1992–93 Croatian First Football League

The 1992–93 Croatian First Football League was the second season of the top football league in Croatia since its establishment after Croatia gained independence from Yugoslavia. Games were played from 23 August 1992 to 12 June 1993.

Croatian First Football League
Season1992–93
ChampionsCroatia Zagreb
1st Croatian title
5th domestic title
RelegatedNone
Champions LeagueCroatia Zagreb
Cup Winners' CupHajduk Split
Matches played240
Goals scored594 (2.48 per match)
Top goalscorerGoran Vlaović (23)
Biggest home winCroatia Zagreb 8–1 Belišće
Biggest away winZadar 1–4 NK Zagreb
Belišće 1–4 Croatia Zagreb
Šibenik 1–4 Rijeka
Šibenik 0–3 Osijek
Highest scoringCroatia Zagreb 8–2 Radnik
Average attendance4,264
1992

HAŠK Građanski (renamed Croatia Zagreb in mid-season), present-day Dinamo Zagreb, won their first Prva HNL championship title. Goran Vlaović of HAŠK was the league's top goalscorer with 22 goals scored. At the end of the season no teams were relegated since it was decided that the league would expand to 18 clubs for the 1993–94 season.

Clubs edit

ClubCity / TownStadium1992 result
BelišćeBelišćeGradski stadion Belišće
CibaliaVinkovciStadion HNK Cibalia9th in 1.HNL
Croatia Zagreb1ZagrebStadion Maksimir5th in 1.HNL
DubrovnikDubrovnikStadion Lapad11th in 1.HNL
Hajduk SplitSplitStadion Poljud1st in 1.HNL
Inker ZaprešićZaprešićStadion Inkera4th in 1.HNL
Istra PulaPulaStadion Aldo Drosina7th in 1.HNL
OsijekOsijekStadion Gradski vrt3rd in 1.HNL
PazinkaPazinGradski stadion Pazin1st in 2.HNL-West
Radnik Velika GoricaVelika GoricaStadion Radnik1st in 2.HNL-Center
RijekaRijekaStadion Kantrida6th in 1.HNL
SegestaSisakGradski stadion Sisak4th in 2.HNL-Center
ŠibenikŠibenikStadion Šubićevac12th in 1.HNL
VarteksVaraždinStadion Varteks8th in 1.HNL
ZadarZadarStadion Stanovi10th in 1.HNL
NK ZagrebZagrebStadion Kranjčevićeva2nd in 1.HNL

League table edit

Croatia was admitted to the UEFA at the end of the season. It obtained a place in the preliminary rounds of the two major European competitions, while it was too late for the third one.

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Croatia Zagreb (C)3021728427+5749Qualification to Champions League preliminary round
2Hajduk Split30161045327+2642Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round
3NK Zagreb30151055027+2340
4Rijeka30141154124+1739
5Cibalia30119103130+131
6Osijek30117124042−229
7Varteks30109113847−929
8Istra Pula30124143235−328
9Inker Zaprešić3099123531+427
10Segesta30105153144−1325
11Pazinka30711122028−825
12Zadar3097143048−1825
13Radnik Velika Gorica3097143052−2225
14Dubrovnik3097142437−1325
15Belišće3089133450−1625
16Šibenik3048182145−2416
Source: RSSSF.org
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points.
(C) Champions

Results edit

Home \ AwayBELCIBCZGDBKHAJINKISTOSIPAZRVGRIJSEGŠIBVARZADZAG
Belišće1–01–42–01–32–12–12–00–02–31–10–02–14–03–12–2
Cibalia2–01–21–02–22–01–01–01–02–31–13–02–22–22–00–0
Croatia Zagreb8–10–03–11–12–03–16–13–18–24–26–12–05–04–02–2
Dubrovnik1–00–00–00–20–04–04–01–01–12–01–01–12–00–00–0
Hajduk Split1–13–02–13–01–02–03–20–03–13–03–01–12–25–12–1
Inker Zaprešić2–04–10–14–00–12–00–04–11–11–12–10–10–01–01–2
Istra Pula3–02–00–11–02–00–01–01–01–12–12–03–11–15–21–3
Osijek4–12–01–33–13–21–11–21–13–21–14–02–01–02–00–0
Pazinka2–10–00–24–10–00–02–10–00–00–02–11–00–21–02–0
Radnik Velika Gorica0–00–21–11–00–21–11–03–11–01–20–13–02–11–01–2
Rijeka1–11–02–15–00–02–10–02–02–03–01–11–01–12–01–0
Segesta4–12–11–33–01–11–32–00–11–03–00–22–03–01–11–0
Šibenik1–11–01–20–10–12–00–10–31–13–01–40–00–22–21–1
Varteks2–11–23–32–14–32–31–02–21–01–00–11–01–01–11–1
Zadar2–11–21–31–00–01–03–12–11–12–01–11–03–12–11–4
NK Zagreb0–00–00–00–23–14–31–02–02–16–01–05–12–04–32–0
Source: RSSSF.org
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics edit

Top goalscorers edit

RankPlayerClubGoals[1]
1 Goran VlaovićCroatia Zagreb23
2 Igor CvitanovićCroatia Zagreb15
3 Ardian KoznikuHajduk Split14
4 Robert ŠpeharOsijek / NK Zagreb13
5 Ivan CvjetkovićInker Zaprešić / Segesta12
6 Željko AdžićCroatia Zagreb10
Alen PetrovićOsijek10
Mario StanićCroatia Zagreb10
9 Bakir BeširevićOsijek9
Joško PopovićNK Zagreb9
Giovanni RossoZadar9

European competitions edit

Croatian clubs were not eligible to compete in European competitions this season, as the Croatian Football Federation did not join UEFA until June 16, 1993.

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Lista strijelaca (zbirno)" (PDF). Prva-HNL.hr (in Croatian). Udruga profesionalnih klubova Prve hrvatske nogometne lige. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 September 2009. Retrieved 21 October 2009.

External links edit