
After a successful first home match in the new HT First League season in which Hajduk beat Istra 1961 2:0 (Stefan Simić and Hamza Barry scored), on July 28, Hajduk is playing the first away championship game in the football season 2019/2020.
On Sunday, kick - off 20:00, Hajduk will meet a newly promoted First League team NK Varaždin on their stadium Anđelko Herjavec in Varaždin. The next Hajduk's opponent opened the season with a 2:1 loss to Rijeka at Rujevica stadium in Rijeka.
Hajduk's former captain Dario Jertec is now a Varaždin captain and another former Hajduk' captain Goran Jozinović has also recently joined this team from Varaždin.