Prva HNL 1510519 225335831 2008-07-13T04:07:46Z John9024 6712508 {{Infobox football league | logo = HNL Logo.JPG | pixels = 130 | country = Croatia | confed = UEFA | founded = 1991 | teams = 12 | relegation = [[Druga HNL]] | levels = 1 | domest_cup = [[Croatian Cup]]<br>[[Croatian Supercup]] | confed_cup = [[UEFA Champions League|Champions League]]<br>[[UEFA Cup]]<br>[[UEFA Intertoto Cup|Intertoto Cup]] | champions = [[NK Dinamo Zagreb|Dinamo Zagreb]] | season = [[Prva HNL 2007-08|2007–08]] | most successful club = [[NK Dinamo Zagreb|Dinamo Zagreb]] (10) | tv = [[Croatian Radiotelevision|HRT]] | website = http://www.prva-hnl.hr | current = [[Prva HNL 2008-09|2008–09 season]] }} The '''Croatian First Football League''' ([[Croatian language|Croatian]]: ''Prva hrvatska nogometna liga'' or commonly '''''Prva HNL''''' or '''''1.HNL''''') is the top [[football (soccer)|football]] league in [[Croatia]]. ==Overview== The Prva HNL was formed in [[1991]], following the dissolution of the [[Yugoslav First League]], and is operated by the [[Croatian Football Federation]]. The first season started in February [[1992]]. Since its formation, the league went through many changes in its system and number of participating clubs. Currently, there are 12 teams participating in the league. Each season of the Prva HNL starts in late July or early August and ends in May, with a two-month hiatus between December and February. Historically, the teams were split into two groups of six which continued to play separately starting in March. These two groups were known as the Championship League and the Relegation League. However, the 2006-07 season introduced a new system in which everybody plays everybody three times in the season. Upon the end of the first part of the season, consisting of 22 matchdays, a draw is held to pair the teams and decide host teams for the last 11 matchdays of the season. This system brought one additional matchday in comparison to the preceding seasons. At the end of each season, the last team is directly relegated to the [[Druga HNL]] and the second-last team goes in the relegation play-off, a two-legged tie against the second-placed team from the Druga HNL. The champions qualify for the first qualifying round of the [[UEFA Champions League]], the runners-up for the [[UEFA Cup]] qualifying, as well as the winners of the [[Croatian Cup]], with the third-placed team winning a spot in the [[UEFA Intertoto Cup]]. The average attendance for the 07-08 season was about 2,838 per game. Altogether the attendance was 562,000. UEFA currently ranks the league 27th in Europe. ==During World War II== Croatia previously had its own football league which operated from [[1940]] to [[1944]] (during the [[Banovina of Croatia]] 1939-1941 and the [[Independent State of Croatia]] 1941-1945). The Croatian Football Federation seems to recognize this league as being equivalent to the current Prva HNL, despite the fact that the territory covered by these leagues was not the same as of Croatia today, and that most of this was during [[World War II]]. *[[1941]] [[HNK Hajduk Split|Hajduk Split]] *[[1942]] [[Concordia Zagreb]] *[[1943]] [[Građanski Zagreb]] In the 1944 season, the final match between HAŠK Zagreb