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{{Infobox football club season
  | club               = [[NK Osijek|Osijek]]
  | season             = 2008–09
  | manager            = [[Ilija Lončarević]]<br />(until 26 September 2008)<br />[[Tomislav Steinbruckner]]<br />(from 26 September 2008)
  | mgrtitle           = Manager
  | chairman           = Mile Dumančić
  | chrtitle           = Chairman
  | stdtitle           =
  | stadium            =
  | league             = [[2008–09 Croatian First Football League|Prva HNL]]
  | league result      = 7th
  | cup1               = [[2008–09 Croatian Football Cup|Croatian Cup]]
  | cup1 result        = First round
  | league topscorer   = [[Josip Barišić (footballer, born 1986)|Josip Barišić]] (8)
  | season topscorer   = [[Josip Barišić (footballer, born 1986)|Josip Barišić]] (8)
  | highest attendance = 15,000 v [[HNK Hajduk Split|Hajduk Split]],<br>5 April 2009
  | lowest attendance  = 1,000 v [[HNK Šibenik|Šibenik]],<br>26 September 2008
  | prevseason         = [[2007–08 NK Osijek season|2007–08]]
  | nextseason         = [[2009–10 NK Osijek season|2009–10]]
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[[NK Osijek]] entered the into 2008-09 Season defending third position, which is equal to their best position in [[Prva HNL]] won six times since Croatian independence. The team decided not to participate in the [[UEFA Intertoto Cup]] which would make preparations for the new season harder than usual, as happened two years ago.

To prepare for the Season, [[NK Osijek]] played a few friendly matches against [[1. FC Kaiserslautern]] and [[Videoton FC Fehérvár|FC Fehérvár]] to name a few. The new season will start with the same manager as last year, and with just [[Milan Pavličić]] sold from last years starting eleven. As the club's youth academy is one of the best in this part of Europe, several young players are drafted into the first team squad.

Fans and board of directors are hoping that this season can repeat last one, to put [[NK Osijek]] into UEFA cups next season.

==Kit==

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==Player statistics==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center; font-size:95%;width:75%; text-align:left"
!Shirt No.
!Player
!Apps (Subs)
!Goals
!YC [[Image:Yellow card.svg|10px]]
!RC [[Image:Red card.svg|10px]]
|----
|1 || {{Flag icon|CRO}} [[Marin Skender]]                                      || 6 || 0 || 0 || 0
|----
|2 || {{Flag icon|CRO}} [[Dino Gavrić]]                                   || 4 (2) || 0 || 2 || 0
|----
|3 || {{Flag icon|CRO}} [[Jurica Pranjić]]                                   || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0
|----
|4 || {{Flag icon|CRO}} [[Damir Vuica]]                                       || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0
|----
|5 || {{Flag icon|CRO}} [[Matej Vlaović]]                                 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0
|----
|6 || {{Flag icon|CRO}} [[Tomislav Višević]]                                    || 5 || 0 || 3 || 0
|----
|7 || {{Flag icon|CRO}} [[Vedran Nikšić]]                                   || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0
|----
|8 || {{Flag icon|BIH}} [[Aleksandar Šolić]]                                   || 4 (2) || 0 || 0 || 0
|----
|9 || {{Flag icon|CRO}} [[Karlo Primorac]]    || 6 || 2 || 0 || 0
|----
|10 || {{Flag icon|CRO}} [[Josip Knežević]]                                 || 2 (3) || 1 || 1 || 0
|----
|11 || {{Flag icon|CRO}} [[Antonio Hrnčević]]                      || 3 (4) || 0 || 1 || 0
|----
|12 || {{Flag icon|CRO}} [[Filip Šušnjara]]                                    || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0
|----
|13 || {{Flag icon|CRO}} [[Slobodan Stranatić]]   || 6 || 0 || 1 || 0
|----
|14 || {{Flag icon|CRO}} [[Ivica Lončarević]]                                   || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0
|----
|15 || {{Flag icon|CRO}} [[Marko Prskalo]]                                     || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0
|----
|16 || {{Flag icon|MKD}} [[Goran Todorčev]]                                 || 1 (1) || 0 || 1 || 0
|----
|17 || {{Flag icon|CRO}} [[Vedran Jugović]]                              || 5 || 0 || 2 || 0
|----
|18 || {{Flag icon|CRO}} [[Tomislav Šorša]]                                  || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0
|----
|19 || {{Flag icon|CRO}} [[Domagoj Vida]]                                    || 6 || 0 || 2 || 0
|----
|20 || {{Flag icon|PAR}} [[Diego Barrios (footballer, born March 1987)|Diego Barrios]]                                   || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0
|----
|21 || {{Flag icon|CRO}} [[Igor Prijić]]              || 0 (2) || 1 || 1 || 0
|----
|22 || {{Flag icon|CRO}} [[Valentin Babić]]                                  || 6 || 3 || 3 || 0
|----
|23 || {{Flag icon|CRO}} [[Srđan Vidaković]]                               || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0
|----
|24 || {{Flag icon|CRO}} [[Ivo Smoje]]                        || 6 || 0 || 2 || 0
|----
|25 || {{Flag icon|CRO}} [[Davor Pajić]]        || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0
|----
|26 || {{Flag icon|CRO}} [[Ivan Miličević]]        || 3 (3) || 2 || 1 || 0
|----
|27 || {{Flag icon|BRA}} [[Andre Luiz]]                                   || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0
|----
|28 || {{Flag icon|CRO}} [[Domagoj Pušić]]                                   || 0 (1) || 0 || 0 || 0
|----
|29 || {{Flag icon|CRO}} [[Josip Barišić (footballer born 1986)|Josip Barišić]]                                    || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0
|----
|30 || {{Flag icon|CRO}} [[Ivan Kardum]]                                || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0
|----
|31 || {{Flag icon|CRO}} [[Ivan Vargić]]                                     || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0
|----
|   || {{Flag icon|CRO}} [[Mile Škorić]]                                     || 2 (2) || 0 || 1 || 0
|----
|33 || {{Flag icon|CRO}} [[Alen Milošević]]  
|| 7 (3) || 5 || 3 || 0
|}

