About NK Hrvatski Dragovoljac

NK Hrvatski Dragovoljac is a Croatian football club based in the Novi Zagreb district of Zagreb, founded in 1975 under the name NK Trnsko ’75. The club went through several early name changes—ONK Novi Zagreb and NK Novi Zagreb—before adopting its current name in 1994 in honour of Croatian volunteers from the Homeland War. Its identity and black colours are closely linked to this wartime heritage, and it plays its home matches at Stadion NŠC Stjepan Spajić.

Sportingly, the club developed gradually through the lower leagues before rising to prominence in the 1990s. It achieved promotion to Croatia’s top division in 1995 and enjoyed its strongest period between 1996 and 2000, when it regularly competed in the Prva HNL and even qualified for European competition via the Intertoto Cup. During this era, Hrvatski Dragovoljac established itself as a solid mid-table top-flight team, though it never challenged for major domestic titles.

In the 21st century, the club has mostly fluctuated between the first and second tiers of Croatian football. It has experienced several relegations and promotions, reflecting financial and sporting instability, but has remained an active professional club. Today, NK Hrvatski Dragovoljac continues to compete in the Croatian league system, maintaining its identity as one of Zagreb’s traditional working-class clubs with a strong historical and symbolic background.