2016–17 GNK Dinamo Zagreb season

The 2016–17 season is Dinamo Zagreb's 26th season in the Croatian First Division and 105th year in existence as a football club.

GNK Dinamo Zagreb

2016–17 season
Chairman	Mirko Barišić
Manager	Ivaylo Petev
Stadium	Maksimir Stadium
Prva HNL	2nd
Croatian Cup	Runners-up
UEFA Champions League	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: El Arbi Hillel Soudani (17) All: Armin Hodžić (21)
Highest home attendance	23,875 vs Juventus
Lowest home attendance	1,014 vs Istra 1961
Average home league attendance	4,482
Home colours Away colours
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This season was an extremely unsuccessful one for the club, losing both the league title and cup title to rivals HNK Rijeka and also failing to score a single goal in the 2016–17 UEFA Champions League group stage, in all six matches they played.

Squad

As of 16 February 2017^[1]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  CRO Danijel Zagorac 2 FW  ALG El Arabi Hillel Soudani 6 DF  CRO Vinko Soldo 7 MF  CRO Mario Šitum 8 MF  CRO Domagoj Antolić (Captain) 9 FW  CHI Ángelo Henríquez 10 MF  POR Paulo Machado 13 MF  POR Gonçalo 14 MF  BIH Amer Gojak 15 FW  BIH Armin Hodžić 16 MF  MKD Arijan Ademi 18 MF  CRO Domagoj Pavičić 19 DF  CRO Josip Pivarić 20 MF  CRO Sammir (Vice-captain) 21 MF  ESP Dani Olmo

No. Pos. Nation Player 22 DF  ARG Leonardo Sigali 23 DF  CRO Gordon Schildenfeld 24 MF  CRO Ante Ćorić 25 MF  CRO Bojan Knežević 26 DF  CRO Filip Benković 27 MF  CRO Nikola Moro 29 MF  CRO Ivan Fiolić 31 DF  CRO Marko Lešković 33 GK  CRO Marko Mikulić 35 DF  CRO Borna Sosa 37 DF  SVN Petar Stojanović 40 GK  CRO Dominik Livaković 55 DF  CRO Dino Perić (on loan from NK Lokomotiva) 77 DF  ROU Alexandru Mățel 95 MF  BRA Marcos Guilherme

Competitions

Overview

Competition	Record
	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Prva HNL	36	27	5	4	68	24	+44	075.00
Cup	6	4	1	1	15	4	+11	066.67
Champions League	12	5	1	6	11	20	−9	041.67
Total	54	36	7	11	94	48	+46	066.67

Last updated: 31 May 2017
Source: Competitions

Competitions

MAXtv Prva Liga

Main article: 2016–17 Croatian First Football League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Rijeka (C)	36	27	7	2	71	23	+48	88	Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
2	Dinamo Zagreb	36	27	5	4	68	24	+44	86	Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round[a]
3	Hajduk Split	36	20	9	7	70	31	+39	69	Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round
4	Osijek	36	20	6	10	52	37	+15	66	Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round
5	Lokomotiva	36	12	8	16	41	38	+3	44

Source: Prva HNL (in Croatian), Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored (away goals if 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]
(C) Champions
Notes:

1. Since winners of 2016–17 Croatian Football Cup, Rijeka, qualified for Champions League, the spot awarded to the cup winner (Europa League third qualifying round) was passed to the runners-up and all other spots were adjusted accordingly.

