NK Istra

Not to be confused with NK Istra 1961, the city rival.

Nogometni Klub Istra (English: Istra Football Club), commonly referred to as NK Istra or simply Istra, is a Croatian football club based in the city of Pula. The club currently plays in the fifth level of the Croatian league system but Istra has also played in the Prva HNL (1991–1997 and 1999–2000).

Istra

Full name	Nogometni Klub Istra
Nickname(s)	Zeleno-žuti (The Green-Yellows)
Founded	1961; 64 years ago (1961)
Ground	Veruda
Capacity	3,500
Chairman	Mirko Kalanj
Manager	Stevo Dabić
League	First Istria County League
2014–15	First Istria County League, 10th
Home colours Away colours

Istra was found in 1961 from a merger of NK Pula and NK Uljanik.

Honours

• Treća HNL – West:
  • Winners (1): 2004–05

Recent seasons

Season	League									Cup
	Division	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Pos
1992	1. HNL	22	8	5	9	22	27	21	7th
1992–93	1. HNL	30	12	4	14	32	35	28	8th	R2
1993–94	1. HNL	34	13	8	13	40	36	34	10th	R2
1994–95	1. HNL	30	8	8	14	30	46	32	12th	R1
1995–96	1. A HNL	36	10	10	16	33	53	42	11th	R1
1996–97	1. A HNL	30	6	7	17	25	54	25	15th ↓	R1
1997–98	2. HNL West	30	22	3	5	83	30	69	2nd
1998–99	2. HNL	36	21	9	6	71	27	72	2nd ↑	R1
1999–2000	1. HNL	33	8	6	19	33	61	30	11th ↓
2000–01	2. HNL	34	10	11	13	44	44	41	14th
2001–02	2. HNL South	30	17	8	5	46	21	59	1st
2002–03	2. HNL South	32	10	5	17	35	48	35	11th ↓	R1
2003–04	3. HNL West	30	18	6	6	74	37	60	2nd
2004–05	3. HNL West	30	17	10	3	58	27	61	1st
2005–06	3. HNL West	30	16	7	7	55	30	55	3rd	PR
2006–07	3. HNL West	34	14	7	13	47	47	49	8th
2007–08	3. HNL West	34	7	10	17	25	50	31	16th	PR
2008–09	3. HNL West	34	10	7	17	36	67	35	17th
2009–10	3. HNL West	34	1	5	28	22	79	8	18th ↓
2010–11	4. HNL West	28	5	3	20	30	65	18	14th
2011–12	4. HNL West	28	8	4	16	36	56	28	13th ↓
2012–13	2nd Istria County League South Group	22	17	4	1	84	18	55	1st ↑
2013–14	1st Istria County League (IV)	26	11	6	9	47	36	39	6th
2014–15	1st Istria County League (V)	24	7	6	11	42	44	27	10th
2015–16	1st Istria County League (V)	24	9	3	12	43	45	30	9th
2016–17	1st Istria County League (V)	24	6	5	13	30	46	23	8th
2017–18	1st Istria County League (V)	22	7	4	11	38	36	25	9th
2018–19	1st Istria County League (V)	22	5	2	15	26	57	17	12th
2019–20	2nd Istria County League (VI)	14	7	4	3	31	16	25	3rd ↑
2020–21	1st Istria County League (V)	26	8	8	10	37	38	32	9th
2021–22	1st Istria County League (V)	26	12	2	12	45	47	38	7th
2022–23	1st Istria County League (V)	24	8	2	14	27	54	26	9th
2023–24	1st Istria County League (V)	26	12	6	8	32	34	40 (-2)	7th
2024–25	1st Istria County League (V)	27	10	3	14	36	45	33	8th

External links

• Official website (in Croatian)