Vrbovsko Lumberjacks

Vrbovsko Lumberjacks (885820)

Managed by zwonziii
Club information
Nickname	Šumari, Brđani, Vrbovsko, Zelenožuti
Location	Rijeka, Hrvatska
Geographic area	Europe
Founded	08/01/2008
Stadium	Guzni znoj (60.327 seats)
Fan Club	Čobani
Team colours
Prize shelf
Trophies

Vrbovsko Lumberjacks is a Croatian Hattrick football club from Rijeka region, founded by zwonziii on January 8th, 2008.

Vrbovsko Lumberjacks is currently competing in Croatian third division.

While this team isn't first team managed by its current manager zwonziii, it is by far his most successful and active team, winning one division IV, 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.

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, Samuel "Rivaldo" Lemezina (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.

Lumberjacks finally managed to win a promotion to fourth division in season 65.

Season 68 marked a new all-time high for Vrbovsko when team managed to win its' first division IV title. This accomplishment earned them direct promotion to third division.

In season 69 Vrbovsko Lumberjacks made history again after finishing first in third division and securing promotion to second division. Also, team enjoyed their best cup performance ever by reaching round 6 out of 11 rounds.

Vrbovsko Lumberjacks in Hattrick competitions

Starting with season 54 (69). Complete team history is available here

Season	Division										League	Croatian cup	Additional informations
	I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII	IX	X
S70 (S85)		4th									II.4	2nd round	Securing another season in 2nd division was a historical achievement for the club.
S69 (S84)			1st								III.14	6th round	First season in division III and first division III title in Vrbovsko Lumberjacks history! Best cup performance in team's history!
S68 (S83)				1st							IV.16	3rd round	First division IV title in Vrbovsko Lumberjacks history!
S67 (S82)				3rd							IV.16	4th round	-
S66 (S81)				2nd							IV.16	4th round	Best league placement in Lovnik Vrbovsko history!
S65 (S80)					1st						V.223	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
	23	VI	VI.8
	27	V	V.246
	34	VI	VI.7
	42	VI	VI.490
	52	VI	VI.996
	54	V	V.213
	64	V	V.205
	65	V	V.205
	68	IV	IV.16
	69	III	III.14

Notable cup runs:

Trophy	Season	Competition	Cup round
-	69	Croatian cup	6th
-	67	Croatian cup	4th
-	66	Croatian cup	4th
-	31	Croatian cup	6th

Tournament trophies:

Trophy	Season	Competition
	64	Borbra kup sezona 2

Notable players/Hall of fame

Player picture	Player name	Player info
	Zvonimir "Mrcina" Gadže (456011919)	Former U-21 NT player and Croatian NT potential.
	Samuel "Rivaldo" Lemezina (451823175)	First U-21 national team player from Vrbovsko Lumberjacks.
	Ulf Gröönbeck (6108190)	Very successful former Vrbovsko Lumberjacks coach (from 01.03.2008. to 29.04.2010.).
	Edgar Kudla (416320607)	Coach which led the team to the division III and IV title.