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
36	27	5	4	68	24	+44	86	12	4	2	37	13	+24	15	1	2	31	11	+20

Last updated: 27 May 2017.
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	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H
Result	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	L	L	W	D	W	W	W	W	D	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	L	L	W	W	W	W	W	W
Position	2	1	2	1	1	2	2	2	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2

Updated to match(es) played on 27 May 2017. Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Dinamo Zagreb v Lokomotiva

17 July 2016 1	Dinamo Zagreb	3–1	Lokomotiva	Zagreb
	Soudani 29' Hodžić 45', 54'	Report	Fiolić 16'	Stadium: Stadion Maksimir Attendance: 2,103 Referee: Igor Pajač (Sveti Ivan Zelina)

Dinamo Zagreb v Slaven Belupo

29 July 2016 3	Dinamo Zagreb	1–1	Slaven Belupo	Zagreb
	Benković 90+4'	Report	Jovičić 90+3'	Stadium: Stadion Maksimir Attendance: 1,323 Referee: Marko Matoc (Zaprešić)

Cibalia v Dinamo Zagreb

6 August 2016 4	Cibalia	0–2	Dinamo Zagreb	Vinkovci
		Report	Soudani 18' Vitaić 41' (o.g.)	Stadium: Stadion HNK Cibalia Attendance: 3,264 Referee: Igor Križarić (Čakovec)

Hajduk Split v Dinamo Zagreb

10 August 2016 2	Hajduk Split	0–4	Dinamo Zagreb	Split
		Report	Rog 45+1', 60' Fernándes 57', 68'	Stadium: Stadion Poljud Attendance: 29,109 Referee: Mario Zebec (Cestica)

Dinamo Zagreb v Inter Zaprešić

13 August 2016 5	Dinamo Zagreb	2–1	Inter Zaprešić	Zagreb
	Soudani 38' Fernándes 82'	Report	Blažević 90+1'	Stadium: Stadion Maksimir Attendance: 1,691 Referee: Bruno Marić (Daruvar)

Dinamo Zagreb v RNK Split

19 August 2016 6	Dinamo Zagreb	1–0	RNK Split	Zagreb
	Antolić 62'	Report		Stadium: Stadion Maksimir Attendance: 1,424 Referee: Tihomir Pejin (Donji Miholjac)

Istra 1961 v Dinamo Zagreb

28 August 2016 7	Istra 1961	1–2	Dinamo Zagreb	Pula
	Ljubanović 88'	Report	Ćorić 2' Soudani 49'	Stadium: Stadion Aldo Drosina Attendance: 2,012 Referee: Ivan Bebek (Rijeka)

Dinamo Zagreb v Osijek

10 September 2016 8	Dinamo Zagreb	0–1	Osijek	Zagreb
		Report	Knežević 2'	Stadium: Stadion Maksimir Attendance: 3,012 Referee: Mario Zebec (Cestica)

Rijeka v Dinamo Zagreb

18 September 2016 9	Rijeka	5–2	Dinamo Zagreb	Rijeka
	Gavranović 1' Gorgon 33', 55' Vešović 49', 83'	Report	Soudani 82' Pavičić 86'	Stadium: Stadion Rujevica Attendance: 5,589 Referee: Ante Vučemilović-Šimunović (Osijek)

Lokomotiva v Dinamo Zagreb

23 September 2016 10	Lokomotiva	0–1	Dinamo Zagreb	Zagreb
		Report	Benković 82'	Stadium: Stadion Kranjčevićeva Attendance: 1,989 Referee: Fran Jović (Zagreb)

Dinamo Zagreb v Hajduk Split

2 October 2016 11	Dinamo Zagreb	0–0	Hajduk Split	Zagreb
		Report		Stadium: Stadion Maksimir Attendance: 11,500 Referee: Ivan Bebek (Rijeka)

Slaven Belupo v Dinamo Zagreb

14 October 2016 12	Slaven Belupo	0–1	Dinamo Zagreb	Koprivnica
		Report	Fernándes 79'	Stadium: Gradski stadion Attendance: 1,990 Referee: Duje Strukan (Split)

Dinamo Zagreb v Cibalia

22 October 2016 13	Dinamo Zagreb	3–0	Cibalia	Zagreb
	Soudani 33' Henríquez 42' Šitum 76'	Report		Stadium: Stadion Maksimir Attendance: 2,156 Referee: Željko Frković (Gospić)

