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NK Varteks
Full name	Nogometni klub Varteks
Nickname(s)	Krojači (The Tailors); Bumbari (The Bumblebees)
Founded	3 June, 1931
Ground	Stadion Anđelko Herjavec; (Capacity: 12,000)
Chairman	Zlatko Horvat
Manager	Damir Jagačić
League	Prva HNL
2008–09	Prva HNL, 10th
Home colours	Away colours

NK Varteks is a Croatian football club based in the city of Varaždin in the north of the country. They play their home matches at the Stadion Varteks, which has an all-seating capacity of 10,000. Organised supporters of the team are known as the White Stones.

[edit] History

The club was founded on 3 June 1931 under the name of NK Slavija and existed under this name until 1941. During World War II, the club temporarily ceased to exist and was then reorganised under the name of NK Tekstilac in 1945. The name Varteks was given to the club in 1958 and remained until today. The club is named after the Varaždin-based textile and clothing company, which has been its principal sponsor since it was founded under its current name.

The club's first success happened back in 1938, when they qualified to participate in the premier league of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. In SFR Yugoslavia, their biggest success was the advancement to the final of the Yugoslav Cup in 1961, but they lost the final game to Vardar Skopje from Macedonia.

Varteks has been a member of the Prva HNL since its foundation in 1991. They have not managed to win any national titles so far, but are regularly placed near the top of the table and were also the runners-up in the Croatian Cup five times. In the spring of 1999, they had a significant international success when they managed to advance to the quarterfinals of the now defunct UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, but were then defeated by Real Mallorca with 3-1 in the second-leg away match after playing a goalless draw at home in the first leg. They also attracted some attention at the international level back in 2001, when they eliminated Aston Villa from the UEFA Cup on away goals.

Varteks is a small market team and not a very rich club, yet it consistently places in the top 5 in the First Croatian League. The driving force behind Varteks is their youth training. It is consistently one of the best in the country and is solely responsible for their success. Most of Varteks' senior players rose through the ranks of the youth system, earned their spots on the senior squads and were often sold to the bigger market teams in Croatia or to foreign clubs.

[edit] Current squad

As of January 4, 2009

No.	Position	Player
2	DF	Zoran Ivančić
3	DF	Danijel Radiček
4	MF	Josip Brezovec
5	MF	Luka Jagačić
6	DF	Roberto Punčec
8	MF	Dejan Glavica
9	FW	Ivan Jolić
10	MF	Miljenko Mumlek (captain)
11	FW	Gordan Vuk
12	GK	Denis Krklec
13	FW	Nikola Frljužec
14	DF	Karlo Šimek
15	DF	Nikola Tkalčić

No.	Position	Player
16	DF	Andrija Balajić
17	FW	Matija Smrekar
19	DF	Igor Prahić
20	MF	Josip Golubar
21	GK	Saša Dreven
25	DF	Dino Škvorc
26	FW	Andrej Vuk
27	DF	Ivan Conjar
30	MF	Saša Hojski
	GK	Luka Bešenić
	DF	Adam Sušac
	FW	Filip Škvorc

[edit] Recent seasons

Season	League									Cup	European competitions		Top goalscorer
Season	Division	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Pos	Cup	European competitions		Player	Goals
1992	1.HNL	22	7	6	9	32	25	20	8th	DNQ			Igor Cvitanović	9
1992–93	1.HNL	30	10	9	11	38	47	29	7th	QF			Mirza Golubica	8
1993–94	1.HNL	34	16	9	9	51	31	41	5th	QF			Davor Vugrinec	17
1994–95	1.HNL	30	11	10	9	35	27	43	6th	SF
1995–96	1.HNL	32	18	7	7	44	26		3rd	RU
1996–97	1.HNL	30	12	6	12	34	35	42	6th	QF	Cup Winners' Cup	R1
1997–98	1.HNL	32	10	8	14	34	44		10th	RU
1998–99	1.HNL	32	12	4	16	55	57		5th	QF	Cup Winners' Cup	QF	Miljenko Mumlek	13
1999–2000	1.HNL	33	10	10	13	32	44	40	7th	QF	Intertoto Cup	R3	Damir Mužek Vioresin Sinani	5
2000–01	1.HNL	32	12	9	11	56	56	45	4th	QF			Saša Bjelanović	12
2001–02	1.HNL	30	17	6	7	58	40	57	4th	RU	UEFA Cup	R2	Saša Bjelanović	16
2002–03	1.HNL	32	18	3	11	52	38	57	3rd	SF	UEFA Cup	R1	Veldin Karić	10
2003–04	1.HNL	32	9	11	12	33	42	38	5th	RU	UEFA Cup	R1	Nikola Šafarić	7
2004–05	1.HNL	32	14	3	15	53	50	45	5th	SF			Nedim Halilović	9
2005–06	1.HNL	32	15	2	15	51	48	47	3rd	RU	Intertoto Cup	R3	Leon Benko	14
2006–07	1.HNL	33	12	6	15	49	62	42	8th	R1	UEFA Cup	QR1	Enes Novinić	15
2007–08	1.HNL	33	11	7	15	46	53	40	7th	SF			Miljenko Mumlek	9
2008–09	1.HNL	33	10	5	18	41	55	35	10th	R2			Goran Mujanović	11

Key

League: P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; Pts = Points won; Pos = Final position;

Cup / Europe: PR = Preliminary round; QR = Qualifying round; R1 = First round; R2 = Second round; Group = Group stage; QF = Quarter-final; SF = Semi-final; RU = Runner-up; W = Competition won;

[edit] European record

As of December, 2008.

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away
1996–97	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	QUAL	Union Luxembourg	2-1	3-0
		1R	Lokomotiv Moscow	2-1	0-1
1998–99	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	1R	Rudar Velenje	1-0	1-0
		2R	Heerenveen	4-2 (AET)	1-2
		QF	Mallorca	0-0	1-3
1999	UEFA Intertoto Cup	1R	Lakamatyu-96 Vitebsk	2-2	2-1
		2R	Brann	3-0 (p: 5-4)	0-3
		3R	Rostselmash	1-2	1-0
2001–02	UEFA Cup	QUAL	Vaduz	7-1	3-3
		1R	Aston Villa	0-1	3-2
		2R	Brøndby	3-1	0-5
2002–03	UEFA Cup	QUAL	Dundalk	5-0	4-0
		1R	Midtjylland	1-1	0-1
2003–04	UEFA Cup	QUAL	Levadia Tallinn	3-2	3-1
		1R	Debrecen	1-3	2-3
2005	UEFA Intertoto Cup	1R	Dinamo Tirana	4-1	1-2
		2R	Inter Turku	4-3	2-2
		3R	Lens	1-1	1-4
2006–07	UEFA Cup	1Q	KF Tirana	1-1	0-2