About NK Varaždin

NK Varaždin was a Croatian football club based in the city of Varaždin, founded on 3 June 1931 as NK Slavija. Over the decades, the club went through several name changes, becoming NK Tekstilac after World War II and later NK Varteks in 1958 due to sponsorship from a local textile company. In 2010, after losing its main sponsor, it adopted the name NK Varaždin. The club played its home matches at Stadion Anđelko Herjavec and was one of the main football institutions in northern Croatia.

During the Yugoslav era, the club achieved moderate success, including reaching the final of the Yugoslav Cup in 1961. After Croatian independence in 1991, Varaždin became a founding member of the Croatian First League and established itself as a consistent top-flight team. Although it never won a national title, it was a regular contender near the top of the table and finished as runner-up in the Croatian Cup five times. Its best international results came in 1999, when it reached the quarter-finals of the UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup, and in 2001, when it eliminated Aston Villa from the UEFA Cup.

In the early 2010s, the club faced severe financial problems, leading to suspensions, relegation to the lowest tier, and eventual bankruptcy. Although it briefly returned to competition in lower divisions, the financial crisis could not be resolved, and NK Varaždin was officially dissolved in 2015. A successor club founded in 2012 later adopted the same name, continuing football in the city, but it is considered a separate legal entity from the original club.