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Season 2025-26
Dinamo Zagreb U21s (h) Premier League International Cup Group C

 
Date: Saturday 20th December 2025, 1pm

Venue: Whitley Park

Admission: Free to ST holders or else £3 / £1



Newcastle U21s

Dinamo Zagreb U21s

 

 0 - 3


Half time: 0 - 2  
Score Sheet:
  Bozhkov (2)
Sunta (50)
Horvat (59)
 

Teams

J.Taylor
C.Thompson
Charlton
McArthur
Heffernan
Finneran
Fitzgerald
Alabi
Brayson
Palmer
Seung-Soo

 

 

 Znuderi
Cutuk
Horvat
Vlahovic
Sunta
Bozhkov
Rados
Zaja
Jakirovic
Zebic
Mikic
Substitutes:
(46) Parkinson for Brayson
(61) M.Miley for Palmer
(61) Ferreira for Fitzgerald
(80) Yildiz for Alabi
(90) Watts for C.Thompson		 Sub usage tbc
Subs not used:
Adam Harrison
Johnson		   Buric
Perkovic
Bakovic
Brundic
Sutalo
Zulfic
Radnic
Bookings:
None tbc
Dismissals:
None None
Referee: Will Davis

Attendance: tbc
 

Goals

2 mins Kaloyan Bozhkov shot. 0-1

Half time: Newcastle 0 Dinamo 1

50 mins Sven Sunta shot. 0-2

59 mins Patrik Horvat shot. 0-3

Full time: Newcastle 0 Dinamo 3

We said

Adam Lawrence said:
"If you look at the way we started the game and then conceding so early in the second half, it’s takes the momentum away and gives the lads a mountain to climb.

"In a period when we aren’t scoring loads of goals, we have kept some clean sheets but today was a step back in terms of when we conceded and against good teams you make it too hard for yourself.

"They are harsh, harsh lessons from today.

"The disappointing thing was that it’s the more senior players in the team and the backbone of the team.

"The goalkeeper and the two centre-halves, yes it’s a team game and there are other things happening, they’ve played a big part in conceding those goals. It’s a funny one where it’s senior players but we have to learn, there’s no other way to put it."

Stats


The absence of Sean Neave and Leo Shahar was due to senior team call-ups to the bench for the PL home game against Chelsea played at the same time as this U21 tie.

Newcastle entered this competition for only the third time since it was established in 2014. All group stage ties are now between domestic and overseas sides, avoiding the previous situation where domestic sides faced each other and overseas ones also played each other in the UK.

NUFC in the PLIC:

2017/18 Sparta Prague (h) won 2-1 og, Barlaser
2017/18 Liverpool (a) lost 1-2 Roberts
2017/18 PSV Eindhoven (h) won 3-1 Gallacher, Fernandez, Roberts
2017/18 mackems (a) drew 2-2 Good, Roberts (won 11-10 on pens)
2017/18 Porto (h) lost 0-1*
2019/20 Benfica (h) drew 1-1 Francillette
2019/20 Hertha Berlin (h) won 3-1 Allan 2, Fernandez
2019/20 Blackburn Rovers (h) lost 2-3 Allan 2
2025/26 Real Sociedad (h) drew 0-0
2025/26 PSG (h) lost 0-2
2025/26 Dinamo Zagreb (h) lost 0-3

All home games at Whitley Park except * SJP.
 

Waffle

United's winless and goalless start to this season's Premier League International Cup lengthened to three games following Saturday's loss to Croatian opposition at Whitley Park.

Zagreb arrived on Tyneside with maximum points from their opening two games and almost immediately went ahead when Kaloyan Bozhkov fired past James Taylor.

Sven Sunta then doubled that lead five minutes after half time before Patrik Horvat completed the scoring on 70 minutes.

Newcastle came close to scoring in the closing stages, but Matheos Ferreira's lob was cleared from inside the six yard box and a Charlie McArthur effort was ruled out for offside - meaning that it's 495 minutes since the U21s last netted.

With just one point from three games, United cannot advance to the knockout stages and will conclude their Group C fixtures against Benfica at Whitley Park on Tuesday January 13th 2026 (7pm) - which also now clashes with a first team fixture.