NK Croatia Sesvete was a Croatian football club based in the Sesvete district of the City of Zagreb.
Previous club names: NK Sljeme (1957–1988), NK Sesvete (1988–1996), NK Badel Sesvete (1996–1997), NK Sesvete (1997–1998).
The club was dissolved in 2012 due to financial irregularities. Newly formed NK Croatia Prigorje is seen as club's spiritual successor.
2010 Match fixing scandal
In June 2010 Croatian Police started making arrests connected to match fixing in the Croatian League. 20 players in total, including 9 players from Croatia Sesvete were arrested. The nine were: Miljenko Bošnjak, Goran Jerković, Saša Mus, Ante Pokrajčić, Mario Čižmek, Marko Guja, Ivan Banović and Dario Šušak. It was also claimed by the police that 7 of Sesvete's 8 last matches in the league were fixed. The players received up to 40 thousand euros for the match-fixing. In some cases, players even made "safe" bets on their own games.
Honours
- Druga HNL
- Champions (1): 2007–08
Recent seasons
Key
Top scorer shown in bold when he was also top scorer for the division.
References
External links
- Croatia Sesvete profile at UEFA.com
- Croatia Sesvete profile at Nogometni magazin (in Croatian)
