They finished the season in second place (best ever league position in club history) and qualified for the 2008–09 UEFA Cup. He left the club in 2008 and went on to join the reigning Croatian champions and his former club, Dinamo Zagreb, on 5 March 2009. With Dinamo he won his first managerial titles by winning the 2008–09 and 2009–10 Prva HNL and Croatian Cup in 2009.
They finished in second place (best ever league position in club history) and qualified for the 2008–09 UEFA Cup. He left the club in 2008 and joined the reigning Croatian champions and his former club, Dinamo Zagreb, on March 5, 2009. With Dinamo he won his first managerial titles by winning the 2008–09 and 2009–10 Prva HNL and Croatian Cup in 2009.