-established under the new name, HNK Orijent 1919. In September 2022 club assembly decided to rename the club by leaving out 1919 as a year of its original formation, while the club emblem was decided to remain the same.{{cite web |title=Saša Matijaš novi-stari predsjednik HNK Orijent |url=https://sportokracija.com/2022/09/sasa-matijas-novi-stari-predsjednik-hnk-orijent/ |website=Sportokracija |access-date=18 October 2022 |language=hr |date=8 September 2022 |archive-date=17 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221017211923/https://sportokracija.com/2022/09/sasa-matijas-novi-stari-predsjednik-hnk-orijent/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web |last1=V |first1=I. |title=Orijent 1919 opet postao Orijent, sušačkom klubu vraćeno izvorno ime - SportCom.hr |url=https://www.sportcom.hr/regionalni-sport/orijent-1919/orijent-1919-opet-postao-orijent-jednoglasnom-odlukom-skupstinara-susackom-klubu-vraceno-izvorno-ime |website=www.sportcom.hr |access-date=18 October 2022 |language=hr-hr |date=7 September 2022 |archive-date=17 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221017214844/https://www.sportcom.hr/regionalni-sport/orijent-1919/orijent-1919-opet-postao-orijent-jednoglasnom-odlukom-skupstinara-susackom-klubu-vraceno-izvorno-ime |url-status=live }} The new name entered official HNS register on 6 October 2022.{{cite web |title=Registracije - Hrvatski nogometni savez |url=https://hns-cff.hr/hns/registracije/ |website=hns-cff.hr |access-date=18 October 2022 |location=File (pdf): 06.10.2022. Zapisnik izvršenih registracija 06.10.2022. |language=hr |archive-date=20 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221020205824/https://hns-cff.hr/hns/registracije/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=Registracije 06.10.2022 |url=https://hns-cff.hr/files/documents/25925/registracije%2006.10.2022.[37409].pdf |publisher=HNS |access-date=18 October 2022 |location=Zagreb |page=3 |language=hr |date=6 October 2022 |archive-date=18 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221018214331/https://hns-cff.hr/files/documents/25925/registracije%2006.10.2022.%5B37409%5D.pdf |url-status=live }}

Honours

Yugoslav Second League Winner (1):
1968–69 (West)
Croatian Republic Football League Winner (4):
1967–68 (West), 1983–84 (West), 1984–85 (West), 1985–86 (West)
Druga HNL Runner-up (2):
1993–94 (South), 1994–95 (West)
Prva B HNL Runner-up (1):
1995–96
First League of Primorje-Gorski Kotar County Winner (1):
2014–15
Yugoslav Cup Quarter-final (2):
1980–81, 1982–83
Croatian Football Cup Quarter-final (1):
1997–98

Current squad

{{updated|23 February 2025}}{{cite web|url=https://nk-orijent.com/momcad/|title=Momčad|publisher=HNK Orijent 1919|language=hr|access-date=24 February 2021|archive-date=5 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210305200802/https://nk-orijent.com/momcad/|url-status=live}}

