2022–23 GNK Dinamo Zagreb season

The 2022–23 season was the 112th season in the existence of GNK Dinamo Zagreb and the club's 32nd consecutive season in the top flight of Croatian football. In addition to the domestic league, Dinamo Zagreb participated in this season's editions of the Croatian Cup, the Croatian Super Cup and the UEFA Champions League.

Dinamo Zagreb

2022–23 season
President	Mirko Barišić
Head coach	Ante Čačić (until 5 April) Igor Bišćan (from 5 April)
Stadium	Stadion Maksimir
HNL	1st
Croatian Cup	Semi-finals
Croatian Super Cup	Winners
UEFA Champions League	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: Luka Ivanušec (12) All: Josip Drmić Bruno Petković (14 each)
Home colours Away colours
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Players

First-team squad

As of 31 August 2022

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 DF  IRN Sadegh Moharrami 3 DF  CRO Daniel Štefulj 4 DF  CRO Boško Šutalo 5 MF  MKD Arijan Ademi (captain) 6 DF  DEN Rasmus Lauritsen 7 MF  CRO Luka Ivanušec 9 FW  CRO Bruno Petković 10 MF  CRO Martin Baturina 11 FW  AZE Mahir Emreli 12 DF  CRO Petar Bočkaj 13 DF  MKD Stefan Ristovski

No. Pos. Nation Player 14 MF  AUT Robert Ljubičić 18 FW  SUI Josip Drmić 27 MF  CRO Josip Mišić 28 DF  FRA Kévin Théophile-Catherine 31 MF  CRO Marko Bulat 32 GK  CRO Nikola Čavlina 33 GK  CRO Ivan Nevistić 37 DF  CRO Josip Šutalo 40 GK  CRO Dominik Livaković (vice-captain) 55 DF  CRO Dino Perić 70 FW  BIH Luka Menalo 77 FW  CRO Dario Špikić

As of 20 August 2022 after match against NK Osijek^[1]

Squad no.	Name	Nat.	Pos.	Date of birth	Signed from	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	Danijel Zagorac		GK	(1987-02-07)7 February 1987 (aged 35)	Split	63	0
12	Nikola Čavlina		GK	(2002-06-02)2 June 2002 (aged 20)	Youth Academy	0	0
33	Ivan Nevistić		GK	(1998-07-31)31 July 1998 (aged 23)	Rijeka	0	0
40	Dominik Livaković (vice-captain)		GK	(1995-01-09)9 January 1995 (aged 27)	Zagreb	246	0
Defenders
2	Sadegh Moharrami		RB	(1996-03-01)1 March 1996 (aged 26)	Persepolis	82	0
3	Daniel Štefulj		LB	(1999-11-08)8 November 1999 (aged 22)	Rijeka	15	0
4	Boško Šutalo		CB	(2000-01-01)1 January 2000 (aged 22)	Atalanta	5	1
6	Rasmus Lauritsen		CB	(1996-02-27)27 February 1996 (aged 26)	Norrköping	75	2
12	Petar Bočkaj		LB	(1996-07-23)23 July 1996 (aged 25)	Osijek	23	3
13	Stefan Ristovski		RB	(1992-02-12)12 February 1992 (aged 30)	Sporting CP	70	1
28	Kévin Théophile-Catherine		CB	(1989-10-28)28 October 1989 (aged 32)	Saint-Étienne	143	3
37	Josip Šutalo		CB	(2000-02-28)28 February 2000 (aged 22)	Youth Academy	46	3
55	Dino Perić		CB	(1994-07-12)12 July 1994 (aged 27)	Lokomotiva	131	10
Midfielders
5	Arijan Ademi (captain)		CM	(1991-05-29)29 May 1991 (aged 31)	Šibenik	350	39
7	Luka Ivanušec		AM	(1998-11-26)26 November 1998 (aged 23)	Lokomotiva	131	19
10	Martin Baturina		AM	(2003-02-16)16 February 2003 (aged 19)	Youth Academy	29	4
14	Robert Ljubičić		CM	(1999-07-14)14 July 1999 (aged 22)	Rapid Wien	10	0
27	Josip Mišić		CM	(1994-06-28)28 June 1994 (aged 27)	Sporting CP	84	5
31	Marko Bulat		CM	(2001-09-26)26 September 2001 (aged 20)	Šibenik	20	1
Forwards
9	Bruno Petković		FW	(1994-09-16)16 September 1994 (aged 27)	Bologna	177	54
11	Mahir Emreli		RW	(1997-07-01)1 July 1997 (aged 24)	Legia Warsaw	13	3
18	Josip Drmić		FW	(1992-08-08)8 August 1992 (aged 29)	Norwich City	11	4
70	Luka Menalo		LW	(1996-07-22)22 July 1996 (aged 25)	Široki Brijeg	58	7
77	Dario Špikić		RW	(1999-03-22)22 March 1999 (aged 23)	Gorica	40	4