Inter Zaprešić v Dinamo Zagreb

29 October 2016 14	Inter Zaprešić	0–1	Dinamo Zagreb	Zaprešić
		Report	Ćorić 9'	Stadium: Stadion ŠRC Zaprešić Attendance: 2,465 Referee: Tihomir Pejin (Donji Miholjac)

RNK Split v Dinamo Zagreb

6 November 2016 15	RNK Split	0–1	Dinamo Zagreb	Split
		Report	Stojanović 17'	Stadium: Stadion Park Mladeži Attendance: 756 Referee: Ante Vučemilović-Šimunović (Osijek)

Dinamo Zagreb v Istra 1961

18 November 2016 16	Dinamo Zagreb	1–1	Istra 1961	Zagreb
	Fernándes 44' (pen.)	Report	Roce 45+1' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadion Maksimir Attendance: 1,014 Referee: Željko Frković (Gospić)

Osijek v Dinamo Zagreb

27 November 2016 17	Osijek	0–2	Dinamo Zagreb	Osijek
		Report	Ćorić 45+1' Soudani 48'	Stadium: Stadion Gradski vrt Attendance: 3,902 Referee: Marko Matoc (Zaprešić)

Dinamo Zagreb v Rijeka

3 December 2016 18	Dinamo Zagreb	1–1	Rijeka	Zagreb
	Sigali 77'	Report	Gorgon 51'	Stadium: Stadion Maksimir Attendance: 8,319 Referee: Ante Vučemilović-Šimunović (Osijek)

Dinamo Zagreb v Lokomotiva

11 December 2016 19	Dinamo Zagreb	3–1	Lokomotiva	Zagreb
	Soudani 63', 89' Fiolić 81'	Report	Antunović 75'	Stadium: Stadion Maksimir Attendance: 1,271 Referee: Fran Jović (Zagreb)

Hajduk Split v Dinamo Zagreb

17 December 2016 20	Hajduk Split	0–1	Dinamo Zagreb	Split
		Report	Soudani 90+2'	Stadium: Stadion Poljud Attendance: 14,031 Referee: Mario Zebec (Cestica)

Dinamo Zagreb v Slaven Belupo

18 February 2017 21	Dinamo Zagreb	1–0	Slaven Belupo	Zagreb
	Hodžić 42'	Report		Stadium: Stadion Maksimir Attendance: 3,646 Referee: Tihomin Pejin (Donji Miholjac)

Cibalia v Dinamo Zagreb

26 February 2017 22	Cibalia	1–2	Dinamo Zagreb	Vinkovci
	Zgrablić 87'	Report	Hodžić 72', 90' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadion HNK Cibalia Attendance: 4,462 Referee: Damir Batinić (Osijek)

Dinamo Zagreb v Inter Zaprešić

4 March 2017 23	Dinamo Zagreb	2–0	Inter Zaprešić	Zagreb
	Pivarić 43' Hodžić 89'	Report		Stadium: Stadion Maksimir Attendance: 3,523 Referee: Mario Zebec (Cestica)

Dinamo Zagreb v RNK Split

11 March 2017 24	Dinamo Zagreb	4–0	RNK Split	Zagreb
15:00	Hodžić 21', 61' Sammir 35' Ćorić 70'	Report		Stadium: Stadion Maksimir Attendance: 2,774 Referee: Igor Pajač (Sveti Ivan Zelina)

Istra 1961 v Dinamo Zagreb

19 March 2017 25	Istra 1961	0–3	Dinamo Zagreb	Pula
		Report	Soudani 18' Hodžić 52', 90+2'	Stadium: Stadion Aldo Drosina Attendance: 2,814 Referee: Ivan Bebek (Rijeka)

Dinamo Zagreb v Osijek

1 April 2017 26	Dinamo Zagreb	2–1	Osijek	Zagreb
	Pavičić 49' Lešković 84'	Report	Barać 17'	Stadium: Stadion Maksimir Attendance: 5,116 Referee: Igor Pajač (Sveti Ivan Zelina)