{{Fs start}}

{{Fs player|nat=CRO|no=1|name=Dino Curać|pos=GK}}

{{Fs player|nat=CRO|no=2|name=Filip Braut|pos=DF}}

{{Fs player|nat=CRO|no=3|name=Noel Bodetić|pos=DF}}

{{Fs player|nat=CRO|no=4|name=Domagoj Prpić|pos=DF}}

{{Fs player|nat=CRO|no=6|name=Borna Panić|pos=MF}}

{{Fs player|nat=CRO|no=7|name=Borna Bilobrk|pos=FW}}

{{Fs player|nat=MNE|no=8|name=Nikola Medojević|pos=MF}}

{{Fs player|nat=CRO|no=9|name=Andrija Bubnjar|pos=MF}}

{{Fs player|nat=CRO|no=10|name=Karlo Valjan|pos=MF}}

{{Fs player|nat=CRO|no=11|name=Andro Švrljuga|pos=DF}}

{{Fs player|nat=CRO|no=14|name=Sanin Muminović|pos=DF}}

{{Fs player|nat=CRO|no=15|name=Noa Zuliani|pos=DF}}

{{Fs player|nat=CRO|no=17|name=Mateo Monjac|pos=FW}}

{{Fs mid}}

{{Fs player|nat=CRO|no=18|name=Mario Kordić-Gružić|pos=MF}}

{{Fs player|nat=BIH|no=19|name=Nedim Hadžić|pos=FW}}

{{Fs player|nat=CRO|no=20|name=Jakov Bilajac|pos=FW}}

{{Fs player|nat=CRO|no=21|name=Filip Zrilić|pos=MF}}

{{Fs player|nat=CRO|no=22|name=Adriano Milanović|pos=DF}}

{{Fs player|nat=CHN|no=23|name=Li Sirong|pos=DF}}

{{Fs player|nat=CRO|no=25|name=Antonio Galešić|pos=MF}}

{{Fs player|nat=CRO|no=27|name=Niko Gajzler|pos=FW}}

{{Fs player|nat=CRO|no=28|name=Mario Tadejević|pos=DF}}

{{Fs player|nat=CRO|no=29|name=Ricardo Bagadur|pos=DF}}

{{Fs player|nat=CRO|no=30|name=Vice Baždarić|pos=GK}}

{{Fs player|nat=CRO|no=45|name=Gabriel Pehar|pos=GK}}

{{Fs end}}

Notable players

{{For|a list of Orijent players|Category:HNK Orijent players}}

Notable managers

{{Category see also |HNK Orijent managers}}

{{flagicon|YUG}} Ivan "Ðalma" Marković (1962)
{{flagicon|YUG}} Ivan "Ðalma" Marković (1968 – 69)
{{flagicon|YUG}} Marcel Žigante (1973 – 74)
{{flagicon|YUG}} Josip Skoblar (1979 – 81)
{{flagicon|YUG}} Ivan "Ðalma" Marković (1982 – 84)
{{flagicon|YUG}} Marijan Brnčić (1987 – 89)
{{flagicon|YUG}} Miloš Hrstić (1988 – 89)
{{flagicon|YUG}} Velimir Naumović (1989 – 91)
{{flagicon|CRO}} Mladen Vranković (1991 – 92)
{{flagicon|CRO}} Ivica Šangulin (1992 – 94)
{{flagicon|CRO}} Predrag Stilinović (1995 – 96)
{{flagicon|CRO}} Boris Tičić (July 1996 – March 97)
{{flagicon|CRO}} Ilija Lončarević (March 1997 – June 97)
{{flagicon|CRO}} Drago Mamić (July 1997 – June 98)
{{flagicon|CRO}} Rodion Gačanin (1999 – 2000)
{{flagicon|CRO}} Mladen Mladenović (2006 – 2008)
{{flagicon|CRO}} Danilo Butorović (2014 – 2018)
{{flagicon|CRO}} Fausto Budicin (2019 – 2020)
{{flagicon|CRO}} Damir Milinović (2020 – 2021)
{{flagicon|CRO}} Edo Flego (2021 – 2022)
{{flagicon|CRO}} Jure Srzić (2022)
{{flagicon|CRO}} Fausto Budicin (2022 – 2023)
{{flagicon|CRO}} Slobodan Grubor (2023 – 2024)
{{flagicon|CRO}} Alen Šušnić (2024 – )

