Founded in the unassuming year of 1911, Dinamo Zagreb call the imposing Stadion Maksimir in Croatia their home patch. It's a comforting thought knowing that green fields and cheers, both drenched in sentiment, are universal wherever the beautiful game is played.
As any disciple of football numbers will be keenly aware, any squad's true testament of worth is found between the pound signs, not between the goal posts. Going by this mantra, one could surmise that Dinamo Zagreb is somewhat of a value proposition. With a squad rocking a total market value around the respectable figure of £48m, as revealed by the sages at Transfermarkt. A regardly prudently assembled hotchpotch of booted flair, one might say.
In total, Dinamo Zagreb boasts an assemblage of 14 players, their average age resting peacefully at 27 - a veritable picture of both youthful vigour and mature grounding.
Any donning of the boots has not been in vain this season, for Dinamo Zagreb have been displaying their footwork in an orchestrated dance across 2 competitions. This includes a maiden voyage in the HNL bore fruit, securing 1st place, and a march into the mire of the Europa League, reaching as far as the Knockout Play-offs. A season painting a picture of a team standing tall amidst the ebb and flow of the sport.