==Matches==
=== Prva HNL ===
{{main|2008–09 Croatian First Football League}}

{{football box collapsible
|date=27 July 2008
|time=20:00
|round=1
|team1=[[Croatia Sesvete]]
|score=1&ndash;1
|report=
|team2=[[NK Osijek]]
|goals1=[[Vladimir Petrović (Croatian footballer)|Petrović]] {{goal|71|pen.}}
|goals2=[[Valentin Babić|Babić]] {{goal|90}}
|stadium=[[Stadion Kamen Ingrad]]
|location=[[Velika, Croatia|Velika]]
|attendance=1,000
|referee=[[Edi Šunjić]]
|result=D
}}

{{football box collapsible
|date=3 August 2008
|time=20:00
|round=2
|team1=[[NK Osijek]]
|score=2&ndash;0
|report=
|team2=[[HNK Cibalia]]
|goals1=[[Ivan Miličević|Miličević]] {{goal|37}}<br>[[Valentin Babić|Babić]] {{goal|80|pen.}}
|goals2=
|stadium=[[Stadion Gradski vrt]]
|location=[[Osijek]]
|attendance=3,500
|referee=[[Bruno Marić]]
|result=W
}}

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|date=10 August 2008
|time=20:00
|round=3
|team1=[[NK Zadar]]
|score=2&ndash;2
|report=
|team2=[[NK Osijek]]
|goals1=[[Ivo Smoje|Smoje]] {{goal|58|o.g.}}<br>[[Marin Tomasov|Tomasov]] {{goal|70}}
|goals2=[[Karlo Primorac|Primorac]] {{goal|37}}<br>[[Valentin Babić|Babić]] {{goal|51}}
|stadium=[[Stadion Šubićevac]]
|location=[[Šibenik]]
|attendance=1,000
|referee=[[Igor Križarić]]
|result=D
}}

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|date=17 August 2008
|time=20:00
|round=4
|team1=[[NK Osijek]]
|score=2&ndash;1
|report=
|team2=[[NK Varaždin (1931–2015)|Varteks]]
|goals1=[[Igor Prijić|Prijić]] {{goal|81}}<br>[[Ivan Miličević|Miličević]] {{goal|88}}
|goals2=[[Goran Mujanović|Mujanović]] {{goal|41}}
|stadium=[[Stadion Gradski vrt]]
|location=[[Osijek]]
|attendance=2,500
|referee=[[Igor Pristovnik]]
|result=W
}}

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|date=24 August 2008
|time=20:00
|round=5
|team1=[[NK Zagreb]]
|score=2&ndash;1
|report=
|team2=[[NK Osijek]]
|goals1=[[Mario Čutura|Čutura]] {{goal|71}}<br>[[Davor Vugrinec|Vugrinec]] {{goal|88}}
|goals2=[[Josip Knežević|Knežević]] {{goal|53}}
|stadium=[[Stadion Kranjčevićeva]]
|location=[[Zagreb]]
|attendance=2,500
|referee=[[Vlado Svilokos]]
|result=L
}}

{{football box collapsible
|date=31 August 2008
|time=20:00
|round=6
|team1=[[NK Osijek]]
|score=1&ndash;2
|report=
|team2=[[Hajduk Split]]
|goals1=[[Karlo Primorac|Primorac]] {{goal|63}}
|goals2=[[Nikola Kalinić (footballer)|Kalinić]] {{goal|39}} <br> [[Drago Gabrić|Gabrić]] {{goal|52}}
|stadium=[[Stadion Gradski vrt]]
|location=[[Osijek]]
|attendance=6,000
|referee=[[Zlatko Šimičić]]
|result=L
}}

==Standings==
{{:2008–09 Croatian First Football League|showteam=OSI}}

{{NK Osijek seasons}}
{{2008–09 in Croatian football}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Nk Osijek Season 2008-09}}
[[Category:Croatian football clubs 2008–09 season|Osijek]]
[[Category:NK Osijek seasons|2008]]