Dinamo Zagreb
HNL (Prva HNL) • Croatia
Partial DataOfficial Contact
Coaches
| # | Name | Position | Phone | Social | Source | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sergej Jakirović | Head Coach (start of 2024-25 season; mutual termination 19 September 2024 after 9-2 UCL loss to Bayern Munich) | — | — | — | GNK Dinamo Zagreb official / Wikipedia 2024-25 Dinamo season | 2024-09-19 |
| 2 | Sandro Perković | Caretaker Head Coach (20–25 September 2024 first stint; then again from 10 April 2025 after Cannavaro sacking until end of season) | — | — | — | Wikipedia — 2024-25 GNK Dinamo Zagreb season | 2024-09-20 |
| 3 | Nenad Bjelica | Head Coach (26 September 2024 – 29 December 2024; second spell at club) | — | — | — | Croatia Week / GNK Dinamo Zagreb official | 2024-12-29 |
| 4 | Fabio Cannavaro | Head Coach (29 December 2024 – 9 April 2025; Italian World Cup winner; 14 games: 7W 5L; annual salary €1.5M; full coaching staff cost additional €500k/yr; sacked after 3-0 loss at Istra) | — | — | — | GNK Dinamo Zagreb official / football-italia.net / Total Croatia News | 2024-12-29 |
| 5 | Marko Marić | Sporting Director (departed 9 February 2025; previously served as Head of Youth Program before promotion to SD) | — | — | — | Germanijak.hr / gnkdinamo.hr | 2025-02-09 |
| 6 | Albert Capellas | Director of Football & Head of Youth Development (appointed 2024; Spanish; 12 years at FC Barcelona across two spells; also coached Philippines national team) | — | — | — | GNK Dinamo Zagreb official | 2024 |
| 7 | Ivo Milić | Director of Dinamo Football School / Academy Director (concluded second term end of 2024-25 season; LinkedIn: Academy Coordinator and Head of Scout) | — | — | — | gnkdinamo.hr / zgportal.com / LinkedIn | 2025 |
Scouts & Recruitment
| # | Name | Position | Phone | Social | Source | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tin Salatović | Head of Scouting — Academy scouting dept. (leads 4 additional scouts per official academy org chart) | — | — | — | GNK Dinamo Zagreb Academy organisation page | — |
Academies
GNK Dinamo Zagreb Akademija (colloquially 'Modri pogon' — Blue Factory)
Stadion Hitrec-Kacian, Zagreb (U7–U19); training and admin at Maksimir complex, Maksimirska cesta 128
Director: Albert Capellas (Director of Football & Head of Youth Development); Goran Vlaović (Assistant Director); Joan Suriol Borras (U14–U19 Coordinator); Jordi Font Aloy (U7–U14 Coordinator); Ivo Milić (Director of Football School 2024-25)
Page: https://gnkdinamo.hr/en/dinamo-academy
Phone: +385 1 2386 126
Email: nogometna.skola@gnkdinamo.hr
Additional Information
Formal name: Građanski Nogometni Klub Dinamo Zagreb. Registered as citizens' non-profit association (not an s.d.d.). Founded 1945. Nickname: 'Modri' (The Blues). Stadium: Stadion Maksimir, Maksimirska cesta 128, 10000 Zagreb (cap. 35,123; reduced to ~24,851 due to 2020 earthquake damage). 2024-25 UCL group stage participant (notable 9-2 loss to Bayern Munich). President 2024-25: Velimir Zajec (elected March 2024; did not seek re-election under new statute Aug 2025). Chairman from June 2025: Zvonimir Boban (unified president/board-president role, 99% of vote). Academy stats: 10 Croatian U-19 titles, 17 Croatian U-17 titles, 2018 FIFA Youth Cup winners, 58,081+ members. Coaching chain 2024-25: Jakirović (fired Sep 2024) → Perković caretaker → Bjelica (Oct–Dec 2024) → Cannavaro (Dec 2024–Apr 2025) → Perković caretaker. Academy analytics: Antonio Šišić (lead). Medical/fitness: Nikola Hlaić & Frano Leko (directors). Notable alumni: Luka Modrić, Mateo Kovačić, Zvonimir Boban, Robert Prosinečki. Social: Instagram @gnkdinamo, X @GNKDinamo, Facebook /dinamo, YouTube /GNKDinamo, TikTok, LinkedIn, WhatsApp. Tickets: tickets.gnkdinamo.hr. Shop: shop.gnkdinamo.hr. Transfermarkt: https://www.transfermarkt.com/gnk-dinamo-zagreb/startseite/verein/419.