Pomorac 1921
Full nameNogometni klub Pomorac 1921
Founded1921 (as NK Pomorac); November 2014 (as NK Pomorac 1921)
DissolvedOctober 2014
GroundStadion Žuknica
Capacity3,500
League3. HNL West
2020–21Inter-county League Rijeka, 1st (promoted)

NK Pomorac 1921 is a Croatian football club based in Kostrena, a suburb of Rijeka which currently plays in Croatian third tier 3. HNL West. Kostrena is known for its maritime tradition, which is reflected in the club's name, as the word "pomorac" means "mariner" or "seaman" in English.

History

Since the independence of Croatia in 1992 NK Pomorac played in Croatian Third Football League until the 1995–96 season, when they were promoted to the Druga HNL. NK Pomorac played in Druga HNL from 1996–97 to 2000–01, when they were promoted to the Prva HNL, Croatian top tier. The club had two seasons in Prva HNL – 2001–02 and 2002–03. Arguably, the 2001–02 season was the most successful in the club's history, as they finished 7th in the league and managed to reach the semifinal of the Croatian Cup. Since 2003, NK Pomorac have played in Druga HNL, where they regularly performed well and finished among the top teams. Pomorac had finished the 2009–10 and the 2011–12 seasons as runners-up, but were denied promotion as they were unable to gain a licence required to compete in top level.

In October 2014, due to financial troubles and increasing debt, NK Pomorac was dissolved after 93 years of existence. In November 2014, the club was re-established as NK Pomorac 1921. In August 2017, the club started competing in the Second League of Primorje-Gorski Kotar County, sixth tier in the Croatian football league system.

Honours

Recent seasons

Season League Cup Top goalscorer
Division P W D L F A Pts Pos Player Goals
NK POMORAC
1992 3. HNL West "A" 14 7 3 4 17 9 17 3rd
1992–93 3. HNL West 30 14 10 6 46 29 38 3rd
1993–94 3. HNL West 32 19 6 7 68 22 44 3rd
1994–95 3. HNL West
1995–96 3. HNL West 30 24 4 2 68 15 76 1st ↑ R1 Alen Jurić 13
1996–97 2. HNL West 30 22 3 5 63 16 69 2nd
1997–98 2. HNL West 30 19 5 6 70 17 62 4th
1998–99 3. HNL West 30 23 4 3 65 15 73 1st ↑ Rajmond Blažić 18
1999–2000 2. HNL 32 17 9 6 49 26 60 4th PR Ivan Režić 12
2000–01 2. HNL 34 21 7 6 80 30 70 2nd ↑
2001–02 1. HNL 30 12 4 14 36 41 40 7th SF Marin Prpić 10
2002–03 1. HNL 32 7 11 14 42 52 32 11th ↓ QF Ivica Karabogdan 9
2003–04 2. HNL South 32 16 10 6 55 39 58 2nd R1
2004–05 2. HNL South 32 13 7 12 37 36 46 7th R2 Nemanja Čorović 16
2005–06 2. HNL South 32 15 13 4 65 31 58 3rd R1 Edi Petrović 15
2006–07 2. HNL 30 11 9 10 53 51 42 8th R1 Ivica Karabogdan 10
2007–08 2. HNL 30 14 7 9 42 28 49 4th R2 David Dujanić 7
2008–09 2. HNL 30 9 5 16 29 45 32 13th QF Edi Petrović 6
2009–10 2. HNL 26 14 5 7 39 22 47 2nd QF Ivor Weitzer 8
2010–11 2. HNL 30 16 8 6 50 23 56 3rd R2 Tomislav Ivičić, Martin Šaban 10
2011–12 2. HNL 28 18 2 8 63 30 56 2nd R1 Ivor Weitzer 14
2012–13 2. HNL 30 13 7 10 51 39 46 7th R1 Dražen Pilčić 18
2013–14 2. HNL 33 10 14 9 24 24 44 8th R1 Matej Mršić 5
2014–15 2. HNL 9 1 0 8 3 40 3 12th ↓ R1 Dražen Pilčić 3
NK POMORAC 1921
2017–18 2. ŽNL 22 21 1 0 100 15 64 1st ↑ Kristijan Bura 34
2018–19 1. ŽNL 26 11 4 11 44 32 37 7th Antonio Tadić 9
2019–20 1. ŽNL 11 9 1 1 34 10 28 1st ↑
2020–21 4. NL Rijeka 27 15 9 3 47 21 54 1st ↑ Bruno Lončar 19
2021–22 3. HNL West 26 7 5 14 32 62 26 12th ↓ Bruno Lončar 11

Key

1st 2nd ↑ ↓
Champions Runners-up Promoted Relegated

Top scorer shown in bold when he was also top scorer for the division.

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