Rijeka v Dinamo Zagreb

8 April 2017 27	Rijeka	1–1	Dinamo Zagreb	Rijeka
19:00	Andrijašević 68'	Report	Soudani 86'	Stadium: Stadion Rujevica Attendance: 6,004 Referee: Mario Zebec (Cestica)

Lokomotiva v Dinamo Zagreb

14 April 2017 28	Lokomotiva	1–2	Dinamo Zagreb	Zagreb
20:00	Grezda 5'	Report	Hodžić 29' (pen.), 67' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadion Kranjčevićeva Attendance: 887 Referee: Tihomir Pejin (Donji Miholjac)

Dinamo Zagreb v Hajduk Split

22 April 2017 29	Dinamo Zagreb	0–2	Hajduk Split	Zagreb
		Report	Erceg 29' Futács 90'	Stadium: Stadion Maksimir Attendance: 13,392 Referee: Ante Vučemilović-Šimunović (Osijek)

Slaven Belupo v Dinamo Zagreb

25 April 2017 30	Slaven Belupo	2–1	Dinamo Zagreb	Koprivnica
	Héber 43' Bogojević 90+2'	Report	Moro 78'	Stadium: Gradski stadion Attendance: 1,613 Referee: Igor Pajač (Sveti Ivan Zelina)

Dinamo Zagreb v Cibalia

29 April 2017 31	Dinamo Zagreb	6–0	Cibalia	Zagreb
	Gojak 23', 38', 78', 86' Soudani 27' Antolić 42'	Report		Stadium: Stadion Maksimir Attendance: 2,428 Referee: Marko Matoc (Zaprešić)

Inter Zaprešić v Dinamo Zagreb

4 May 2017 32	Inter Zaprešić	0–3	Dinamo Zagreb	Zaprešić
		Report	Hodžić 17' Soudani 29' Antolić 58'	Stadium: Stadion ŠRC Zaprešić Attendance: 981 Referee: Bruno Marić (Daruvar)

RNK Split v Dinamo Zagreb

12 May 2017 33	RNK Split	0–1	Dinamo Zagreb	Split
		Report	Hodžić 55'	Stadium: Stadion Park Mladeži Attendance: 600 Referee: Igor Križarić (Čakovec)

Dinamo Zagreb v Istra 1961

17 May 2017 34	Dinamo Zagreb	2–1	Istra 1961	Zagreb
	Antolić 14' Hodžić 27'	Report	Prelčec 83'	Stadium: Stadion Maksimir Attendance: 2,528 Referee: Tihomir Pejin (Donji Miholjac)

Osijek v Dinamo Zagreb

21 May 2017 35	Osijek	0–1	Dinamo Zagreb	Osijek
		Report	Sigali 64'	Stadium: Stadion Gradski vrt Attendance: 4,254 Referee: Ivan Bebek (Rijeka)

Dinamo Zagreb v Rijeka

27 May 2017 36	Dinamo Zagreb	5–2	Rijeka	Zagreb
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Soudani 4', 33', 44'  77' Pivarić  6' Olmo 47'  60' Hodžić 51'	Report	Maleš  36' Vešović 45+1' Bradarić  54' Andrijašević 62'  75' 83'	Stadium: Maksimir Attendance: 13,456 Referee: Mario Zebec (Cestica)

Croatian Cup

Main article: 2016–17 Croatian Football Cup

Veli Vrh v Dinamo Zagreb

20 September 2016 R1	Veli Vrh	0–5	Dinamo Zagreb	Pula
		Report	Morris 26' Henríquez 49' Olmo 59', 79' Hodžić 85'	Stadium: Tivoli Attendance: 1,700 Referee: Ivan Bebek (Rijeka)

Bjelovar v Dinamo Zagreb

25 October 2016 R2	Bjelovar	1–2	Dinamo Zagreb	Bjelovar
	Jaković 80'	Report	Šitum 14' Ćorić 70'	Stadium: Gradski stadion Attendance: 1,300 Referee: Igor Križarić (Čakovec)