Transfers

In

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
18	FW	Josip Drmić	Norwich City	Free	7 June 2022	[2]
14	MF	Robert Ljubičić	Rapid Wien	€2.0 million	13 June 2022	[3]
4	DF	Boško Šutalo	Atalanta	€4.0 million	21 June 2022	[4]
23	MF	Marko Brkljača	Hajduk Split	Free	1 July 2022	[5]

Loan returnees

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
77	FW	Sandro Kulenović	Lokomotiva	Free	1 June 2022
33	GK	Ivan Nevistić	Lokomotiva	Free	1 June 2022
7	FW	Antonio Marin	Šibenik	Free	1 June 2022
25	FW	Mario Ćuže	Dnipro-1	Free	1 June 2022

Out

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
6	DF	Ivo Pinto	Fortuna Sittard	Free	4 June 2022	[6]
29	DF	François Moubandje	Sion	Free	4 June 2022	[7]
30	DF	Petar Stojanović	Empoli	€ 1.2 million	17 June 2022	[8]
38	DF	Bartol Franjić	VfL Wolfsburg	€ 7.5 million	26 June 2022	[9]
80	MF	Iyayi Atiemwen	Sheriff Tiraspol	Undisclosed	29 June 2022	[10]
19	DF	Marijan Čabraja	Hibernian	Free	11 July 2022
9	FW	Komnen Andrić	Clermont	€ 1.0 million	15 July 2022
8	MF	Amer Gojak	Ferencváros	€ 1.0 million	31 August 2022
66	DF	Emir Dilaver	HNK Rijeka	Free	8 December 2022
99	FW	Mislav Oršić	Southampton	€ 6.8 million	6 January 2023

Loan out

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
	MF	Niko Janković	Zrinjski Mostar	Free	21 January 2022
77	FW	Sandro Kulenović	Lokomotiva	Free	16 June 2022	[11]
92	FW	Jakov-Anton Vasilj	Lokomotiva	Free	16 June 2022	[12]
25	FW	Mario Ćuže	Zrinjski Mostar	Free	1 July 2022
90	FW	Duje Čop	Šibenik	Free	22 June 2022	[13]
35	MF	Ivan Šaranić	Bravo	Free	22 June 2022	[14]
4	DF	Stefan Milić	Bravo	Free	25 June 2022	[15]
39	FW	Deni Jurić	Gorica	Free	11 July 2022
24	MF	Marko Tolić	Maribor	Free	26 August 2022	[16]
	FW	Bartol Barišić	Domžale	Free	1 September 2022	[17]
20	FW	Antonio Marin	HNK Rijeka	Free	7 December 2022
39	FW	Deni Jurić	HNK Rijeka	Free	9 December 2022

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Shkëndija v Dinamo Zagreb

26 June 2022 Friendly	Shkëndija	0–3	Dinamo Zagreb	Lendava, Slovenia
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Drmić 16' Andrić 54' Petković 81'	Stadium: Športni park Lendava

Nafta 1903 v Dinamo Zagreb

28 June 2022 Friendly	Nafta 1903	0–3	Dinamo Zagreb	Lendava, Slovenia
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Andrić 41' Ljubičić 68' Emreli 83'	Stadium: Športni park Lendava

Spartak Trnava v Dinamo Zagreb

1 July 2022 Friendly	Spartak Trnava	3–3	Dinamo Zagreb	Lendava, Slovenia
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Ristovski 29' Štefanik 31' Koštrna 34'	Report	Menalo 38' Petković 49' Emreli 90'	Stadium: Športni park Lendava

Dinamo Zagreb v Arsenal Tivat

6 July 2022 Friendly	Dinamo Zagreb	5–1	Arsenal Tivat	Zagreb, Croatia
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Oršić 34' Ivanušec 50' Ljubičić 80' Špikić 84' Jurić 90'	Report	Montenegro 35'	Stadium: Stadion Maksimir

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
HNL	15 July 2022	28 May 2023	Matchday 1	Winners	36	24	9	3	81	28	+53	066.67
Croatian Cup	27 September 2022	5 April 2023	Round of 32	Semi-finals	4	3	0	1	11	4	+7	075.00
Croatian Super Cup	9 July 2022		Final	Winners	1	0	1	0	0	0	+0	000.00
UEFA Champions League	19 July 2022	2 November 2022	Second qualifying round	Group stage	12	5	2	5	16	18	−2	041.67
Total					53	32	12	9	108	50	+58	060.38

