2021–22 NK Lokomotiva Zagreb season

Lokomotiva
2021–22 season
Chairman	Miroslav Gluhinić
Manager	Silvijo Čabraja
Stadium	Stadion Kranjčevićeva
Prva HNL	5th
Croatian Cup	Quarter-finals
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2020–21 2022–23 →

The 2021–22 season is the 108th season in the existence of NK Lokomotiva Zagreb and the club's 13th consecutive season in the top flight of Croatian football. In addition to the domestic league, NK Lokomotiva Zagreb participated in this season's edition of the Croatian Cup.

Players

First-team squad

As of 20 April 2022^[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	CRO	Ivan Nevistić (on loan from Dinamo Zagreb)
4	MF	CRO	Mate Maleš
5	DF	ALB	Jon Mersinaj
6	DF	ALB	Hajdin Salihu
7	FW	NGA	Ibrahim Aliyu
8	MF	CRO	Ivan Roca
10	FW	ALB	Indrit Tuci
11	MF	CRO	Lukas Kačavenda
13	DF	CRO	Ivan Čeliković
14	MF	BIH	Mateo Marić
15	DF	KOS	Art Smakaj
16	DF	NED	Justin de Haas
17	DF	BIH	Ivan Milićević


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
18	MF	ALB	Enis Çokaj
19	DF	CRO	Josip Pivarić (Captain)
20	DF	CRO	Nikola Soldo
22	MF	CRO	Silvio Goričan
23	MF	CRO	Luka Stojković
24	DF	BIH	Branimir Cipetić
25	DF	BIH	Kemal Osmanković
27	FW	CRO	Marko Vranjković
29	FW	CRO	Sandro Kulenović (on loan from Dinamo Zagreb)
30	MF	CRO	Jakov-Anton Vasilj (on loan from Dinamo Zagreb)
32	GK	CRO	Krševan Santini (Vice-captain)
—	GK	UKR	Mykyta Turbayevskyi (on loan from Shakhtar Donetsk)
—	MF	UKR	Illya Hulko (on loan from Shakhtar Donetsk)

Other players under contract

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	FRA	Théo Barbet


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	ALB	Francesco Tahiraj

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
2	DF	ALB	Albion Marku (at Partizani Tirana until 30 June 2022)
28	MF	CRO	Luka Dajčer (at Jarun Zagreb until 30 June 2022)
59	FW	ALB	Sherif Kallaku (at Partizani Tirana until 30 June 2022)
—	GK	CRO	Luka Matasović (at Mladost Ždralovi until 30 June 2022)
—	GK	GER	Marin Topić (at Jadran Luka Ploče until 30 June 2022)
—	GK	CRO	Matija Jesenović (at Međimurje until 30 June 2022)
—	DF	ALB	Keslin Shani (at Laçi until 30 June 2022)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	CRO	Marko Šuto (at Croatia Zmijavci until 30 June 2022)
—	MF	CRO	Dalibor Vrbanić (at Jarun Zagreb until 30 June 2022)
—	MF	CRO	Gabriel Groznica (at Jarun Zagreb until 30 June 2022)
—	MF	CRO	Lovro Dobrić (at Jarun Zagreb until 30 June 2022)
—	FW	ALB	Arbër Mehmetllari (at Dinamo Tirana until 30 June 2022)
—	FW	CRO	Bruno Zdunić (at Sesvete until 30 June 2022)
—	FW	AUT	Raul Florucz (at Jarun Zagreb until 30 June 2022)
—	FW	CRO	Vanja Pelko (at Zagorec until 30 June 2022)

Transfers

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

6 August 2021 Friendly	Panathinaikos	2–2	Lokomotiva	Athens, Greece
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Chatzigiovanis 40' (pen.), 41'		Kačavenda 18' Artistico 87'	Stadium: Grigoris Lambrakis Stadium

