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HNK Orijent

HNK Orijent

Croatian football club

HNK Orijent is a football club from Sušak, the eastern part of the city of Rijeka, Croatia. The club was established under the name Orient in 1919. They compete in the Croatian Second Football League. It is a phoenix club of NK Orijent which ceased activities in 2014 due to financial difficulties. The club is resurrected the same year under the new name, HNK Orijent 1919, but in September 2022 club assembly decided to bring back an old name, HNK Orijent.

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History

"Monument to football youth" at the entrance of the NK Orient soccer field in Rijeka, Croatia

Orient

The club was founded in 1919 in Sušak, eastern part of the present day city of Rijeka, under the name Jugoslavenski Športski Klub Orient.[2][3][4][5][6] At the time, Sušak was predominantly Croatian, while Fiume, the western part of the city, was predominantly Italian. According to the legend, during his time on journey to the United States, one of the club's founders saw a ship named Orient in the New York Harbor. After he came back, he suggested the new club to be named Orient, a suggestion which was later accepted. Although Orijent spent most of its history in lower tiers of Yugoslav and Croatian football, it was and still is popular among Sušak's population.[2][3]

The club was disbanded by the communists in 1945 and refounded as FD Jedinstvo. The club's greatest success came in 1969 when they were the champions of Yugoslav Second League's Division West but were unable to win promotion through playoff. Orijent and city rivals Rijeka contested numerous derbies during the early 1970s. Other notable successes were quarter-finals of Yugoslav Cup in 1980–81 and 1982–83. Orijent played top tier football only once, during the season 1996–97 when they finished 14th and were relegated.[2][3]

In June 2014, the club was liquidated due to its inability to service mounting debts.[7] Shortly thereafter, the club was re-established and admitted to the fifth tier of the Croatian football league system for the start of the 2014–15 campaign. Over the following five seasons, they gained promotion on three occasions, reaching the Croatian Second Football League for the 2019–20 campaign.

Names

As regimes changed, Orijent was often forced to change its name. At various stages of its history the club was known as Jedinstvo, Primorac, Primorje and Budućnost. Finally, from 1953 onwards, the club carries the original name, Orijent in various forms (NK Orijent, HNK Orijent 1919, HNK Orijent).[2][3][4][8]

In June 2014, the club was liquidated and shortly thereafter re-established under the new name, HNK Orijent 1919.[7][8] In September 2022 club assembly decided to rename the club by leaving out 1919 as a year of its original formation, while the club emblem was decided to remain the same.[9][10] The new name entered official HNS register on 6 October 2022.[11][12]

Honours

Current squad

As of 25 February 2024[13]

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Out on loan

As of 16 February 2024

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Notable players

For a list of Orijent players, see Category:HNK Orijent players.

Notable managers

See also: Category:HNK Orijent managers

Seasons

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References

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    HNK Orijent - Croatian football federation
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    prof. dr. sc. Marinko Lazzarich. "GRADSKI DERBI: Kantrida i Krimeja, ili vječno suparništvo Bijelih i Crvenih". www.klub-susacana.hr (in Serbo-Croatian). SUŠAČKA REVIJA. Archived from the original on 1 October 2020. Retrieved 18 October 2022.
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    Lazzarich, Marinko (2 November 2020). "Stogodišnja sportska odiseja sušačkoga simbola: Od Jugoslavenskoga Športskoga Kluba Orient do Hrvatskoga Nogometnog Kluba Orijent 1919". Edukacija Rekreacija Sport (in Croatian). 29 (42). Rijeka: Učiteljski fakultet Sveučilišta u Rijeci: 5–8. ISSN 1330-7800. Archived from the original on 18 October 2022. Retrieved 18 October 2022.
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    "Nogometni leksikon". nogomet.lzmk.hr (in Serbo-Croatian). Archived from the original on 26 July 2020. Retrieved 18 October 2022.
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    Ferruccio Burburan; Zlatko Moranjak (2017). Stadioni nogometne Hrvatske (in Croatian). Zagreb: Katalog Knjižnica grada Zagreba. pp. 76, 77. Archived from the original on 18 October 2022. Retrieved 18 October 2022.
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    Ferruccio Burburan; Zlatko Moranjak (2017). Stadioni hrvatske nogometne lige by zlatko moranjak - Issuu. Rijeka: Exsto Rijeka: Institut za Fiumanologiju. pp. 76, 77. Archived from the original on 2022-10-18. Retrieved 18 October 2022.[ISBN missing]
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    V. Vivoda (8 June 2014). "NK Orijent: Eulogija". Hoću Ri (in Croatian). Archived from the original on 27 April 2019. Retrieved 18 October 2022.
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    Ižak Ante Sučić (8 November 2019). "Orijent se voli od malih nogu: Priča o klubu koji je hit 2. HNL". www.germanijak.hr (in Croatian). Germanijak. Archived from the original on 18 October 2022. Retrieved 18 October 2022.
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    "Saša Matijaš novi-stari predsjednik HNK Orijent". Sportokracija (in Croatian). 8 September 2022. Archived from the original on 17 October 2022. Retrieved 18 October 2022.
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    V, I. (7 September 2022). "Orijent 1919 opet postao Orijent, sušačkom klubu vraćeno izvorno ime - SportCom.hr". www.sportcom.hr (in Croatian). Archived from the original on 17 October 2022. Retrieved 18 October 2022.
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    "Registracije - Hrvatski nogometni savez". hns-cff.hr (in Croatian). File (pdf): 06.10.2022. Zapisnik izvršenih registracija 06.10.2022. Archived from the original on 20 October 2022. Retrieved 18 October 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: location (link)
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    "Registracije 06.10.2022" (pdf) (in Croatian). Zagreb: HNS. 6 October 2022. p. 3. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 October 2022. Retrieved 18 October 2022.
  13. [13]
    "Momčad" (in Croatian). HNK Orijent 1919. Archived from the original on 5 March 2021. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
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