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Nikica Jelavić

Coach🇭🇷

NK Lokomotiva Zagreb · HNL

1591Current Elo

46 matches tracked

Coach DNA

Playing style

balanced profile

Domestic cupInternational cup

Club record

League results at each club since 2016, next to the same club under other coaches.

NK Lokomotiva Zagreb

Aug 2025 – Oct 2026 · 46 matches

1.17 points per game in HNL (46 matches).

NK Lokomotiva Zagreb with other coaches, ±3 years: 1.24 (105 matches, 4 coaches).

Line-up Elo: −122 below the league average under him, −46 under the others.

Most used

  1. J. Posavec3,888' · Elo 1,626
  2. M. Pajač2,832' · Elo 1,613
  3. M. Subotić2,714' · Elo 1,564
  4. D. Kolinger2,705' · Elo 1,590
  5. A. Stojaković2,624' · Elo 1,574
  6. T. Jukic2,614' · Elo 1,628
  7. B. Bošković2,528' · Elo 1,614
  8. M. Vešović2,516' · Elo 1,543
  9. D. Mbacke1,754' · Elo 1,650
  10. J. Vasilj1,708' · Elo 1,544

Players under Nikica Jelavić

Total Elo change of his own players in his matches.

Rose most

  1. B. Bošković+469

    in 33 matches · NK Lokomotiva Zagreb

  2. T. Jukic+343

    in 32 matches · NK Lokomotiva Zagreb

  3. D. Mbacke+312

    in 21 matches · NK Lokomotiva Zagreb

  4. A. Stojaković+289

    in 34 matches · NK Lokomotiva Zagreb

  5. M. Subotić+242

    in 41 matches · NK Lokomotiva Zagreb

Fell most

  1. D. Antolić−132

    in 13 matches · NK Lokomotiva Zagreb

  2. M. Šitum−132

    in 16 matches · NK Lokomotiva Zagreb

  3. M. Leovac−91

    in 8 matches · NK Lokomotiva Zagreb

  4. A. Trajkovski−73

    in 10 matches · NK Lokomotiva Zagreb

  5. D. Kamenović−20

    in 11 matches · NK Lokomotiva Zagreb

Opponents

Their Elo change in matches against his teams (at least 3 meetings).

Favourite opponents

  1. I. Bennacer portrait

    I. Bennacer2001

    in 3 matches · Dinamo Zagreb

    −64
  2. F. Kolić portrait

    F. Kolić1652

    in 4 matches · Istra 1961

    −64
  3. B. Bogojević portrait

    B. Bogojević1584

    in 4 matches · HNK Gorica

    −57
  4. E. Frederiksen portrait

    E. Frederiksen1690

    in 6 matches · Istra 1961

    −54
  5. M. Tičinović portrait

    M. Tičinović1434

    in 3 matches · Vukovar

    −39

Nemeses

  1. L. Vrzić portrait

    L. Vrzić1409

    in 5 matches · HNK Gorica

    +108

  2. R. Raci1654

    in 3 matches · HNK Hajduk Split

    +82
  3. Iker Pozo portrait

    Iker Pozo1653

    in 3 matches · HNK Gorica

    +63
  4. M. Dabro portrait

    M. Dabro1610

    in 3 matches · NK Slaven Belupo

    +44
  5. F. Mažar portrait

    F. Mažar1414

    in 3 matches · NK Slaven Belupo

    +43

Coaches

Their Elo change in matches against him (at least 3 meetings).

Favourite coaches

Hardly any coach lost Elo against him.

Nemesis coaches

  1. Oriol Riera1627

    in 3 matches · Istra 1961

    +74

  2. Gonzalo García1899

    in 5 matches · HNK Hajduk Split

    +41

  3. Mario Kovačević2095

    in 5 matches · Dinamo Zagreb

    +29

  4. Mario Carević1568

    in 5 matches · HNK Gorica

    +17

  5. Mario Gregurina1487

    in 4 matches · NK Slaven Belupo

    +15

Playing style

How Nikica Jelavić's teams play vs league-season peers (2016+)

Descriptive — how a coach's teams play, not how good they are.

balanced profile

One club since 2016 — lineup-coach attribution starts in 2016, so there's no cross-club comparison yet.