Source: Soccerway

Croatian Super Cup

Main article: 2022 Croatian Football Super Cup

GNK Dinamo Zagreb v Hajduk Split

9 July 2022 Final	GNK Dinamo Zagreb	0–0 (4–1 p)	Hajduk Split	Zagreb
20:00 UTC+2		Report		Stadium: Stadion Maksimir Attendance: 16,532 Referee: Igor Pajač
	Penalties
	Petković Oršić Ljubičić Ivanušec		Livaja Mlakar Vuković

HNL

Main article: 2022–23 Croatian Football League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Dinamo Zagreb (C)	36	24	9	3	81	28	+53	81	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2	Hajduk Split	36	21	8	7	65	41	+24	71	Qualification to Europa Conference League third qualifying round[a]
3	Osijek	36	13	11	12	46	41	+5	50	Qualification to Europa Conference League second qualifying round
4	Rijeka	36	14	7	15	44	44	0	49
5	Istra 1961	36	11	13	12	36	38	−2	46

Source: SuperSport HNL
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).^[18]
(C) Champions
Notes:

1. Hajduk qualified for the Europa Conference League third qualifying round by winning the 2022–23 Croatian Football Cup.

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	24	9	3	81	28	+53	81	16	2	0	52	12	+40	8	7	3	29	16	+13

Source: Prva HNL

Results by round

Dinamo Zagreb v Lokomotiva

15 July 2022 1	Dinamo Zagreb	3–2	Lokomotiva	Zagreb
18:55 CEST (UTC+2)	Drmić 26' Drmić 34' Menalo 91'	Report	Kulenović 4' Aliyu 22'	Stadium: Stadion Maksimir Attendance: 4320 Referee: Dario Bel

Slaven Belupo v Dinamo Zagreb

23 July 2022 2	Slaven Belupo	1–5	Dinamo Zagreb	Koprivnica
18:55 CEST (UTC+2)	Marina 2'	Report	Baturina 7' Oršić 15' Drmić 19' Mišić 74' Špikić 90'	Stadium: Gradski stadion (Koprivnica) Attendance: 2613 Referee: Patrik Kolarić

Dinamo Zagreb v Istra

29 July 2022 3	Dinamo Zagreb	4–1	Istra	Zagreb
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Oršić 11' (pen.) B. Šutalo 32' Bočkaj 80' Emreli 88'	Report	Bakrar 84'	Stadium: Stadion Maksimir Attendance: 3393 Referee: Igor Pajač

Varaždin v Dinamo Zagreb

5 August 2022 4	Varaždin	1–1	Dinamo Zagreb	Varaždin
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Šego 63' Peco  36' Postonjski  68' Herrera  83'	Report	Špikić 45' Lauritsen  53'	Stadium: Stadion Varteks Attendance: 7,132 Referee: Duje Strukan

Dinamo Zagreb v Hajduk

13 August 2022 5	Dinamo Zagreb	4–1	Hajduk	Zagreb
21:05 CEST (UTC+2)	Baturina 61' Ademi 64' Baturina  81' Gojak 84' Oršić 90'	Report	Grgić  16' Atanasov 45' Atanasov  45' Livaja  59'	Stadium: Stadion Maksimir Attendance: 14,031 Referee: Dario Bel

Dinamo Zagreb v Osijek

20 August 2022 6	Dinamo Zagreb	5–2	Osijek	Zagreb
21:05 CEST (UTC+2)	Oršić 3' Petković  40' 53' Perić 66', 82' Jurčević 90+3' (o.g.)	Report	Beljo 29' Kleinheisler 74'	Stadium: Stadion Maksimir Attendance: 5,168 Referee: Patrik Kolarić

Croatian Cup

Main article: 2022–23 Croatian Football Cup

UEFA Champions League

Main article: 2022–23 UEFA Champions League

Qualifying rounds

Main article: 2022–23 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round

Second qualifying round

Dinamo Zagreb v Shkupi

19 July 2022 First leg	Dinamo Zagreb	2–2	Shkupi	Zagreb, Croatia
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Ademi 44' Petković 86'	Report	Queven 25' Cephas 89'	Stadium: Maksimir Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Radu Petrescu (Romania)

Shkupi v Dinamo Zagreb

26 July 2022 Second leg	Shkupi	0–1 (2–3 agg.)	Dinamo Zagreb	Skopje, North Macedonia
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Ademi 47'	Stadium: Toše Proeski Arena Attendance: 12,500 Referee: Jakob Kehlet (Denmark)
Note: Dinamo Zagreb won 3–2 on aggregate.