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Prva HNL	17 July 2021	20 May 2022	Matchday 1	5th	36	12	13	11	55	50	+5	033.33
Croatian Cup	21 September 2021	30 November 2021	First round	Quarter-finals	3	1	1	1	7	9	−2	033.33
Total					39	13	14	12	62	59	+3	033.33

Last updated: 20 May 2022
Source: Soccerway

Prva HNL

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
3	Osijek	36	19	12	5	49	29	+20	69	Qualification to Europa Conference League second qualifying round
4	Rijeka	36	20	5	11	71	51	+20	65
5	Lokomotiva	36	12	13	11	55	50	+5	49
6	Gorica	36	12	9	15	43	50	−7	45
7	Slaven Belupo	36	9	9	18	35	54	−19	36

Source: PrvaHNL.hr
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored (at home if two teams tied); 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Play-off
(Note: Criteria 2-4 and 7 is only used if deciding champion, teams to international competition or teams for relegation and in that case criteria 6 will not be used).^[2]

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
3	2	1	0	7	5	+2	7	1	1	0	5	4	+1	1	0	0	2	1	+1

Last updated: 30 July 2021.
Source: Prva HNL

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H
Result	D	W	W	W	W	L	L	D	L	L	W	D	L	L	W	D	L	D	D	L	W	L	D	D	W	D	W	L	W	D	W	D	D	D	L	W
Position

Updated to match(es) played on 20 May 2022. Source: Prva HNL
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 8 June 2021.^[3]

17 July 2021 1	Lokomotiva	2–2	Hajduk Split	Zagreb
18:55 CEST (UTC+2)	Soldo 42' Dabro 47' Kačavenda 68' Marić 84'	Report	Mlakar 30', 55'	Stadium: Stadion Kranjčevićeva Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Tihomir Pejin

24 July 2021 2	Slaven Belupo	1–2	Lokomotiva	Koprivnica
18:55 CEST (UTC+2)	Krstanović 66' (pen.)	Report	Çokaj 22' Pivarić 80'	Stadium: Gradski stadion Attendance: 513 Referee: Dario Bel

30 July 2021 3	Lokomotiva	3–2	Hrvatski Dragovoljac	Zagreb
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stadion Kranjčevićeva Attendance: 182 Referee: Dario Kulušić

14 August 2021 5	Lokomotiva	4–0	Istra 1961	Zagreb
18:55 CEST (UTC+2)	Cipetić 6' Kačavenda 13' Dabro 20', 49', 20' Aliyu 31', 45' De Haas 65'	Report	Navarro 24' Blagojević 33' Daničić 68'	Stadium: Stadion Kranjčevićeva Attendance: 307 Referee: Tihomir Pejin

21 August 2021 6	Dinamo Zagreb	1–0	Lokomotiva	Zagreb
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Oršić 77'	Report		Stadium: Stadion Maksimir Attendance: 1,190 Referee: Dario Kulušić

28 August 2021 7	Lokomotiva	0–1	Gorica	Zagreb
18:55 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Çokaj 39' Aliyu 72'	Report	Lovrić 74' Kalik 78' Doka 82' Steenvoorden 88' Jovičić 89'	Stadium: Stadion Kranjčevićeva Attendance: 384 Referee: Duje Strukan

12 September 2021 8	Lokomotiva	1–1	Osijek	Zagreb
19:05 CEST (UTC+2)	Nevistić 40' Kačavenda 62' Dabro 70'	Report	Miérez 35' Fiolić 36' 75' Topčagić 82', 90+2' Škorić 85' Nejašmić 86'	Stadium: Stadion Kranjčevićeva Attendance: 491 Referee: Mario Zebec

26 September 2021 10	Hajduk Split	1–0	Lokomotiva	Split
19:05 CEST (UTC+2)	Livaja 9', 80' Simić 41'	Report	Maleš 41' Kačavenda 56' Marić 63' Pivarić 70' De Haas 78' Cipetić 90+2'	Stadium: Stadion Poljud Attendance: 7,657 Referee: Ivan Bebek