Inter Zaprešić v Dinamo Zagreb

30 November 2016 QF	Inter Zaprešić	0–1	Dinamo Zagreb	Zaprešić
		Report	Perić 67'	Stadium: Stadion ŠRC Zaprešić Attendance: 895 Referee: Ante Vučemilović-Šimunović (Osijek)

Dinamo Zagreb v RNK Split

1 March 2017 SF	Dinamo Zagreb	6–0	RNK Split	Zagreb
	Ćorić 26', 78' Hodžić 37', 51', 66', 81' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Stadion Maksimir Attendance: 1,623 Referee: Igor Križarić (Čakovec)

RNK Split v Dinamo Zagreb

14 March 2017 SF	RNK Split	0–0 (0–6 agg.)	Dinamo Zagreb	Split
		Report		Stadium: Stadion Park Mladeži Attendance: 695 Referee: Marko Matoc (Zaprešić)

Dinamo Zagreb v Rijeka

31 May 2017 Final	Dinamo Zagreb	1–3	Rijeka	Varaždin
20:15 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Pivarić  30' Olmo 37' Hodžić  43' Henríquez  79'	Report	Gavranović 24', 46' Vešović  28' Elez  36' Ristovski  39' Andrijašević  51' Župarić 73' Bradarić  89'	Stadium: Varteks Attendance: 8,183 Referee: Ante Vučemilović-Šimunović (Osijek)

UEFA Champions League

Matches

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score	Dinamo Zagreb scorer(s)	Report
2016–17 Champions League - Second qualifying round
12 July 2016	Philip II Arena, Skopje	Vardar	2–1	Mijušković (o.g.), Rog	UEFA.com
20 July 2016	Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb	Vardar	3–2	Pjaca (2), Machado	UEFA.com
2016–17 Champions League - Third qualifying round
26 July 2016	Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb	Dinamo Tbilisi	2–0	Soudani, Ćorić	UEFA.com
2 August 2016	Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena, Tbilisi	Dinamo Tbilisi	1–0	Rog	UEFA.com
2016–17 Champions League - Play-off round
16 August 2016	Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb	Red Bull Salzburg	1–1	Rog	UEFA.com
24 August 2016	Red Bull Arena, Wals-Siezenheim	Red Bull Salzburg	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Fernandes, Soudani	UEFA.com
2016–17 Champions League - Group stage
14 September 2016	Parc Olympique Lyonnais, Décines-Charpieu	Lyon	0–3
27 September 2016	Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb	Juventus	0–4
18 October 2016	Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb	Sevilla	0–1
2 November 2016	Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Stadium, Seville	Sevilla	0–4
22 November 2016	Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb	Lyon	0–1
7 December 2016	Juventus Stadium, Turin	Juventus	0–2

Player seasonal records

Updated 31 May 2017. Competitive matches only.

Goals

Rank	Name	League	Europe	Cup	Total
1	Armin Hodžić	16	–	5	21
2	El Arbi Hillel Soudani	17	2	–	19
3	Ante Ćorić	4	1	3	8
4	Junior Fernándes	5	1	–	6
5	Marko Rog	2	3	–	5
6	Domagoj Antolić	4	–	–	4
	Amer Gojak	4	–	–	4
	Dani Olmo	1	–	3	4
9	Filip Benković	2	–	–	2
	Domagoj Pavičić	2	–	–	2
	Leonardo Sigali	2	–	–	2
	Ángelo Henríquez	1	–	1	2
	Mario Šitum	1	–	1	2
	Marko Pjaca	–	2	–	2
15	Ivan Fiolić	1	–	–	1
	Marko Lešković	1	–	–	1
	Nikola Moro	1	–	–	1
	Josip Pivarić	1	–	–	1
	Sammir	1	–	–	1
	Petar Stojanović	1	–	–	1
	Paulo Machado	–	1	–	1
	Darick Kobie Morris	–	–	1	1
	Dino Perić	–	–	1	1
Own goals		1	1	–	2
	TOTALS	68	11	15	94

Source: Competitive matches