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| Nickname | Šumari, Brđani, Vrbovsko, Zelenožuti | |
| Location | Rijeka,  Hrvatska | |
| Geographic area | Europe | |
| Founded | 08/01/2008 | |
| Stadium | Guzni znoj (57.400 seats) | |
| Fan Club | Čobani | |
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Vrbovsko Lumberjacks is a Croatian Hattrick football club from Rijeka region, founded by zwonziii on January 8th, 2008.
Vrbovsko Lumberjacks is currently competing in fourth division in Croatia.
While this team isn't first team managed by its current manager zwonziii, it is by far his most successful and active team, winning four division V and four division VI titles.
Team history
Team was founded on January 8th, 2008 by long time Hattrick fan zwonziii. Original name of the team was d1sconnect, but shortly after its creation team went through successful rebranding and changed its name to HNK Vrbovsko (February 13th, 2008). On April 29th, 2021 team was renamed again (Lovnik Vrbovsko) to honor beautiful landscape and rich football history of city of Vrbovsko.
On March, 20th 2022 team was bought by a local businessman and changed its name to Vrbovsko Lumberjacks after takeover was completed.
Vrbovsko Lumberjacks started competing in season 19 and joined league VI.8. After only four seasons, Vrbovsko Lumberjacks won its first title and entered division V in season 24.
Golden period of Vrbovsko Lumberjacks started in season 27 when team qualified for division IV for the first time in its history. During that period, team achieved two top-half finishes (4th place) and played in a 6th round of Croatian cup.
During past few season Vrbovsko Lumberjacks went under a lot of changes and periods of uncertainty, but manager zwonziii finally managed to consolidate the team and club finances, and is leading the club to its second Golden age with a help of bright, young talents like Zvonimir "Mrcina" Gadže (456011919).
Modern days
On 6th of August 2021, Alen "Rivaldo" Goršić (451823175) became first Vrbovsko Lumberjacks player that played official game for Croatian U-21 national team. To celebrate this great achievement, club management released a press statement, which you can read here. Zvonimir 'Mrcina' Gadže (456011919) followed his path - 'Mrcina' made his debut for Croatian U-21 NT on November 5th, 2021.
Vrbovsko Lumberjacks earned its first tournament trophy on a sunny November day (November 8th, 2021) by winning Borbra kup sezona 2 tournament.
After nine seasons without a league trophy, Vrbovsko Lumberjacks has secured a title of league champions on round 12 of season 64 with a boring draw against PM2.
In season 65 Vrbovsko Lumberjacks won another fifth division title and was promoted to fourth division.
Vrbovsko Lumberjacks in Hattrick competitions
Starting with season 53 (68). Complete team history is available here
| Season | Division | League | Croatian cup | Additional informations | |||||||||
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| I | II | III | IV | V | VI | VII | VIII | IX | X | ||||
| S65 (S80) | 1st | V.2223 | 2nd round | Lovnik Vrbovsko has won a division V title! | |||||||||
| S64 (S79) | 1st | V.205 | 1st round | Lovnik Vrbovsko has won a division V title! | |||||||||
| S63 (S78) | 2nd | V.205 | 2nd round | - | |||||||||
| S62 (S77) | 3rd | V.205 | 2nd round | - | |||||||||
| S61 (S76) | 3rd | V.205 | 2nd round | - | |||||||||
| S60 (S75) | 2nd | V.202 | 2nd round | - | |||||||||
| S59 (S74) | 2nd | V.202 | 1st round | - | |||||||||
| S58 (S73) | 3rd | V.202 | 1st round | - | |||||||||
| S57 (S72) | 8th | V.202 | 1st round | Team was going through a period of uncertainty. | |||||||||
| S56 (S71) | 8th | V.202 | 1st round | Team was going through a period of uncertainty. | |||||||||
| S55 (S70) | 7th | IV.18 | 3rd round | - | |||||||||
| S54 (S69) | 1st | V.213 | 2nd round | Lovnik Vrbovsko has won a division V title! | |||||||||
Team honours
League titles:
| Trophy | Season | Division | League |
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23 | VI | VI.8 |
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27 | V | V.246 |
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34 | VI | VI.7 |
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42 | VI | VI.490 |
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52 | VI | VI.996 |
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54 | VI | V.213 |
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64 | VI | V.205 |
Notable cup runs:
| Trophy | Season | Competition | Cup round |
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| - | 31 | Croatian cup | 6th |
Tournament trophies:
| Trophy | Season | Competition |
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64 | Borbra kup sezona 2 |
Notable players/Hall of fame
| Player picture | Player name | Player info |
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Zvonimir "Mrcina" Gadže (456011919) | U-21 NT player and team's most expensive transfer. |
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Alen "Rivaldo" Goršić (451823175) | First U-21 national team player from Vrbovsko Lumberjacks. |
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Ulf Gröönbeck (6108190) | Very successful former Vrbovsko Lumberjacks coach (from 01.03.2008. to 29.04.2010.). |