Third qualifying round

Ludogorets v Dinamo Zagreb

2 August 2022 First leg	Ludogorets	1–2	Dinamo Zagreb	Razgrad, Bulgaria
20:45 EEST (UTC+3)	Tekpetey 22'	Report	Perić 6' Padt 9' (o.g.)	Stadium: Ludogorets Arena Attendance: 7,505 Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)

Dinamo Zagreb v Ludogorets

9 August 2022 Second leg	Dinamo Zagreb	4–2 (6–3 agg.)	Ludogorets	Zagreb, Croatia
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Drmić 12' Oršić 27' (pen.), 44' Petković 87' (pen.)	Report	Despodov 45+4', 49' (pen.)	Stadium: Maksimir Attendance: 13,658 Referee: Benoît Bastien (France)
Note: Dinamo Zagreb won 6–3 on aggregate.

Play off round

Bodø/Glimt v Dinamo Zagreb

16 August 2022 First leg	Bodø/Glimt	1–0	Dinamo Zagreb	Bodø, Norway
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Pellegrino 37'	Report		Stadium: Aspmyra Stadion Attendance: 7,762[19] Referee: Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)

Dinamo Zagreb v Bodø/Glimt

24 August 2022 Second leg	Dinamo Zagreb	4–1 (a.e.t.) (4–2 agg.)	Bodø/Glimt	Zagreb, Croatia
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Oršić 4' Petković 35' Drmić 117' Bočkaj 120'	Report	Grønbæk 70'	Stadium: Maksimir Attendance: 18,349[20] Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz (Spain)
Note: Dinamo Zagreb won 4–2 on aggregate.

Group stage

Main article: 2022–23 UEFA Champions League group stage § Group E

The draw for the group stage was held on 25 August 2022.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		CHE	MIL	SAL	DZG
1	Chelsea	6	4	1	1	10	4	+6	13	Advance to knockout phase		—	3–0	1–1	2–1
2	Milan	6	3	1	2	12	7	+5	10			0–2	—	4–0	3–1
3	Red Bull Salzburg	6	1	3	2	5	9	−4	6	Transfer to Europa League		1–2	1–1	—	1–0
4	Dinamo Zagreb	6	1	1	4	4	11	−7	4			1–0	0–4	1–1	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Dinamo Zagreb v Chelsea

6 September 2022 1	Dinamo Zagreb	1–0	Chelsea	Zagreb, Croatia
18:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Oršić 13' Baturina  90+6'	Report	Mount  59' Koulibaly  67'	Stadium: Maksimir Attendance: 20,607 Referee: István Kovács (Romania)

Milan v Dinamo Zagreb

14 September 2022 2	Milan	3–1	Dinamo Zagreb	Milan, Italy
18:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Giroud 45' (pen.) Saelemaekers 47' Pobega 77'	Report	Oršić 56',  74' Marin  90'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 61,341 Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano (Spain)

Red Bull Salzburg v Dinamo Zagreb

5 October 2022 3	Red Bull Salzburg	1–0	Dinamo Zagreb	Salzburg, Austria
18:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Okafor 71' (pen.)	Report	Petković  27' Moharrami  68' Ristovski  90+4' Ademi  90+5'	Stadium: Stadion Wals-Siezenheim Attendance: 28,864 Referee: Andris Treimanis (Latvia)

Dinamo Zagreb v Red Bull Salzburg

11 October 2022 4	Dinamo Zagreb	1–1	Red Bull Salzburg	Zagreb, Croatia
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Ljubičić 40' Ivanušec  52'	Report	Seiwald 12' Pavlović  90' Sučić  90+3'	Stadium: Maksimir Attendance: 20,779 Referee: Tobias Stieler (Germany)

Dinamo Zagreb v Milan

25 October 2022 5	Dinamo Zagreb	0–4	Milan	Zagreb, Croatia
18:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Ademi  43'	Report	Gabbia 39' De Ketelaere  46' Leão 49' Giroud 59' (pen.) Ljubičić 69' (o.g.)	Stadium: Maksimir Attendance: 20,572 Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)

Chelsea v Dinamo Zagreb

2 November 2022 6	Chelsea	2–1	Dinamo Zagreb	London, England
20:00 GMT (UTC±0)	Sterling 18' Zakaria 30' Koulibaly  39'	Report	Petković 7' Mišić  22' Ivanušec  54' Moharrami  89'	Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 39,392 Referee: François Letexier (France)