20 October 2021 4	Rijeka	1–2	Lokomotiva	Rijeka
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Escoval 26' Obregón 64' Jurišić 67' Drmić 82'	Report	Milićević 15' Dabro 28', 58' Çokaj 36' Cipetić 88'	Stadium: Rujevica Attendance: 2,361 Referee: Dario Kulušić

24 October 2021 13	Lokomotiva	0–2	Rijeka	Zagreb
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Kačavenda 70'	Report	Issah 41' Murić 45+1' Gnezda Čerin 51' Drmić 64', 81' Smolčić 73'	Stadium: Kranjčevićeva Attendance: 571 Referee: Dario Bel

1 November 2021 14	Istra 1961	2–1	Lokomotiva	Pula
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Nevistić 8' (o.g.) Bandé 20' Marin 38' Galilea 38' Beljo 54' (pen.) Serderov 90+2'	Report	Dabro 15' Mersinaj 33' Cipetić 45' Florucz 84'	Stadium: Stadion Aldo Drosina Attendance: 261 Referee: Igor Pajač

7 November 2021 15	Lokomotiva	1–0	Dinamo Zagreb	Zagreb
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Marić 8', 22' De Haas 27' Soldo 90+7' Goričan 90+7' Santini 90+8'	Report	Théophile-Catherine 35' Petković 38', 90+6'	Stadium: Stadion Kranjčevićeva Attendance: 2,027 Referee: Igor Pajač

21 November 2021 16	Gorica	2–2	Lokomotiva	Velika Gorica
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Fruk 3' Pršir 24' Jovičić 43' Stojanovski 56'	Report	Aliyu 34' Cipetić 50' Kačavenda 53' Pivarić 60'	Stadium: Stadion Radnik Attendance: 350 Referee: Dario Bel

26 November 2021 17	Osijek	3–1	Lokomotiva	Osijek
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Bartolec 39' Nejašmić 40' Fiolić 51', 90+6' Jugović 57' Miérez 70' Bočkaj 76' Daku 86'	Report	Kulenović 9' Aliyu 12' 72' Marić 37' Çokaj 58' 90+3' Soldo 76'	Stadium: Stadion Gradski vrt Attendance: 1,083 Referee: Igor Pajač

11 December 2021 19	Lokomotiva	3–3	Hajduk Split	Zagreb
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Elez 11' (o.g.) Mersinaj 48' Marić 63', 69' Kačavenda 83' Katić 86' (o.g.)	Report	Livaja 34' Mlakar 77', 81' Katić 78'	Stadium: Stadion Kranjčevićeva Attendance: 2,776 Referee: Tihomir Pejin

5 February 2022 22	Rijeka	3–2	Lokomotiva	Rijeka
17:30 CET (UTC+1)	Murić 25', 39' Solano 37' Vučkić 60' Čestić 85' Vuk 90+3'	Report	Çokaj 45' Mersinaj 56' Dabro 58' Kačavenda 68' Kulenović 79', 90'	Stadium: Rujevica Attendance: 2,855 Referee: Duje Strukan

12 February 2022 23	Lokomotiva	1–1	Istra 1961	Zagreb
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Salihu 8' 43' Kulenović 80' Çokaj 90' Aliyu 90+2'	Report	Galilea 50' Beljo 54' Mahmoud 56' Perera 59' Perković 75'	Stadium: Stadion Kranjčevićeva Attendance: 326 Referee: Tihomir Pejin

20 February 2022 24	Dinamo Zagreb	0–0	Lokomotiva	Zagreb
17:05 CET (UTC+1)	Lauritsen 2' Štefulj 90+3'	Report	Mersinaj 17' Marić 74' Dabro 77' Kačavenda 83'	Stadium: Stadion Maksimir Attendance: 1,886 Referee: Igor Pajač

