2013–14 GNK Dinamo Zagreb season
# 2013–14 GNK Dinamo Zagreb season

The 2013–14 season was Dinamo Zagreb's 23rd season in the Croatian First Division and 102nd year in existence as a football club.

## Season review

### Domestic competitions

**Croatian Supercup**

On 6 July 2013, champions Dinamo Zagreb will face Cup holders Hajduk Split at Maksimir, for the 2013 Supercup title. Dinamo Zagreb won after penalties 4–1. After 90 minutes the result was 1-1. Duje Čop scored only goal for Dinamo Zagreb.

**Croatian First Division**

On 12 July 2013, Dinamo Zagreb played first game of the new season against Osijek and won 3–1. Duje Čop scored two goals and Hillel Soudani scored once.

### First team squad

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 | FW | ALG | El Arbi Hillel Soudani |
| 4 | DF | CRO | Josip Šimunić (captain) |
| 5 | DF | CRO | Jozo Šimunović |
| 6 | DF | POR | Ivo Pinto |
| 7 | MF | MKD | Arijan Ademi |
| 8 | MF | CRO | Domagoj Antolić |
| 11 | FW | CHI | Junior Fernándes (on loan from Bayer Leverkusen) |
| 12 | GK | CRO | Oliver Zelenika |
| 13 | DF | GHA | Lee Addy (on loan from Dalian Aerbin) |
| 17 | MF | BIH | Said Husejinović |
| 19 | DF | CRO | Josip Pivarić |
| 20 | MF | CRO | Zvonko Pamić |
| 21 | FW | MNE | Fatos Beqiraj |
| 23 | DF | POR | Ruben Lima |
| 26 | FW | CRO | Fran Brodić |
| 27 | MF | CRO | Jerko Leko (vice-captain) |
| 28 | MF | CRO | Alen Halilović |
| 29 | GK | POL | Grzegorz Sandomierski (on loan from Racing Genk) |
| 33 | GK | CRO | Marko Mikulić |
| 77 | MF | CRO | Marcelo Brozović |
| 90 | FW | CRO | Duje Čop |

## Transfers and loans

### In

**Summer**

| Squad # | Position | Player | Transferred From | Fee | Date | Source |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | FW | El Arbi Hillel Soudani | Vitória de Guimarães | €900,000 | 25 May 2013 | |

### Loan in

| Squad # | Position | Player | Loaned From | Start | End | Source |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | FW | Junior Fernandes | Bayer 04 Leverkusen | 26 May 2013 | 30 June 2014 | |

**Summer**

| Squad # | Position | Player | Transferred To | Fee | Date |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 16 | DF | Tin Jedvaj | Roma | €5 million | 10 July 2013 |
| 14 | DF | Šime Vrsaljko | Genoa | undisclosed fee | 12 July 2013 |
| 77 | MF | Pedro Morales | Málaga | Free | 12 June 2013 |

### Loan out

| Squad # | Position | Player | Loaned To | Start | End | Source |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 3 | DF | Luis Ibáñez | Racing Club | 1 August 2013 | 15 June 2014 | |

### MAXtv Prva Liga

Kickoff times are in CET

**League table**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Dinamo Zagreb (C) | 36 | 26 | 6 | 4 | 83 | 26 | +57 | 84 | Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | Rijeka | 36 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 72 | 35 | +37 | 73 | Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round |
| 3 | Hajduk Split | 36 | 17 | 11 | 8 | 58 | 44 | +14 | 62 | Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round |
| 4 | RNK Split | 36 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 41 | 41 | 0 | 52 | Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round |
| 5 | Lokomotiva | 36 | 15 | 7 | 14 | 57 | 59 | −2 | 52 | |

**Results summary**

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |

Last updated: 15 December 2013. Source: Competitive matches

**Results by round**

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ground | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Result | W | W | D | W | D | W | W | W | L | W | D | W | L | W | W | W | D | W | W |
| Position | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

## Results and fixtures

### Legend

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

### UEFA Champions League

The team won the Croatian championship last season and as such will enter the 2013–14 UEFA Champions League second qualifying round. On 16 July 2013, Dinamo Zagreb played first qualification game against Fola Esch in Luxembourg. They won 0–5, Two time scorer was Hilel Soudani, Duje Čop, Arijan Ademi and Junior Fernandes scored once. They won 1–0 in the replay and progressed to the third qualifying round.

### UEFA Europa League

**Group B**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Ludogorets Razgrad | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 | +9 | 16 | Advance to knockout phase |
| 2 | Chornomorets Odesa | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 10 | Advance to knockout phase |
| 3 | PSV Eindhoven | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 7 | |
| 4 | Dinamo Zagreb | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 11 | −8 | 1 | |

**Group B**

**Notes**

* ^ Ludogorets Razgrad will play their home matches at Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia instead of their regular stadium, Ludogorets Arena, Razgrad.
