We will play our first winter preparation match on Friday from 15.30, with the venue being Umag and the opponents HNK Rijeka.

The one time champion, six-times cup winners have a squad value according to transfermarkt.de of almost 24 million euros. Their most valuable player is 22-year-old goalkeeper Ivan Nevistic, who is worth € 3 million.

They finished in third place last season and won the Croatian Cup, then in the autumn they reached the Europa League group stage. They entered in the third qualifying round and beat Ukrainian Kolos Kovalivka 2-0 at home after extra time, and in the playoffs, they defeated Danish FC Copenhagen 1-0 away. They were grouped with Napoli, Real Sociedad and AZ Alkmaar and finished in last place, collecting 4 points in 6 matches.

In the current Croatian league season, they are in fourth place after 11 matches (most teams have played 14 rounds), most recently they played on the 13th December, with their game against Dinamo Zagreb finishing 2-2 in Rijeka. Interestingly, their first match after the break will also be played against Dinamo on January 19, but then away.