On Sunday, July 31, 2016, Hajduk plays MAXtv First League, round 3 match against RNK Split at Park mladezi.

Yesterday evening, the first team had a 90-minute long training on Poljud training pitch, and the atmosphere in the team is excellent. Players are maximally motivated and coach Pusnik held a pre-match press conference, on which he said that they go for a victory against Split.

For the city derby, he can count on majority of players who returned with a valuable victory from Ukraine, such as goal scorers Cosic, Erceg, Ohandza, then Lovre Kalinic, Tino Susic, Nikola Vlasic and others that participated in the celebration against FC Olexandriya.

Lorenzo Simic, Dante Stipica, Fran Tudor, Marko Futacs and Josip Basic are in the process of rehabilitation and they have replacement training program.

For the away city derby, CFF appointed referee Goran Gabrilo from Split. His assistants are Mario Pepur and Hrvoje Radic, also from Split, while the fourth official is Robi Kezele from Rijeka. Additional assistant referees are Duje Strukan from Split and Dario Kulusic from Sibenik.