A City On The River ''Drava''

Thought the team is capable of a TOP4, squad itself has lost two key players to Arabians, in Darko Nejašmić who was an integral part of our midfield, leading everything that was good from the back, Progressive ball carries up the field & dictating the play well. Another big name player for Osijek is Ramón Miérez, El Toro is known for his great goalscoring abilities in air, but he game lays in much more then just goals & offensive contributions but also his overall game with solid ball control, managing to keep the ball usually away from the defenders while still creating space, chances & winning duels on ground but over more in air. Which was greatly in use in his defensive roles too at corners or freekick. Amount of pressing, running, coming back to help both midfield and defenders deserved him the nickname ‘’EL Toro'' while being a fan favorite for the whole stint and will stay so for a long time.

3rd crucial player who has sadly not reach the level we all would've loved is Kristijan Lovrić, 28yo Croatian Winger who has managed a single appearance in the NT after being the heart and beat in NK Gorica for 3.5 seasons scoring 46 goals as a winger and 28 assist in 111 games, another 8 goals in 9 cup games brings it to overall 82 g/a in 120 games.

Being brought for about 2 million euros at winter of 21/22 season, in 64 games had managed only 22 goal contributions. Leaving on a free this summer to Turkish Amedspor in 2nd Tier.

For the absence of players who were either sold, loaned or not have not extended their contracts, Osijek brought in Pedro Lima on load from Palmeiras, at first glance a similar profile to Darko but yet slightly better on ball, solid psychically but definitely not on same level defensively. Another shout is Marko Soldo who is more defence oriented and may help win possession back rather than loosing it.

In the lost of Bralić for Free to Slovenian Celje in place have been brought both Italian Alessandro Tuia from Lecce as an experience player and Luka Jelinić from Varaždin, both on a Free to give some depth at the back line. Emin Hasić is another CB who is included in the team, seen as a potencial big player, at age 21 does not seem as someone who will improve much, hope some game time can help both him and us out since we are not challenging for a title in our 1st season.

A Dutch 22yo came in for some depth on the wings, Ricuenio Kewal will be able to run the touchline quite alot, especially on the outer side of the field as he will spend more warming up rather then start matches, at least for now.

Hernâni is a Portuguese Experienced winger, replacing Lovrić shouldn't be a difficult task, but hopefully it will not take a long time to settle in, especially with the arrival of his younger compatriot Tiago Dantas, coming in from Paok, the 23yo had made 2 appearances for Bayern Munich in Bundesliga. He is definitely the best player in our squad and should be the priority and foundation to be built on for any future success we are more then desperate for.

Austrian Arnel Jakupović had been brought in to try and replace Miérez, at first looks good but has some way to go to repeat what has been left of with the departure of Argentine Striker. 

Swiss Kemal Ademi had also been brought in to help out in the goalscoring department, being 195 cm should be the main target for most crosses.

Last name to mention is another loaned player, Dinamo goalkeeper who spent a year at Lokomotiva to gain Senior minutes at the Top Flight had shown great performances for the team at Kranjčevićeva. Keeping 10 CS in 33 starts out of 36, helping them fight his new team for an European spot for the 24/25 season.