Prva HNL
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| Countries | Croatia |
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| Confederation | UEFA |
| Founded | 1991 |
| Number of teams | 16 |
| Relegation to | Druga HNL |
| Level on pyramid | Level 1 |
| Domestic cup(s) | Croatian Cup Croatian Supercup |
| International cup(s) | UEFA Champions League UEFA Europa League |
| Current champions | Dinamo Zagreb (2008–09) |
| Most championships | Dinamo Zagreb (11) |
| TV partners | HRT |
| Website | http://www.prva-hnl.hr |
 2009–10 season |
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The T-Com Croatian First Football League (Croatian: T-Com Prva hrvatska nogometna liga or commonly T-Com Prva HNL or T-Com 1. HNL) is the top football league in Croatia.
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[edit] 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, as well as the winners of the Croatian Cup, for the UEFA Cup qualifying, 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. The main sponsor of Prva HNL is T-Com, part of German mobile operator T-Mobile. The president of T-Com HNL is Igor Štimac.
[edit] HNL Teams in Champions League
Only three times in history HNL teams enter UEFA Champions League. In season 1994/95. Hajduk Split qualified over Legia Warsaw (1-0 A, 4-0 H). They qualified to quarterfinals (from group with Benfica 0-0 H, 1-2 A, Steaua 1-0 A, 1-4 H, and Anderlecht 2-1 H,0-0 A), but they lost against Ajax 0-0 H, 0-3 A. Ajax won CL that year. In season 1998/1999. NK Croatia Zagreb (Dinamo) qualified over Celtic (0-1 A, 3-0 H). They were drawn in group with Olympiacos 1-3 A, 1-1 H, Porto 0-3 A, 3-1 H, and Ajax 1-0 A, 0-0 H. They finished on 2nd place, but they fail to go to next round because in that season only first-placed teams went through. Next season, 1999/2000. Dinamo also played in CL, in group with defending champion Manchester United, Olympique de Marseille and Austrian side FK Sturm Graz. They started their campaign with famous 0-0 at Old Trafford. After that they lost to OM 0-1 in Zagreb, win against Sturm 3-0, lost against Sturm away 0-1, against MU in Zagreb they lost 0-2, and in last match they drew against OM at Velodrome 2-2 (Bakayoko scored for Marseille in 91'). They finished fourth.
[edit] TV
In past, TV coverage was only for one match in each round (derby match). But in this season there were some changes. Croatian national TV Network (HRT) started new TV Show Volim Nogomet (I like football), made in association with League's main sponsor T-Com. In that show, 5 matches are watched combined on Sunday afternoons (during summer on night), while derby match is on programme at 20.15 CET, so TV-viewers can watch all matches. There are also experts in studio, commenting on matches and other things, football and non-football. Main iniciator of that project is famous Croatian football player (played for Hajduk Split, West Ham United and Derby County) and also president of T-Com 1. HNL Organisation Igor Štimac.
[edit] Before WWII
In 1940-41 "Banovina Hrvatska" had its own league
- 1941 Hajduk Split
[edit] During World War II
Croatia previously had its own football league which operated from 1941 to 1944 (during 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.
- 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.
[edit] Prva HNL Champions and top scorers
- [3] Dinamo Zagreb was renamed HAŠK Građanski in 1992. During the winter break 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 1998-99 and 1999-00 Champions League seasons bearing that name until they switched back to Dinamo Zagreb in mid-season in February 2000.
- [4] This is the record number of goals scored by any player in a single Prva HNL season.
[edit] Record League Champions
| Rank | Club | Titles | Years Won |
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Dinamo Zagreb |
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1993, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 |
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Hajduk Split |
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1992, 1994, 1995, 2001, 2004, 2005 |
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NK Zagreb |
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2002 |
- *Including 5 titles as Croatia Zagreb
[edit] 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.[5] 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.