and SAŠK Sarajevo could not be played due to war complications, leaving no champion. == Prva HNL Champions and top scorers== {| class="wikitable sortable" cellpadding="3" style="text-align: center;" ! Season ! Champions {{ref|Croatia}} ! Runners up ! Third place ! Top scorer(s) ! Goals |- bgcolor=#F5FAFF | [[Prva HNL 1992|1992]] | '''[[Hajduk Split]]''' | [[NK Zagreb]] | [[NK Osijek|Osijek]] | style="font-size: 90%;"|[[Ardian Kozniku]] ''([[Hajduk Split]])'' | 12 |- | [[Prva HNL 1992-93|1992-93]] | '''[[NK Dinamo Zagreb|Croatia Zagreb]]''' | [[Hajduk Split]] | [[NK Zagreb]] | style="font-size: 90%;"|[[Goran Vlaović]] ''([[NK Dinamo Zagreb|Croatia Zagreb]])'' | 23 |- bgcolor=#F5FAFF | [[Prva HNL 1993-94|1993-94]] | '''[[Hajduk Split]]''' | [[NK Zagreb]] | [[NK Dinamo Zagreb|Croatia Zagreb]] | style="font-size: 90%;"|[[Goran Vlaović]] ''([[NK Dinamo Zagreb|Croatia Zagreb]])'' | 29 |- | [[Prva HNL 1994-95|1994-95]] | '''[[Hajduk Split]]''' | [[NK Dinamo Zagreb|Croatia Zagreb]] | [[NK Osijek|Osijek]] | style="font-size: 90%;"|[[Robert Špehar]] ''([[NK Osijek|Osijek]])'' | 23 |- bgcolor=#F5FAFF | [[Prva HNL 1995-96|1995-96]] | '''[[NK Dinamo Zagreb|Croatia Zagreb]]''' | [[Hajduk Split]] | [[NK Varteks|Varteks]] | style="font-size: 90%;"|[[Igor Cvitanović]] ''([[NK Dinamo Zagreb|Croatia Zagreb]])'' | 19 |- | [[Prva HNL 1996-97|1996-97]] | '''[[NK Dinamo Zagreb|Croatia Zagreb]]''' | [[Hajduk Split]] | [[NK Hrvatski dragovoljac|Hrvatski Dragovoljac]] | style="font-size: 90%;"|[[Igor Cvitanović]] ''([[NK Dinamo Zagreb|Croatia Zagreb]])'' | 20 |- bgcolor=#F5FAFF | [[Prva HNL 1997-98|1997-98]] | '''[[NK Dinamo Zagreb|Croatia Zagreb]]''' | [[Hajduk Split]] | [[NK Osijek|Osijek]] | style="font-size: 90%;"|[[Mate Baturina]] ''([[NK Zagreb]])'' | 18 |- | [[Prva HNL 1998-99|1998-99]] | '''[[NK Dinamo Zagreb|Croatia Zagreb]]''' | [[NK Rijeka|Rijeka]] | [[Hajduk Split]] | style="font-size: 90%;"|[[Joško Popović]] ''([[NK Šibenik|Šibenik]])'' | 21 |- bgcolor=#F5FAFF | [[Prva HNL 1999-00|1999-00]] | &nbsp;&nbsp;'''[[NK Dinamo Zagreb|Dinamo Zagreb]]'''&nbsp;&nbsp; | [[Hajduk Split]] | [[NK Osijek|Osijek]] | style="font-size: 90%;"|[[Tomislav Šokota]] ''([[NK Dinamo Zagreb|Dinamo Zagreb]])'' | 21 |- | [[Prva HNL 2000-01|2000-01]] | '''[[Hajduk Split]]''' | &nbsp;&nbsp;[[Dinamo Zagreb]]&nbsp;&nbsp; | [[NK Osijek|Osijek]] | style="font-size: 90%;"|&nbsp;[[Tomislav Šokota]] ''([[NK Dinamo Zagreb|Dinamo Zagreb]])''&nbsp; | 20 |- bgcolor=#F5FAFF | [[Prva HNL 2001-02|2001-02]] | '''[[NK Zagreb]]''' | [[Hajduk Split]] | &nbsp;&nbsp;[[Dinamo Zagreb]]&nbsp;&nbsp; | style="font-size: 90%;"|[[Ivica Olić]] ''([[NK Zagreb]])'' | 21 |- | [[Prva HNL 2002-03|2002-03]] | '''[[Dinamo Zagreb]]''' | [[Hajduk Split]] | [[NK Varteks|Varteks]] | style="font-size: 90%;"|[[Ivica Olić]] ''([[NK Dinamo Zagreb|Dinamo Zagreb]])'' | 16 |- bgcolor=#F5FAFF | [[Prva HNL 2003-04|2003-04]] | '''[[Hajduk Split]]''' | [[Dinamo Zagreb]] | [[NK Rijeka|Rijeka]] | style="font-size: 90%;"|[[Robert Špehar]] ''([[NK Osijek|Osijek]])'' | 18 |- | [[Prva HNL 2004-05|2004-05]] | '''[[Hajduk Split]]''' | [[NK Inter Zaprešić|Inter Zaprešić]] | [[NK Zagreb]] | style="font-size: 90%;"|[[Tomislav Erceg]] ''([[NK Rijeka|Rijeka]])'' | 17 |- bgcolor=#F5FAFF | [[Prva HNL 2005-06|2005-06]] | '''[[Dinamo Zagreb]]''' | [[NK Rijeka|Rijeka]] | [[NK Varteks|Varteks]] | style="font-size: 90%;"|[[Ivan Bošnjak]] ''([[Dinamo Zagreb]])'' | 22 |- | [[Prva HNL 2006-07|2006-07]] | '''[[Dinamo Zagreb]]''' | [[Hajduk Split]] | [[NK Zagreb]] | style="font-size: 90%;"|[[Eduardo da Silva|Eduardo]] ''([[Dinamo Zagreb]])'' | 34 {{ref|Eduardo}} |- bgcolor=#F5FAFF | [[Prva HNL 2007-08|2007-08]] | '''[[Dinamo Zagreb]]''' | [[NK Slaven Belupo|Slaven Belupo]] | [[NK Osijek|Osijek]] | style="font-size: 90%;"|[[Želimir Terkeš]] ''([[NK Zadar|Zadar]])'' | 21 |- |} :{{ref|Croatia}} Dinamo Zagreb was renamed ''HAŠK Građanski'' in 1992. During the winter brak of the 1992-93 season it changed its name again and started playing as ''Croatia Zagreb'' in March 1992. The club won 5 Prva HNL titles and participated in the [[UEFA Champions League 1998–99|1998-99]] and [[UEFA Champions League 1999–2000|1999-00]] [[Champions League]] seasons bearing that name until they switched back to ''Dinamo Zagreb'' in mid-season in February 2000. :{{ref|Eduardo}} This is the record number of goals scored by any player in a single Prva HNL season. === Record League Champions === {| border="2" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" style="margin: 1em 1em 1em 0; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;" |- bgcolor="#CCCCCC" align="center" !Rank !Club !Titles !Years Won |- |<center>1 |[[NK Dinamo Zagreb|Dinamo Zagreb]] |<center>10* |1993, 1996 , 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008 |- |<center>2 |[[HNK Hajduk Split|Hajduk Split]] |<center>6 |1992, 1994, 1995, 2001, 2004, 2005 |- |<center>3 |[[NK Zagreb]] |<center>1 |2002 |- |} : <small>*Including 5 titles as ''Croatia Zagreb''</small> ==All-Time Prva HNL Table== The '''All-Time Prva HNL Table''' is a cumulative record of all Prva HNL matches played since the inception of Prva HNL in 1992. The table is accurate from the 1992 season through the 2006-07 season, inclusive.[http://www.geocities.com/clasglenning/Europeiska_fotbollstabeller/KROATIEN.htm] Three points are given for win, one for draw. Names in bold indicate clubs that are competing in the current [[Prva HNL 2007-08]] season. Yellow fields indicate record high in the category. <!--Note to editors: Please do not edit this page, as it will throw off future editing. --> {| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;" |- !Pos. !Club !Seasons !Played !Wins !Draws !Losses !Goals <br /> for !Goals <br /> against !Goal <br /> +/- !Points <br /> total !Points <br />average !1st !2nd !3rd |- |1||'''[[Dinamo Zagreb]]'''||16||498||bgcolor=#FFF68F|336||92||70||bgcolor=#FFF68F|1141||429||bgcolor=#FFF68F|712||bgcolor=#FFF68F|'''1100'''||bgcolor=#FFF68F|2.20||bgcolor=#FFF68F|10||3||2 |- |2||'''[[Hajduk Split]]'''||16||498||295||108||95||943||448||495||'''993'''||1.99||6||bgcolor=#FFF68F|8||1 |- |3||[[NK Zagreb|'''NK Zagreb''']]||16||498||208||125||165||725||622||103||'''749'''||1.50||1||2||3 |- |4||[[NK Rijeka|'''Rijeka''']]||16||bgcolor=#FFF68F|502||199||bgcolor=#FFF68F|135||168||681||595||86||'''732'''||1.45||||2||1 |- |5||[[NK Osijek|'''Osijek''']]||16||498||205||115||178||638||bgcolor=#FFF68F|693||-55||'''730'''||1.46||||||bgcolor=#FFF68F|5 |- |6||[[NK Varteks|'''Varteks''']]||16||498||202||109||bgcolor=#FFF68F|187||703||671||32||'''715'''||1.43||||||3 |- |7||[[HNK Cibalia|'''Cibalia''']]||14||438||129||128||181||470||587||-117||'''515'''||1.17|||||| |- |8||[[HNK Šibenik|'''Šibenik''']]||13||406||126||97||183||474||578||-104||'''475'''||1.16|||||| |- |9||[[NK Slaven Belupo|'''Slaven Belupo''']]||10||320||113||87||120||374||408||-34||'''426'''||1.33|||||| |- |10||[[NK Zadar|'''Zadar''']]||11||336||93||86||157||383||588||-205||'''365'''||1.08|||||| |- |11||[[NK Inter Zaprešić|'''Inter Zaprešić''']]||9||278||96||68||114||325||370||-45||'''356'''||1.28||||1|| |- |12||[[NK Istra|Istra Pula]]||7||215||65||48||102||215||313||-98||'''243'''||1.13|||||| |- |13||[[NK Hrvatski dragovoljac|Hrvatski Dragovoljac]]||7||199||62||54||83||234||294||-60||'''240'''||1.20||||||1 |- |14||[[NK Kamen Ingrad|Kamen Ingrad]]||6||191||59||40||92||203||279||-76||'''217'''||1.13|||||| |- |15||[[HNK Segesta|Segesta]]||5||160||55||42||63||197||206||-9||'''207'''||1.29|||||| |- |16||[[NK Marsonia|Marsonia]]||6||190||53||43||94||217||319||-102||'''202'''||1.06|||||| |- |17||[[NK Mladost 127|Mladost 127]]||4||108||34||26||58||119||149||-30||'''128'''||1.18|||||| |- |18||[[NK Istra 1961|Istra 1961]]||3||97||26||31||40||100||107||-7||'''109'''||1.12|||||| |- |19||[[NK Međimurje|'''Međimurje''']]||3||97||29||19||49||109||163||-54||'''106'''||1.09|||||| |- |20||[[NK Belišće|Belišće]]||4||94||24||21||49||115||170||-55||'''93'''||0.98|||||| |- |21||[[NK GOŠK Dubrovnik|Dubrovnik]]||3||86||18||23||45||64||133||-69||'''77'''||0.89|||||| |- |22||[[NK Pomorac|Pomorac Kostrena]]||2||62||19||15||28||78||93||-15||'''72'''||1.16|||||| |- |23||[[NK Čakovec|Čakovec]]||2||62||19||14||29||59||81||-22||'''71'''||1.14|||||| |- |24||[[NK Primorac|Primorac Stobreč]]||2||64||18||17||29||69||103||-34||'''71'''||1.10|||||| |- |25||[[NK Pazinka|Pazinka Pazin]]||2||64||15||20||29||71||95||-24||'''65'''||1.01|||||| |- |26||[[NK Radnik|Radnik Velika Gorica]]||2||64||12||9||43||47||161||-114||'''45'''||0.70|||||| |- |27||[[NK Samobor|Samobor]]||1||32||9||5||18||34||55||-21||'''32'''||1.00|||||| |- |28||[[NK Vukovar '91|Vukovar '91]]||1||33||7||9||17||32||56||-24||'''30'''||0.90|||||| |- |29||[[NK Dubrava|Dubrava Zagreb]]||1||34||7||9||18||28||63||-35||'''30'''||0.88|||||| |- |30||[[NK Orijent|Orijent Rijeka]]||1||30||5||11||14||28||53||-25||'''26'''||0.86|||||| |- |31||[[NK Neretva|Neretva Metković]]||1||30||4||11||15||20||44||-24||'''23'''||0.76|||||| |- |32||[[NK TSK Topolovac|TŠK Topolovac]]||1||30||4||2||24||31||95||-64||'''14'''||0.46|||||| |} == External links == *[http://www.prva-hnl.hr/ Prva HNL website] {{hr icon}} *[http://www.footballdata.com/leagues/1-HNL-Ozujsko/ HNL Results, Team Profiles and Standings] *[http://www.geocities.com/Colosseum/Midfield/2231/Europeiska_fotbollstabeller/KROATIEN.htm Croatian First League - all time table] {{fb start}} {{Croatian First Division}} {{Prva HNL seasons}} {{UEFA leagues}} {{Football in Croatia}} {{fb end}} [[Category:National football (soccer) premier leagues]] [[Category:Croatian football competitions|1]] [[bs:Prva hrvatska nogometna liga]] [[ca:Lliga croata de futbol]] [[de:1. 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