26 February 2022 25	Lokomotiva	2–0	Gorica	Zagreb
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Kulenović 18' Smakaj 39' Dabro 71'	Report	Kotarski 59' Atiemwen 61'	Stadium: Stadion Kranjčevićeva Attendance: 319 Referee: Dario Kulušić

4 March 2022 26	Lokomotiva	0–0	Osijek	Zagreb
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Mersinaj 85'	Report	Škorić 31'	Stadium: Stadion Kranjčevićeva Attendance: 884 Referee: Mario Zebec

19 March 2022 28	Hajduk Split	4–0	Lokomotiva	Split
17:05 CET (UTC+1)	Kalinić 22' Krovinović 43' Melnjak 54' Sahiti 62' Lovrencsics 79' Ljubičić 90'	Report	Pivarić 33' Maleš 45+2' Dabro 56' Mersinaj 90+1'	Stadium: Stadion Poljud Attendance: 11,873 Referee: Igor Pajač

16 April 2022 31	Lokomotiva	2–1	Rijeka	Zagreb
19:10 CEST (UTC+2)	Milićević 11' Stojković 38' Kačavenda 46' Cipetić 77' Salihu 87'	Report	Drmić 90+2'	Stadium: Kranjčevićeva Attendance: 885 Referee: Dario Bel

23 April 2022 32	Istra 1961	2–2	Lokomotiva	Pula
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Beljo 16' Perera 37' Cáseres 68' Perković 85'	Report	Marić 27' Mersinaj 47' Kulenović 90+5'	Stadium: Stadion Aldo Drosina Attendance: 500 Referee: Dario Bel

1 May 2022 33	Lokomotiva	1–1	Dinamo Zagreb	Zagreb
19:05 CEST (UTC+2)	Kulenović 30' (pen.) Mersinaj 82' Marić 88'	Report	Soldo 50' (o.g.)	Stadium: Stadion Kranjčevićeva Attendance: 3,857 Referee: Ivan Bebek

7 May 2022 34	Gorica	3–3	Lokomotiva	Velika Gorica
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Pršir 13' Atiemwen 24' Keita 30' 43' Kalik 40', 90' (pen.), 82' Jovičić 43' Mitrović 44'	Report	Çokaj 35' Pivarić 38' 67', 42' Aliyu 63' Kulenović 85'	Stadium: Stadion Radnik Attendance: 723 Referee: Tihomir Pejin

15 May 2022 35	Osijek	1–0	Lokomotiva	Osijek
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Žaper 25' Brlek 42' Jurčević 53' Bralić 90+3'	Report	Çokaj 48' Kulenović 52' Kačavenda 78' Vranjković 78' Soldo 87'	Stadium: Stadion Gradski vrt Attendance: 2,638 Referee: Duje Strukan

Croatian Cup

References

^ "1. momčad – igrači" [First squad – players] (in Croatian). NK Lokomotiva Zagreb. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
^ "Propozicije natjecanja za prvenstvo Hrvatski Telekom Prve lige za natjecateljsku godinu 2021/2022" (PDF). hns-cff.hr (in Croatian). 28 June 2021. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
^ "Poznat raspored Prve HNL za sljedeću sezonu, Rijeka otvara s Goricom na Rujevici". Novi list. 8 June 2021.

[1] "1. momčad – igrači" [First squad – players] (in Croatian). NK Lokomotiva Zagreb. Retrieved 1 February 2022.

[2] "Propozicije natjecanja za prvenstvo Hrvatski Telekom Prve lige za natjecateljsku godinu 2021/2022" (PDF). hns-cff.hr (in Croatian). 28 June 2021. Retrieved 14 August 2021.

[3] "Poznat raspored Prve HNL za sljedeću sezonu, Rijeka otvara s Goricom na Rujevici". Novi list. 8 June 2021.

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Domestic cups	Croatian Football Cup (Final) Croatian Women's Football Cup
European competitions	Champions League Europa League Europa Conference League
Related to national team	UEFA Euro 2020 (Group D) 2022 FIFA World Cup (Qualification) Zlatko Dalić
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