NK Pazinka is a Croatian football club based in the town of Pazin in Istria.

[1] In 1985 they won promotion to Croatian League West, one of several regional fourth-level divisions in SR Croatia.

In spite of winning the division in the 1989–90 season, Pazinka failed to progress further up the football pyramid and remained at fourth level until the breakup of Yugoslavia in 1991.

The following year the league was expanded to 18 clubs, with Pazinka finishing 15th in the 1993–94 season, inside the relegation zone.

[2] Notable players who appeared for Pazinka during this spell included Dado Pršo (later with AS Monaco and Rangers), Tonči Gabrić (later with Hajduk Split), Zoran Škerjanc (formerly of Dinamo Zagreb and Recreativo Huelva) and Damir Desnica (one of the very few deaf professional footballers, formerly with Rijeka and Kortrijk).