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unusual facts about Dinamo Zagreb



AJ Auxerre

Beaten 0–1 at home by Dinamo Zagreb, it registered 3–1 in Yugoslavia and qualified for the first round proper.

Damir Lesjak

Damir Lesjak (born 31 March 1967) is a former Croatian footballer who played for Dinamo Zagreb, Israeli side Hapoel Haifa and Belgian club Mouscron.

Džemal Mustedanagić

He chose Dinamo Zagreb where he played from 1973 till 1983 and had 444 caps, winning the 1981–82 Yugoslav First League title and the 1979–80 Yugoslav Cup title.

F.C. Barreirense

The following year, the club represented the country in the prestigious Inter-cities Fairs Cup and despite being eliminated in the first round by Dinamo Zagreb, the club managed to win 2-0 in the match played in Barreiro.

Leandro Cufré

On 7 December 2011, same day he officially terminated his contract with Dinamo Zagreb, it was revealed that Cufré will be joining Mexican Club Atlas from Guadalajara.

Mario Pašalić

In September 2013, Pašalić has scored two goals in a derby against Dinamo Zagreb (twice from a corner kicks sent from Haris Bukva)

NK Čakovec

After the promotion, the club signed former Dinamo Zagreb manager Ilija Lončarević, who went on to manage the team in the first half of the 2000–01 season.

NK Pazinka

Notable players who appeared for Pazinka during this spell included Dado Pršo (later with AS Monaco and Rangers), Zoran Škerjanc (formerly of Dinamo Zagreb and Recreativo Huelva) and Damir Desnica (one of the very few deaf professional footballers, formerly with Rijeka and Kortrijk).

PFC Ludogorets Razgrad

Ludogorets became the first Bulgarian team to begin their group stage participation in European tournaments with 3 consecutive wins, when in the 2013–14 UEFA Europa League group stage they recorded consecutive wins against PSV Eindhoven (2-0), Dinamo Zagreb (3-0) and Chornomorets Odesa (1-0), without conceding a goal in any of the games.

They were unbeaten in the group stage and won the group with five wins in six games, including both home and away victories over PSV Eindhoven and Dinamo Zagreb.

Ludogorets were entered in the second qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League in 2012–13, where they were beaten 3-4 on aggregate by Dinamo Zagreb.

Sejad Halilović

His son, Alen Halilović, plays for Dinamo Zagreb and is considered to be one of the greatest talents in European football.

Tom Connor

In 2010/2011 Thomas spent his time in Croatia with Dinamo Zagreb.


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Džemal Mustedanagić

In season 2003/2004 he coached the reserve squad of Dinamo Zagreb, where he trained and developed top youngsters' talents such as Eduardo Da Silva, Luka Modrić, Niko Kranjčar, Vedran Ćorluka, Dino Drpić, Tomo Šokota, Mihael Mikić, Hrvoje Čale, Filip Lončarić.

Đuro Bago

In 2002, He became the assistant coach for the famous Croatian coach Miroslav Blažević when Blažević became head coach of first professional team of Dinamo Zagreb.

Stojan Osojnak

In 1953 he was signed by Dinamo Zagreb and this time he appeared in 22 league matches and scored 11 goals over the next three Yugoslav First League seasons, appearing alongside other Dinamo greats such as Željko Čajkovski, Tomislav Crnković, Dionizije Dvornić, Vladimir Čonč and Luka Lipošinović.