N.K. Croatia Zagreb 1996-2000

COACHES: Otto BARIĆ • Marijan VLAK • Velimir ZAJEC


GOALKEEPERS:

Dražen LADIĆ
Miralem IBRAHIMOVIĆ

DEFENDERS:

Goran JURIĆ
Daniel ŠARIĆ
Damir KRZNAR
Mario CVITANOVIĆ
Dario ŠIMIĆ
Mario TOKIĆ
Stjepan TOMAS
Goce SEDLOSKI

MIDFIELDERS:

Josip GAŠPAR
Krunoslav JURČIĆ
Silvio MARIĆ
Tomislav RUKAVINA
Edin MUJČIN
Joško JELIČIĆ
Robert PROSINEČKI
Igor BIŠĆAN

FORWARDS:

Igor CVITANOVIĆ
Mark VIDUKA
Tomo ŠOKOTA
Ardian KOZNIKU
Mihael MIKIĆ






INFO:

After the SFR Yugoslavia was dissolved, Dinamo took part in creating the Croatian Football League and the initial season was played in 1992. The same year club controversially changed its name to HAŠK Građanski, and another name change followed in 1993, when the club was renamed to Croatia Zagreb. The name change was widely seen as a political move by the leadership of then newly independent Croatia, with the goal of distancing the entire country from its Communist past. As the name change was also never accepted by their supporters, the club renamed themselves back to Dinamo on 14 February 2000. As Croatia Zagreb, the club has won six Croatian championships, of which five were won in a row from 1996 to 2000. They've also won four Croatian Cup titles.

In the late 1990s, the club played two consecutive seasons in the UEFA Champions League group stage. In the 1998–99 season, they were drawn in a group with Ajax, Olympiacos and Porto. After disappointing performances in the first three matches in which they managed to draw against Ajax at home and lost their away matches against Olympiacos and Porto, they performed well in the remaining three matches, beating Porto at home and Ajax away, and drawing to Olympiacos at home. However, they failed to advance to the quarterfinals as a second–placed team behind Olympiacos. In the 1999–2000 season, they were drawn in a group with defending champions Manchester United, Marseille and Sturm Graz, but managed only a fourth–place finish in the group with two draws and one win. They most notably held Manchester United to a goalless draw at Old Trafford in their opening Champions League match that season. The club also competed in two consecutive seasons of UEFA Cup. In 1996 they were knocked–out in the second round, while in the 1998 they managed to reach the third round, but lost to Atlético Madrid 2–1 on aggregate score.


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Honours:

* Prva HNL Champions - 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000

* Croatian Cup Winners - 1996, 1997, 1998

* Croatian Cup Runners-up - 2000


Best results in UEFA competitions

* UEFA Champions League Group stage - 1998–99, 1999–00

* UEFA Cup Round of 16 - 1997–98