NK Opatija

NK Opatija is a Croatian association football club founded in 1911 and based in Opatija. They compete in Druga HNL, the second tier of the Croatian football league system.

History

The club was founded in 1911 and had an early rivalry with the German-organised team in Opatija, Vorwarts.

Opatija won the 2013–14 Treca HNL West group, but instead of promotion to the second division, they decided to play in the fourth division the next season due to not meeting the licensing requirements.

Opatija famously took Dinamo Zagreb to extra time in the 1/8th round of the 2014–15 Croatian Cup, losing 4–2 after a controversial penalty was awarded to Dinamo.

The club has been looking into reconstructing their stadium to allow them to play in the 2. HNL. Currently, the stadium's pitch dimensions are only 100x64 meters, which do not meet the requirements for the second division. However, the newly proposed stadium would only have dimensions of 90x60 meters, only good enough for the fifth division. The new stadium is currently planned to be built in 2021.

Croatia. 2. Division. League Table. Season 2021/2022
Pos	Team	Home	Away	Total	GD	Goals
P	W	D	L	GS	GC	Pts	P	W	D	L	GS	GC	Pts	P	W	D	L	GS	GC	Pts
1	NK Varazdin	15	12	2	1	36	12	38	15	7	4	4	20	17	25	30	19	6	5	56	29	63	27	1.9
2	Rudes	15	14	1	0	41	6	43	15	3	4	8	15	21	13	30	17	5	8	56	27	56	29	1.9
3	Inter Zapresic	15	8	3	4	18	12	27	15	5	6	4	16	17	21	30	13	9	8	34	29	48	5	1.1
4	Jarun	15	7	6	2	30	18	27	15	4	5	6	16	20	17	30	11	11	8	46	38	44	8	1.5
5	Kustosija	15	6	6	3	19	15	24	15	5	3	7	20	20	18	30	11	9	10	39	35	42	4	1.3
6	HNK Cibalia	15	10	4	1	30	14	34	15	1	4	10	14	28	7	30	11	8	11	44	42	41	2	1.5
7	Dinamo Zagreb II	15	11	3	1	22	9	36	15	0	5	10	15	35	5	30	11	8	11	37	44	41	-7	1.2
8	Solin	15	8	3	4	25	15	27	15	3	4	8	16	26	13	30	11	7	12	41	41	40	0	1.4
9	Orijent Rijeka	15	7	2	6	24	24	23	15	5	2	8	20	25	17	30	12	4	14	44	49	40	-5	1.5
10	Dugopolje	15	9	4	2	24	16	31	15	2	3	10	16	30	9	30	11	7	12	40	46	40	-6	1.3
11	NK Dubrava	15	8	3	4	26	15	27	15	3	3	9	13	24	12	30	11	6	13	39	39	39	0	1.3
12	BSK Bijelo Brdo	15	8	3	4	21	18	27	15	3	3	9	9	23	12	30	11	6	13	30	41	39	-11	1
13	Croatia Zmijavci	15	7	3	5	17	16	24	15	4	2	9	15	27	14	30	11	5	14	32	43	38	-11	1.1
14	Sesvete	15	5	4	6	21	19	19	15	4	3	8	16	22	15	30	9	7	14	37	41	34	-4	1.2
15	NK Osijek II	15	5	4	6	14	17	19	15	4	3	8	11	19	15	30	9	7	14	25	36	34	-11	0.8
16	Opatija	15	5	5	5	17	16	20	15	1	2	12	10	31	5	30	6	7	17	27	47	25	-20	0.9