NK Zagreb 1-0 NK Dinamo Zagreb (17 October 2009)

[Tromsoe]

VS

ZAGREB BLUES VS ZAGREB POETS
Matches between these two clubs are played from 1912, the year Croatian league had it's start. A lot of the past data is missing because of turbulent times in the area (archives were burned by communists in 1945). Dinamo is the big popular club (probably 90% of the city supports them) while the oldest club in Zagreb has to do with less support.

Table:
1. Dinamo Z 8 7 1 0 34 - 3 22
16. Zagreb 8 0 0 8 4 - 18 0

NK Zagreb
City : Zagreb (Croatia)
Colours : White (and Blue)
Founded : 1903
League : 2002



NK Zagreb is a Croatian football club, from the Croatian capital of Zagreb.

NK Zagreb's home is a stadium in Kranjčevićeva street (Stadium in Kranjčevićeva),with capacity of 8,850. The club's fans are known as the White Angels (Bijeli Anđeli in Croatian). They are known for their somewhat unique views in the Croatian football supporters scene in that they are strictly opposed to all forms of discrimination (whether it's religious, national, or any other kind), and have a strong anti-hooliganism standpoint.

The nickname of the club is "The Poets" (Pjesnici in Croatian; first mentioned by a radioreporter Ivo Tomić). Kranjčevićeva street, where their stadium is located, is named after Croatian poet Silvije Strahimir Kranjčević.

Stadion u Kranjčevićevoj ulici ("Stadium in Kranjčevićeva street")



is a multi-purpose stadium in Zagreb, Croatia. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of NK Zagreb. The stadium holds 8,850 people.

NK Dinamo Zagreb
City : Zagreb (Croatia)
Colours : Blue and White
Founded : 1945
League : 1948, 1954, 1958, 1982
Croatia : 1993, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
Cup : 1951, 1960, 1963, 1965, 1969, 1973, 1980, 1983
Croatia : 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009
Europe : UEFA Cup : 1967
Other : Croatian Super Cup : 1996, 1997, 1998, 2002, 2003



Nogometni klub Dinamo Zagreb is a Croatian football club, based at Maksimir Stadium in Maksimir, Zagreb, and currently the most successful club in Croatian football history and the founding member of the ECA. It is the most popular club in the country where between 33% and 36% of the population support it.

The club has won 11 Prva HNL titles, and are currently the reigning Croatian champions, winning their fourth consecutive domestic league title in the 2008–09 season.

Matches:
24-MAY-09 Din. Zagreb 0-1 NK Zagreb Kroatia - 1. Division
18-MAR-09 Din. Zagreb 4-1 NK Zagreb Kroatia Kup
04-MAR-09 NK Zagreb 0-2 Din. Zagreb Kroatia Kup
07-DEC-08 Din. Zagreb 3-1 NK Zagreb Kroatia - 1. Division
14-SEP-08 NK Zagreb 2-2 Din. Zagreb Kroatia - 1. Division
19-MAR-08 NK Zagreb 0-0 Din. Zagreb Kroatia - 1. Division
02-DEC-07 Din. Zagreb 6-3 NK Zagreb Kroatia - 1. Division
01-SEP-07 NK Zagreb 1-3 Din. Zagreb Kroatia - 1. Division
12-MAY-07 NK Zagreb 0-4 Din. Zagreb Kroatia - 1. Division

[BLUE_AVALANCHE]

Respect for our blue brothers from Croatia
I bet on Dinamo

[ozy_34]

Dinamo fans admire ..

To see it live someday just because fans want to watch the derby like the stadium

[TG-B.B.B]

Is this a joke , this not a derby match , this is not even a rivaly match , NK Zagreb doesnt have ultra group and dinamo fans dont consider them as rival, on this matches in Kranjceviceva( zagreb stadium) there is more dinamo fans on main stand...... i would compare this derby something like Levski-Salvia, Lokomotiv, Steaua-Sportul Studensc or Zvezda-Cukaricki......

[DiplomatO]

Actually Levski - Lokomotiv is quite serious derby in the last 2 years We didn't win since 2007

[Tromsoe]

Is this a joke , this not a derby match

http://www.footballderbies.com/honours/index.php?id=104

[fields of Paris]

NK Zagreb looks to be a kind of Croat version of Velez Mostar without ultras.

And they won the league in 2002

[TG-B.B.B]

Is this a joke , this not a derby match

http://www.footballderbies.com/honours/index.php?id=104

according to this forum rules dinamo-zagreb is bigger game than dinamo-hajduk , but never mind....dinamo will win this easily

NK Zagreb looks to be a kind of Croat version of Velez Mostar without ultras.

And they won the league in 2002

, where you see any connection betw. Zrinjski and Zagreb? Zrinjski have more titles, more fans, they are most supported club in city, etc....

They had fantastic generation in 2002 and they won it deservely, this club have big history, fantastic youth teams but they never become so popular among purgeri( people from zagreb), many dinamo fans cheers for Zagreb after dinamo....

[fields of Paris]

Just for the politic aspect they look to be against all religion discrimination, they have a moon and a David's star pretty unusual and seemed to me closed to Velez attitude but I look to be completly out

[DiplomatO]

Don't mean to spoil it to you but the star and moon are on Croatia's coat of arms as well as on that of the city of Zagreb and has nothing to do with Islam or Judaism

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Croatia

Croatia:


Zagreb city:


NK Zagreb


And obviously enough the Football club logo is modified version of that of the city.And here are the old logos before they switched colors to red:

http://img11.imageshack.us/img11/5412/nkzagreb.jpg

http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn11 ... ri-grb.jpg

[fields of Paris]

[bajare]

according to this forum rules dinamo-zagreb is bigger game than dinamo-hajduk , but never mind....dinamo will win this easily.

It is? How on earth did you make that conclusion? This site at the time use the definitions based on geografic facts rather than terms of tension. Mainly because it´s more easy than go by emotions or what people think.

Rivaleries often can be far more hot than many city derbies. Like in the case with Dinamo-Hajduk or Manchester United-Liverpool just for mention two there fans have a bigger hate towards a club from an other city.

[DiplomatO]

Down at the Balkans we don't make difference between the terms Derby and Rivalry We just call both of them derbies This conversation has been all over the forum mostly around Hajduk-Dinamo matches
And yeah Levski-Botev and CSKA-Loko Plovdiv are way hotter than Levski-Slavia or CSKA-Loko Sofia Infact most Botev fans would say that for them the match against Levski is bigger than that against local rivals Loko Plovidv
Just semantics of the word derby and mismatch of the meanings in English and Balkan languages.

[KRIS]

I really hate all this stories over and over again...derby is derby no metter is it a city rivalry or not...

End of discussion

I agree with diplomat

[SE7_Eagle]

When you look at the meaning of the word 'derby', it doesn't particularly say that the two teams who play in one are in the same city or region... it just says that it's a match between two rivals - most of whom are local, but the main thing is there is a rivalry between them.

With that in mind, it would seem that the English usage of the word is more than a bit misleading... You could call the rivalry between Manchester United and Liverpool the "Northwest Derby" for example, and there's lots of other similar ones. As Kris said, it doesn't matter whether the two rivals share the same city or even the same region... as long as there's at least some kind of rivalry between the two, it's a derby.

But, back to topic. NK Zagreb may raise their game for this one, but with only 1 point in 10 games I can't see anything other than a win for Dinamo.