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HNK Cibalia
Full name	Hrvatski nogometni klub Cibalia
Nickname(s)	Nebesko plavi (The Sky-blues)
Founded	1919
Ground	Stadion HNK Cibalia; (Capacity: 10,000)
Chairman	Željko Čulo
Manager	Stanko Mršić
League	Prva HNL
2008–09	Prva HNL, 8th
Supporters groups	Ultras Vinkovci
Home colours	Away colours

Hrvatski Nogometni Klub Cibalia (stand for Croatian F.C. Cibalia) is a Croatian football club, from Vinkovci in the northeast of Croatia.

Cibalia currently plays in the Prva HNL. The Stadion Cibalia is located in the southern part of the city and it can hold 12,000 spectators. The name Cibalia comes from the city of Vinkovci's name in Roman times of Colonia Aurelia Cibalae.

[edit] History

The club was founded in 1919 as HGŽK Cibalia Vinkovci. In 1925 the team merged with RŠK Sloga. During World War II the club ceased to exist. After the war a revived Sloga and OFD Graničar merged to form FK Dinamo Vinkovci. The club would see several humble decades before finally making it to the Yugoslav First League in 1982. They played in the top-tier league for five years until they were relegated to the second league once more in 1987.

In 1990 the team returned to its more traditional name which it currently holds. Cibalia spent much of the 1990s in the Prva HNL with its highest finish being fifth place. It remained in the Prva HNL until the 2003/2004 season when it was relegated to the Second League. The club was also penalized by FIFA the same season by six points (the equivalent of two victories) for failure to fulfill financial obligations in past player transfers. Nevertheless, in the 2004/2005 season, Cibalia outdid all of its opponents in the Second League by a large margin, won the promotion playoffs and returned to Prva HNL.

Cibalia also had some success playing in the Croatian Cup, where it reached the final (and lost to Osijek) in 1999 and semifinal in 2004.

[edit] League and Cup results

Season	League	Position	Pts	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Cup
1992	Prva HNL	9	15	22	3	9	10	13	24
1992–93	Prva HNL	5	31	30	11	9	10	31	30	Second round
1993–94	Prva HNL	7	35	34	11	13	10	37	27	Second round
1994–95	Prva HNL	10	37	30	9	10	11	26	33	Quarterfinals
1995–96	Prva HNL	12	24	36	11	12	13	43	55	Second round
1996–97	Prva HNL	13	33	30	11	0	19	35	56	First round
1997–98	Druga HNL	1	71	30	22	5	3	80	19	First round
1998–99	Prva HNL	9	26	32	10	7	15	34	44	Final
1999–2000	Prva HNL	6	45	33	11	12	10	42	39	Semifinals
2000–01	Prva HNL	9	33	32	5	18	9	31	45	Second round
2001–02	Prva HNL	10	36	30	9	9	12	34	37	First round
2002–03	Prva HNL	5	43	32	12	7	13	39	44	Quarterfinals
2003–04	Prva HNL	11	31	32	8	7	17	39	53	Semifinals
2004–05	Druga HNL	1	65	32	21	8	3	65	23	First round
2005–06	Prva HNL	9	37	32	9	10	13	33	47	Second round
2006–07	Prva HNL	10	32	33	9	5	19	33	53	Quarterfinals
2007–08	Prva HNL	8	40	33	11	7	15	40	48	Quarterfinals

*Best results are highlighted.

[edit] European record

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away
2000	UEFA Intertoto Cup	1R	FK Obilić	3-1	1-1
		2R	FC Tatabánya	0-0	2-3
2003	UEFA Intertoto Cup	2R	FC Shakhtyor Soligorsk	4-2	1-1
		3R	Tampere United	0-1	2-0
		SF	VfL Wolfsburg	1-4	0-4

[edit] All-time total in the Prva HNL

	Points	Games	Wins	Draws	Losses	GF	GA
HNK Cibalia	515	438	129	128	181	470	587

[edit] Current squad

As of 9 October 2009.

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Marijan Antolović
3	MF	Josip Lukačević
4	DF	Josip Duvnjak
5	DF	Boris Leutar (captain)
6	DF	Petar Tomić
7	FW	Dino Kresinger
8	MF	Edin Husić
9	MF	Tomislav Pavličić
10	MF	Davor Bagarić
12	GK	Davor Burcsa
13	DF	Marijan Matić
14	MF	Mario Andričević
15	DF	Ninoslav Parmaković

No.	Position	Player
16	MF	Tomislav Radotić
17	FW	Vlatko Šimunac
18	MF	Tomislav Čulo
19	FW	Krešimir Prgomet
20	MF	Ivan Grgić
21	MF	Tomislav Jurić
24	MF	Dario Rugašević
25	FW	Ivan Baraban
26	MF	Josip Milardović
28	MF	Tomislav Mazalović
30	DF	Mario Lučić
48	FW	Željko Malčić

[edit] Notable former players

[edit] External links

Official website (Croatian)
Cibalia at uefa.com

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