| Pos. | Club | Seasons | Played | Wins | Draws | Losses | Goals for |
Goals against |
Goal +/- |
Points total |
Points average |
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| 1 | Dinamo Zagreb | 16 | 498 | 336 | 92 | 70 | 1141 | 429 | 712 | 1100 | 2.20 | 10 | 3 | 2 |
| 2 | Hajduk Split | 16 | 498 | 295 | 108 | 95 | 943 | 448 | 495 | 993 | 1.99 | 6 | 8 | 1 |
| 3 | NK Zagreb | 16 | 498 | 208 | 125 | 165 | 725 | 622 | 103 | 749 | 1.50 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Rijeka | 16 | 502 | 199 | 135 | 168 | 681 | 595 | 86 | 732 | 1.45 | 2 | 1 | |
| 5 | Osijek | 16 | 498 | 205 | 115 | 178 | 638 | 693 | -55 | 730 | 1.46 | 5 | ||
| 6 | Varteks | 16 | 498 | 202 | 109 | 187 | 703 | 671 | 32 | 715 | 1.43 | 3 | ||
| 7 | Cibalia | 14 | 438 | 129 | 128 | 181 | 470 | 587 | -117 | 515 | 1.17 | |||
| 8 | Šibenik | 13 | 406 | 126 | 97 | 183 | 474 | 578 | -104 | 475 | 1.16 | |||
| 9 | Slaven Belupo | 10 | 320 | 113 | 87 | 120 | 374 | 408 | -34 | 426 | 1.33 | |||
| 10 | Zadar | 11 | 336 | 93 | 86 | 157 | 383 | 588 | -205 | 365 | 1.08 | |||
| 11 | Inter Zaprešić | 9 | 278 | 96 | 68 | 114 | 325 | 370 | -45 | 356 | 1.28 | 1 | ||
| 12 | Istra Pula | 7 | 215 | 65 | 48 | 102 | 215 | 313 | -98 | 243 | 1.13 | |||
| 13 | Hrvatski Dragovoljac | 7 | 199 | 62 | 54 | 83 | 234 | 294 | -60 | 240 | 1.20 | 1 | ||
| 14 | Kamen Ingrad | 6 | 191 | 59 | 40 | 92 | 203 | 279 | -76 | 217 | 1.13 | |||
| 15 | Segesta | 5 | 160 | 55 | 42 | 63 | 197 | 206 | -9 | 207 | 1.29 | |||
| 16 | Marsonia | 6 | 190 | 53 | 43 | 94 | 217 | 319 | -102 | 202 | 1.06 | |||
| 17 | Mladost 127 | 4 | 108 | 34 | 26 | 58 | 119 | 149 | -30 | 128 | 1.18 | |||
| 18 | Istra 1961 | 3 | 97 | 26 | 31 | 40 | 100 | 107 | -7 | 109 | 1.12 | |||
| 19 | Međimurje | 3 | 97 | 29 | 19 | 49 | 109 | 163 | -54 | 106 | 1.09 | |||
| 20 | Belišće | 4 | 94 | 24 | 21 | 49 | 115 | 170 | -55 | 93 | 0.98 | |||
| 21 | Dubrovnik | 3 | 86 | 18 | 23 | 45 | 64 | 133 | -69 | 77 | 0.89 | |||
| 22 | Pomorac Kostrena | 2 | 62 | 19 | 15 | 28 | 78 | 93 | -15 | 72 | 1.16 | |||
| 23 | Čakovec | 2 | 62 | 19 | 14 | 29 | 59 | 81 | -22 | 71 | 1.14 | |||
| 24 | Primorac Stobreč | 2 | 64 | 18 | 17 | 29 | 69 | 103 | -34 | 71 | 1.10 | |||
| 25 | Pazinka Pazin | 2 | 64 | 15 | 20 | 29 | 71 | 95 | -24 | 65 | 1.01 | |||
| 26 | Radnik Velika Gorica | 2 | 64 | 12 | 9 | 43 | 47 | 161 | -114 | 45 | 0.70 | |||
| 27 | Samobor | 1 | 32 | 9 | 5 | 18 | 34 | 55 | -21 | 32 | 1.00 | |||
| 28 | Vukovar '91 | 1 | 33 | 7 | 9 | 17 | 32 | 56 | -24 | 30 | 0.90 | |||
| 29 | Dubrava Zagreb | 1 | 34 | 7 | 9 | 18 | 28 | 63 | -35 | 30 | 0.88 | |||
| 30 | Orijent Rijeka | 1 | 30 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 28 | 53 | -25 | 26 | 0.86 | |||
| 31 | Neretva Metković | 1 | 30 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 20 | 44 | -24 | 23 | 0.76 | |||
| 32 | TŠK Topolovac | 1 | 30 | 4 | 2 | 24 | 31 | 95 | -64 | 14 | 0.46 |
[edit] Awards
- Sportske novosti Yellow Shirt award for Prva HNL Player of the Year
[edit] External links
- Prva HNL website (Croatian)
- HNL Results, Team Profiles and Standings
- Croatian First League - all time table
- Cronogomet.net - Croatian football news portal i forums (Croatian)
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