Seasons

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rowspan=2|Season

!colspan=9|League

!rowspan=2 width="30"|Cup

Division

!width="25"|P

!width="25"|W

!width="30"|D

!width="25"|L

!width="25"|F

!width="25"|A

!width="25"|Pts

!width="40"|Pos

colspan="11" | NK ORIJENT

1966–67

|26

|13

|5

|8

|57

|29

|31

|4th

|

bgcolor=#EEEEEE

|1967–68

|30

|22

|6

|2

|95

|26

|50

|bgcolor="#DDFFDD"|1st ↑

|

1968–69

|30

|23

|3

|4

|70

|27

|49

|bgcolor="gold"|1st

|

bgcolor=#EEEEEE

|1969–70

|30

|16

|3

|11

|48

|30

|35

|4th

1970–71

|30

|9

|10

|11

|36

|38

|28

|7th

|

bgcolor=#EEEEEE

|1971–72

|34

|15

|8

|11

|63

|47

|38

|5th

|

1972–73

|34

|10

|12

|12

|45

|57

|31

|bgcolor="#FFCCCC"|12th ↓

|

bgcolor=#EEEEEE

|1973–74

|32

|7

|14

|11

|30

|41

|28

|bgcolor="#FFCCCC"|15th ↓

|

1974–75

|4. Div

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|bgcolor="#DDFFDD"|1st ↑

|

bgcolor=#EEEEEE

|1975–76

|22

|4

|8

|10

|25

|26

|16

|11th

|

1976–77

|26

|12

|8

|6

|36

|25

|32

|3rd

|

bgcolor=#EEEEEE

|1977–78

|26

|13

|7

|6

|30

|18

|33

|3rd

|

1978–79

|26

|14

|6

|6

|33

|18

|34

|bgcolor="silver"|2nd

|

bgcolor=#EEEEEE

|1979–80

|30

|13

|6

|11

|42

|30

|32

|6th

|

1980–81

|30

|12

|9

|9

|36

|22

|33

|3rd

bgcolor=#EEEEEE

|1981–82

|30

|15

|7

|8

|44

|26

|37

|3rd

|

1982–83

|30

|12

|9

|9

|47

|35

|33

|5th

bgcolor=#EEEEEE

|1983–84

|26

|21

|5

|0

|55

|8

|47

|bgcolor="gold"|1st

|

1984–85

|26

|20

|5

|1

|74

|9

|45

|bgcolor="gold"|1st

|

1985–86

|26

|20

|4

|2

|73

|10

|44

|bgcolor="gold"|1st

|

1986–87

|26

|16

|6

|4

|49

|16

|38

|bgcolor="silver"|2nd

|

1987–88

|30

|13

|6

|11

|44

|32

|32

|4th

|

bgcolor=#EEEEEE

|1988–89

|34

|11

|9 (5)

|14

|34

|33

|27

|13th

|

1989–90

|34

|10

|9 (7)

|15

|37

|43

|27

|15th

bgcolor=#EEEEEE

|1990–91

|34

|13

|5 (4)

|16

|31

|45

|30

|11th

|

1992

|12

|4

|3

|5

|14

|13

|11

|3rd

|

bgcolor=#EEEEEE

|1992–93

|29

|13

|6

|10

|44

|34

|32

|7th

1993–94

|30

|21

|8

|1

|62

|15

|50

|bgcolor="silver"|2nd

bgcolor=#EEEEEE

|1994–95

|36

|24

|8

|4

|86

|19

|80

|bgcolor="#DDFFDD"|2nd ↑

|

1995–96

|28

|15

|4

|9

|45

|34

|49

|bgcolor="#DDFFDD"|2nd ↑

|

bgcolor=#EEEEEE

|1996–97

|30

|5

|11

|14

|28

|53

|26

|bgcolor="#FFCCCC"|14th ↓

1997–98

|30

|21

|5

|4

|63

|15

|68

|3rd

bgcolor=#EEEEEE

|1998–99

|36

|13

|9

|14

|39

|48

|48

|13th

|

1999–2000

|32

|10

|11

|11

|37

|41

|41

|9th

|

bgcolor=#EEEEEE

|2000–01

|34

|13

|8

|13

|40

|40

|47

|10th

2001–02

|30

|14

|4

|12

|35

|37

|46

|6th

|

bgcolor=#EEEEEE

|2002–03

|32

|12

|6

|14

|36

|48

|42

|8th

2003–04

|32

|2

|7

|23

|23

|62

|13

|bgcolor="#FFCCCC"|12th ↓

|

bgcolor=#EEEEEE

|2004–05

|30

|8

|10

|12

|26

|47

|34

|14th

|

2005–06

|30

|15

|9

|6

|60

|35

|54

|4th

|

bgcolor=#EEEEEE

|2006–07

|34

|13

|7

|14

|44

|53

|46

|13th

|

2007–08

|34

|10

|11

|13

|39

|36

|41

|13th

|

bgcolor=#EEEEEE

|2008–09

|34

|12

|8

|14

|45

|41

|42

|13th

2009–10

|34

|10

|14

|10

|47

|44

|44

|11th

bgcolor=#EEEEEE

|2010–11

|34

|12

|6

|16

|40

|47

|42

|11th

|

2011–12

|34

|9

|12

|13

|38

|48

|39

|14th

|

bgcolor=#EEEEEE

|2012–13

|30

|13

|4

|13

|46

|45

|43

|8th

|

2013–14

|28

|13

|4

|11

|35

|43

|43

|6th

|

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2014–15

|28

|18

|5

|1

|65

|18

|59

|bgcolor="#DDFFDD"|1st ↑

|

2015–16

|30

|11

|7

|12

|42

|45

|40

|8th

|

2016–17

|30

|10

|12

|8

|49

|36

|42

|8th

|

2017–18

|29

|20

|4

|5

|58

|24

|64

|bgcolor="#DDFFDD"|2nd ↑

|

2018–19

|34

|21

|5

|8

|72

|47

|68

|bgcolor="#DDFFDD"|3rd ↑

|

2019–20

|19

|9

|6

|4

|26

|23

|33

|3rd

|

2020–21

|34

|12

|9

|13

|52

|49

|45

|11th

|

2021–22

|30

|12

|4

|14

|44

|49

|40

|9th

colspan="11" | HNK ORIJENT

2022–23

|33

|10

|13

|10

|45

|45

|43

|6th

|

2023–24

|33

|7

|12

|14

|34

|48

|33

|11th

|

References

{{Reflist}}

External links

{{official website|www.nk-orijent.com}} {{in lang|hr}}
[http://nogomet.lzmk.hr/clanak.aspx?id=1685 NK Orijent] at Nogometni leksikon {{in lang|hr}}

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